April 30, 2013

The alarm went off.

Zhou Ning stretched out his hand, fumbled for a while, pressed the alarm clock, then covered his head with a pillow, and closed his eyes again.

There was a knock on the door, which sounded urgently, and Zhou Ning sighed and sat up directly.

grabbed a T-shirt and put it on his body, opened the door, and the second aunt stood in front of the door with a bowl of seafood porridge.

"Hurry up and drink the porridge, and then go to sleep, you didn't eat it when you came back last night, the stomach and intestines are not good, after going out for so many days, people have lost a lot of weight, hurry up and drink a bowl of seafood porridge to make up for it, and put a sea cucumber and two abalone in it."

"Thank you, second aunt, what time are you coming?"

Zhou Ning smiled at the second aunt, took the tray, and put it on the small table, and then opened the curtain.

"It's only half past eight, don't open the curtains, you can go back to sleep in a while, Shancun said, take us out to play, the old man also followed us, in the refrigerator in the kitchen, there are lunch boxes, I made braised pork, salted fish cakes, tofu, and a pot of washed dipping pickles, meat sauce is next to it.

After all, you are back, Momo is not here, the mother-in-law will treat her as her own mother, and she will go to see them for Momo, not necessarily what you are really doing, just go and sit down, buy some fruit and chat or something. ”

Zhou Ning's nose was sore, and she grabbed the second aunt's shoulder from behind, the second aunt paused directly, and her chattering mouth stopped for a while, glanced at it with some concern, and saw Zhou Ning burying her head in the back of her neck, raising her hand and patting Zhou Ning's arm with a smile.

"Okay, the stinky boy sighed, went to drink porridge, and then slept for a while."

"Thank you, second aunt."

Zhou Ning controlled his emotions, got up and smiled at the second aunt, who did not stay long, but walked straight towards the door.

"Don't be polite to me, you eat slowly, I'll go first, Shancun is still waiting downstairs."

The second aunt hurriedly went downstairs, there was the sound of Xiaoyu and Lao He outside, and after a while, with the sound of the car door closing, all the noise disappeared, holding the porridge bowl, Zhou Ning walked downstairs while eating, staring at the direction of the small square outside the window, drinking porridge and constantly thinking about the past.

Thinking about it, I guess I was sleepy and fell asleep directly on the sofa.

In her sleep, Zhou Ning took Xia Momo's hand and walked in the garden of the community, the dim street lamp gently shone on her face, Zhou Ning raised her hand and pinched it, Xia Momo's chattering mouth finally stopped.

Looking at Xia Momo quietly like this, Zhou Ning didn't have the idea of black and white silk in his mind, he just wanted to take a good look at her, I don't know if she was doing well on a business trip for so many days.

"Zhou Ning, why do you look at me like this?"

"It's nothing, look at the dark green in your eyes, haven't you slept well on a business trip these days?"

Xia Momo smiled.

"Don't worry, it's just that there are a lot of things that need to be dealt with in the case, especially to restore the animation of the impact process of all cases, although it can be handled by software, but the situation of this accident is different for each car, and the angle of the impact is weird, and it is a little troublesome to not apply a specific program."

Zhou Ning pecked the little mouth lightly and rubbed Xia Momo's hair.

"It's good to be busy, I thought it would take you a long time to come back, I was thinking about whether I needed to go over and help you sort it out, after all, Zhu Xingxing went out with Xu Ju for the first time, and I don't know how the autopsy is doing, of course, you are most worried."

The two chatted, also held hands, and kept walking on the cobblestone path of the garden, as if there were endless words after not seeing each other for many days, although they were not too tired, but Zhou Ning liked this feeling very much, and did not resist it at all.

Just when he walked to the east side of the small building, a black figure wearing a peaked cap and sportswear appeared, the person grabbed the guardrail, and at this time it was already hanging on the window on the east side, it seemed that he was going to go through the window in the next second, Zhou Ning subconsciously shouted.

"Hey! Policeman, what are you doing, come down! ”

Such an abrupt voice startled the man, he just glanced back at Zhou Ning, and then jumped forward, and had already run to the north side of the small building, Zhou Ning pushed Xia Momo and shouted at Xia Momo:

"Come into the small building, go call the police, call Xu Dayuan, and ask him to send someone, quick!"

Xia Momo's face was pale, but she didn't scream like other girls, she dialed the phone, and seemed to have contacted Xu Dayuan, and at the same time rushed towards the door of the small building, Zhou Ning quickly chased in the direction where the black shadow disappeared, and saw the bricks on the ground on the side of the road, and he picked it up.

After searching around, he didn't find any suspicious people, and there were no traps or monitoring around Xiaolou, Zhou Ning was a little puzzled, and even suspected that he was thinking too much at the time, so he took out his mobile phone and dialed Xiaoqu's phone.

"Xiaoqu check the surveillance around my small building, there is a dark shadow on my side who climbed up to the east window, I don't know if he is a thief, or do you want to go in and do something, you see if there is anything found on the surveillance."

When I hung up the phone, I seemed to hear a siren in my ears, which was so clear in the night that my anxious heart gradually quieted down.

He walked towards Xiaolou, stretched out his hand and pulled it, the door was not locked, which made Zhou Ning pause slightly, could it be that Xia Momo was in a hurry just now and didn't close the door?

