Chapter 28 Twenty-eight

Even though Xiao Tong never provided any valuable information, Ou Qingchun still arranged these big tasks in an orderly manner.Under her organization, the investigation of the 6.16 case surrounding Daye Company became deeper and wider.The situation of the nominal and unnamed branches of Daye has also been brought into view one by one.As the head of the criminal police team, Li Chunqiang had to take care of other cases and the daily affairs of the team, so he was relatively detached from the work of the 6.16 case during this period. These step-by-step investigations seem boring, and it is difficult to make any exciting breakthroughs, but as the basis for cracking the whole case in the future, it is an indispensable accumulation.Ou Qingchun firmly believes that, thanks to these accumulated work, once they have found breakthrough evidence, they will be able to attack from all directions in the shortest possible time and obtain results across the board.

Although Li Chunqiang didn't participate much in this period, he insisted on meeting with Qingchun every day, and then talked to her about other work in the team.Although Qingchun is now fully focused on the 6.16 case, but she is now a deputy in the team after all, and the work communication between the first and second leaders cannot be omitted. However, in Qingchun's own opinion, no matter how busy Li Chunqiang was every day, he had to carry out this kind of communication with enthusiasm, and it seemed that there was a hint of love motive in it.This made her have to put on a businesslike reserve when she sat across from him.These days Li Chunqiang talked about her birthday many times, and half-seriously and half-casually planned various birthday celebrations for her.Of course, he had already made an appointment for the birthday dinner that day. He said to Qingchun, you can invite your father to come with you.

Qingchun thought, father would definitely not go.If Li Chunqiang's kindness is hard to turn down, he must persuade his father to agree.Because her father also prepared dinner and a cake for her birthday. On the afternoon of her birthday, she received another call from Xiao Tong.Only then did she remember that one night long ago, she had already invited Xiao Tong for her birthday dinner.She had no choice but to apologize repeatedly on the phone, saying that I am really sorry that our boss invited me to his house today. I have already promised his mother, and they have prepared, so I don't want to break my promise.Let's look for another chance later...Xiao Tong was silent on the phone.She said, "Hey! Hey!" After several times of feeding, he said, "I'm ready too. I've asked you out a long time ago. You shouldn't break your promise."

Qingchun made a poor resignation, but still smiled and coaxed him: "How about tomorrow, give me a chance to correct my mistakes tomorrow." Xiao Tong's tone was unexpectedly heavy, he said: "You don't have me in your heart at all!" This was just the order of a meal, in Qingchun's view, at least it wasn't that serious.However, Xiao Tong's tone and voice seemed to be a little abnormal, a bit fussy.His voice was also hoarse than ever before. She couldn't remember who hung up the phone first in the end.Although she thought Xiao Tong was a little too much, the phone call really disturbed her.Li Chunqiang's mother cooked a lot of dishes that night, including chicken, fish, meat and eggs.The tall glass was filled with dark red wine.Between laughter and cups, Qingchun suddenly thought of Xiaotong.The scene of Xiao Tong sitting alone at home could not be shaken off in her mind.In any case, it was a sad contrast to the sumptuous banquet and the smiling faces in front of me.This contrast makes all the precious delicacies become numb and tasteless in her mouth.After drinking for the third round, Li Chunqiang sensitively noticed that she talked less and her smile became forced.He asked her what's wrong, is she not feeling well?She went along with the flow and said that she was a little dizzy and wanted to go back earlier.So the dinner ended hastily and anticlimactically.Li Chunqiang's parents asked him to drive Qingchun home, and asked her to bring many untouched dishes, saying that her father should also try it.She took the food, but insisted not to let Li Chunqiang deliver it.Li Chunqiang said, then you can drive the car back by yourself, and if it is convenient, come pick me up tomorrow.Qingchun then took the car keys and said yes.

