Chapter 36 Friend or Foe
The sun shone brightly on the plaques of the bustling shops along Xiafei Road, and the door of the Shuangxi Detective Agency, which was built on the street, was open, but no one patronized it.
Recently, the old gate has been calm, not to mention murder and arson, not even thieves and thieves.
Liu Rushuang sat at the table, holding her chin with both hands, doing nothing, and Bai Yulou, who was standing on the side, looked at Liu Rushuang with affection.
"There is no case to investigate, and I have no reason to go to the police station to find Brother Xi." Liu Rushuang couldn't help but mutter.
Bai Yulou frowned unhappily when he heard Liu Rushuang talking about Yingxi.
Liu Rushuang looked at Bai Yulou fiercely, and Bai Yulou immediately put away his unhappy expression.
"In vain, how about I write a love letter to Brother Xi? Be sincere and tell him how I fell in love with him at first sight two years ago......" Liu Rushuang said, falling into a sweet memory.
More than two years ago, the old gate thief "Night Fragrance" sneaked into Liu's cloth village at night and stole the fabric of the entire cloth village. The next morning, Boss Liu found that most of the family property was missing, he was furious, fell to the ground and fainted, Liu Rushuang ran to the police station in a panic to report the case.
Liu Rushuang ran into the courtyard of the police station with a shout, and directly bumped into Ying Xi, who had just come out of the police station.
"What's the panic in broad daylight?" Ying Xi pushed away the yellow-haired girl in front of her in disgust and straightened her clothes.
"I'm sorry, I'm here to ......" Liu Rushuang was so tired that she couldn't breathe.
"Report it, right?" Ying Xi took over impatiently.
Liu Rushuang nodded.
Ying Xi glanced at Liu Rushuang casually, "Just tell me, what's wrong?" ”
"The thief came, my father was stolen, all his cloth was stolen, the whole cloth of a cloth village."
"Your father's cloth village has been stolen, is that what you mean?" Ying Xi calmly hugged his arms.
Liu Rushuang blinked and nodded, she was afraid that Ying Xi would not understand, and added, "Yes." ”
Ying Xi rubbed his beard, "Which cloth village?" ”
"It is the largest cloth village in the old gate - Liu's cloth village, my father's name is Liushan."
"Your father is the richest man in the old gate?" Ying Xi was stunned.
Liu Rushuang nodded, "That's right." ”
Liu Rushuang was secretly proud, thinking that since Ying Xi knew that she was the daughter of the richest man in the old gate, she would no longer be so indifferent to her. Unexpectedly, Ying Xi still put on a posture of disapproval.
"Got it." Ying Xi stood in place.
"Aren't you going to survey the site now?" Liu Rushuang stared at Ying Xi incredulously.
"I have something else to do now, you can go back first." Ying Xi said this, swaggering around and walking away.
Liu Rushuang looked at Ying Xi's back with a look of adoration, before this, all the men she had seen nodded to her, and they all wanted to join the Liu family, but Ying Xi was the only exception.
Liu Rushuang felt both fresh and excited, and a sense of excitement that had never been felt before came to her heart.
"Officer, what's your name?" Liu Rushuang called Ying Xi.
Ying Xi turned around curiously, "I'm the new Inspector Ying Xi, you can call me Inspector Ying." ”
"Brother Xi, my name is Liu Rushuang!" Liu Rushuang was so happy that she wanted to jump up, and instantly threw the trouble of theft at home out of the clouds, she felt that it was all fate, thanks to "Night Primrose", she could know Ying Xi.
Ying Xi was displeased with Liu Rushuang's inexplicable relationship, frowned, and left.
Liu Rushuang looked at Ying Xi's back with a on her face, she made up her mind to pursue Ying Xi, but unexpectedly, this chase was more than two years.
Liu Rushuang put away her thoughts, held her chin, and looked adoring, "Brother Xi speaks crisply and neatly, does not drag mud and water, and does not cling to the powerful." In the past, no matter where I went, as long as I said that I was the daughter of Liu Shan, the owner of Liu's Cloth Village, those people would scold me, but Brother Xi didn't, he didn't even pay much attention to me......" She couldn't help but lower her head and hide the shyness on her face.
