your voice my world
Chapter 10
Chapter 10 The Unhanging Phone
Wu Manman received Lu Miao's investigation report the next day. He was indeed a graduate of the police academy, majoring in anti-drugs, with strong professional ability and excellent grades. Reporting anonymously, I was secretly interviewed several times when I was in college, and even had the experience of being dismissed, a typical tainted student.Although she was an intern in the police force after graduating from university, she performed poorly and was often criticized in public. The most serious one was that she did not obey the organization's command and acted without authorization during the anti-drug operation at the border checkpoint, which almost caused the arrest mission to fail. Due to poor professional ability and personal style problems, he was completely eliminated from the police force and became the only intern in the same batch who was eliminated.She appealed to the leader many times against her will, and the conflict with the leader continued to escalate, but in the end she failed to stay as she wished.
After Wu Manman got the investigation report, he asked Lu Miao to have dinner.
From Xu Jiaqian's mouth, she knew that Lu Miao's family conditions were very poor since she was a child, so she can roughly understand her hidden personal style in college, the only thing she doesn't understand...
"Why do you want to major in anti-drugs?" During the meal, Wu Manman asked her seemingly unintentionally.
"It was suggested by the teacher." Lu Miao had already rehearsed the questions that Wu Manman might be curious about several times in his mind, so he was able to deal with her doubts with ease. Internet, how do you know what to fill in when you fill in the volunteer application, just think that it will be easy to find a job after graduation. The head teacher thinks that this major is relatively new, has a bright future, and it is easy to take the civil service exam, so he suggested that I apply for it.”
"Who knew it would be so foolish, it's as if I didn't learn it. I can't be a policeman now, who would recruit someone who learned anti-drugs when I was looking for a job." Her voice gradually dropped.
"Your profession should be very good at identifying drugs, right?" Wu Manman asked.
Lu Miao shook his head blankly: "I don't know about others, but I seem to be more talented in this area. As long as it is a drug that I have been exposed to, it is generally not easy to forget its shape and smell, so I am better at distinguishing drugs. .And I am familiar with the habits of those cats and dogs, and I can control them."
Wu Manman looked at her with a smile: "Really?"
"Of course it's true." Lu Miao was also a little embarrassed when he said this, "I used to be an intern in the police dog team, and all the police dogs in it were tamed by me. Any vicious dog became very obedient when it came to me. Shun, I don't know why, even Mr. Qiao's dog only listens to me."
Wu Manman suddenly became interested: "It's so amazing? When will I have time to go to Jiayin's house with you? Her family has several Tibetan mastiffs. It's quite scary. Do you dare to try it?"
"Tibetan mastiff?" Lu Miao looked at her hesitantly, "I haven't touched Tibetan mastiffs before, so I'm not sure if I can tame them. They won't tear me apart, right?"
"No." Wu Manman assured with a smile, "Don't look at them as scary-looking, they are actually very spiritual, and they are all raised by Jiayin. They listen to her very well. If there is something wrong, she will stop it in time. It'll be fine."
Lu Miao hesitated and nodded: "Okay."
Wu Manman made an appointment with her to visit Huang Jiayin's house on the weekend.
When returning home in the evening, Lu Miao routinely reported to Qiao Ze about work, and mentioned that he would go to Huang Jiayin's house to see some Tibetan mastiffs she raised on Saturday. Just agree so casually, how many lives do you have to play with those dogs?"
Lu Miao quickly found out his language problem: "You have seen the things she raised."
Qiao Ze looked at her motionless: "Don't change the subject for me."
He leaned over to take her mobile phone and handed it to her: "Push."
Lu Miao didn't reach out to pick it up, and lowered her voice: "When you were in Macau, there was no security in her villa, and you wanted to find something. Now her family has a few Tibetan mastiffs to guard against people, isn't it more worthy of approaching?" ?"
"..." Qiao Ze's eyes were fixed on her face, his eyes full of judgment.
Lu Miao was not afraid of his eyes, and looked up at him: "I'm not wrong."
Qiao Ze crossed his hands on his chest, and sat back on the sofa in a relaxed manner.
"What do you want to do?" he asked.
Lu Miao: "Go to Huang Jiayin's house to familiarize yourself with the terrain and security."
Qiao Ze turned his head to look at her, without moving.
"I know you know Huang Jiayin. She is the daughter of Huang Chang, the chairman of Huicheng Group, and Huicheng Group has financial transactions with Shangqi's Qixun Venture Capital. You deliberately let me get close to Shangqi and Wu Manman. It is to continue to pursue the clues that you have broken, which shows that you have always been a very purposeful person.
"It's impossible for someone as purposeful as you to deliberately mention Huang Jiayin and the Huicheng Group behind her to me. She was injured, and you were also injured, and it was at the beginning of the year. She always wanted to confirm your identity." You have been deliberately avoiding her, which is weird in itself. You must know each other and have an unusual relationship, but in terms of your identity and background, it is unlikely that you and her will overlap unless you approach her on purpose or Her family had such an intersection.
"When I mentioned that her family has a Tibetan mastiff, from your reaction, you are obviously familiar with her family. From another perspective, you may often come and go to her house, and her family was not prepared for you before. But you told me that you fell short due to an accident at the last moment, you were seriously injured, and even Huang Jiayin mistakenly thought you were dead, and judging from your reaction that day in Huang Jiayin's villa in Macau, it seems that you also Not sure if Huang Jiayin is still alive. Then this incident must have alarmed many people, at least it alarmed Huang Chang."
"Betrayed by the person he trusted the most, the security facilities in his home must be rearranged." Lu Miao said and looked up at him, "It's been almost a year, and you certainly don't know Huang Jiayin's family very well now. The security situation, I guessed right, right?"
Qiao Ze stared at her without saying a word, his eyes darkened a little.
Lu Miao continued: "You let me get close to Wu Manman, in fact, you just want me to get close to Huicheng Group through Wu Manman and Shang Qi. Because of your relationship, I met Huang Jiayin by accident Now, Wu Manman has given me another chance to enter the court in an open and aboveboard manner, why not take advantage of it?"
Joze stared at her for a while, then turned away: "I don't want you to get hurt."
"But doing this business itself is very dangerous." Lu Miao looked at him, "Could it be that you don't do it because of the danger?"
Joze didn't answer.
"What I'm doing now must be the least dangerous, at least it's still in my field of expertise." Lu Miao glanced at Lu Bao who was lying on the side, "It's definitely not easy for you to pick a dog, but even Lu Bao I’m willing to abandon you and follow me, how do you know that I can’t tame those Tibetan mastiffs.”
Qiao Ze finally looked up at her: "Do you understand what a Tibetan Mastiff is? They can easily tear you apart."
"Huang Jiayin and Wu Manman won't let them tear me apart, they just want to try me."
"It's much easier for a woman to break into a woman's circle than it is for you men to break into a man's circle. Women's defense against women is often only on men." Lu Miao said and sat closer to him, "You want Learn to trust me, don't always think that I can't do this or that, I'm really not as stupid as I look."
Qiao Ze suddenly stretched out his hand, pinched her cheek and pinched her fiercely: "I don't see how smart it is." But he finally let go, "Be careful yourself, and withdraw if something is wrong."
When Lu Miao was about to go out on Saturday morning, Qiao Ze handed her a palm-length self-defense electric baton: "Don't let yourself get hurt."
Lu Miao put the things into the bag, looked up and smiled at him: "No."
"Your analysis that day was not all correct." Qiao Ze said, and pulled up the collar of his coat for her. "At least one thing you said was wrong. I have no unusual relationship with Huang Jiayin."
Lu Miao looked at him in surprise, then nodded: "Oh."
Qiao Ze glanced at her, his palms were itchy and uncomfortable, but in the end he didn't do anything, he gently pushed her on her shoulder: "Alone, be safe."
Lu Miao took a taxi by herself, and Qiao Ze drove behind her.
The Huang family's villa is located in the suburbs of Ancheng. It is a single-family villa with a large courtyard. The outer three layers are surrounded by tofu blocks.
Qiao Ze didn't follow Lu Miao in, but went to the roof of the vacant villa in the west. There was a telescope on the roof. From this position, he could clearly see the scene of Huang Jiayin's gate and the courtyard.
He stood in front of the telescope, adjusted the focus, and looked at everything in the lens calmly and calmly, holding a tranquilizer gun firmly in his right hand.
Lu Miao and Wu Manman soon appeared in front of the camera, and they got out of the car one after the other.
The gate of the villa is a thick iron gate more than two meters high, and there are communication equipment outside the gate.
After Wu Manman greeted Huang Jiayin in front of the communication equipment, the door automatically and slowly opened.
Lu Miao looked at everything in the courtyard curiously, and looked in from time to time.
Wu Manman looked at her with a smile: "Don't look blindly, those big dogs are kept in the yard, and they will rush out when they get close to them. If Jiayin can't come out and take me, I never dare to go in."
Lu Miao looked at her hesitantly: "Is it really scary?"
"Tibetan mastiff." Wu Manman also probed into the yard, "Jiayin still has something to do, she may come out later, or..."
She pointed to the yard: "Go in and try? See if you can really tame them?"
Lu Miao twitched the corner of his mouth with a dry smile: "Walk around casually?"
Wu Manman nodded: "Of course. But her family's Tibetan mastiffs are free-range, and they are not often fed. Her yard is large and has many green plants. They often walk around, and they don't know where they come from. People are grinning, you have to be careful."
"But it's okay." Wu Manman comforted her again, "There are people watching all the time, Jiayin will not let them hurt people casually. Aren't you talented in taming these dogs, you can go in and try." Then A little bit of the chin to the half-open iron door, the meaning is already obvious.
Lu Miao glanced inside, only to see a large area of dense bushes, but nothing like dogs.
She hesitated for a while, then turned her head and smiled at Wu Manman: "Then I'll go in first."
She opened the door carefully and walked in.
A red sports car stopped silently at the gate, the window was rolled down, Huang Jiayin poked his head out of the window, looked into the yard, and asked Wu Manman: "Did she go in? "
She was wearing a pair of black pants, covering most of her face.
Wu Manman couldn't see her expression clearly, so he just nodded lightly: "Go in." Then he looked at her worriedly, "Is she going to be okay?"
Huang Jiayin took off her sunglasses: "What can happen. Aren't you worried that she is a policeman? Try it."
Both of them were facing Qiao Ze's direction. Qiao Ze couldn't see what they were talking about through the binoculars. After pondering for a while, he took out his mobile phone and called Lu Miao: "Don't touch those dogs. , if they really pounce on you, just admit it, as many as you can."
