At a quarter past six in the evening, the guards locked the gate of the police station, leaving only the side door near the mailroom for people to enter and exit.

He had just picked up his bowl and was about to eat when he saw a girl running towards him.

"Hello, I want to find Officer Xu Lanxu." Chiba didn't care about gasping for breath and asked hurriedly.

"Xu Lan? It's already off work. He glanced at her and tuned the TV channel to the news.

"I have something important to look for him, can you give me his number?" Chiba asked again.

The doorman was a little impatient, and his fingers holding chopsticks tapped on a notebook.

"If you want to report the crime, you must register here, and if you don't report the crime, you will come back tomorrow."

She looked at the notebook, which recorded some brief reports, most of which were "family disputes", "mobile phone robbery", "lost wallet", etc. After hesitating for a long time, I still couldn't put pen to paper.

"Uncle, I'm not reporting the case, please be accommodating, Officer Xu is my friend."

"Since it's a friend who called him."

"I ...... I don't have his phone, but I'm in a hurry to find him. ”

"There is nothing in the police station that is not in a hurry!" As he spoke, the doorman turned up the volume of the TV and made a gesture of no longer being bothered.

Helpless, she had to sigh and leave.

As soon as she arrived at the other end of the alleyway, she suddenly found that Xu Lan was sitting in a small shop, the same crispy peanuts with two taels of wine, and her face was crimson when she was drunk, so she hurriedly stepped forward to greet her.

"Uncle Xu!"

Xu Lan raised her head, her expression a little distant. He hates being disturbed when he is drinking, and he is too lazy to deal with it, whether it is a sudden work or a person who can't get in the way. Because this time after work belongs to him, he cherishes it very much. What's more, what appeared in front of him was the girl who "reported a false case" last time, and he was even more disgusted.

"You're Yang ......" he pointed at Chiba with his chopsticks, unable to name him.

"Yes, Yang Qianye, Song Yingchen's friend."

"Oh, have you eaten, a piece." He twitched the stool on his right and motioned for her to sit down.

He's not saying polite words. Although he hated being disturbed when he was drinking, he couldn't ask for a person who could sit down and drink two glasses with him.

It's a pity that Chiba didn't come to drink, and pushed the cup he pushed back again.

"Uncle Xu, I've found the stronghold of those people again." She tried to keep her voice as low as possible, but it was heavy.

"Poof......" Xu Lan squirted half a mouthful of wine from her mouth, and the remaining half was fortunately not wasted because of the quick reaction.

"This time in an elementary school."

"You don't drink?" Xu Lan pushed the cup towards her again.

She shook her head, and he poured the wine into his mouth.

"Then what are you talking about, I didn't blame you for what happened last time, here you go again."

"This time it's real!" Chiba moved his upper body closer to him again, even though his mouth was full of wine and it smelled bad, "You have no idea what's going on inside, it's terrifying." ”

"Gambling and drug use? Prostitution? Illegal pyramid schemes? Half-immortal fortune telling? Xu Lan asked disdainfully.

"Kill." Her lips barely moved, her teeth rubbing against her tongue slightly.

Xu Lan was stunned for a moment, and then looked at her with strange eyes.

"What did you see?"

"Well, cut by knife, there are still many people watching, and those people are crazy."

Xu Lan kept playing with the peanuts on the plate with chopsticks, but she didn't clip them.

"Little sister, I don't understand what you young people like to play now, and I admit that I am old and have long been eliminated by the times. But no matter how funky and weird your tastes are, I don't think lying is fun. If it weren't for the fact that you are Song Yingchen's friend, I might have taken you back to the police station and held you accountable for spreading rumors and reporting false police, understand? I've just gotten off work, and I want to sit down and relax by myself, and if you still know how to respect your elders, you're going to tease people somewhere else. ”

The words were sharp and harsh, without any mercy.

"I didn't lie to you, and I have no motive to report false alarms. The secret passage of the pharmaceutical factory was really filled in last time, and if they had acted earlier this time, they should not have changed places so quickly. Uncle Xu, you will believe me again, I don't dare to talk nonsense if I dare to kill someone. I saw it with my own eyes, and I almost got caught by them. ”

"They can't catch you, you're so powerful, you can escape every time." Xu Lan said sarcastically, put the chopsticks down, stretched back, and then shouted, "The boss pays." ”

Seeing that he wanted to leave, Chiba quickly got up and blocked the way.

"Please, Uncle Xu, believe me again."

Xu Lan's eyes bulged, her chin was tucked in, and she hiccuped for a long time.

"I'm not a bodhisattva, what are you begging me for, it's useless."

"Then how can you trust me?"

"If you don't say anything, I'll believe it."

He burped again.

Chiba was anxious, and resorted to radical methods: "It is said that the Lucheng police are in a nest, and if there is a case, it will not be solved if the case is filed, it seems that it is not false at all." ”

These words obviously angered Xu Lan, and grabbed her arm, as if she was about to hit someone.

"Why is the girl's family so indebted, believe it or not, I'll take you back to the prison immediately?"

Chiba also let go, stretched out his two clenched fists and said: "Copy, just copy me back now, and if you commit any inexplicable crime, it will be considered meritorious." ”

"You!" Xu Lan made a gesture of touching the handcuffs around her waist, then calmed down and let go of her hand.

