I make a living solving crimes.

The sky seemed to be deeply dyed with ink, and the twinkling lights in the city echoed with the stars in the sky, adding a bit of warmth to this quiet winter night.

There are few pedestrians on the street, and the occasional footsteps echo in the empty space. Everything seems so quiet and peaceful.

Yu Li looked at Chang Wei seriously.

Yan Jiecheng was not being polite, he indeed often mentioned Chang Wei's name in front of her.

This is the person that people in Yard 95 cannot avoid talking about after dinner.

She had actually heard of it before.

I heard it from my cousin Yu Haitang.

A sixteen-year-old section chief drives a car to and from get off work.

When Yu Li came for the first time, Chang Wei's family still lived in the east wing of the front yard, but recently they have moved to the back yard. The family has seven northern rooms to themselves, and they also brought the old man and woman from the countryside to the city.

Chang Wei smiled and replied, "Hello."

"Chief Chang." Yan Jiecheng saw Chang Wei was about to leave, and quickly walked to his side. "Chief Chang, are you free this Sunday?"

Chang Wei stopped, instantly adjusted his direction to face him, carefully stepped back half a step and asked: "Is there something wrong?"

If Yan Jiecheng had not used honorifics, Chang Wei would have punched him.

It’s fine if He Yushui said that, but you also speak like that. Your father is a Chinese teacher. Is that what he taught you?

"I'd like to treat you to a meal." It was dark, and Yan Jiecheng didn't notice the alertness on Chang Wei's face. He smiled flatteringly, "We didn't celebrate your two moves, and we haven't had time to talk to you. If you have time this Sunday, Yu Li and I would like to treat you to a meal."

Showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing.

Chang Wei shook his head, and his attitude slightly slowed down. "I'm sorry, I have to go on a business trip again in two days, and I may not be back until the end of the month."

Yan Jiecheng was a little frustrated. Before he could say anything, Yu Li came over and said coquettishly, "Then we can wait for Section Chief Chang to come back for New Year's Day. We will invite him then."

The light bulb hanging on the hanging flower gate cast a silhouette of her in the yard, with its curves and contours outlining a beautiful outline.

Chang Wei didn't comment, but said something lively, "Okay, let's talk about it when I come back. I'll treat you if I'm free."

Yan Jiecheng said quickly: "How can you come? We are the ones who invited you."

"Let's talk about it later." Chang Wei responded perfunctorily, yawned, and said a little embarrassedly: "I just came back today, I'm going to go back to bed first, I'm really sleepy."

"Okay, sorry to disturb your rest." Yan Jiecheng's attitude was very humble. He watched Chang Wei open the door and go in from the back room before turning around and leaving the yard with Yu Li.

Chang Wei stayed away from these two people.

The Yan family is good at calculating, and Yu Li is no less so. This couple will become obsessed with money in the future.

They invited themselves to dinner, either to find a job for Yu Li or to get her help to buy a house.

Certainly not good.

Coming out of the yard, Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li walked side by side in the alley, the street lights casting two long shadows.

"Do you really want to introduce your sister to someone else?"

"Why? My sister is not good enough for him?"

Yan Jiecheng smacked his lips, compared them, and shook his head, saying, "Haitang is more than adequate for other people, but she seems a little bit lacking for Chang Wei."

"What do you mean?" Yu Li twisted her waist in dissatisfaction, and sighed, "Yu Haitang is possessed. She has told me many times."

"I heard that she and He Yushui were classmates. You are such a good girl to steal He Yushui's love."

"Didn't Chang Wei talk to He Yushui?"

"We are childhood sweethearts. We have been classmates since elementary school."

"Oh, never mind. I'll introduce them to each other later. Let her figure it out herself."

"I don't care. I just care about the money. Chang Wei is the section chief now. It costs a lot of money to treat him to a meal."

"They don't want us to pay, so I will definitely ask my second uncle for money. This is to help them find a son-in-law." Yu Li snorted softly and said proudly, "Use this meal to talk to Chang Wei and ask him to help find the street office and give us the remaining two back houses."

"Eh... this works."

......

At dawn, Chang Wei woke up early, rubbed his stomach, and adjusted the sleeping position of the world's number one master.

After having breakfast in the back yard and chatting with several elderly people in the family, Chang Wei changed into a clean and neat winter police uniform and went to the small courtyard.

Du Ye was tidying up the yard for the two old men. When he saw Chang Wei coming, he quickly greeted him, "Team Leader."

Chang Wei nodded, patted his shoulder, and pushed the door open.

The two old men were very happy to see Chang Wei coming back. They took his hand and asked him about things in Tianjin.

There was nothing to keep secret in front of them. Chang Wei squatted beside the chairs of the two old men and told them directly about the more than two tons of gold. He also scolded the minister for being stingy, and then gave him a special merit and the title of deputy director.

Old Wang watched him show off with a smile, stroking Chang Wei's head with a loving face.

Old Man Zhang didn't care about his nonsense, he just sighed and said: "It's a pity that there are only more than 4000 kilograms. The Japanese took away so many good things from us back then."

"When you have time, talk to the chief and ask him to let me go out. I'll get some back." Chang Wei looked at him hopefully and said flatteringly, "As long as you help me get this done, I'll give you two Japanese girls."

Old man Zhang gave Chang Wei a flying kick, pushing him hard against the wall.

Sliding down the wall, he patted his butt nonchalantly and said with a grin, "Your ability to punch the Xiangshan Nursing Home and kick the Beihai Yuhong Hospital is not as good as when you just came down the mountain and fought the Japanese seven to zero."

Old man Zhang ignored him, took the bag of noodles he brought, poured out the dried shrimps inside, tore them open and chewed them, then nodded with satisfaction.

When Chang Wei saw the food, he suddenly remembered something. He squatted next to Old Wang again and said, "Grandpa Wang, do you still remember Commander Zhang from the 66th Army?"

A look of reminiscence appeared on Old Wang's face, and after a moment he sighed, "Xiao Zhang, remember, he came from the same county as me. At that time in the base, he was already over 30 years old, and he was just like you, sneaking into the kitchen to steal my chopped peppers when he had nothing to do."

"This time, I'm still thinking about the rice noodles and chopped peppers you made."

Old Wang laughed heartily, "He's still as greedy as before, but we were poor back then, and only chopped peppers could go with our meals. The chief didn't have any vegetables to eat, so I'll make him some."

"Well, give it to Ji Xiaowang after you make it. He will deliver it to him when he returns to Tianjin in a few days."

"From what you said, are you going out again?"

"I'm going to Taihang. Fan Tuan'er's brother was sent away when he was a child and he has never been found. I'm going to help check on him."

"Okay, well... keep a low profile and don't make a fuss about it. There were more than one or two children lost back then."

Chang Wei was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously.