In handling cases, it is usually difficult to get the full trust of the other party, and the impartiality and independence we emphasize often bring distortion to ourselves, and the alienation from the people around us provides the most legitimate protection for justice.

When night falls, a new day passes unconsciously, and time is like quicksand at your fingertips, and you can't grasp it.

When it was time to get off work, everyone in the second criminal investigation team got off work one after another after being busy, and Ning Yanran was still sitting alone in the office.

Security is a feeling of nothingness, just like having the whole world, or nothing, for this kind of demand that cannot be quantified by any parameters, the only thing that can be done is probably to pay, regardless of the return of the pay, I believe that over time, there will always be some kind response, understanding, help, care and love, all of which will not make life easier, it will even be a burden, just live with this burden, but it will make people feel very warm.

Since the 7.12 case, Ning Yanran has changed a lot, she chose to be silent, in the days of silence, Ning Yanran can only numbly do some simple and repetitive things, thinking that in this way she can ignore those shouts from the bottom of her heart, but in fact, they are like countless big hands tearing at the silence on the surface, silence is easy to get lost, yes, Ning Yanran admits that no one likes silence, and no one likes loneliness.

In the days when Xu Lang disappeared, Ning Yanran looked forward to Xu Lang's appearance countless times and looked forward to Xu Lang's return, but when Xu Lang really appeared, when she appeared in front of her in a very strange way, Ning Yanran felt that it was so unreal, Ning Yanran admitted that when she saw Xu Lang in front of Xu Lang's house, Ning Yanran felt like she cried with joy, as if she had found her favorite toy.

When she heard everything Xu Lang experienced during the time of her disappearance, Ning Yanran felt deeply distressed in addition to feeling incredible and full of doubts, feeling sorry for this man who looked sloppy, Ning Yanran sometimes didn't know what it was like.

When she saw He Yongzhi taking Xu Lang away with a policeman in a police uniform with her, armed and handcuffed, Ning Yanran's first thought was not to ask He Yongzhi why he knew the news of Xu Lang's return, but to think about how to leave Xu Lang behind, which is a very incredible thing for her who was born in a family of eunuchs.

Ning Yanran may not be able to compare with those police officers who have been in the grassroots all the year round in terms of experience in handling cases, but on the issue of principle, Ning Yanran is more determined than anyone else, she clearly knows that Xu Lang's disappearance has many inexplicable points, she clearly knows that Xu Lang appeared when Bu Zimo and Master Chang Wang Hong died suddenly, it is a very abnormal thing, she clearly knows that after Xu Lang comes back, the first thing she should do is to take Xu Lang to the Public Security Bureau for interrogation, at least to inquire and investigate, However, she didn't do any of this, she chose to believe Xu Lang.

Ning Yanran sat on the chair and thought a lot, when she got off work and walked out of the Public Security Bureau, it was already dark at night.

Xu Lang's sudden appearance, and who the man who appeared at the scene of Liang Zihui's murder, Ning Yanran sometimes couldn't figure it out.

When Ning Yanran walked out of the gate of the Public Security Bureau, she was just about to find a place to eat, but suddenly saw a person squatting at the gate of the Public Security Bureau, this person was squatting on the side of the road, smoking a cigarette, and wearing a loose clothes.

The man was wearing a shirt on the upper body, but the lower body was wearing shorts, and a pair of flip-flops were on his feet, the man was wearing slippers with one foot and one foot on the slippers, and cigarette butts were scattered all over the man's feet, it seemed that he had been waiting here for a long time, although the man's hair had been taken care of, Ning Yanran felt awkward no matter how she looked at it, and she felt that she was still so sloppy.

Ning Yanran looked at the man's familiar back, she couldn't believe her eyes, when she walked to the man's side, walked in front of the man, and saw the man's familiar face clearly, Ning Yanran was not only surprised but surprised, her eyes widened, and she asked excitedly, "Why are you here?" ”

Hearing Ning Yanran's voice, the man raised his head, threw away the cigarette that had just been lit in his hand, smoked a few puffs of cigarette, and showed a bright smile on his pale face, the man looked at Ning Yanran with strange eyes, and asked with a smile: "I'm not here, where can I be?" ”

Ning Yanran looked at the man, and didn't know what to say for a while.

