Chapter 5: A false alarm
Under Lu Changming's close attention, Jiao Xuehua calmly dismantled the timed explosive device. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ By the time Info had dismantled it down to what looked like a dynamite bag, it dawned on her.
Lu Changming's expression showed a dead ash, because the bag of things didn't have a primer, and it couldn't be detonated at all.
Jiao Xuehua was a little tired, so she stood up and said to Lu Changming, who was in a daze beside her: "Team Lu, it's time for you to show off your skills, open this bag of things and see what is inside?" β
At this time, Lu Changming still hoped that the things inside were explosives, so that he could find a little face for himself - the other party actually wanted to blow up there, but the installation level was too amateurish.
But the truth is unforgiving. When he opened the packet, he couldn't help but be dumbfoundedβit was filled with sand, and he didn't even smell the slightest smell of sulfur.
Jiao Xuehua looked at the stunned Lu Changming, and didn't want to stimulate him anymore, but she also said earnestly: "Changming, if we don't rule out its suspicion in time, how much adverse social impact will this cause?" Please take a look at the 'spectators' around you, who will take the opportunity to pass on the news of the 'bomb' here to their relatives and friends in the outside world through their mobile phones. How much of a storm will this set off in society? This also directly impacted the 'opening ceremony' of the Century Pedestrian Street this morning. That's the real intention of the saboteur. β
Lu Changming couldn't wait to burrow himself into a crack in the ground at this time, and the glory that might have belonged to him before disappeared in an instant, and even caused a wave of ridicule and reprimand. I think I'm smart, but I inadvertently become a pawn used by the other party to stir up social panic.
Jiao Xuehua understood his mood, so she quickly stretched out her little hand and shook his arm and said, "Quickly ask your subordinates to put away these devices and put them in my car." Although this time bomb is fake, the person who did it is a real 'time bomb'. We must use this physical evidence to find out that person as soon as possible. β
How could Lu Changming have the face to give orders to his subordinates at this time?
He didn't stand up because of Jiao Xuehua's pull, but buried his head and personally collected those things with his hands.
Seeing this, Jiao Xuehua personally turned around and beckoned to the three patrol officers standing in the distance. Xiao Yang and the others immediately walked over in a down-to-earth manner...
Jiao Xuehua grabbed his arm again and said, "Hurry up, hurry up and follow me to explain and apologize to the site leaders here." We have affected the normal construction work of others. β
Lu Changming was stunned in his heart, and immediately understood that he had to face what he had to face.
The project manager and others at the construction site have also rushed to the news after hearing the news. He and the big and small leaders in charge of the construction site were watching the bomb disposal performance of the man and woman. When he found out that the policewoman had called for other policemen to come over and clean up the mess, and he and another policeman were walking in his direction, he quickly took the initiative to greet him.
Jiao Xuehua has a strong ability to observe, her eyes swept over the many onlookers, and soon locked on the man in his forties who was quite stylish in temperament and dress as the person in charge of the construction site.
The project manager's name is Xiao Weifeng, and when he saw Jiao Xuehua's face, he was immediately surprised: "Oh, isn't this Mrs. Chen?" Why did you come here in person? β
Jiao Xuehua knew that this project was also developed by her husband's company, and her husband was actually their Party A, so it was not surprising that they knew each other. However, she obviously didn't want to accept such a title, but said with a sinking face: "I'm sorry, please call me Captain Jiao!" β
Xiao Weifeng saw that this police flower was a little disgusted, so he had to change his words in embarrassment: "Oh, Captain Jiao, have you dealt with that time bomb?" β
In order to minimize the tense atmosphere, Jiao Xuehua couldn't take into account Lu Changming's feelings, so she said calmly: "It's just that someone has played a prank. We apologize for disturbing the normal construction of your site during the exclusion process. β
Xiao Weifeng hurriedly shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's okay!" It's still early in the morning and hasn't had any impact on our construction. Don't mind this, you've been busy for a long time, it must be very hard, please come to my office for a morning tea? β
Jiao Xuehua did not accept the other party's courtesy, but smiled slightly: "We won't bother you too much, or please explain to the workers and masters, and calm down this matter as soon as possible." β
"Okay, no problem!" Xiao Weifeng replied cheerfully.
