Chapter 31 thirty-one

Li Chunqiang's birthday party finally broke up unhappy, which completely bankrupted Ou Qingchun's well-thought-out affinity plan.But Xiaotong's restraint and innocence that night further deepened her affection.In her life, Xiao Tong has become a more and more memorable character.From this, she also proved the power of emotion. Every ounce of love she put into Xiao Tong has now borne heavy fruits.Xiao Tong has completely walked out of the shadow of drug use, and she believes that she has transformed him into a new man.If you didn't tell me, who would believe that such a sunny boy with a healthy appearance, cheerful personality, strong self-esteem and normal restraint was a sickly heavy smoker not long ago?She felt that Li Chunqiang had no reason to discriminate against Xiao Tong anymore, and no matter whether it was intentional or not, he should not stab him like that again.

This morning, the department held a special meeting on the 6.16 case. After listening to the report on the investigation, the director affirmed their meticulous and meticulous work, but he had no idea about the progress of the case or the value of the evidence. Both Li Chunqiang and Ou Qingchun felt a bit embarrassed by posting positive comments. At the meeting, the director's brows and eyes were not relaxed. When the meeting was over, he expressed his dissatisfaction in a conclusive tone: "I'm afraid this case is not a solution. It seems that the other party's self-protection skills and reaction The means of reconnaissance cannot be underestimated. In addition, our recent operations have alarmed them objectively, and they are even more shy than before. Under such circumstances, conducting routine investigations step by step is of course effective. It won’t be too big. Guilin released all the drivers. Although Guan Jingshan is still in custody, it’s hard to say whether he can be sentenced in the end. The materials have been sent to the procuratorate g times, and the procuratorate returned them because of insufficient evidence. No further trial In the end, people may have to be released. The Guangzhou Municipal Bureau has basically identified the drug trafficking problem of Hongfa Company, and the leaders have been formally arrested and prepared to prosecute. But these people have not confessed everything so far, because They knew about the charge, and they would have to be shot once they confessed. So they will not give up their chances, and they will pretend to be wronged in court. I think they are going to shout all the way to the execution ground. So I hope to find Guan Jingshan from their confessions. Even Ouyang Tian's old background is really not sure. We can't hang on this tree. We still have to find another way and figure out a way by ourselves."

It's easy for the director to say, but where did he find a new way?Qingchun glanced at Li Chunqiang, who bowed his head in thought.She knew that in fact, he didn't think about anything, and there was nothing anyone could do at this moment. Everyone was silent for a while.The director looked at Li Chunqiang, then at Ou Qingchun, and suddenly blurted out a sentence: "Can Xiaotong be reappointed?" Li Chunqiang raised his head abruptly, was stunned for a while, and said puzzledly: "Isn't it been used all the time before? But after Funing's great victory, I haven't seen him come up with anything else."

Qingchun was also taken aback by the director's words, she felt that the director was driven crazy. But the director's tone sounded very calm, and said: "Maybe the current conditions allow us to change our method and thinking, let him reappear with a new look, and take the initiative to attack." Seeing them, the director was still stunned, so he gave a general idea.Li Chunqiang was overwhelmed after hearing this.Ou Qingchun didn't express her opinion, she was a little confused for a while. Although Li Chunqiang applauded the director's strategy, he expressed concern about Xiao Tong's personal quality and cooperative attitude. "This kid is sometimes a mess, and his quality is relatively poor. It's not so easy to persuade him."

Qingchun, on the other hand, was a little disgusted with Li Chunqiang's stubborn prejudice, and couldn't help retorting: "You can be more objective, what's the matter with his quality, I don't think it's as bad as you said." Before Li Chunqiang had time to argue, the director had already taken the conversation, and smiled at Li Chunqiang: "Everything in the world is still one thing, and you feel difficult for this kid. Qingchun can find a way." Qingchun was not at all proud of the director's teasing praise.She only felt sudden and contradictory about the director's plan, and her attitude was very hesitant: "He has just quit drugs, and his mood and body have just stabilized. The part with Ouyang Lanlan was already unbearable for him. I'm afraid he won't be able to take it anymore when he brings up old things again."

