Chapter 18: Gunshots in Butterfly Town

At noon, I asked for leave and asked Lin Wei to drive the Beijing jeep over to borrow it.

Waiting for Meng Xing outside the Public Security University, watching her walk out of the school gate with many students, her thoughts returned to her college days, as if she was encountering a pure relationship.

Meng Xing was wearing a new uniform, and the police logo was shining, which instantly pulled me back to reality.

I rolled down the window and shouted to her, and she walked this way, shining in the afternoon sun.

She asked me to drive to the supermarket and bought a carton of high-calcium milk, glucose, fruit and electric heaters.

We drove through the city to a wooded street in the North Fifth Ring Road, where there is a courtyard building with a door sign that reads: Jingxin Nursing Home.

"Volunteering?" I asked her.

"You'll find out later." She smiled silently.

I walked with her with a large pile of belongings, and the security guard at the gate saluted us.

On the promenade in the courtyard, a gray-haired grandmother sat in a wheelchair, and when she saw Meng Xing, she waved at her and smiled, saying, "My granddaughter is here!" ”

Meng Xing ran over, squatted down and hugged her: "Grandma! ”

The old man was very happy, took Meng Xing's hand and put it on his lap, and whispered to her. The old man looked to be in his seventies and had a kind face.

I stood under the promenade and looked at the courtyard, where dozens of old people were basking in the sun, and the old man sitting next to Grandma Liu smiled at us and said, "You are the granddaughter of Lao Liu." Lao Liu talks about you every day. ”

Grandma Liu introduced to Meng Xing: "This is the new Lao Zhang. ”

Meng Xing greeted him: "Hello grandpa." ”

"Lao Liu is blessed, his granddaughter is so well-behaved, that young man is your boyfriend?"

"He's a friend of mine." Meng Xing looked at me and said.

I walked over to greet them.

Grandma Liu pulled Meng Xing with one hand and me with the other, and said, "Young man, come closer." I don't have good eyes, I can't see clearly. ”

Meng Xing motioned for me to squat down.

Grandma Liu looked at me with a smile for a long time and said, "What do you do, how long have you known each other?" ”

I said, "I work in a TV station, and I've known Meng Xing for a long time. ”

Meng Xing glared at me and whispered, "You still lie to the old man, don't you want to be a good person?" ”

I immediately corrected Grandma Liu: "I mean, although we haven't known each other for a long time, we feel like we've known each other in our previous lives." ”

Grandma Liu laughed heartily and said, "Good, good." The young man can talk and please girls. ”

Meng Xing squeezed his nose at me. Grandma Liu patted my hand and said, "Meng Xing is a good girl, men should know women who feel sorry for themselves." ”

I said seriously: "Grandma rest assured, I promise to be good to Meng Xing, protect her, care for her, and love her for the rest of my life." ”

Meng Xing kicked me from behind and looked at me angrily.

Grandma Liu smiled and nodded, took out a beautiful embroidered handkerchief from her arms and opened it, a pair of delicate jade bracelets appeared in the sun, blooming with deep and transparent turquoise, one bracelet was entrenched with a lifelike flying dragon, and the other was carved with a dancing phoenix. The most special thing is that the edge of the dragon's body just coincides with the phoenix's body, and the jade bracelet is put together, and the two spiritual objects reflect three words: eternal love, which should be very valuable jade jewelry.

"This pair of jade bracelets is handed down by grandma ancestors, male dragon and female phoenix, forever knotted, stay together for a lifetime, lack of any one, the other will lose its luster. Grandma is old, there are no other relatives, I don't know when I will be confused, while I am still awake, hurry up and pass it on. ”

I was fascinated by the beauty of the jade, and I let out a "hey" and wanted to take it and take it.