After leaving Li Chunqiang's house, Qingchun drove down the street.I don't know if it was deliberate from the beginning or changed in the middle, but she didn't go home, but drove the car directly downstairs to Xiao Tong's house. She took the pile of lunch boxes that Li Chunqiang's mother gave her with still heat and walked upstairs lightly.She thought, maybe; of course it would be best, since Xiao Tong hasn't eaten yet, she can borrow flowers and present Buddha to make up for the mistake of missing the appointment. The lock on the gate of Xiao Tong's house has apparently not been repaired.The lock catch on the temporary installation is empty, showing that the owner is at home at this time.She knocked on the door, maybe the voice was too gentle, no one answered for a long time.She pushed it with her hands, but the door was ajar, the hall was dark, and a ray of light leaked panicked from the crack in the door of the living room.she walks in.The living room was lit but no one was there. It was still so messy, and the traces of vandalism by thieves were still vivid.She put the lunch box on the table and knocked on the bedroom door, she heard a noise inside, but no one answered.She thought maybe he was asleep.So she pushed the door open, and saw Xiao Tong lying on his back on the bed, breathing weakly, his face pale.He seemed to be aware of her intrusion, but his eyes were half-opened and he turned a blind eye.The light in the room was dim, but Qingchun was still shocked to see a piece of crumpled tinfoil and a simple lighter beside Xiao Tong on the bed.Embers of white powder remained on the tinfoil.

She froze at the door in shock.She couldn't believe it, and couldn't imagine that Xiao Tong, who she always thought was so cute, youthful, innocent, and even faintly tempted her, was actually a disgusting drug addict.She couldn't figure out how he had managed to disguise such a dark side of himself so seamlessly for so long. Xiao Tong suddenly opened his eyes, and he woke up.Getting up with difficulty, he called her hoarsely: "Qingchun..." Qingchun almost wanted to cry, she suppressed her excitement and asked, "What are you doing?" "Me?" Xiao Tong stood up, shaking a little, "I'm waiting for you." He seemed to think carefully before he remembered, and murmured: "Today is your birthday."

He picked up an extremely exquisite crystal vase from the bedside table, and there was a bouquet of red roses on it.He wanted to send it to her, "I bought this for you, twenty-seven roses..." His eyes seemed real and illusory, and his voice was like a dream or waking up. The crystal vase and the purple-red rose tremblingly approached her, and she pushed it hard angrily, and then heard a bang, the vase turned over unexpectedly, fell straight down, and shattered on the ground. Xiao Tong opened his hands stiffly, and the loud noise made him fully awake.Qingchun glared at him, but saw him squatting down in distress, his trembling hands trying to clean up the redness on the ground.Her heart suddenly softened, and she couldn't help but squat down and hold his hand, calling him eagerly. She felt that it was too much like a dream, and she tried to wake herself up.

"Xiao Tong, tell me, what's going on, why did you take drugs!" Xiao Tong didn't answer, he covered his face with his hands and cried silently. Qingchun yelled again and again: "How could this happen, how could this be happening, tell me how this could be happening! I don't believe it!" Xiao Tong's tears fell on the broken vase and rolled into the messy petals.He didn't dare to look up at Qingchun, his voice was choked up intermittently: "Let's go, let's go... I can't love you anymore, can't, can't! You can go..." Qingchun's tears welled up.She resisted not to fall.The shock and disgust just now were suddenly replaced by a sense of responsibility and sympathy. She stood up, looked at Xiao Tong at her feet, and said calmly:

"Tell me, what happened these days!" This birthday night is unforgettable for Qingchun.She stayed with Xiao Tong until late at night before returning home.What happened to Xiao Tong made her sleepless all night.Over the years, she has come into contact with so many cases, countless criminals and victims. She thought she was familiar with all the joys and sorrows, good and evil in life, but the feelings of this night gave her unprecedented sting and consternation. At dawn, she drove to find Li Chunqiang. Li Chunqiang came down from upstairs, stared at her bloodshot eyes, and made no secret of his doubts. As soon as he got into the car, he asked:

"Where did you go last night? Didn't you say you weren't feeling well, but you didn't come back all night. Your father called me at two o'clock in the middle of the night to ask if you haven't gone back. Where did you go?" Qingchun didn't start the car, she said solemnly: "I'm going to Xiaotong's house." "What?" Li Chunqiang's eyes widened unexpectedly, "What's the matter? He called you?" "No, I went by myself." This answer surprised him even more, and the surprise immediately turned into anger. "You went by yourself? What did you do? You stayed with him all night?"