Before he could think about it, the door had been opened, and in the dim living room, a dark figure had his back to the light, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but the cap was so dazzling, it wasn't the person who was lying on the window just now.

And he was grabbing Xia Momo's neck, controlling Xia Momo with one hand, so that she couldn't shout.

As if he found Zhou Ning coming in, he raised his hand and turned to Zhou Ning's direction, and seemed to laugh along, with contempt in his voice.

"Hehe, you found out, then there's nothing to hide, you can all die today, you and everyone who knows you, you should have died as early as seventeen years ago, and now it's good that everything is back on track, but it's a pity that such a beautiful girl didn't let me taste it."

As he spoke, an object in his hand was aimed at Zhou Ning's chest, and with a loud bang, Zhou Ning slowly fell, Xia Momo struggled hard, struggling and crying wildly, the laughter of the cap, and the footsteps coming from the staircase, all the sounds seemed to be far away.

Zhou Ning fell to the ground, the pain was not very strong, but he couldn't move or breathe.

The cap had already grabbed Xia Momo's hair, hijacked her into his arms, took a few steps back, and pointed his gun at the second aunt and grandfather who were about to rush downstairs, when there was also footsteps at the door.

Zhou Ning couldn't turn back, but he knew that it should be the police coming, maybe Xu Dayuan brought someone here, he hoped that Xia Momo was okay at the moment, and hoped that Grandpa and they were all okay, Zhou Ning had such an obsession left in his mind.

But the cap seemed to be able to sense what Zhou Ning was thinking, and walked a few steps towards Zhou Ning, bowing his head slightly, and the dim light could see the man's chin and cheeks, and the pitted skin.

"Don't worry, I won't let anyone go, no one can escape, let's die together!"

As he spoke, the gun in the man's hand fell, and he was already pinching a remote control-like thing, and he directly pressed a red button, a blinding white light, and a piercing explosion sounded.

Zhou Ning opened his eyes suddenly, and he rolled directly off the sofa.

Covered in sweat and his chest seemed to have the pain left by the gunshot, he glanced at the environment, and at this time he was sitting on the carpet in the living room, the breeze blowing, and the room was unusually quiet.

After slowing down for a while, Zhou Ning got up from the ground, walked to the window, and closed all the windows.

He knew that it was a dream just now, but it was too real, the pain in his chest seemed to be still there, and the feeling of uneasiness made Zhou Ning uncomfortable, and after thinking about it carefully, the face of the cap could not be seen clearly, and he could only vaguely remember the pitted marks on his chin and cheeks, which did not look like acne marks, but like continuous scars.

After so many years at work, he has never been so scared, not because he was killed in his dreams, but because these people he loved the most were threatened, which made him unable to calm down for a long time.

In the past three years of work, he has been exposed to a lot of large and small cases, and if there are family members or people who come out, they will retaliate against him and want to go to extremes, but he can't leave such hidden dangers.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ning hurriedly rushed to the third floor, found the mobile phone, and saw that there were two missed calls on it, one was Xu Dayuan, and the other was an unfamiliar number, Zhou Ning did not rush to reply, but directly dialed Xiaoqu's phone.

"Boss? Is there a case? ”

Zhou Ning exhaled, and only then did he remember that today was the last day of the May Day holiday, and it was easy for people to feel urgent when calling at this time, so he adjusted his mood and said as indifferently as possible:

"There is no case, I have a private matter I want to consult you."

Xiaoqu on the other side of the phone was visibly relieved.

"Startle me, I'm picking in cherry ditch, I thought there was a case, what did you say, I listened."

Zhou Ning looked out the window with apologies, and said quickly:

"That's right, I want to install monitoring around my small building, and the kind of alarm that is violently destroyed, directly contact the command center, not contact the community property, whether there are any relevant regulations in the city, not allowed to be installed, and whether I can install guardrails in my home, even if it is installed inside."

Xiaoqu was obviously a little surprised, and quickly asked:

"What's up, do you think someone is threatening you, or is there something unsafe around?"

Zhou Ning paused, he couldn't say that he was worried here because of a dream, and he wanted to take precautions, so he really couldn't say it.

"I don't know what to say, after all, there are too many cases handled, although some murderers have been caught, but I am afraid that their families will retaliate and bring danger to their families, especially now that I live here, everyone knows that I am a forensic doctor, and I have also shown my face on TV, I am worried about the safety of my family."

Xiaoqu came to his senses, thought for a while and said:

"Boss, do you think this will work, I'll find someone to make a set of security facilities for your home, install hidden cameras around, wireless transmission, and then install alarm devices in the windows of the home, as long as the outside touches can directly call the police, as for the guardrail, I let people go over to take a look, I remember that your small building is Chinese-style decoration, then make a set of Chinese-style, I have a friend who does this, they are the company recorded by the Public Security Bureau."

Zhou Ning smiled with satisfaction.

"Okay, let me know when you contact me, I'll go to Momo's house in a while, and I'll be back in the afternoon, I can come over at any time."

"Okay, I'll make an appointment for us to call."

Hanging up the phone, Zhou Ning breathed a sigh of relief, took a shower and changed into dry clothes, and then sent a WeChat message to Xia Momo.

[Zhou Ning: Are you still busy? 】

(End of chapter)