winter past

Yin Miaozai was driving, holding her hands at the three o'clock and nine o'clock positions of the steering wheel respectively. She raised her eyes and glanced at Zhao You quickly from the rearview mirror of the car, reached out and adjusted the wind power of the air conditioner, looked at the passenger seat and said with a smile: "Auntie, did you have breakfast at the hotel? I heard that the breakfast buffet there is Cantonese-style tea, which is pretty good. My little sister and I have always wanted to eat it. Is it delicious?"

Zhao You followed to look at the passenger seat, with a flattering attitude, and asked: "Yes, is the food delicious? I heard that the shrimp dumplings and siu mai are freshly made by the master."

Sitting there was his mother Min Ruzhen, with a non-embarrassing smile on her face, she looked at Yin Miaozai and said, "It's ok, my accommodation includes breakfast, you can eat it yourself, it seems that you can buy it Coupons, buy ten get one free."

Zhao You talked to his mother again: "Why did you run to Xiao Yin so early in the morning?"

Then the mother turned her head to look at him, her face changed instantly, she stopped smiling, frowned, and her voice became tense: "Your phone is not on yet? It's really hard to find you!" The mother looked at Zhao The corner of You's mouth was full of unbearable complaints.

Zhao You said: "I don't have my mobile phone with me. I left it on the scene when I was on a mission last night."

"lost?"

"No, my colleague found it. I'll go get it with him later." Zhao You touched his chin and said, "It's just a scratch, not from a mission."

The mother turned around, touched the seat belt and said, "I'm here to find Xiao Yin, take a look at her, can't we chat?"

"Yes, yes, you have a good relationship, Xiao Yin." Zhao You took a picture of Yin Miaozai's driver's seat.Yin Miaozai hurriedly took up the conversation: "Ah, yes, let's just chat. Auntie is going back now. It's too late. Don't you want to stay a few more days? It just so happens that loquats and cherries are going to be on the market, why don't you try something new? "

Zhao You said: "Ah, yes, loquats are going to be on the market, so let's go buy some from the family last year in a few days."

Yin Miaozai answered enthusiastically: "Okay, okay, it doesn't take much time to buy and drive to the provincial capital."

"Only two and a half hours."

"If you don't put it in the trunk, just put it in the back seat. The air conditioner is not so easy to break."

"Yep."

Mother didn't say a word, she just rubbed the seat belt back and forth with her hands, and after a while, she turned half of her body and looked back, with the corners of her eyes hanging sideways, obviously looking at the position next to Zhao You.

Xiao Man sat there.

The mother smiled and talked to Xiaoman: "Xiaoman, right? The surname 'Xiao' is quite unique, and the name is also quite unique. You were born in summer?"

"No, I was born on the winter solstice." Xiao Man sat up straight and replied.

"How old is this year? It looks like you're not married yet, right? Where do you work? Don't you have to go to work today?"

Yin Miaozai asked at this time: "By the way, Xiaoman, you just said to go to Hongfeng, right?"

Mother said, "Are you a doctor?"

Xiao Man said: "I'm not married yet, I'm a freelancer..."

Yin Miaozai said: "Auntie, Xiaoman used to be a policeman, and his partner is Dai Rou from our city, who is very powerful! They solved the big serial murder case ten years ago together!"

Zhao You said: "He is now a private security consultant."

"Yes, yes, he is specialized in helping clients formulate that kind of security plan."

Xiaoman smiled and said, "It's not that exaggerated, it's just helping people find things, people and so on."

"Oh, that's it..." The mother looked at Zhao You again, turned around without saying anything, and touched the handle of the leather bag on her lap.

Yin Miaozai's cell phone rang at this moment, the cell phone was connected to the speaker in the car, and the LCD screen in the car showed the caller: Yan Boyuan.

Yin Miaozai secretly gave Zhao You a wink, and Zhao You shook his head slightly.The phone rings continuously.Yan Boyuan hasn't hung up the phone yet.Mother was puzzled: "Xiao Yin, aren't you answering the phone?"

"Ah, um, oh, answer, answer." Yin Miaozai answered the phone with a smile and nodded. The caller was indeed Yan Boyuan, and his voice was surrounded by the car. He said: "Mr. Yin, Xiaoqing said that Zhao Youhe You are together, you can tell him, I am in the dormitory now, will he come to get the phone?"

