The day after he borrowed the entanglement, Bao Liang packed all the clothes and items he could use into an old suitcase bought at the second-hand market. He thanked the administrator who had allowed him to stay in the hotel dormitory after he had been removed, and called the officer at the armed police training base and asked him to tell his father that he had gone to work in other places. He did not say where he went, he was afraid that if his father knew that he had gone to Fushui to find his sister, the numb heart would still be stabbed.

Bao Liang took care of everything, as if he was gone, and boarded the train to Fushui that night. He didn't sleep during the five-hour journey, watching the night out the window silently, and the night was like a tunnel without an end, rumbling into the train. He felt that human time was the same as this tunnel, walking too fast and too fast, and there were countless details that could not be seen clearly. Only those scattered lights passing by like meteors will leave beautiful arcs in their hearts, and people can't help but look back frequently, and look at those warm highlights of the past with reluctance.

The time when the train arrived in Fushui was half past three o'clock in the evening, and Bao Liang dragged his suitcase and got off the train, and walked by the dim light at the exit with two or three arriving passengers.

Bao Liang did not go directly to his sister's house, he did not know if his brother-in-law was at home now. He walked for a long time in the dark streets of Fushui before he came to the pier near the alley of his sister's house. The last time he had seen a hotel here for boatmen, he didn't expect the price to be outrageous, judging by the humble façade.

Bao Liang stayed here, renting a musty bed in a room shared by eight or nine people. The room was not full, but the snoring sound was everywhere, and the smell of several smells filled the room, which soon caused Baoliang's sense of smell to fail.

Bao Liang still fell asleep quickly, he was tired. When he arrived in Fushui, his heart also settled down, and with Fei Fei's 1,000 yuan in his hand, it was equivalent to having enough time to find a suitable job, and he also had a certain ability to give his sister some practical help.

After getting up in the morning, he first went to the alley where his sister lived, it was still the stall that sold books and newspapers, he still stood in front of the stall and pretended to flip books, or bought a bottle of Coke and drank it slowly, but from beginning to end, he didn't see anyone entering or leaving the gate of the yard.

There was a public phone in the stall, and Bao Liang hesitated for a long time before dialing his sister's number. The phone rang a few times and someone answered, and the person who answered was a man, Baoliang heard that it was Quan Hu's voice, and he immediately used the pre-designed urn sound to hastily hide his panic.

"Is it Juyuan Restaurant, I'll look for Manager Liu......"

"You're typing the wrong shot."

Quan Hu answered and hung up the phone. Obviously, he didn't hear who Bao Liang was. When Quan Hu and his sister ran away from home, Bao Liang was still underage and had not changed his voice, even if Bao Liang did not pretend, Quan Hu might not be able to hear it.

But Bao Liang still took a deep breath and calmed himself with a big breath. He left the stall and walked towards the alley, the morning sun was just right, and Bao Liang's mood also improved. He thought, find a job first. After finding a job, I had to find another place to live, and although the hotel was still cheap, it cost 200 yuan a month.

Bao Liang spent nearly a week, looking for work on the street every day, and also tipping to the gate of the small courtyard every day, hoping to see Quan Hu go out, or, see his sister go out alone. But things are not as smooth as he thought, there are a few suitable jobs to talk about, the salary ranges from 800 to 1,002 a month, and there are also those who calculate the money, Baoliang is considering it. But my sister's side is the same as the first day, I don't know if it's because he comes over at the wrong time every time, or if in the past few days, neither my sister nor Quan Hu have ever left the house. He didn't dare to call again, for fear that calling again would arouse Quan Hu's suspicions.

A week later, Po Leung chose a large restaurant as a PR manager. Although the big restaurant called "Fushui Qing" may be the largest catering company here, Fushui is not a big and rich place, and it is not easy to find a young man like Baoliang who has a good image and temperament and has the qualifications to work in a five-star hotel in the provincial capital.

