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Chapter 96 The Fourth Movement: Chasing the Murder...
Jiang Yuechan took out the hot apple pie from the microwave oven, and when she turned her head, she happened to see Bao Le standing at the door.The little girl just stood there motionless, her eyes were covered by the deliberately lowered brim of her hat, and only the lower half of her face wearing a mask was exposed.
"Do you want a piece, little police officer? It's delicious," Jiang's mother casually pinned the hair from her cheeks behind her ears, revealing a slender swan neck.The apple pie I made. The child doesn’t like sourness, and he can’t make too much dough. He is very particular about sweetness and heat. It’s a pity that her father has high blood sugar and can’t eat this. Xiao Huai also hates sweets.Mom is here to support me."
Grandma Jiang snorted: "It's because they have no luck, they are so picky about such delicious food."
Jiang Yuechan smiled, took a ceramic knife from the knife holder, and made a gesture to cut the pie on the plate.Bao Le took a deep breath, stepped forward, took the ceramic knife from the other party, lowered his voice and said softly: "Auntie, let me come, Team Leader Han asked you to go over and ask questions."
But Han Ziyang didn't call her, and the little girl didn't know why she told such a clumsy lie.She just felt that mother and daughter are connected, if she didn't say so, sooner or later she couldn't help but throw herself into her arms.
She had actually stood at the door for a while, not saying or doing anything, just watching quietly.
As Xie Huai said before, if they knew about the Mirror Realm, she wouldn't need to pretend.But if they don't know anything like now, they are dead to them.It took them five years to get over the pain of losing her, and it took a lot of effort to be able to talk about her past with a smile like they do now.
So no matter what, I can't reveal myself in front of them.
She understands better than everyone else, and she is also more sober than everyone else, because one day, she will still leave.They can no longer bear the pain of losing themselves for the second time, so it is better not to recognize each other.
Bao Le lowered his head, cut out a piece of the apple pie on the plate, carefully put it on the plate, and put it in front of grandma.
Grandma Jiang glanced at her, and silently pushed the plate back in front of the little girl.At that time, her mother had just left, and Bao Le was hiding something in her heart, so she didn't pay attention to it. She didn't recover until grandma pushed the plate back.As for her grandma, she is really an old man with a weird temper, not that she is difficult to get along with.It's just that old people have lived for a long time, they are transparent and not rigid, sometimes they have more ideas than young people.
Bao Le guessed that grandma thought she had cut too little, so she cut another piece to fill up the plates, but this time the old man still didn't buy it.The little girl was completely stunned, wondering what she did wrong, when grandma suddenly picked up the whole plate from her hands.
"The old woman eats this," Grandma Jiang said with a smile, "These are for you."
The little girl wanted to say something more, but grandma hurriedly protected the plate, turned her back to her, looking like a cute little bird protecting food.Looking at her back, Bao Le was exactly the same as the stingy little old lady in his memory, so he couldn't help laughing for a moment.But when she looked at the two remaining pieces of apple pie on the plate again, she felt as if she had overturned the spice cabinet in her heart, mixed with mixed feelings, mixed with happiness and sadness.
You don't know how many years she hasn't eaten a meal made by her mother herself. How can you make her resist such a temptation.
Bao Le confirmed that grandma would not turn her head suddenly, swallowed, took off the mask, and carefully took a bite on it.It really is this taste, just like what her mother said just now, softness, hardness and sweetness are just her favorite, and it is so delicious that she can bite off her own tongue.Only the pie made by my mother can be so perfect. The little girl couldn't hold back, and dropped the golden beans while eating.
After eating one piece, she couldn't wait to pick up another piece, and took two or three bites in a row, for fear that someone would disturb her, so she ate in a hurry.
But God failed, the kitchen door was opened again before the apple pie full of cheeks could be swallowed.It was Han Ziyang who came in first, but Bao Le saw Papa Jiang behind him the moment he pushed the door open.The little girl almost choked to death by herself, lowered the brim of her hat with one hand, and hammered her chest with the other to try to breathe smoothly.Before Comrade Old Han could speak, Bao Le pushed him, and rushed out of the kitchen without waiting for the other party's reaction.
In the living room, Mother Jiang was talking to Xie Huai, when she heard the sound from the direction of the kitchen, she couldn't help but looked in her direction in surprise, Bao Le quickly lowered her head again.Behind him is his father, and in front of him is his mother, which can be described as a front and back attack.The little girl simply despaired and ran to the porch without doing anything else.
Her acting skills, which were comparable to running away from a refugee, naturally caught the attention of Jiang's father and Jiang's mother. Those who didn't know thought that she had suffered some kind of grievance, which was why she ran in such a hurry.