Meng Xing slapped me hard and whispered, "Looking for a beating, you are very real." ”

I came back to my senses and retracted my hand in embarrassment. The corners of Meng Xing's eyes were moist, he rewrapped the jade, put it in his grandmother's hand and said, "Grandma, what are you talking nonsense, you are in such good health, you will definitely live for hundreds of years." ”

Grandma Liu laughed again and said, "If you live for hundreds of years, you won't be a goblin, you're still an old goblin, I won't do it." Then, she sighed, touched Meng Xing's face and said, "For so many years, I have long regarded you as my own granddaughter, and in my grandmother's heart, you are Su Jing." ”

She turned her head and wiped her eyes and said, "Maybe soon, I will be able to meet Su Jing." The bracelet is passed to you, and grandma's heart is complete. ”

Meng woke up and cried. She hugged Grandma Liu: "Grandma, don't think about it, I still want to give you a 100-year-old birthday." ”

Grandma Liu wiped her tears: "At that time, I should have a group of great-grandchildren, how happy it should be to watch them running around." ”

Meng Xing smiled and said, "How can there be a group, now there are at most two children." ”

Grandma Liu touched her hair and coughed violently, and the medical staff came to feed her. After taking the medicine, Grandma Liu fell asleep.

The two of us silently looked at the sleeping Grandma Liu, Meng Xing pushed her into the room, covered her with the quilt, and stayed for a while before we left.

It was still early, so we parked the car at the gate of Chaoyang Park and walked slowly on the bluestone path of the park.

When passing through the park and swimming in the lake, a group of swans led the neck and sang, Meng Xing's eyes became active, went to take pictures, I followed, took out my mobile phone and took a photo with her.

Meng Xing saw that I was filming her and said, "I'll confiscate your phone later." ”

I said, "It's useless to confiscate, you've already imprinted it in my heart!" ”

She looked at the swan and said, "Oily tone, I'm taking you out to be a good person today!" ”

Leaving Swan Lake and walking to a bamboo forest, I found a black wallet on the ground, I picked it up, opened it and looked at it, there were about a few hundred yuan in it. Meng Xing pointed to the traffic police post in the distance and said, "Turn it in." ”

I looked at her in uniform and said, "How do you feel like the police have caught a thief?" ”

Meng Xing took off his hat and walked slowly past me, turned around and couldn't help but smile and said, "You go quickly, it's a little later, and even you will be confiscated." ”

I walked to the sentry box, and a fat traffic policeman sat in it playing with his mobile phone. I put my wallet on the table inside and said, "Pick it up!" ”

The traffic police let out an "oh" and continued to bury their text messages.

After waiting for a while, seeing that he had no intention of making a record, he walked back in a huff. As he walked, he strongly suspected that the money would likely turn into a McDonald's meal for the traffic policeman's son.

When I told Meng Xing about this idea, she immediately stopped and criticized me with a righteous face: "You are insulting the people's police." But then she said, "You don't pick a police officer with a good image to turn in." ”

I laughed and said, "You see, even you regret it." ”

On the way back, seeing that Meng Xing was in a good mood, I asked about Grandma Liu. At first, she didn't want to say more, but later she said it when she saw that I had been pestering me.

Grandma Liu is a native of Beijing, and she has a granddaughter named Su Jing, who was Meng Xing's best friend when he was at the police academy. Grandma Liu and Su Jing have no other relatives, and the two depend on each other. Before graduation, Meng Xing and Su Jing went to Qingluo, a small border town in Yunnan, for an internship.

Towards the end of the internship, Meng Xing received a case from the Border Drug Enforcement Department, asking her to pretend to be the wife of an anti-narcotics police officer and disguise herself with her comrades to carry out undercover trading missions.

Meng Xing had an urgent matter and wanted to rush back to Beijing, and it was Su Jing who replaced her on the task. Meng Xing returned to Qingluo after finishing his errands and learned that Su Jing and his two comrades-in-arms had been missing in the mountains for three days.

Meng Xing followed a large number of police and border guards to search in the mountains. One night, she encountered drug dealers in a valley more than 100 miles away from Qingluo, and the two sides drew guns and fired at each other dozens of meters apart, exchanging fierce fire.

