Everyone knows that hutongs and courtyard houses are symbols of Beijing, but although Ou Qingchun was born in the capital, he has been surrounded by pigeon-cooped flats until he was in his twenties, and he has never lived in a hutong for a day.From this point of view alone, her life as a Beijinger is not so authentic.In essence, she is an immigrant who moved in from her father's generation. Counting today, she has stayed in the attic of this guest house for four days.Through the window here, it was the first time for her to stare intently at a typical Beijing alley and the old Beijingers coming and going in this alley.Different from other hutongs, there is actually a two-story old-fashioned Western-style building squeezed here between the rows of traditional courtyard houses and its destructive variant, the Dazayuan.The mottled appearance of the Western-style building looks like it has a history of hundreds of years, and it is probably a physical evidence of the arrogance of the Western powers.But now, with the same obsoleteness, it harmonizes with the wavy gray roofs of the surrounding low bungalows, which makes people feel the richness of the architectural complex and the harmony of colors.

Today, her errand was still to take pictures, and she once again pointed the camera at the dilapidated door of the Western-style building.When the man in the well-fitting suit carrying the briefcase was firmly caught by the telephoto lens, Ou Qingchun was no longer as excited as he was a few days ago.She just presses the shutter of the camera skillfully, even mechanically, and only the continuous and hoarse chirping sound of the shutter can bring a vague pleasure to people.The body of the camera is old, but its huge lens looks brand new and stylish, which can make the rough picture The face is drawn close to the eyes.It wasn't until Li Chunqiang pushed her aside: "It's almost there, let's save some money." Her shutter stopped.

She put down the camera, smiled inwardly, secretly proud of the last shot. In the last photo, she took a large panorama, which clearly captured Hu Xinmin who was walking towards the street after that guy.It was getting dark, but the natural composure on Hu Xinmin's face was still noticeable.She thought, I hope this case will come to an end sooner, and it is best not to delay their trip to Suzhou and Hangzhou the day after tomorrow. The burly Du Changfa and a few novices in the group were still standing by the window of the attic, watching Hu Xinmin follow the guy and disappear into the street.At the same time, they all heard Captain Li Chunqiang dialing the mobile phone, and they all knew that Director Ma was waiting for the call.The conversation between Li Dui and Ma Chu was very brief, close to code words, but Ou Qingchun could hear clearly.Before Li Chunqiang put away the phone expressionlessly, she already knew the director's decision.

"Okay, according to the arrangement in the morning, let's take it." Everyone felt a little relieved in their hearts.It has been four days, and they have been squatting in this dark and musty attic, staring at the crooked western-style building in the alley below, capturing the people coming and going at the door of the building with the lens of the camera. Every suspicious face, and according to Li Chunqiang's judgment, followed one by one selectively.It has been four days, and judging from the people who have been followed, almost all of them are ordinary drug addicts who come here to buy goods.The delivery man they had been waiting for never showed up.This morning, when their group was about to come out to change the guard with the comrades on the night shift, the director Ma Zhanfu had already expressed that he didn't want to wait any longer.This meaning has obviously become a clear order in the conversation with Li Chunqiang just now.Everyone began to silently check their weapons, test the bolts, and the sound of pressing bullets came and went.Ou Qingchun just pressed the pistol under his arm habitually. When he came out in the morning, everything had been checked.Although she had just turned twenty-six years old, in their group, apart from Li Chunqiang and Hu Xinmin, she was considered to be the earliest comrade in the criminal police team.

The terrain here is not complicated.A straight alley, a shallow courtyard, This lonely Western-style building in the courtyard has only one exit, which is very easy to block.In the twilight, they filed out of the attic one by one, across the alley, and went straight to the door of the opposite building.The drug dealer lives on the top floor of this mansion.Li Chunqiang left two people to guard the door, and the other four went upstairs, and Qingchun knocked on the door.The guy was cooking dinner when he heard a woman calling for electricity bills and opened the door unsuspectingly, and they rushed in with a bang.The guy retreated into the kitchen subconsciously, and Li Chunqiang and the other two men almost crowded into the small kitchen that was only three or four meters square.The hot noodles on the gas stove fell on the ground and burned the big Du Changfa's feet, but the drug dealer screamed.The action started from calling the door, and ended in only ten seconds.The drug dealer was handcuffed behind his back and was carried all the way downstairs with his feet almost off the ground.Li Chunqiang and Qingchun stayed behind to carry out the search, and they found a large chunk of unopened heroin in the house with ease.