Li Chunqiang said: "There is a grievance and a debtor. His current situation was caused by Ouyang Tian and Ouyang Lanlan. He should be eager to take revenge. Why can't he look back?" Qingchun really couldn't bear to let Xiaotong deal with Ouyang's family again, but he couldn't express his feelings.Her complexion was heavy, and she heard some words of encouragement from the director who believed that she would be able to do Xiao Tong's job well and win this battle.She knew that this also meant that the final decision was made. Seeing Qingchun's distressed face and negative attitude, Li Chunqiang volunteered to say to Qingchun: "If you are not sure, we can talk to him together. It’s for profit. If he really has meritorious service, our Public Security Bureau can come forward to find their school and help him restore his student status, how about it?”

Qingchun thought for a while and said, "Forget it, let me talk to you first. You talk too harshly with people, and then ask if some diluted heroin tastes like low-alcohol alcohol. For such problems, you have to toss and mix cooked rice with raw food." The director asked: "What about low-alcohol heroin, is it another joke made up by Li Chunqiang?" Li Chunqiang hesitated: "No, no." Then he talked about him.When he mentioned this matter to Qingchun again, he was obviously annoyed.After the meeting, he didn't talk to Qingchun much, and left first with a serious face.

Li Chunqiang's mood, anger, sorrow, and joy has been consistent for many years, and Qingchun is no stranger to it.That night, she came home early from get off work and prepared to talk to Xiao Tong nervously. As soon as she entered the house, she heard Xiao Tong talking and laughing enthusiastically with her father.She was infected and also smiled and asked what is the happy event?My father answered irrelevantly, saying that you came back early today and we haven't cooked yet.She said, just eat some leftovers, why are you laughing?Xiao Tong said mischievously, today you have a younger brother, guess who it is?

younger brother?Qingchun was puzzled, thinking it was a joke, she said with a serious face, I would be bored enough with just one of you, and I would not jump off the building if I had one more.Xiao Tong said, look!He moved away, revealing a cardboard box behind him. Inside the cardboard box was an old sheet, and on the sheet was curled up a palm-sized black kitten. He said, "It's public." Qingchun let out a cry of surprise, but felt a little sudden in addition to being surprised.Since she was a child, her house was clean and she had never had cats or dogs, so she was not at all psychologically prepared for this dark and uninvited guest.How do we feed this, this one can't feed, she said.But looking at the fluffy appearance of the kitten, one cannot but feel compassion and love.What is puzzling is that my father, who only knew revolutionary work all his life and hated playing with toys, now smiles brightly in front of this little pet, showing his childlike innocence.Qingchun thought, Xiao Tong did this!

Sure enough, my father said that it was bought when they saw someone selling it when they went to the street together in the afternoon, and Xiao Tong insisted on buying it.After haggling with Xiao Tong, he finally paid 80 yuan to make the deal. His father said that it was not expensive. After all, this is a living thing, a life. Seeing his father's interest, Qingchun could not but admit that Xiao Tong had indeed brought an atmosphere never seen before in this family, lively and enthusiastic, full of zest for life.Xiao Tong's ingenious small arrangements can be seen everywhere in this house now, a picture is hung here, a potted flower is placed there.Even the kitchen and toilet are cleverly placed some gadgets.He seemed to regard this place as a home more than the owner of the house.

