At six o'clock in the morning, before dawn, Xiahoudun's alarm clock rang. Xiahoudun turned off the alarm clock and started a new day: brushing his teeth, washing his face and shaving, and then cooking for his younger siblings.

Xiahoudun lost his parents when he was a child, in fact, he was not sure whether he had parents at all, and his memories before the age of ten were blank for him. He only knew that his name was Xiahou Yuan, a younger brother named Xiahou Yuan, and a younger sister named Xiahou Ling. Since he was ten years old, he has been a father and a mother in a welfare home under the Linglu Bureau, taking his eight-year-old brother and infant sister to live together, adding clothes to them when it is cold, taking them to the canteen or opening a small stove when they are hungry, helping them do their homework and protecting them from being bullied by other children.

At the age of twenty-two, Xiahoudun graduated from the Secret Service Academy of the Spirit Record Bureau with excellent grades and directly became the leader of the action team. With a well-paid job, excellent financial skills and a belief in making his family live a good life, he soon bought a duplex commercial house with a mortgage in the suburbs of Yandu, and he left the cheap dormitory provided by the Linglu Bureau with his younger siblings, and it has been five years now. Taking care of his younger siblings for a long time has made Xiahoudun an all-round man, not only with strong work ability, but also with housework ability.

As soon as Xiahoudun came to the kitchen after washing, he heard footsteps on the stairs, and it turned out that Xiahouling had come down. Xiahou Ling is a cheerful sunny girl, tall, fair-skinned, big eyes, ruddy lips and black and silky shawl hair, all of which set off her beautiful face.

"Wake up so early on Saturday?" Xiahoudun couldn't believe that his sister didn't sleep on weekends.

"I'm rehearsing for the dance team today, and I'll have a performance next week." Xia Houling said while packing up her things.

"What time is it? I haven't started making breakfast yet," Xia Houdun searched in the kitchen and said, "Originally, I said that I would make gnocchi soup with some noodles, but it seems that I can only cook some noodles and eat them." ”

"No need, brother, I made an appointment with my classmates to eat out together." Xia Houling put on her coat and was about to go out.

"How unhygienic it is to eat outside!" Xiahoudun was under the kitchen preparation, "I'll drive you over after eating noodles." ”

"No need, my classmate drove me up. I'll call you to watch a movie together when the evening is over. I'm gone, bye-bye! Xiahou Ling replied without replying, and then opened the door and left.

"Leaving at six o'clock? Pick up ...... by car No...... Boys and girls? Xia Houdun rushed out of the kitchen and asked, only the sound of the door shut.

"Xiaoling is twenty years old, and you still take care of her." At this time, Xiahou Yuan stood on the stairs and said. Xiahou Yuan looks very similar to Xiahou Yuan, but he is taller and stronger than Xiahou Yuan, a typical muscular male figure, one meter eighty-five tall, almost half a head taller than Xiahou Yuan. More sunny, like a big boy, without the maturity and stability of his eldest brother. He also didn't like his brother's hairstyle, he liked the shiny back, and of course he didn't wax it sometimes, so he made it natural. He prefers to wear loose-fitting T-shirts, slacks and a seasonal jacket rather than suits. At home, he usually just pants, tank tops and flip-flops.

"If she's a boy, I don't care, do you think I've taken care of you?" Xiahoudun said indignantly, returned to the kitchen and continued to prepare breakfast, "Girls have to take care of it, they can't go out and wander old, you see she has learned to wear high heels." ”

"Big brother!" Xiahou Yuan walked down with a crying and laughing expression, "She is an adult, and she will be legally responsible." You care about her when she wears high heels, do you care about her when she gets married and has children in the future? ”

"That's right! You're right! Xiahoudun was obviously angry, but he had nothing to refute, so he had to sigh, put the noodles back that had not been served, and took out the flour again, "Let's cook the gnocchi soup and take a look at the unit after eating." ”

The first action group of the Northern Operations Department of the Linglu Bureau, the action code name "Yuanrang Group", the office building is located next to a residential community in the city, is part of a three-story small building, and has its own independent façade, although it is not large, it is still a little dilapidated, but the façade is facing the main road. Originally, when the group was established, the Operations Department originally asked Xiahoudun to settle the office location in the commercial office building, which could not only save money but also appear high-end, but Xiahoudun always thought that since the group was established, it should be easy to find, and the independent façade was easy for the client to find.

The small building covers a small area, the first floor is the reception and reception room, the second floor is the office area of the team members, and the third floor is the office and archives of the team leader. There are more than 40 team members in the building, and sometimes there are university students who come to work part-time, and sometimes the upper echelons send special commissioners to help with the work, so the number of people is not fixed. The team members are not all strange people, and there are also many people who don't care about the so-called supernatural events. The general team members are 9 to 5 work, but also enjoy two days off, mainly responsible for research and testing, sorting out files, managing computers or assisting in investigations and other non-dangerous work, and some team members are responsible for receiving and contacting clients and other collaborative units, and will be on duty in shifts on Saturdays, like the Xiahou brothers, there are not many who often go to the front line.

On duty at the reception today is a girl who has just graduated from college, named Qiao Lili, twenty-two years old this year, she looks very quiet and has a very good personality, but it may be because she has just joined the company, and she has not been able to mingle with other team members, and she is more restrained in doing things, and she will wear a suit with no personality every day, sometimes with a skirt and sometimes with trousers, and the rest has not changed much. Today, she worked overtime for the first weekend, and there were not many people in the unit, so she felt a little more relaxed and dressed more casually.

At this time, a little girl who looked to be seven or eight years old walked in outside the door, holding a doll in her hand, staring at Qiao Lili all the time, wanting to speak and stopping, and did not speak for a long time. This made Qiao Lili a little scared, after all, she worked in a company that dealt with supernatural events, and it was inevitable that she would rely on the word "supernatural" for everything.