With the advantage of image and vocational training, Bo Liang can bargain when it comes to job hunting. The salary is still secondary, and the first requirement of Baoliang is to only work the night shift and not the day shift. The evening shift starts at five o'clock in the afternoon and ends around ten o'clock in the evening, so that Bao Liang can have almost the whole day, and once Kwon Hu is out, he can go over to take care of his sister and stay with her.

After negotiating with Fushui Qing Restaurant, Bao Liang felt that everything would be better and everything would go well. After coming out of the restaurant's door, he bought a bottle of beer on the street and drank it on the street, congratulating him on his future.

Halfway through the drink, a man came across the street, standing side by side with Bao Liang, his eyes were level, but his voice was directed at Bao Liang: "Your surname is Lu, right?" Bao Liang turned his head to look at the man, who was not tall and had a mediocre appearance. Before Bao Liang could reply, the man said, "There is a friend who wants to see you, and you can see it when you look back." ”

Bao Liang turned around and saw two people walking down from a van on the street behind him, and the one in front was a woman, tall, with short hair, a steady face, and no smile. And the man in the back, Bao Liang also recognized, that is Inspector Jin, who has dealt with him many times, but Bao Liang's eyes always meet the gaze of the woman in front of him, and he cast all his surprise on that heroic face.

Of course, he didn't expect that he would see the fire-breathing girl of his dreams again here, on the side of this noisy and dirty foreign land.

The van took Bao Liang to a secluded place outside the city, where the mountains were dense and the streams were widespread, but there was little sound except for the birds singing and the trees swaying.

The Fushui place is too small, inside and outside the city, and the earthly paradise seems to be only one step away. One step away outside the city, all the hustle and bustle of the city has been cut off.

Inspector Jin and Xia Xuan, as well as a plainclothes officer from the Fushui Public Security, had a calm conversation with Bao Liang at the edge of the forest in the torrent of the stream, beside the white van. They actually returned to Fushui long before Bao Liang, and they didn't need to explain that Bao Liang could understand that they still regarded Quan Hu, and even, Bao Liang's sister, as a thread to find Quan Sangun's traces. They have been monitoring here for many days, and they have not found any unusual movements between Quan Hu and his wife. These days, the relationship with the Quan family is limited to Feng Wu and a few captains and cargo owners, and everything seems to be normal. The only surprise in their sight was Bao Liang's sudden intrusion a few days ago.

On the edge of this quiet wood, they told Baoliang that according to the information they had obtained, Quan Hu would leave Fushui on the cargo ship "Langfeng" this evening and would return in about a few days. Their purpose in looking for Bao Liang was to ask him to go to his sister immediately after Quan Hu left, and try to find out the whereabouts of Quan Sangun from his sister's mouth, even if it was just a clue, it might have important analytical value.

Bao Liang agreed.

Inspector Kim's stern tone made Bao's conscience go up and down, and the only thing he wanted to ask was whether his sister was involved in the crime.

Fortunately, Inspector Jin calmed down Bao Liang's panic, saying that he has not found out that your sister has anything to do with the crime, not only your sister, but even Quan Hu, there is currently no evidence that he is involved in the murder of Kwon Sangun. But after all, Quan Hu and Quan Sangun grew up together in the Quan family, they are like brothers, and they are equally hostile to your father. Therefore, according to our analysis, it is very likely that Quan Hu knew about the revenge taken by Quan Sangun, and it is also very likely that he has maintained some kind of contact with Quan Sangun to this day. Now we take Quan Hu as an important clue to find out whether he is involved in the case, which is actually a kind of protection and relief for your sister.

Bao Liang nodded, and he said I hope so.

It was past noon after the conversation with the police, and the policemen drove back to the city with Bao Liang and invited him to lunch at a restaurant on the road. During the meal, Xia Xuan asked about Baoliang's father's situation, physical and emotional conditions, etc., as well as the relationship with Baoliang, whether it had been reconciled.

