Bai Yuanchao is an ordinary old man in Baijia Village, Hongsong Town, Beiyu County, Zibo City, Ludong Province, who studied in college when he was young.

When Bai Yuanchao was young, he talked about an object, the girl and Bai Yuanchao were classmates, and their home was in the city, because they didn't want to go back to their hometown with Bai Yuanchao to live, so they broke up with Bai Yuanchao, although Bai Yuanchao struggled to stay, but it failed to make the girl change her mind.

After graduating from university, Bai Yuanchao did not farm from home with his parents, he chose to work outside, although his education was not low, but because his personality was not suitable, he found several companies, but he was dismissed by the other party without even passing the probation period.

Bai Yuanchao was embarrassed to go home without doing anything, and he wanted to wait until he made a name for himself outside, so he rented a basement and started his life in the city.

During this period, his parents urged him to go back to his hometown to live, but Bai Yuanchao felt that he had not yet become famous, and he was unwilling to go back, so he had been wandering outside, except for returning to his hometown for two days during the Chinese New Year, he usually worked in other places.

Later, Bai Yuanchao's parents died one after another, at this time, Bai Yuanchao, who still did not mix up the fame, regretted it, remembering the love of his parents when he was a child, and his heart that broke his parents when he grew up, he wanted to be filial to his parents, but he never had a chance again, whenever he thought of this, his regretful intestines were blue.

After a few years of uneventful, Bai Yuanchao has reached the age of talking about marriage, because he could not buy a house in the city, he finally returned to his hometown, with the help of the village committee, he used only 10,000 yuan of savings, the old house was renovated, and after that, Bai Yuanchao married a mediocre-looking, slightly fat woman as his wife.

A year after marriage, his wife gave birth to a daughter to Bai Yuanchao, and after adding a child, Bai Yuanchao's life pressure suddenly increased.

Once when Bai Yuanchao went to work in the field with the villagers, because of the verbal disagreement, he fought with several workers from other places, and afterwards he was detained by the other party.

Later, his daughter went to school, Bai Yuanchao continued to work outside, and did not go home much all year round, when his daughter was admitted to university, he and his wife went to work in other places in order to earn tuition for their daughter, and finally provided their daughter to graduate from college, and her daughter found a job in other places and did not come back.

At this time, Bai Yuanchao and his wife couldn't do anything, so they had to go home to farm, and their daughter was usually busy with work, so she came back once or twice a year, and then her daughter found a partner in the unit and basically didn't go home.

After two years of planting, Bai Yuanchao's wife fell ill. After serving his wife for a few years, his wife died of illness, at this time, Bai Yuanchao was left alone in the family, at first the daughter went home to see him on holidays, but when the daughter had her own children, she didn't go home much. It's rare to come back once a year.

Even if they came, their daughter and son-in-law just had lunch, and then rushed back, saying that they were going home to take care of the children.

Later, Bai Yuanchao is getting older and older, and his daughter will send money on time every month, but he just doesn't have time to see him, and the phone calls are getting fewer and fewer, although the mobile phone does not have a few calls a year, and the money will be deducted every month, but Bai Yuanchao is reluctant to stop, because he is worried that if his daughter calls one day and he can't receive it, his daughter will be anxious.

Once, he didn't receive a call from his daughter for two months, Bai Yuanchao thought that the phone was broken, and when he arrived at the repair shop, he was told that the phone was not broken at all, and there were still a lot of phone bills, and the reason why there was no phone was that no one contacted him.

Hearing this, Bai Yuanchao wanted to call his daughter and ask how her daughter was doing? But after he found his daughter's number from the address book of his mobile phone, he thought about it and put the phone up again, because he was worried that his daughter was busy and that his phone would affect his daughter's work.

Under loneliness, Bai Yuanchao raised a dog at home, talked to the dog every day, chatted with the dog, and used this way to relieve boredom.

During the day, Bai Yuanchao went to the village street to chat with the villagers, and at night he sat alone at the table, looking at the pickles and steamed buns in the bowl, he had no appetite, and every time at this time, he would take out two photos, one was a photo of his daughter riding on his shoulder and eating sugar gourd when she was a child, and the other was a photo of his wife when she was married to him.

Bai Yuanchao carefully placed the photos on his left and right sides, moved two chairs, took out two pairs of dishes and chopsticks, and put the dishes and chopsticks next to the photo, as if his daughter and wife were still by his side, and then looked at the photos of his daughter and wife, and told what happened today in a gentle tone, only in this way will the loneliness in Bai Yuanchao's heart disappear a little.