Lu Miao hummed in a low voice: "Okay."
She cautiously walked along the gravel path surrounded by green plants in the yard, and at the same time looked at the layout of the yard calmly. She wrote all the nervousness and curiosity on her face, her steps looked relaxed, but in fact Walk carefully step by step.
But the intrusion of the strange breath quickly attracted the attention of the Tibetan mastiff under the bush.
There was a ferocious dog barking, before Lu Miao could identify the source of the sound, a giant black dog suddenly jumped out from under the short tree in front of Lu Miao's left, and bared its teeth at her in a defensive state, with an extremely fierce expression. As if ready to pounce at any time.
Lu Miao's face was a little stiff, and he put his hands in front of him in a surrender, squatted down slightly, leaned back, and looked at it in a fawning and defensive way: "That...don't come here...I just came to find you The master... that's all."
Qiao Ze put his left hand firmly on the binoculars, slowly raised the anesthesia gun with his right hand, aimed the gun at the Tibetan mastiff that was confronting Lu Miao, held the trigger with his index finger, and retracted it bit by bit.
The Tibetan mastiff stared at Lu Miao without moving, but kept barking at her.Lu Miao also looked at it carefully and vigilantly, meeting its eyes.
She doesn't move, and neither does it.She tried to take a small step back, and it took a big step forward, barking more and more fiercely.
With a frightened expression on Lu Miao's face and a weak smile, he tried to wave his hand to greet it, and then took a big step back. The cowardly evasion action aroused the vicious dog's aggressiveness, and it slammed towards the dog. She swoops in.
The trigger under Qiao Ze's index finger was about to be pulled, a brick shadow suddenly appeared in the field of vision, and hit the Tibetan mastiff's head, and a tall figure also walked towards Lu Miao quickly.
Qiao Ze grabbed the binoculars and saw Xu Jiayan who had already rushed to Lu Miao's side.
Because of the sudden rush of the Tibetan Mastiff, Lu Miao fell to the ground. The stone thrown by Xu Jiayan temporarily repelled the Tibetan Mastiff. He stood between the Tibetan Mastiff and Lu Miao, and stretched his palm toward Lu Miao's shoulder, looked at her worriedly: "how, are you all right?"
Lu Miao looked a little shocked, and while patting his chest, looked up at him blankly: "Brother?"
Xu Jiayan clasped her arm to help her stand up, the Tibetan mastiff behind her suddenly flew towards the two of them, Xu Jiayan subconsciously pressed Lu Miao's head, protected her in his arms, and held her halfway. Turning around, the sharp claws of the Tibetan mastiff grabbed Xu Jiayan's shoulders. At almost the same time, Huang Jiayin's urgent voice sounded behind him: "Abao!"
The Tibetan Mastiff, who was about to attack again, fell silent in an instant, and retreated meekly to Huang Jiayin's feet.
With a pale face, Lu Miao raised her head from Xu Jiayan's arms.
"Brother?" She called him worriedly, grabbed his arm in a hurry, and looked at his back, "How are you doing?"
Xu Jiayan pressed her hand: "I'm fine."
Huang Jiayin also came closer, looking very worried: "Are you all doing well? Are you injured?"
As he spoke, he grabbed Xu Jiayan's arm, and his face turned pale when he saw the torn clothes behind him: "Mr. Xu, you..."
Lu Miao also saw the blood slowly soaking on his clothes, and grabbed his arm: "Brother..."
"I'm really fine." Xu Jiayan comforted her in a gentle voice, grabbed her arm and pulled her behind, then turned to Huang Jiayin, "Miss Huang, there are vicious dogs in your yard, and they don't look for visitors when they come to visit." Do you want to lead the way alone?"
"Brother, this has nothing to do with sister Jiayin." Lu Miao quickly explained, "I wanted to come in. I thought I could tame those Tibetan mastiffs..." The second half was weak under Xu Jiayan's gradually sharp eyes It went down and became the three words "I'm sorry".
Wu Manman also came in at this moment, and took the words apologetically: "Mr. Xu, don't blame Miao Miao, it's my problem. I heard Miao Miao said that she is talented in domesticating animals. I was curious and wanted to find out. What kind of talent is it that I joked with Miaomiao and asked her to come and try it."
Lu Miao also took over the conversation in a low voice: "Brother... You have seen it before, I am very good at those kittens and puppies. I have never been in contact with Tibetan mastiffs. I am a little curious, so I want to try."
As she said that, she looked up at Huang Jiayin in embarrassment: "Sister Jiayin, I'm really sorry for causing you trouble."
Huang Jiayin smiled: "Why are you being polite to me? I was negligent. Tibetan mastiffs are born naturally, and it took me a long time to tame them. It is impossible for you to make them obedient when you come here for the first time." Then Looking at Xu Jiayan, "Mr. Xu, is the injury on your back okay? Go to the hospital to treat the wound first."
Xu Jiayan nodded: "OK."
He grabbed Lu Miao's arm: "You also go to the hospital together to get a rabies vaccine."
Lu Miao hummed, because of Xu Jiayan's sudden appearance, her plan had to be interrupted.
She only walked a third of the yard, and only met a Tibetan mastiff. The nearest house she can see so far is an independent small flat building about ten meters to the left. The decoration style is similar to a Japanese-style tea room. Xu Jiayan just Came out of this tea room.
There were two people standing at the door, one in his 30s, about 1.8 meters tall, with a thin and stern face, standing quietly behind another old man in his 60s.
The old man was tall and fat, with a circle of baldness on the top of his head. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. He had a serious face and sharp eyes. Even from a short distance, Lu Miao could feel the pressure brought by his eyes.
Lu Miao guessed that he was Huang Jiayin's father, Huang Chang.
He was looking at her with sharp eyes, faintly judged, and seemed to be confused.
Lu Miao was not sure, and shrank towards Xu Jiayan's side, looking like he was not used to such occasions.
Xu Jiayan protected her, raised his head and said goodbye to Huang Chang: "Dong Huang, I may have to go to the hospital first, and I will visit another day."
Huang Jiayin also looked at his father: "Dad, don't tell me when there are guests at home. You see, Abao almost hurt someone. I will send Mr. Xu to the hospital first."
Huang Chang's serious face finally softened a little, and he walked towards this side and asked Xu Jiayan, "Is Mr. Xu okay?"
Xu Jiayan held his lips: "It's okay."
Huang Chang's eyes slowly fell on Lu Miao: "Who is this little girl?"
Lu Miao flinched, and greeted him with an unnatural smile: "Hello."
"She is one of my sisters." Xu Jiayan explained with a smile, "I have never seen anything in the world, and I am more afraid of strangers. Don't take it to heart, Mr. Huang."
Following his words, Lu Miao squeezed out a shy smile at Huang Chang, who looked a little timid indeed.
Huang Jiayin smiled and reproached: "Dad, you scared my friend."
The man had already walked to Lu Miao's side, and held Lu Miao's arm intimately: "Her name is Lu Miao, a friend I just met recently."
She glanced at Wu Manman: "I'm also Manman's friend."
Huang Chang laughed, and the sharpness on his face became gentle because of the stretched smile.
"Lu Miao, isn't it?" He looked at Lu Miao with a smile, "He is quite handsome, and he will come here often when he is free."
A shy smile appeared on the corner of Lu Miao's mouth: "Thank you, Uncle Huang."
Huang Jiayin took over the conversation with a smile: "Okay, we will talk later when we have a chance. I will send Mr. Xu and Miaomiao to the hospital first."
Huang Chang reprimanded lightly: "I don't have good legs and feet to drive a car." Then he turned to the thin man behind him and said, "A Jun, take Mr. Xu and Miss Lu to the hospital."
Qiao Ze stood in front of the telescope, taking everything into his eyes.
He watched Xu Jiayan escort Lu Miao out of the compound of Huang's villa, and he took his gaze away from the binoculars until he got in the car and left.
There was another man standing beside Qiao Ze, who he rushed back to the provincial meeting because of Zhang Quan's death. He also slowly put down the binoculars in his hand, and looked at Qiao Ze: "Is she the little girl you mentioned?"
Joze nodded: "Yes."
"I don't have any problems in cooperating with her. Her adaptability is good, her ability to play on the spot is amazing, and her acting skills are also intimidating. The key is that she has no obstacles in communicating with me. The four factors together basically make up for my hearing. The risks brought by defects." Qiao Ze looked at him calmly, "So I hope to return to the action group."
"Why did Zhang Quan show up in that small hotel, why did he take flunitrazep before his death, we still don't know for sure."
The cause of Zhang Quan's death has basically been ascertained. The murderer has also been arrested for a simple robbery. The only thing that has not been ascertained is why he appeared in that small hotel?Someone to meet, or someone to avoid?Why did he take flunitrazep with hypnotic and amnestic effects?This is why the murderer can easily subdue him.
The murderer woke up Zhang Quan who was not completely unconscious when he broke into the room and robbed him. In a panic, he accidentally killed him, hurriedly pushed the body under the bed, and took away all Zhang Quan's belongings.
Except for valuable bank cards, wallets, and mobile phones, the murderer threw everything else into the river and disposed of it. The mobile phone had also been swiped by him without leaving a trace.
Deputy Liu sent someone to salvage them in the river, but the river was so fast that the things were washed away and nothing was found.
Zhang Quan's death is not a mystery, the only mystery is why he appeared there?
The man pondered for a while, then looked at Qiao Ze: "Didn't you already investigate on your own initiative?"
"This is my problem." Qiao Ze said, "I am willing to accept the punishment after the case is closed, but now..."
Qiao Ze looked up at him: "Captain Xing, are you sure you really don't want to continue the investigation?"
Team Xing stared at him for a few seconds: "If you really think you're all right, you can check." He added, "Let me meet that little girl later."
Qiao Ze nodded: "Okay."
On the way back, Qiao Ze called Lu Miao.
Lu Miao is still in the hospital. He has just finished the vaccination and is accompanying Xu Jiayan to treat the wound.
The wound on his shoulder was deep, a long bloodstain, which spread from the right shoulder to the left shoulder blade by the dog's paw, and the blood had clotted on it, which looked a little shocking.
"Brother..." Lu Miao seemed to have a lump in her throat, but she couldn't do anything except "thank you".
"It's not a serious injury." Xu Jiayan looked at her with a smile, "But why did you run into such a dangerous place by yourself?"
"I didn't know it was so dangerous." Lu Miao lowered her head with a guilty look, "I just want to see what the Tibetan Mastiff looks like and whether it will listen to me like an ordinary dog. I didn't expect..."
"Nonsense." Xu Jiayan reprimanded softly, "Do you know that you almost..."