When it comes to his father Baoliang, he has very few words, only that his father has an average body and emotions, and between father and son, there is very little common language, although it is not a stranger, at least it is relatively cold. He didn't know how long his father would live in that training base, where he would go once he left there, whether he would find his wife again in the future, who would be willing to follow him in such a state if he looked for it, and who would take care of his life in the future if he didn't find it.

Xia Xuan just listened, didn't ask more, and didn't say much to advise Baoliang on how to behave. Inspector Jin and the plainclothes man in Fushui believed that they were a generation older than Bao Liang, and talked about the rules of the old man and the duties of his children, and persuaded Bao Liang to do his filial piety, no matter what, he is also your father, and it is not easy to give birth to you and raise you for so many years. There are no parents in the world who are not, and the way of the Son of Man is to repay the word "repay", and if you repay your father, your children will repay you in the future. Bao Liang listened and nodded. He didn't give any explanation, and he knew that what people were saying was right.

At dusk, the white bread stopped a little further away from Kwon Hu's house early. Bao Liang, together with Inspector Jin and Xia Xuan and others, were stuffed in the car, waiting for news from the outside scouts.

At about five o'clock, the news came, Quan Hu and Feng Wu together, led the children, walked out of the house, and went straight to the direction of the dock. The van then set off and drove at full speed towards the alley of Quan's house. Not far from the entrance of the alley, the car stopped, and Bao Liang was just about to get out of the car, but was stopped by Inspector Jin, who asked him to sit back in his seat, signaling him to be safe and restless. Then he contacted the outside scouts on his mobile phone, until he confirmed that Quan Hu and others had boarded the ship and confirmed that the "Langfeng" had pulled anchor and offshore, and then nodded and asked Baoliang to get off. Before getting out of the car, I didn't forget to tell Bao Liang a few words, let him go step by step, don't be in a hurry, and don't rashly ask about the situation of Quan Sangun when the time is not right, lest your sister resist suspicion. Inspector Jin's requirements for Bao Liang are very lenient: it doesn't matter if you don't ask anything in the end, even if you have a reunion with your sister and cheer for a family, it's okay. After the instructions were finished, he asked Bao Liang to repeat the agreed contact information, and then watched him get out of the car and walk towards the alley.

Bao Liang walked to the entrance of the alley, passed by a non-staple food store at the entrance of the alley, thought for a while, went in to buy some fruits, bought two fresh fish, and carried it in one hand before walking into the alley.

Three minutes later, Bao Liang knocked on his sister's door.

My sister was amazed at Bao Liang's reappearance. When she opened the door, she still had tears on her face that had not yet been wiped away, and when she saw Bao Liang, she immediately turned from sadness to joy.

That night, Bao Liang made a meticulous dinner for his sister, and he thought that the only thing that could make his sister wake up was the family affection that she had forgotten. The return of family affection not only depends on the preaching of fathers and sons, filial piety, brothers, friends, and brothers, but also relies on practical care and love, understanding and tolerance.

Compared with last time, my sister's physique seems to be weaker and her mood is more trance-like, but unlike the last time when she was eager to get rid of Baoliang, my sister took the initiative to clean up the bed for Baoliang in the guest room after having dinner with Baoliang that night. My sister said that some of Quan Hu's business partners, such as Feng Wu, often stayed here, and the two beds in the guest room often couldn't fit in, and they often had to build bunks on the ground.

The last time Bao Liang came to Fushui, he lived in this room with only a dozen square meters, and next door was the room where his sister lived, which was only about 20 meters. The living room is not big, only enough for a square table for eating and a large and two small set of sofas, compared with Quan Hu's father's previous house in Jianning, it can be described as heaven and earth.

