It has been said that time heals everything. I don't think so, the wound is always there, and when the time comes, the consciousness will cover it with a scar to relieve the pain in order to protect the mind, but it will never go away. ——RoseKennedy

In the blink of an eye, it's November.

The orphanage series of cases, with the appearance and death of Shangguan Watson, came to an end temporarily, and it was claimed that the case had been solved and closed, but people within the public security system knew that this was just a façade, and the real investigation was still ongoing, but, because there were no new clues and breakthroughs, the investigation of the case was temporarily deadlocked, stagnant, and the focus of the second criminal investigation team was temporarily placed on other cases.

During this period of time, there was a personnel transfer in the S City Public Security Bureau, and Lu Ye was no longer in the position of director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, because he was fifty-nine years old, and he had been sitting in the position of the director of the Public Security Bureau for too long.

With Lu Ye's departure, the position of the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau was vacant, originally, many people thought that one would be promoted from the deputy director or the director of the public security bureau, but, to everyone's expectation, the new director of the General Public Security Bureau was directly parachuted from Yanjing, the new director of the General Public Security Bureau is called Tian Yongchun, 45 years old this year, has served as a director, deputy director, criminal investigation team leader and other positions in many provinces, cities and regions, is an old policeman, and has rich work experience.

Tian Yongchun's arrival was at the end of October, after he came to S City, he first met with the city leaders, and then with Lu Ye for the handover of work, and then met with everyone in the Public Security Bureau, held a meeting, and the things that were said at the meeting were nothing more than some work problems, all of which were old and repeated, and there was nothing new.

Xu Lang did not go to this meeting, just like the farewell ceremony held by the Municipal Public Security Bureau when Lu Ye left, Xu Lang also did not go.

Of course, for most people, they don't really care about who the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau is, after all, they just need to work according to the arrangement of their direct leaders, and there are not many people who really remember the old leader.

Before Lu Ye left, he met with Xu Lang once, the old and the young, in fact, did not talk about anything substantial, Xu Lang just went to Lu Ye's house, had a meal at his house, drank a meal, and that's it, after that, Lu Ye left S City and went to H Province to start his new job, and Xu Lang also returned to his home, rarely going to the Municipal Public Security Bureau.

Since October 18th, Xu Lang has never been to the Municipal Public Security Bureau since he came back from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, during this time, Xu Lang stayed at home almost every day, did not go out, and no one knew what he was doing at home.

During this period of time, Xu Lang went to the orphanage opened by Zhang Lei several times, and the children who survived the series of cases in the orphanage seemed to have slowly forgotten that very unpleasant experience under the care of Zhang Lei and Jiang Xiaozhen, and began to regain their former sunshine and innocence.

The orphanage now has a total of seven children, in addition to the six children who survived in the 921 case, there are also Li Taiping who survived tenaciously, Jiang Xiaozhen's sisters and brothers are children from the countryside, they are very good at taking care of children, Zhang Lei resigned from the second criminal investigation team, and returned to his parents' company, Zhang's group to work.

Zhang Lei did not directly enter the board of directors like in the film and television drama, after all, Zhang Lei used to be a policeman, and he still knew very little about the company's business, after he entered the company, he started as an ordinary employee, although there are not many people who know Zhang Lei's identity, but in a company of Nuoda, the news spread very quickly, and it didn't take long for most of the company to know Zhang Lei's identity, and they began to have a good relationship with Zhang Lei, intentionally or unintentionally, patting inconsequential sycophants. Zhang Lei didn't show any unusual and impatient emotions.

Since Zhang Lei began to work in the group, he rarely smiled, no longer the previous giggling joke, his face is expressionless every day, like facial paralysis, and he works very hard and hard, whenever others get off work, he is still working overtime, what he doesn't understand at work, he will take the initiative to ask others, never regard himself as the future successor of Zhang's Group.

Zhang Lei often goes to the orphanage, accompanies those children, chats with them, talks, plays games, and only at this time, Zhang Lei seems to have returned to the way he used to work in the second criminal investigation team, just like a young man in his twenties, full of sunshine.

There are not many children in the orphanage, it is enough to have Jiang Xiaozhen's sisters and brothers, they are from the countryside, they are very patient, and they are also very good to these ill-fated children, maybe they are a little similar to these children, Xu Lang went to the orphanage a few times, and after seeing these, he was relieved a lot.

The first few times, when Xu Lang went to the orphanage, Zhang Lei was not in the orphanage because of work matters, and on this day, when Xu Lang came to the orphanage again, he found that Zhang Lei was actually there.

When Xu Lang came to the orphanage, Zhang Lei was playing a game of eagle catching chickens with the children, Li Taiping was the eagle, and Zhang Lei was the old hen, and the big seven and eight people were playing happily in the yard.