Lu Miao: "I know I was wrong."
Xu Jiayan's words of reprimand were choked in her throat by her low-browed and pleasing confession. She couldn't scold her, and she felt uncomfortable not scolding herself. It took him a while to calm down, and changed the question: "How do you get along with me?" Did Huang Jiayin and Wu Manman hang out together?"
"We met when we went to Macau. We hit it off, and we got to know each other more." Lu Miao pulled up a chair and sat down opposite him, "Why are you in Huang's house?"
"Talk about business."
Lu Miao: "What kind of business?"
Xu Jiayan gave her a strange look: "Since when did you become interested in my business?"
Lu Miao pursed her lips: "Just ask casually."
Xu Jiayan smiled: "I remember that you never cared about me before, but you suddenly cared about me, which made me a little..." He paused, "I'm flattered."
Lu Miao's cheeks bulged: "Why don't I care? It's just that I don't understand. I'm afraid you will be annoyed by asking too much."
Xu Jiayan: "When did I bother you?"
Seeing that she lowered her head and didn't dare to speak, he said: "I just went to Huang's house to discuss some business today. Huicheng Group also has some shipping business, I want to acquire it, and I came to Huang Chang to talk about it today. Fortunately, I came here today, otherwise..."
As he spoke, he gave her another hard look.
Lu Miao pursed her lips to avoid his eyes: "Look, I just said it, I don't understand what you said, it's useless to ask, so it's better not to ask."
Xu Jiayan didn't speak.
At this moment, Joze's phone call came.
"Where are you now?" he asked, speaking as simply and neatly as ever.
"It's in the hospital." Lu Miao turned around while clutching her phone, with her back to Xu Jiayan, "What's wrong?"
She didn't know about Joze following her, and Joze didn't intend to mention it to her.
"How did you go to the hospital?" He asked.
In front of Xu Jiayan, Lu Miao couldn't say too briefly: "Didn't I have an appointment with sister Jiayin today? When I went to her house, I was accidentally thrown down by a Tibetan mastiff. My brother was injured in order to save me. I Take him to the hospital."
Not a single word was hidden.
Qiao Ze on the other end of the phone softened his voice because of her explanation: "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, but my brother was injured."
"is it serious?"
Lu Miao: "A little bit."
Qiao Ze: "Which hospital, I will pick you up."
Lu Miao looked back at Xu Jiayan, and reported the name of the hospital.
Xu Jiayan watched her hang up the phone, then frowned at her: "Joe Ze?"
Lu Miao nodded hesitantly.
Xu Jiayan frowned even deeper: "Then what happened to Wen Lai last time?"
"He..." Lu Miao hesitated for a while, thinking about the unclear relationship between Xu Jiayan and the Huang family, and worried that Xu Jiayan had slipped his tongue on Huang Jiayin's side, so he simply said bravely, "It's me. Boy friend."
"What?" Xu Jiayan's voice suddenly rose, and he stood up suddenly.
Lu Miao looked at him puzzled.
Xu Jiayan was also looking at her with burning eyes: "What did you say?"
"He...is my boyfriend..." Lu Miao was still a little guilty when she uttered these words, and unconsciously avoided his eyes.
Xu Jiayan looked a little aggressive: "When did you have a boyfriend?"
"Just... a while ago."
"Where's Qiao Ze?" Xu Jiayan looked at her, "You still live with him?"
Lu Miao dare not admit that she has a "boyfriend" but lives with another single man, it doesn't sound good.
Xu Jiayan took her as the acquiescence, and held his breath in his chest.
"Do you know what you are doing?" He asked, his tone was not as gentle as before, "Since you have a boyfriend, but..."
Pressing down the words abruptly, he took several deep breaths to calm down the air pressure in his chest.
"How long have you been with Wen Lai?" He asked calmly.
"It didn't take long...it started after I came back from Macau."
Xu Jiayan: "Do you like him?"
"Forget it... right." Lu Miao was a little overwhelmed, "...otherwise why are you together?"
He didn't speak anymore, and turned his head out of the window, leaving her with a cold profile, looking a little alienated.
Lu Miao couldn't figure out what Xu Jiayan was thinking, so he was careful not to say anything, and quietly stood aside, watching the doctor treat his wound.
The atmosphere in the room was a little dull for a while, until there was a knock on the door.
Lu Miao followed the sound and looked towards the door, and saw Qiao Ze at a glance.
The man was standing at the door, raised his right hand, bent his middle finger and knocked on the door twice.
"You're here." Lu Miao stood up, but he didn't expect him to come so soon.
"It's just nearby." Qiao Ze responded lightly and glanced at Xu Jiayan.
Xu Jiayan was also looking at him, with scrutiny in his eyes, and then turned his head to look at Lu Miao, which was quite meaningful.
Lu Miao was inexplicably embarrassed, and changed the subject uncomfortably: "Brother, I'll help you get the medicine first."
Qiao Ze had already walked in at this moment, and he and Xu Jiayan nodded indifferently to say hello, and their eyes fell on Lu Miao's face.
"Are you all right?" he asked.
Lu Miao shook his head: "It's okay." Then he said to him, "You go outside and wait for me first, I will help my brother get the medicine first."
Xu Jiayan frowned at the intimacy in his tone, and he looked up at her: "Miao Miao, you have a boyfriend, your words are scary, you should pay attention to the influence."
Qiao Ze looked at Lu Miao suddenly with sharp eyes.
Lu Miao's heart skipped a beat when he saw it, and she was also a little surprised, not sure if Qiao Ze had "heard" what Xu Jiayan said just now.
She always thought he was a hearing-impaired person, but most of the time he seemed to have no impairment. She didn't know whether he deliberately showed that he could understand, or that he could read lips. She didn't ask for proof, but he suddenly The sharp look in her eyes made her a little uneasy.
She couldn't help but secretly glanced at him, and Qiao Ze was also looking at her, his eyes were deep and without emotion, she couldn't be sure if he understood Xu Jiayan's words.
Just when he was confused, Xu Jiayan's tone was a bit heavier: "Miao Miao!"
His complexion was not very good either, Lu Miao could clearly feel his anger.
"Brother, I know how to measure, you don't have to worry about me." She comforted softly.
Xu Jiayan was not so easily appeased this time: "You move out tomorrow."
"..." Lu Miao seldom saw him so tough, and looked up at him in surprise.
"Move out tomorrow!" Xu Jiayan had no room for negotiation at all, "If you don't want to move back to my place, go live in a hotel apartment first."
Lu Miao frowned: "Brother..."
Xu Jiayan ignored her, and looked at Qiao Ze: "Mr. Qiao, I'm really sorry, Miao Miao is young and ignorant, so I disturbed you during this time. Look, how long has she lived with you and how much should she charge? I will pay her the rent first."
"Brother..." Lu Miao also became a little anxious, she stood between the two men, looked up at him, "Don't be like this."
She turned to Qiao Ze and said, "Why don't you wait for me outside first, and I'll be there in a while."
Joze glanced at her and nodded.
"What's the relationship between you and him?" Xu Jiayan asked in a cold voice as soon as Qiao Ze left.
"It's just ordinary landlords and tenants." Lu Miao said and looked up at him, "Brother, can you stop interfering in my life, I don't like it."
"You think I just like it?" Xu Jiayan sneered, and suppressed his temper violently, "You told me that you have a boyfriend, but you don't know anything about it with another man. Is this still you?"
"I..." Lu Miao was speechless and unable to explain.
"Miao Miao, if you still recognize me as brother, break off with that guy, move out of that man's house, find a serious job, go to work honestly, don't mess around all day People get mixed up."
"I'm not hanging out with dubious people."
"Wu Manman, Huang Jiayin?" Xu Jiayan asked, "What is your identity and what are they? Do you think they really treat you as a friend?"
Lu Miao pursed her lips: "They treat me very well."
"Don't be naive." Xu Jiayan's complexion sank, "If I really treat you as a friend, I would let you go into that garden? If I didn't happen to be here, you would be the one lying here now."
Lu Miao lowered her head and said nothing.
Xu Jiayan didn't talk to her too much: "I still say the same thing, if you still treat me as an older brother, move out of that man's house tomorrow, break up with Wen Lai, and avoid dealing with those dubious people. .” After speaking, the person walked out the door.
Lu Miao stood there without moving, and finally stopped him after a while: "Brother, what if I don't do it?"
Xu Jiayan stopped in his footsteps, without turning his head: "Then treat me as an older brother." Without staying any longer, he had already left.
Lu Miao stood there for a while before following him out. On the way, he went to get medicine for him first.
After leaving the hospital gate, she saw two cars parked at the hospital gate at a glance.Both Qiao Ze and Xu Jiayan stood in front of the car, seeing her come out, they both looked at her.
Qiao Ze opened the passenger door with his backhand, without saying a word.Lu Miao looked at him, pursed her lips, walked past his car, and walked towards Xu Jiayan.
She handed him the medicine, and told him in a low voice: "There are instructions on the medicine list, so be careful not to touch the water."
Xu Jiayan also opened the door with his backhand.
"I have something else to do." She whispered.
Xu Jiayan closed the car door: "Give me the answer tomorrow." He turned around and got into the car, which sped away from her side.
Lu Miao stood still, looking at the car he left, feeling a little depressed.
The beeping of the horn brought her attention back.She turned her head slowly, and it was Jo Ze bending over to honk the horn. He was standing in front of the car door, looking at her from across the car.
Lu Miao pursed her lips, walked towards him, and got into the car.
The two of them didn't speak along the way, and Lu Miao was still stuck in Xu Jiayan's words, feeling a little headache.
When the car stopped under Qiao Ze's apartment building, she opened the door and wanted to leave, but her wrist was suddenly grabbed.
She turned her head in surprise, Qiao Ze was looking at her with deep eyes: "Are you with Xu Jiayan?"
"...Why do you ask such a question?" She was at a loss, "He is my brother."
Qiao Ze stared at her for a while: "You have a boyfriend, what's the matter with this sentence?"
Lu Miao suddenly realized: "Wen Lai, don't you know everything?"
Joze coughed lightly and let go of her hand.
"My brother said, if I don't move out from you tomorrow, he won't recognize me as a younger sister." Back home, Lu Miao said to Qiao Ze while closing the door.
Qiao Ze looked back at her: "What do you mean?"
Lu Miao shook his head blankly: "I don't know."
Qiao Ze stared at her for a while, then suddenly stepped forward and hugged her.
Lu Miao froze for a moment.
Qiao Ze quickly let go of her and looked down at her: "Lu Miao, from my personal point of view, I don't want you to move out, but all decisions are still yours. If you don't want your brother, you can move out, move back I’ll give you another room in the hotel apartment where you lived before. If you want to stay, stay here.”
