Son of the Tower

Arriving at the door of Superintendent Ximen's house, Mars looked up at the house number, then sized up the policemen in the corridor, and then looked at Chief Superintendent Li standing inside the door. As a house elf, the latter felt a little sorry shook his head.

Mars walked into Superintendent Ximen's house—this is an apartment building in District 45, only [-] square meters, and Superintendent Ximen was put on the bed at this time.

"I didn't expect that you, a child, would come to see him off. I thought that after what happened to Yu Xiaoshi, you..." "Everyone has their own position, and my position prevents me from seeing Yu Xiaoshi being famous. Engulfed by the company's violent organization, Mr. Simon's position is to protect the city and prevent the violence from being nakedly displayed in front of everyone."

Having said that, Mars looked around: "By the way, where is his family?"

"I live alone, my wife is divorced, and my three children didn't come back after going to the battlefield..." At this point, Superintendent Li sighed: "I want to find his ex-wife, but... his ex-wife passed away two years ago .”

"No matter how his three children can go to the battlefield, under normal circumstances, the regulations on the protection of young children..." "The regulations on the protection of young children are no longer valid for civil servants at his level."

The Regulations on the Protection of Young Children is the most important item in the conscription in southern Thailand. It is a regulation that a family has only one child, or when the previous child dies in battle, the youngest child is exempted from military service.

However, public servants above a certain status will not be protected by this regulation.

This made Mars fall into silence. He looked at the wall, which was covered with various photos. There were photos of the young Superintendent Ximen holding his children with his wife, and some The group photos taken by the children when they joined the army, the higher up the photo wall, the closer Superintendent Ximen looks to the old man Mars is familiar with.

The children around him also changed from three, to two, to one, and finally, even the lady disappeared.

In the end, Superintendent Ximen stood behind a large group of children and a dozen young staff members. He smiled, as if he had seen through the world.

Mars understands that this is unreasonable, but in a high position, he must dedicate everything to this land. This is the rule set in the era when the sages gave up the sages.

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Considering that the children of the high-ranking Kunggun princes in southern Thailand squatted in the trenches with the children of ordinary people, and the Xilu MPs often have the tradition of escaping military service when they were young, the two judged each other.Because of this, Mars looked at Chief Superintendent Li: "Then what about the funeral?"

"The Faithful Academy will designate a child as the photo of Ximen Duan, so you don't have to worry about it, Mars, we haven't fallen to the point where we need outsiders to help us in this matter." Chief Superintendent Li said here, He left the room with Mars—it was time to change Mr. Simon's clothes, and the forensic doctor in the police station would help.

In the living room, Mars followed Superintendent Li to the balcony.

There are still a pile of Ximen Police Superintendent’s laundry, a birdcage, a parrot, and two small pots of orchids. It’s a pity that their owners are gone. …

"Ximen is not in a good state recently. He told me a few days ago that he sold his conscience for the company's little sponsorship, because he knew Xiaoshi's illness, and he was going to die after all." Mr. Li The superintendent drew a chocolate bar from the box in his hand.

"Why does he want to sponsor?" Mars felt a little strange.

"He donated most of his income to the Orphanage of the Harvest Order. He came out of the orphanage run by the Harvest Order in New Hangzhou." Chief Superintendent Li said and looked at Mars. : "Forgive him once, he is going to retire soon, and wants to contribute to the orphanage again, the company pays a lot of money, he should be moved, but because of this, he regretted it later, because he hated you, He is afraid that you will know that he gave the money to the orphanage, and he is afraid that you will hate the children because of it..."

Mars fell into silence. As soon as this kind of question was asked, Chief Superintendent Li could not choose to deceive himself in this way, and because of this, Mars suddenly felt a little tired.The old secretary was like this, and so was Superintendent Ximen. Haven't these old people thought of anything else?

You are all willing to help others, right?

Even if you don't understand, even if you become a clown in the eyes of others.

Thinking of this, Mars finally nodded: "Okay."

Sometimes, a word is more important than a thousand words, and Mars bid farewell to Superintendent Li after finishing speaking.

When going out, Nie was still outside, she looked at Mars's face: "You don't look very well."

"I...some hate those people who can even betray themselves for their own beliefs." When the words came to this point, Mars naturally wanted to get the cigarette case.

Mars thought of his father who was lying in a pool of his own blood, of Sadajiro who let his blood dissolve in the rain on rainy nights, of the secretary who wandered all his life and finally returned to his roots, and Mr. Simon who passed away in silence... I really hate them ?
Do I really hate people who can even betray themselves for their beliefs? Do I really hate these most unforgettable people I have seen in my life.

I... I can't do it.

Feeling the sadness in Mars' words, Nie reached out and grabbed Mars's hand: "I know, you hate such a person, so don't become such a person, okay?"

Mars still failed to answer in the end, why do people live, some people live for life, some people do it for ideals, and some people wake up from their dreams.

Nie looked at Mars, and the little leopard breathed heavily: "Mars."

she called.

In the end, Mars let go of his hand holding the cigarette case: "I promise you, I will not betray myself."

"I know you're lying to me, but I'm still very happy." Nie smiled and let go: "Let's go."

She said so, Mars nodded, and went down the elevator to the first floor, and met with Inspector Lin. She looked haggard, and Inspector Ximen belonged to the kind of person who was both a teacher and a friend to her.

"Sorry, busy with work, I'm late, Mr. Xiao." She said so.

"It's okay, I'm going back to the tower first, you have to take care of yourself." Mars watched Inspector Lin enter the elevator.

This time, Nirvana took Myers by the hand and walked out of the apartment.

Meng Zou sat on the hood of the car, and he looked at Mars: "You are very sad, you have written your feelings on your face."

Of course, on that rainy night, Tsubaki and I met Mr. Ximen. At that time, he was not as old as he is now. He was an old friend of Sadajiro. good thing.

When he got in the car, Mars suddenly had a feeling. He turned his head, but he couldn't see anything.

In the end, Mars dismissed all this as a false induction on his part.

While returning the car to the tower, Mars leaned back in his chair.

Superintendent Ximen... good night.