lion hunting

After six o'clock in the morning, the sky began to snow, Rui An put the patrol motorcycle back to the brigade, and decided to walk the last lap.

Rui An was a member of the patrol brigade in S City, and Miao Zheng was originally on his team, but because Miao Zheng had diarrhea in the middle of the night, Rui An forced him to stay in the bureau.

City S is a city that never sleeps in the north, and the public security is not optimistic. The brigade divides City S into multiple patrol areas. Among them, Rui An's third squad has a total of six people, and they are responsible for patrolling Area B in pairs.Each group is on duty for 12 hours and does not feel too tired. It is directly proportional to the low monthly salary, but there is no guarantee of sleep. If there is a major event, it is common to not sleep for two consecutive days.

There's no way, in this line of work, the parents are the most difficult to resolve.

Area B is a relatively stable area. Most of them are residential buildings and small markets. There are no entertainment places. Riding a motorcycle at a constant speed for half an hour is a circle, so when there are no special tasks, it is enough to patrol every 2 hours. Sometimes you can even take a half-day tour.

This patrol is the last one for today, and this kind of days when there is light snow in winter can be regarded as a kind of romance, and Rui An also enjoys it, this kind of state is rare in so many years of boring patrols.Wearing a thick uniform coat and walking slowly on the street in the dead of night, it is also very leisurely to chat with small merchants who are still selling occasionally.

There is no troublesome case at all today. The only big thing is that the electric car newly bought by Aunt Ma in the vegetable market was stolen. Because of this matter, Rui An has been troubled a lot, but there is not much hope of getting it back. Without a camera, it was basically nothing, but Rui An tried every means to appease the aunt before letting go of the matter.

After walking for about an hour, he almost reached the downstairs of his rented house. The snow was obviously getting heavier, Rui An covered his frozen red ears, and regretted not putting on the earmuffs.

"Hey, wake up..."

An indistinct voice floated over, and Rui An was in a daze for a moment. There were not many pedestrians under the street lights except for the increasing number of vehicles, but he did hear someone's voice.

"...Wake up, young man, eh?"

After making sure that he heard correctly, Rui An walked a few steps quickly, and when he saw the cart at the corner ahead, he glanced into the alley, and sure enough, he saw an uncle in a sanitation worker's uniform bent over to look at something.

"What can I do..."

"Uncle, what's the matter?"

The sanitation uncle looked back and saw the man in the police uniform, and immediately showed joy. He quickly moved out of the way and pointed to the dark corner, "Police, hurry up, there is someone here who can't wake up for some reason."

The sky was gradually getting brighter, but the alley was still very dark because of the cloudy and snowy sky. Rui An took out the strong flashlight on his waist and took a look inside, and sure enough, he saw a person in the garbage dump.

a man.

The smell of the garbage heap swirled back and forth with the headwind, Rui An didn't have time to worry too much, he hurried over to try the man's breath, and felt relieved when he noticed the man's warm breath.

"Is he dead?"

The uncle behind him seemed a little flustered by Rui An's actions, "He was like this when I saw him, did he drink too much and froze to death? You said it's icy..."

"There's nothing wrong with people."

"Ah, that, that's great."

The person is fine, but it seems that he has been lying here for a long time, because the person's face is already very cold.However, Rui An didn't smell any alcohol. He shone the flashlight slightly to the side. From the corner of his eyes, he saw a man wearing a hoodie, with fine stubble on his face that hadn't been shaved for a long time, and frozen blue lips. He squeezed it tightly, showing no anger at all.But the subtle thing is that the man looks only in a state of embarrassment, not a beggar.

He patted the man's cheek, "Hey, wake up, can you hear me?"

After taking a few shots, the man made a slight movement, and Rui An couldn't help him up rashly. He took out the walkie-talkie and prepared to ask the team to send an ambulance first.

"Well……"

Holding the hands of the walkie-talkie, Rui An pointed the flashlight to the side, and saw the man half-opened his eyes out of the corner of his eye. It took about half a minute for those eyes to gradually look at him from being out of focus.

Rui An quickly put down the phone and confirmed again: "Hey, can you move?"

The man's face was a little dirty, the lighting was not good, and he couldn't tell his age, but even if he had stubble, it shouldn't be too big, but the gaze from those eyes was indescribably mature and calm.

"Is there any pain? Can you stand up?" Seeing that the man just stared at him without answering, Rui An frowned, "Can you hear me? Hello?"

Seeing that the man still didn't move, Rui An felt a little helpless, but he was sure that the man must have understood his words, "If you can't answer, I'll call an ambulance for you first, just hold on..."

'Snapped! '

With a pain in Rui An's hand, the walkie-talkie was instantly knocked off, and fell silently onto the snow.

Rui An looked at the man who suddenly had the strength to interrupt him almost puzzled, but when he wanted to speak, he saw the man move his lips, but he didn't hear half a syllable from the blue lips.

"Don't move around!" Rui An hurriedly supported the frowning man who was about to get up, "You don't have to go to the hospital, then tell me where your home is, or is there anyone I can contact?"

The man stopped his movements and looked at Rui An with almost observing eyes. After a long silence, when Rui An thought he was finally about to speak, the man stood up suddenly, but staggered a few times and almost fell back Fortunately, Rui An was supported in time.

"Your condition is not very good now, you'd better contact your family as soon as possible, otherwise I will send you to the hospital."

The man coughed twice, leaning half of his body on the trash can. He wanted to withdraw the arm that Rui An was holding, but he didn't. He just used his palms to push back the help of others. .

"Hey you young man, the police are kind enough to help you, why don't you know what to do?" The sanitation uncle on the side was not happy.

