"Whoa......

The rain continued to hit the waterlogged road, splashing small splashes, and he looked down at the water droplets that seemed to be mixed with mud in the crystal, and his eyes did not blink.

"Whew-"

"Hey, ghost weather!"

A large rough hand pressed against his head, pulling down the heavy, wide poncho hat on his head, and the rain crackled on the plastic head hat on his head, and the water droplets continued to drip down the brim.

He raised his head and glanced at the middle-aged man standing beside him with some blankness.

The middle-aged man wore a dark blue ducktongue police hat on his head, and also wore a heavy black poncho on his body, and his eyes with some crow's feet squinted and raised to look at the dark sky, the expression on his face looked like a statue, even if the bean-sized rain kept hitting his face, the expression on the middle-aged man's face still did not change.

"Senior, it's raining so hard, we might as well wait until tomorrow and go back to Seoul!"

On the other side of him was a young woman, who also wore a dark blue peaked police hat on her head, and a rain poncho of the same size was put on her, not wearing the bloated feeling of a middle-aged man, but a somewhat empty feeling.

"No! we'll go back today!"

The middle-aged man lowered his head, and instead of looking at the young woman, he subconsciously raised his hand, as if he wanted to take something out of his arms, but the hand stopped halfway, and then put it down again, staring at the road with large and small puddles in front of him, and his voice was amplified by the interference of the rain as when the young woman spoke.

"What?!, but ......"

Hearing the middle-aged man's indifferent tone, the young female policeman was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly wanted to persuade, but was directly blocked by the middle-aged man's big hand wave.

"Smack!"

The middle-aged man raised his foot and slammed the rain boots stained with yellow mud from standing on the dirt road to the curb a few times, then stuffed the bag of tarpaulin wrapped in the crook of his arm into his arms without paying attention, and then turned around and stretched out his hands and inserted them into his arms.

"Let's go!"

For a moment, he felt as if he was about to fly, and when he looked down, puddles of water of all sizes passed in front of him, and a pair of big feet flowed past without care, and the splash did not reach him in the slightest.

"Bang!"

As soon as he closed the car door, the middle-aged man put him directly on the lap of the female police officer who had just come in and sat in another position.

"Look at him. ”

The female police officer was stunned, looked down at the poncho that was still dripping water on her body, and then looked at him who was pressing on her lap, deflated her mouth, and bowed her head and responded: "Yes." ”

The middle-aged man didn't care about his junior's somewhat dissatisfied face, simply ripped off the poncho on his body, stuffed it directly behind the car seat, and then didn't wipe his face wet with rain, but took it out in his arms, first took out the bag of tarps, put it on the wheel, and then took out a shriveled paper bag from his arms, and felt a crumpled paper cigarette from it.

Skillfully took out a lighter from his pocket, wiped it a few times, and finally lit the paper cigarette, and after holding it in his mouth, the middle-aged man drove the car directly.

"Ahem......"

A faint smoke gradually filled the humid air, and the female police officer took off his poncho and shouted with some dissatisfaction: "Senior!"

"You can't get used to this every day in the bureau? ”

His eyes were indifferently fixed on the road ahead, and the pale white smoke swirled on the middle-aged man's face, and his mouth was a tone of indifference.

"But it's raining now!" said the policewoman, pouting.

"So, then you just shut up. ”

The middle-aged man glanced at the sky outside the car window, and then said lightly.

"Senpai!"

The female police officer opened her eyes and shouted again in dissatisfaction.

This time, the middle-aged man didn't speak, but tilted his head slightly, and stared at her with those slightly squinted eyes.

The female police officer was immediately silent, and could only hold her big eyes and quietly stare at the middle-aged man.

"Ahem......"

However, at this time, a very soft voice sounded in the car, and because it was very light, coupled with the sound of rain outside, even the female police officer did not hear it much.

The middle-aged man bit the paper cigarette and loosened his teeth, raised his hand to wipe the itchy water droplets on his thick black eyebrows, and then suddenly took down the paper cigarette that had just been lit in his mouth, opened the car window, and threw it outside.

"How...... What's wrong?" Seeing the middle-aged man's sudden move, the female police officer asked a little stunned.

The middle-aged man glanced at the female police officer, then at him sitting quietly on her lap, and then looked back at the front.

"Hold on to him. ”

"Ahh......h Be...... Be. ”

Before the female police officer could recover from her somewhat stunned state, she felt a bump in the body, and hurriedly grabbed his small shoulders and sat quietly in her seat.

……

"Bang. ”

"Whew-"

"Finally back. ”

Closing the car door casually, the female police officer let out a sigh of relief, raised her head and looked at the sky that was still dark but no longer raining, and was in a much worse mood because she was wet.

The middle-aged man glanced at her, shook his head slightly, walked over and pulled him directly into the noodle shop next to him.

