Heart fire

It's past the off-duty time, and Yao Hongwei is still sitting in the office, thinking about a pair of photo frames on the table with chipped edges and a lot of dust hidden in the gaps.

The photos taken more than 30 years ago are badly oxidized and faded. The faces of several people in the photos are blurred.They stood on the side of a domestic heavy-duty old Yellow River dry powder fire truck. Among them, the unsmiling Zhou Jian was the tallest, and Yao Hongwei was the youngest and the fairest. , smiling brightly.

Yao Hongwei couldn't remember their exact ages, he only remembered that they were about the same age as Zhou Yi when they died.

It seemed like yesterday that I wore a military uniform for the first time.Fast forward 30 years, during these years Yao Hongwei bid farewell to countless comrades in arms, wrote too many elegiac couplets and read too many eulogies, it is really impossible to remember the names and ages of each of them.In the cabinet behind him are the statistical reports on the casualties of firefighters over the years. The average age of death has remained at 22 years old. Explosions, suffocation, and collapse and smashing are also the top three causes of death in order, which has not changed.

He has already lost too much in the middle of his life, and all he has left behind are memories made up of these numbers, and he has increasingly heavy responsibilities to young fighters like Zhou Tong.

From the moment he learned of Zhou Tong's enlistment, Yao Hongwei never gave up the idea of ​​preventing him from entering the front line.But just this afternoon, the child rushed to him in a hurry, and first asked him if he knew that Xi Yang and Zhou Yi were once comrades-in-arms. Unknown, Hongwei defended Xi Yang a few words, and let Zhou Tong understand his difficulties. Zhou Tong finally had a little reaction, and asked Yao Hongwei for cigarettes with red eyes.

Yao Hongwei simply gave him one, lit it for him, and then patted his shoulder unbearably: "Don't think about the past."

Remembering what Xi Yang said when he came to confess to him last time, Yao Hongwei asked again: "Who told you?"

Zhou Tong laughed self-deprecatingly, and answered irrelevantly: "I always thought I was pretty smart."

Yao Hongwei comforted him and said, "Okay, if you really find it difficult to face, I'll ask them to transfer you here as soon as possible."

Later, Yao Hongwei said a lot of words to comfort Zhou Tong, most of which were to help him plan his future life, suggesting that he give up applying for the Armed Police Academy and return to school after finishing his compulsory military service.Zhou Tong listened noncommittally, and waited until Yao Hongwei had finished what he wanted to say, and when he had said enough, he raised his head and looked at him directly, and asked him an incredible request.

Zhou Tong agreed to Yao Hongwei's arrangement to join the science and technology department of the corps to do administrative work, but there was one condition, that is, he would participate in the secret "Tiger Fighting ①" operation, and personally send Zheng Jiang, Tao Weinan, and the corrupt officials behind them to the police station. Go to court for trial.

He spoke in a serious manner, like an endorsement. Yao Hongwei was stunned when he heard it. His first reaction was to suspect that the child was too involved in watching "In the Name of the People". Zhou Tong revealed the secret to the bastard and beat him up.

The "Tiger Fighting" operation is the code name of the Central Military Commission's internal anti-corruption operation. Yao Hongwei did not believe that Zhou Tong checked it from the Internet. At the beginning of the year, the Commission for Discipline Inspection also publicly stated in the media that it welcomes the public, especially college students, to participate in the report. He is not only a college student, but also a soldier, and he is more responsible and obliged to do so. What's more, this matter also involves the provincial secret service And Yao Hongwei himself, since he knows about it, he absolutely cannot just sit idly by.

Yao Hongwei was angry and funny, and asked Zhou Tong what can you do?Zhou Tong said that tracking, surveillance, evidence collection, reporting, everything is fine, what others can do, he can do the same.

At first, Yao Hongwei felt that there was no need to seriously discuss this matter with Zhou Tong.What if you don't agree?Zhou Tong is just a soldier who has just joined the army for half a year. If Yao Hongwei is a little more authoritarian, he will be where he wants him to be, so there is no room for negotiating conditions.But when Zhou Tong asked him, "Have you not been on the front line for too long, and have never seen the innocent sacrifices of those soldiers wearing inferior fire-fighting suits", he became angry on the spot.

"Slap!" Yao Hongwei raised his hand and slapped Zhou Tong hard on the face: "Do you know what you are talking about?!"

"Did you think you were filming a TV series? Do you know how many people risked their lives to do this, and how many people were framed and assassinated because of this, and finally lost all their efforts?"

"Too childish!" He looked at Zhou Tong, who was so fearless after being beaten, that he didn't even bother to cover him, and his teeth were itchy with anger. "Your father, your brother, and your captain, your trainer and comrades-in-arms, everyone is trying their best to protect you, don't know what is good or bad!"