He turned around and sat down on the sofa, already in working condition: "What's going on at Huang's house today?"
"I'll draw you a topographic map later on." She sat down on the other side of the sofa, "I didn't finish walking, I only met a Tibetan mastiff after walking a third of the way, but only one, my brother It just appeared."
Joze: "I saw it."
"..." Lu Miao's cheeks puffed up, "Then you still ask how I got to the hospital, and you deliberately tested me."
Qiao Ze nodded calmly: "Yes."
Lu Miao: "..."
He was so direct that she was completely speechless.
"I need to ensure your personal safety." Qiao Ze said, "It's risky for you to go to Huang's house alone, I can't let you go alone." He looked at her again, "Are you pretending on purpose, or are you really not going? Do you know what to do with that Tibetan mastiff?"
"That Tibetan mastiff looked okay. When I met its eyes, its eyes were not so fierce. It was just a warning to strangers intruding into its territory. I think I can get close to it." Lu Miao frowned. "I agreed to Wu Manman at the beginning to let her know that I have other skills that may be useful to them. Later, she suggested that I go to Huang Jiayin's house to try the Tibetan mastiff, and I changed my mind. Wu Manman and Huang Jiayin are obviously not as good as they show, and they both have their own concerns. For Wu Manman, if I can tame Huang Jiayin's Tibetan mastiff, it may be of great benefit to her, so she Give me this chance to try and see if I can tame those Tibetan mastiffs. But for Huang Jiayin, if I can easily tame those dogs in her family, she must be on guard against me. Since we only use Wu Manman, in the end The purpose is Huicheng Group, so I can't make Huang Jiayin guard against me just to appease Wu Manman.
"So after thinking about it, I decided to stay the same. Then you called me and asked me to admit that there are as many things as you can, and I think I must be right to do so."
Qiao Ze: "Huang Jiayin is indeed testing you."
Lu Miao nodded thoughtfully: "She is not afraid that I will be torn apart by her dog."
She glanced at him secretly: "Your eyes don't seem to be very good."
Qiao Ze looked at her motionless: "How do you say?"
Lu Miao: "You can fall in love with that kind of woman."
Joze's palms were itchy.
Lu Miao was a little curious: "Do you men only want women to be beautiful, and don't look at anything else?"
Qiao Ze still maintained the posture of turning his head to look at her: "Does that mean you are beautiful?"
Lu Miao: "..."
He continued quietly: "Didn't you say that I have surpassed the boundary between men and women, when did I become a man?"
"..." When Lu Miao was asked, she opened her mouth slightly and stared at him, unable to hold back a word for a long time.
His gaze fell on her slightly parted red lips, his throat tightened suddenly, and his eyes darkened.
She still didn't notice the chemical changes in the air, she just looked at him angrily until his breath approached, the deep burning in her black eyes made her panic for no reason, she got up subconsciously and wanted to escape, but she couldn't move as fast as Qiao Ze, he He clasped the back of her head with his palm, pressed his head down, and kissed her.
She instinctively wanted to retreat, but his palms tightened slightly, making it impossible for her to retreat, and the thin lips pressed against her lips exerted a slight force, forcing her to open her mouth, and her tongue invaded, preventing her from dodging at all. One arm also hugged her tightly into his bosom, encircling her in the crook of his arm, attacking the city and conquering the territory.
Lu Bao barked twice, but he ignored her, his lips and tongue were entangled with her, and he lost control.
Lu Bao's bark suddenly became fierce. Before Qiao Ze could distinguish it, it suddenly flew towards him and her. Qiao Ze instinctively hugged Lu Miao and spun around, protecting her in his arms, with his back to him. Lobo.
Lu Bao's dog's paw rested on his shoulder, and he grinned at him, breaking the confusion just now, waking him up, and waking her up.
Lu Miao instinctively covered her lips with the back of her hand, and hurriedly withdrew from his embrace.
"Yes... I'm sorry..." Throwing down a sentence in a hurry, the person staggered back to the room as if he had run for his life.
Qiao Ze turned his head and looked at the stupid dog lying on his shoulder, watching it without speaking.
Lu Bao groaned, stepped back from Qiao Ze's shoulder resentfully, glanced at him, and silently retreated into the kennel, lying on the ground motionless like a child who made a mistake.
It took Qiao Ze a while to let go of the breath in his chest, and glanced at Lu Bao.
It was lying on the ground motionless and looking at him, with resentful eyes.
He lightly kicked its paw, and it groaned and took a step back silently, like a child who made a mistake.
Qiao Ze didn't know what kind of dog he had, and in the past few days, he had been so focused on Lu Miao that he almost ran away with her.
She didn't take his dog away, but the man ran away by himself.
When Qiao Ze woke up the next day, Lu Miao was no longer there.
The room was empty, the quilts were neatly folded, and the luggage was still there. It was impossible to tell whether they were scared away or went out for something.
He took out his cell phone and called her.
"Where are you?"
"I was out."
"Which outside?"
Lu Miao was silent for a while: "My brother asked me to give him an answer today, and he asked me out."
Qiao Ze was silent for a moment: "How are you going to answer him?"
Lu Miao didn't think about it.
Xu Jiayan made an appointment with her early in the morning, and she was also a little afraid of seeing Qiao Ze, afraid to see him, so she went out early and deliberately avoided him.
She didn't expect him to call.
"Lu Miao." Qiao Ze, who couldn't wait for her answer, called her. His calm voice was just like the one she had when she first met him. Calm, steady, and serious, he was the same as when he held her tightly last night. He hugged her tightly and bowed his head to kiss her, he was completely different.
"How are you going to answer him?" he asked.
"I..." Lu Miao hesitated, "I don't know."
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Xu Jiayan who pushed the door in. She said in a low voice, "My brother is here, so I'll hang up first."
She tapped the word "hang up" on the screen with her finger, and she put the phone on the table.
Xu Jiayan sat down opposite her: "Have you been here for a long time?"
He asked, took the menu by hand, called the waiter, and took the time to glance at her while ordering: "How are you thinking?"
"I will break up with Wen Lai." She stroked the rim of the cup with both hands, and said softly, a little evasive.
But this answer did not satisfy Xu Jiayan.
He stopped flipping through the menu and looked up at her: "What about the moving?"
Lu Miao pursed her lips and did not answer, avoiding his eyes.
Xu Jiayan: "You don't want to move?"
Lu Miao hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "I'm used to living there, and I don't want to move for now."
Xu Jiayan closed the menu with a snap: "You have to move."
Lu Miao pursed her lips and did not look at him: "I don't want to move."
"Must move!" Xu Jiayan threw the menu aside and looked at her seriously, "Miao Miao, you must move out!"
Lu Miao held the rim of the cup without moving, and after a long silence, said quietly: "Brother, do you know why I didn't want you to help me all this time?"
She looked up at him: "I'm just afraid of the situation now. You force me to do things I don't like in the name of my good, and I can't justly refuse you.
"You have taken care of me so much, you are always considerate of me, you are always the first to show up when I encounter difficulties, and even got hurt once or twice to save me, if I still disobey you, it will appear that I am ungrateful, It's like you don't know good and bad." She lowered her head, "I'm not your biological sister, and we don't even have any relationship. I can't take it for granted that you treat me like Xu Jiaqian or your family , I am not qualified.
"So the better you treat me, the more pressure I have. I can't repay you, I can only listen to you as much as possible so that you don't worry." She looked at him hesitantly, "But I really don't like this. I I don't want to force myself to do things I don't like because of gratitude and indebtedness.
"I'm very comfortable living in Qiao Ze's house now. He didn't do me any favors, and I didn't feel that I owed him anything. He and I exchanged equal value and each got what we needed, so he wouldn't force me to do anything. He didn't With this qualification, even...he forced me, I can still reject him with confidence. But it’s not for you, I owe you too much, if you really want to force me, I can’t refuse you like I refused him If I refuse, I will feel very guilty; if I don't refuse, I will be unwilling."
"So, brother..." Lu Miao pursed her lips, "Can you stop forcing me? I have grown up and have the ability to distinguish right from wrong and good from bad. You really don't have to worry about me too much."
This is the first time she has confessed her thoughts to him so seriously, Xu Jiayan was stunned for a while, looking at her with complicated eyes, wanted to speak a few times, but swallowed it silently, and finally lowered his head .
"I'm sorry." He whispered, took the teapot with his right hand, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it down.
Seeing Xu Jiayan like this, Lu Miao felt a little uncomfortable. She didn't want to be like this, and she didn't want Xu Jiayan to feel uncomfortable because of her words. He was so kind to her that she couldn't bear to see him feel sad because of her.
"Brother..." Lu Miao called him hesitantly, not knowing what to say, and seemed a little at a loss.
Xu Jiayan raised his head and smiled at her: "Don't have any psychological burden. I'm fine."
He breathed a sigh of relief, smiled again, and looked at her: "It's just my wishful thinking for you all this time. I have no other intentions. I just feel that I treated you...too bad when I was a child. I want to make up for you, and I also want to make up for you. I feel better.
"I don't know why I was so ignorant back then. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be like this now. After you went back that day, you held my hand tightly, crying and begging me to take you home. I can’t forget it. I had a hard time in those years, and when I think of you, I feel uncomfortable and feel guilty. I struggled for a long time before I made up my mind to go back to see you and want to help you.
"In the beginning, I really approached you with the mentality of making amends to help you because of guilt. I just... simply wanted to make myself feel better." Xu Jiayan stroked the rim of the cup with his fingertips, pondering for a while, " But over the years, I am no longer simply trying to make up for you."
"Miao Miao." He looked up at her seriously, "I have selfishness towards you. I want to be with you and take care of you, do you understand?"
Lu Miao was stunned.
"You said that you can't take it for granted that I treat you like my family. So what if I, as a boyfriend... treat you well?"
Lu Miao just looked at him blankly, his mind was completely confused, and he didn't say anything.
"Miao Miao," Xu Jiayan hissed lightly, the corners of his mouth that had been tense even began to have a shallow arc, and he seemed to relax after saying that sentence, "Have you ever thought about it, my family? In addition to the innate blood relationship, can it exist in another form?"
Lu Miao couldn't help laughing: "Brother...can you stop making such jokes?"
"I'm your sister..." She was flustered and at a loss, "How can we be together?"