This man was none other than Xu Lang, he stood up from the ground, his body shook slightly, and then he stood firmly, and then, he patted the dust under his ass, and asked while patting: "Everyone else is off work, why are you off work?" ”

Ning Yanran looked at Xu Lang with a puzzled expression, he was arrested by He Yongzhi on the day and went to H City, why did he appear here again now, Ning Yanran was very puzzled, so she asked, "Weren't you taken away by Captain He?" ”

Xu Lang said indifferently: "Yes, I was taken away by him." ”

"Then how did you end up here?" Ning Yanran asked puzzled.

"It's clear, if I don't come back, do I still have to spend the New Year over there?" Xu Lang said with a grin.

Looking at Xu Lang's giggling, indifferent expression, listening to the familiar voice, Ning Yanran didn't know what to say for a while.

Xu Lang didn't seem to see Ning Yanran's thoughts, and continued to joke: "Hey, I said Captain Ning, it's not easy for me to come back, I haven't eaten for a day, and my hungry chest is attached to my back, shouldn't you invite me to a meal?" ”

Ning Yanran looked at Xu Lang's dark and bright eyes, she had a strange feeling in her heart, she blushed a little, she didn't dare to look at Xu Lang, turned her head away from Xu Lang, and asked in a low voice: "Take advantage of me as soon as you come back, how can you bully people like this?" ”

"Ahh

Hearing Ning Yanran's words, Xu Lang hurriedly took two steps back as if he had discovered a new continent, and said with a nervous face: "When did I take advantage of you?" You have to speak with your conscience, besides, you are the captain of the second criminal investigation team, I am just a detective, and you are bullying me if you want to bully, how dare I bully you? I don't want to be handcuffed by someone. ”

Hearing this, Ning Yanran's face turned even redder, she was a little annoyed that Xu Lang was like this, everyone was like this, her mouth was still so inconsequential, she turned her head, glared at Xu Lang with some shame and said, "When you come back, let me invite you to dinner, isn't it taking advantage of me and bullying me?" I can't even support myself with any salary, so how can I have spare money to invite you to eat? ”

It's just that when Ning Yanran said this, when she saw Xu Lang with a wicked smile on her face, she knew that Xu Lang was thinking of a way to take advantage of herself, thinking of this, Ning Yanran became more and more annoyed, she glared at Xu Lang fiercely, and then turned her head away from Xu Lang.

Xu Lang didn't care at all, he looked at Ning Yanran and said, "Forget it, since that's the case, then it's okay for me to invite you to dinner, right?" If you don't want to, forget it. ”

After speaking, Xu Lang left directly.

Ning Yanran saw Xu Lang say to leave, she was immediately a little annoyed, she was a little complicated, but when she saw Xu Lang's back gradually moving away, she didn't know why, Ning Yanran still followed.

Ning Yanran caught up with Xu Lang, and after the two walked side by side, neither of them spoke.

At the beginning, Ning Yanran didn't think of eating, but when the two of them walked together, no one spoke, Ning Yanran, as a woman, would inevitably think about it, and when she raised her head again and looked around, she found that they had unknowingly come to Xu Lang's community.

Standing downstairs at Xu Lang's house, Ning Yanran turned her head and asked suspiciously, "Didn't you invite me to dinner?" How did you get to your house? ”

Xu Lang glanced at Ning Yanran, shook his head, didn't speak, and walked down the stairs towards the upper floor.

Ning Yanran thought about it, so she had to go up with her.

When Ning Yanran walked to the door of Xu Lang's house, she found Xu Lang leaning against the door, waiting for her, Ning Yanran felt a little strange, so she asked, "Why don't you open the door?" ”

Xu Lang rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Nonsense, you took away the key to my house, how can I get in without a key?" ”

Hearing Xu Lang say this, Ning Yanran remembered that during the day, when He Yongzhi took Xu Lang away, Xu Lang didn't take anything, and when Ning Yanran chased him out, she ran back halfway and took the key to Xu Lang's house, thinking of this, Ning Yanran felt a little embarrassed, she hurriedly took out the key from her bag and handed it to Xu Lang.