This was the first time Meng Xing had encountered a shootout, and he was extremely nervous.

This girl, who has the title of "Jedi Goddess" in the police academy, is full of anger for Su Jing's revenge, her marksmanship has lost her previous level, and she has used up a full box of bullets, but she only hit one of the suspects in the leg, and she was also hit, but fortunately, the bullets just passed by, leaving a permanent scar on her shoulder.

Coupled with the dense forest, Meng Xing did not see the face of the drug dealer clearly. Before reinforcements arrived, several drug dealers ran into the primeval forest.

Later, it was determined that the bullet that injured Meng Xing and the bullet that killed Su Jing came from the same pistol.

In the future, this shootout made Meng Xing deeply blame himself, hating himself for not seizing the opportunity to avenge Su Jing.

Su Jing died in a place called Butterfly Town in Qingluo, which is a small town with mountains and beautiful scenery. Every summer, flocks of colorful butterflies fly and gather in the primeval forest, forming a unique scenery with mountain springs, flowing water, flowers and trees, hence the name of the town.

Although the scenery is beautiful, the town is located on the border line and is a haven for drug dealers and smugglers. Su Jing was shot several times and died in the dense forest with two male policemen.

When the comrades-in-arms found Su Jing, she was lying by the mountain spring, and the spring was full of small flowers of various colors, and Su Jing looked very beautiful, as if she was asleep. Meng Xing threw himself on top of her, crying and fainting. This tragic scene appeared in her dreams countless times in the future, and it will never be forgotten.

At the end of that summer, it became an eternal pain and knot in Meng Xing's heart, and she was the one who should be sacrificed, but Su Jing died on her behalf. After returning to Beijing, Meng Xing recovered after a long period of psychotherapy. Bringing Su Jing's murderer to justice has become her greatest wish, and this wish is entangled in her heart all the time and has become her lifelong goal as a policeman.

According to Grandma Liu's wishes, Su Jing was buried in a bamboo forest in the town. Her comrades-in-arms hope that one day she will be here to see the drug dealer who killed her brought to justice.

Since then, Meng Xing has regarded Grandma Liu as his closest person and has taken care of her for several years.

Later, Grandma Liu insisted on going to a nursing home, and the organization contacted Jingxin Nursing Home considering that she was old enough to get better care and medical security when she went to a nursing home.

At first, Meng Xing resolutely disagreed, she wanted to take care of Grandma Liu for the rest of her life. But Grandma Liu was determined to go to a nursing home. After insisting on each other for a while, Meng Xing had no choice but to agree.

Originally, Meng Xing wanted to take the police exam in Beijing to take better care of Grandma Liu. But the family insisted that she go back to her hometown to work, and promised to take Grandma Liu to Lucheng as well.

Meng Xing took Grandma Liu out of the nursing home and brought her to Lucheng, in addition to work, her biggest thought and energy was to take care of Grandma Liu's life.

Not long after, Grandma Liu left Lucheng on the grounds that she was not accustomed to the water and soil, and returned to the nursing home. Meng Xing chased her to Beijing, and Grandma Liu begged her to go back to work hard and be a good policeman, which was the best comfort for her and Su Jing.

Meng Xing came back in tears, and since then, he will take time to go to Beijing every month to see Grandma Liu.

I listened to Meng Xing's narration of the whole process with great shock, and I was in awe of her and Grandma Liu. It's not a story, it's a real experience that happened to a girl close to me, a young policewoman, and that shouldn't have been experienced by someone her age.

In the evening, Meng Xing was invited to eat at her residence, and she changed into casual clothes and came to the restaurant wearing a cotton skirt and woolen shawl. After she changed into her police uniform, she immediately fell silent. At first glance, it will not be shocking, but you can't help but want to look at it a second time, and your eyes will be firmly attracted, just like meeting a goddess who has appeared in dreams countless times since childhood and adulthood, and will wake up with a choked voice due to loss. She exudes a warm beauty that is indescribable and will captivate the eyes of guests throughout the restaurant.