Bao Liang stayed here and talked with his sister until late at night. Although my sister doesn't talk much, she is not as taciturn as her father, she is at least willing to listen to Baoliang's nagging, and when she talks about her teenage past, sometimes she smiles, and sometimes she bursts into tears. Bao Liang talked about all his experiences in the past two years, about the different lives he had with Fei Fei, Li Chen and Liu Cunliang under the same roof, and about every job he had done, whether it was easy or hard, humble or decent. Even, he also told his sister about Zhang Nan, the romantic love he devoted himself to made Baoliang understand what love is and what is lovelorn...... As she spoke, her sister reached out and stroked his hair as she did when she was a child. My sister even took out the diamond-encrusted earrings that she hadn't worn for a long time from the cabinet and put them in Bao Liang's hand, she said: Let's make a pair, even your one, and give it to that Zhang Nan, this is a very valuable thing, she should understand. If you really love her, go to her, don't care about face, face doesn't matter.

Bao Liang carefully looked at the earrings in his palm, the silver light flashed, and the quality was touching. He carefully placed the earring on his sister's left ear, and when they looked at it like this, they thought of their mother. My sister asked: Is it good-looking? Bao Liang said: Good looking. When Mom was young, maybe that's it. My sister took off the earrings again, pinched them on her fingertips and rubbed them gently, she said: When Quan Hu and I got married, my mother gave me this earring, and Quan Hu was very moved. In fact, he also knew that my mother only gave me one earring because she was afraid that we would not come back as soon as we left, so he wanted me to see this earring so that I could think of my mother's family, and I could remember that there was also a similar earring on my mother's ear. But Quan Hu is still very happy, and still regards it as a wedding gift from my mother. How difficult it was for us at that time, Quan Hu disobeyed his father's will, and his father didn't give him a penny at first. We rented a house outside to live, and we relied on Quan Sangun to secretly mail us money behind his father's back. So my mother expressed her support for the two of us, and Quan Hu was really moved. He is a person who loves to hold grudges, but whoever treats him well, he will remember it for a lifetime.

Bao Liang's heart jumped a few times, this is the first time that my sister took the initiative to mention the name of Quan Sangun, although it is all an old thing, but after all, it involves the relationship between Quan Hu and Quan Sangun. Bao Liang hurriedly grasped this topic, for fear that his sister would not mention it again.

"You said that my brother-in-law also holds grudges, but I don't think so. At the beginning, I also supported you and him, and whatever my mother said, I asked me to transfer it to you, and even this earring was brought by me. But when Quan shot people three times, he didn't even let me go, and if I hadn't jumped out of the window and escaped, I wouldn't have been able to come here to see you again. ”

My sister was dumbfounded for a moment, her face was a little sluggish, and she was a little surprised, "Do you even want to kill you with three shots?" Supposedly he shouldn't hate you. After a pause, my sister seemed to have cleared up the relationship, "Besides, it wasn't Quan Hu's intention to kill you." The man with three shots was too reckless, he was going to kill people and kill red-eyed, and no one could stop him. ”

Bao Liang's words took a sharp turn, and he didn't care whether he was in a hurry to ask like this: "Didn't Quan San Gun tell you that he shot me, didn't he say why he killed me at that time?" ”

My sister was stunned, as if she didn't know how to answer. Bao's conscience was beating like a drum, and he was even afraid that his sister would tell the reason why Kwon Sangun shot him, because in that case, it would be equivalent to admitting that she and Kwon Sangun had met, and it was equivalent to admitting that Kwon Sangun had been in contact with them after killing people. That's it. My sister will definitely be involved in the case and break the law, and once the police arrest her, they can at least convict her of not knowing about it.

"No, how could the three guns tell me this. No matter what, my surname is Lu, and I broke my bones with the Lu family and still have tendons. ”

Sister's answer made Baoliang breathe a sigh of relief, and his face unconsciously showed a relieved smile. But after thinking about it carefully, my sister's answer still seems to indicate that Quan Sangun still met with his sister after committing the crime, so this answer is not so much to get rid of it as to confess. Bao Liang is responsible, and he has to continue to investigate, even he feels that it is a little cruel to continue to get to the bottom of it like this.

"Then did he tell my brother-in-law, did he tell Quan Hu that he was going to kill me, and did Quan Hu also want me to die with my father?"