Bai Yulou, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but feel jealousy, pursed his lips disdainfully, and lowered his voice, "You went to report the case and he ignored you, because he had no sense of responsibility, what does it have to do with clinging to the powerful." ”
Liu Rushuang didn't hear it, and looked at Bai Yulou with a sideways face, "Bai Bai, if I write a love letter to Brother Xi, he will be moved, right?" ”
Bai Yulou was just about to speak, Liu Rushuang remembered that her little follower was still an "idiot", and shook her head regretfully, "I forgot that you are still in a hypnotic state, and it is in vain to ask you." ”
Liu Rushuang picked up the paper and pen, and wrote while speaking emotionally, "Dear Brother Xi......"
Bai Yulou was secretly anxious, with a flash of inspiration, he deliberately struggled and shouted, "Ah, I don't want to live anymore, let me die." He ran to the window, pretending to jump off the building, and secretly aimed at Liu Rushuang.
Liu Rushuang ran over and grabbed Bai Yulou in a panic, with a concerned expression, "Bai Bai, why are you sick again." ”
"Sister Shuang, I feel uncomfortable, I'm sorry for Sister Hao and Cheng Zesheng, I want to pay for their lives." Bai Yulou repeats his old tricks.
"Oh, don't think about that."
"Sister Shuang, I'm in a very bad mood, I always want to die." Bai Yulou put on a pitiful look, and peeked at Liu Rushuang as he spoke.
Liu Rushuang scratched her head at a loss, turned her head to look at the love letter on the table, and looked helpless, "Forget it, I'll write a love letter another day, I'll take you to the street to walk around first." ”
Bai Yulou was overjoyed, Liu Rushuang looked at Bai Yulou with a sideways face, and Bai Yulou immediately changed to a loveless expression.
In the evening, Zhu Wolong stood in the courtyard of the police station waiting for Bao Ying, and Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi walked out of the police station, their faces swollen like steamed buns that had just come out of the pot. When Zhu Wolong saw it, he couldn't help but point to Lu He Huan and Ying Xi and laughed.
Lu Hehuan walked up to Zhu Wolong with a confused expression, "Is there anything happy about Boss Zhu?" ”
Zhu Wolong couldn't help but laugh, "I saw the two of you just now, and I thought it was two balloons, what's wrong with you?" ”
"Allergies." Ying Xi endured the pain and replied first.
Zhu Wolong covered his mouth and smiled, and Lu Hehuan was stunned in place.
While the three of them were talking, the bald officer hurriedly ran out of the police station, "Inspector Ying, the materials you asked for yesterday." ”
Ying Xi really didn't want to lose face in front of his subordinates, so he waved his hand without looking back, "Give it to me tomorrow." With that, he walked away with a smile.
"Inspector Ying......" The bald police officer didn't know why, and he had a slippery head.
Ying Xiquan didn't hear it, and pulled Lu He Huan to continue to stride forward.
"Why don't you ignore the bald head?" Lu Hehuan was confused.
"When they see that I am beaten like this, there will be no majesty in the future, go quickly!" Ying Xi said and ran directly.
"Inspector Ying, what's wrong?" The bald police officer was inexplicable, and Ying Xi was still chasing after the materials yesterday, and he didn't bother to take them when he delivered them today.
Zhu Wolong glanced at the bald police officer and smiled meaningfully, "You should be the inspector and turn into a steamed bun face." ”
"Steamed bun face?" The bald officer scratched his head in confusion and turned back to the police station.
When it was time to get off work, Bao Ying and Bao Kang walked out of the police station together. Bao Ying glanced at Zhu Wolong, who was waiting in the courtyard, turned around and wanted to leave, but was unexpectedly stopped by Bao Kang beside him.
Bao Kang smiled, "Boss Zhu specially took us home." ”
Zhu Wolong greeted him with a flattering face, "Director Bao, Miss Bao, my car is parked at the door." ”
Bao Ying raised his face and said coldly, "Why do you want to take the car when your feet are sound?" I'll just walk back. She shook off Bao Kang and walked out of the police station gate on her own.
Zhu Wolong didn't dare to step forward to stop people, so he reluctantly asked Bao Kang for help. Bao Kang tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and smiled, "Boss Zhu, don't worry, Xiao Ying doesn't know anything about the world, and she doesn't understand your good, I will do her work slowly." ”
Zhu Wolong sighed and nodded.
