half thorns, half joy

In early July, the Wang brothers were arrested and imprisoned for accepting huge sums of bribes.

One is the director of the Public Security Bureau, and the other is the president of the court who is about to retire. This case immediately hit the headlines of the social news.

In a situation where the entire country is vigorously fighting corruption, the Wang brothers took advantage of their positions to accept bribes, like throwing a boulder into a lake, causing great waves.

The Wang brothers didn't know until the moment they were arrested that this was Xiao Zihan's game for them.

Because the case was supervised by Officer Liu and his apprentice Zeng Yi, Officer Liu knew that Zeng Yi's words in the police station had no weight and would still be constrained, so he insisted on returning to the police station with injuries to follow up on the progress of the Wang brothers' case.

This case is different from ordinary cases and involves the director and the dean, so it has been highly valued by the higher authorities.

Of course, there are also people who want to come forward and keep the Wang brothers.

Fortunately, Cai Jinyu's uncle was there, and under his great attention, the case was finally not shelved and progressed very smoothly.

Officer Liu, Xiao Zihan and others were happy to hear this news.

Officer Liu even asked Xiao Zihan to meet at a small noodle restaurant.

After having lunch with Tang Xuan at home and coaxing Tang Xuan to take a nap, Xiao Zihan went to the noodle shop by car to meet Officer Liu's appointment.

This noodle restaurant is not particular, it is just an ordinary Lanzhou beef noodle restaurant, because it is not meal time, so there are no people in the restaurant, deserted.

After Xiao Zihan got off the car, he stopped in front of the noodle shop for a few seconds before walking in.

"Come here." Officer Liu sucked on the noodles and raised his hand to greet Xiao Zihan from a distance.

Xiao Zihan walked over and sat opposite Police Officer Liu.

"Do you eat at this time?" Xiao Zihan raised his wrist and looked at the time, "Dinner will be in two hours. You have been busy until now?"

Police Officer Liu took a big mouthful of noodle soup and let out a sigh of satisfaction, "Yeah, that guy surnamed Wang is tricky. I have to keep an eye on him so he doesn't miss anything."

While talking, Police Officer Liu finished a bowl of noodles, probably really hungry, he even finished the noodle soup.

After wiping his mouth with toilet paper, he glanced at the greasy tabletop, then at Xiao Zihan's expensive suit, and said with a smile, "It seems inappropriate to invite you to a place like this."

"It's okay." Xiao Zihan looked around and said relaxedly, "It's not that I've never been to this kind of noodle restaurant. I used to come here to eat noodles when I was in college."

"I didn't expect that you would come to this kind of place to eat. I thought you would go to high-end places like western restaurants." Officer Liu said with a smile.

Although Police Officer Liu's words were teasing, they were not malicious, Xiao Zihan smiled slightly after hearing this.

He also joked back with a smile, "Officer Liu, you can obviously ask me to go to a better place. I'm afraid you didn't choose this place to ridicule me."

Officer Liu just smiled and didn't speak.

The wall of the noodle shop next to the road is decorated with a huge piece of glass, through which passers-by can be seen walking outside.

Xiao Zihan glanced out, amused: "Even if it's a high-pressure anti-corruption period, you don't need to avoid suspicion like this."

Police Officer Liu shrugged, and said slowly, "There's no way, if you don't avoid suspicion if you associate with someone of your status, it will attract criticism."

Anyway, Xiao Zihan's identity is a wealthy businessman after all, and the case that Police Officer Liu investigated happened to be somewhat related to Xiao Zihan.Indeed, if you are too intimate, some people will gossip.

The two of them sat upright and were not afraid of what others would say, but Officer Liu still chose to avoid suspicion safely.

This point, Xiao Zihan thinks it is quite interesting.

Of course, he can fully understand Officer Liu's avoidance of suspicion, and he won't be angry.

"Let's get down to business. You asked me out to talk about the case?" Xiao Zihan asked Officer Liu straightforwardly.

Police officer Liu nodded, with a hesitant look on his face, "The bureau you did for Mrs. Wang is sure to be all right."

"No problem, it's completely legal and reasonable." Xiao Zihan is so smart, he saw Officer Liu's worry at a glance, and he solemnly made a guarantee, "I have been in business for so long and know how to operate, and for the sake of insurance, this time I went to a lawyer and looked at it, and there is no problem at all."

Officer Liu breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded, "I shouldn't have participated in this matter with you in the first place. Doing so would affect judicial justice. If it wasn't really impossible, I wouldn't have agreed to do so."

As a veteran police officer, Officer Liu has a very high rate of solving crimes. The reason why he has not been promoted to the position of chief is because he is not good at interpersonal communication, and the second is that he is too honest and doesn't know what to say. work around.