Zhou Tong's complexion was dark, and there were no obvious fingerprints on his face when he slapped him, only a little redness.He knew that what he said was too much, but if he didn't say that, Yao Hongwei would probably never look him in the face and treat him as an adult, and because of this, he would never get the chance to stand side by side with Xi Yang .

"I'm sorry, Uncle Yao." Zhou Tong walked up to Yao Hongwei who was sulking back on the chair, and said seriously: "You may not like to hear what I want to say, and you will be angry if you hear it, and you will feel that I Young, immature, and ignorant of the heights of the sky and the earth."

He paused, as if he was trying to organize his words: "But I still want to say that when my dad and my brother are here, whether it is a firefighter or a man of justice, there may be more than me, not more, less I was a lot. But now they are all gone, if I don't do it, then the world will lose not only two brave people, but three."

Yao Hongwei hung his face, closed his eyes after listening, and put on an expression of refusing to communicate.

But Zhou Tong knew that he had listened, so he sat down beside him, lit a cigarette and handed it to him.

"Uncle Yao, if I say that the thing I'm least afraid of is the loss of my family, because I don't have a home anymore. But I'm still afraid. I'm afraid that if I don't do anything, I'll just watch you, the instructor, and me The comrades-in-arms and the secret service brigade were destroyed by those shameless people, and that would be the real family ruin."

Every time Zhou Tong mentioned his deceased family members, Zhou Tong was ashamed.Yao Hongwei hesitated for a moment, took the cigarette and put it in his mouth and took two puffs.

In this way, even if he didn't compromise, at least he was not so angry.Zhou Tong relaxed and leaned on the back of the chair, whispering to himself: "I promised a person, where he and I are home, no matter what... I want to protect him."

A cigarette is quickly exhausted.It was time for Xi Yang's interrogation to end soon, Yao Hongwei got up and went out, Zhou Tong also got up and followed step by step, Yao Hongwei stopped and looked back at him, and he also stopped and stood where he was and looked at Yao Hongwei foolishly.

Yao Hongwei laughed angrily: "What are you doing? Follower?"

Zhou Tong was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly felt a little sad: "Oh, it's okay, I'm used to it..."

"Okay, let's go back first." Yao Hongwei sighed heavily. "Within this month, which day will the report be up to you?"

Zhou Tong said "Oh", and looked at Yao Hongwei hesitantly: "Then..."

"That, that, that!" Yao Hongwei pinched Zhou Tong's ear impatiently, and said seriously: "We can't delay any longer, anti-corruption and discipline inspection require our cooperation to provide criminal evidence. This time let them take the lead, and then Absolutely no more business trips, no more opportunities for them to kill people and destroy evidence."

"Don't say anything when you go back, keep your mouth shut, and don't act impulsively in any situation. Can you do it? Otherwise, you trainers are not the only ones who are in danger."

"Yes!" Zhou Tong responded quickly and immediately assured Yao Hongwei.

Yao Hongwei raised his eyelids and glared at Zhou Tong, then cursed helplessly: "You son of a bitch, how can I explain to your father later!"

Zhou Tong rubbed his nose and looked at him shyly and gratefully: "Let's make a bet, Uncle Yao, when I really see my dad and my brother someday, they will definitely not blame you, they will thank you .”

This kid... seems to have really grown up.Yao Hongwei sighed secretly, watched Zhou Tong wave goodbye to him, walked to the door and turned around, showing him a sad but innocent and sly smile.

"By the way, I'm not a son of a bitch, I'm a son of a bitch."

...

After Zhuo Qunfang finished washing the teacups and buckets, and other people got off work and left one after another, Yao Hongwei locked the office door, opened a pen-shaped anti-monitoring detector, and called Li Chu with another encrypted mobile phone. Telephone.

Li Chu also found a place where no one was around, and said: "Let's just put on a formality. They are all old talkers. I don't want to make it too obvious. I can only pretend to prevent them from doubting."

"I think they are ants on the hot pot now, and they are eager to pull someone out to take the blame. I heard that another one who wanted to protect himself was put down last night."

"Okay, remind Huo Ju to send more people to protect Xi Yang, and let Huo Ci that kid..." Yao Hongwei suddenly felt a twitch as he spoke, and a vague idea popped up in his mind.

Could it be that the person who disclosed the "Tiger Fighting" operation to Zhou Tong...

"Boom, boom, boom!" A sudden knock on the door interrupted Yao Hongwei's train of thought.

"Let's do this first, we'll talk about it later, pay attention to safety." Yao Hongwei hung up the phone in a hurry, put the phone in the drawer and tidied up the table, and then walked quickly to open the door, and saw the person standing at the door who had changed into casual clothes and was ready for a date. Zhuo Qunfang who has gone and returned.

