The river is about to burn the mountain

City S is a first-tier municipality directly under the central government in the forefront of economics and finance. As the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau of City S, Li Guoyi has already reached the rank of deputy director.

As soon as the silver Lexus drove into the villa complex with a beautiful environment, the guard at the gate saw him and let him go. Ji Qiuhan parked the car in the garage and rang the doorbell within three seconds.

"Xiaohan! Let me see if you've lost weight?"

The woman who opened the door was elegant and beautiful. She looked only about 30 years old. She casually tied her hair in a bun, and her pretty face glowed even more when she saw him.

The nanny on the side smiled and said, "Madam has been watching you in the garden for a long time, and Director Li told me to come in and wait."

"I'm not thin, Aunt Lan should be fatter," Ji Qiuhan said, reaching into the inner pocket of his coat, and as if by magic, he took out an exquisite gift box and held it in front of the woman like a gentleman's gift:

"Dedicated to Ms. He Lan, an internationally renowned dancer. The students have won awards in the world, and the teachers have contributed a lot."

Ji Qiuhan's expression was rare and soft, in order to make the woman happy, he even blinked mischievously,

"Limited, my uncle doesn't know how to give this."

Beautiful and exquisite necklaces are fatal to women of any age, especially this very desirable gift is from her self-adhered and proud child,

The woman happily tried it on at the door, stroked the diamond pendant on her chest with satisfaction, and said to him: "You're spending money indiscriminately again,"

Ji Qiuhan didn't care, he tidied the woman's hair carefully, and said with a smile: "...It's okay, it's only three months' salary, Aunt Lan just cook me a few more delicious meals."

"Jingpover, when did you lose your mouth? This time, the spicy beef, chopped pepper bullfrog, and pepper are all brought over by me from Sichuan."

He Lan smiled and slapped him lightly on the back. Seeing Ji Qiuhan's eyes seem to be looking back all the way, he said clearly:

"He, he likes to put on airs of the chief. He is waiting for you to go to the study to look for him. Xiaohan, I heard from your uncle that you were punished this time. What happened?"

Ji Qiuhan patted her hand reassuringly: "It's okay, I'll go find my uncle first."

Li Guoyi's study room is on the second floor. Ji Qiuhan took a deep breath outside the door, and waited for some blood to return to his cheeks before pushing the door in.

Director Li, who often shuttles through the resolutions of major meetings, is standing by the floor-to-ceiling window with his hands behind his back, the expression on his face is three points more solemn than that of the meeting,

Ji Qiuhan straightened his back, walked steadily to Li Guoyi's side, bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "Uncle, I was wrong. I shouldn't have made impulsive decisions in the arrest of the last kidnapping case. I knew I was wrong."

But Li Guoyi got annoyed when he heard his apology. He picked up the newspaper in his hand and beat him angrily:

"You knew you were wrong?! This is your attitude of admitting your mistakes?! While I was visiting abroad, you made such a big mess for me! You didn't realize the seriousness of the matter at all! Act impulsively! The aftermath of the bomb explosion at the station Have you ever thought about it?! Is it your first day as a policeman?!"

The folds and deformations of the newspaper rolled on the back were not just scratching compared to Jiang Zhan's belt. Ji Qiuhan stood upright, not moving at all.

"I was wrong uncle, I won't do it next time."

Apparently a roll of newspaper was not enough to punish him, so Li Guoyi simply threw it away. However, what really annoyed him was not the fact that his secretary reported the matter to him in the afternoon when he came back.

Li Guoyi asked calmly:

"Where did you go this afternoon?"

Hearing his question, Ji Qiuhan raised his eyes, then lowered them again.

It seems that the matter of going to the detention center is still not hidden.But the yellow vest was smashed like that by him, the wounds were all on the head and face, and there were so many people in the detention center, even if Han Jin wanted to help him hide it, it would be difficult to cover everyone's eyes.

He had no choice but to tell the truth: "Go to the detention center."

Li Guoyi took another deep breath from his fearless honesty, "Okay! The wings are stiff, I can't teach you a lesson!"

Li Guoyi turned around and searched for tools at hand in the room. After searching around, the paperweight given by Lao Liu was half a cultural relic, the inkstone was thrown too hard, and the rattan had been hidden by his wife two years ago.

In the end, he unknowingly pulled out a feather duster from that corner, swung it on Ji Qiuhan's back twice, and cursed:

"You don't lie! Interrogate and beat the prisoner privately?! Pull that boy from the Han family to follow you around! It's so audacious!! Who gave you such courage?!"

"All the complaints have come to me! How many people wish you could make a mistake, but you are better off doing it in front of them?!"

The interpersonal relationship in the system is inherently complicated, and many people in the bureau are jealous of his promotion speed. Ji Qiuhan suffers from the pain in his back, but recently he has been losing control, hasn't he?

