If the truth is a disservice, choose a lie. If a lie is a disservice, choose silence. If silence is a disservice, choose to leave. - Xu Zhimo

When Xu Lang came out of Lu Ye's office, it was already afternoon.

Xu Lang, who came out of the office, his face was pale, his expression was very complicated, he stood at the end of the corridor, standing at the corner of the stairwell, silently squatting down, sitting on the steps of the stairwell, silently smoking a cigarette.

Not long after Ning Yanran and Wu Yong left Lu Ye's office, everyone in the whole situation knew that Xu Lang was back, talking about things in Director Lu Ye's office, no one knew what they were talking about, but occasionally heard the quarrel in the office, and Xu Lang's angry roar, which made many people feel inexplicable and very surprised, everyone knows that Lu Ye values Xu Lang very much, since Xu Lang came to the second criminal investigation team from the police academy, Lu Ye will always take care of Xu Lang a little, although he doesn't take care of much, but, There are some things that everyone can see.

In the past few years, Xu Lang has often gone to Lu Ye's office, and their relationship has always been very good, although the two are not father and son, but they are like a pair of father and son, this is the first time they have heard Xu Lang and Lu Ye's fierce quarrel, in addition to feeling puzzled and surprised, everyone is more at a loss.

The people in the public security bureau are very busy, people come and go in the stairwell, all the policemen who hurriedly walk past Xu Lang will intentionally or unintentionally glance at the man sitting in the stairwell and smoking silently, the smoke rises, covering Xu Lang's cheeks, but they can't hide the anger and dazedness in his eyes.

The cigarette was burning brightly, the nicotine thorn stimulated the man's brain, I don't know how long it took, Xu Lang felt bitter in his mouth, his stomach churned, and the last cigarette in his hand was also burned, when he threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, he subconsciously went to the cigarette box to get the cigarette, but found that the cigarette box was already empty, Xu Lang suddenly woke up, he came back to his senses, looked at everything in front of him, looked down at the pile of cigarette butts under his feet, and couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

"Vomit"

Xu Lang staggered to his feet, suddenly felt his brain spinning, he stumbled and almost couldn't stand steadily, and when he finally held on to the railing and stood firm, his stomach was as uncomfortable as a river, he smoked too much, his stomach was uncomfortable, and he was about to vomit.

He hurriedly covered his mouth with his hands, rushed to the bathroom quickly, lay down in front of the sink, and vomited frantically.

However, he vomited for a long time, and all he vomited was sour water, because his stomach was empty, maybe because of the vomiting, his spirit gradually improved a lot, unscrewed the faucet, and watched the tap water gushing out of Baihuahua, which flowed into the sink with a bang, it seemed to want to wash away the boredom in Xu Lang's heart.

"Bang Bang Bang"

Xu Lang stretched out his hand and took a handful of water, patted it on his cheeks, and scrubbed his cheeks vigorously, as if he wanted to rub off the skin on his face.

After a long time, Xu Lang's pale cheeks were reddened by his hard rubbing, and there was a faint pain, and it was not until this moment that Xu Lang slowly raised his head and looked at himself in the mirror.

Although Xu Lang does not look in the mirror every day like a woman, but this familiar face, he has seen it countless times since he was a child, but he has never hated his face so much as at this moment, he looked at his figure in the mirror, he was a little confused, he stretched out his finger and gently stroked the mirror, as if to be sure, is this mirror really himself?

If it was before, Xu Lang would definitely have no doubts, but what about now? Ever since that man appeared, Xu Lang has been wondering, is he still himself? He didn't know.

Today, Xu Lang found Lu Ye in desperation, and chose to question, he knew part of the truth and determined the identity of the man, he was indeed his relative, his brother, although he determined Xu Yi's identity, however, new questions appeared again.

First, why did the father hide the news that he had two sons?

Second, what is Xu Qi's identity?

Third, what is Xu Yuan's identity?

Fourth, is the tragic death of the family related to Xu Yuan's identity?