At dusk, the streets are sparsely populated and the stalls on both sides of the avenue are listlessly guarded by passers-by who wish they returned late to buy the rest of their goods. Suddenly, their attention was drawn to a man and a woman. There is nothing special about this pair of men and women, what makes others feel rare is that a woman pulls a man with a rope, yes, it is Liu Rushuang who pulls Bai Yulou out for a walk.
Liu Rushuang pulled the rope and led Bai Yulou to walk on the street, and the pedestrians on the street cast strange glances, as if admiring a pair of monsters.
"Why is that woman holding that man?"
"It's like holding a dog."
"That man must be very pitiful, he can't be abused every day."
"Maybe it's a cheap breed, and I'm willing to do it."
The sound of pedestrians talking reached Liu Rushuang's ears, and she yelled angrily at the onlookers, "Hey, what did you say? He was hypnotized, and I was holding him for fear of his death! ”
Everyone laughed, but they still did not forget to chew the root of their tongues.
"What hypnotism, I haven't heard of it, what kind of evil art?"
"That man is so pathetic."
"It's strange to be held like a dog, and you don't want to die."
"Aren't you afraid that he will die and hold hands?"
The words of the pedestrians reminded Bai Yulou, and Bai Yulou's eyes lit up, and he secretly planned to take the opportunity to get closer to Liu Rushuang.
Liu Rushuang pointed at everyone angrily, "You ...... It's unbelievable! Hum! She turned her head to look at Bai Yulou and comforted her softly, "Bai Bai, don't look at incivility, don't listen to incivility." ”
Bai Yulou looked at the rope in his hand pitifully, pursed his lips and sobbed, "Sister Shuang, are you disgusting me because I am a murderer?" ”
"What do you say?" Liu Rushuang retorted in shock.
"Then why did you tie me with a rope and not take my hand? You must dislike me for being a murderer, and I am guilty......" Bai Yulou burst into tears.
"I ......" Liu Rushuang was speechless for a while.
"I still don't want to live, you let me die......" Bai Yulou cried loudly.
Everyone cast sympathetic glances at Bai Yulou.
Liu Rushuang couldn't bear it, gritted her teeth, untied the rope on Bai Yulou's hand, directly held Bai Yulou's hand, and patted Bai Yulou very righteously, "Let's go, in vain." ”
Bai Yulou saw that Liu Rushuang took the initiative to take his hand, tried his best to restrain the joy in his heart, pretended to be sad and nodded, and left with Liu Rushuang.
Everyone was still talking to each other, as if the appearance of Liu Rushuang and Bai Yulou had brought a touch of vitality to their boring market life.
It was getting darker, and a reddish glow was streaming in through the window. Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi sat on the edge of the bed in the dormitory, rubbing each other with medicine.
"Is it okay to rub this bone-setting medicine on your face? Not scientific, right? Lu Hehuan looked suspicious.
Ying Xi glanced at Lu Hehuan angrily, "How unscientific, you can rub this medicine all over your body, why can't your face?" The skin is the same, don't discriminate. ”
Lu Hehuan didn't dare to say anything more, and dipped some potion to wipe his face for Ying Xi.
"Ouch, tap, tap." Ying Xi grinned in pain.
Lu Hehuan frowned slightly, "Your hands are also heavy." ”
Both of them reduced the strength of their hands, but they were too light, so light that they seemed to be touching each other's faces, and an ambiguous aura wafted in the room.
Ying Xi dipped some potion to wipe the other side of Lu Hehuan's face, and when his hand reached over, Lu Hehuan looked at Ying Xi's hand and was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but fall into memory.
The night was dark, Lu Hehuan and Ling Yan were sitting at the table of Ling Yan's house when they were young, Lu Hehuan had a blue nose and swollen face, and his face was still stained with mud, and he knew that he had just fought at a glance.
Ling Yan took a silk handkerchief to wipe the mud off Lu Hehuan's face, Lu Hehuan grabbed Ling Yan's hand, and Ling Yan lowered her head shyly.
"He Huan, don't fight for me in the future." Ling Yan raised her head and said.