"I'm not joking." Xu Jiayan looked at her seriously, "Miao Miao, I'm serious. You have never been my sister, and I have never regarded you as a sister. I don't know if I will do this. It will be difficult for you to accept, but this is a decision I made after a night of deliberation. Over the years, I have been giving you enough space and freedom to not interfere with you, because I know that everyone except Lu Xiaocheng I can't get into your eyes. I thought that I could wait for you patiently, and wait for you to slowly accept my kindness to you. But after so many years, you are still rejecting me. You would rather live in a strange man's house than Unwilling to accept my kindness to you, I found that I couldn't wait."
"But...but..." Lu Miao felt her head buzzing, her heart was in a mess, everything was in a mess, and she couldn't organize her words normally.
Xu Jiayan looked at her, he could understand her inner confusion, he didn't rush her, but waited patiently for her answer.
Silence spread between each other.
The other end of Lu Miao's phone was also silent.
Her call just now was not successfully cut off, and Qiao Ze also put the call on hold.
He was sitting on the sofa, leaning against the back of the sofa, with his head slightly raised, looking at the ceiling, with his mobile phone stuck to his right ear.
The palm of his hand holding the mobile phone tightened a little, then slowly loosened, his eyes closed, then opened again, staring at the ceiling, motionless.
Get what you need!
Not qualified!
Get what you need!
Not qualified!
……
Her calm words and the way she was forced to kiss in his arms last night kept intertwining in her mind.
Qiao Ze closed his eyes restrainedly, and when he opened his eyes again, he was already sitting up straight, and he tapped the handset on the phone with his thumb, allowing the phone to turn lightly in his palm, and turned his gaze to Lu Bao on the side.
Lu Bao was lying at his feet, nibbling the dog food silently. When he stared at him, it stood up slowly, and moved to the corner with the dog bowl in its mouth.
Qiao Ze didn't speak, just stared at it and turned the phone lightly.
Lu Miao on the other end of the phone remained silent.
He could tell from Lu Miao's words that Xu Jiayan punctured the layer of window paper, he tore off her elder brother's coat, and was confessing to her, she was in confusion, or...hesitating .
She is hesitating, he thought.
Will she agree?
Will you agree?
If she agrees...
If she dares to agree!
Qiao Ze's mood suddenly became bad, and he was a little anxious, so he stood up quickly.
Lu Bao grabbed its dog bowl with his paws, and silently moved back a few steps.
Qiao Ze squatted down in front of it, patted its dog's head, and turned his phone to it: "Bar!"
Lu Bao silently protected the dog basin and took another step back.
Qiao Ze's tone became more serious: "Call!"
Lu Bao glanced at him faintly, then looked at the mobile phone in his hand, not knowing whether he understood or not, he howled resentfully.
The sound was not loud, but it still alarmed Lu Miao who was in chaos.She vaguely heard the dog barking from the phone, and looked at the phone uncertainly.
Xu Jiayan also glanced at the phone and looked at her: "Miaomiao?"
Lu Miao looked at him hesitantly.
"Are you willing to give me this opportunity, so that I have enough reasons and qualifications to take care of you?"
Lu Miao: "..."
Suddenly there were two rapid dog barks on the phone, and Lu Miao's attention was instantly drawn back to the phone. She quickly picked up the phone, and was stunned when she saw the call interface.
Seeing that her complexion was wrong, Xu Jiayan also glanced at her mobile phone, and saw the interface between her and Qiao Ze's call, his brows furrowed immediately.
Lu Miao wanted to slap herself to death, she didn't know if Qiao Ze was still on the other end of the phone, she clearly hung up, she didn't know why...
Lu Miao covered her eyes in frustration, put the mobile phone to her ear tremblingly, and asked hesitantly: "Hello..."
"Do you know that you made a fatal mistake?" Joze's voice was calm.
Lu Miao couldn't help shaking the hand holding the phone. She wanted to hang up but didn't dare to. With Qiao Ze's sternness, she could completely predict her end.
She naturally knew how fatal this mistake was. If it was an undercover operation, it would have killed her [-] times.She thought she had already hung up, but she clearly clicked to hang up, but unexpectedly she was still on the phone.It was probably because the phone was too stuck, she didn't light up when she pointed it, it was stuck, and she didn't confirm it again.
A small negligence, but a fatal mistake at a critical moment.
She didn't expect that she would make such a small mistake, and she felt very annoyed and blamed herself.
"I'm sorry." She apologized in a low voice, not daring to defend herself, a mistake is a mistake.She was just uncomfortable, uncomfortable that she had made such a mistake.
Seeing the annoyance and self-blame on her face, Xu Jiayan frowned deeper, and stretched out his palm to her: "Give me the phone."
His mobile phone rang at this moment, Lu Miao pointed: "Phone."
Xu Jiayan had to withdraw his hand and picked up the phone.
Qiao Ze didn't reprimand her harshly as Lu Miao was worried, but asked her calmly, "Where are you now?"
Lu Miao glanced at the menu and reported the name of the restaurant.
Joze: "When will you be back?"
"It's noon." Her voice dropped again, "I'm sorry, I didn't hang up on purpose. My mobile phone has been used for several years, and it has been getting stuck recently. I clicked to hang up, but I didn't expect ..."
The more Lu Miao said, the more he felt like he was making excuses, and the corners of his lips collapsed in annoyance, a little frustrated: "I'm sorry."
Qiao Ze was silent for a while: "I'll pick you up."
Lu Miao didn't know if Qiao Ze wanted to settle with her, so she didn't dare to refuse him, so she nodded hesitantly: "Okay."
She took a peek at Xu Jiayan, but saw Xu Jiayan's expression suddenly changed, and he stood up abruptly: "Don't worry, I'll go back now."
After hanging up the phone, he reached out to call for the waiter.
"What's wrong?" Lu Miao also hurriedly got up, "What happened?"
"Qianqian is missing." Xu Jiayan accepted the phone, "Miaomiao, I have to go back to see what's going on first. You go back alone, and I'll contact you later."
"What's her situation?" Lu Miao asked anxiously, her professional instinct made her subconsciously want to follow him to the scene.
"I don't know the details, I'll talk about it later."
Xu Jiayan turned around and wanted to leave.
"Wait, I'll go there with you." Lu Miao stopped him, went out with him, and said to Qiao Ze on the other end of the phone, "Don't come here. Xu Jiaqian is missing, I want to go and have a look. "
Qiao Ze frowned: "Xu Jiaqian? Where are you going now?"
Lu Miao: "I don't know, I guess I should go to Xu's house first."
Lu Miao hung up the phone and got into the car with Xu Jiayan.
"She said she went out to dinner with her friends yesterday morning, and she didn't come back all night." Xu Jiayan started the car, turned the car around, and said, "The phone is also turned off, and no one knows where she is."
Lu Miao frowned: "Could it be that you went somewhere to play with your friends, and your phone ran out of battery?"
"It would be great if that's the case." Xu Jiayan turned the steering wheel neatly, turned to look at her, "Her car was found on a rural road seven or eight kilometers away from home, the door was open, and there were signs of a fight on the seat .”
"When she went out yesterday, she said that she might not come back at night, so that mom would not have to prepare her meal. So she didn't come back at night, and mom didn't take it to heart." Xu Jiayan continued, "I found out when mom called her in the morning. The mobile phone was turned off, and I thought it was not up. I didn’t expect to receive a call from the police just now, asking them to identify the car.”
(End of this chapter)
Wu Manman received Lu Miao's investigation report the next day. He was indeed a graduate of the police academy, majoring in anti-drugs, with strong professional ability and excellent grades. Reporting anonymously, I was secretly interviewed several times when I was in college, and even had the experience of being dismissed, a typical tainted student.Although she was an intern in the police force after graduating from university, she performed poorly and was often criticized in public. The most serious one was that she did not obey the organization's command and acted without authorization during the anti-drug operation at the border checkpoint, which almost caused the arrest mission to fail. Due to poor professional ability and personal style problems, he was completely eliminated from the police force and became the only intern in the same batch who was eliminated.She appealed to the leader many times against her will, and the conflict with the leader continued to escalate, but in the end she failed to stay as she wished.
After Wu Manman got the investigation report, he asked Lu Miao to have dinner.
From Xu Jiaqian's mouth, she knew that Lu Miao's family conditions were very poor since she was a child, so she can roughly understand her hidden personal style in college, the only thing she doesn't understand...
"Why do you want to major in anti-drugs?" During the meal, Wu Manman asked her seemingly unintentionally.
"It was suggested by the teacher." Lu Miao had already rehearsed the questions that Wu Manman might be curious about several times in his mind, so he was able to deal with her doubts with ease. Internet, how do you know what to fill in when you fill in the volunteer application, just think that it will be easy to find a job after graduation. The head teacher thinks that this major is relatively new, has a bright future, and it is easy to take the civil service exam, so he suggested that I apply for it.”
"Who knew it would be so foolish, it's as if I didn't learn it. I can't be a policeman now, who would recruit someone who learned anti-drugs when I was looking for a job." Her voice gradually dropped.
"Your profession should be very good at identifying drugs, right?" Wu Manman asked.
Lu Miao shook his head blankly: "I don't know about others, but I seem to be more talented in this area. As long as it is a drug that I have been exposed to, it is generally not easy to forget its shape and smell, so I am better at distinguishing drugs. .And I am familiar with the habits of those cats and dogs, and I can control them."
Wu Manman looked at her with a smile: "Really?"
"Of course it's true." Lu Miao was also a little embarrassed when he said this, "I used to be an intern in the police dog team, and all the police dogs in it were tamed by me. Any vicious dog became very obedient when it came to me. Shun, I don't know why, even Mr. Qiao's dog only listens to me."
Wu Manman suddenly became interested: "It's so amazing? When will I have time to go to Jiayin's house with you? Her family has several Tibetan mastiffs. It's quite scary. Do you dare to try it?"
"Tibetan mastiff?" Lu Miao looked at her hesitantly, "I haven't touched Tibetan mastiffs before, so I'm not sure if I can tame them. They won't tear me apart, right?"
"No." Wu Manman assured with a smile, "Don't look at them as scary-looking, they are actually very spiritual, and they are all raised by Jiayin. They listen to her very well. If there is something wrong, she will stop it in time. It'll be fine."
Lu Miao hesitated and nodded: "Okay."
Wu Manman made an appointment with her to visit Huang Jiayin's house on the weekend.
When returning home in the evening, Lu Miao routinely reported to Qiao Ze about work, and mentioned that he would go to Huang Jiayin's house to see some Tibetan mastiffs she raised on Saturday. Just agree so casually, how many lives do you have to play with those dogs?"
Lu Miao quickly found out his language problem: "You have seen the things she raised."
Qiao Ze looked at her motionless: "Don't change the subject for me."