In Lu Ye's office just now, Xu Lang used Lu Ye's authority as the director of the bureau to retrieve Xu Qi's identity from the archives, however, what surprised him was that there was no Xu Qi in the archives, as if this person did not exist at all, which made Xu Lang feel surprised and puzzled, in this case, there are only two possibilities, either, Xu Yi's true identity is not even authorized to know by someone with the identity of Lu Ye, director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau.

For the former, Xu Lang feels that it is unlikely, now is the new century, the census and household registration management have already been carried out in the country, and the possibility of black households has long been gone, then, there is only the second possibility, this is what shocked Xu Lang, an identity that even the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau does not have the authority and qualifications to know, what is the identity? Undercover? Special service? Or something else? Xu Lang didn't know, he was very confused.

What really made Xu Lang feel confused was that his father Xu Yuan had three good brothers, including Lu Ye, the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Ye Zhenhai, an anti-narcotics policeman who died 20 years ago, and Sun Wenyao, a forensic director.

People, living in the world, whether he is poor or rich, he will have a few friends, Xu Yuan is no exception, when Xu Lang saw that photo, he thought that Ye Zhenhai had died, however, when Xu Lang and Lu Ye talked to the end, he knew that although the anti-drug operation twenty years ago seemed to be successful, Ye Zhenhai died, or strictly speaking, disappeared, after the end of that mission, Ye Zhenhai disappeared, and from then on, Ye Zhenhai was like he had never existed.

And what really surprised Xu Lang was that Sun Wenyao, the director of forensic medicine, also resigned in advance after the end of Bu Zimo's case, the four people of the year, now, the only one who is still in the public security system is Lu Ye, a stubborn old man, and now, when Shangguan Jing's case is over, it is estimated that Lu Ye will also bear the main responsibility because of this case, and he will retire early, even if he does not retire early, at least he will take a back seat, this is the result, Xu Lang knows it very well in his heart, and Lu Ye knows it in his heart.

Confusion, unprecedented confusion, exhaustion, exhaustion from the depths of the soul.

In this morning, Xu Lang and Lu Ye chatted a lot, talked about the matter between him and his father Xu Yuan, talked about the opinions on the death case of Xu Lang's family, naturally, also talked about the thoughts of these recent cases, the arms seized from the orphanage in the west of the city have been handed over to the relevant departments, they will continue to investigate, the arms do not need the police to worry about them, the only thing they can do now is to seize the time to investigate the relationship between the dead who are now lying in the autopsy room, There is also the need to find out what happened on September 21 and arrest Shangguan Jing and others one day earlier.

When Xu Lang was leaving, Lu Ye told Xu Lang earnestly, let him not do anything now, if he can, he can cooperate with the police to figure out the current cases, as for Xu Lang's matter, he will be slowly investigating in the future, Xu Lang neither agreed, nor objected, he just chose to be silent, yes, silent, except for silence, Xu Lang didn't know what else he could do.

"What do you think?"

Just when Xu Lang was looking at himself in the mirror in a daze, a woman's voice suddenly came from the door.

Xu Lang was awakened by this voice, he came back to his senses, turned his head, looked at the door, and found that Ning Yanran didn't know when he was standing at the door of the bathroom, Xu Lang subconsciously frowned, and asked weakly, "What's wrong?" Looking for me? ”

This is the men's bathroom, Ning Yanran didn't come in directly, but stood at the door, looking at the man with unkempt hair and water stains on his face, his eyes were a little complicated, his face showed a touch of distress, and he asked slowly, "What's wrong?" What's wrong? I've been looking for you for a long time, but I haven't found you, so you're here. ”

The tap water in the faucet was still flowing, Xu Lang turned around, took a handful of water again and slapped it on his face, so that he was completely sober, then turned off the faucet casually, took out a few pieces of paper from the paper box next to him, wiped his hands, and then threw it into the trash, walked towards Ning Yanran, and asked as he walked: "Are you looking for me for Zhang Lei's business?" ”

Ning Yanran looked at Xu Lang with strange eyes and nodded.

