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He thought about it for a while, and it seemed that since they knew each other, Ji Liao had been asking questions and answering them by himself, and each time he answered a really long string of questions.

So he went on to ask: "You seem to have... almost no recreational activities? Except for raising fish..."

"Rarely," Ji Liao answered his last question first, "My family... has a complicated relationship."

He added: "But if you want to know..."

Yan Cun understood, and his heart couldn't help but move.

Ji Liao changed his voice and ended with a smile: "——I won't tell you either."

"..."

Gee.

Seeing that Captain Yan's cheeks were puffed up with anger, Ji Liao couldn't help reaching out and poking him lightly on the cheek, and quickly retracted, the soft touch of the other's skin remained on his fingertips for a long time.

"I'm teasing you," Ji Liao smiled inwardly, "Hey, you can ask."

The two had arrived in front of the small supermarket at this moment, walking along the shelves while talking, throwing something into the shopping cart from time to time.

For a moment, Ji Liao had the illusion that the two of them were 'living life', and felt a little itchy for no reason.

Yan Cun was not unhappy, he quickly said "oh", walked forward a few steps, picked a few bags of potato chips and threw them into the shopping cart, and thought about where to start asking.

Ji Liao mentioned his elder brother many times before, and he probably has a good relationship with his elder brother, so there should be no mistakes—so he asked, "Well, your elder brother is...what kind of person?"

He glanced at Ji Liao cautiously, and he was relieved to see that the other person's expression was the same as usual.

Ji Liao thought for a few seconds without saying a word, and said, "He's a little...um...how should I put it..."

"He has a strong leadership and is consistent in the company's decision-making. In the eyes of outsiders, he is probably...a more rigid and serious person." Ji Liao paused for a few seconds. Dao, he is a bit naive and a bit powerful."

"Well..." Yan Cun said, "That's not the same as you? In the eyes of outsiders..."

Before he finished speaking, he quickly realized—how did he claim the position of Ji Liao's "family member"!

"Well...not..." He coughed lightly, and continued to ask, "Then...where is my sister?"

He noticed that when Ji Liao mentioned his elder brother, there was a flash of longing in his eyes, and the speed of his speech became a little lighter——and when he mentioned his younger sister, Ji Shuwang, his movements froze, and his breathing stopped for a few seconds inadvertently. Fast but back to normal.

Ji Liao lowered his eyes and thought for a while, but couldn't find words to describe it.

"Maybe she's... a bit black-bellied."

"...how do you say it?" Yan Cun walked to the freezer, took out a few bags of milk from it, and asked, "Drink milk?"

"Ah." Ji Liao replied, "Take it, stock up on a few packs."

He continued: "Well... Shuwang she... is better at independent thinking, has her own opinions, and has her own unique ideas." Ji Liao picked and considered the "impressions of Ji Shuwang" that popped up in his heart for a moment. He picked out some of them, and quickly added, "It's also more worrying."

"Is it because of school violence?" Yan Cun asked.

After scanning the QR code to pay, the two of them walked towards home. Ji Liao sighed and said, "Actually...she has not only experienced school violence."

"... What else have you experienced... Anything else?"

"Well," Ji Liao's eyes flickered, and he deliberately lowered his head not to look at anyone, "She was molested by...an old man...for a period of time many years ago. At that time, my elder brother and I didn't know about it. She... "

The two walked forward for a long distance, and Yan Cun didn't wait for the next sentence for a long time, hesitating to say a syllable: "Then..."

"Let's not talk about that." Ji Liao changed the subject abruptly, quickly took the shopping bag from Captain Yan's hand, and turned to look at him, "Are there any other questions?"

"...?" Yan Cun squinted his eyes, and looked at Ji Liao for a few seconds, cleverly caught something wrong in the eyes of the other party, and felt something for no reason, and he still didn't ask after thinking about it.

So he focused on the point that people don't want to say, and continued to ask: "Then... where is your father?"

"..." Ji Liao didn't speak.

He has always been really reluctant to talk about his father, and last time he found something, he didn't know what to say to Yan Cun for a while.

The air suddenly fell silent.

Ji Liao felt a little anxious for no reason, and tried to pronounce a syllable for a long time, and suddenly realized that something was wrong around him, and stopped in place.

They both raised their eyes and looked not far ahead at the same time - on the left side of the street, a woman in a dirty old cotton dress froze in place. The little girl she was holding loosely in her hands was hugged by a tall man wearing a peaked cap beside her.

The man was dressed in black, with a strong physique, nearly 1.9 meters tall, and the thick black mask completely covered the lower half of his face. His movements were crisp and neat, and he blatantly picked up the child and ran towards the silver car at the corner of the alley.

A few meters away, above the corner of the street, the surveillance camera was facing the location where the incident happened—isn’t it too obvious to rob children in broad daylight? !

Perhaps because he didn't realize what happened, the little girl in the man's arms just lay on the man's shoulder in a daze, expressionless, and didn't cry or scream.

