By the end of March, my injuries were almost healed.

"It's almost enough to be a security guard, nothing to do to help the rich fight? You're the one who hurt yourself or yourself, and you're going back to work? In the evening, my mother came back from the unit with the newly bought seafood and vegetables in her hands.

"Well, I'll go back the day after tomorrow." I put my summer clothes in my backpack and didn't have a lot of time to rest, and I didn't have much luggage because I couldn't wear casual clothes at work.

"I often come back when I rest, and Jingjing will miss her father too." The mother began to nag again, listening to the irritability of the ears but the heart was warm, as if she had a concern for the direction of home wherever she went.

After many days, in addition to continuing to strengthen physical exercise during the rest period, I will spend more time with my mother and children, watching every move around me. Liu Suxi can't spare any leisure to play with Jingjing, but I still pay her the nominal monthly tuition fee to help her relieve some of the pressure in life.

Liu Suxi finally calmed down a few days ago and frankly communicated with her mother about her thoughts on their lives, and she finally understood why her mother was reluctant to go to the hospital for diagnosis. The reason why the aunt didn't go was because she herself could feel the actual condition of her body, and whether to go or not was nothing more than a matter of diagnosis and knowledge. She does not want to magnify her body's illness to affect her mentality, and at the same time affect Liu Suxi's life and studies, in her opinion, she has said goodbye to so many dearest people, for her last life, she just wants Liu Suxi not to be forced by life to complete her studies, and then have her own life.

"My mother didn't want to spend more money, saying that it was not worth it to empty the family for her own illness, and that she would save for many years to send me to college, and she would not be willing to see a doctor like this and delay my studies." Sitting on the bench facing the sea in the community, Liu Suxi's eyebrows were full of sadness. It was close to ten o'clock after the end of the evening self-study, and there were almost no pedestrians on the road.

"I'll go back to the SAR the day after tomorrow." I digressed from the subject.

"Going back?" Liu Suxi was slightly startled, and followed her gaze to stare at my already healed left hand.

"Well, it's time to go back to work after so long, and—" I paused, changing to a pleading tone, "Do me a favor." ”

"What?" She spat out two words faintly.

"I want you to help me save some of Jingjing's future tuition, this money will be kept by you for the time being, even if you spend it, you don't have to tell me, and then give it to me when she grows up and should go to college like you."

"Why do you have to help you?" Liu Suxi questioned.

"Only you can help me." I changed my tone to a non-negotiable tone, and my eyes pressed her directly, and there was no room for bargaining. Liu Suxi has always been a soft persimmon, and she has been bullied since she was a child, including me and Liu Yi, and she will compromise immediately if she is a little tougher.

"Don't!" As soon as the two words came out, I already understood that the person in front of me was no longer the soft persimmon he once was, "You just say it bluntly, what kind of bend, you want to help me when we grew up together, right?" Give me a sum of money to keep for more than ten years, and I don't want to have a psychological burden, but why bother! ”

After speaking, I realized that Liu Suxi next to me was no longer the little girl she used to be, and she understood a lot of things, "The next two months will be very hard." ”

"The college entrance examination is hard for every student, right?"

"And take care of your mother."

Liu Suxi buried her head in silence.

"When you need money urgently, you have to be more steady."

She thought for a moment, "I'm sorry, I can't accept it. My mother was reluctant to go to the hospital because she didn't want me to fall into the abyss of life, and I almost failed her. I still deeply blame myself for going to a nightclub for money, and thank you for stopping me in time, sometimes I need to face the difficulties myself, and I am overwhelmed by the endless acceptance of financial help, so thank you for your kindness. ”

She's really grown up...

I turned my head away from looking at her, "Don't be too reluctant if you really need it, all this is what I should do, just for your brother." ”

"I know~" a faint voice, "How nice it would have been if it wasn't for my brother..."

I was amazed, and countless question marks popped up in my mind, but I still couldn't understand the meaning of her last sentence.

Liu Suxi turned sideways and lifted his heavy schoolbag, and then got up, "I'm going back, and I have to review my homework at night, take care of yourself." ”

"Well, call me for something." The sea in the distance takes on a deep inky blue in the clear moonlight.

When I returned to the Special Administrative Region at the end of March, I had completely lost the desertion of the Spring Festival holiday, and there was a thriving atmosphere of vitality. Major companies and units have started their daily work in full swing, the subway and the street are full of people, and the young people in suits and leather shoes have the word struggle written on their faces, and the energetic appearance is like the charming attraction of the city.

"Everybody looks like they've been beaten with a lot of fighting spirit." As soon as I got out of the elevator on the top floor, I met a new colleague of the company, who was chatting with the fresh face next to him with a straight suit but a jerky face, who seemed to be a newcomer who had just joined this month, and was still in the internship period.