Qingchun was silent for a while, and said, "He takes drugs!" Li Chunqiang obviously did not expect Qingchun to have such an answer, this news made him open his mouth for a long time but could not close it.First, he said intuitively: "Why is he so unbelievable!" Then after thinking about it, he felt that it was all reasonable.He sneered and said: "Although he made contributions to the June 16 case, quality cannot be improved in a day or two, nor can it be clarified in a sentence or two. He is usually cynical and plays games with life. Now it’s no surprise that you’re taking drugs.” Qingchun was depressed, as if she was talking to herself: "He needs help." But she was still in a mess, and she couldn't say what she could do to help him at the moment. On the contrary, Li Chunqiang showed the man's assertiveness and decisiveness: "There is no other way, let's send him to detoxification. We can't continue to use this special." Qingchun said: "We have to make a report to the department and ask the department to approve some money and send him to the drug rehabilitation center. Or ask the director to approve it and let him detox for free. He is now penniless, and his family has no money. So ruined that there isn't a single thing to sell." The sun was rising high, and Li Chunqiang looked at the buildings outside the car window.The balconies of every family are painted by the orange-red sunlight in the morning, showing the colorful life.However, his tone at this time was clearly a little dark: "The department will not approve the money. His parents are rich abroad, so he is not considered a person without financial resources." "But he doesn't want his parents to know, he wants face too much." For Qingchun's obvious sympathy and protective attitude, Li Chunqiang couldn't suppress his disgust: "If he wants face, don't take drugs! Let me tell you, every person who takes drugs counts as one, so what self-respect is there! These people don’t care about face, they don’t care about shame, don’t think that they have any personality and will, they are gone. One counts as one!” "No, his drug use has just started, it's not that serious, he's in pain when he's sober, he doesn't want his parents to know, and he wanted to hide it from us. We should help him, he's alone now!" Li Chunqiang looked away, not wanting to talk anymore, and said, "Don't talk about him, just drive." "Chunqiang..." Li Chunqiang's face darkened frankly, but he paid attention to controlling his voice: "Qingchun, I don't understand, why are you so emotional about this person? He is a special relationship under your control, but you are in a working relationship after all. You can't go too far!" Qingchun's face suddenly trembled, but she also controlled it, and tried her best to calmly ask: "Which thing am I going too far?" Li Chunqiang didn't say anything more, and looked at her tacitly, as if everything was self-evident. Qingchun said: "Chunqiang, I respect you very much, and I hope you can respect me too." "I respect the facts," Li Chunqiang said. Qingchun's breath fluctuated: "What fact?" "He is chasing you, he is chasing you with a whimsical mind. You know it in your heart, you know everything but you don't say it. You should have an attitude, you should show your attitude to him, and you should also treat me. Should have an attitude, but you...but you don't." Li Chunqiang's anger was suppressed, but this was undoubtedly the most intense in the seven years that he and Qingchun's classmate worked together.Qingchun was silent, the silence was suffocating.Finally, she opened the car door and said, "This is your car, please drive away." Qingchun got out of the car and walked forward without looking back.She heard the sound of the car door opening and closing behind her, and Li Chunqiang chased after her. "Did I say something wrong Qingchun!" His face was flushed, "Why don't you have the courage to answer me!" Qingchun stood down, and her disappointment with Li Chunqiang made her pile up more sympathy and pity on Xiao Tong. She felt that she really needed to shout for him, and she said: "Captain, Xiao Tong is for work and for us. He was tricked into smoking that stuff. But when he was in the pain of drug addiction, he sold his blood again and again and never begged them, nor did he betray his secrets. He still wants to be a good man. He let the school Fired, they broke up his house, all for us. We let him do it. We should take some responsibility for him! You don't want to take responsibility for it, you don't have to. But it was me I mobilized him to come out and do it, and I can't leave him alone!" Li Chunqiang was stunned and lowered his head.Qingchun ruthlessly walked away from him, but he didn't catch up again. Ou Qingchun went to the office by himself by bus.She found Director Ma and reported to him by herself.She couldn't calm down when she was reporting.When she learned about Xiao Tong's drug use last night, and how he tenaciously resisted the temptation planted in his body by another woman in order to love one woman, he showed the backbone that a man should have, and