The two elders are kind-hearted people. After looking at each other, they also got up and chased them out together.Immediately afterwards, Han Ziyang and Xie Huai also glanced at each other, and the two of them passed the blame with their eyes, so they missed the opportunity, and when they reacted, Jun Zhi had already taken a step ahead of them.
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Bao Le opened the door of the entrance, unexpectedly, there was a strong wind blowing outside.It was only then that she remembered that her mother had said before that it was going to rain at night.But how could she manage so much at that time, thinking that even if she got caught in the rain, it would be better than being caught straight.
The little girl bowed her waist and went into the yard, but before she could take two steps, the hat on her head was suddenly blown up by the wind, and her long hair fell down.
"Every year..."
Jiang Yuechan's voice was trembling, and before Bao Le rushed into the yard, she grabbed her wrist.Bao Le didn't dare to turn her head, but she had no hat or mask, and the other party was holding her hand tightly, so it was only a matter of time before she was discovered.
What's more, she has already called out her nickname.
"Niannian, is it you?" Mom became more and more agitated, and everything seemed to return to that summer night sixteen years ago, she also shouted so hoarsely, "Turn around, turn around,Turn around and look at your mother, Niannian, I am your mother..."
Bao Le was like a child who made a mistake and dared not look at his parents. His palms were sweating anxiously, and he turned his head stubbornly, not daring to relax for a moment.But if she doesn't turn her head, won't her mother go forward?
Seeing the distance between them getting closer, a piece of clothing suddenly covered Bao Le's head, blocking Jiang Yuechan's sight.The little girl sniffed the sandalwood on her clothes, and finally let go of her hanging heart.
Afterwards, Jun Zhishi came and stopped between the mother and daughter, and Bao Le naturally stood behind him, just like when he entered the door.
Mother Jiang, who had to let go, still did not give up and wanted to bypass Jun Zhi, but she was no match for Jun Zhi, and she was blocked by the opponent with a clever angle after several attempts.In desperation, she turned around and stopped Xie Huai.
Jiang Yuechan asked him tearfully: "Xiao Huai, you won't lie to Aunt Jiang, right? Is she Niannian? Please tell Aunt Jiang, is she my Niannian!"
Xie Huai walked up to Jun Zhi, looking as if he was going to talk to Jiang's mother face to face, but in fact he was helping Bao Le to stop her mother.With one hand behind his back, he shook it towards the little girl, and then Bao Le noticed that he had brought the mask she had left in the kitchen.
Xie Huai said softly: "Aunt Jiang, she is not every year."
"real?"
"Really, Aunt Jiang, you know that I never lie to you."
After he finished the previous sentence, the heavy rain came as expected, and the raindrops dripped on the marble floor tiles in the yard, dripping, dripping, as if playing a dirge.So Xie Huai immediately said the following sentence: "I think she is too, but she really isn't."
Bao Le raised his head, the courtyard lights illuminated his side face, from her angle, he could just see clearly.Xie Huai didn't smile. When he was with her, he was always happy no matter what.She has rarely seen Xie Huai who doesn't smile, those deer-like eyes can't hide the sadness that is about to overflow.
When everyone was in a stalemate, Grandma Jiang slowly walked out with a cake box in her hand.
The old man not only walked slowly, but also spoke slowly: "Oh, what are you doing blocking the door here?"
Mother Jiang wiped her tears with the back of her hand, and stepped forward to help the old man: "Mom, it's cold outside, why did you come out together?"
"Didn't the little police officer say that he likes to eat the apple pie you made, so I packed it all for her, don't you disagree! Come here, girl, take it," grandma waved her hand in Bao Le's direction, and saidHe did not forget to criticize Comrade Xiao Han, "Your police station is too busy, and there are urgent tasks at night. You are a little girl, and you are not allowed to eat a good meal. What is it like?"
Han Ziyang rolled his eyes, hurried forward and smiled apologetically, "Grandma is right, but this task is also urgent, I assure you, I will give her a vacation after finishing this job, ten days, no, half a month!"
"That's about the same." The old man nodded in satisfaction.
Grandma Jiang finished scolding Han Ziyang, turned her head and saw Bao Le put on the mask again, and stood up from behind Jun Zhi.The little girl was still trembling, not knowing whether she should move forward, but the old man had already walked towards her first.Grandma grabbed her hand, stuffed the cake box into her arms, smiled at her, and patted her hand again.
"Mom, you were in the kitchen with her just now, didn't you notice this girl..." Jiang Yuechan wanted to say something else.
Grandma Jiang walked back to her and interrupted her next words: "What's wrong with her, the little girl looks quite iconic, Xiao Han, where do you think your police station can find such a beautiful police lady?"
Han Ziyang rubbed the back of his head: "Oh, what the hell, it's because he has good grades and came to our bureau for an internship."