Mother looked back at Zhao You.Zhao You interjected: "Xiao Yan, it's me, thank you, please leave your phone with the guard."

The mother was still looking at Zhao You, and Zhao You swallowed his saliva: "I'll come and get it now, you can do your work."

After being silent for a while, Yan Boyuan said: "That's fine, then you can get it from the guard." He hung up the phone.

Xiao Man pointed to a bus stop by the side of the road, leaned forward and said, "Then I'll get off at the bus stop here, and I'll just go to Hongfeng by myself."

Mother pointed to the navigation map that popped up on the LCD screen, and said, "It's okay, now go to Zhao You's dormitory, then go to Hongfeng, and then take me to the train station. It's all on the way."

Xiao Man moved his buttocks, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles, and said with a smile: "Then trouble Xiao Yin."

"It's okay, it's okay." Yin Miaozai said.

Mother said: "Xiao Man, you and Xiao Yin, you are very familiar? How did you know each other?"

Yin Miaozai said: "Oh, a classmate of mine moved to a villa, and asked Xiaoman to design a security system."

"Oh, and through the Zhao You you know? How long have you known each other?" Mother asked Yin Miaozai.

"Ah, ah, isn't it... Zhao You, is it like this... How long have you known each other..." Yin Miaozai turned on the turn signal and cursed: "Oh, what are you doing with this BMW!" She honked the horn, "Why don't you leave the front of my car for no reason?"

Zhao You said: "We haven't known each other for long, but we have a tacit understanding."

"Who has a tacit understanding with whom?" asked the mother.

Zhao You said, "Xiao Man and I."

Yin Miaozai coughed, Xiaoman pointed to a row of residential areas in front, and said, "The police dormitory is still in the water garden?"

Zhao You patted Yin Miaozai on the back, and Yin Miaozai waved his hands: "It's okay, it's okay."

Mother took out a bottle of mineral water from her purse: "Drink some water."

Yin Miaozai picked up the water bottle and took two sips of water, and now she was at the gate of Shuiyang Garden. Yin Miaozai looked at the guard room and coughed even worse.Zhan Xuanang was standing outside the guard. When he saw them, he waved to Yin Miaozai.He held a cell phone in his hand.

Zhao You put down the car window and waved at him, and heard his mother muttering in front of him: "Why are you team Zhan here?"

When he looked at her, his mother also waved hands with Zhan Xuanang, and greeted with a smile on his face: "Captain Zhan!"

Yin Miaozai put down the car window, wiped her mouth and said to Zhan Xuanang: "Hello, Team Zhan, that Xiaoyan..."

Zhan Xuanang looked into the car, and when he glanced at the back row.Xiao Man took the initiative to greet him: "Team Zhan, long time no see."

Zhan Xuanang blinked his eyes, and nodded to Zhao You's mother first: "Mr. Min, I haven't seen you for a long time. I just went to the dormitory to talk to Xiaoyan from our team. He said that Zhao You's phone was left on him. It’s there, I said I want him to be put in the guard’s place, Xiaoyan hasn’t closed his eyes for 24 hours, so I said, rest, I’ll put you in the guard’s room, then I saw Xiao Yin’s car coming ..."

Zhao You stretched out his hand: "I'm sorry to trouble you, Team Zhan."

Zhan Xuanang slapped the phone heavily on his palm, and asked casually: "Where are you guys in this car going?"

Mother asked, "Is Zhao You on vacation today?"

"Yeah." Zhan Xuanang said, "He takes turns off."

Zhao You smiled at him, folded his palms together and bowed.Zhan Xuanang didn't look at him, but at his mother.

Yin Miaozai said: "Auntie is leaving, I will see her off."

Zhao You said, "Send my mother to the train station."

Xiao Man said, "I'll hitchhike to Hongfeng."

The mother stretched her neck and looked at Zhan Xuanang: "Hey, Captain Zhan, you didn't drive? Where are you going? Back to the Municipal Bureau?"

Zhan Xuanang slammed on the car door and said, "Coincidentally, I'm going to the train station too." He smiled: "Someone from the province came, my car broke down these two days, and I'm planning to take a taxi there."

His mother greeted him enthusiastically to get into the car: "If it's not troublesome, Xiao Yin, let's send Team Zhan off together?"