After Zhang Lei saw Xu Lang coming, he played with the children for a while, and then let them play by themselves, and then, he came to Xu Lang's side, and the two of them sat on the grass, looking at the group of lively children not far away, Xu Lang squinted his eyes and said: "It's better to be children, as long as they don't want to remember, they can forget those unhappy things." ”

Zhang Lei turned his head and glanced at Xu Lang, then continued to look at the children not far away, and said, "They didn't forget the past, they just forgot selectively. ”

Xu Lang nodded and did not refute Zhang Lei's words.

Xu Lang looked at the group of children, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Most of these children have reached the age of going to school, aren't they?"

Zhang Lei knew what Xu Lang wanted to say, and he said without replying: "Jiang Xiaozhen's sister and brother are both college students, and their grades have always been very good.

Speaking of this, Zhang Lei didn't continue, with a sad expression on his face.

Xu Lang was stunned for a moment, and then understood why, these children have experienced too many unpleasant things at a young age, and now Zhang Lei is helping them, and although these children are very lively now, but when Zhang Lei sent them to school, none of these children wanted to go, nor did they want to go to class well, Zhang Lei had no choice, so he had to let Jiang Xiaozhen's sister and brother be responsible for teaching them things, this matter, when Xu Lang came before, Jiang Xiaozhen told himself.

"It's not a way to go on like this, after all, they haven't gone through systematic learning, what will happen to them when they are older and go to high school and college in the future?" Xu Lang said.

Zhang Lei turned his head to look at Xu Lang, with a sad expression on his face, he thought about it, sighed and said: "Wait, I plan to send them all to school to study after the New Year, after all, they will also grow up and have their own lives, and reading is the only way out for them now." ”

Xu Lang nodded, didn't say anything more, and the two of them fell silent again.

"I heard that the Land Bureau was transferred?" After being silent for a while, Zhang Lei took the lead in asking.

"Well, I went to the Provincial Public Security Department to do an office." Xu Lang nodded and said.

"It's okay to go, the age of the Lu Bureau is not young, and it is long overdue to enjoy the blessings."

"Yes, the old man's life is not easy, he has dedicated his whole life to the police force, dedicated to the country, there is no son and half a daughter in this life, he is old, and there are only two people left, sometimes I think about it, I also think that the old man is strange and pitiful."

"Pitiful, respectable, admirable." Zhang Lei said.

Xu Lang didn't want to continue this sad topic, so he changed the subject and asked, "How are you doing in your father's company?" Happy? ”

"It's okay, it's not happy or unhappy, anyway, there are a lot of things to do every day, and I can't finish being busy, hey, it's completely different from when I was in the police force." Zhang Lei shook his head and said with a wry smile.

Xu Lang looked at Zhang Lei's side face and asked narrowly, "Do you feel tired?" Didn't have fun when you were in the police force? Do you want to go back and continue to be a police officer? ”

"I don't feel tired when I'm tired, I'm not tired when I'm in the police force, but sometimes I feel very annoyed, as for going back to be a police officer?" Zhang Lei shook his head and continued: "From the moment I decided to resign, I didn't think about going back, besides, if I go back, what will happen to these children? ”

Xu Lang followed Zhang Lei's line of sight and looked at the children not far away, and he was silent again.

Indeed, after these children have experienced the orphanage case, they are already very fragile, and they can no longer resist any blows, if it is not for Zhang Lei to be by their side, what will become of these children in the future, no one knows, of course, Zhang Lei can ignore them at all, and send them directly to other orphanages, it is also okay, but, if this is done, whether these children can adapt to the new environment, whether their young psychology will have bad emotions, no one knows, and, If these children are sent to other orphanages, no one will deliberately take care of them, and those orphanages are a completely unfamiliar environment for this group of children, and no one can predict whether they will have psychological problems.

Fighting crime is important, but crime prevention is the fundamental solution to the problem, Zhang Lei's choice is the best choice, of course, his choice also paid a certain price, although for most people, the price paid by Zhang Lei is not a price in their opinion, but for Zhang Lei himself, giving up his dream of becoming a police officer is a heavy price.

Just when Xu Lang and Zhang Lei were sitting on the lawn chatting with each other, Xu Lang keenly noticed that Jiang Xiaozhen always looked at them intentionally or unintentionally, to be precise, at Zhang Lei.

After seeing this scene, Xu Lang suddenly knew in his heart, he tilted his body and touched Zhang Lei's shoulder, "Hi." ”

Zhang Lei turned his head with a puzzled expression, looked at Xu Lang, and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?" ”

"That girl seems to like you."

Zhang Lei followed Xu Lang's line of sight to look at the position where Jiang Xiaozhen was standing, just at this time, Jiang Xiaozhen also looked this way, the eyes of the two people met in the air, Jiang Xiaozhen seemed to be a child who was stealing food, and was suddenly discovered, she and Zhang Lei's eyes were scattered, she quickly lowered her head, turned her head to look away, and did not dare to look at Zhang Lei's eyes, and Xu Lang keenly found that this little girl's cheeks were red.