He leaned over to take her mobile phone and handed it to her: "Push."
Lu Miao didn't reach out to pick it up, and lowered her voice: "When you were in Macau, there was no security in her villa, and you wanted to find something. Now her family has a few Tibetan mastiffs to guard against people, isn't it more worthy of approaching?" ?"
"..." Qiao Ze's eyes were fixed on her face, his eyes full of judgment.
Lu Miao was not afraid of his eyes, and looked up at him: "I'm not wrong."
Qiao Ze crossed his hands on his chest, and sat back on the sofa in a relaxed manner.
"What do you want to do?" he asked.
Lu Miao: "Go to Huang Jiayin's house to familiarize yourself with the terrain and security."
Qiao Ze turned his head to look at her, without moving.
"I know you know Huang Jiayin. She is the daughter of Huang Chang, the chairman of Huicheng Group, and Huicheng Group has financial transactions with Shangqi's Qixun Venture Capital. You deliberately let me get close to Shangqi and Wu Manman. It is to continue to pursue the clues that you have broken, which shows that you have always been a very purposeful person.
"It's impossible for someone as purposeful as you to deliberately mention Huang Jiayin and the Huicheng Group behind her to me. She was injured, and you were also injured, and it was at the beginning of the year. She always wanted to confirm your identity." You have been deliberately avoiding her, which is weird in itself. You must know each other and have an unusual relationship, but in terms of your identity and background, it is unlikely that you and her will overlap unless you approach her on purpose or Her family had such an intersection.
"When I mentioned that her family has a Tibetan mastiff, from your reaction, you are obviously familiar with her family. From another perspective, you may often come and go to her house, and her family was not prepared for you before. But you told me that you fell short due to an accident at the last moment, you were seriously injured, and even Huang Jiayin mistakenly thought you were dead, and judging from your reaction that day in Huang Jiayin's villa in Macau, it seems that you also Not sure if Huang Jiayin is still alive. Then this incident must have alarmed many people, at least it alarmed Huang Chang."
"Betrayed by the person he trusted the most, the security facilities in his home must be rearranged." Lu Miao said and looked up at him, "It's been almost a year, and you certainly don't know Huang Jiayin's family very well now. The security situation, I guessed right, right?"
Qiao Ze stared at her without saying a word, his eyes darkened a little.
Lu Miao continued: "You let me get close to Wu Manman, in fact, you just want me to get close to Huicheng Group through Wu Manman and Shang Qi. Because of your relationship, I met Huang Jiayin by accident Now, Wu Manman has given me another chance to enter the court in an open and aboveboard manner, why not take advantage of it?"
Joze stared at her for a while, then turned away: "I don't want you to get hurt."
"But doing this business itself is very dangerous." Lu Miao looked at him, "Could it be that you don't do it because of the danger?"
Joze didn't answer.
"What I'm doing now must be the least dangerous, at least it's still in my field of expertise." Lu Miao glanced at Lu Bao who was lying on the side, "It's definitely not easy for you to pick a dog, but even Lu Bao I’m willing to abandon you and follow me, how do you know that I can’t tame those Tibetan mastiffs.”
Qiao Ze finally looked up at her: "Do you understand what a Tibetan Mastiff is? They can easily tear you apart."
"Huang Jiayin and Wu Manman won't let them tear me apart, they just want to try me."
"It's much easier for a woman to break into a woman's circle than it is for you men to break into a man's circle. Women's defense against women is often only on men." Lu Miao said and sat closer to him, "You want Learn to trust me, don't always think that I can't do this or that, I'm really not as stupid as I look."
Qiao Ze suddenly stretched out his hand, pinched her cheek and pinched her fiercely: "I don't see how smart it is." But he finally let go, "Be careful yourself, and withdraw if something is wrong."
When Lu Miao was about to go out on Saturday morning, Qiao Ze handed her a palm-length self-defense electric baton: "Don't let yourself get hurt."
Lu Miao put the things into the bag, looked up and smiled at him: "No."
"Your analysis that day was not all correct." Qiao Ze said, and pulled up the collar of his coat for her. "At least one thing you said was wrong. I have no unusual relationship with Huang Jiayin."
Lu Miao looked at him in surprise, then nodded: "Oh."
Qiao Ze glanced at her, his palms were itchy and uncomfortable, but in the end he didn't do anything, he gently pushed her on her shoulder: "Alone, be safe."
Lu Miao took a taxi by herself, and Qiao Ze drove behind her.
The Huang family's villa is located in the suburbs of Ancheng. It is a single-family villa with a large courtyard. The outer three layers are surrounded by tofu blocks.
Qiao Ze didn't follow Lu Miao in, but went to the roof of the vacant villa in the west. There was a telescope on the roof. From this position, he could clearly see the scene of Huang Jiayin's gate and the courtyard.
He stood in front of the telescope, adjusted the focus, and looked at everything in the lens calmly and calmly, holding a tranquilizer gun firmly in his right hand.
Lu Miao and Wu Manman soon appeared in front of the camera, and they got out of the car one after the other.
The gate of the villa is a thick iron gate more than two meters high, and there are communication equipment outside the gate.
After Wu Manman greeted Huang Jiayin in front of the communication equipment, the door automatically and slowly opened.
Lu Miao looked at everything in the courtyard curiously, and looked in from time to time.
Wu Manman looked at her with a smile: "Don't look blindly, those big dogs are kept in the yard, and they will rush out when they get close to them. If Jiayin can't come out and take me, I never dare to go in."
Lu Miao looked at her hesitantly: "Is it really scary?"
"Tibetan mastiff." Wu Manman also probed into the yard, "Jiayin still has something to do, she may come out later, or..."
She pointed to the yard: "Go in and try? See if you can really tame them?"
Lu Miao twitched the corner of his mouth with a dry smile: "Walk around casually?"
Wu Manman nodded: "Of course. But her family's Tibetan mastiffs are free-range, and they are not often fed. Her yard is large and has many green plants. They often walk around, and they don't know where they come from. People are grinning, you have to be careful."
"But it's okay." Wu Manman comforted her again, "There are people watching all the time, Jiayin will not let them hurt people casually. Aren't you talented in taming these dogs, you can go in and try." Then A little bit of the chin to the half-open iron door, the meaning is already obvious.
Lu Miao glanced inside, only to see a large area of dense bushes, but nothing like dogs.
She hesitated for a while, then turned her head and smiled at Wu Manman: "Then I'll go in first."
She opened the door carefully and walked in.
A red sports car stopped silently at the gate, the window was rolled down, Huang Jiayin poked his head out of the window, looked into the yard, and asked Wu Manman: "Did she go in? "
She was wearing a pair of black pants, covering most of her face.
Wu Manman couldn't see her expression clearly, so he just nodded lightly: "Go in." Then he looked at her worriedly, "Is she going to be okay?"
Huang Jiayin took off her sunglasses: "What can happen. Aren't you worried that she is a policeman? Try it."
Both of them were facing Qiao Ze's direction. Qiao Ze couldn't see what they were talking about through the binoculars. After pondering for a while, he took out his mobile phone and called Lu Miao: "Don't touch those dogs. , if they really pounce on you, just admit it, as many as you can."
Lu Miao hummed in a low voice: "Okay."
She cautiously walked along the gravel path surrounded by green plants in the yard, and at the same time looked at the layout of the yard calmly. She wrote all the nervousness and curiosity on her face, her steps looked relaxed, but in fact Walk carefully step by step.
But the intrusion of the strange breath quickly attracted the attention of the Tibetan mastiff under the bush.
There was a ferocious dog barking, before Lu Miao could identify the source of the sound, a giant black dog suddenly jumped out from under the short tree in front of Lu Miao's left, and bared its teeth at her in a defensive state, with an extremely fierce expression. As if ready to pounce at any time.
Lu Miao's face was a little stiff, and he put his hands in front of him in a surrender, squatted down slightly, leaned back, and looked at it in a fawning and defensive way: "That...don't come here...I just came to find you The master... that's all."
Qiao Ze put his left hand firmly on the binoculars, slowly raised the anesthesia gun with his right hand, aimed the gun at the Tibetan mastiff that was confronting Lu Miao, held the trigger with his index finger, and retracted it bit by bit.
The Tibetan mastiff stared at Lu Miao without moving, but kept barking at her.Lu Miao also looked at it carefully and vigilantly, meeting its eyes.
She doesn't move, and neither does it.She tried to take a small step back, and it took a big step forward, barking more and more fiercely.
With a frightened expression on Lu Miao's face and a weak smile, he tried to wave his hand to greet it, and then took a big step back. The cowardly evasion action aroused the vicious dog's aggressiveness, and it slammed towards the dog. She swoops in.
The trigger under Qiao Ze's index finger was about to be pulled, a brick shadow suddenly appeared in the field of vision, and hit the Tibetan mastiff's head, and a tall figure also walked towards Lu Miao quickly.
Qiao Ze grabbed the binoculars and saw Xu Jiayan who had already rushed to Lu Miao's side.
Because of the sudden rush of the Tibetan Mastiff, Lu Miao fell to the ground. The stone thrown by Xu Jiayan temporarily repelled the Tibetan Mastiff. He stood between the Tibetan Mastiff and Lu Miao, and stretched his palm toward Lu Miao's shoulder, looked at her worriedly: "how, are you all right?"
Lu Miao looked a little shocked, and while patting his chest, looked up at him blankly: "Brother?"
Xu Jiayan clasped her arm to help her stand up, the Tibetan mastiff behind her suddenly flew towards the two of them, Xu Jiayan subconsciously pressed Lu Miao's head, protected her in his arms, and held her halfway. Turning around, the sharp claws of the Tibetan mastiff grabbed Xu Jiayan's shoulders. At almost the same time, Huang Jiayin's urgent voice sounded behind him: "Abao!"
The Tibetan Mastiff, who was about to attack again, fell silent in an instant, and retreated meekly to Huang Jiayin's feet.
With a pale face, Lu Miao raised her head from Xu Jiayan's arms.
"Brother?" She called him worriedly, grabbed his arm in a hurry, and looked at his back, "How are you doing?"
Xu Jiayan pressed her hand: "I'm fine."
Huang Jiayin also came closer, looking very worried: "Are you all doing well? Are you injured?"
As he spoke, he grabbed Xu Jiayan's arm, and his face turned pale when he saw the torn clothes behind him: "Mr. Xu, you..."
Lu Miao also saw the blood slowly soaking on his clothes, and grabbed his arm: "Brother..."
"I'm really fine." Xu Jiayan comforted her in a gentle voice, grabbed her arm and pulled her behind, then turned to Huang Jiayin, "Miss Huang, there are vicious dogs in your yard, and they don't look for visitors when they come to visit." Do you want to lead the way alone?"