"Hello senior, I'm the new Yu Yang."

"Hello, my name is Fu Dongdong." Two young men who are light and look like they have just graduated.

Lao Di drove towards us from the already empty office area in an electric wheelchair, "Zhuang Yan, I can finally come back to work after recovery, warm welcome." Before the words fell, he began to take the lead in applauding.

"Why is it that except for you, there are only new faces left, where is everyone else?" I looked around, and there was not a single one of the field staff except for a few old faces in the office area.

"There is a shortage of manpower, and they are all out. The rest of the newcomers have no one to bring with you, you can be counted as back, and you must play the role of an old comrade. Lao Di had a half-happy and half-sad expression. The lack of manpower indicates that the business is busy, everyone is busy with their own careers, and they are very happy to make money, but the lack of manpower restricts development.

"In less than a year, I have become a veteran employee, and I feel several years older.

"Don't worry, these two young men are very good." Lao Di nodded while giving the newcomer full trust, "You follow Zhuang Yan to be familiar with the security workflow, it won't take long to get into the state." ”

"Mr. Di, rest assured, we will work hard." The energetic young people spoke much faster, but Lao Di was very satisfied.

"In the future, I will be called Lao Di, work is work, and everyone still has to reflect the warmth of our big family, hahaha." Hearty laughter.

Just like Liu Lian and Dong Jian taught me at the beginning, I made a detailed summary of the security work for nearly a year, and then combined with various ordinary examples to tell them what emergencies they may encounter, of course, I filtered out some too special and thrilling links, so as not to have too heavy psychological burden on them when they have not had time to adapt to high-intensity work.

"There must be pressure, but don't be too nervous, all the teachers in the field will help you keep an eye on it in the early stage, you just need to try to complete your respective positions, you don't have to do it, but don't be lazy with your brain and eyes, and the position that should be vigilant must be implemented." Lecturing to newcomers is like bringing recruits back then, but in retrospect, who didn't come over like this, when Dong Jian took me, the anger was much higher than that of him now.

"Well, I must do it, Brother Yan's teaching style is different from Brother Jian's, theory combines practice, haha."

"What does Brother Jian usually tell you?" I was a little surprised.

"Brother Jian always told us about some particularly dangerous security cases, and some time ago he took us to the field mission with the eldest lady of Aikang Group, and said that we must be vigilant against the dangerous approach of gunmen, which made us follow the blockbuster." Yu Yang recalled very seriously.

"That's it, after two days of following, nothing special happened, but the two of us were nervous for fear of encountering gunmen, and as a result, the eldest lady of the Li family locked herself in the apartment for two days and never went out at all." Fu Dongdong echoed.

"And then, Brother Jian didn't continue to take you in the past two days?"

"He and Senior Sister Liu accompanied the eldest lady of the Li family back to Hong Kong to study, and we were not familiar with the business process, so we didn't go with them, so we didn't just wait for Brother Yan to continue to take us." Yu Yang didn't seem to be so stressful to go to class with me.

"Where did you graduate?"

"I originally graduated from a professional martial arts school and wanted to join the professional martial arts team to participate in the competition, but later I found out that our industry is quite new, and the salary is also good, so I participated in the security course of a professional training institution and wanted to try it. Originally, I thought that the requirements for this industry were very strict, and the elimination rate was very high, but I didn't expect Lao Di and Brother Jian to leave us two in the end, I really didn't expect it. Fu Dongdong looked delighted.

"How old are you both?" I asked casually, closing the information I had already finished.

"I'm twenty-one, and we're two a year." Fu Dongdong had a childish expression on his face when he spoke, and I had already guessed a rough idea.

Yu Yang nodded again and again.

"I'll go to the training area later, change into the equipment you used to use in the ring, and wait for me for a while." On the surface, although I don't have Dong Jian's usual self-contained power, but after all, I came out of the same army, if I give the two young people the impression of being kind and perfunctory now, then it will be really troublesome to really take them out to the field and shout when the time comes.

The two young men looked slightly surprised, but they still looked at each other and smiled and left the office that originally belonged to Dong Jian, this simple room can now be used as a classroom.

Dong Jian and Liu Lian, plus Qiu Shao and Cheng Luchen, two groups of people should go to Hong Kong with Li Xiaoai, no wonder Lao Di will be in a hurry to recruit new people, it seems that there is really not enough manpower. However, the problem with the addition of new members is that the risks will also increase, and many things cannot be learned from books, but they have to be explored in practice, and emergency situations need to be improvised. This bowl of rice is too heavy to hold when you are old, too young but unstable, which requires time and mentality, and of course, you have to withstand the pressure.

