The next day, early in the morning.

This is an ordinary ordinary street, full of traffic, and the river is endless.

The alley in the middle of the street was dark, there was standing water on the ground, a few long filled black garbage cans were placed in the corners, and an old and faded tent sat against the wall.

The zipper door of the tent did not close,

A mass of cotton bedding wrapped around a humanoid silhouette can be seen inside.

With the sound of rustling,

An old woman slowly lifted the cotton futon,

He sat up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and poked his head out of the tent.

She was about sixty years old, with a bloated figure, wearing a brown jacket and black trousers.

Messy hair, wrinkled face, small eyes, dark circles under the eyes, droopy eye bags,

It seems that he is not in good spirits, and there is a lingering anxiety and panic between his eyebrows.

The morning breeze blows,

The aroma of food from the corner breakfast shop penetrates the nostrils.

The old woman swallowed,

Slowly retracted the tent, glanced down,

Scattered around the corner of the tent were several empty bottles of mineral water and bags of compressed biscuits.

"Gollum."

There was a sound in the belly,

The old woman subconsciously prepared to get up and climb out of the tent,

But the palm of the hand has just touched the ground,

It was quickly retracted like an electric shock.

No, can't leave here.

She looked at the public security organ building across the road, licked her chapped lips, and looked left and right for a while.

A white-collar woman walking ahead whispered, "Girl, girl? ”

The white-collar worker who was in a hurry was playing with his mobile phone when he heard a shout,

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the old woman who looked like a beggar in the dirty tent, and his eyes appeared vigilant,

He didn't say anything, just silently quickened his pace and left the alley.

“...”

Seeing the white-collar woman ignore herself and walk away, the old woman pursed her lips, and a clear trace of helplessness flashed in her eyes.

She hid in the tent and cried out again,

But passers-by either completely ignore it and walk straight by,

Or take out some odd coins and throw them in front of the tent.

"Gollum."

Her stomach rattled even more, and the old woman sat in her tent, a little discouraged.

At this time, a handsome young man wearing a black and white hoodie, blue baggy jeans, a small hair, and stud earrings walked through the street.

Just stopped in front of the alley, kept turning around, looking left and right,

In the mobile phone I was holding, there was a mechanical female voice of map navigation software.

As if grasping at a life-saving straw, the old woman hurriedly leaned her upper body out of the tent, and with an eager smile on her face, she shouted to the young man, "Boy, boy? ”

The inch-headed young man turned his head, with some vigilance in his eyes, "You called me?" ”

"Yes, yes."

The old woman smiled and nodded, "Can you help me buy something to eat?" You don't have to go to the breakfast shop to buy bread and mineral water at the supermarket next door. ”

The inch-headed young man frowned, and was about to refuse,

The old woman hurriedly added, "I am not a beggar! Now, this money is for you, you just need to help me buy more food, and the rest of the money will be given to you. ”

She hurriedly reached out and grabbed the paper money on the ground, took some money from the tent, held it in her hand, and pleaded, "Please, help me." ”

The inch-headed young man said suspiciously: "Auntie, are you crippled in your legs?" ”

The old woman hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Hmm..."

“... Okay. ”

The young man hesitated and pulled out two of the cleanest-looking twenty dollar bills from her hands.

His brows furrowed slightly, and he said vigilantly, "I want bread and mineral water, don't pick the type, right?"

I'll bring it to you later, don't lie to me.

I'm going to record it. ”

"I don't lie to you, I don't lie to you."

The old woman breathed a sigh of relief, watched the other party walk down the street, into the roadside supermarket, and walked out a moment later with a bulging plastic bag.

"What you want."

The boy placed the plastic bag on the ground not far in front of the tent, slowly straightened up, took two steps back, and wiped the side of his jeans with his fingers that had been strangled by the plastic bag.

The hungry old woman nodded gratefully, leaned out of the tent, supported the ground with the palm of one hand, hooked the plastic bag with the other, and dragged the plastic bag into the tent.

After rummaging for a while, he took out the bread, unscrewed the bottle of mineral water, and ate and drank impatiently.

"Ahem, ahem."

She coughed violently because she ate too quickly,

The inch-headed young man was wearing headphones for himself, and when he saw the uncomfortable expression on her face, he couldn't help but remind: "Auntie, eat slowly." ”

"Huh."

The old woman answered, slowing down her eating a little.

The inch-headed young man pursed his lips, "Auntie, where is your family?" ”

The old woman paused in her movements and said softly, "They don't want me anymore." ”

"Don't want you?"

The young man raised his eyebrows, "Abandon the old man, why didn't you call the police?" Arrest them? ”

“...”

The old woman munched on the bread silently and did not answer the question,

The young man was bored with himself, and pursed his lips a little unpleasantly, "Tsk, don't talk about it." ”

“... They,"

The old woman's eyes were a little blank, "I have a bad reputation." ”

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Special Affairs Bureau, staff canteen.

Wei Linglan, dressed in a white shirt, sat alone at the back of the dining table, on which were placed the slightest delicate plate and a file bag.

"Qi Lianxiang, Qi Lianxiang..."

Colleagues around people come and go,

She nudged the glasses on the bridge of her nose, her fingers tapping back and forth on the file bag, and muttered softly.

She had headphones tucked into her ears, and the cable was connected to a small, portable tape recorder, through which the tape could be seen slowly turning.

"Sister Lan, what are you muttering?"

Chu Yin walked over with a dinner plate and sat opposite Wei Linglan,

Picked up the cold Coke from the plate, ignored the straw, and took a big sip to his mouth,

Then he put down the can with a snap, made a satisfied "ah~" sound, and collapsed into the seat.

A smile flashed on Wei Linglan's face, and she also picked up the juice on her plate and took a sip, and said with a smile: "I still drink Coke in the morning,

Why don't you eat with Ash today? ”

"He's so boring, he's been attending various training courses in the bureau lately, and he's so busy all day."

Hatsuyoshi pursed his lips helplessly, glanced at the file bag, and asked casually, "What is this?" ”

"Just a little bit of information."

Wei Linglan said lightly,

The headphones were playing the interrogation transcript recorded by the tape recorder.