In fact, she wanted to know where Xu Lang went after the 921 case, why did he suddenly come to the Public Security Bureau today, in Lu Ye's office, what did she talk about with Lu Ye, and why did the talks take so long, but when she was about to ask, Xu Lang had an expression of not wanting to say anything, Ning Yanran had no choice but to ask about this, after all, the first task of the police now is to find out what happened in the hotel room on September 21, and Zhang Lei is a survivor. Only he can speak clearly, but if he wants Zhang Lei to speak, Xu Lang has become the key, so when Ning Yanran saw Xu Lang, the first thing she thought of was to quickly pull Xu Lang to the hospital and pry open Zhang Lei's mouth.

The two men left the men's bathroom and walked towards the outside of the Public Security Bureau.

When the two of them passed by the second criminal investigation team, Xu Lang saw the strange man again, and he had already learned from Lu Ye's mouth that this strange man was Hou Debao, a weapons expert.

However, for Xu Lang now, it doesn't matter who the other party is or what his identity is, and it has nothing to do with him.

After the two of them walked out of the Public Security Bureau, Ning Yanran drove, Xu Lang sat in the co-pilot, and the two drove to the hospital to visit Zhang Lei.

It has been almost ten days since the 921 case, and Zhang Lei's body has recovered a lot during this time, and he can barely get out of bed and walk, but it is very hard to walk, but the doctor's advice is to hope that Zhang Lei can move on his own, so that it is good for his identity to recover, Zhang Lei also followed the doctor's instructions, and from time to time he got out of bed and walked around the ward, but, during this time, he was exceptionally silent.

When the door of the ward was pushed open from the outside, Zhang Lei was standing next to the window on crutches, looking at the outside world through the glass, as if he didn't hear the door opening.

Zhang Lei was the only one in the ward, and his mother, who had been with him, didn't know where he went, after Xu Lang walked in, he didn't speak directly, but walked straight to Zhang Lei's side and looked outside with him, while Ning Yanran put the fruit basket in his hand on the cabinet, sat on the sofa on the side, and looked at the backs of Zhang Lei and Xu Lang.

The two men stood side by side by the window, neither of them took the lead to speak, but they were just silent, which made the ward, which was already a little depressed and silent, more and more depressed, Ning Yanran looked at the backs of the two people, and became a little anxious, she worked hard to pull Xu Lang to the ward, not to see the two of them playing handsome there, but to know the truth, just when she was waiting a little impatiently and was about to open her mouth to remind Xu Lang, Zhang Lei spoke.

"Brother Lang, am I stupid?"

Hearing Zhang Lei's words, Ning Yanran was stunned, she didn't understand why Zhang Lei said this, she didn't understand, but Xu Lang understood.

Xu Lang stood beside Zhang Lei, looked at the scenery outside, and said lightly: "We're all stupid, aren't we?" ”

Zhang Lei was stunned for a moment, he turned his head to look at Xu Lang's side face, a little distracted, he thought that Xu Lang would be like Ning Yanran, when he heard his own hypocritical words, he would comfort himself, or scold, because he knew Xu Lang and worked with Xu Lang for many years, so he naturally knew what kind of person Xu Lang was, but he never expected that Xu Lang would also say such hypocritical words, which made him a little surprised and relieved.

Xu Lang seemed to know what Zhang Lei was thinking, he turned his head, looked into Zhang Lei's eyes, and asked, "Did you find out that there was a problem with the orphanage a long time ago?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Ning Yanran was suddenly shocked, she quickly got up from the sofa and looked at Zhang Lei's cheeks, however, Zhang Lei's expression clearly told Ning Yanran that Xu Lang was right, he did know that there was a problem with the orphanage, which made Ning Yanran surprised, but more annoyed, annoyed Zhang Lei As a policeman, since he knew which orphanage had a problem, why didn't he say it earlier.

As if he knew what Ning Yanran was thinking, he turned his head to look at Ning Yanran, showed an apologetic expression, and grinned, but that smile was so bitter, bitter that it was heartbreaking, he walked slowly to the sofa with a cane, struggled to sit down, and said slowly: "Team Ning, I'm sorry." ”

Even if there are thousands of words, there are only three words left in the end, I'm sorry, Rao is Ning Yanran didn't know what to say for a while.

