3 a.m.

In a small forest on the outskirts of Guangming Town.

Gao Min led many members of the Volunteer Association to search deep in the woods.

Gu Chen brought Zhang Mu to the front, swept the darkness in front of him with a tactical flashlight, and asked Zhang Mu, "Where are the people?"

"Right in front of you. Zhang Mu pointed to the approximate area.

Gu Chen glanced at Gao Min beside him, Gao Min's face was solemn, he nodded silently, and then called a few villagers with dogs to check the situation.

After sniffing the clothes that Uncle Qin was wearing before, several Chinese pastoral dogs began to continue their search along the darkness.

The dog searches in front, and the man searches in the back.

For a while, flashlights intertwined in the woods, illuminating the area.

Not long after, a Chinese pastoral dog suddenly barked at the ravine dog in front of him, and was dragged by the villagers on a leash.

Gu Chen hurriedly stepped forward and came to his side.

"Officer Gu, there seems to be a situation ahead. The villager who led the dog said.

"Go check it out. Gu Chen shone the tactical flashlight forward.

Suddenly, the super strong beam illuminated the entire area in front of him with extraordinary light.

The two of them moved forward slowly......

At this moment, the Chinese pastoral dog barked louder into the ravine.

"It should be here, I'll take a look. The villagers frowned, took the lead in stepping forward, and under the guidance of Gu Chen's light, they removed the leaves on the ravines one by one.

But just as the fourth branch was removed, the villagers let out a frightened "ah" and hurriedly took a few steps back.

"What's the situation?" Gu Chen hurriedly asked him.

"Officer Gu, yes...... It's Uncle Qin. ”

"Found it?"

When Officer Wang heard this, he hurriedly trotted over from another place, and everyone suddenly gathered their lights.

Several people worked together to clean up all the remaining branches, and Uncle Qin, who was covered in blood, was lying in the ravine at this moment.

Officer Wang squatted down to inspect it, and then actually shook his head and said, "The person is already dead, and he was hit the head." ”

"Fruit...... Is it really Old Qin?" After Gao Min saw Uncle Qin's corpse, he was so frightened that he took a few steps back and turned his head to look at Zhang Mu beside him.

"In this way, the corpse in Uncle Please's room is really my brother Gaoming, and Uncle Qin was also killed by you?"

Zhang Mu glanced up at her and didn't speak.

"You brute. Gao Min couldn't suppress the anger in his heart anymore, and rushed to slap Zhang Mu.

Then his eyes searched for the ground at random, picked up a stone, and was about to smash it at Zhang Mu's head.

"What for?"

"Stop. ”

"Stop her, stop her. ”

Everyone panicked when they saw it, and everyone rushed up and quickly controlled Gao Min.

"You let go of me, if I don't kill him today, I'm not Gao Min. ”

"Kill me, you're coming!" Zhang Mu seemed to be angry, he stepped forward angrily, pointed to his head and said: "Your brother wanted to kill people more than ten years ago, I have lived until now, it is my life, it is my own ability." ”

Gao Min seemed to be frightened by Zhang Mu's momentum, and his right hand holding the stone trembled, but he never dared to make a move.

"Enough. Gu Chen quickly walked between the two, snatched the stone from Gao Min's hand, and threw it aside.

"Ms. Gao, this case is handed over to our police to handle, please don't do anything out of the ordinary. ”

Looking back at Zhang Mu, Gu Chen said again: "Zhang Mu, you can actually deal with this matter through legal channels, but you deliberately killed someone in order to avenge your personal revenge, do you know what this means?"

"Of course I do. Zhang Mu snorted coldly, and tears couldn't help flowing from the corners of his eyes: "I thought that everyone's arrangements were leaky, and I thought that by breaking the concept of time and using the identity of outsiders who came to Guangming Town for the first time as a cover, I could escape accountability." ”

Looking at Gu Chen, Zhang Mu was a little desperate: "But I didn't expect that the collapse of an old bridge would leave you policemen here." ”

"What I didn't expect was that you guys live in a bungalow in the suburbs. ”

"Maybe that's providence. Lu Weiwei said.