Ji Liao came back to his senses first.

It's just that before he had time to make any movements, the person beside him quickly stuffed the kitten doll he caught in the crane machine into his arms, and rushed forward very quickly.

Ji Liao glanced in the direction of the man, his eyes were dazzled by the unusual reflection in his pocket, and he was startled: "Yan... be careful!"

It is probably not the first time that the man in black has done this. He quickly sensed that someone was approaching. He turned around and gave someone a blow. He strangled the little girl in his arms with all his strength, and rushed forward at a faster speed.

The little girl was not too frightened, nor did she cry, but was strangled and had difficulty breathing, and let out a short scream.

After all, he has been in the criminal police business for so many years, Yan Cun quickly judged the opponent's movements, dodged, and decisively caught him.

He shouted: "Ji Liao!"

Ji Liao took a step forward knowingly, and while the man was loose, he quickly snatched the little girl back from his arms.

"?!"

The man originally thought that these two were just passers-by who acted bravely, but he did not expect to cooperate tacitly. He was shocked by the sudden attack and took a step back.

He ran away, but unexpectedly the man persisted in trying to capture him, so he had no choice but to pull out the dagger that reflected the cold light in his pocket and swung it forward.

The distance between the two was too close, Yan Cun took a step back, unable to dodge in time, the tip of the dagger scratched the skin on the outside of his arm.

Ji Liao's eyes narrowed.

The man raised his hands and shook them threateningly, his eyes flashed fiercely, and he said in a trembling voice, "Don't...don't pass..."

"...??"

Before the man in black finished speaking, Captain Yan, who had just been scratched by the tip of the knife, quickly raised his leg and swiped at his wrist, making a loud "pop", and the dagger fell to the ground with a bang.

"Well!"

The man hissed in pain, and tightly covered his wrist.

Twist the man's hands behind his back and press firmly, and use the strength of his knees to firmly press the man on the ground. Only then did Yan Cun heave a sigh of relief, and said in a cold voice, "You talk a lot?"

"Ah-ah! Take it easy... Take it easy!"

Just now, the man in black almost thought that his hand was going to be swept away by others, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his whole body was so painful that he lost his strength, but he still struggled.

Since he didn't keep up with his nutrition when he was a child, Captain Yan was a bit out of place in the criminal investigation detachment where the average person was a macho, but he wasn't going to let the gangsters overthrow him.

Veins popped up on the back of his hands, and he easily held down the man in black, remembering that he was closed for business today, without handcuffs: "Hiss—Ji Liao, call the police."

Ji Liao responded with a solemn expression, first returned the child to the woman who had just stayed there, pulled out his mobile phone and dialed 110.

The woman who seemed to be the child's mother didn't move, she glanced at Ji Liao, and it took a long time for her eyes to become a little anxious, she didn't speak, she picked up the child and nodded to him.

Ji Liao suddenly sensed something was wrong.

He raised his hand to hold the woman back, and asked one more question just to be on the safe side: "Is this your child?"

The woman stopped moving, stared at his mouth shape for a long time, and then lowered her head a little for a long time.

Ji Liao didn't seem to believe it, and asked the girl in her arms: "Little sister, is she from your family?"

The little girl reacted exactly the same, and after a while, she nodded to him.

Ji Liao thought for a while, then heaved a sigh of relief and let the two of them leave.

When Ji Liao returned to the scene of the incident, Captain Yan had already removed the cap and mask from the man in black, cast a cold glance at the man, and asked, "A habitual offender?"

Seeing Ji Liao approaching him quickly, he hurriedly said, "Well—Ji Liao, hurry up!"

Ji Liao: "...?"

"Cat, quickly pick up the cat." Seeing that Ji Liao didn't react, he glanced behind Ji Liao, "Cat! That cat! Don't let anyone pick it up!"

Ji Liao understood, and just now he relaxed a little from his nervous mood, and with a helpless "oh", he picked up the things he threw away.

The black-clothed man who was suppressed just now didn't know what he saw, and an 'unbelievable' emotion flashed in his eyes for a moment, and he seemed a little nervous.

In the next few minutes, no matter what they asked, the man bit his lower lip tightly and did not make a sound.

After the on-duty personnel from the jurisdiction arrived at the scene and took away the man in black just now, they realized that the silver car that the man was running to just now had disappeared, and they hadn't had time to remember the license plate.

Captain Yan, who had a big heart, came back to his senses and looked at the wound on his arm—the wound was not deep, but the sharp point of the dagger still left a wound about five centimeters long.

Ji Liao looked down at the bleeding wound, but didn't speak.

He pulled Yan Cun and walked quickly towards his home, took out the medicine box from the drawer and began to treat the wound by himself, without saying a word the whole time.

Seeing that his face was serious, and his expression seemed to be falling apart, Yan Cun blinked, and tentatively said: "Then what...Ji Liao, it's impossible, just a small scratch..."

Before he finished speaking, Ji Liao suddenly asked, "Does it hurt?"