Seeing that Ji Qiuhan didn't speak, Li Guoyi slammed it again. He was a soldier, and Ji Qiuhan staggered a step forward when he slammed it directly with such force.

"Stand up for me!"

Ji Qiuhan quickly stood back up, his body was straighter than before, as if he had become a standard military posture.

"I think you are just waiting for me to clean up the mess for you, right? Be bold! Lawless!! Discipline has been learned in the stomach of a dog?! Look at what you do, do you still look like a policeman? ?!"

Li Guoyi's fury was obviously in direct proportion to the strength of his subordinates. Every time he cursed, he slapped the young man's back with a feather duster, each time getting heavier and heavier. The standing military posture had no support, so Ji Qiuhan could only grit his teeth and hold on. , he didn't dare to move, his back was already in burning pain.

Li Guoyi hasn't made such a big fuss for a long time. When he returned to China in the afternoon, after listening to his secretary's report on Ji Qiuhan's recent mistakes and even serious cross-line behaviors, the teacup in his hand rattled loudly. , even the secretary on the side was taken aback.

Li Guoyi drew the last note heavily, and reprimanded:

"If you can't be fined for promotion, just suspend me! Stop until you learn how to be a policeman again! If you can't learn it, why don't you be a policeman!"

"Uncle! I..."

Ji Qiuhan knew in his heart that compared to the serious mistakes he made, the light punishment of "not being promoted for three years" was all suppressed by Li Guoyi for him. When he came out of the detention center, he regretted it after he recovered a little. The impulsiveness not only brought serious consequences to himself.

But maybe the words "not being a policeman" had too much impact on Ji Qiuhan, and his expression was visibly panicked.

"Uncle...,! I shouldn't hide from you what happened in the afternoon. I was too impulsive. I really knew I was wrong, but I can't stop being a policeman! I can't...!"

"cannot?!"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Guoyi's more intense anger, and he swung a few times again, wishing to break the feather duster in his hand,

"Now the Public Security Bureau is up to you, right?! If you want to beat the prisoner, you can beat the prisoner. You ignore the order and don't listen to the command!! Or I'll just listen to your arrangement!"

"No! Uncle, I..."

Ji Qiuhan was speechless after being reprimanded. He knew that all of this was his inescapable fault. He lowered his eyelashes, rolled his throat for two rounds, and then said dryly:

"...I'm sorry Uncle, I had a bad attitude just now, but I couldn't help it..., I really couldn't help it, as soon as I saw that face, I just..."

When Ji Qiuhan said the last sentence, he was choked up in the middle, his eyelids trembled twice, and he seemed to close his eyes uncontrollably, this cold white face covered the last blackness, just like the time when he was a child, He often lowers his eyes like this.

Because he can't see anything.

No matter how angry Li Guoyi was, the young man in front of him was instantly blocked by the appearance of the young man in front of him. It was like a big stone was pressed on his chest.

Years old memories flooded up along the gap.

At that time, he was still the captain of the criminal investigation team.

Even though they have experienced many brutal murders, the scene of the 5.23 serial murder was so tragic that most of the veteran policemen who participated in the operation could not stop their nightmares.

Writing a work report with a heavy heart, Li Guoyi picked up a cigarette, and when passing by a window, he saw a little boy sitting inside. The boy was very thin, sitting quietly on a chair, with the bones of his shoulder blade protruding from his thin clothes.

Li Guoyi remembered this child, he led a team to rescue him in the operation five days ago. A total of 5.23 people died in the May 36 tragedy, and he was the only survivor in that house.

But the boy just forgot everything. He suffered from severe post-traumatic stress disorder, and everything that happened in that bungalow seemed to be deliberately deleted.

Only on the first day, when a little policeman showed him the photo of the murderer captured in the surveillance, the boy trembled all over, and even let out a monster-like hiss in pain from his throat.

Since then, no one dared to provoke the child again.

The mother of the siblings died early, and the father disappeared after the accident. Li Guoyi and He Lan have never had a child. By some strange coincidence, he took the boy home and worked overtime until late at night. He Lan called in a panic , saying that the child seemed to see nothing.

The doctor in the hospital said a lot of terms, to the effect that the child is hysterical blindness after being greatly stimulated. It is a complication of post-traumatic stress disorder, which is difficult to treat effectively. disease.

In words, they learned that they were not the parents of the child, and implicitly expressed that this disease requires long-term psychological treatment, which is expensive, but the effect cannot be guaranteed.

He still remembered that night, in the corridor of the hospital, He Lan hugged the boy whose eyes were out of focus and cried softly, but his mind was full of the scene of him leading the team into the room that day, hell on earth.

The young Ji Qiuhan was blind for two years.

During those two years, the boy who was always in a daze and silent was always like this, quietly lowering his eyes, and the psychiatrist came again and again, guiding him and asking him,

"Now, what can you see in front of your eyes?"

And the answer is the same every time,

"red."