Yin Miaozai responded: "No trouble, no trouble, anyway, we are going to the train station."

Xiaoman opened the car door and wanted to get out of the car: "Then I'll go to Hongfeng by myself, Team Zhan, please get in the car, you two can sit more comfortably, I don't have much to go there."

His mother stopped him and got out of the car first: "Don't, come on, Team Zhan, you sit in the front, and Zhao You and I sit in the back."

Yin Miaozai drank water silently, and Zhao You saw her mother holding the purse, pushing Xiaoman back into the car, and sat down next to Xiaoman.Zhan Xuanang sat in the passenger seat.Yin Miaozai tightened the bottle cap and said, "Fasten your seat belts, everyone."

She starts the car again.For a while, no one in the car spoke.It was Zhan Xuanang who broke the silence and asked Xiaoman, "What have you been up to lately?"

Mother said: "Captain Zhan, you also know Xiaoman?"

Zhan Xuanang nodded, looked back at the three people in the back row and smiled.Xiao Man also laughed, and said, "Don't do anything, I went to help someone find a dog yesterday."

"did you find it?"

"I found it, I found it."

"How did the dog get lost?"

"He got caught."

Yin Miaozai added: "It's my student, who spent the Dragon Boat Festival at my house yesterday. He has no one at home, so he has a dog. In fact, it is a wild dog in the school. He usually feeds it and will accompany it. Playing, getting vaccinated, checking teeth, and built a kennel for it under the dormitory building, it must be that dog..." Yin Miaozai smiled, and met Zhao You's eyes in the back row, and she continued: "I usually love it very much. Meddle in other people's business, offend some people in school, my student dormitory, usually in school, nothing happened, he came to my house yesterday, halfway through the meal, his roommate told him, look When a person caught the dog and left, I wondered if someone thought the dog was not pleasing to the eye and caught the dog. After thinking about it, I thought that Xiaoman might be able to help, so I called him and contacted Zhao You ..."

Mother said: "Ah? This dog catcher... Is this illegal?" She asked Zhan Xuanang, "Captain Zhan, don't you think so?"

Zhan Xuanang nodded, turned half of his body and asked backwards: "Then how are you all doing yesterday?"

Yin Miaozai said: "The festival was very good."

She also said: "It's not that Zhao You helped to find it together, it was a mess, and I fell by myself."

Xiaoman said: "Yes, yes, we found the night snack street outside the university, afraid that someone would catch a dog and sell it there, there are no lights in the back alley..."

Zhao You looked at Zhan Xuanang and said, "I found the day at night, and finally found it, that's why we are together."

Zhan Xuanang said: "If you're not in class, you should rest more."

My mother said: "He just can't stay idle. He has been like this since he was a child. Others have 24 hours a day. I think he can live 48 hours a day!"

Zhan Xuanang looked at Xiaoman with a smile: "It's a consultant again, and it's catching dogs together, you have a good relationship."

Xiao Man said, "It's okay."

Mother looked at Zhao You and said, "Your team Zhan is asking, why don't you answer? Didn't you just say that you didn't know Xiaoman for long, but you have a special understanding?"

Zhao You said, "Ah, yes..."

Zhan Xuanang's eyes slid to him, with sharp eyes and a smile on his lips.Zhao You also laughed, and laughed again and again.Zhan Xuanang said: "Have you made friends? You two are from the same police force, and you usually have something in common, right? It's just that there is a big difference in generations." He slapped his thigh: "Coincidentally, Xiaoman didn't A case that has been handled is somewhat related to the case that Zhao You is taking over now."

Yin Miaozai pretended to be stupid, and tried to change the subject: "Ah, yes, I haven't heard Zhao You and Xiaoman mention it, what case is it?"

Mother said: "I think they are quite different generations."

Zhan Xuanang asked Xiaoman again: "Hey, have you got a girlfriend yet?"

"There must be a lot of girls who like it. Girls nowadays like this kind of long hair, which looks like a girl from behind." The mother said.

Xiao Man smiled, Zhao You glanced at his mother, and said, "That's quite different from a girl."

Yin Miaozai asked: "Is the air-conditioning in the back enough? If it's not enough, I'll turn it down a bit. It's hot enough today..."

Xiaoman said: "It's Hongfeng, it's here, it's here, I'll get off first."