"Deputy Yao, you haven't left yet! That's great!" Before Yao Hongwei could ask, Zhuo Qunfang yelled at him like his ass was on fire: "Team Tu is here, I just passed him by the gate to say hello He didn't pay any attention, his face turned black as if he was going to kill someone!"

"The lecture team hasn't left either. Deputy Yao, do you want to go and have a look? I'm really afraid they will fight!"

Dao Xu was not in his office. When Yao Hongwei and Zhuo Qunfang rushed to the Disciplinary Inspection Office, he realized that they were still one step too late. The door of the director's office was closed, but the director himself stood at the door with several subordinates at a loss. Outside, as soon as he saw Yao Hongwei, he hurried up to greet him, and asked worriedly: "Deputy Yao, this..."

Yao Hongwei raised his hand to signal him not to worry, took a deep breath, went to the door and knocked a few times.

"Old talker? Tu Ke! Open the door, it's me!"

Everyone was listening to the commotion inside with bated breath, and the person who had waited for a long time to open the door suddenly heard the sound of glass or porcelain being smashed on the ground, and they were all startled.

"Tu Ke! I order you to open the door immediately!"

In the office, Tu Ke turned a deaf ear to the orders and shouts outside the door.He grabbed the skirt of Tao Xu's clothes, stared fiercely into his eyes, raised his powerful fist high in the air, and it would fall on Tao Xu's face in the next second, smashing his glasses.

"Bastard...are you worthy of my dad?"

Jiang Xu's face was livid, and the hand holding Tu Ke's arm was also shaking violently: "Bastard! Let go!"

"The suspension is for your own good! Now it's a mess up and down, and I can't protect myself. You have to avoid suspicion, understand?"

"For my own good?" Tu Ke sneered disdainfully. "You mean I've been implicated by you, so I have to be grateful to you, don't you? Save it, I don't need it."

After finishing speaking, Tu Ke clenched his fists and moved closer.

"Let me tell you, neither of us can be good in this life. The only thing I ask of you is to take good care of my mother. Did you consider her when you did these things? What are you still dissatisfied with when you get to where you are today?" of?"

After the new year, Jiang Xu will be fifty, and his face has not changed much from more than ten years ago. It is indifferent, gloomy, and the city is extremely dark. A pair of eyes hidden behind the lens are always unpredictable.

His chest was heaving violently due to the rapid panting, and the frame of the glasses that slid down the bridge of his nose made him look extremely embarrassed.

"You...what do you know! Without me, you have no real rights and status. Your parents and you are still exposed to the sun on the Gobi Desert! Drinking the northwest wind!"

"Fuck." Tu Ke cursed in a low voice. "I really want my dad to see with his own eyes what his good brother looks like, and how that idiot woman would fall in love with a scum like you."

Jiang Xu seldom smiled. When he was young, he was a taciturn nerd. He stayed in the corner with a pair of thick glasses every day, always giving people the illusion of being honest and reliable.

So, when he suddenly laughed, the distorted expression and creepy voice really made Tu Ke feel a chill in his heart.

"Why did you fall in love with me? Anyone can ask, but you are not qualified." Jiang Xu let go of his hands, and said to Tu Ke casually with the attitude of giving up resistance and letting others be slaughtered: "You don't understand if you tell me. You have no heart. , no feelings, not even the ability to love someone. What about me? Look at how your parents treat me, you"

Before he finished speaking, the quick retribution of the tongue fell hard on his face with a muffled sound.

...

The suspension review will take effect immediately on the day the notice is issued.Tu Ke ignored the dissuasion of Yao Hongwei and others, left the headquarter and drove back to the secret service, ignoring anyone and rushing straight into the boxing training room like a gust of wind.

I didn't play enough just now, Tu Ke just wanted to find a place where no one was around and continue to vent. I didn't expect that when I opened the door, I found that the light in the training room was on, and someone was lying on a gymnasium shirtless. On the blanket, count yourself "45, 46, 47" while doing sit-ups.

Not quite a standard posture, snail-like speed, blindingly white skin, and a few neatly folded clothes that were wet with sweat, Tu Ke knew it was Wen Yue without even thinking about it.

Wen Yue was also taken aback, turned over and sat up hastily, and jumped up from the fitness blanket in the next second, the corners of her mouth and eyes were bent into beautiful crescents: "Master! You are back."

Tu Ke stared deeply at Wen Yue for a while, then suddenly locked the door with his backhand, picked up a stool behind the door and walked over, spread out his two strong long legs and sat down in front of him: "It's too difficult!" You are too young, sit up and hang your waist in the air, continue, I will watch you practice."