The darkness eroded my nerves, and there was an emptiness in front of my eyes, like walking into a dark, cold room without a glimmer of light. But strangely, my mind was still awake because I could deeply feel the headache from the pressure.

My body slowly slid down the stairs until I sat down on the cold concrete stairs and suddenly came to my senses.

The pain in my head seemed to have subsided a lot, and I had the strength to think about what had just happened.

In fact, I also understand that nothing happened just now, no external force was put on my head, the world was peaceful, the law and order were good, no one was violently robbing me on the dark stairs, as for why I had a sudden headache just now, I can only say that this may be a bad omen, maybe, I am too tired to watch the movie, or maybe I was dazed by Chen Hong's tenderness and sweetness.

I got up again, rested on the handrail for a while, and felt that all of a sudden, all the pain had gone away from me, so I quickly climbed the stairs to the Bao Mansion on the fourth floor.

I have the key to the Bao Mansion, so I opened the door and went in, as soon as I entered the door, I felt a sense of murder, how to say, in addition to the sixth sense telling me that it seemed that something had happened in the Bao Mansion, I could even smell a cigarette.

As soon as I saw a pair of big man's boots on the floor where I entered the door, I couldn't help but feel nervous, so I shouted, "Are you there, Baozi?"

Lina, of course, was there, because the living room was brightly lit, and when I turned the hallway, I saw a policeman sitting on the sofa.

To be precise, this is a small but shrewd and tough policeman, who should be forty or fifty years old. As soon as he heard the voice, he looked at me with a look of wariness peculiar to a policeman, and I had never seen such a sharp eye, and it was as uncomfortable to look at me as if I were a prisoner.

Bao Lina sat in the chair opposite the policeman, and when she saw me coming, she quickly got up and walked up to me, muttering, "Don't call me Baozi, you still don't listen." ”

"W-what's going on?" I looked at Bao Lina a little confused, and then at this middle-aged policeman who sat on the sofa and did not move at all, only killing with his eyes.

Judging from his police uniform, there seem to be a lot of bars on his shoulders, and he should still be a high-ranking policeman.

"He's Zhou Xu?"

Before Bao Lina could answer me, the policeman raised his chin at me and asked very arrogantly, his voice full of sternness, as if he were interrogating a prisoner.

"Well, he's Zhou Xu." Bao Lina said with a low brow, with a hint of trepidation in her tone.

"Oh." The policeman replied casually, and his eyes looked me up and down again, and I got goosebumps.

"Lina, who is he?" I couldn't help but whisper to Lina again.

Bao Lina pursed her lips, and instead of answering, she pulled me into the chair, pressed my shoulders and asked me to sit down, and then gritted her teeth and said to the policeman, "Dad, don't you want to see him?" Now I see him, he is my boyfriend Zhou Xu, and he is also a classmate who edited the journal with me in the Literary Society, majoring in Chinese language and literature in the Department of Chinese in the 90th class. Now what else do you want to ask?"

This series of quick and concise words startled me.

Father? This policeman turned out to be Bao Lina's father?

All of a sudden, I was at a loss for what I was going to do next, so I just sat in my chair and didn't dare to look directly at the majestic policeman.

It's really like a prisoner being interrogated.

Bao Lina's father snorted softly, looked at me again, and said, "Cortana, just this kid? Where did you like him?"

Bao Lina pouted, "I don't need to tell you anywhere when I see him." ”

The policeman's brow furrowed, his face became even more ugly, and he stood up suddenly, his eyes swept like a sharp sword at Bao Lina, who took a step back in some fear.

He turned his gaze to me again and said sharply, "Tell me, boy, where do you like Lina?" When did you become boyfriend and girlfriend? Do you live together? How do you have the key here?"

This series of questions blinded me like a stick, and I stammered in my chair, unable to utter a word, as if I had been caught as a thief.

"Dad, don't be so loud, I said it, don't worry about my business." Although Bao Lina was scared on the surface, her words were still as hard as a stone.

"Okay, now you're amazing, take your sister's house, don't study hard, and live with this stupid boy? Haven't you lost enough face? Have you forgotten how you were fooled before? How could I have given birth to such an unassuming daughter of yours!"

Bao Lina's father snarled at his daughter, and his anger burned directly in this small space, making me feel like pins and needles.

Bao Lina's face was pale, her lips were trembling there, she gritted her teeth and whispered: "You are not yourself------ you are not qualified to care about me!"

"You say it again?" The policeman rushed in front of Bao Lina at once, Lina quickly dodged backwards, and I stood up at once, blocking between Lina and the police.

"Uncle, please don't be angry ------." I shuddered.

The policeman looked at me strangely and said, "I teach my daughter a lesson, is it your turn to interject?" What are you? Fuck off!"

I wanted to roll away, but I was worried about Bao Lina, so I gritted my teeth and stood there like a telephone pole, feeling as if I was blocking the bullet hole.

"I'm sorry------ uncle, please don't be angry. Lina is not bad at studying, she has been working hard lately and wants to go to graduate school. I lowered my head and didn't dare to look at Bao Lina's father, but I couldn't help but say it, so I defended Lina with a trembling voice.

The policeman stared at my face for a long time, then suddenly took a step back, sat back on the couch, and sighed. In that moment, his sternness seemed to disappear, and only old age and helplessness remained.

"I can't control you." He said.

After saying this, the senior policeman stood up again, and walked towards the door, where he turned back and glanced at Lina, but the murderous aura in his eyes disappeared without a trace, only a deep sadness.

"Cortana, you can do it yourself."

These were the last words he said before leaving, and he went out and slammed the door shut.

Lina waited until a long time had passed since her father had left, and then she let out a long breath and sat back in her chair.

"Lina, your dad didn't tell me about it when he came."

I whispered to Lina.

Bao Lina replied hatefully: "He came suddenly today, saying that there was a meeting to be held here, and he came by the way, which scared me." ”

"Your dad doesn't seem to like me being with you?" I asked tentatively.

"He thinks that he is great if he is the chief of the public security bureau, and he wants everyone to listen to him and be like his prisoners?"

Lina said unconvinced.

"What? Chief of Public Security?"

I felt a little pain in my head again, but what I never expected was that Bao Lina was the daughter of a local public security chief, and she was never willing to mention her family to me, which made me always feel that there must be a reason for this that I could not explore.

"Lina, there's one thing I've always wanted to ask you, why are you so reluctant to mention your family in front of me? Mention that you have a father who is the chief of public security?"

I asked, staring into Lina's eyes.