Zhao You said, "Get out of here."

Zhan Xuanang said: "Are you coming to Hongfeng for a follow-up visit?"

"Ah, yes..."

The mother immediately asked Xiaoman: "Ah? Didn't you come to see a doctor?" Her voice suddenly became sharp, her eyes were also sharp, and she gouged out Zhao You like a dagger, "What's wrong with you?"

Yin Miaozai drove outside Hongfeng Hospital, parked the car without turning off the engine, and said, "It's just a headache, probably because of the change of seasons, I can't sleep all the time."

Hearing this, Zhan Xuanang turned his head and gave Zhao You a wink, his eyes flicked back and forth between Xiao Man and Yin Miaozai, his brows were slightly frowned.

Zhao Youdao: "Xiaoman intends to rent a shop owned by Cousin Xiaoyin, which is near the train station. Did you agree to meet at noon today to sign the contract?"

He got out of the car, and Xiaoman followed.Yin Miaozai and Xiaoman outside the car said: "I'll send a message to ask my cousin, or Xiaoman you ask him yourself?"

Xiao Man took out his mobile phone, looked down, and said, "Well, yes, I'll see you at the train station later." He raised his head and waved to everyone in the car: "Thank you, Xiao Yin, bye, Auntie, Zhan Goodbye, Xiao Zhao, then I'll be leaving first."

He turned around and entered Hongfeng.When Zhao You returned to the car, Yin Miaozai suddenly seemed to have something to say to Zhao You, but she didn't say it. She continued to drive, and the four people in the car were silent again. At this moment, Zhao You's mobile phone screen turned on. up.When Dai Rou called, Zhao You secretly looked at Zhan Xuanang who was sitting in front, hesitating, Dai Rou had already hung up on his phone for ten missed calls.His mother leaned over to him and scolded, "I just said you didn't turn on your voice!!"

Zhao You smiled.Mother said: "Why didn't you answer the phone?" She muttered: "Dai Rou...is this Xiao Man's former partner that Xiao Yin mentioned just now?"

"Ah, just take it, just take it."

Zhan Xuanang didn't say a word, but stretched out his hand to adjust the wind direction of the air vents facing him in the front row.Zhao You answered Dai Rou's call, and heard Dai Rou say: "My God, you finally answered the phone. I heard about Yanzigou. You were with Xiaoman last night, right? Can you get in touch now?" Fuck him? Don't call him directly, can you find someone for him?"

"You can find it..." Zhao You said in a low voice.

At this time, the mother asked Zhan Xuanang: "Captain Zhan, Xiaoman was a very good policeman before? Why didn't he become a policeman? How is his family? What do his parents do?"

"Ah?" Zhan Xuanang looked back at Zhao You's mother, scratching his hair in a daze.

Dai Rou asked Zhao You: "Have you gone to the basement of Lin Mindong's house?"

The mother approached her with a smile and said, "It's my distant cousin who got divorced years ago and brought a three-year-old child with her. The conditions at home are quite good. There is a villa, a house, and a clothing factory, but she is not young. Well, she's not too pretty, I think Xiaoman's age is quite suitable for her..."

Zhao You replied truthfully: "Go."

Zhan Xuanang said: "Xiaoman's father is also a policeman, anti-drug. When Xiaoman was a teenager, he passed away on a mission. His mother was hit hard by this incident and became a monk."

Yin Miaozai said softly: "...this... I haven't heard him say it at all..."

The mother asked again: "Is he a widow? Does he have no house or car?"

Zhao You asked Dai Rou: "What's wrong?"

The mother shook her neck and snorted: "It's nothing, you have to agree to inquire about Xiaoman with others?"

Zhao You covered the phone and explained: "I'm talking to Dai Rou..."

Yin Miaozai said: "I heard what he usually said. If he doesn't have a company, he is not in a hurry to buy a house. He still has some savings. He is usually very economical, and he takes the bus when he goes out."

Dai Judao: "You and Xiaoman have a conversation."

Zhao You said: "You mean..."

Dai Judao: "To be honest, I don't know what you are planning to investigate the events ten years ago, and I don't know what Xiaoman told you, but Lin Midong's case has been closed, and the discovery in the basement It doesn't affect the fact that he's a serial killer, which means there's still only one version of the story."