Then they sat down to discuss what to name the little guy, and his father joked that it might as well be called Ou Xiaochun.There's a lot of trouble in Qingchun, no, no, that's not really my younger brother, it's better to be called Xiao Xiaotong.She said that starting from common habits, it is better to call her Mimi or Xiao Hei, which is justified.Father asked for Xiao Tong's opinion, and Xiao Tong said, let's call him Xiao Hei.Mimi is too feminine, and Xiao Hei is like a boy's name. After agreeing on a name for this new family member, my father brought a plastic bucket outside to find sand for Xiao Hei to excrete.Xiao Tong went to the kitchen to reheat the leftovers.Qingchun squatted next to the paper box and had fun.The pitiful and weak body of this little animal made Qingchun feel nostalgic for his childhood and his mother. But soon, her thoughts came back to her eyes, she quickly adjusted her mood, left the paper box, sat on Xiaotong's bed, thinking about how to talk to him later.She didn't know whether the most difficult thing at the moment was to convince Xiao Tong or herself. Next to Xiao Tong's pillow, there is a roll of mouth paper that looks like it was used.She wanted to clean it up for him, but suddenly a disposable syringe rolled out of the paper, the needle went somewhere, and there was still a little milky white liquid conspicuously remaining in the needle tube. What is this? She was dazed for a moment, then shocked.She understood that this thing was a drug!She didn't believe her eyes, she didn't believe that this was what she saw, she even vaguely felt that this moment seemed to be in a dream.She was so good to him and did her best.She, her father, and this family have all done their best.She used her heart to take him in when no one wanted him the most.She even often faced Xinmin's portrait in the dead of night, telling him about this young man who broke into her life unexpectedly.No matter how much Li Chunqiang doubts and belittles, she always defends him and believes in him.She realized now that she had let his alluring appearance deceive her!She always thought that he had quit drugs, and he did it for her.It never occurred to her that he would avoid her eyes and father's eyes, get worse, and even use a syringe!If she hadn't come back early today and he hadn't had time to put it away, she might not have found out for a long time. She looked at the evil needle, the dirty white liquid, and wanted to cry without tears!She has seen this dirty needle tube at the scene of countless cases, but she did not expect that this time it was in her own home. Xiao Tong shouted loudly outside to eat!The sound is still so full.When she walked to the hall, Xiao Tong had already set up the bowls and chopsticks on the dining table.He came out of the kitchen with a pot of hot rice again, and said with a smile, "It's done." But his smile froze on his face in doubt, obviously he saw her face.She couldn't control the anger and pain on her face.She poked the dirty needle in front of Xiao Tong, and asked tremblingly: "what is this?" "...This, you say this..." She couldn't tell whether Xiao Tong's expression was continuing to lie or to explain and admit, she had already slapped him hard on the face. With a "snap", the steaming rice bowl fell to the ground, and the white rice was scattered.At this moment, my father came in with a bucket of sand, and looked at the dropped rice bowl in shock, at Xiao Tong covering his face in embarrassment, and at Qingchun's face filled with tears.Qingchun broke down in tears and said: "You go, go now! You are not qualified to live here!" Father tremblingly said: "What's going on, what's going on?" Qingchun pointed at Xiao Tong: "Haven't you lied enough? Is there another sentence you say is true! Is there another expression true? You can't quit why you lied to me! You want to live here and lie to me!" " Standing between the two, the father asked tremblingly: "What's the matter, what's the matter?" He pushed Qingchun into the room, and raised his voice to persuade her: "You don't want to be like this, you can't talk about it if you have something to say." Well, you are older than him, and if he does something wrong, you should let him go." Only then did Qingchun regretfully realize that she had already fallen in love with this person. If she didn't love him, she wouldn't have such heart-piercing trembling. She had already approached him step by step, and she had already put herself and him in her heart put together.Just because I believed in his innocence and straightforwardness, in his enthusiasm and integrity, and in all his pretense.She really wanted to cry desperately for herself.But she suppressed it, and only gritted her teeth at her father: "He shouldn't