After Xu Lang took the key, he opened the door and walked straight in.

Ning Yanran didn't follow in, she stood at the door, looked at Xu Lang who was bowing her head and changing her shoes, and asked with a dark look in her eyes: "You are waiting for me at the gate of the Public Security Bureau, just to come to me to get the key?" ”

"yes." Xu Lang said without raising his head.

"Hmph"

Hearing that Xu Lang was only looking for herself to get the key, not for other things, Ning Yanran didn't know why, she felt very uncomfortable, and felt like crying, her smoke ring was slightly red, she glanced at Xu Lang deeply, and was about to turn around and leave.

At this time, Xu Lang just changed his slippers, turned his head, and saw Ning Yanran turning around to leave, so he said, "Come in, what are you doing standing there?" ”

"Why am I coming in? The keys have been returned to you, what else am I going to do in here? I'm leaving. ”

After speaking, Ning Yanran turned around and left.

Xu Lang hurriedly walked to the door, grabbed Ning Yanran's hand and said, "It's so late, aren't you hungry?" Come on in. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Ning Yanran to say anything, he pulled Ning Yanran into the room, then closed the door, and by the way, took out a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and put them at Ning Yanran's feet.

After Xu Lang did all this, he turned around and walked towards the living room.

Ning Yanran stood at the door, looked at Xu Lang's back, hesitated, took off the shoes on her feet, changed into slippers, and then came to the living room.

When Ning Yanran walked to the living room, she found that there were a few side dishes on the coffee table in the living room, as well as two servings of rice, Ning Yanran was a little puzzled, she remembered that when she left during the day, there were no such things here, how could there be a prepared meal now? Thinking about it, Ning Yanran suddenly realized that what Xu Lang said just now that he took away his key and couldn't get in, he was obviously lying, and it was true that he took the key to Xu Lang's house, but Xu Lang must still have a backup key, thinking of this, Ning Yanran was angry, walked to the sofa, sat on the sofa, glared at Xu Lang fiercely and said, "What are these?" ”

"Food, back to the pot meat, fish-flavored meat-shredded, fried seasonal vegetables, seaweed egg soup, otherwise what else?" Xu Lang said with a smile.

Ning Yanran stared at Xu Lang's eyes and said, "I didn't ask about these, what I asked was, I took your key away, how did you get in?" ”

Xu Lang smiled and didn't speak, but stood up and walked to the bathroom, not knowing what to do.

Ning Yanran was confused by Xu Lang again, she turned her head to look in the direction of the bathroom.

After a while, Xu Lang walked out of the bathroom with a wet towel in his hand, handed it to Ning Yanran and said, "Wipe it, wipe it and eat." ”

Ning Yanran looked at the towel handed over by Xu Lang, and was a little distracted for a while.

Xu Lang didn't think about it so much, he directly stuffed the wet towel into Ning Yanran's hand, walked to the sofa and sat down, picked up the chopsticks and began to eat.

"Don't be stunned, aren't you hungry? Hurry up, if you don't eat again, I'm going to finish eating. ”

Ning Yanran silently picked up the wet towel and wiped her hands, then put the towel aside, picked up the bowl, picked up the chopsticks, and began to eat in small bites.

The meal was tepid, the atmosphere was very dull, and neither of them spoke.

I don't know if I'm really hungry, or because the food is delicious, Xu Lang's eating speed and appearance are exactly the same as before, it's just a gobble, the wind is surging, Xu Lang put down the bowl and chopsticks after eating a bowl and a half of rice, three dishes and one soup Xu Lang ate half of it alone, after eating, Xu Lang wiped his mouth with a napkin, and leaned lazily on the sofa, watching Ning Yanran eat.