Yin Miaozai said: "He is very good at cooking! Twice-cooked pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, shredded pork with Beijing sauce are all very good, and he can also cook Western food."

Zhan Xuanang immediately said: "Our Xiao Zhao is also a gourmet. He knows everything delicious in Qingshi. Xiao Yin, he has brought you to eat these delicious foods, right?"

Mother muttered: "I'm not a cook, why can I cook so many dishes?"

Zhao You said, "Understood, I know."

The mother snorted again, and Zhao You kept gesturing to indicate that he was talking on the phone.

Yin Miaozai said: "He is planning to open the shop at the train station."

"Fried vegetables? Box lunch? Or sell breakfast? Franchise store?" Zhan Xuanang said, "Xiao Zhao, don't you usually practice cooking in the dormitory? Your dormitory is pretty clean. Xiao Yan, I don't know yet , then he definitely won’t do it, then Xiao Zhao must be doing the usual tidying and cleaning.”

Dai Rou repeatedly asked: "Don't send text messages, WeChat, and don't call."

Zhao You answered, and Dai Rou hung up the phone.Mother's brows were now wrinkled into the word "Chuan".Yin Miaozai said: "I do baking, bake and sell coffee, and follow the trendy route of the Western style."

Zhao You said to his mother: "He doesn't lack a partner..."

Zhan Xuanang said: "Ah, yes! He used to be a famous handsome guy in our police force! There is no shortage of partners." He looked at Yin Miaozai and shook his fingers, "I have never seen him have a fixed partner."

The mother was anxious: "Ah, there is no fixed partner?" She stared at Zhao You, "You said he has no shortage of partners, does that mean he has a partner now? You have seen it, and he brought it to you. How old is it? , where do you work, and what do you look like?"

Zhan Xuanang cleared his throat and asked Zhao You: "What business does Dai Rou want from you?"

Zhao You said, "Well, I found something in Huangguozi Village last night."

fish. .cigarette.

Mother crossed her arms and asked Yin Miaozai, "Xiao Yin, have you seen Xiaoman's partner?"

"Me?" Yin Miaozai straightened her hair, "I... haven't seen it before..." She looked at Zhao You hesitantly through the mirror.

Zhan Xuanang's question was thrown towards Zhao You: "Didn't you and Xiaoman go to the Xiaoye Street in the University City to look for dogs last night? You also went to Huangguozi Village together?"

Zhao You touched the wound on the corner of his mouth, and looked at Zhan Xuanang: "No, no, we first went to find the dog together, and then I went to Huangguozi Village by myself for something, and then we met again, and we went to find the dog together, and then we went to find the dog together. Went to Yanzigou."

Zhan Xuanang didn't say anything more.

Yin Miaozai said: "Auntie, next time you can try the cake made by Xiaoman. I will pre-order one for you. What kind of cake do you like?"

Zhan Xuanang said with a smile: "Xiao Yin, is this still called Auntie?"

The mother smiled dryly, Zhao You's voice became louder, and said to her mother: "Should I speak to Team Zhan?"

His mother patted the back of his hand.Zhan Xuanang said: "What?"

Mother and Zhan Xuanang laughed together, and said: "Old Zhao will be back in a while, and I will come with him to see you someday, to see you and Dean Yin."

"Oh, I won't get involved when your in-laws meet at a party." Zhan Xuanang smiled and took care of Zhao You, "I'll be transferred to Director Bian next month, so be smart."

At this time, the mother asked: "Then why did Xiaoman leave the job?"

Zhan Xuanang and Yin Miaozai said: "Zhao You won't be so busy in the future, I can spend more time with you, Xiao Yin."

Yin Miaozai laughed twice, and her mother laughed too.Zhao You asked Zhan Xuanang: "I heard that the person who came is Dai Rou's master, who is going to retire soon?"

Zhan Xuanang smiled, but fell silent.

The whole car stopped talking again, and soon arrived at the train station. Zhao You's mother got off the car first and entered the station.Zhan Xuanang then got off the car and walked to the pick-up area.When he got out of the car, Yin Miaozai immediately called Xiaoman, turned a corner, and picked him up at the door of a travel agency.Xiaoman got into the back row, buckled up the seat belt, and let out a long breath.Zhao You said, "Go to Huangguozi Village."