It is precisely because he knows this about Officer Liu that Xiao Zihan knows how to interact with Officer Liu, and he doesn't make too many meaningless exchanges of pleasantries.

Hearing Police Officer Liu's self-blame, Xiao Zihan smiled and said: "What are you talking about? I found out that Deng Li's money was for the Wang family. It was a bureau I tailored for the Wang brothers. What does it have to do with you?" What about the relationship. I have a feud with the Wang brothers, so I did this, not to help you solve the case."

Officer Liu was dumbfounded.

After a moment, he shook his head and smiled.

"Okay, I'm thinking too much." Officer Liu smiled for a while, then suddenly said: "You are a very good partner, but - you are also a terrible opponent."

For this evaluation, Xiao Zihan was noncommittal.

Because, this is not wrong.

He will not take the initiative to harm others, but whoever dares to harm him, he will definitely make that person regret being born in this world.

Although Police Officer Liu is recovering well, he can still see clear burn scars on his face and arms. He hasn't seen it from a distance, but when he gets closer, it's really scary.

While he was talking to Xiao Zihan after eating the noodles, the waiter at the beef noodle restaurant kept sneaking glances at Police Officer Liu. The fearful and vigilant look in his eyes made people very uncomfortable.

So, after talking about the bureau and talking about the current progress of the case, Police Officer Liu and Xiao Zihan left the noodle shop together.

It was the most poisonous month of the sun at this time, Xiao Zihan glanced at the sweat on Officer Liu's forehead, and signaled the driver to buy a sun umbrella.

However, as a straight man until he could no longer be straight, Police Officer Liu refused.

"That's unnecessary, let's not say that I can't take your things, even if I can, I'm a big man, and I'm embarrassed when I walk with an umbrella."

Xiao Zihan still maintained the posture of handing the umbrella, and said lightly:
"Just treat it as if I lent it to you, and just return it to me in the future. In addition, the injuries on your body have not healed, and you need sunshade. If you continue to ignore it like this, you will die in less than two days." Go back to the hospital, if that happens, the case will be handed over to someone else, and it will be very troublesome for me."

Dumbfounded by Xiao Zihan's words, Police Officer Liu could only take the parasol and shake it away with a bang.

Fortunately, the umbrella looks plain and not so fancy, which makes Officer Liu less embarrassing.

"Weird." Police officer Liu shook his head, still not quite accepting it.

Regarding Officer Liu's awkwardness, Xiao Zihan didn't say anything unnecessary to explain, but only reminded: "Captain Liu, you have to know that the body is the capital of the revolution, especially in your line of work. If your physical fitness is not good, many things will only be done with your heart Powerless."

Officer Liu shyly nodded, "I know."

"Then you should pay attention to yourself. I'm leaving, and I'll contact you if there is anything to do." Xiao Zihan waved his hand, and got into the car without looking back after the driver opened the back door.

The driver bowed politely to Officer Liu, got into the driver's seat, and started the car.

Watching Xiao Zihan's car go away, Officer Liu reacted belatedly, smiled wryly and shook his head.

Obviously this Xiao Zihan is so much younger than him, but he speaks and acts like his peers, so stable that he doesn't feel like a junior at all.

In particular, this person is bold and careful, he can see through a little bit, he is really a talent.

Looking at Xiao Zihan and thinking of his noisy son who didn't want to study, Police Officer Liu really hated iron.

Hey!
Sitting in the car home, the corners of Xiao Zihan's mouth curled up.

The matter of giving Police Officer Liu an umbrella just now brought back memories of his past.

At that time, he didn't know Tang Xuan well. He went to the coffee shop every week to drink coffee. It happened to be raining that day and he didn't bring an umbrella. Tang Xuan borrowed one for him.

It was also that day that he saw Tang Xuan's face clearly for the first time.

Later, he returned the umbrella to Tang Xuan. Seeing the books Tang Xuan was reading, matched with Tang Xuan's clean and cool demeanor, he became interested in Tang Xuan.

If you insist, that umbrella should be the beginning of everything in the future.

The current Xiao Zihan no longer cares about whether Tang Xuan deliberately set up the plot at that time. The ending between him and Tang Xuan was happy, so even if those plots were designed, they were still good memories.

Reminiscing and reminiscing, Xiao Zihan jumped up.

He wished he could fly home immediately, fly to Tang Xuan's side, and hug this Tang Xuan, who was so tender and thoughtful of his own, into his arms.

Rub it, give it a hug.

Just thinking about it, Xiao Zihan felt his heart tremble with happiness.