Ning Yanran is not a hypocritical person, she doesn't pay attention to any ladylike temperament, in fact, as a policeman, whether it is a man or a woman, time is speed, they don't have so much time to be hypocritical, today, I don't know what's wrong, Ning Yanran eats very slowly, I don't know if it's because the food is delicious, or because Xu Lang is back, she usually only eats one bowl of rice, but she actually ate two bowls for the first time.

When Ning Yanran was full and put down the dishes and chopsticks, she found that Xu Lang was staring at herself, Ning Yanran suddenly felt a little embarrassed and blushed, but she still raised her head, glared at Xu Lang and said, "What do you see, haven't you seen a beautiful woman eating?" ”

Xu Lang looked at Ning Yanran with a smile, shook his head, did not speak, took out two pieces of paper from the paper box of the napkin, handed them to Ning Yanran and said, "Wipe it"

Ning Yanran glared at Xu Lang angrily, and then took the napkin in Xu Lang's hand and wiped her mouth very ladylikely.

Xu Lang took advantage of Ning Yanran's wiping the corners of his mouth, he got up from the sofa and began to clean up the mess on the coffee table.

When Xu Lang packed all these things and threw them into the trash, Xu Lang went to the bathroom to wash his hands, and after returning to the living room and sitting down, Xu Lang looked at Ning Yanran and did not speak.

Ning Yanran saw Xu Lang looking at herself like this, she was a very smart woman, knowing that Xu Lang was waiting for her at the door of the Public Security Bureau, and she was inviting herself to dinner, she must have something to tell her, so Ning Yanran asked, "Say, what is the matter with me?" ”

Xu Lang didn't beat around the bush, and asked directly: "I went to the company today, and I also went to the psychological consulting company, I found that the detective agency has been closed for a long time, and Shu Yue is not in the company, do you know where they went?" ”

Hearing that Xu Lang was looking for herself to ask where Shu Yue was, she was a little lost, she lowered her head, didn't look at Xu Lang, and said lightly: "They are all from your company, how do I know where they went?" ”

Xu Lang didn't realize the change in Ning Yanran's tone, he frowned tightly, and said, "That's weird, after I came back, I couldn't contact them, and the company was no one, what's going on?" ”

Hearing Xu Lang say this, Ning Yanran also felt a little strange, when Xu Lang disappeared, Du Ziqiao and the others also disappeared, Ning Yanran thought that their disappearance was arranged by Xu Lang, at that time, she was also puzzled, however, a lot of things happened in S City at that time, Ning Yanran didn't take care of these, and now, hearing Xu Lang say this, Ning Yanran felt even more strange.

Du Ziqiao They are from Xu Lang's company, where did they go, Xu Lang should know best, Du Ziqiao They are Xu Lang's colleagues, during the time that Xu Lang was missing, I don't know where they went and it barely makes sense, but Shu Yue is Xu Lang's girlfriend, and even Xu Lang doesn't know where she went, how can Ning Yanran know? The more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, so she asked, "You really don't know where they went?" ”

Xu Lang raised his head and looked at Ning Yanran, nodded with a very affirmative expression, and said, "I really don't know." ”

After staring at Xu Lang's eyes for a while, Ning Yanran was sure that Xu Lang didn't seem to be lying, so she said: "I thought that their disappearance was arranged by you in advance, at that time, after you disappeared, I went to look for them, but when I went, I found that they were missing." ”

"That's right."

Xu Lang frowned tightly and muttered to himself, as if he was talking to Ning Yanran, and as if he was talking to himself.

Ning Yanran looked at Xu Lang, and after being silent for a while, she couldn't help but ask with curiosity in her heart, "Where did He Yongzhi take you today?" ”

Hearing Ning Yanran ask about this, Xu Lang's eyes rolled, and he said with a haha: "I didn't go anywhere, Captain He just took me to H City to go around." ”

"Really?" Ning Yanran looked at Xu Lang with a look of disbelief.

Xu Lang nodded heavily and said, "Really, it's true, if you don't believe it, you can ask Captain He." ”

Ning Yanran was suddenly silent.