Rui An sighed, frowned and let go, picked up the walkie-talkie on the ground and said to the man, "I don't care if you can get out of this alley by yourself."

It should be said that Rui An is really not a person who doesn't know what is good or bad, but his duty is here, so he really can't just watch others live and die.

The man seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then he really walked out a little while holding the wall. It seemed that his heavy footsteps left deep and shallow long marks on the snow. At that time, the man didn't even look back, he just looked around and walked away.

"Hey, here, here..." The sanitation uncle pointed at the people who had left, full of resentment.

Rui An smiled helplessly, and put the flashlight and walkie-talkie back on his waist: "I've delayed your work."

Regardless of his uncle's complaints, Rui An left after finishing speaking. When he walked out of the alley, he could still see the crooked figure gradually blurring in the snow. It probably didn't cause any serious problems, so he didn't care about it any more.

Rui An sent Miao Zheng to a taxi at eight o'clock in the morning, and told him to go to the hospital to see if he couldn't do it all the time. He couldn't keep having such diarrhea. Miao Zheng hesitated and thanked him a few times with a yellow face, and finally went back. Looking at the dark ruts on the ground, Rui An somehow suddenly remembered the person he saw at that time. To be honest, he had seen a lot of strange people, but it was a person who was so embarrassing and arrogant. Not much, Rui An, thinking that he was meddling in his own business, walked home slowly.

Because of his work, he rented a house in District B. Although it is a cheap neighborhood, the public security is not bad, and the people are very friendly. This is the main reason why Rui An hasn't changed places after living here for several years.

There are generally six-story residences here. Rui An lives on the third floor, the first and second floors are retail stores, and the third floor and above are residential buildings, so they are all connected by external stairs. Usually, I don’t find it inconvenient, but occasionally it’s wet when it’s snowing and raining. It's just slippery.Holding the handle, Rui An went upstairs step by step, and stood still when she reached the innermost door. When she was about to take out the key, she suddenly heard a small voice.

Rui An was puzzled for a moment, thinking that the door next door was opened, and the office worker woman from the neighbor came out. When she saw Rui An, she greeted her, and Rui An responded, seeing that the woman wore so little He shivered subconsciously, thinking of opening the door and going in to keep warm.

'rustle……'

The hand that opened the door paused, Rui An tilted her head and looked behind the door, a little snow slipped out from the corner.

Rui An's room is at the innermost part of the third floor, and there is a small gap between it and the fence. There is an abandoned single sofa inside. The sofa is very dilapidated, and it was when Rui An first moved here. It was used by the original person, so he moved it out because he was too lazy to move it. After so many years of wind and sun, it was already dilapidated, and there will be no wild cats in this season. Running to such a place, then...

It's funny to say, after a long time, Rui An was still thinking, if he hadn't been driven by curiosity to take a look at that moment, otherwise he wouldn't have ruined his hard-earned peaceful life just like that.

The snow didn't get smaller, it fell rustlingly, Rui An walked lightly to the corner, and suddenly his eyes flashed, yes, he met again, the man in the thin sweater and jeans, and he was sitting on the dilapidated sofa , with a curled body, only showing a pair of amber eyes looking at Rui An standing in front of him very vigilantly.

It was also at this time that Rui An discovered that besides his footprints, there was also a pair of shallow footprints that were mostly covered by snow. It is conceivable that this person probably came here from the garbage pile in that alley, and he is now awake.

Watched by those vigilant eyes, Rui An irritatedly tugged on the ordinary coat that had been changed from the police uniform, "I'm off work." After saying this resembling refusal, Rui An turned around and left. Not too lightly slammed the door.

The inside of the room is different from the warmth outside, and Rui An's forehead suddenly felt a little numb, probably because he has been outside for too long, so he should immediately change out of the coat that is full of cold air, soaking enough can warm his internal organs hot bath.

However, he stood motionless at the door, looking at the familiar pair of cotton slippers in the entrance, frowning deeply.

"I'm convinced!" After being in a daze for an unknown amount of time, she finally sighed as if giving up, and Rui An opened the door again and turned back.

The man was wearing a hoodie, and the face below the eyes was buried in his arms, but the cold gaze of the unknown was enough to make people daunting.

During the few minutes that they looked at each other, the two of them just looked at each other so straightly. In the end, Rui An gave in and didn't sleep all night. At this time, he was very tired, "Are you lost or don't want to go home?"

"..."

"In such a cold day, do you think you are hiding here to seek death or something?"

"..."

"You're not dumb, are you?"

"..."

"Well, I don't care about you anymore, if you want to leave or stay whatever you want, whatever you want."

That being said, Rui An didn't leave either. He looked at the man with almost helpless eyes, and finally decided to take out his mobile phone and call the bureau to deal with it. The worst thing is that he ran away from home or lost outsiders. .

"……water."

"..." Stopping pressing the phone number, Rui An looked up at the person who finally spoke, "What?"

"water."

The deep voice was hoarse, but Rui An could hear it clearly.

This is what happens between people. Strangers in the past may be involved at any time. This is the so-called fate, although I don't know if it is evil fate.

Rui An didn't hesitate too much. He denied that he was overflowing with sympathy, and he treated it as an occupational disease for so many years, but he couldn't leave it alone, let alone such a weak person.He didn't expect that there would be such a big storm in such a comfortable place, so he directly opened the door to let that person into the house. He is not a beautiful girl, nor does he have any property worthy of a thief's concern, and he is still a poor patrolman who will be 28 years old after the new year. , This kind of unscrupulous age really has nothing to worry about.