Lu Hehuan smiled childishly, "I don't protect you, who will protect you?" ”
Ling Yan withdrew her hand and slowly helped Lu Hehuan wipe the dirt off her face for a long time before she spoke.
"Whatever they like, let them say it, and I don't take it to heart anyway."
"That's not good, although you and your mother live in poverty, you didn't steal or rob, why were you scolded by those stinky boys! If they dare to say anything, I will beat them. Lu Hehuan looked serious.
"He Huan, thank you." Ling Yan was moved.
"You don't have to say thank you to me, it's right to protect my future lady." Lu He smiled and said as a matter of course.
Ling Yan smiled shyly, reached out and poked Lu Hehuan's forehead hard, "Who promised to marry you." ”
"Ouch, it hurts to death...... Lu Hehuan screamed bitterly.
"Are you alright?" Ling Yan became nervous and explained guiltily, "I forgot that you were injured for a while. ”
Lu Hehuan rubbed his head and winked at Ling Yan mischievously, "You poke this one, it hurts more than they hit." ”
Ling Yan looked at Lu Hehuan's forehead distressedly, "Oh, it's bleeding here, you wait a minute, I'll go get the medicine box to help you bandage it." ”
"No, it's fine." Lu Hehuan didn't want to trouble Ling Yan.
"No, if you don't deal with it, you'll get infected."
Ling Yan walked to the cabinet, took out the medicine box from the cabinet, and came to Lu Hehuan's side, she took out the disinfectant potion, and seriously helped Lu Hehuan treat the wound.
Lu Hehuan stared at Ling Yan, his eyes full of pampering.
Ling Yan took out the gauze and began to help Lu Hehuan bandage the wound.
Lu Hehuan thought of the classmates who bullied Ling Yan, and couldn't help but get excited, "Ling Yan, if someone bullies you again in the future, you will tell me, I can't spare them!" They just bully the weak and fear the hard, and if you keep putting up with it, they will have to make inch. ”
Ling Yan paused, her face was embarrassed, "I'm not tolerating, I don't want my mother to worry about me." ”
"Your mother is worried when you are bullied, which mother wants her children to be bullied, so ah, your mother can rest assured if you are doing well."
"He Huan, thank you ......"
"Eh......" Lu Hehuan cut off Ling Yan, touched his finger to Ling Yan's lips, and continued with deep eyebrows: "Don't say thank you." ”
Ling Yan smiled and stuck out her tongue mischievously, "Got it, no thanks." ”
Lu Hehuan smiled with satisfaction.
Unconsciously, Ling Yan helped Lu Hehuan bandage his wounds. Ling Yan touched Lu He Huan's forehead with a happy face, but seeing a beautiful bow tied with gauze on his head, it looked very funny.
Ling Yan's crystal teeth bit her delicate lower lip, and she finally couldn't hold back her laughter. Lu Hehuan stared at Ling Yan stupidly, and in a trance, he seemed to have heard Ling Yan's clear and moving laughter.
Lu Hehuan was stunned, and Ling Yan, who was smiling in front of her, slowly turned into a disgusted Ying Xi.
Ying waved his hand in confusion, "Why are you staring at me directly?" Something on my face? ”
Lu Hehuan came back to his senses and shook his head, with a sad expression, "Ling Yan also helped me wipe my face like this before. ”
Ying Xi pursed his lips disdainfully, "It's Ling Yan again." ”
Lu Hehuan sighed, "I don't know where Ling Yan is now, how she is doing, she must have suffered a lot." ”
Ying Xi impatiently walked out of bed, "Even if she suffers and suffers, she brought it on herself, what does it have to do with you?" Don't that heart. ”
Lu Hehuan lowered his head guiltily, "If I hadn't left at the beginning, everything might have been different." ”
"There are no ifs in this world." Ying Xi choked Lu Hehuan roughly.
Lu Hehuan looked at Ying Xi and pleaded movingly, "Inspector Ying, you still have to help me continue to investigate Ling Yan's case." ”
"No, no, don't hurt me, Director Bao knows that he must have stripped me of my skin!" Ying Xi shook his head repeatedly.
"Don't forget, it was you who promised to help me investigate Ling Yan's case, so I stayed at the police station." Lu Hehuan straightened his face and stared at Ying Xi.