Zhang Lei retracted his gaze, frowned, shook his head, and said, "Maybe I helped her before, she just appreciates me, not like it." ”

Although Xu Lang has only been in love once, he knows that Jiang Xiaozhen's gaze at Zhang Lei is definitely not grateful, but a kind of woman's liking for men, Xu Lang shook his head with a smile and said: "Don't deny it, do you really think I don't know you, she really likes you, what's wrong with admitting this?" ”

Zhang Lei pursed his lips and did not speak.

Xu Lang knew what Zhang Lei was thinking, he was thinking about Shangguan Jing who was now abroad, Xu Lang didn't want to persuade anything, but said: "Jiang Xiaozhen is a good girl, a good person, and a kind heart, very suitable for you, if you don't like her, tell her tactfully, don't delay others." ”

Zhang Lei didn't give an answer, but changed the topic and said: "You are embarrassed to say that I, Ye Xuefei Ye Forensic Doctor has liked you for so many years, why don't you make it clear to others?" Aren't you afraid of delaying people? ”

was refuted by Zhang Lei like this, Rao is cheeky Xu Lang also felt very embarrassed, Zhang Lei was right, Ye Xuefei likes her own things, and the police in the whole S City know it, but what can Xu Lang do? He already has a girlfriend Shu Yue, it is impossible for anything to happen with Ye Xuefei, although now that Shu Yue has left him, Xu Lang still doesn't want to think about these things.

There was another silence, and the two men didn't talk about this issue anymore, after all, no one can say anything about feelings, just like Zhang Lei, he likes Shangguan Jing, just simply likes, after the orphanage series of cases, the orphanage left such a big mess, or Zhang Lei is silently cleaning up the aftermath, although there is no substantive involvement between Zhang Lei and Shangguan Jing, however, Zhang Lei still chose to leave the public security system.

"The Lu Bureau is gone, and a new director has come from Yanjing, what do you think of others?" Zhang Lei changed the subject and asked.

Xu Lang shook his head and said, "I don't know, I'm not a policeman, and I haven't seen him, how do I know." ”

Hearing Xu Lang say this, Zhang Lei turned his head to look at Xu Lang in some surprise and said, "I'm not a policeman now, I haven't seen the new director, and you're different, how can you not see it?" ”

"What's the difference between me and you? You're not a policeman anymore, am I still a policeman? ”

Zhang Lei rolled his eyes and said, "Don't forget, you also have the identity of a criminal investigation consultant." ”

Xu Lang naturally didn't forget about this matter, he shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter to me whether I am a so-called criminal investigation consultant or not. ”

"But, you are still a criminal investigation consultant, two days ago, when I was chatting with Team Ning, I heard Team Ning say that since you last had a meeting at the Municipal Public Security Bureau, you have never been to the General Administration of Public Security, why?" Zhang Lei asked curiously.

Xu Lang shook his head and didn't explain anything, but said, "Many people are gone, what else are I going to do?" ”

Hearing Xu Lang say this, Zhang Lei was also silent, he knew that Xu Lang came to S City to serve as the captain of the second criminal investigation team, which was strongly requested and fought for by Lu Ye, and now Lu Ye is gone, and Zhao Hua has also sacrificed, there are many new members of the second criminal investigation team, the second criminal investigation team is no longer the second criminal investigation team of the past, Zhang Lei has rarely gone to the second criminal investigation team since he left the second criminal investigation team, so he understands Xu Lang's mood, but he looked at Xu Lang's side face, his heart was a little gloomy, he knew very well what Xu Lang was a policeman for, All these years have passed, and the case of Xu Lang's family murder has not been investigated clearly, Xu Lang is very uncomfortable, and he also understands, but solving the case is not a dinner party, and it is not a solution that can be solved, so Zhang Lei is not easy to say anything.

"Why hasn't your detective agency opened yet? If you don't want to go to the Public Security Bureau, then you should always set up a detective agency, you are not a big money, where do you get the money if you don't work? Zhang Lei changed the subject.

"Lazy, it's not that you don't know me, I'm very lazy and don't want to move, besides, Du Ziqiao and they are not there, and it doesn't mean anything to open a detective agency by me."

Hearing Xu Lang mention Du Ziqiao, Zhang Lei frowned, and asked with a puzzled expression: "Yes, I haven't seen Du Ziqiao and the others for a long time, where are they now?" What are you going to do? ”

Xu Lang shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You ask me, I still want to find someone to ask." ”

"You don't know where they went?" Zhang Lei asked curiously.

Xu Lang shook his head, his face became solemn, although he didn't know where Du Ziqiao and they went, but he knew that since Du Ziqiao was the son of Director Du Yongnian Du, Du Ziqiao's disappearance must be related to his father, as for what Du Ziqiao was going to do, Xu Lang already had a faint guess, but this guess made Xu Lang feel very uneasy, he didn't want to hear the bad news he didn't want to hear one day, but these things were things that Xu Lang couldn't change.

When Zhang Lei saw Xu Lang's expression, he didn't ask anything more, and the two fell silent again.

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