Lu Changming looked at the portrait of the rich construction site leader, as if Jiao Xuehua's identity as Chen Donghe's wife was more glorious than the identity of the criminal police captain, and he couldn't help but feel indignant. However, he still had to bear his own fault, so he apologized to Xiao Weifeng: "When I transferred the fake bomb, I recklessly broke the gate of the construction site. Please take care of the repairs and I will take care of all the costs. β
Xiao Weifeng smiled: "This police officer doesn't talk to the family." What's a broken door? You don't have to worry about it. β
Jiao Xuehua didn't wait for Lu Changming to say anything more, so she said, "Since that's the case, let's not bother much." β
She then grabbed Lu Changming's arm again: "Captain Lu, it's time for us to go." β
Lu Changming's face was full of frustration, and after his subordinates followed Jiao Xuehua's instructions, in addition to the sand, they reloaded the other tattered things into the canvas package and stuffed it into the trunk of Jiao Xuehua's police car, and then issued another order: "You guys drive our patrol car to the repair shop." β
"Chief, what about you?"
Lu Changming looked at Jiao Xuehua standing beside him, and then replied, "Someone will send me home, so you don't have to worry about it." β
The three subordinates understood that their captain had planted themselves in front of the beautiful criminal police captain again, and they didn't dare to say anything more. They checked the extent of the damage to the patrol car from the impact and couldn't help but stick their tongues out at each other.
Lu Changming didn't wait for Jiao Xuehua to say anything, and sat in the passenger cab of her police car without authorization.
Jiao Xuehua immediately sat in the cab, and smiled at Lu Changming: "Then I'll send you home directly, right?" β
Unexpectedly, Lu Changming shook his head and said, "Don't be busy, you can drive and find a place to eat first." β
Jiao Xuehua was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Oh, you have worked hard all night, you must be hungry." I'll drive you to Xiyuan Snack Street, right? β
Lu Changming said with an elusive expression on his face: "Because of my own incompetence, I trouble you to get up early and crawl out of your husband's bed, and now you have delayed breakfast." I should at least treat you to breakfast, right? β
When Jiao Xuehua heard this, her pretty face suddenly turned red.
At this time, the dawn of the morning light was also ushered in in Mindong, far away in the southwest of China, where the longitude was smaller than that in northern China, and the sunrise time was half an hour later. But it's already brightening up for now.
In a place called Qu Village, most of the villagers are still asleep, but there is one family that has already risen smoke from the cooking...
It was a very humble family. A woman who is about the same age as Jiao Xuehua and has a very beautiful appearance is boiling porridge in front of the stove. However, she was dressed entirely as a peasant woman, and her clothes were very rough.
Her name is Yang Hong and she is the daughter-in-law of this family. But in an empty house, she was the only woman.
After she finished boiling the gruel, she peeled the two eggs that had been cooked in advance, put them in a heated soup can, and then scooped the steaming gruel into the soup pot little by little...
When she had everything ready, she immediately went into the back room. There was also a little girl of four or five years old sleeping on the bed.
"Niuniu, wake up!"
She gently shook the little girl's shoulder.
The little girl who was sleeping soundly was obviously reluctant to open her eyes, but she was still helped up by Yang Hong and dressed her in the haze...
When she helped the little girl get dressed, she finally tossed the little girl's spirit.
"Mom, are you going to take me to my grandmother's house?"
The little girl was used to being woken up by her mother early in the morning, and asked while Yang Hong put on her shoes.