Qingchun weighed it, and it was about one kilogram, which made Li Chunqiang very excited, because a drug case of more than one kilogram can be regarded as a big case. Because of this unexpected result, they suddenly interrogated the drug dealer in the detention center without even having dinner.What was even more unexpected was that at 8:30 in the evening, the drug dealer suddenly confessed that the last visitor with a briefcase and wearing a suit at dusk was his upline supplier.And the package of loot they seized was exactly what the suitor had just delivered. This is exactly the person they squatted for four days and nights to wait for. Li Chunqiang immediately called the instructions on Hu Xinmin's BP machine: "This person is important, please follow up!" Hu Xinmin also called back quickly, and he Said the guy had just finished eating at the restaurant and was checking out.Li Chunqiang ordered decisively: "Don't let him dump you. If you can't keep up, you should arrest him first! We'll wait for your call." Hu Xinmin said: "I see, you can just shake him off."

Waiting for Hu Xinmin's call, everyone hasten to eat.Li Chunqiang didn't bother to open his lunch box and was called by the director to report.When he was leaving, he told Ou Qingchun that he could go home and rest first.Ever since Li Chunqiang was named the team leader, he has always taken special care of Qingchun. Qingchun was not polite, and simply put away the things on the table.Before leaving, she did not forget to confirm to Li Chunqiang: "Xinmin and I will go to Hangzhou the day after tomorrow, and we will rest tomorrow. Tomorrow Our two parents and relatives set a table together, which is considered a ceremony. Seeing that Li Chunqiang pondered for a while but did not agree, she added: "Tomorrow we have to go to the office to register for marriage." "

"Why did you register so late?" Li Chunqiang asked. "Xinmin's mother asked someone to check it. Tomorrow will be an auspicious day. Believe it." "Have you bought your ticket?" Li Chunqiang asked again. "I bought it, and it's the afternoon of the day after tomorrow. Didn't I ask for leave from the team earlier?" "Ah, that's right, this is a big deal." Li Chunqiang seemed to think of it now, "you go, anyway, there are enough manpower for this case. Besides, if Xinmin manages to catch that little boy tonight, it will be considered a headache." It worked."

Qingchun smiled and expressed his appreciation.Hu Xinmin and Li Chunqiang came out of the same criminal police academy, and both were two years older than Qingchun.Li Chunqiang made a quick jump. He became the captain a year ago, and he hoped that his peers would give him face at work, so he always favored them in terms of utilitarianism.Of course, his attitude towards Qingchun has been the same since he was in school. The two walked out of the office together.It seemed that Li Chunqiang wanted to send her off on purpose, and Qingchun couldn't help but feel sincere and fearful.When we parted at the stairs, Li Chunqiang thoughtfully said: "If you need it, you can use my jeep tomorrow."

Qingchun said, "No, no, I'll borrow a car tomorrow." Li Chunqiang was stunned for a moment, took out a small box wrapped in shiny paper from his pocket, handed it over, and said with a bit of unnaturalness: "I wish you a happy wedding." Qingchun remained silent and did not answer, Li Chunqiang smiled, trying to lighten the atmosphere between the two: "This is a little bit of my heart, we have been together for so many years." Qingchun picked it up and said, "Chunqiang, I heard that Ma Chu has introduced you to a partner. How is it? Xinmin and I are very concerned about you."