have lied to me! You let him out! Let him go!" Father stood between the bedroom and the hallway, winking at Xiao Tong, "Xiao Tong, you go out first, go out first." Qingchun knew that this was not his father's order to evict guests, he just asked Xiao Tong to avoid her hysteria. Xiao Tong left.Qingchun heard the door slam shut, and heard the chaotic and fast footsteps on the stairs. Father closed the door and cleaned up the rice on the ground without saying a word.After Qingchun stopped sighing, he asked slowly: "Why on earth are you so angry?" Qingchun pointed to the syringe thrown on the bed, and said, "Look at that." The father picked up the needle and asked puzzledly, "What's the matter?" Qingchun gasped with exhaustion, and said, "He hasn't given up drugs at all. He lied to me to take him out of the drug rehabilitation center and to bring him to live at home. In fact, he has been smoking all the time, and now he has developed to the point of using a needle. Injection! You guard him every day, can't you see him!" The father held up the needle, "What are you talking about? We bought this just now, and we used it to fill Xiao Hei with milk. We used it just now." "Little black?" Qingchun's whole body limp and leaned against the wall, staring blankly at his father, speechless for a long time.But what followed in my heart was a burst of warm ecstasy.Ah, Xiaotong is still the original Xiaotong!But my father got angry. He took all the milk left in the kitchen and the syringe packaging bags thrown in the trash can, and put them in front of Qingchun.He was shaking with anger. "You are an occupational disease. Everyone looks like a liar. He has been in our house for so many days, and his general performance is good. Why don't you just analyze and analyze with your brain? You are nervous and subjective! I have worked hard, hard I have worked so hard for so many days to reform my mind. What did Li Chunqiang do yesterday, but today you make such a fuss? I know his temper. I will show you how dead he is! He will not come back again ! Do you believe it or not?" Qingchun had already rushed out before his father could finish his sentence.Her father followed her downstairs.They searched around in front of the building, behind the building, and in the nearby streets, shouting like crazy: "Xiaotong! Xiaotong!" But Xiaotong was nowhere to be seen. They searched all night.On the street, in the garden in the middle of the street, at Xiao Tong's home... Qingchun even called Zheng Wenyan.Xiao Tong didn't come back until midnight.She knew that he would not come back, but when footsteps were heard on the stairs, all her nerves tensed reflexively.Neither she nor her father was in the mood for dinner.At twelve o'clock in the evening, my father reheated the meal and called her.But her father's face beat her like a whip.She watched her father draw milk into the syringe, stuffed it into Xiao Hei's mouth and pushed it in little by little. She watched Xiao Hei sucking and agitating his little mouth, and she couldn't help crying. That night Qingchun almost stayed up all night.The next morning the phone rang suddenly, and she was afraid that Xiao Tongxin would hang up if she heard her voice, so she asked her father to answer it.The father answered, and then gave her the receiver, saying that it was Chunqiang. Li Chunqiang asked her how the talk with Xiao Tong was going on on the phone, and if they had already talked, they could bring him to the stronghold in the morning to discuss the steps of action together.Qingchun answered the wrong question and said Chunqiang, can you lend me the car?Li Chunqiang said no problem, what do you use the car for?Qingchun said, Xiaotong lost and I will go find him. Li Chunqiang drove the car quickly.He asked Qingchun what was going on, and Qingchun briefly explained the whole story, but Li Chunqiang didn't believe it.He said, no way, if you just suspect that he is taking drugs and scolding him a few words, he won’t abandon the house and run away overnight. Is there something else going on between you? Mysterious secret. Qingchun said: "Don't think about it, I will tell you in detail later, you give me the car first." Li Chunqiang said: "Your complexion is very bad and your eyes are red. Have you ever cried? What did he do to you?" Qingchun said, "He didn't do anything to me. I didn't sleep well last night." Li Chunqiang stared at her half-believingly for a while, and then said sullenly: "Why do you drive like this, let me drive. Where do you go to find him? Maybe he found another drug friend and hid in some corner to smoke it." Maybe. In the end, you thought he was sad somewhere." Li Chunqiang muttered to himself, Qingchun didn't want to argue with him.She got into the car and