At 7 o'clock in the evening, Hedong City was already full of stars and bright lights.

When Luo Yuchen returned home, he saw that his mother had prepared dinner and his father was leaning on the sofa watching news programs. He hung his coat on the shoe cabinet hanger, changed his slippers, walked into the kitchen, and looked around with his usual curious eyes, "Mom, what did you do today?"

"Big buns, eight-treasure porridge, and pickles. ”

"Wow, so rich!" Luo Yuchen had an exaggerated and surprised expression, but his heart was a little complicated: My mother-in-law, I've been eating buns for a week, and I'm about to become buns. Even if there are 10,000 entanglements in his heart, he doesn't dare to make a mistake. If you provoke the old lady, what you can eat is not a bun!

Compared to the young people who eat instant noodles, go to restaurants, and order takeout at every turn, their parents always have an incomprehensible passion for cooking, which may have something to do with the difficult years they went through. Moreover, they only like to cook one type of food in a pattern, and make it repeatedly, even if they are already busy and tired during the day, they still enjoy it when they enter the kitchen.

Luo Yuchen observed, in fact, the old mother occupied the kitchen not out of love for cooking, but more out of a habit, she not only made steamed buns and steamed buns solidly, but also needed to get your feedback every time: "The stuffing of the buns is salty" "How about the steamed buns?"

Every family member has become accustomed to this process, including the head of the family, Luo Yuchen's father.

After completing this procedure, Luo Yuchen looked outside and asked his mother in a low voice, "Where is my sister?"

"After a day in her room, we asked her what was wrong, and she wouldn't say. You go and see her. ”

From her mother's reaction, it can be seen that Luo Fangyi did not perform this procedure when she returned home, and this abnormal behavior was too obvious.

Luo Yuchen tiptoed to the door of his sister's room, knocked on the door a few times, but no one responded, and tentatively opened the door again, and saw Luo Fangyi leaning on the bed with his eyes closed. The ceiling light in the room was not on, only the faint glow of the charger at the head of the bed.

"Girl, don't sleep, go to dinner, the big buns made by my mother are fragrant. ”

Luo Fangyi did not react.

Luo Yuchen stepped forward and pulled her up at once.

"Oh, brother, I don't want to eat. Luo Fangyi broke free and leaned back against the bed.

It seems that her mood is indeed extremely bad. Luo Yuchen turned on the room light and saw that Luo Fangyi was unkempt and listless, completely lacking his usual cleverness and eccentric energy.

Luo Yuchen wanted to tease her, but after thinking about it, this girl was really angry, so she still didn't want to make trouble.

Luo Yuchen sat on the chair next to him, "Girl, I've heard about you." What exactly is the decision of the unit?"

Luo Fangyi was silent for a moment, and then 1510 told the whole story of this experience, "I went to the unit to report in the morning, and the leader said don't worry, report to the society to find out the matter." Let me wait at home now and let me know when the result is out. ”

Luo Yuchen understood what she meant, and to put it bluntly, it was suspended for investigation.

This Qu Changguo is against Luo Fangyi everywhere, what is it for?

"Sister, did you offend Qu Changguo? He deliberately gave you a loop. Luo Yuchen expressed the doubts in his heart.

Luo Fangyi pondered his brother's words carefully, he usually did not deal with Qu Changguo, otherwise he would not always send some dirty work. However, he would not use such a trick against himself

bar. If that's the case, this Qu Changguo will be too ruthless.

"Brother, even if he doesn't wait to see me, it's impossible to talk about this manuscript, you don't know the influence of this manuscript. It had a great impact not only on me, but also on the newspaper. He is the executive deputy editor-in-chief, and it is impossible not to think about the big picture. Luo Fangyi analyzed.

Luo Yuchen didn't know the situation of Beijiang Evening News, just by literally, he felt that what Luo Fangyi said made some sense. However, he also thought of Qu Changguo's conversation with him not long ago, and warned himself conclusively to stop the investigation of the Xiangbei incident. Who he is, Luo Yuchen can't say.

"I'll go to the newspaper office tomorrow and look for your leader. This is the only thing Luo Yuchen can do.

"Forget it, brother, they love what they like, I don't want to do it anyway. Luo Fangyi shook her head, all she could do was to take it by heart.

Since he was a child, his brother has been so protective of himself, he was bullied by the school bully at school, he was the first to come forward to repair the other party, and when he quarreled with his boyfriend, he was also the first to come forward to persuade him with bitter words and good words. But now it's different, he's just a small policeman, and he can't solve the problem with his fists.

Luo Yuchen knows his strength, and the era of relying on fists to talk about things has passed. But he was still not at ease with Luo Fangyi.