Li Chunqiang forced a smile, "Nothing, Ma Chu just mentioned something casually. I told him that I don't plan to find someone to marry in the past two years. " "Why, you are not young anymore." "I can't find any suitable ones." Qingchun knew what he was going to say.Li Chunqiang and Hu Xinmin had chased her at the same time before, but at that time she didn't like Li Chunqiang's always showing off his sharp edge and being too strong.Of course, this topic should not be continued, the two of them tacitly agreed.Qingchun took the small gift box, said thank you, then turned and went downstairs.She knew that Li Chunqiang stood there and did not leave, but she did not look back. Qingchun's house is not too far from the office, and it takes a quarter of an hour to drive there by bicycle.This house was allocated to my father just before he retired from the Institute of Geology and Mineral Sciences.Considering that Qingchun was going to get married, when asking for a house, my father gave up a large three-bedroom unit facing south, and asked for a two-bedroom unit and a one-bedroom unit, both of which were east-west housing with insufficient sunlight.My father insisted that the new house be arranged in a two-bedroom unit, while I lived in a one-bedroom unit.Ever since Qingchun's mother passed away, everything in his father's life revolved around Qingchun.He said to his daughter: "You have a lot of friends, so it is convenient to have a living room. I don't need to occupy two rooms by myself. Besides, I can also use your living room. Anyway, the two doors are next to each other." Qingchun didn't refuse either.The relationship between her and her father is almost as close as one person, there is no need for politeness at all.Xinmin doesn't have a house, and they must live here when they get married.The new house was completely in accordance with Xinmin's idea, and she helped him decorate it together.Not counting the kitchen and bathroom, two houses plus an aisle, the decoration cost is less than 10,000 yuan, and a few new pieces of furniture that are well matched, people who have seen it say they feel quite comfortable. Before the marriage was over, the photo of the two of them was hung on the wall of the bedroom.The photo is enlarged in normal color and set in a wooden frame, which does not look simple.Compared with her, Xinmin looks very old-fashioned.Although she shaved her beard green before taking the photo, standing beside Qingchun still looks like her elder brother or teacher.In fact, he was only three years older than her.They have been classmates in school for one year and have worked together in the team for five years. They have been through the cold and heat several times, and they have a natural tacit understanding in almost everything.For example, they unanimously objected to taking that kind of artistic wedding photos, not because they wanted to save money, but because they felt tacky. It was almost ten o'clock when Qingchun entered the house, and when he walked into the bedroom, the group photo on the wall facing him was still the first to catch his eye.On the table under the photo, there are several pots of rhododendrons in full bloom, which make the color of the photo more vivid.Those young girls who grew up together in Qingchun would always whisper in Xinmin’s ear when they first saw her: “Is this your boyfriend? Oh, I really don’t deserve you, must he be a special talent?” Yes. , in terms of appearance, Xinmin is average and average, old-fashioned and unkempt.And Qingchun is recognized as Zhihua no matter in middle school or in the police academy.Although the years are ruthless, but after graduation for so many years, apart from adding some maturity and sophistication to her gestures, her face is neither oiled nor powdered, but she doesn't age at all. Perhaps because of this forever young face and this newly added maturity, she has had countless crazy suitors in the past two years.But Li Chunqiang, who is both talented and beautiful, is no match for Hu Xinmin, who is ugly.It was Hu Xinmin's prudence and maturity, as well as his silence, that broke through Qingchun's defenses.What she wants is a man who is full of wisdom but not showy. The first thing to do when entering the house is to open the wedding gift from Li Chunqiang.Unwrap the shiny paper on the outside, and inside the small box is a pure gold calf.She is born in the year of the Ox, and this year is the year of birth.She lifted the little golden bull out of the box, and found that the store's price tag of 2,800 yuan was still attached to the base.Qingchun took a deep breath, her chest was pounding. 