said, "Come on, I know where he went!" They drove the car with full power and drove on the wide Jingmi Highway.Two hours later, they reached the foot of Jinshanling.Li Chunqiang asked suspiciously: "Is he here?" Qingchun didn't answer.She jumped out of the car and strode towards Simatai Great Wall.Li Chunqiang followed closely, completely confused.There is no one on the mountain.The ropeway worker looked at the two serious and anxious passengers suspiciously, perhaps it is very rare to climb a mountain with such an expression.They got off the cable car and continued to climb up. The higher the climb, the more difficult the road became. Li Chunqiang became more and more unbelievable: "Why is Xiao Tong here? What are you doing?" Panting, he climbed up the steep ladder, and followed Qingchun again. Walking on eggshells step by step.He wondered why Ou Qingchun, who has always been calm and pragmatic, became another person so quickly after meeting Xiao Tong.She had brought him here in such a bizarre way early in the morning, almost looking like a madman. The wind was strong, sending out powerful bumps in the air from time to time.The wind has made it deserted.The sound of the wind increased Qingchun's fantasies, and she imagined what kind of mood Xiao Tong would have. ——If he is sad and desperate, he will definitely come here. Almost with her last breath, she climbed to the top of Simatai - Wangjing Tower. Even though she had already thought about it, even though she had a premonition, when she saw Xiao Tong curled up in a shelter from the wind in the Wangjing Tower, she still thought it was a miracle.She was gasping for breath, tears flowed in and out against the wind, she called softly: "Xiao Tong!" It was like a whisper in the howling wind. But Xiao Tong heard it.He stood up while leaning on the mottled and incomplete city wall, looking dirty and thin.The slender silhouette looks like a deformed sculpture in the sunlight.Qingchun wants to say, please forgive me, I have wronged you.But she opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything, Xiao Tong's lips were trembling, and he opened his arms the moment he stared at her.Qingchun couldn't help but rushed towards him, Ren Xiaotong hugged himself in his arms with all his strength. They hugged each other tightly, tears streaming down each other's shoulders.Xiao Tong choked up and said, don't let me go, don't let me go, I can live well because of you.If you don’t want me, I’m done, it’s over, Qingchun didn’t say anything, she hugged Xiao Tong, as if she was afraid that he would lose him again, and like hugging a frightened little brother who was wandering outside, she kept comforting her with her hands With his back, they all forgot and ignored Li Chunqiang who was following him, standing behind them like a dream.Then he turned around silently and walked down the mountain, crossing the overpass as if riding a cloud under his feet, and the abyss was like walking on flat ground.The rising sun brings warmth to the whole Simatai.Facing the glare of the sun, Li Chunqiang went down the mountain alone, and drove away the car like crazy, leaving Simatai far behind in the sun.What he witnessed just now was no longer grief to him, but a humiliation that he couldn't wait to avoid! On the road, he stepped on the gas pedal to the limit, and he sang loudly, but stopped abruptly after singing two lines.He wanted to yell at him, but he just said: "Damn it!"He parked the car on the side of the road and smoked a cigarette.Smoked another.His mood gradually calmed down, he thought, I, Li Chunqiang, have never seen anything. This is also what he said when Qingchun saw him again later, when she tried to explain to him.He didn't want to hear her explanation.He has always been dissatisfied with Qingchun's permissiveness and protection of Xiao Tong, and he has also expressed some doubts and disgust.But he never foresaw an outcome like today's.Especially after Xiao Tong took drugs, she actually developed to this point with him, what is it if it's not depravity and self-abandonment!He believes that the righteous indignation in his heart is no longer a personal grievance, but has a moral color.You, Ou Qingchun, don't need to love me, Li Chunqiang, but you can't humiliate Hu Xinmin, the martyr! Ou Qingchun didn't realize that Li Chunqiang left so angrily.She led Xiao Tong down the mountain behind him.They walked hand in hand on the empty road.The road is very clean, almost spotless.The wind is not as blunt as it is on the mountain, it becomes delicate and delicate, coming and going silently.Filled with blissful tranquility in their hearts, they walked all the way to Baksh camp outside Gubeikou, where they ate something in a small restaurant.Qingchun