My sister didn't hesitate this time, and immediately shook her head: "Quan Hu hates our father, whether he even hates you, I don't know." Besides, he and Kwon Samgun have long been together. Three shots killed people, long ago hidden, how can they come to us again. ”

"Then why did my brother-in-law sell his stake in the transportation company immediately after Kwon's three shots and kill him, and then hid here? Since he has no contact with Quan Sangun, and it has nothing to do with that, why is he still hiding? ”

My sister sighed: "Everyone knows that he and Sangun are brothers who grew up since childhood, Sangun is a few years older than him, and he has taken good care of him since he was a child." When there was an accident with three shots, the police must be suspicious of him and want to find him trouble, so he withdrew the company. Anyway, each of their partners has a few boats, and after each trip pulls the goods, they share their own money. ”

"How did you know about the three-shot killing?"

"When many boat owners encounter problems, they are looking for three guns to settle the situation, and there are very few people who run boats on the Jianhe River who do not know the boss of Quan. He committed a crime, and everyone was saying, how could he not know. ”

Bao Liang asked back and forth, but he couldn't ask anymore, so it seemed a bit deliberate to ask again.

That night, he and his sister talked more about the past, it seems that only the alley of Jianning's hometown, only the warm courtyard of his house, only Quan Hu drove a "BMW" to pick them up and go to the Million Mansion to eat braised abalone, only these old things that make people look back can arouse my sister's interest even more.

The next day, my sister got up early, she made breakfast for Bao Liang, and brought it to the table to wake Bao Liang. At breakfast, my sister said: Baoliang, don't live with me, in case Quan Hu comes back, where can you hide? Bao Liang said: What am I hiding, he really can't kill me. My sister said, "He doesn't kill you, he kills me." He didn't want to see the people of the Lu family. Besides, I swore to him before, and I swore that I would never enter the door of the Lu family again, and I would never recognize the Lu family again. Bao Liang was silent for a moment and said, "I'll go back and rent a house nearby."

But after breakfast, my sister said: Baoliang, you go to the street to buy some rice cakes, and my sister will give you fried rice cakes to eat, which Quan Hu taught me to make before, and the taste is very delicious. Bao Liang was very happy, his sister made him breakfast, and his sister woke him up, and his sister said you go to the street to buy rice cakes...... And so on, all of them made Bao Liang feel at home, and it felt very sweet and very moving.

Bao Liang said: Okay!

When Bao Liang went out, his sister took out twenty yuan to him, but Bao Liang didn't ask for it, he said: I have it.

Bao Liang went out on the street, his mood was particularly cheerful, his steps were light and fast, he walked to the non-staple food store at the entrance of the alley to buy rice cakes, and went to the vegetable market outside the door to see the fresh vegetables of the day, when picking vegetables, a man next to him whispered to him: "After buying vegetables, go to the left, keep walking." Bao Liang was startled, turned his head and raised his eyes, and recognized that the person who spoke was actually a plainclothes officer from the Fushui Public Security.

Bao Liang's excited mood suddenly cooled, and then he remembered that there were countless dark eyes in front of him and behind him, and only then did he remember that he and his sister's happy reunion was actually just a temporary joy, the surroundings were still full of suspicions, and there was still danger around him, and he was still shouldering an ulterior mission, he was here, not just enjoying the murmur of looking back on the past, and the breakfast after being gently woken up.

Bao Liang didn't pick any more vegetables, turned to the left in a confused mood, walked through the vegetable stalls in the middle of the road, and walked all the way. Out of the vegetable market, Fushui plainclothes came up from behind, and whispered to Baoliang side by side: "Follow me!" And he strode forward. Bao Liang followed far behind, turned a street corner, and entered a tea shop. The tea shop seems to have just opened, and it is quiet and few people at this time, only the innermost table, there is a man and a woman sitting, although their backs are outward, but from the outline, they can see that they are Inspector Jin and Xia Xuan.