showed a man who was drugged. How could she not be moved by the integrity that is difficult for a person tortured by addiction to show!The image of him in her heart stood up maturely in an instant.How can she blame him and spurn him, he has nothing left, she should lend a helping hand to help him get out of the sea of ​​poison.She even felt that this was no longer a general humanitarian or personal emotional issue, but a people's policeman's responsibility for his special situation! When she left Xiao Tong's house in the middle of the night, she picked up a fallen flower that hadn't withered from the ground, and she thought she should keep this red rose.This is a blessing that a man bought her with money from selling blood.The rose was already ripe, and every petal was so full of red, as if it had been soaked in Xiao Tong's blood.Her car was driving very slowly in the dead of night on the street, and she was crying while driving.She shed the tears a woman should shed.When reporting to the chief, her voice was still trembling, and the chief looked up at her unexpectedly, not understanding why she was so excited. But the director still agreed to her request.He also called Li Chunqiang, and explained the arrangements in front of the two of them. 1. Immediately send Xiao Tong to a compulsory drug rehabilitation center.Rehab fees.The treatment fee is paid from the reconnaissance funds in the department.Xiao Tong is a person who has made great contributions, so we should pay the money. 2. After Xiaotong was sent to compulsory drug rehabilitation, Ou Qingchun could visit him in the representative office to learn about his drug rehabilitation performance and physical condition, and express the concern of the organization.Considering Xiao Tong's future safety, it is necessary to avoid exposing his identity as a special agent.When Qingchun went to see him, he could use his cousin's name. 3. Since Xiao Tong has already taken drugs and does not know whether he can quit, his special status should be terminated. 6. Case 16 needs to be solved in another way.And it is not advisable to love fighting, and you should look for opportunities and evidence to solve the case as soon as possible. The director asked: What are your opinions on these three items? Qingchun said no. Li Chunqiang agreed. After leaving the director's office, Li Chunqiang said to Qingchun, "I'll handle the matter of contacting the drug rehabilitation center." Qingchun didn't answer. The two walked towards the criminal police office in silence.Li Chunqiang said again: "In the morning, I was not very calm. I was also worried that you were acting emotionally towards him. I didn't ask you clearly about some situations. I blamed you. But, you should understand why I am like this." Qingchun interrupted him as if he didn't hear him: "Contact the drug rehabilitation center, I'll go by myself." "Qingchun!" Li Chunqiang grabbed her arm, as if he wanted her to listen carefully to his heart.Ou Qingchun stared at him sharply, but neither understanding nor forgiveness could be seen in his eyes.Li Chunqiang withdrew his hand.Qingchun turned around and walked a few steps, then turned around and asked: "Can you use the car for me?" Li Chunqiang took out the key from his pocket and handed it to her. Qingchun took it and said, "Thank you." On the same day, Qingchun made contact with the drug rehabilitation center.In the evening, she personally drove Xiao Tong to a compulsory drug rehabilitation center in the suburbs.The drug rehabilitation center had no vacant beds, so Qingchun asked a classmate from the Legal Publicity Department of the Municipal Bureau to call the director.That classmate interviewed the director and knew him very well.The director didn't know that Qingchun was the leader of the criminal police team, so he thought she was just a relative of the cadre from the Law Propaganda Department, so he squeezed out a bed for her.In order to keep Xiaotong a secret, Qingchun also used the car that Li Chunqiang often drove to send Xiaotong, without the police license plate with the prefix 0. Xiao Tong has always been worried about going to the compulsory drug rehabilitation center. Although he wants to get rid of drugs, he feels that the place is probably like a prison for prisoners.In the past few days, the detention center gave him a lingering fear.Qingchun did a lot of persuasive work, saying that the drug rehabilitation center is not a prison but more like a school or hospital under military management. You will know when you go there.Besides, there are always some restrictions and pains in detoxification. Xiao Tong asked: "If I quit drugs, can I still be with you?" Qingchun didn't answer for a while.But the longing in Xiao Tong's eyes seems to be not only for her, it is almost looking for a kind of sustenance for life and future, so she nodded and said: "Yes, of course." So he got into her car, left the house and went to rehab.The barbed wire fence of the drug rehabilitation center and the guards guarding the gate made Xiao Tong's face darken. When he got off the car, he said