"Girl, you can't give up like that. Have you forgotten how much effort your family has put into finding you a job? You've been working for a few years now, and you're not a kid, so don't be rash. ”

"But what can I do? The impact is there, the group is criticized by the province, and the newspaper is criticized by the group. The editor-in-chief's office was criticized by Xiahou Mingqi, and naturally at my level, I must be criticized by Qu Changguo. Moreover, this kind of criticism and punishment are all layered up. I wrote the manuscript and I investigated the situation. Nine times out of ten, the punishment for me is to get out of the way and leave," Luo Fangyi analyzed, "Brother, I am not alarmist this time, nor am I breaking the jar, the reality is indeed very grim." Just like what happened to the master back then, someone had to take the bag. ”

Luo Yuchen understands what she means, now all units and systems are engaged in a responsibility system, everything must be responsible for people, the parties must be found when problems are found, and the problems must be implemented layer by layer, and it is naturally easy to increase the code layer by layer in the implementation process, and the more you read it, the more crooked it becomes.

So, everyone is shouting tired - employees are tired, and leaders are tired. But I don't know why I'm so tired.

"There will always be a solution. Girl, now my parents are retired. You see, they don't have anything to do on the surface, but they're actually worried about you all the time. I don't know if you feel the same way as me, my parents are getting older, they are more like children at this age, and we are more like parents, we must always make them feel cared for and feel grounded. ”

Listening to Luo Yuchen's words, Luo Fangyi remembered the big bun made by the old lady. No wonder my brother is more conscious than himself, he has such a profound understanding.

Thinking of these, Luo Fangyi also felt that he was not sensible, he was almost thirty years old, not only did he not have peace of mind at work, but he couldn't even bring a boyfriend home. She let out a long sigh and forced a smile into the living room.

Luo Yuchen ate a very perfunctory dinner, stuffed two buns into his mouth and hurried away. The buns are really good, the skin is thin and the filling is big, and the oil is fragrant. However, I can't stand eating every day.

He always remembered in his heart what he had agreed on during the day - to talk to Xiangbei, so he got up and was about to leave.

"What are you doing?" the old man called out to him.

"Mom, I'm full, I still have something to do, I have to go out. Luo Yuchen's mouth full of buns has not yet been swallowed.

"Drink the soup and leave, this soup will be defeated!"

Luo Yuchen glanced at the soup on the table: put the gnocchi into the pot, add a broken egg, and put no sugar or salt. This soup has been drunk since he was a child, and he can't see where he can defeat the fire, but he feels that he is in a hurry every day.

"Okay, Mom, I'm defeated!" Luo Yuchen drank it all, "Girl, accompany your parents to eat." ”

"Brother, where are you going?"

"I made an appointment. Luo Yuchen didn't say much, and threw the door away.

Luo Yuchen's mind was full of Qu Changguo. He has never told Luo Fangyi about his new understanding of Qu Changguo, maybe it is because of the professional habits of the police, maybe it is because of his brother's protection of his sister, in his opinion, he has a set of ways to solve these problems.

According to the agreed time and place, the two met on the promenade on the side of the bridge across the river in the center of Hedong.

This is very similar to the meaning of the police and the informant, and it also reminds Xiangbei of the years when he wandered around to escape the pursuit of the police.

"How is Xiao Luo's mood?" As soon as he saw Luo Yuchen, he asked about Luo Fangyi's situation in the north.

"It's okay, I know her pressure, and I can only coax her as much as I can. ”

"I can imagine how frustrated she was, I was no less stressed than she was. You tell her that the most important thing now is to withstand all the pressure, as long as things don't reach the end of the road. There will always be hope. "This is the experience of Xiangbei: many times, things are not as bad as you think, and the most fearful thing is that you mess up first.

"Wasn't that the case with you? ”

"Our situation is not exactly the same. She's in a much better position now than I was back then. So, I don't think things are going to be that bad. ”

"But what if someone really wants to harm her?" Luo Yuchen asked rhetorically.

"You mean Qu Changguo?"

"This man is so scheming that it makes people feel terrible. ”

Xiangbei was silent, thoughtful: "There is something I think I have to tell you. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Remember investigating those mysterious whistleblowers?"

"Of course I do. ”

"We went to a community at that time, in the eastern suburbs of Hedong City. I always felt familiar with this neighborhood at the time, and it seems that I have been to that neighborhood before. Later, I suddenly remembered that when I was still in the Beijiang Evening News, I had a colleague dinner, and I sent him home after the dinner, and his home was from that community. ”

"Which colleague, do I know?" Luo Yuchen asked.

"Qu Changguo. ”

"He?!" Luo Yuchen was surprised, years of professional experience had cultivated his keen sense of smell, "He lives in that community? can there be such a coincidence? Could this matter have anything to do with him?"

"It's possible. ”

"Is it possible to make this assumption, the report letter back then was written by Qu Changguo. But why did he do it? What contradiction do you have with him? He wants to hurt you like this!"

Contemplation to the north, in terms of life, although he and Qu Changguo are alumni. The two families occasionally have a small party, but Xiangbei has always been careful to keep his distance from him, so he pays attention to what he says and does.

As for work, in the eyes of many people, Qu Changguo and himself are related to each other, and the two can be described as people in the same boat. Qu Changguo needs him to implement the tasks, he will carry them out without discount, and he has never been unhappy because of his work.

Xiangbei also has such doubts, when did he offend Qu Changguo?