"What is this?" Jiang Qiao looked up at the old building.

In fact, there are not many communities like the old rice warehouse in Jiangcheng, the old buildings in the community are still made of red bricks, and the old houses with such a structure are at least 30 years old.

The old building in front of Jiang Qiao was only three stories high, and as soon as he walked in, he was greeted by a musty smell and dust, and the two-person wide staircase was full of debris, allowing only one person to pass through. Jiang Qiao covered his mouth and followed behind Mao Daxin, and said sullenly: "Oh, whose house is this?" Why do you still live in such a dilapidated house? ”

Mao Daxin helped Jiang Qiao hold on to the crumbling broken rocking chair high in the corner, and said with a long sigh, "My master." ”

"Huh?" Jiang Qiao raised his head in surprise, just in time to see Mao Daxin's eyes red, and tears were faintly visible under his eyes, and asked cautiously, "Your master?" It's also a policeman.,How... Forehead... Will you live here? ”

"It's hard to say, you'll know when you go up."

On the third floor, through a long corridor, the two stopped in front of an iron door in the middle, the iron door was rusty, Mao Daxin was about to knock on the door, a gust of wind blew, and the iron door shook and made a clanging sound. Jiang Qiao stretched out his hand and was surprised to find that the iron door was not locked.

Mao Daxin's face changed, and he knocked on the wooden door on the inner floor, and after a long time, someone heard it: "Who?" ”

"It's me, I'm Daxin." Mao Daxin answered outside the door.

With a "squeak", the door opened, revealing the face of a shadowy, weather-beaten man.

"Sit, give."

Jiang Qiao got up and took the water glass, and bowed slightly to the man in front of him, he was also a policeman, but unlike Mao Daxin, a little fresh meat, the years were like a carving knife that left traces of vicissitudes on this man's face, dark and rough skin, occasionally a smile folded a bunch of folds, and his chin was covered with stubble.

"Daxin, how can I have time to come to see Master today!" The man's face was angular, and he barely pulled the corners of his mouth when he smiled, and he knew that he hadn't laughed for a long time.

"Master... I... Mao Daxin stood up excitedly, almost choked up, and couldn't say the words when they came to his mouth.

"It's okay, Master understands, it's not easy to be a policeman, I'm busy, you still remember Master, and you brought your girlfriend to come to see me, I'm already very happy." Seeing Mao Daxin like this, the man was also a little sentimental, his face softened a lot, he looked at Jiang Qiao almost kindly, and exclaimed: "My girlfriend is good-looking, you kid is blessed, treat others well, don't learn from me!" ”

Mao Daxin blushed, and hurriedly waved his hand to explain: "No, no, she is my friend, come with me to ask you something." Hey, by the way, after talking about it for so long, I forgot to introduce, Jiang Qiao, it's my master, Liu Weiguo, when I was in the police academy, thanks to him, I was able to graduate smoothly, Master, this is my friend, Jiang Qiao. ”

"Hello Master." Jiang Qiao bowed obediently.

"Friend, ha, I'll be a girlfriend in the future, it's okay." Liu Weiguo waved his hand and motioned for Jiang Qiao and Mao Daxin to sit down. Then I rummaged through the cabinet and under the coffee table, poured out the refrigerator, turned out a few oranges, and put them in front of the two of them.

While Liu Weiguo was rummaging through the cabinets, Jiang Qiao looked around, the furniture in the living room was all old-fashioned mahogany furniture, the paint on the wood had almost fallen off, and there were a few bits and pieces like patches, which looked extremely shabby. There are almost no electrical appliances in the living room, and the only TV is an old model of about 20 inches. Many of the furniture was covered in dust, and the smell of decay filled the space with a thin veil of decay in the sunlight shining through the mottled window panes.

"Come and eat, you're welcome, there's nothing good to entertain you." Liu Weiguo beckoned, and first peeled an orange for Mao Daxin.

"Where's my wife?" Mao Daxin asked with concern, he looked in the direction of the inner room, but unfortunately the door of the inner room was locked, and he couldn't see the situation inside.

Liu Weiguo's movements on his hand froze, he took an unnatural breath, and said in a low voice: "She went to the hospital to prescribe some Chinese medicine, alas, she has been depressed, there is no way, how can her body get better, so she has to take medicine every day." ”

Jiang Qiao noticed that the excited expression on his face was gone, replaced by a deep sense of loneliness and powerlessness. She is a little strange, the old policeman who can make Mao Daxin respect so much, his business ability is definitely not bad, how can he be so confused.

"You let my wife relax, life still has to live, then... Is there any news about that Xiaoqi? ”

Jiang Qiao noticed that when Mao Daxin mentioned Xiaoqi, his tone was obviously cautious, and Liu Weiguo's expression was even darker when he heard the name, he looked sideways at a photo frame on the cabinet behind him, and then let out a long sigh, and when he turned back, his face was already full of smiles again, but the pain and sadness in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

There is a family photo in the frame, it doesn't look like it was taken recently, Liu Weiguo and his wife in the photo are very young, and there is a cute little boy sitting between the two, who looks like he is only eight or nine years old, and the family is smiling very happily.

"There's no news, we've given up. If he's still around, he'll probably be a cop like you. Liu Weiguo replied, he barely squeezed out a smile, and said, "Don't talk about this, you come to see the master, the master is happy, go and have two drinks together in the evening." ”

"Master, you have to drink less, you are old, you have to learn to maintain your health, you can't think about it the same as before, besides, you still have to take care of your wife." Mao Daxin said with concern.

"It's okay, hahaha, you are still young and don't understand, wine is a good thing, you can sleep after drinking, you don't have to think about anything." Liu Weiguo laughed, but the smile was more ugly than crying.

"That's right... Master... We're here today to ask you something. Mao Daxin was about to say something, but Jiang Qiao knocked his arm and gave him a look, and then he remembered the purpose of their trip.

"You kid has encountered some tricky case again, so let's go out and find a small restaurant and talk while eating." Speaking of handling the case, Liu Weiguo swept away the decadence just now, his eyes showed a fine light, he looked like a battle-hardened old policeman, he got up and was about to go out.

Mao Daxin hurriedly stood up, but his footsteps didn't move, he half-lowered his head, and said, "Actually, we... We came this time to Cha Shengxi Primary School, which was the primary school of Xiaoqi back then. . . ”

After speaking, he almost didn't dare to look at Liu Weiguo's eyes, he knew what a big pain this matter was in Liu Weiguo's heart.

Sure enough, Liu Weiguo paused suddenly, his face stiffened, and he said in a deep voice: "Why are you asking this, is it... Is there any news? Found someone? ”

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