The police car made its way through the center of the town.

"It's not much different here than when I left, but the road is a lot wider!"

Along the way, looking at the scenery outside the window, Chen Qi couldn't help but say with some emotion.

"What can change, forever Palos, as long as Palos is here, this will always be Palos!"

Morpheus laughed, "It's been twenty years, Cali, haven't you been in contact with Martha?!"

"No, what's wrong?!"

Chen Qi looked up and smiled, "Is there something going on in my family?!"

"It's not a big deal, you'll know when you arrive!" Morpheus didn't answer his question directly, the car fell into silence, and after a few minutes, the speed of the police car slowed down and stopped in front of a house, "It's here, my friend, you won't even recognize your home, will you?!"

"How come?!" Chen Qi smiled, got out of the car, patted the car door, and said, "Thank you, my friend!"

Morpheus just waved his hand and walked away.

Half an hour later

Chen Qi sat on the sofa, looking at the middle-aged and elderly woman opposite who was particularly charming, and then looked at the teenage boy beside her, and for a while, he didn't know what to say.

His dad was dead, and just two months after he left, he drank too much and crashed into a car.

Yes, it was he who hit the car head-on, not the car that hit him.

And then he died.

Martha remarried someone else in the second year, a lumberjack who came here to work, compared to his dead ghost father, this lumberjack is much better, at least he knows how to work hard, and he also takes care of his family, compared to his dead ghost father, it is simply a heaven and an underground, so the next year, they have a son, that is, the young man next to her now, Marven, life is not bad, for Cali's eldest son, Martha didn't expect to come back at all, in her heart, Cali is estimated to be dead, and Marven's birth obviously took Cali's place。

Now that Cali is back, she seems a little overwhelmed, and the scene is very awkward for a while, but fortunately her husband is not here now, otherwise the scene would have been even more awkward.

"Uh, that, Ma, Martha, don't worry about me, I'm just a little tired floating outside, so I want to come back and rest, and I'm relieved to see that you're doing well!"

Faced with such an embarrassing situation, Chen Qi was also a little unbearable, stood up, picked up his bag and prepared to leave.

Martha stopped him, though.

I haven't seen her for twenty years, and it's normal for Martha to have some gaffes, in fact, in the past twenty years, Martha still feels very guilty about Cali, but there is no way, she can't even protect herself at that time, let alone protect her son.

Now that this son has returned, he doesn't seem to be doing well, how can he be left out again?

"Kali, you just live here first, what are the plans, I'll talk about it in a few days, anyway, this place is big enough!"

Chen Qi smiled and shook his head, he came to see Martha just to determine his identity and completely set his identity, don't underestimate this process, for a stowaway, a legal identity is the most important, before his body was legal, but his soul was smuggling, after this time, his soul was also certified by Martha, and naturally it was legal.

Although this process is not clear to Martha and does not understand it, Chen Qi knows that this process must not be omitted.

Now that his identity has been decided, there is no need for him to stay here anymore, anyway, to be honest, sitting here for 20 minutes, he is already embarrassed enough, and he has to live with them, how can he stand this? They can stand it, and Chen Qi can't stand it either!

Therefore, Chen Qi was not sensitive to Martha's retention.

"I've already booked a room with Louis, during this time, I will live there, and when I find a job, I will find a place to move out, anyway, I am alone now!" Chen Qi said, and then left the house as fast as he could.

Palos is an extremely simple town, simple and simple, Chen Qi's return has caused a lot of discussion in the town, after all, a person who has been away for twenty years suddenly came back, above the town, it can be regarded as a strange talk, but this situation did not last long, when everyone is familiar with Chen Qi's existence, everything returns to calm.

Everyone's attitude is different, after all, it's been twenty years, he doesn't recognize the young people in the town, and there are many who recognize him, but most of them are nodding friends, as for Morpheus, this guy has a good relationship with him at school, but after returning to the police station and checking Chen Qi's file, after seeing Chen Qi, his face became very gloomy, and he asked him to talk to him alone.