"Brother, this has nothing to do with sister Jiayin." Lu Miao quickly explained, "I wanted to come in. I thought I could tame those Tibetan mastiffs..." The second half was weak under Xu Jiayan's gradually sharp eyes It went down and became the three words "I'm sorry".
Wu Manman also came in at this moment, and took the words apologetically: "Mr. Xu, don't blame Miao Miao, it's my problem. I heard Miao Miao said that she is talented in domesticating animals. I was curious and wanted to find out. What kind of talent is it that I joked with Miaomiao and asked her to come and try it."
Lu Miao also took over the conversation in a low voice: "Brother... You have seen it before, I am very good at those kittens and puppies. I have never been in contact with Tibetan mastiffs. I am a little curious, so I want to try."
As she said that, she looked up at Huang Jiayin in embarrassment: "Sister Jiayin, I'm really sorry for causing you trouble."
Huang Jiayin smiled: "Why are you being polite to me? I was negligent. Tibetan mastiffs are born naturally, and it took me a long time to tame them. It is impossible for you to make them obedient when you come here for the first time." Then Looking at Xu Jiayan, "Mr. Xu, is the injury on your back okay? Go to the hospital to treat the wound first."
Xu Jiayan nodded: "OK."
He grabbed Lu Miao's arm: "You also go to the hospital together to get a rabies vaccine."
Lu Miao hummed, because of Xu Jiayan's sudden appearance, her plan had to be interrupted.
She only walked a third of the yard, and only met a Tibetan mastiff. The nearest house she can see so far is an independent small flat building about ten meters to the left. The decoration style is similar to a Japanese-style tea room. Xu Jiayan just Came out of this tea room.
There were two people standing at the door, one in his 30s, about 1.8 meters tall, with a thin and stern face, standing quietly behind another old man in his 60s.
The old man was tall and fat, with a circle of baldness on the top of his head. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. He had a serious face and sharp eyes. Even from a short distance, Lu Miao could feel the pressure brought by his eyes.
Lu Miao guessed that he was Huang Jiayin's father, Huang Chang.
He was looking at her with sharp eyes, faintly judged, and seemed to be confused.
Lu Miao was not sure, and shrank towards Xu Jiayan's side, looking like he was not used to such occasions.
Xu Jiayan protected her, raised his head and said goodbye to Huang Chang: "Dong Huang, I may have to go to the hospital first, and I will visit another day."
Huang Jiayin also looked at his father: "Dad, don't tell me when there are guests at home. You see, Abao almost hurt someone. I will send Mr. Xu to the hospital first."
Huang Chang's serious face finally softened a little, and he walked towards this side and asked Xu Jiayan, "Is Mr. Xu okay?"
Xu Jiayan held his lips: "It's okay."
Huang Chang's eyes slowly fell on Lu Miao: "Who is this little girl?"
Lu Miao flinched, and greeted him with an unnatural smile: "Hello."
"She is one of my sisters." Xu Jiayan explained with a smile, "I have never seen anything in the world, and I am more afraid of strangers. Don't take it to heart, Mr. Huang."
Following his words, Lu Miao squeezed out a shy smile at Huang Chang, who looked a little timid indeed.
Huang Jiayin smiled and reproached: "Dad, you scared my friend."
The man had already walked to Lu Miao's side, and held Lu Miao's arm intimately: "Her name is Lu Miao, a friend I just met recently."
She glanced at Wu Manman: "I'm also Manman's friend."
Huang Chang laughed, and the sharpness on his face became gentle because of the stretched smile.
"Lu Miao, isn't it?" He looked at Lu Miao with a smile, "He is quite handsome, and he will come here often when he is free."
A shy smile appeared on the corner of Lu Miao's mouth: "Thank you, Uncle Huang."
Huang Jiayin took over the conversation with a smile: "Okay, we will talk later when we have a chance. I will send Mr. Xu and Miaomiao to the hospital first."
Huang Chang reprimanded lightly: "I don't have good legs and feet to drive a car." Then he turned to the thin man behind him and said, "A Jun, take Mr. Xu and Miss Lu to the hospital."
Qiao Ze stood in front of the telescope, taking everything into his eyes.
He watched Xu Jiayan escort Lu Miao out of the compound of Huang's villa, and he took his gaze away from the binoculars until he got in the car and left.
There was another man standing beside Qiao Ze, who he rushed back to the provincial meeting because of Zhang Quan's death. He also slowly put down the binoculars in his hand, and looked at Qiao Ze: "Is she the little girl you mentioned?"
Joze nodded: "Yes."
"I don't have any problems in cooperating with her. Her adaptability is good, her ability to play on the spot is amazing, and her acting skills are also intimidating. The key is that she has no obstacles in communicating with me. The four factors together basically make up for my hearing. The risks brought by defects." Qiao Ze looked at him calmly, "So I hope to return to the action group."
"Why did Zhang Quan show up in that small hotel, why did he take flunitrazep before his death, we still don't know for sure."
The cause of Zhang Quan's death has basically been ascertained. The murderer has also been arrested for a simple robbery. The only thing that has not been ascertained is why he appeared in that small hotel?Someone to meet, or someone to avoid?Why did he take flunitrazep with hypnotic and amnestic effects?This is why the murderer can easily subdue him.
The murderer woke up Zhang Quan who was not completely unconscious when he broke into the room and robbed him. In a panic, he accidentally killed him, hurriedly pushed the body under the bed, and took away all Zhang Quan's belongings.
Except for valuable bank cards, wallets, and mobile phones, the murderer threw everything else into the river and disposed of it. The mobile phone had also been swiped by him without leaving a trace.
Deputy Liu sent someone to salvage them in the river, but the river was so fast that the things were washed away and nothing was found.
Zhang Quan's death is not a mystery, the only mystery is why he appeared there?
The man pondered for a while, then looked at Qiao Ze: "Didn't you already investigate on your own initiative?"
"This is my problem." Qiao Ze said, "I am willing to accept the punishment after the case is closed, but now..."
Qiao Ze looked up at him: "Captain Xing, are you sure you really don't want to continue the investigation?"
Team Xing stared at him for a few seconds: "If you really think you're all right, you can check." He added, "Let me meet that little girl later."
Qiao Ze nodded: "Okay."
On the way back, Qiao Ze called Lu Miao.
Lu Miao is still in the hospital. He has just finished the vaccination and is accompanying Xu Jiayan to treat the wound.
The wound on his shoulder was deep, a long bloodstain, which spread from the right shoulder to the left shoulder blade by the dog's paw, and the blood had clotted on it, which looked a little shocking.
"Brother..." Lu Miao seemed to have a lump in her throat, but she couldn't do anything except "thank you".
"It's not a serious injury." Xu Jiayan looked at her with a smile, "But why did you run into such a dangerous place by yourself?"
"I didn't know it was so dangerous." Lu Miao lowered her head with a guilty look, "I just want to see what the Tibetan Mastiff looks like and whether it will listen to me like an ordinary dog. I didn't expect..."
"Nonsense." Xu Jiayan reprimanded softly, "Do you know that you almost..."
Lu Miao: "I know I was wrong."
Xu Jiayan's words of reprimand were choked in her throat by her low-browed and pleasing confession. She couldn't scold her, and she felt uncomfortable not scolding herself. It took him a while to calm down, and changed the question: "How do you get along with me?" Did Huang Jiayin and Wu Manman hang out together?"
"We met when we went to Macau. We hit it off, and we got to know each other more." Lu Miao pulled up a chair and sat down opposite him, "Why are you in Huang's house?"
"Talk about business."
Lu Miao: "What kind of business?"
Xu Jiayan gave her a strange look: "Since when did you become interested in my business?"
Lu Miao pursed her lips: "Just ask casually."
Xu Jiayan smiled: "I remember that you never cared about me before, but you suddenly cared about me, which made me a little..." He paused, "I'm flattered."
Lu Miao's cheeks bulged: "Why don't I care? It's just that I don't understand. I'm afraid you will be annoyed by asking too much."
Xu Jiayan: "When did I bother you?"
Seeing that she lowered her head and didn't dare to speak, he said: "I just went to Huang's house to discuss some business today. Huicheng Group also has some shipping business, I want to acquire it, and I came to Huang Chang to talk about it today. Fortunately, I came here today, otherwise..."
As he spoke, he gave her another hard look.
Lu Miao pursed her lips to avoid his eyes: "Look, I just said it, I don't understand what you said, it's useless to ask, so it's better not to ask."
Xu Jiayan didn't speak.
At this moment, Joze's phone call came.
"Where are you now?" he asked, speaking as simply and neatly as ever.
"It's in the hospital." Lu Miao turned around while clutching her phone, with her back to Xu Jiayan, "What's wrong?"
She didn't know about Joze following her, and Joze didn't intend to mention it to her.
"How did you go to the hospital?" He asked.
In front of Xu Jiayan, Lu Miao couldn't say too briefly: "Didn't I have an appointment with sister Jiayin today? When I went to her house, I was accidentally thrown down by a Tibetan mastiff. My brother was injured in order to save me. I Take him to the hospital."
Not a single word was hidden.
Qiao Ze on the other end of the phone softened his voice because of her explanation: "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, but my brother was injured."
"is it serious?"
Lu Miao: "A little bit."
Qiao Ze: "Which hospital, I will pick you up."
Lu Miao looked back at Xu Jiayan, and reported the name of the hospital.
Xu Jiayan watched her hang up the phone, then frowned at her: "Joe Ze?"
Lu Miao nodded hesitantly.
Xu Jiayan frowned even deeper: "Then what happened to Wen Lai last time?"
"He..." Lu Miao hesitated for a while, thinking about the unclear relationship between Xu Jiayan and the Huang family, and worried that Xu Jiayan had slipped his tongue on Huang Jiayin's side, so he simply said bravely, "It's me. Boy friend."
"What?" Xu Jiayan's voice suddenly rose, and he stood up suddenly.
Lu Miao looked at him puzzled.
Xu Jiayan was also looking at her with burning eyes: "What did you say?"
"He...is my boyfriend..." Lu Miao was still a little guilty when she uttered these words, and unconsciously avoided his eyes.
Xu Jiayan looked a little aggressive: "When did you have a boyfriend?"
"Just... a while ago."
"Where's Qiao Ze?" Xu Jiayan looked at her, "You still live with him?"
Lu Miao dare not admit that she has a "boyfriend" but lives with another single man, it doesn't sound good.
Xu Jiayan took her as the acquiescence, and held his breath in his chest.