The two young people on the side of the ring looked energetic and eager to try, they should have seen a lot of professional martial arts graduates in the ring, and they naturally didn't want to waste this opportunity if they could show themselves well. I bandaged my newly healed left hand as I walked over to them.

Seeing that I was wearing a shorts vest, with bandages wrapped around my wrists and boxing gloves, the two of them were slightly stunned and didn't react, "Let's practice by ourselves, Brother Yan, your hand injury is just right, so you don't need to practice with us, right?" Fu Dongdong smiled flatteringly.

"Come on, hurry up, who's going to come first? Or two people together? I rolled over into the ring and got up and picked the corners of my eyes at the two of them, deliberately provoking the two hot-blooded young people.

Yu Yang raised the corners of his mouth and nodded with a smile, and turned over and went to the ring, his movements were coherent and swift, and it looked like there should be two hits.

"Please give me more advice!" He placed his fist on his chest and bowed slightly, then swept his face and raised his fist to his neck.

I bowed slightly and glanced at Fu Dongdong in the audience, meaning that he would call the beginning or the end. Fu Dongdong nodded knowingly and shouted, "Let's start!" ”

Yu Yang is nearly one meter eight tall, but his legs are more than one meter long, and his attack range is more advantageous than ordinary people, but this also means that he needs to stand firm on the ground. It is worthy of being a graduate of a professional martial arts school, leg and foot kung fu has been professionally trained, kicking and sweeping and other actions are fast and sensitive, there is a lot of deception in the boxing, but once there is a gap, it will turn the virtual into reality, and the seemingly weak punch is actually not at the moment of punching.

The offense was fierce, I dodged and blocked but didn't rush to attack, I might have started educating those recruits in the old army, but now I just want to see the character traits of these young people in the ring.

Yu Yang has a fierce temperament, is anxious, and has a fierce offensive but neglects to defend, so he should be reminded of his excesses when he goes out in the field in the future. And Fu Dongdong's personality is more restrained, most of his punches are passive, if I don't move, he is watching and watching, although he is very arrogant on the surface, his personality is more detailed. I think they can be partners just right, and this opportunity is not too far off.

"Brother Yan, your skills are very good, if you really get in the ring, we may not be your opponents together." Sitting in the lounge, Fu Dongdong took off his boxing gloves and complimented, not looking too concerned about the result of the ring just now.

Yu Yang on the side looked a little sullen and silent. The reason was that I touched my ankle after the initial attack of the ring, and the other leg that kicked at me was not supported, and the whole person fell heavily in the ring. "I was ugly just now, and I ask Brother Yan to forgive me." Speak and spit out words at a glance.

The corners of my mouth curled slightly, patted Yu Yang's shoulder, and said to the two of them, "Since the defensive shield is here, I will remind you that this is not a school, and the ring is no longer the same as it used to be." When we really encounter something after we go out on the field, there are many times when we no longer have to win or lose. Sometimes work requires brains, but behavior should not be excessive, but if we really want to meet an opponent, if we are desperate, we must be mentally prepared in advance. ”

The two young men nodded, but their eyes flashed with suspicion, some things are difficult to understand by imagination. Just like the teachings that I used to repeat so many times, it may not be useful to me to be said countless times, but those truths are always there, and I will not experience them until I have experienced them, but the training before that is still necessary.

As the last day of March approached noon, the air was already breathless, and a thunderstorm was already ringing in the sky not far away, and the rainiest season of the year in the SAR was approaching. Just finished the training of Fu Dongdong and Yu Yang, the mobile phone vibrated on the desk, and Xing Shan called. Picking up the mobile phone and looking at the dark clouds and the shrouded city outside the roof of the office building, my heart suddenly followed the dark clouds, and none of the past cases were joyful.

After a few simple sentences, hang up the call with Xing Shan, it was already pouring rain on the way to the police station, the spring thunder exploded outside the car window unscrupulously, and the palm trees on both sides were swaying in the wind and rain.

The rain was beating on the windshield of the taxi, there were almost no cars on the road, and the driver did not dare to drive too fast on a rainstorm day, so I had to sit in the back seat and look out the window without a word.

"Ai Kang's case has almost been clarified, and the police will announce the case tomorrow, but there are some things we need to confirm with you and Li Xiaoai today, but Li Xiaoai is in Hong Kong, so all you have to trouble is to make a trip." Xing Shan's original words on the phone just now.

The taxi drove for a few kilometers for a full twenty minutes, and there was no blockage, but there was an indescribable congestion.

The scene in the public security bureau did not drop due to the heavy rain, and it seemed to be noisier than before. The police officers kept shuttling around the building, as if a major case was in full swing.