Xu Lang was still standing at the window, with his back to Zhang Lei and Ning Yanran, and said slowly: "Although I don't know when you found out that there was something wrong with the orphanage, I know that when you dragged me to the orphanage, it was definitely not as simple as letting me visit those children, there must be other purposes, right?" ”

Ning Yanran looked at Xu Lang's lonely back, then turned her head to look at Zhang Lei, waiting for Zhang Lei's answer.

The expression on Zhang Lei's face became more and more bitter, he sighed deeply, then nodded, and said: "Hey, yes, after the Bu Zimo case ended, when I went to visit those children in the orphanage, I found that Shangguan Jing seemed to be particularly concerned about Bu Zimo's case, beyond ordinary care, and from that time on, I felt that something was wrong, but I didn't find evidence, and I didn't know how to tell you." ”

Xu Lang, who had always had a gloomy face, heard Zhang Lei's words, and his hanging heart finally relaxed a little.

Zhang Lei has been dealing with the Chengxi Orphanage for two or three years, if he had known that the orphanage had a problem, but did not tell Xu Lang and Ning Yanran, then, after the case is over, Zhang Lei will definitely be legally responsible, and it may not be possible to go to prison, but it is inevitable to be investigated internally, and now that he knows that he found out that the problem was not long ago, Xu Lang was relieved, although Xu Lang does not believe Zhang Lei's words very much now, but he knows that things have developed to this point, Zhang Lei will not lie about this.

In fact, whether it is Xu Lang or Ning Yanran, they all know why Zhang Lei chose to do this, the reason is very simple, he likes Shangguan Jing, in front of the person he likes and the law, sometimes it is really difficult to choose, not everyone can do it, in order to maintain the law, abandon everything, Xu Lang can't do it, Ning Yanran can't do it, since he can't do it himself, why ask others to do it?

Xu Lang turned around, leaned against the wall, put his hands on his chest, looked at Zhang Lei sitting on the sofa, and said lightly: "When you came to me and dragged me to visit those children in the orphanage, I felt very strange, we have worked together for so many years, you know me, I don't have any children, and I am very lazy and unwilling to contact children, so when you pull me to visit those children, I feel a little strange, but, at the beginning, I just thought that you wanted to take me out for a walk, so I didn't care, until Shangguan Jing showed extraordinary enthusiasm for me, and this faint suspicion became more and more intense. ”

Zhang Lei didn't look at his current leader, Ning Yanran, but turned his head to look at Xu Lang, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a wry smile from the bottom of his heart, and said: "I know that this matter will definitely not be hidden from you, I thought that when you were pestering you in Shangguan Jing, you would come to question me or something, but unfortunately, you didn't." ”

Xu Lang looked at Zhang Lei's cheeks and said slowly: "Because I don't know what she wants to do, and I don't know what you want to do, so I didn't ask, I just watched." ”

Hearing this, the expression on Zhang Lei's face became more and more bitter, and he shook his head and didn't say anything.

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PS: "Ultimate Crime" has reached the final stage, at the end of the book, there will be a huge criminal organization, which will involve many cases, including the truth about the death of Xu Lang's family, as well as the choice of the second criminal investigation team and the detective agency, the truth is always cruel, there will be a lot of things involved, because of some reasons, many things cannot be written, a lot of things that have been written, I will pass it over, "Ultimate Crime" at the beginning, I was going to write - the real world, But, later, I thought about it, or chose to control the world step by step, the reason you know, from the beginning of this book, you have all discovered, although there are many cases, but there are many things in it, I have not fully revealed, such as about drugs, such as about the underworld, such as about corruption, etc., these things, I didn't write, after all, this is just, in the closing stage, I simply wrote about arms and high-level leadership, this is just one of the branches, I won't write too much,It's more of a brush.,Whether it's arms.,Or senior leaders.,Their appearance,It's just for the development of the plot.,I won't write deeper.,The reason why I wrote about this criminal organization,In addition to the needs of the plot,It's more for the second book "Ultimate Crime Only Perfect Crime" to pave the way.,I hope you can understand.,Although many of the cases in "Ultimate Crime" are adapted from real cases, but,After all, it's just an alternate world., Don't take it too seriously.

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