There is no doubt that Cali's previous foundation was not clean, but because he didn't have any big skills, his previous convictions were just some minor crimes of theft and drug trafficking, and he was imprisoned several times, but he was soon released again, but these materials were enough to attract the attention of Morpheus, a guy like Chen Qi was completely a time bomb for this town, and as the sheriff of the town, he felt that he had the obligation to defuse this time bomb for the town.

"So, you're not going to leave here anytime soon?!"

Sitting opposite Chen Qi, Morpheus looked at Chen Qi with a gloomy face, "It's been twenty years, you've been gone for twenty years, why do you want to come back?!"

"The Tired Bird Returns!"

Chen Qi smiled and said, "Of course, I can't get along outside, so I want to come back and live a peaceful life, after all, the person who forced me to leave back then is dead." ”

"It's as simple as that, you won't hide back after getting in trouble outside, will you?!" Morpheus said suspiciously, "In that case, you'd better get out of here quickly!"

This is a quiet and peaceful town, after the appearance of a complex character like Chen Qi, it is likely to have a huge impact on the security of the town, even if he had a good relationship with Cali before, but after all, twenty years have passed, and now he is no longer the young man he was twenty years ago, and the guy in front of him is not the thin young man who was abused by his father twenty years ago, everything has changed.

"I'll admit it, I've caused a little trouble outside, but it's all settled, I'm not going to bring it home, I'm here to live a peaceful life, maybe I'll change my mind later, but not now, and you, Morpheus, don't seem to have the authority to order me to leave, right?"

"You're right, I don't have the right to let you leave, but I'll keep an eye on you, watch you, and if there's anything wrong with you, I'll expose you immediately, you know, it's just a small town, once your reputation is broken, you don't want to get a foothold here anymore!"

"That's right, I didn't want to cause trouble, I didn't bring trouble back, everything is just your imagination!"

"I hope so!" Morpheus said, took out a banknote and put it under the cup, and said to Chen Qi, "I'll please, goodbye!!"

Looking at the back of Morpheus leaving, Chen Qi couldn't help but smile, "This is a responsible policeman!"

A responsible policeman in a small town is still very important to a small town, at least now Morpheus has established a good reputation in Palos, and in a few years, when he is no longer willing to be a sheriff, maybe he can mix up with a councilor or even a town mayor or something, a proper town elder.

The following days seemed peaceful, and after spending a few days in the Louis family's hotel, Chen Qi finally found a job, which was found for him by Marven's father, who worked as a small supervisor in the Palos family's lumberyard, which was considered to have some status, and had a good relationship with all aspects.

Originally, I didn't think much of Chen Qi's stepson, but for the sake of Martha's face, I reluctantly helped to ask, and it happened that the position of ranger in the town was vacant, so Chen Qi was allowed to go up.

The work of a forest ranger is actually not easy to do, not to mention the duties, only to live in a forest hut far away from the town every day, which is a test for others, and obviously, now such a position is just right for Chen Qi's appetite, so he agreed, and on the same day, he moved his luggage, which is actually a travel bag, to the hut and started his career as a forest ranger.

This result can be said to make all parties very satisfied, for the town of Palos, Chen Qi was born and grew up in Si, confused for a while, and now he is back, turning him away, it is inevitably unsatisfactory, for Martha, she also hopes that her son is closer, so as to make up for the debts over the years, for Marven's father, this is not only for the sake of Martha's face, let her get her wish, but also to fulfill his responsibility as a stepfather, and for Morpheus, this is not unacceptable, although in his opinion, Chen Qi is a trouble, but to put this trouble in the mountains and forests more than ten kilometers away from the town, it can be regarded as removing the lead of the trouble, at least there is no need to worry about Chen Qi making trouble for him in the short term, and for Chen Qi, it is acceptable to have a place to live for the time being, and it is also a place where few people disturb him.

It seems that everyone is happy.

(End of chapter)