"Hehe, you're right. Zhang Mu smiled bitterly with tears, and said indignantly: "I also thought about it, why don't you forget it? After all, with your police present, maybe my plan will be flawed." ”

"But I still believe in my own experience, and I believe that you police may not be able to find out that it is me, because I feel that I have arranged enough. ”

"But after a lot of calculations, I didn't expect Officer Gu to have such a ability, and he had already locked me up within an hour of the crime. ”

Zhang Mu was not convinced, feeling that he was unlucky this time, and he didn't count a powerful character like Gu Chen.

If he was given another chance, maybe he would choose to give up, but ...... He doesn't have a choice right now.

Gu Chen saw Zhang Mu's dissatisfaction, and stepped forward to ask him: "If, I mean if, if you are given another chance, will you give up this operation?"

Zhang Mu was stunned and looked at Gu Chen in surprise, as if Gu Chen could see through his psychological thoughts at a glance.

Zhang Mu cried, shook his head, and covered his cheeks with his handcuffed hands: "Give up? ”

"It's a pity to give up, but there are some things that don't make sense to stick to it. Gu Chen said.

Zhang Mu looked up at Gu Chen.

But this time, he was really convinced, and nodded silently to show that he understood.

Subsequently, everyone sorted out the bodies of Gao Ming and Uncle Qin overnight and placed them under the eaves of the bungalow.

After dawn, after the temporary steel bridge is erected, it will be loaded away by a special vehicle.

And Zhang Mu was also taken back to the police station by Gu Chen.

Then watching the police car slowly leave, Zhou Xiaoling, who was standing at the head of the bridge, seemed to be like a dream.

The man who kept saying that he loved himself was taken away by the police in this way?

Zhou Xiaoling was extremely scared.

Fortunately, Zhang Mu's goal is not himself, if this is really calculated by Zhang Mu, then the one lying in the body bag today may be himself.

While everyone was still discussing this matter, Zhou Xiaoling squatted on the side of the road alone, and she was so frightened that she burst into tears.

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......

The weather on Saturday was sunny.

Gu Chen ushered in a short double rest.

at home, in the bedroom.

Compared with the usual accurate biological clock, Gu Chen deliberately got up an hour late.

My mother and father have gone to the grocery supermarket.

On the dining table, there is milk and toast bread prepared by my mother Xiao Xiaofang.

After Gu Chen washed up, he briefly eliminated the breakfast on the table, and suddenly felt that it was boring to be alone at home.

Pushing open the balcony window, the road is full of traffic, and the fast-paced life seems to have nothing to do with you.

Downstairs, a couple of old ladies are arguing over the same square dance partner.

On the other side of the road, a sedan driver who was changing the spare tire seemed to be a novice, and his movements were not so smooth.

A little fat man passing by with ice cream in his hand fell and dropped the ice cream in his hand on the ground.

After quickly observing that there was no one around, he secretly picked up the ice cream on the ground and left as if nothing had happened.

A few huge magpies flew overhead, and they came to the big tree in front of the window and cried non-stop.

"There are magpies?" Gu Chen was also stunned, feeling that the level of greening in Jiangnan City was getting higher and higher recently.

Just some time ago, Gu Chen found that the number of swallows around him had also increased a lot.

It can be seen that in recent years, Jiangnan City has also taken great pains to create a national forest city again.

Gu Chen remembered that he hadn't seen a swallow for many years, and the accelerated industrialization process had led to the deterioration of the environment, and the birds that he could often see when he was a child seemed to have disappeared without saying hello.

But in recent years, after the slogan of "not only gold and silver mountains, but also green waters and green mountains" was proposed, Gu Chen personally felt that the birds that disappeared back then are now back.

Watching swallows fly around in response to the strong wind on a rainy day has always been a source of happiness for Gu Chen when he was a child.

Now, the joy is back.

Changing into a casual suit and putting on a pair of small white shoes, Gu Chen went downstairs to the grocery supermarket at home.

walked to the refrigerator, took out a bottle of nutrition express casually, and Gu Chen took a few sips.

"Drink less cold drinks, it's not good for your stomach. Gu Baichuan tapped a few goods, walked to the cashier and sat down.