Ying Xi avoided Lu Hehuan's direct gaze and rubbed his beard crampedly, "That case has been going on for so long, and the parties can't find it, it's hard to investigate." ”
"No matter how hard it is, you have to check! I can't let Ling Yan be wronged, I have to help her overturn the case! Lu Hehuan's tone was resolute.
"No one can be found, what's the use of overturning the case? Even if you do your best to restore her innocence, what's the point of her not coming back? ”
Lu Hehuan saw Ying Xi's prevarication, Huo Di stood up and stared at Ying Xi with a serious face, "Inspector Ying, does what you promised me count?" ”
Ying Xi scratched his head and said nothing.
"Okay, then I'll go and resign now."
Lu Hehuan was about to leave, Ying Xi grabbed Lu Hehuan's arm in a panic, put down the shelf to dissuade, "Hey, what are you doing here?" ”
"If you don't help me investigate Ling Yan's case, why should I continue to help you solve the case and make meritorious contributions?"
"Chachacha, okay? I can't stand your tendons. Ying Xi reluctantly compromised.
"Then we'll check tomorrow." Lu Hehuan is afraid that Ying Xi's words will not count.
Ying Xi shook his head, "Not tomorrow." If the above agrees to re-investigate this case, we can get twice the result with half the effort, otherwise we will not be able to get all the information of this case. ”
"When?" Lu Hehuan was anxious.
Ying Xi sat on the chair and thought for a while before speaking, "I'm not sure when it will be, but if you really want to check, you have to listen to me, you can't rush this matter, you have to think about it in the long run." ”
Lu Hehuan didn't speak, and sat back on the bed angrily.
Ying Xi looked at Lu Hehuan, got up and took out two bottles of wine from the cabinet, and waved his hand at Lu Hehuan boldly, "Okay, your business, oh no, I take Ling Yan's matter to heart, I will apply for a re-investigation if I find a suitable opportunity." ”
"That's what you said." Lu Hehuan looked at Ying Xi.
"My husband is a man of his word, I said it." Ying Xi nodded solemnly.
Lu Hehuan smiled comfortably and glanced at the wine in Ying Xi's hand, "What are you doing with wine?" ”
"Be quiet." Ying Xi mysteriously lowered her voice.
"We were just punished today by Director Bao for drinking! My face is still hot. Lu Hehuan didn't expect Ying Xi to have such a long memory, and he forgot the pain before the scar was healed.
"That's why I have two drinks." Ying Xi smiled triumphantly.
"Are you crazy? It's miserable to be caught. ”
Ying Xi looked under the bed disapprovingly, and motioned to Lu Hehuan, "It's okay not to be caught, come on." ”
Lu Hehuan hesitated and nodded, "That makes sense." ”
Ying Xi and Lu Hehuan got under the bed one after another, lying side by side under the bed, head to head.
"It's dirty, isn't it? There are bacteria. Lu Hehuan, who had a cleanliness attack, complained.
Ying Xi glared at Lu Hehuan angrily, "Then you go out, I'm not afraid of getting dirty, I'll drink it myself." ”
Lu Hehuan hesitated, "It's a big deal to take a shower in a while." ”
Ying Xi smiled and gave Lu Hehuan a bottle of wine. Lu Hehuan took the wine bottle, and the two drank it together.
Lu Hehuan spread his palms to Ying Xi, "It's a bit monotonous just to drink, don't you give your peanuts." ”
Ying Xi slapped Lu Hehuan's palm and smiled sarcastically, "Don't even think about it, it's good to have wine to drink." ”
"It's a big hit." Lu Hehuan, who was angry, unconsciously raised his voice.
Ying Xi frowned as if he was frightened, "If you keep quiet, it will be miserable if you are discovered." ”
"Who would have thought we'd be hiding under the bed and drinking? Speaking of which, we have made a lot of sacrifices for the sake of drinking. ”
Ying Xi thought about it for a while, and smiled, "That's what I said, come, drink." ”
Lu He smiled and laughed, and Ying Xi took the wine bottle and drank it.
The bright moon outside the window seemed to be unbearable to sweep away the excitement of the two, and slowly burrowed into the thick clouds.