Ran Jing came uninvited, sat down and looked at Meng Xing and said, "Who is treating?" ”

I said, "Ah, I please." ”

Ran Jing looked dissatisfied: "You don't take the initiative to invite my sister when you invite a guest, this is a big holiday, you can't bear to starve me to death, don't you see it, you will cross the river and tear down the bridge, you are called a draft and forget to dig a well!" ”

I hurriedly put my arm around her shoulders and said, "Sister, you can eat whatever you want." ”

"Really?"

"Really!"

"Okay, let's have a few catties of shark fin first."

"I don't have a problem with you ordering dragon meat, anyway, the money is not enough, go back to my aunt and ask for it." I whispered to her.

Ran Jing threw the menu to Meng Xing and said, "You order first, I have some personal grudges to settle with him." ”

Just when Ran Jing was about to roll up her sleeves and make a move, three young men came over, the first two didn't know each other, and the last one turned out to be a classmate Li Jun.

After Li Jun was expelled from the police force, we never saw each other again. He suddenly appeared here and made me freeze.

At this time, Li Jun took care of his bald head, his new appearance was difficult to recognize, he pretended not to see me, standing a few meters away, with one hand in his pocket, smoking a cigarette, and looking out of the door.

At the front, a man about my age was bejeweled, fashionably dressed, dressed in Armani's new casual winter coat, with a black and white shirt open chest, sunglasses, and walked like a Nazi, arrogant and flamboyant. He held a large bouquet of roses, ignored Ran Jing and me, and handed it to Meng Xing.

As he handed over the flowers, I noticed that he was wearing a Vacheron Constantin piece on his wrist.

Meng Xing was stunned in the seat, did not catch the roses, turned his head, and a trace of panic flashed in his pupils.

I stood up to block the man who was sending flowers and asked Li Jun, "Who is this?" ”

Li Jun threw the cigarette to the ground, stepped on it repeatedly with his foot, bowed his head and said nothing.

The tall man in the middle suddenly pushed me away, he had a lot of strength, I fell backwards, and was held by Ran Jing's hand.

The man saw that I hadn't fallen, and suddenly a punch came at me, and I felt a tingling in my cheek and fell to the ground.

Ran Jing stood up with a "whoosh" and instinctively made a gesture of pulling out her gun, but found that her hands were empty-none of the police officers who came to Beijing for training had brought guns.

She leaped over the table like a cheetah and slapped the man in the face, who tilted his head, did not move, and stared at her coldly. The man who delivered the flowers looked at Ran Jing indifferently, his tongue licking his lips and turning in circles, as if a bloodthirsty lizard was staring at its prey.

"Zhang Shuai!" Meng Xing shouted.

The police officers from all over the country who came to Beijing for training saw this scene and stood up one after another, but they did not know what was happening.

My mouth was salty, I spit out a mouthful of blood, and my head was a little dizzy, but I still heard the word "Zhang Shuai" very clearly. There was a trace of uneasiness in my heart, and there was also some shock.

When a man is chasing a girl, he encounters a rival who is richer than you, more stylish than you, more followers than you, and more difficult than you, and it is inevitable that he will be afraid. Those with a slightly poor psychological endurance will run away, and some of them will not give it a go, not out of self-confidence, but because of competitiveness, and their confidence is insufficient.

Meng Xing helped me up and wiped the bloodshot from the corner of my mouth with a tissue. I remembered the last time I was beaten in the hospital, it was also Meng Xing, but this time there was more care and warmth in her eyes.

Life always encounters all kinds of coincidences, and every time Meng Xing and I are together, it always seems so embarrassing.

Meng Xing picked me up, grabbed my hand, and walked out without looking back.

Before going out, I turned my head and saw Zhang Shuai take off his glasses and watch me and Meng Xing leave, his eyes cold and cruel.