I make a living solving crimes.

The morning light is just breaking, and there is a hint of chill in the silence of the winter morning.

Chang Wei still woke up early.

He felt around in a daze, but couldn't find the soft warm pack, and he missed home even more.

The little girl should still be sleeping soundly with her butt sticking up.

But soon her mother's slap will fall.

After thinking about it for a while, he climbed out of the warm bed, looked at the scenery outside the window, and started to wash up.

After changing into a Plum brand sportswear and white sneakers, he went out for a morning run.

The guesthouse of the Hongdu Investigation Bureau was not as grand as those in Yanbei and Tianjin, so he could only run along the streets.

The exhaled breath turned into white mist and slowly dissipated in the morning light. The heat in the body also rose, dispelling the coldness all over the body.

The branches and leaves of the trees on both sides of the street are covered with crystal dewdrops, sparkling with light, like elves in winter.

It was still early and there were not many pedestrians on the street. Only the breakfast shops were busy. Steam was rising from the stoves, carrying the aroma of food.

Chang Wei slowed down his pace and admired the fireworks while running.

A figure suddenly rushed past him. Chang Wei turned around to look. In the cold winter, an uncle was walking briskly in shorts and with his upper body bare.

The temperature is only a few degrees at this time. This uncle is in really good health.

Chang Wei was not too surprised, as there were still uncles in Beijing who liked winter swimming.

It is inevitable for a young man to compare with others. He is unwilling to take off his clothes, but he cannot let the uncle outdo him in running.

Can a Lamborghini be overtaken by a Wuling on the highway?

So he quickened his pace.

The uncle heard the dense footsteps behind him, turned his head to take a look, and ran even faster.

Chang Wei was immediately dissatisfied, and he ran to the uncle and looked at him with contempt as if challenging him.

The uncle looked at him in confusion, then turned his head back to look, and slowly slowed down his pace.

Seeing that he had given in, Chang Wei slowed down and jogged beside the uncle.

"What are you doing?" the uncle said, and when he saw that he didn't understand, he changed to a broken Mandarin and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Chang Wei looked up and said as a matter of course: "I'll run with you!"

"Run..." The uncle's eyes were about to pop out, but when he saw Chang Wei's bad face, he swallowed the words on his lips, stopped and sighed, "I'm running for nothing."

Chang Wei also stopped and looked him up and down, asking in confusion: "What are you doing?"

"I can't help it. Her man suddenly came back."

Chang Wei nearly choked himself to death with one breath. After a while, he raised his thumb and shook it, "Uncle, you are forty, right?"

The uncle was probably tired from running, and with his blood boiling, he didn't feel cold. He walked slowly and sighed, "I'm over 40, time is not forgiving."

"Although you are old, you are very good at playing!"

The uncle didn't care about the teasing and joking in Chang Wei's words, and sighed heavily: "Bewitched, ah, I am also bewitched!"

Chang Wei sneered, "Uncle, you are taking advantage of the situation."

"Yeah, I can only blame myself for not having enough self-control, not anyone else."

"From the sound of your voice, did someone else seduce you?"

"Not really. I just can't stand the loneliness." He knew from the accent that Chang Wei was not a local. The uncle also wanted to talk to someone about his grievances. "I didn't dare to cross the line, but yesterday when she got off work, she said her husband was away on a business trip and left me a note."

"The note? What's written on it?"

"I wrote down four place names. I thought about going there in the middle of the night." The uncle fully satisfied Chang Wei's curiosity, took a breath and said slowly: "Tianjin, Anhui, Hunan, Jiangxi."

Chang Wei was confused. After thinking for a long time, he still had no idea what the note meant.

The uncle's face was filled with pride. "It took me until midnight to figure it out. The meaning is hidden in the abbreviations of the four places."

Chang Weidun thought about it for a long time before he understood the meaning.

Looking at the uncle's back as he walked away, he suddenly smiled.

So you were thinking about it until midnight, not whether to go or not, but thinking about the meaning of this note!

At this time, the sky was gradually brightening and there were more pedestrians on the street. Chang Wei was too lazy to run anymore, so he walked slowly to the guesthouse and lined up in front of the steamed bun shop.

Maybe because there is a high school nearby, there are many pretty girls in front and behind the team, chattering.

Chang Wei felt the breath of youth and set his sights further.

Yuzhang is the old county and Hongdu is the new capital.

This place has been blessed with outstanding people since ancient times. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, half of the country's Jinshi and Zhuangyuan came from here.

But I don't know when it started to decline.

The steamer was opened, and hot steam was rising. The mixed aroma of buns, sweet potatoes, corn, and dumplings in the steamer made Chang Wei drool.

Whole grains nourish the stomach, books nourish the spirit, beautiful women nourish the eyes, and solitude nourishes the heart.

He decided to buy a few more steamed sweet potatoes.

Suddenly, someone tapped his shoulder. Chang Wei turned his head and the pretty girl stuck out her tongue and said embarrassedly, "I recognized the wrong person. Sorry."

The girl's voice was soft and crisp and very pleasant to the ear. Chang Wei smiled politely and didn't care.

After a few seconds, the girl was heard saying to her companion: "Yeah, she looks good."

Chang Wei was stunned and greatly impressed.

Girls from Jiangxi are even more aggressive than those girls from Hunan!

After suffering multiple physical and mental shocks early in the morning, Chang Wei was still sighing when he returned to his room in the guesthouse.

Fan Tuan'er took a small bite of the bun and asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?"

Chang Wei briefly recounted what happened in the morning, leaving Fan Tuaner speechless.

"Zhang Long and Zhao Hu haven't come back all night. I have to go see them. Don't let them die suddenly." He sighed and stood up, and continued: "We will return to Ping County in the afternoon. You go to the county party committee to arrange Zheng Li's work."

It would be better to let Fan Tuaner, my elder sister, to arrange the job.

"Well, it's better to arrange it earlier so that we can go back earlier." Fan Tuan'er nodded, "If we delay any longer, it will be New Year's Day."

"Yes, I have to hurry back to carry out the order." Chang Wei irritably stuffed the sweet potato in his hand into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it, "Take Zheng Li and his family to take some photos and bring them back to your parents."

"...Chang Wei, you are so considerate." Fan Tuan'er sighed with emotion, a gentle smile on her face, "I don't know which girl will be lucky enough to marry you in the future."

"I dare not even think about it, who can accumulate such great virtue." Chang Wei muttered, thinking of the gossip he had last night and this morning, shook his head, and put the matter of getting married far behind him.

Fan Tuaner was frightened by Chang Wei's words. Who the hell dares to say such shamelessly?

She washed her hands, packed Chang Wei's clothes, turned around and went downstairs to find Zheng Li.

After wiping his face, Chang Wei put on formal clothes and went out. He touched the wooden handrail to make sure there was no dust, sat on it with his butt tilted and slid to the bottom, still singing a song about love.