The winding roads in the outskirts are long, thin and winding upwards.

Every now and then there was a gust of wind, the leaves rustled, and the clouds seemed to be pressed overhead, so heavy and dreary that they were surging with the wind.

Where Qin Man looked over, there was a fiery red maple leaf forest, and there was a dilapidated small two-story building in front of it, and the gray walls and the sky blended into one color.

The big characters in the Frostleaf Orphanage were all dilapidated, the strokes were rusty and rusty, the lampshade had been built into a bird's nest, and the chicks were chirping.

In the open space in my memory, there was no trace of the large toy facilities for children to play and play, and waist-length weeds grew.

Qiao Ying gently patted Qin Man, who was out of his mind, "Let's go, in the back." ”

Qin Man followed Qiao Ying's footsteps, walked through the weeds, and walked into the maple leaf forest.

"Sister Xiaoying, do you come often?"

Qiao Ying shuttled freely through the complex maple forest, and seemed to be familiar with this place.

"No, just twice."

It has only been two years since Dean Wu Fengfang died, and she visits her every year.

Qin Man quipped, "When I was a child, I heard that you were going to be adopted, and I also made trouble with Mother Wu and asked her to send me out and go with you." I still remember that Wu's mother coaxed me at the time, saying that you would come back to see us, so I wouldn't make trouble. ”

"But Sister Xiaoying, why did you never come back?"

It was probably because the soil before the rain was wet and slippery, and Qiao Ying's feet were crooked, and she almost fell.

But before Qin Man could reach out to pick her up, she held on to the branch and stood firm.

"Are you alright?"

Qiao Ying waved her hand, "It's okay, it's just ahead." ”

Her expression was cold and cowardly, as if she was very dissatisfied with Qin Manti's matter, and touched her little-known forbidden place.

In the shadows, Wu Fengfang's grave has begun to take shape, a vacant lot, with no tombstones erected high, no flowers and photos.

A piece of black marble was embedded in the ground, and the red maple leaves that had fallen on it almost submerged it.

Qiao Ying squatted down and used her hands to sweep the fallen leaves on the tombstone, and Qin Man also rolled up his sleeves and cleaned up together.

Qiao Ying lowered her head, "She has lung cancer, and she doesn't want to treat it, so she used her last little time to send the other children in the orphanage away, so she found this place for herself as a place to rest." ”

Qin Man: "Well, it's good, she's been in this place all her life, if it were me, I wouldn't want to leave." ”

The marble slab was almost cleaned up, Qiao Ying clapped her hands and said abruptly.

"When she was alive, she refused to see me, and I wanted to take her to treatment, but she didn't listen."

"Probably angry with me, why didn't you come back to see her?"

Qin Man smiled bitterly, "I'm the one, I've never come back to see her." ”

Qiao Ying suddenly knelt on her knees, regardless of the wet soil that would stain her clothes, closed her eyes, and kowtowed deeply to the tombstone.

"I'm sorry."

Qin Man didn't stop her, and stood aside silently.

A drop of rain fell down her cheek, like a tear that she would never cry out for the rest of her life.

"It's going to rain, let's go back."

Qiao Ying stood up and patted the dust on her body, her knees were the dark brown color of dirt.

"Let's go."

The sky was a little darker again, the thick clouds were rolling and pressing down, Qin Man walked forward, stepped on the fiery red fallen leaves, and intimately put away the outstretched branches.

Qiao He followed behind her, his eyes kept staring, his hand was machete-like, and he was hesitating to attack her.

"Sister Xiaoying, be careful, you slipped here just now."

This little girl who calls herself sister was like this when she was a child, and she is still like this now.

Eventually, she loosened her tight fingers and slowly clenched them into fists.

Walking out of the maple leaf forest, Qin Man stomped the mud on his feet.

"It's a pity that we came in a hurry today, and we didn't bring anything to Mother Wu, and we didn't have any politeness at all."

Qiao Ying comforted, "Next time, there will always be a chance to come." ”

Qin Man reached out to hold her hand, but he grabbed a hard fist.

She sensed something was wrong and looked back suspiciously.

"Sister Xiaoying, what's wrong with you?"

Qiao Ying relaxed her body, flipped Qin Man's hand over with her backhand, palms facing up, and released her fist, and there was a temporary communicator in it that was only the size of an ordinary USB flash drive.

She handed the communicator into Qin Man's hand.

"Qin Man, if you want to find me in the future, you can use this to contact me."

Qiao Ying left after speaking, there was no reason, and there was no farewell, and the figure that left was the same as she was back then, indifferent and calm.

Qin Man stood in place, stunned and looking at the things in his palm, Qiao Ying didn't care about her, and drove away directly.

"Damn, then how can I go back!"

She and Qiao Ying came in a car, and Qiao Ying left her here alone.

She turned on her mobile phone, only to find that there was no mobile phone signal in this place, and it was in a remote mountain, and she couldn't even call a car.

A cool breeze blew, and the raindrops fell from the sky, smashing the ground deep and shallow.

She stood under the eaves, looking at the sky, smelling the long-lost smell of grass, and seemed to be less anxious.

Under the same sky, raindrops hit the window pane of the city bureau office, and Jiang Lian took the trouble to call again and again, and got the same answer.

"The number you are calling is not in the service area, please dial again later......"

Hong Qian, who was shaking repeatedly in the room with his hands on his hips, had to confirm with the people below over and over again.

"Are you sure Qiao Ying took Qin Man away?"

When the man saw the two captains in such a state, something big must have happened, and he nodded tremblingly.

"yes."

Hong Qianleng froze in place and stomped his feet, "I'll look for it." ”

Jiang Lian was so heavy that he stopped him, "Hong Qian! It's raining so hard outside, where are you looking? Where can you find yourself? ”

Hong Qian: "What should I do then?" They've been gone for two hours, and they're all out of touch! If Qiao Ying is really a poisonous dragon, and she takes Qin Man away at this time, aren't you afraid that she will do something out of the ordinary?! ”

Jiang Lian took the case, "Hong Qian, you calm me down, she took away my people, I am more anxious than you." ”

Hong Qian was defeated, and sat down with his head in his hands and took a deep breath.

Jiang Lian's voice was tired and low.

"The road network has been notified to be controlled, they can't get out of the Xingjin territory, I believe Qin Man, she can handle it."

His hands were shaking, and he was actually very scared.

Qiao Ying took Qin Man away at this time, and he thought of a very big possibility, that is, Qin Man discovered Qiao Ying's true identity earlier than himself, causing Qiao Ying to take this only person in the know away in order to protect himself.

As for how she would treat Qin Man, he didn't dare to think about it.

He could only patiently dial Qin Man's phone again and again, he dialed three more times, and after a beep tone, the phone was connected.

"Where are you?"

Everyone in the room raised their heads and looked over, and Hong Qian looked like he was about to be amnesty.

Qin Man heard his impatient tone.

"I went back to the orphanage, what's wrong?"

Jiang Lian flipped out the car keys and walked out, "Give me the address, I'll pick you up." ”

Qin Man: "No, I got a taxi, and I'm already on my way back, Ah ......"

"I'm sorry, it's just raining, can I borrow two tissues......

She seemed to be apologizing to the driver's master, and then asked while wiping her nose.

"What's the matter, what are you panicking about?"

Jiang Lian said tentatively.

"Is Qiao Ying by your side?"

"No, she left first."

Jiang Lian didn't panic when he got the answer, and said lightly.

"Then be careful on the road, I'll wait for you."