Yang Hong nodded and said, "Well, it's inconvenient for me to take you to see grandma at the moment." β
Yang Hong held the soup can in one hand and the little girl's hand in the other, and when she went outside, she let go of the little girl and locked the door.
In the yard of her house, there was a bicycle, she hung the soup can on the handlebar, and then carried the little girl to the back seat of the bicycle, and pushed the bicycle out of the courtyard gate. This yard is even more rudimentary, and there is nothing of value. She doesn't have to lock the courtyard door anymore.
Yang Hong pushed her bicycle through most of the village before coming to the gate of another family's courtyard.
Bang Bang Bang!
With a knock on her door, an old man in his fifties and sixties walked out of the door.
He was dressed as an ordinary farmer in both his face and dress. As soon as he saw Yang Hong knocking on the door outside the courtyard, he walked straight over and opened the locked courtyard door with the key in his hand.
"Daddy!" Yang Hong whispered to the old man, and hugged the little girl in the back seat of the bicycle with one arm.
"Grandpa!" The little girl also looked up and called out to the old man.
The old man nodded, took the little girl's little hand with his hand, and asked Yang Hong, "Baby, how is your mother-in-law?" β
Yang Hong shook his head gloomily and said, "It's not good, the doctor said that there are no more days..."
The old man was silent for a moment, and then asked his daughter again: "Then have you informed Chen Jie?" β
Yang Hong didn't answer, just shook her head slightly.
The old man was puzzled: "When is this, why haven't you informed him yet?" With just one baby, can you bear it? β
Yang Hong's eyes turned red and said, "Now that I have notified him, what problem can I solve?" If he comes back a day earlier, he will earn less money for a day... How can the family pay off the foreign debt that he owes so much? β
The old man was speechless, and waited until his daughter's emaciated back rode away, and then muttered to himself for a long time: "What a sin!" β
He looked down at his granddaughter at this time, and then said softly, "Niuniu, come into the house." β
After Yang Hong entrusted her daughter to her mother's family, she stared at the bicycle and drove quickly outside the village.
She passed through two villages before driving on a flat road, and pedaled for more than half an hour before she came to a town.
By the time she pedaled to the hospital there, she was sweating profusely.
But she didn't have time to catch her breath for a while, so she wiped the sweat on her head with the sleeve of her clothes, parked the car, and walked into the hospital ward with the soup can.
When she walked into a hospital room, a scrawny old lady was lying expressionlessly on her bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
"Mom!" Yang Hong immediately leaned over, put the soup can on the bedside table next to the bed, and stretched out her hands to help the old lady's upper body up a little bit.
When the old lady saw her coming, she seemed to have been stimulated for a while, and immediately said in a trembling voice: "Hong'er...
"Well, Mom, how are you feeling?" Yang Hong asked softly while straightening the old lady's body.
The old lady didn't have the strength to speak, so she could only nod slightly, which could be regarded as comforting Yang Hong.
This is a high-risk ward, and the oxygen cylinders and various first-aid equipment in the ward are relatively complete. This old lady is Yang Hong's mother-in-law. She had advanced cancer.
As the only relative by her side, Yang Hong has to come to accompany the bed during the day, and at night she has to go home to take care of her daughter and do all the housework.
"Mom, are you hungry? I've made you porridge again, so let's drink it while it's hot, right? After Yang Hong and the others wiped the old lady's hands and face with a soaked towel, they opened the insulated lid of the soup can.
The old lady was terminally ill and did not have any appetite to eat. But she knew in her heart that the warm porridge fed to her by her daughter-in-law was boiled from her home dozens of miles away. In order to live up to the filial piety of the daughter-in-law. She still tried to eat as little as she could.
At the same time, in a snack bar in Tongyao City, thousands of miles away, Jiao Xuehua was also sharing breakfast with Lu Changming.
Lu Changming was chewing a roast cake with meat, and chatting with Jiao Xuehua who was sitting opposite for an excuse-