"Dad, my stomach is iron. Gu Chen said with a smile.

"You can't be so badly beaten with iron. Gu Baichuan took out a pair of reading glasses, began to take out the computer, and counted the account books.

Gu Chen scratched the back of his head, and said with a smile: "Then I also see that in my cousin's circle of friends, I eat small flower snakes and insects raw, and I drink dew collected in the wild, and I haven't seen him sick or anything." ”

"Can that be the same?" Xiao Xiaofang also walked out of the shelf, casually discarded a few empty cardboard boxes at the door, turned his head and said:

"Your cousin is a Marine frogman, and his physical fitness is much stronger than that of you as a policeman, don't learn from your cousin, people's bodies are different. ”

"Got it. Gu Chen picked up the nutrition express that he had only drunk two sips, and was a little guilty: "Just drank two sips, you can't let me put it back now, right?"

"Give it to the kitten. Xiao Xiaofang took the nutrition express in Gu Chen's hand, walked to the door of the grocery supermarket, and poured it into a small basin.

A small flower cat lurking in the grass suddenly rushed over with a "whoosh".

After a few meows, I began to enjoy this rare delicacy.

"Son. Xiao Xiaofang glanced at Gu Chen and asked, "You said that you are usually so busy with work, and you stay at home like this when you go home?"

"Otherwise?" Gu Chen shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Accompany your second elder." ”

"There are no female colleagues, just ...... What are you looking for to play with?" Xiao Xiaofang asked tentatively.

Gu Chen shook his head: "Our colleagues, the time off is different, someone has to go to work if someone rests." ”

"Then you are too boring to be a policeman, right? Look at your Aunt Zhang's son, although he only graduated from high school, but now everyone is a screenwriter, and he earns hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, and his daughters are several years old, he seems to be a year older than you, right?"

Gu Chen: "......"

"So?"

"So the point is, his daughters are several years old, but you don't even have a girlfriend now. ”

"Haha, my son's career has just started, and it's okay to get married a few years later. Gu Baichuan, who was settling accounts, was not worried at all.

With his son's appearance, the girls on several streets are rushing to know him, are you worried that you won't have a daughter-in-law in the future?

Xiao Xiaofang glanced at Gu Baichuan, and said angrily: "Husband, although what he said is true, my son is like a workaholic every day, and he rarely has the opportunity to contact excellent girls outside of work." ”

After thinking about it, Xiao Xiaofang suddenly said: "Eh, son, what is your female colleague named Lu Weiwei, just the beautiful girl in the group photo of your department, I feel quite good, what do you think?"

"It's good. Gu Chen nodded silently.

Seeing that her son cherished words like gold, Xiao Xiaofang asked again: "In addition to her, do you know any other girls?"

"Uh, this ......"

Gu Chen was speechless for a while.

Thinking that whenever a strange girl came to talk to him, he would be taken away by Lu Weiwei intentionally or unintentionally, and felt that he didn't have any chance to contact some strange girls, so he also smiled and shook his head: "No." ”

"That's not going to work. Xiao Xiaofang was anxious when she heard this, and she also warned in the tone of a passer-by: "I'll tell your son, don't look at your handsomeness, inherit my genes from your father, but you also have to contact some girls." ”

"You're obsessed with work all day, it's not okay, isn't it a waste of this face?"

"If you want me to say, your colleague Lu Weiwei is very good, she looks pretty good, although she is two years older than you, but it doesn't matter, your mother and I are not antiques, as long as we are good and filial to our parents, it's nothing?"

"Okay, I got it. Gu Chen quickly turned his head.

I feel that if this topic is discussed, maybe my mother Xiao Xiaofang will have to nag for a while.

"Uncle Gu, come have a bottle of Coke. The sweaty man wiped his face with his oil-stained hands, his face full of exhaustion.

Gu Baichuan looked up, and suddenly smiled: "Yo, Xiao He, I talked about you just now." ”

"Talking about me, what are you talking about me?" He Xiaofan took the Coke handed by Gu Baichuan, and he was also puzzled.

"Say that you are one year older than our Gu Chen, and how old are your daughters. Xiao Xiaofang came over and said.