2800 yuan, this is not a small number for Li Chunqiang.Giving such an expensive wedding gift seemed to be something no ordinary colleague would do. Qingchun couldn't tell whether she was moved or disturbed. To this day, Qingchun has not found the feeling of getting married and starting a family.Subconsciously, she always felt that she was still a little girl.When she thinks that tomorrow, when all the formalities and ceremonies of marriage are over, Xinmin will move in, and her life as a free single girl will end forever, just like women in the old days put their hair up, symbolizing Looking no longer young, people can not help but give birth to a bit of loss and sadness. She lay loose on the bed and slowly unbuttoned her clothes, feeling irresistibly tired again.She thought, after all, it is time to have a home, every woman is like this, Sooner or later, you will have to say goodbye to your youth! Now that she is still alone, she can take off all her clothes in the room without any fear, and walk around naked.She looked at her body in the mirror, her pretty chest, flat belly, and thin and powerful waist, almost no different from when she graduated from high school.She was still barefoot like she was when she was a teenager, ignoring the coldness of the ground, and walked into the bathroom.She turned up the heat of the water heater to a high level, allowing the scalding hot water to shower from top to bottom for a long time.The mind is in a paralyzed state surrounded by hot water, almost drowsy.She didn't calculate how long she rushed without moving until her father's knock on the door woke her up. "Your team called and told you to go back to work immediately." Her father called her through the door. The home phone is installed in my father's unit because he is at home all day. "Don't worry, they said they will pick you up later." Despite what her father said, Qingchun hurriedly dried her hair.She couldn't figure out what was going to take her back so late.Is there any material locked in her drawer that will be used soon?She can't remember. As soon as she got dressed, the car came.The big man Du Changfa drove up, limping with his newly scalded left foot.Qingchun got into the car and asked: "What are you looking for me for?" Du Changfa faltered for a moment, then said, "Xinmin, Xinmin...something happened." Qingchun suddenly became nervous, "What happened to Xinmin?" "Don't worry, it's not that serious. There was a call from the Liuliqiao Police Station just now. Xinmin was injured a little bit, so they were sent to the hospital." Judging from Du Changfa's tone, there was nothing serious about Xinmin, but Qingchun was still in turmoil.It wasn't until they rushed to the hospital that Qingchun realized that the situation was much more serious than she had imagined.Xinmin was shot twice, one of which pierced his lung.The police station found him at the door of a warehouse near Liuli Bridge after receiving reports from the masses. At that time, he had bled profusely and passed out. He hadn't woken up until Qingchun rushed to the hospital.The people who came after hearing the news were still waiting outside the door of the emergency room. Qingchun couldn't describe her mood at this moment, she couldn't even think normally and breathe peacefully.Many people came from the department and the team, and she was surrounded by countless sympathetic eyes.Everyone knows they are getting married tomorrow!This makes Xinmin's accident a common tragedy for both of them. Director Ma Zhanfu had also arrived at the hospital before her, and was discussing with the doctor with a serious face.Xinmin's parents and younger sister were also picked up, crying and waiting for their relatives to wake up. Li Chunqiang didn't come, he took people to the scene of Liuliqiao.The drug dealer in a suit and carrying a briefcase shot down Xinmin and disappeared.How he led Xinmin to that remote warehouse, it seems that only when Xinmin wakes up will he know. Qingchun also wanted to cry, but when she saw Xinmin's mother and sister crying uncontrollably, she couldn't bear it.Everyone surrounded the restless mother and daughter, comforting them with all kinds of comforting words.And she, sitting with Xinmin's father, bowed her head in silence, no one came up to comfort her.Maybe people subconsciously took her for a man too.A woman who has been a criminal police officer for several years should have a heart as hard as a man! At dawn, someone called Xinmin's father, the director, and her to the doctor's office.The doctor didn't—asked who they were, and didn't even ask everyone to sit down, so he asked in general: "Have the unit leaders and family members come?" Without waiting for an answer, he went on to say: "The patient's heart has stopped beating. Yes, we are still doing the final rescue. We want to... tell you about the situation, and you should discuss it earlier, and you should be ready." The doctor's meaning was clear and unmistakable.Only Qingchun was a woman in this room, and she was the first to cry.She felt something suddenly collapse in her body. All subsequent negotiations and arrangements were made between Director Ma and Xinmin's father.Qingchun couldn't remember how she came to Xinmin's bed, nor could she remember what she cried to Xinmin at the end.Then she was taken to the doctor's office, where Xinmin's father and the director were there.Li Chunqiang also came, staring straight at her.Xinmin's father handed her a form and said in a kind voice: "Qingchun, I'll leave it to you to sign this word." When they left the hospital early in the morning, Qingchun did not go home. She accompanied Xinmin's parents to Xinmin's house.She thought this was her last duty as a daughter-in-law.Being with Xinmin's family is also the best way to overcome grief.At the same time, she also needs to avoid their new house, which is already furnished.Maybe my father just got up now and started watering the flowers in the new house.This is something he routinely does every day.She thought maybe she should call her father and tell her father that the fragrance and beauty of those flowers have lost their meaning, so let them wither with the owner of this new house!