Sitting down opposite, Inspector Jin first asked, "How is it, is there a situation?" ”

Bao Liang lowered his head, thinking about how to answer.

Inspector Kim said, "You take a sip of tea first." What did you buy, rice cakes? ”

Bao Liang raised his head and said, "My sister asked me to buy it." ”

Inspector Jin said, "How are you getting along with your sister, are you okay?" ”

Bao Liang said: "It's okay. ”

Inspector Jin said: "We can't talk for too long, let's talk about your situation quickly." ”

Bao Liang said: "There is no situation. ”

Inspector Kim said, "When you were chatting, did you talk about the situation of Kwon Sangun? ”

Bao Liang said: "It's talked." My sister said that they had no contact with Kwon Sangun for a long time. ”

Inspector Jin said: "Based on your observation and analysis, is this credible?" ”

Bao Liang said: "Credible, my sister's person is stubborn, but she is very kind. ”

Inspector Jin said: "She has no relationship with Quan Sangun, which does not mean that Quan Hu and Quan Sangun have no relationship." That Quan Hu and ......"

Bao Liang said: "My sister lives with Quan Hu, she should know Quan Hu. ”

Seeing Bao Liang interrupting his obviously reasonable questions like this, Inspector Jin obviously sensed that Bao Liang was resistant to his mission, so Zhengse said: "Bao Liang, you analyze and judge this matter, don't start from feelings, we know that you and your sister have a deep relationship, but we still believe that you can correctly distinguish the facts and distinguish right from wrong." You used to be a student at the Public Security Academy, and you can be regarded as a policeman, and a person who is a policeman must be sensitive and fair. What's more, the one who was shot by Kwon San is also your family. Moreover, he is going to kill you. Assisting us in catching Kwon Samgun and his accomplices is also for the safety of you and your family, as well as your sister's safety, don't be fooled about this! ”

Bao Liang listened, he didn't say anything for a long time, he nodded, but said: "I just don't believe that my sister and my brother-in-law have anything to do with Quan Sangun, although they used to have a good relationship with Quan Sangun." But now that Kwon has escaped, they are still in their business, and besides, they have a child, and my brother-in-law loves his child very much......"

Inspector Jin also nodded, but interrupted him and said, "We don't draw conclusions, let the facts speak, we let you approach your sister just to find out the facts." You usually pay attention to the things in your sister's house to see if you can find anything, which can explain the connection between Quan Hu and Quan Sangun, and allow us to analyze where Quan Sangun is hiding now. Does your sister have a computer at home? ”

Bao Liang shook his head: "It doesn't seem to be." ”

Inspector Jin said: "Anyway, pay attention to it, see if there is any correspondence between Quan Hu and someone, maybe the letter mentions Quan Sangun; In addition, if anyone calls your sister's house in the past two days, you should also pay attention to listen to it to see what other social relationships Quan Hu has besides dealing with Feng Wu and those captains and shipwrights. ”

Bao Liang replied sullenly: "Oh." ”

This joint meeting lasted a total of five or six minutes, Inspector Jin and Bao Liang asked and answered, and Fushui's plainclothes paced outside the door to watch the wind and be on guard. Xia Xuan didn't say a word during the whole process, she just looked at Bao Liang, her eyes were encouraging, and her expression was gentle.

When Bao Liang walked out of the tea shop alone with the bag of rice cakes, the sun had already penetrated into the blackened clouds, the sky was suddenly dark, and the wind blowing from the Jian River was blowing a fishy smell, and Bao Liang couldn't tell if the fish in the river were in heat again this season.

It was a restless season, and the people on the street were all in a hurry, and Bao Liang's steps were a little sluggish and heavy. He felt like his mind and nerves were in a state of confusion, wandering away from the season, away from his surroundings. The moment he walked into the alley and pushed open the courtyard door, the dust and sand in the courtyard suddenly flew up, blown into the lightless mid-air by the wind.