"Yo, Aunt Xiao, I didn't see you just now. Seeing this, He Xiaofan also greeted with a smile.

Xiao Xiaofang took a look, but said with a smile: "What's wrong with you? How did you become a little flower cat drinking pots of milk at the door of my supermarket?"

"Huh?" Realizing that there was something on his face, He Xiaofan took out his mobile phone as a mirror, and then said: "Isn't it like the car had a flat tire, I changed a tire on the side of the road, and it made my whole body dirty." ”

"So you were the one who changed the spare tire across the road just now?"

Gu Chen just said that He Xiaofan was familiar, and the person he saw on the balcony just now was him.

He Xiaofan also smiled: "That's right, the person who changed the tire on the side of the road just now is me, on this hot day, it's really hot enough to change the tire, I feel that the first half of today is really unlucky, and I have been unlucky until now, what can I do, unlucky first." ”

Gu Chen glanced at Xiao Xiaofang, and then asked He Xiaofan again: "What's the matter?

"There's a lot to worry about. While speaking, He Xiaofan directly unscrewed the cap of the Coke bottle and took a few sips with a grunt, only then did he "ha" and feel comfortable.

Gu Baichuan asked him: "Isn't there a work written by you that is being released?" Your mother, Sister Zhang, has told me several times. ”

"That's right, isn't that good? Fame and fortune are one step closer to your dream of being a screenwriter. Xiao Xiaofang also felt that He Xiaofan's child was promising.

The key person has just graduated from high school, and he is a writer and a screenwriter, and he feels like he is about to be blown into the sky.

When people talk about their son's origins, they are afraid that no one in the community will know.

"Huh. He Xiaofan laughed dryly, and said embarrassedly: "As far as my mother's mouth is concerned, I don't want to say anything, I just made such a small achievement, and he wants to publicize it every time, so that people still think I'm a big man." ”

"But isn't your dream to be a great screenwriter?" Gu Chen turned the pen in his right hand, and asked him curiously.

He Xiaofan looked up at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, and couldn't help but say: "That's right, my dream is to be a screenwriter, and to be a big screenwriter, but now I am one step further away from my dream." ”

"Huh?" Hearing He Xiaofan's words, Gu Baichuan took off his reading glasses, and couldn't help but be curious: "How do you say this?"

"Uncle Gu, you don't know. He Xiaofan changed his standing posture and leaned against the counter to complain:

"Looking back on the past six months, it is really too difficult, whenever I recall those heart-piercing moments, I suddenly find that the calendar has turned to the next month, it turns out that unconsciously, I have gone so far. ”

Feeling that He Xiaofan was acting in a stage play, his facial expressions were very in place, and Gu Chen also smiled and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Hmm. He Xiaofan lowered his head, also listlessly said: "There are only a handful of projects in the first half of the year, but there are no good projects, and there are a lot of bad projects." ”

"This makes me very entangled, think about it, don't take on bad projects, you always have to support your family, you have to make money to support your family, right? ”

"So, do you have difficulty choosing?" Gu Chen could see at a glance where He Xiaofan's entanglement was.

He Xiaofan nodded: "Poor...... It's like if you look at a piece of clothing, but it comes in several colors. ”

"You hesitate for a long time, but you don't know which color is better for you, until one day you see a rich man who buys all the colors. ”

At that moment, I realized that our choice was difficult, in fact, it was just that our choice was limited by "poverty". ”

Glancing at Gu Chen, He Xiaofan also sighed and said: "This is the case now, although I have participated in several big projects, the results are good, and my value is also rising." ”

"But now it's a bit high or low, if I'm the kind of rich person who buys clothes, or a big screenwriter, I can pick my own script project, and I can pick whichever one I want, and I'm ridiculous now that I don't know how to take on the project in order to support my family. ”

"How do you say this?" Gu Chen also nodded slightly, and said thoughtfully: "Your situation may be like modern people who can't do without their mobile phones, can't stay up late, play with their mobile phones until the early hours of the morning and don't let go, but struggle to get up in the morning to move bricks." ”

Glancing at He Xiaofan, Gu Chen said again: "Then I want to know, is it a dream or an alarm clock that woke you up?"

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