I stood outside Zhong Shi's office door and knocked on the door, and several police officers, including Xing Shan, seemed to be discussing the difficult case with Zhong Shi.

"However, the clues to the arson case in the Aikang Group building have been broken, and we can only look for clues again." A police officer had just spoken, when he heard a knock on the door and stopped.

I remember that the arson case was reported in the media as an accident, but now it has become an arson case.

Just thinking about it, Xing Shan unscrewed the door of Zhong Shi's office, quite surprised, "You're here?" How did you get here when it was raining so hard outside? ”

"Take a taxi." I bent the corners of my mouth slightly in greeting, then turned to Zhong Shi, "Team Zhong." ”

When the other two policemen saw me, an outsider who was not wearing a police uniform, they immediately shut up and stopped talking.

Zhong Shi glanced at the two policemen, "I'll talk about it later, at least this case is solved." ”

"Okay." The two officers picked up the file on the desk and left Bell Stone's office.

He met with Zhong Shi several times, but this time it seemed that his expression was slightly relaxed, his tightly locked eyebrows were scattered, and the light in his eyes was no longer so sharp.

"Sit down first." Zhong Shi personally brought the paper cup full of water to me, and I took it with both hands.

"Xing Shan said that there is something that needs to be confirmed with me and Li Xiaoai?"

"That's right, I'll let you go on a trip, and there are some things that need to be communicated with you before the case is announced tomorrow." Zhong Shi sat on the other side of the reception sofa.

"Aikang's case solved?" Looking at the faces of Zhong Shi and Xing Shan, I understood that there must be a significant progress in the case.

"That's right, it's solved, Aikan's previous case. But..."Zhong Shi frowned slightly and paused, "I just want to determine what the relationship between you and Li Xiaoai's case is and Ai Kang's case." ”

I didn't understand after saying a sentence, isn't Aikang's previous case the same case as the case I experienced with Li Xiaoai? Although there were several people killed in the middle, everyone seemed to be related to Aikang, Li Shukang, Li Xiaoai, and Aikang Group, they originally belonged to the same logical range. And I was just a bystander, a person who did not matter to the case to protect Li Xiaoai from becoming a victim.

Xing Shan seemed to see my doubts, "Now we have figured out that Li Shukang's case, as well as the accidental Aikang arson case and the accidental death of a senior executive, which we mistakenly thought to have occurred, are actually the same case. ”

"What do you mean?" I still don't quite understand what she's trying to say.

"Aikang's case is a major and important case that we have been investigating recently, and the entire police force attaches great importance to this case, and now that the case has finally been solved, everyone is finally relieved, but your case doesn't seem to have a clue yet." Zhong Shi explained in a calm tone.

"My case?" It was as if I had suddenly gone from being a spectator to being the focus, and I was not just a participant, but even a centerpiece.

Xing Shan frowned slightly, "We carefully want to connect Ai Kang's case with your case with Li Xiaoai's case, and we have also done detailed investigation work. However, except for the accident that Li Xiaoai is Li Shukang's daughter, and on the surface, she has acted as an agent for Aikang's liquidation work before bankruptcy, and there is no other substantive connection. We even suspect that there is something wrong with the direction of our investigation, and the case of you and Li Xiaoai is more like a complete lack of direction. ”

"In short, in order to investigate your case and this Aikang's case clearly, our police force has made great efforts, but the murderers have now been assassinated inexplicably, everything is like a kite with a broken string, and we can't hold the reins at all." Bell Stone's metaphor is crude, but the meaning is clear.

I thought for a moment, "Ai Kang's case has been solved, but there is no clue about the case that Li Xiaoai and I encountered before?" ”

"I haven't found a direction yet, because the murderers have all been killed, and it seems to be very similar to Aikang's case." Xing Shan interjected.

Similar? I was a little confused, I didn't have time to ask, I wanted to ask too much and couldn't ask, my mind was confused, and the words came to my mouth as if they were blocked, and I couldn't spit out words.

Zhong Shi saw the puzzled expression on my face, and didn't rush to say anything. Instead, he took the cigarette case and lighter from the desk behind him, and we lit each other and were silent for a moment. I figured out how to ask, and he seemed to be thinking about where to ask me.

"Let's start with the similarities of these intricate cases." After thinking about it for two or three minutes, I opened my mouth first.

Zhong Shi took a heavy sip of the small cigarette butt that was still left in his hand, and the fireworks burned more vigorously, as if all thoughts were quietly emitting from his mind along the smoke, "The murderers in these cases are already dead. ”

"I don't know much about the various accident cases of Aikang Group before, and the murderer is dead? Who will it be? I snuffed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray on the coffee table.

"The former president of Aikang Group, Li Shukang!"