If Xie Huai just said that and Jiang Yuechan still had doubts, then Grandma Jiang's words completely dispelled her doubts.It turned out that everything was just a misunderstanding. She knew that people could not be resurrected from the dead, and she didn't know what she was still hoping for.
"I'm sorry, it's been a long time since I thought of her so often like today," Jiang's mother took a deep breath, leaned against the door frame, tears came down, "I scared you, I'm really sorry,Excuse me."
Jiang Heng reached out and took his wife into his arms.
"It's been five years since she passed away. I knew that if she could see us, she wouldn't want us to feel sorry for her. But for five years, I closed my eyes every day, afraid of dreaming about her, and I was afraid she would ask me,Has the beast that killed her been caught, and has he received the punishment he deserved... She is such a child who is afraid of the cold, how could she be buried in the snow in the end? Why did God take her away?? Why can’t I die instead of her? Why do we have to let the white-haired person give the black-haired person away?”
Mother Jiang became more and more sad as she spoke. The feeling of losing her daughter that had been suppressed in her heart for five years burst out almost instantly: "She is only nineteen years old. In this big world, so many bad people are living well.Can't even accommodate a nineteen-year-old child?"
Bao Le quietly listened to her mother's heart-piercing cries, but the short distance was so insurmountable.She couldn't comfort her with a voice, and in fact, she was not qualified to comfort her instead of Nian Nian, who had passed away, but she was sad... that kind of sadness was no less than when she was fourteen years old, when she was sitting in the mourning hall, crying with her swollen eyes.Looking at the distant relatives who came to express condolences one after another, he looked at himself with sympathy.
The little girl really couldn't stay any longer, and when everyone's attention was on her mother, she turned and walked into the rain.
The rain soaked her hair, ran down her eyelashes, and slid down her cheeks as she blinked, looking like she was crying.She was such a crybaby, she cried countless times in one night, but at this moment, she couldn't cry at all.
Only those who have really experienced pain know that some extreme pain and grief can neither cry out nor shed tears.
In fact, she didn't go very far, she leaned against the door of the courtyard wall, counted for a while, and Jun Zhi came out, and he brought her an umbrella out.
The little girl sniffed, knowing that her whole body was wet by the rain, but she still asked, "Can I hug you?"
It's strange that she would say that, because she is not the kind of person who subconsciously depends on others when encountering difficulties. She is very independent and strong.If it was her in the past, when others saw her crying, she would even wipe away her tears and smile for you again.But she asked him, can I hug you?
"If I say no, will you not hug me?" Jun Zhi asked her back.
Bao Le didn't listen to what he said at all, and jumped on him almost the moment he spoke.The little girl passed her hands around his waist, leaned her head on his chest, closed her eyes and listened quietly to the sound of the beating heart in his chest.He has saved her countless times, in the dark princess's tomb, surrounded by water monkeys, in front of the last door of the soul refining field, outside the window of the hospital after a near death... It seems that as long as he smells the faint sandalwood on his body, he willMake her feel at ease.
Habits are a terrible thing sometimes.There are also some habit formations that you don't even realize yourself.
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Xie Huai and Han Ziyang also came out together later, and Bao Le had already adjusted his mood by then.
"I'm sorry," the little girl bowed her head and apologized, "I was too complacent, I took off the mask myself, and caused trouble for you."
Maybe her attitude of admitting her mistakes was too sincere, Team Leader Han thought about it, and finally felt a little pitiful for her.In all fairness, in the current situation, someone else might not be able to do better than her."Forget it, I acquiesced in this matter. Fortunately, it was not discovered, so you don't need to apologize." Comrade Old Han was very reasonable once.
Bao Le pursed his lips, and said falteringly: "My grandma recognized me."
Comrade Old Han's heart that had just been let go suddenly picked up again, he took a breath, and his eyes widened: "What did you say?!"
"She recognized me, that's why she covered me," the little girl was a little embarrassed, and quickly explained, "But she should know something, so she didn't expose me on the spot, and she will definitely not expose my affairs.Tell my parents, I can assure you of this."
"What's the use of your guarantee!" Hearing what she said, Han Ziyang hurriedly turned his back and made a phone call, sounding like he wanted to deal with the matter urgently for her.
Xie Huai comforted her: "It's okay, I brought you here, even if something happens, it won't fall on you."
That's what makes people even more worried. Well, Bao Le has a sad face.But things have become like this, and since they are all here, they must really find something useful to be worthy of the scare.
The little girl was reasonable after thinking about it, so when Xie Huai said he wanted to send her back to rest, she rejected him aloud.
Dr. Xie frowned, looked at her calmly, and then looked at Jun Zhi beside her.But this time he misunderstood Junzhi, what she was thinking had nothing to do with him.
Bao Le said earnestly: "I want to simulate the road I walked when I was eight years old. It just so happens that it is dark and raining now, just like that day."