On this day, Bai Yuanchao felt that he was no longer good, he saw his parents and wife waiting for him at the door in a daze, at this time, he knew that his limit had come, and that day happened to be his seventy-fifth birthday.

There is also a chicken cake and four plates of side dishes on the table, chicken cake is the daughter's favorite food when she was a child, there is a group photo next to the chicken cake, which is the daughter's first birthday, Bai Yuanchao and his wife and daughter took a group photo, and it is also the only family photo.

For so many years, Bai Yuanchao has never given himself Zhang Luo's birthday, because he has forgotten what day his birthday is, although he can't remember his birthday, but his daughter's birthday, Bai Yuanchao has not forgotten, so he counted his birthday and his daughter's birthday on one day.

In the past, every time on his daughter's birthday, Bai Yuanchao's wife would cook a bowl of longevity noodles for his daughter, while he would take his daughter to the town on a bicycle to buy new clothes, and stew chicken or fish for his daughter at night, making her happy.

Before, these things were Bai Yuanchao and his wife together, after the death of his wife, it became Bai Yuanchao's own work, although since his daughter entered college, he didn't go home much for her birthday, but every time her daughter's birthday, Bai Yuanchao would help her buy a new dress as before, go to the cake shop in the town to process a chicken cake, cook a bowl of longevity noodles, beat a poached egg, and then tell the interesting story of her daughter when she was a child.

"Good girl, do you remember the flower padded jacket when you were six years old, when your father didn't buy it for you, you cried and refused to leave in the store where you bought clothes, when you had a birthday, I bought you back that boil, you actually praised your father for being a good father, your mouth is so sweet, hehe......"

"Good baby, you scored 95 points in the exam when you were ten years old, Dad is really proud of you, but Dad drank too much at night and got into a fight with your mother, since then, your mother won't let me drink, haha......"

"Good boy, I remember when you were twelve years old, one day at noon, you couldn't wake up, and your mother and me were in a hurry, and we carried you to the town overnight, and we hugged you for a while, but when we found the doctor, they said that you just fell asleep because you were too tired to play, hahaha......"

"Good girl, do you remember when you were in junior high school? At that time, you were fourteen years old, and your mother was worried that you would not be able to go to a good class, so she asked me to give a gift to your homeroom teacher at night, and killed the old hen raised by the family, but my father sent the wrong person......"

"Girl, when you were young, your mother and I hugged you every day, touched your little head all day long, and you drilled into our arms all day long, but when you got older, you never let us touch your head anymore, and you didn't let us hold it, saying that it was a shame, but Dad felt that it was not a shame......"

Although those few interesting stories have been told by him for decades, Bai Yuanchao feels very happy every time he tells it, and every time he tells it, he seems to have returned to the time when his daughter snuggled in his arms, shouted good dad to himself, and then asked himself for sugar gourds to eat, that was his proudest and proudest moment

That night, Bai Yuanchao died alone in bed, and when he was dying, he suddenly saw a figure sneakily walking in front of him......

At noon on the third day, after lunch, Ling Xu was studying a case in Liu Qianchuan's office, and at this moment, Liu Qianchuan called Ling Xu and asked Ling Xu to take a taxi to Baijia Village, Hongsong Town, Beiyu County.

Liu Qianchuan told Ling Xu on the phone that there had just been a deliberate arson case there, and a left-behind old man was burned to death by the fire, and he had already greeted the people from the Beiyu County Criminal Police Team, and after letting Ling Xu pass, he immediately began to investigate the case.

Hanging up the phone, Ling Xu had some doubts in his heart, so dignified, why did the teacher ask him to investigate the arson case? Although he couldn't figure it out in his heart, he didn't dare to slack off, sorted out some tools, and then walked towards the gate of the police academy.

He Siwen, the captain of the Beiyu County Criminal Police Brigade, was a middle-aged man in his forties with a kind appearance, at this time, he was looking at Ling Xu opposite with a suspicious face, and muttered secretly in his heart:

"What kind of reputation is the city bureau doing? After the murder, an old man was first sent to investigate the scene, and then a hairy boy was sent to investigate the case, this is a murder, not to hurry up to find the arson suspect, but here to grind and chirp the investigation scene, how can the city bureau detachment be so calm this time? ”

After coming to the scene, Ling Xu identified himself, and then found He Siwen, the captain of the criminal police brigade, and after carefully inquiring about the details of the deceased, he wanted to come to the scene of the case to inspect the report.

However, after receiving the inquest report, Ling Xu found that the content recorded on the inquest report was very rare, because there had been a fire at the scene, and many things were burned, so the people in the technical department did not test too many valuable clues at all, looking at the almost blank inquest report in front of him, Ling Xu couldn't help frowning a little.