April 8th. Cen Xi didn't expect that his 18th birthday was spent at the police station.

The Chengnan Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Binyang City Public Security Bureau is the work unit of Cen Xi's brother Cen Chen. In Cen Xi's impression, she only came once, that is, when she was seven years old, her parents had an accident, and she came with her brother, but she was only arranged to sit in a lounge, sat for a whole day, and was finally picked up by her brother. After graduating from Cen Chen Police Academy, he was assigned to the Chengbei Criminal Investigation Detachment, and was only transferred to the Chengnan Criminal Investigation Detachment three years ago. Today, 18th birthday, this is the second time.

It was getting late, and the setting sun was shining on the parking lot in front of the police station building, accompanied by the sound of sirens from time to time, which was a little bleak. A young female police officer opened the car door for Cen Xi and whispered, "Come with me." ”

"My brother," Cen Xi paused, and gently tugged the female police officer's arm, "He, what's wrong?" Cen Xi felt that her voice trembled a little, she had a faint feeling bad when the female police officer went to the school to pick her up.

"Don't worry, I don't know the specific situation, someone will explain it to you in a while. The female police officer led Cen Xi into a conference room at the end of the first floor of the building, knocked on the door, motioned for Cen Xi to enter, turned around and left to close the door.

It was a very small conference room, which Cen Xi thought was about the size of an interrogation room on television, with a table and a chair on each side. In one of the chairs, already sat a male police officer, seeing her, stood up.

"Cen Xi," the male officer wanted to make his voice sound as soft as possible, bypassed her, went to the water dispenser to pour her a glass of water, and handed it to her, "Sit down, my name is Han Shu, and I am your brother's colleague." ”

"Thank you," Cen Xi took the cup, she was a little afraid to look at the officer, the hand holding the cup trembled a little, "My brother, what's wrong?" she desperately wanted to know the answer.

"Don't be nervous, he should be fine, it's just that we haven't been able to get in touch with him lately. Han Shu saw the little girl's nervousness and fear, and hurriedly comforted.

"I picked you up today, I don't have anything else, I just want to ask you, has your brother been in contact with you recently?"

Hearing that the answer was not as bad as he imagined, Cen Xi's heart that had been hanging all the way finally let go a little. Along the way, my mind was almost filled with some kind of car accident, death in the line of duty, these terrible words.

"No, it's been about two months," Cen Xi frowned and recalled, "After the Spring Festival, he said that he would be very busy in the near future and might not have time to come and see me, but he promised that he would definitely come back to accompany me on my birthday and let me wait for him to pick me up." ”

"When is your birthday?"

"Today's ......" At the same time as he spit out these two words, Cen Xi lowered his eyelashes, and his eyes were suddenly full of tears, looking pitiful and aggrieved.

Yes, it's today, it was supposed to be the day when my brother went to pick her up from school, but she was picked up by the police car to the police station, brother, where did you go......

Han Shu looked at the little girl in front of him, thin and small, even a little weak, wanting to cry but trying to suppress it, his face was full of worry and panic...... Han Shu didn't know how to comfort her for a while.

"My brother has treated me very well since I was a child, although he is very busy, he has never broken his promise to me, so, please, he must be in trouble, please help me find him!" Cen Xi suddenly raised his head, and his tears could no longer be controlled, and they flowed instantly.

"You're my brother's colleague, aren't you, please, please......" Cen Xi became more and more excited the more he spoke, and he brought it up again just after letting go of his heart.

Yes, my brother won't disappear for no reason, and today is her birthday, if he doesn't come, something must have happened, it must be!

Cen Xi slipped from the chair and sat on the ground, she was terrified, and that poor self-control ability collapsed instantly. She didn't want to cry, and she knew that it was useless to cry, but she could only cry, tearing her heart......

In the last second, Han Shu was still racking his brains, how could he comfort this little girl, and in the next second, he was even more helpless in the face of her sudden heartbreak. After so many years as a police officer, he has been in contact with too many victims' families and has faced thrilling scenes countless times, but at this moment, I don't know if it was because of the relationship between his comrade-in-arms Cen Chen, he was so overwhelmed, he actually squatted down, and clumsily patted Cen Xi's head lightly with his hand, as if in this way, it could bring her some comfort, and she could slowly calm down.

In this way, he didn't know what to say, and he didn't ask anything more, so he squatted on the ground to accompany her, and squatted until his legs and feet gradually began to go numb......

Outside, it was completely dark. Cen Xi's crying slowly turned into sobbing, and gradually, finally stopped.

She wanted to stand up, but her legs were already numb, and she suddenly fell together, and her eyes were dark and dizzy. A pair of hands took her by the hand and helped her back to her chair and sat down, shaking her head vigorously to shake off the darkness in front of her.

"Don't move, you've been squatting for too long, your blood pressure may be low, close your eyes first. Han Shu gently pressed her back into the chair and motioned for her to sit down. Cen Xi leaned his head on the back of the chair and obediently closed his eyes.

Han Shu turned around and moved another chair across the table, and only then did he feel that his legs were numb and his walking was a little unsteady. He gently put Cen Xi's legs on the chair and squatted down again.

Cen Xi suddenly felt that someone was rubbing his legs, and opened his eyes suddenly.

"Don't move, stay honest, and you'll be fine for a while. Han Shu didn't look at her and ordered.

Looking at him squatting on the ground again, she suddenly had a sour nose and wanted to cry again.

"If you want to cry again, it's better to sit honestly and cry, or my leg will definitely be useless. Han Shu raised his eyes to look at her, but his hand did not stop.

When he said this, she once again forced back her tears.

"Okay," after a long time, anyway, Cen Xi felt that it had been a long time, Han Shu stood up with the back of the chair, "You stand up and try, it should be fine." He helped her up.

Indeed, Cen Xi felt much better.

"Let's go, I'll take you back to school. Han Shu turned around and took his coat. She watched him limp out of the conference room first, and didn't dare to delay and hurriedly followed.

"I heard your brother say that you usually live in school?" Han Shu opened the car door and motioned for her to come in.

"Well, since junior high school, I've lived on campus, and no one at home has taken care of me. Cen Xi nodded.

"Seat belt," before the words fell, he simply leaned sideways to help her fasten it, "You, haven't eaten yet?"

"I didn't eat dinner either, so I'll send you back to school after eating. "After all, it's her birthday, at least you should take her to dinner, Han Shu thought.

I'm not hungry. Cen Xi wanted to say this, but when he heard him say that he hadn't eaten dinner, forget it, accompany him, and ask about his brother.

"Good. Cen Xi replied obediently.