looked at Xiao Tong who was chewing with his head down, and at his pale and dusty face, it seemed that he could only use the word distressed to describe his mood at this time.She said, Xiao Tong, why did you think of Simatai, why did you think of running here?Xiao Tong stuffed his mouth with food, smiled shyly, and said, that's why I came here because I thought so.Here I can recall, I can think of whatever I want, and I feel comfortable.Qingchun asked, what do you think of?Xiao Tong said, I want to be with you.After he finished speaking, both of them avoided each other's eyes.Xiao Tong looked at the golden fallen leaves outside the small restaurant and said, Simatai is our witness. Bakshiying is the closest long-distance bus station to Simatai.From here they returned to Beijing by car.It was already afternoon when Qingchun brought Xiao Tong home. They hadn't slept all night and were exhausted.The father did not show the expected surprise and relief for Xiao Tong's return, but was a little worried.He took care of Xiaotong, took a shower, ate something and let him sleep.He went to Qingchun's room by himself and sat down in the living room.He said Qingchun, don't rush to class, just sit down. Qingchun sat down, her tired nerves could still feel that something was going to happen from her father's expression.She sat down with great uneasiness in her heart, but her appearance was very quiet. Father said, "Just now, Chunqiang came." As soon as Qingchun said this, she understood her father's depression, but she still didn't rush to explain.Her silence made her father hesitate even more. "How far are you and him, and Xiaotong?" Qingchun opened his mouth and asked back, "What did Li Chunqiang tell you?" "He said that you and Xiaotong are in that kind of relationship." "What kind of relationship did he say we are?" "What kind of relationship are you talking about? Don't you understand if I ask you that?" Qingchun was silent. My father said bluntly: "I think this is inappropriate, and Chunqiang also thinks it is inappropriate." Qingchun frowned, she was a little angry at Li Chunqiang's intervention, "What right does he have to make irresponsible remarks!" The father said solemnly: "Whether you and Li Chunqiang can make it or not is your freedom. He came to me for your sake. You don't care if Xiaotong is young. I can't do it if you and him are in a working relationship and dating. I understand your rules. But it’s not like you don’t know, he takes drugs, this is a lifelong problem, you have to think about it!” Qingchun said: "What will happen to me and Xiao Tong in the future has not yet been decided. Because I owe him, I have to pay him back. Maybe this is fate." My father said: "You have already paid back what you owed him. You have treated him very well by taking him in and helping him to quit drugs. Even if the kindness of a drop of water is repaid by the spring, there is no need to promise him with your body. If he I can ignore the matter without drug use, but with this matter, it is obvious, and I have to remind you." Qingchun lowered her head, and she said, "Didn't he quit?" My father said: "I didn't understand. After Xiao Tong came, I read a lot of books on this subject. The vast majority of people who have quit drugs and relapsed. It is easy to overcome the body's dependence on drugs, but breaking the There are few precedents for spiritual dependence. One puff is a lifetime. You have to watch him all your life! You have to be worried all your life! Do you want to be like this for the rest of your life?" Qingchun was speechless and confused.She knows how difficult and even unrealistic it is to fall in love with Xiao Tong.But in my mind, maybe since yesterday, I can't keep him away. Father said: "He can't live with us all the time, let's help him, he must have a head." Qingchun looked up and said, "Do you want to drive him away?" The father was silent for a while, and said: "He should be asked to find a job as soon as possible. He has a job and a sustenance, so he can go home and live by himself. Didn't you say that he had a girlfriend before, and did they still keep in touch?" Qingchun didn't speak for a long time, and her father said, "What do you think?" She stood up, and only said: "I have to go to work." She put on her coat, picked up her handbag, and walked out the door.The moment she went out, she suddenly looked back and saw her father sitting on the sofa alone, showing his old age, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad.She said: "Dad, let me think about it for myself, don't rush to force me." She also said: "Dad, will you be as nice to Xiao Tong as you used to be in a while? I." Father sighed and said, "When you see Chunqiang, don't get angry at him, it's for me."