"Don't confuse me with those people, everyone has their own difficulties, and not all police officers are incompetent. In this society, there are large and small cases every minute, and if you can hit with a single blow every time, there will not be so many people who take risks to kill people and get more goods. There is a cost to crime, and there is also a cost to solve a crime, I hope you understand this truth. ”

"I only understand the truth that evil does not prevail over good, and as a people's policeman, we should punish evil and promote good!"

Xu Lan slapped a hundred-dollar bill on the table and pushed her away.

"I don't need you to sing slogans, get out of the way."

The back of his walk completely outlines the image of a depressed policeman who has gone from middle age to old age - his legs are more open than ordinary people, his gait is not brisk, and although his back has hard lines, it is no longer straight. If it weren't for the fact that his arms were swaying from side to side, he might have looked like an ordinary citizen when he took off his uniform. Where this slightly frustrated frustration came from, only he himself understands.

"Uncle Xu, you wait!" Chiba was unwilling and chased him out.

He was resolute and didn't look back.

Just yesterday, he received a call from the woman he had been secretly in love with for many years and never let go, and after a brief greeting, Lu Meiqin deliberately told him not to deal with Yang Qianye. She said that Yang Qianye, the girl, was a little nervous, and in order to get close to Song Yingchen, she did not hesitate to launch various offensives against the acquaintances around her, and even made up lies to get close, which probably included him.

Thinking about it carefully, Yang Qianye's performance today is indeed not normal, even to the point of rudeness. She probably wanted to use this to attract attention, so she lied about the horrific incident to cater to his profession and achieve the goal of getting to know each other—Xu Lan thought.

But the strange thing is why those eyes are so inescapable, if it weren't for the immersive scene, he can't pretend to be so hot - and he is very confused.

Thinking about it, he found that he had walked hundreds of meters, and when he looked back, he was so frightened that he retreated again and again - Chiba had been following him no more than a meter behind, his eyes full of stubbornness and sincerity.

"You're a ghost, you walk silently."

"Uncle Xu, please believe me, I really didn't make up nonsense, I can swear!"

"Tsk." Xu Lan took her hands out of her trouser pockets and said patiently, "Last time you were so categorical, but as a result, don't you still run for nothing, what do you want me to believe you?" There are conditions for calling the police, and there is a process for calling the police, just because you say that someone kills someone, should the police be loaded with guns and ready to go? ”

"I know I can't produce evidence to convince you, but should I just let those people do whatever they want?"

"I didn't expect you to have a dream of saving the earth as a girl, I admire your imagination."

"That means you're not going to believe me anyway, are you?"

"Miss Xiao Yang, to put it mildly, why don't you go to call the police elsewhere, and come to me, don't you still think that I won't do anything to you. Even if you have a lot of dissatisfaction with the Lucheng police, it's not good to vent it in this way, it will bring trouble to yourself. If you want to scold us in uniform, you can change your name on the Internet and open your name, or you can write a letter to our superiors to complain. ”

"If Song Yingchen came to you today, would you believe it?"

Xu Lan spoke, leaning against the wall with his hands on his chest.

"He told me that you were the most responsible, righteous policeman he knew, and that he was brave, so I came to you."

He was moved by these words, put away his non-negotiable attitude, and asked, "Then tell me, what did you see?" ”

"I saw ......" Chiba was overjoyed, and she finally convinced the stubborn policeman.

"Lao Xu!" Just as she was about to recount the process of breaking into the Elysium to him, a familiar voice came.

Xu Lan raised her head, and her expression instantly became happy.

"Mai Trito!"

Chiba also turned her head and saw Lu Meiqin walking towards her, the brand-name bag hanging on her elbow looked particularly eye-catching in the darkening sky.

"Aunt Lu?" She was surprised.

"Chiba ......" Lu Meiqin also pretended to look at her in surprise, "You two know each other?" ”

She didn't know how to answer, and Ms. Lu didn't seem to be waiting for an answer.

"It looks a bit like it from a distance, it's really you." She said to Xu Lan again, the smell of perfume was tangy.

"What are you doing here?"

Lu Meiqin didn't panic, showed a row of teeth and said with a smile: "Why, your police station bought this street and didn't let us ordinary people come in?" ”

"Of course ordinary people can, but I'm a little surprised that a rich woman from your house is also here." Xu Lan sour slippery.

"I'm looking for you." Lu Meiqin slapped him on the shoulder with disgust, like an ambiguous action between a young man and a woman, "The ID card is about to expire, can you find an acquaintance to open a back door, no, I don't want to queue up." ”

Xu Lan looked at her suspiciously: "I can still do this little thing...... When will it be done? ”

"The day after tomorrow."

Lu Meiqin said perfunctorily, and then turned to Chiba who was stunned, "Chiba, it's just right to meet you, accompany me back to the Sakura Apartment to get something." ”

Chiba was a little at a loss, and looked at Xu Lan in a daze, and Xu Lan also showed a puzzled expression.

"Let's go, I just forgot my key. Lao Xu, let's go back and talk, bye-bye. ”

The initiative was completely controlled by Lu Meiqin, and without waiting for the two to react, they pulled Chiba and walked towards the rear. Chiba also knew that it was no longer suitable to tell Xu Lan what he had seen at this moment, so he had to leave.

Looking at the backs of the two, Xu Lan was very puzzled. Not only was he surprised by Lu Meiqin's sudden appearance, but he also felt that something else didn't seem right.