Yin Miaozai opened up the chatter box, and said, "I was under the kitchen, and Xiaoqing opened the door for your mother! I asked Zhao You how your mother knew so many people in your team! I was embarrassed to say that I I broke up with you a long time ago, and your mother brought a lot of gift boxes, and she felt embarrassed when she saw Xiaoqing, so we just sat there, I think she has something to say to me, but Xiaoqing is here, It’s not convenient to say, and then she said that she was going to catch the train, and I just said that I would see her off, and Xiaoqing was going to follow, but when you called, I said you were here, waiting for us downstairs, I don't want to embarrass your mother, I want her to say what she wants to say! Who knew she was so embarrassed when she saw Xiaoman, what did you say to her?"

Zhao You and Xiao Man said: "Dai Rou called me just now, and according to what she means, someone may come to you for questioning, just the portrait we saw in the basement last night..."

Yin Miaozai said: "Ah? Did you really go to Huangguozi Village together last night? What kind of underground, what kind of portrait?"

Xiaoman said to her: "Talk to Xiaojing about the dog, don't turn your back on it."

Yin Miaozai asked Zhao You: "Who is the person who came to see me last night? How did you get the injury on your face? Where is your car?"

She asked Xiaoman: "How do you know he was in Yanzigou last night? I can't get through to him! Did he tell you?"

Zhao You said, "He followed me."

Xiaoman was helpless: "I'm not stalking, I'm..."

"What? You followed him? Put a tracker? You didn't install a tracker on my car, did you?" Yin Miaozai fumbled around in the car and looked around.

Xiao Man and Zhao You said: "Did you show your mother my photo? Where did you get my photo?"

Zhao You said, "I don't have a sixth sense for women, do I?"

"Where is the tracker? Why are you following us?"

Zhao You looked at Xiaoman: "My mother has no other intentions..."

Xiaoman nodded: "I know."

"What does your mother know?" Yin Miaozai glanced back at them.

Zhao You was still looking at Xiaoman, still talking to him: "After I talked to her yesterday, maybe she needs some time..."

Xiaoman laughed and raised an eyebrow.Zhao You muttered, "I'm not mocking you." He said, "I know you need time, and I understand."

Zhao You said again: "My mother just asked Team Zhan about your family."

"I have to go through a political trial to talk to you?"

Yin Miaozai glared at Zhao You in the rearview mirror, Zhao You ignored her eyes that seemed to have a lot to say, and asked Xiaoman curiously, "You really know how to make bread and cakes?"

"Bread and cakes?"

"Xiao Yin just said..."

Suddenly, the car slammed on the brakes and stopped on the road. Both Zhao You and Xiao Man rushed forward. Zhao You hit his forehead and Xiao Man hit his arm. I was almost kidnapped by the underworld! I still don’t understand why they kidnapped me! Xiaoqing said it was because of my relationship with Zhao You, what is the relationship between me and Zhao You, it’s inexplicable!! I will post it on Moments now! We broke up early If the underworld wants to kidnap someone, don’t kidnap me! What happened to the wound on your face?? We didn’t investigate the case together! Isn’t it a collective? Why don’t you always report to the organization? Have you? A little collective consciousness? One is following the other, what is this called? Who is it!"

She got out of the car, closed the door with a "bang", walked around the car, sat on the passenger seat, and hit the door with a "bang".She clasped her arms tightly and sulked.

Zhao You and Xiao Man looked at each other and got out of the car.Seeing a convenience store nearby, Zhao You motioned for Xiaoman to accompany Yin Miaozai, while he ran into the convenience store himself.He bought three strawberry flavored ones, and ran back again.At this time, Yin Miaozai lowered the car window, saw Zhao You coming back, and stared at him relentlessly, with wet eyes: "You are lucky if you were not killed by the bomb!"

Xiao Man stood by the car door and asked, "Then... shall I drive?"

"Whatever!" Yin Miaozai said.Zhao You smiled, and handed her a cone, and also gave Xiaoman one.All three got a cone, and there happened to be a shade tree next to the car, Zhao You and Xiao Man stood under the shade to eat the cone, while Yin Miaozai ate it while sitting in the car.

The cicadas on the tree made frequent noises, Yin Miaozai silently ate half of a cone, raised her head and said, "Zhao You, don't just die for no apparent reason."

She said again: "Xiao Man, you too!"