Qiao Lili didn't show the slight fear in her heart, she walked out of the front desk, squatted down and looked at the little girl and said, "Little sister, what's wrong?" ”

As soon as Qiao Lili finished speaking, the little girl actually cried, "I can't find my mother!" ”

"Don't cry, don't cry, little sister," Qiao Lili gently comforted the little girl when she saw this, "Don't be afraid if you can't find your mother, my sister will take you to the police, okay?" ”

The little girl choked up a few times and said with a crying voice: "Uncle police said that he didn't care about looking for his mother. ”

"Why?" At this time, the two Xiahou brothers happened to come in from the door and heard this sentence. Xiahoudun also squatted beside the little girl and asked, "What did the police uncle say?" ”

The little girl glanced at Xia Houdun, and the tears in her eyes couldn't stop flowing out, which was really distressing, "Uncle police said I was messing around, and called my father to take me away." ”

"Oops!" Outside the door, a man in his thirties barged in, although he had a guilty expression on his face, but when he came up, he pulled the little girl out, "This kid, it's really not worry-free, I'm sorry everyone." ”

"Wait!" Xiahou Yuan grabbed the man.

"I'm the child's father!" The man saw Xiahou Yuan holding on to him, and he was a little impatient.

At this time, the little girl began to cry again, shouting "I don't want to go with you, I want to find my mother".

Hearing the little girl like this, the man's eyes were filled with tears, "Miao Miao, is it okay to go with Dad?" Let's not look for our mother, okay? ”

"Not good! You're a bad dad! The girl shouted.

"Sir," Xiahoudun stepped forward and motioned for Xiahouyuan to let go of his hand and reach the man's shoulder, "Sir, let's go to the reception room and sit down first, the child is crying like this, and his face is easy to turn dirty when he goes out." Besides, you don't show any proof to take the child away, which also makes it difficult for us. ”

The man looked at Brother Xiahou and had to agree. After Xiahoudun instructed Qiao Lili to pick up a few cups of hot water, he and Xiahouyuan entered the reception room with the boy and the girl.

"I'll tell you the truth," the man said as soon as he sat down on the couch, "I am indeed the father of this child, but the mother of this child, my love, she died a year ago. After saying this with a little crying, the man's tears finally flowed from his eyes.

"Nonsense!" The little girl obviously didn't calm down, "Mommy came back a few days ago!" I saw my mother the day before yesterday! ”

"Hey!" The man sighed deeply, took the little girl in his arms, and began to cry bitterly. While crying, the man took out his ID to prove that he was the child's father, "My name is Liu Yuejun, this is my daughter, my name is Liu Miao, and my nickname is Miao Miao." ”

Xiahou Yuan took the documents and carefully checked them one by one. At this time, Qiao Lili came in with water, and Xiahoudun took the hot water and put it on the coffee table in front of the father and daughter.

"Who is Cui Ying?" Xiahou Yuan saw a death certificate that said "Cui Ying".

Liu Yuejun sighed, "It's my lover." ”

Hearing this, Xiahoudun motioned to Qiao Lili to take Miao Miao to another place to avoid it.

"Little sister, can you go somewhere else with your sister? My sister has a lot of fun and delicious food. Qiao Lili didn't wait for Miao Miao to answer, she led Miao Miao out, and Miao Miao didn't show a reluctant expression.

"It's been more than a year since I died." Xiahou Yuan looked at the death certificate, handed it to Xiahoudun again, and then asked, "But why are you carrying your lover's death certificate with you?" ”

"That's exactly what I brought to the police station just now." Liu Yuejun took a sip of water, "Today, Miao Miao went to report the case behind my back, saying that her mother was lost." As a result, the police checked and found that Cui Ying had been dead for a year, can they find it? Isn't this just for me to pick up my daughter with the certificate and confirm the situation. ”

"Then you didn't go home directly after picking up Miao Miao?" Xiahoudun asked.

"No," Liu Yuejun said, "we came out of the police station and were supposed to go home." But Miao Miaofei said that her mother brought her to this neighborhood the day before yesterday, and she disappeared here, saying that her mother might be waiting for her here, and I couldn't resist her, so I brought her over. As soon as I saw that there was a candy seller, I thought about buying one for the child, and who would have thought that if I wanted to buy a candy man, the child would come to you. ”

After hearing this, Xiahoudun took out a form from the cabinet next to him and handed it to Liu Yuejun.

Liu Yuejun took the form, and didn't understand what was going on for a while, "What does this mean?" ”

Xiahou Yuan smiled and said, "You've come to the right place, Mr. Liu." Just now my brother meant that he decided to try to help Miao Miao find her mother. ”

"Looking for Mom?" Liu Yuejun was taken aback, "Do you understand?" The child's mother has passed away! ”

"That's right," Xiahou Yuan smiled and said, "It's just looking for the child's deceased mother." ”

"Let's get to know me," Xiahoudun took out his business card, "In Xia Houdun, he is the leader of the first action group of the Northern Operations Division of the Supernatural Event Recording Administration. ”

"Xiahoudun?" The man took the business card and didn't react for a while, "Your name, is it a code name or what?" ”

"It's not a code name, but he's not the Xiahoudun you think," Xiahouyuan was afraid of adding unnecessary trouble, so he decided not to tell the other party his name, so he interrupted, "But he is really also called Xiahoudun, not joking with you." You can also use it as a code name. ”

"Don't talk nonsense," Xiahoudun interrupted Xiahouyuan's boring joke, "Let's go, let's get to work." ”

After listening to what Xiahou Yuan said, Liu Yuejun was even more confused, but seeing that the Xiahou brothers were determined to win, he had no choice but to follow the two brothers to the office area upstairs.