to Qingchun that this is not a school, how could the school be like this.Qingchun said that this is of course not a school, but a drug rehabilitation center, and there is also the word "compulsory".Xiao Tong said, didn't you say that this is a school and a hospital.Qingchun said I said like, but didn't say yes.Xiao Tong carried his quilt and followed her inside.Said later, can I tell them that you are my girlfriend?If Qingchun says no, just say I am your cousin.Don't talk nonsense here, it's also for your safety.This place is full of drug addicts. If someone hooks up with Ouyang's family and tells them that you sent your girlfriend here, Ouyang Lanlan might kill you. Xiao Tong said, I still want to kill her. Into rehab.They saw drug rehabilitators queuing up on the playground, waiting for a meal. Before the meal, they were singing a song that seemed to be written and composed by themselves, which was extremely ugly and serious.The lyrics are ambiguous but careless. They are nothing more than the remorse of drug use and the determination to quit drugs. They were warmly received in the director's office.The director also personally made tea for them, asked about the situation and called the doctor for a physical examination.All of this is very different from a detention center.Xiao Tong's complexion also cleared up a lot. Qingchun followed Xiao Tong to the dormitory assigned to him, it was a big room that could accommodate more than a dozen people.Xiao Tong slept on the upper bunk of a bed inside.Qingchun climbed up to help him lay out the quilt, and folded the clothes he had brought for a change of clothes to use as a pillow for him, and covered it with a pillow.The pillow was brought to him by Qingchun herself from home.She also brought him some leisure.Sports and entertainment magazine.She thinks these magazines can sometimes make people appreciate the richness and beauty of life. Xiao Tong watched her busy climbing up and down, and stood aside silently.The guards at the drug rehabilitation center explained to him the living facilities here, the daily schedule of activities and the disciplines that must be observed.Xiao Tong didn't seem to hear it.Qingchun got off the bed and told Xiao Tong a few more words, nothing more than obeying the discipline, taking medicine on time, eating normally, getting more sun exposure, etc.Xiao Tong asked, when will you come to see me?Qingchun said, I will come as soon as I have time in a few days. Qingchun and Xiaotong bid farewell.Follow the discipline to find a doctor.On the way, the guard smiled and said, "Are you his cousin? I think he really has feelings for you." Qingchun asked, "How do you know he has feelings for me?" Guan Jiao is a young man in his twenties. He claims to have worked here for two years, and he probably thinks he can experience everything in life.He insightfully said, "That's not obvious yet. You were so reluctant to leave him just now, you don't look like a young man." Qingchun struck up a conversation casually, "He was still a child." The guard said with emotion: "I have been here for a long time. I have seen the joys and sorrows of life, and the separation of wives and children. Most of these drug rehabs are rich masters. They waste themselves in pursuit of excitement. Only the smoker knows what happiness is, because he can't get it. He can see and understand what he can't get." Qingchun smiled and asked, "What is happiness?" "Only after they become heavy smokers do they understand that happiness is actually too simple: to have a job, to have a family, to have someone who loves them, that's fine. This is happiness! We are ordinary people, and ordinary people are not just these. It sounds simple and easy, but for them, cough, it is difficult." Qingchun thought it was reasonable to say that, many people fell into this reincarnation unintentionally.When you are in the ordinary, the ordinary is a kind of boredom, which can be despised and abandoned at will.When the ordinary is lost, the ordinary becomes happiness and the goal of longing. Qingchun didn't speak any more.The young guard was also deeply silent.He took her to the medical room and met the doctor who just gave Xiao Tong a physical examination.The doctor briefly explained the results of the examination: "Fortunately, he hasn't contracted any other diseases. He is a little weak, but he may have had a better quality before, so his energy has not been exhausted. The drug addiction is not deep, and he may feel uncomfortable in the first two days of detoxification. As long as he gets through Seventy-two hours, plus our cooperation with drug treatment, it will not be difficult for his body to get rid of drug dependence in a short time." Qingchun thanked the doctor repeatedly, and thanked the young guard who accompanied her.The guard said don't worry, I will take care of your brother. When she left the drug rehabilitation center, she was singing again, and this time she could vaguely hear a few intermittent lines: Dear Papa, Dear Mama, Thinking of you makes me cry, The white devil poisoned me, Poison my life. ...