"Oh, senior, are you hungry? But aren't you already ...... before?"

"Shut your mouth and come in if you want to eat. ”

“…… Be. ”

"Whew-"

The middle-aged man gulped down the dry noodles in the bowl, completely ignoring the somewhat surprised gaze of the female police officer sitting on the side.

Seeing the middle-aged man's appearance, the female police officer nodded a little stunned, it seemed that the senior seemed to be really hungry.

But then, she looked down at the full noodles in her bowl, touched her belly, which was still a little swollen, and secretly complained in her heart.

My predecessor had already eaten with me at the Jeonju police station, so how could I still eat it? Could it be that the amount of food that men eat is really different from that of women?

“…… Don't like it?"

Suddenly, the middle-aged man lowered his head and asked in a muffled voice.

"Ahh......h That ......"

Hearing the middle-aged man's question, the female police officer was stunned, and quickly waved her hand, and then her young face showed a little embarrassment to the middle-aged man.

However, the middle-aged man did not look at her, but put down his chopsticks and turned his head to look at him who had been sitting silently on the stool.

"Don't like it?"

He glanced up, looked at the eyes that were faintly looking at him under the thick eyebrows, blinked, then lowered his head, and nodded slightly.

The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, then suddenly turned his head and shouted, "Boss!"

"Oh, guest, what's the matter?"

"Let's have a bowl of beef noodles. ”

"Ah...... Yes!"

"Former ...... Senior ......"

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, the expression of the female police officer, who was still a little embarrassed on her face, immediately changed slightly, and she wanted to say something, but she was still blocked by the middle-aged man's big hand.

As soon as the rain stopped, there were not many guests, and the middle-aged man came up when he didn't have a lot of noodles.

"Goo......

Looking at the beef on the noodles and the oil splashes in the noodle soup, the female police officer bit her lip and suddenly felt as if she was a little hungry.

But she can only think about it, the price of this bowl of noodles is enough for her to eat for a few days.

The middle-aged man also glanced at the bowl of beef noodles, but only at once, and then pushed the noodles in front of him.

"Eat. ”

He looked at the bowl of noodles in front of him, and the slight abdominal sound in his stomach made his hand move, but he still didn't move, but looked up at the middle-aged man.

Looking at this immature little face that suddenly raised to look at him, the middle-aged man was stunned, and then, as if he understood something, his gaze, which had been very indifferent, softened rarely, "Eat, you can give it back to me in the future." ”

He blinked, then looked down at the bowl of noodles, was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly picked up his chopsticks and ate them.

Looking at his gobbling appearance, the female police officer was stunned, but the corner of the middle-aged man's mouth couldn't help but show a faint smile.

"Didi. ”

And at this moment, a crisp sound suddenly sounded.

The middle-aged man was slightly stunned, lowered his head and took out a pager from his waist, pressed it a few times, looked at the information on it, and suddenly, his brows furrowed.

"Ah, newcomer, listen, I have something to leave, you send this child to the welfare home in Yeongdeungpo, and then you can go straight to the police station by yourself. ”

The middle-aged man stood up at once, put on his police hat and put it aside, glanced at the heavy rain outside the store, and then picked up the poncho and put it on.

"Ahh......h Where are you going?"

"Don't worry so much, the car is left to you, remember, you must arrive before the welfare house closes, you know? Remember, explain it clearly, let them take good care of this child, you know?"

The middle-aged man threw a car key to the female police officer while putting on a poncho, perhaps because he was in a hurry, and said a few more words in his words.

"Know...... Got it. ”

The female police officer grabbed the car key with some haste to do so, then looked at the middle-aged man who was in a hurry, and nodded a little stunned.

"Well, that's good," the middle-aged man took a breath after putting on the poncho, and turned to look at the female police officer, "remember to arrange everything before returning to the bureau, if the chief asks me where I went, just tell him that I went to the hospital, you know?"

"Got it. ”

"Hmm. ”

The middle-aged man nodded, then turned around and was about to walk out of the noodle shop, but just as he moved, his footsteps suddenly stopped again.

Turning around, the middle-aged man looked at him who had finished eating noodles for some time, and was quietly looking at him, the expression on his face changed slightly, and the whole person suddenly squatted down again, stretched out his big hand and gently grabbed his shoulder.

"Nice, got it?"

Looking at these good-looking black eyes, the middle-aged man said softly.

He looked at the face in front of him, which seemed to have a little deep concern in his expression, was silent for a moment, and nodded silently.

"Well, good boy. ”

The middle-aged man showed a gentle smile on his face that he had never seen before, raised his big hand and rubbed his head, and then, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared.

"Sorry......"

A very slight sound, so small that only he could hear it.

From before, the deep black eyes that had always seemed to be calm trembled violently, and he looked up, but only saw a tall back submerged in the rain......