"Do you know what you are doing?" He asked, his tone was not as gentle as before, "Since you have a boyfriend, but..."
Pressing down the words abruptly, he took several deep breaths to calm down the air pressure in his chest.
"How long have you been with Wen Lai?" He asked calmly.
"It didn't take long...it started after I came back from Macau."
Xu Jiayan: "Do you like him?"
"Forget it... right." Lu Miao was a little overwhelmed, "...otherwise why are you together?"
He didn't speak anymore, and turned his head out of the window, leaving her with a cold profile, looking a little alienated.
Lu Miao couldn't figure out what Xu Jiayan was thinking, so he was careful not to say anything, and quietly stood aside, watching the doctor treat his wound.
The atmosphere in the room was a little dull for a while, until there was a knock on the door.
Lu Miao followed the sound and looked towards the door, and saw Qiao Ze at a glance.
The man was standing at the door, raised his right hand, bent his middle finger and knocked on the door twice.
"You're here." Lu Miao stood up, but he didn't expect him to come so soon.
"It's just nearby." Qiao Ze responded lightly and glanced at Xu Jiayan.
Xu Jiayan was also looking at him, with scrutiny in his eyes, and then turned his head to look at Lu Miao, which was quite meaningful.
Lu Miao was inexplicably embarrassed, and changed the subject uncomfortably: "Brother, I'll help you get the medicine first."
Qiao Ze had already walked in at this moment, and he and Xu Jiayan nodded indifferently to say hello, and their eyes fell on Lu Miao's face.
"Are you all right?" he asked.
Lu Miao shook his head: "It's okay." Then he said to him, "You go outside and wait for me first, I will help my brother get the medicine first."
Xu Jiayan frowned at the intimacy in his tone, and he looked up at her: "Miao Miao, you have a boyfriend, your words are scary, you should pay attention to the influence."
Qiao Ze looked at Lu Miao suddenly with sharp eyes.
Lu Miao's heart skipped a beat when he saw it, and she was also a little surprised, not sure if Qiao Ze had "heard" what Xu Jiayan said just now.
She always thought he was a hearing-impaired person, but most of the time he seemed to have no impairment. She didn't know whether he deliberately showed that he could understand, or that he could read lips. She didn't ask for proof, but he suddenly The sharp look in her eyes made her a little uneasy.
She couldn't help but secretly glanced at him, and Qiao Ze was also looking at her, his eyes were deep and without emotion, she couldn't be sure if he understood Xu Jiayan's words.
Just when he was confused, Xu Jiayan's tone was a bit heavier: "Miao Miao!"
His complexion was not very good either, Lu Miao could clearly feel his anger.
"Brother, I know how to measure, you don't have to worry about me." She comforted softly.
Xu Jiayan was not so easily appeased this time: "You move out tomorrow."
"..." Lu Miao seldom saw him so tough, and looked up at him in surprise.
"Move out tomorrow!" Xu Jiayan had no room for negotiation at all, "If you don't want to move back to my place, go live in a hotel apartment first."
Lu Miao frowned: "Brother..."
Xu Jiayan ignored her, and looked at Qiao Ze: "Mr. Qiao, I'm really sorry, Miao Miao is young and ignorant, so I disturbed you during this time. Look, how long has she lived with you and how much should she charge? I will pay her the rent first."
"Brother..." Lu Miao also became a little anxious, she stood between the two men, looked up at him, "Don't be like this."
She turned to Qiao Ze and said, "Why don't you wait for me outside first, and I'll be there in a while."
Joze glanced at her and nodded.
"What's the relationship between you and him?" Xu Jiayan asked in a cold voice as soon as Qiao Ze left.
"It's just ordinary landlords and tenants." Lu Miao said and looked up at him, "Brother, can you stop interfering in my life, I don't like it."
"You think I just like it?" Xu Jiayan sneered, and suppressed his temper violently, "You told me that you have a boyfriend, but you don't know anything about it with another man. Is this still you?"
"I..." Lu Miao was speechless and unable to explain.
"Miao Miao, if you still recognize me as brother, break off with that guy, move out of that man's house, find a serious job, go to work honestly, don't mess around all day People get mixed up."
"I'm not hanging out with dubious people."
"Wu Manman, Huang Jiayin?" Xu Jiayan asked, "What is your identity and what are they? Do you think they really treat you as a friend?"
Lu Miao pursed her lips: "They treat me very well."
"Don't be naive." Xu Jiayan's complexion sank, "If I really treat you as a friend, I would let you go into that garden? If I didn't happen to be here, you would be the one lying here now."
Lu Miao lowered her head and said nothing.
Xu Jiayan didn't talk to her too much: "I still say the same thing, if you still treat me as an older brother, move out of that man's house tomorrow, break up with Wen Lai, and avoid dealing with those dubious people. .” After speaking, the person walked out the door.
Lu Miao stood there without moving, and finally stopped him after a while: "Brother, what if I don't do it?"
Xu Jiayan stopped in his footsteps, without turning his head: "Then treat me as an older brother." Without staying any longer, he had already left.
Lu Miao stood there for a while before following him out. On the way, he went to get medicine for him first.
After leaving the hospital gate, she saw two cars parked at the hospital gate at a glance.Both Qiao Ze and Xu Jiayan stood in front of the car, seeing her come out, they both looked at her.
Qiao Ze opened the passenger door with his backhand, without saying a word.Lu Miao looked at him, pursed her lips, walked past his car, and walked towards Xu Jiayan.
She handed him the medicine, and told him in a low voice: "There are instructions on the medicine list, so be careful not to touch the water."
Xu Jiayan also opened the door with his backhand.
"I have something else to do." She whispered.
Xu Jiayan closed the car door: "Give me the answer tomorrow." He turned around and got into the car, which sped away from her side.
Lu Miao stood still, looking at the car he left, feeling a little depressed.
The beeping of the horn brought her attention back.She turned her head slowly, and it was Jo Ze bending over to honk the horn. He was standing in front of the car door, looking at her from across the car.
Lu Miao pursed her lips, walked towards him, and got into the car.
The two of them didn't speak along the way, and Lu Miao was still stuck in Xu Jiayan's words, feeling a little headache.
When the car stopped under Qiao Ze's apartment building, she opened the door and wanted to leave, but her wrist was suddenly grabbed.
She turned her head in surprise, Qiao Ze was looking at her with deep eyes: "Are you with Xu Jiayan?"
"...Why do you ask such a question?" She was at a loss, "He is my brother."
Qiao Ze stared at her for a while: "You have a boyfriend, what's the matter with this sentence?"
Lu Miao suddenly realized: "Wen Lai, don't you know everything?"
Joze coughed lightly and let go of her hand.
"My brother said, if I don't move out from you tomorrow, he won't recognize me as a younger sister." Back home, Lu Miao said to Qiao Ze while closing the door.
Qiao Ze looked back at her: "What do you mean?"
Lu Miao shook his head blankly: "I don't know."
Qiao Ze stared at her for a while, then suddenly stepped forward and hugged her.
Lu Miao froze for a moment.
Qiao Ze quickly let go of her and looked down at her: "Lu Miao, from my personal point of view, I don't want you to move out, but all decisions are still yours. If you don't want your brother, you can move out, move back I’ll give you another room in the hotel apartment where you lived before. If you want to stay, stay here.”
He turned around and sat down on the sofa, already in working condition: "What's going on at Huang's house today?"
"I'll draw you a topographic map later on." She sat down on the other side of the sofa, "I didn't finish walking, I only met a Tibetan mastiff after walking a third of the way, but only one, my brother It just appeared."
Joze: "I saw it."
"..." Lu Miao's cheeks puffed up, "Then you still ask how I got to the hospital, and you deliberately tested me."
Qiao Ze nodded calmly: "Yes."
Lu Miao: "..."
He was so direct that she was completely speechless.
"I need to ensure your personal safety." Qiao Ze said, "It's risky for you to go to Huang's house alone, I can't let you go alone." He looked at her again, "Are you pretending on purpose, or are you really not going? Do you know what to do with that Tibetan mastiff?"
"That Tibetan mastiff looked okay. When I met its eyes, its eyes were not so fierce. It was just a warning to strangers intruding into its territory. I think I can get close to it." Lu Miao frowned. "I agreed to Wu Manman at the beginning to let her know that I have other skills that may be useful to them. Later, she suggested that I go to Huang Jiayin's house to try the Tibetan mastiff, and I changed my mind. Wu Manman and Huang Jiayin are obviously not as good as they show, and they both have their own concerns. For Wu Manman, if I can tame Huang Jiayin's Tibetan mastiff, it may be of great benefit to her, so she Give me this chance to try and see if I can tame those Tibetan mastiffs. But for Huang Jiayin, if I can easily tame those dogs in her family, she must be on guard against me. Since we only use Wu Manman, in the end The purpose is Huicheng Group, so I can't make Huang Jiayin guard against me just to appease Wu Manman.
"So after thinking about it, I decided to stay the same. Then you called me and asked me to admit that there are as many things as you can, and I think I must be right to do so."
Qiao Ze: "Huang Jiayin is indeed testing you."
Lu Miao nodded thoughtfully: "She is not afraid that I will be torn apart by her dog."
She glanced at him secretly: "Your eyes don't seem to be very good."
Qiao Ze looked at her motionless: "How do you say?"
Lu Miao: "You can fall in love with that kind of woman."
Joze's palms were itchy.
Lu Miao was a little curious: "Do you men only want women to be beautiful, and don't look at anything else?"
Qiao Ze still maintained the posture of turning his head to look at her: "Does that mean you are beautiful?"
Lu Miao: "..."
He continued quietly: "Didn't you say that I have surpassed the boundary between men and women, when did I become a man?"
"..." When Lu Miao was asked, she opened her mouth slightly and stared at him, unable to hold back a word for a long time.
His gaze fell on her slightly parted red lips, his throat tightened suddenly, and his eyes darkened.
She still didn't notice the chemical changes in the air, she just looked at him angrily until his breath approached, the deep burning in her black eyes made her panic for no reason, she got up subconsciously and wanted to escape, but she couldn't move as fast as Qiao Ze, he He clasped the back of her head with his palm, pressed his head down, and kissed her.
She instinctively wanted to retreat, but his palms tightened slightly, making it impossible for her to retreat, and the thin lips pressed against her lips exerted a slight force, forcing her to open her mouth, and her tongue invaded, preventing her from dodging at all. One arm also hugged her tightly into his bosom, encircling her in the crook of his arm, attacking the city and conquering the territory.
Lu Bao barked twice, but he ignored her, his lips and tongue were entangled with her, and he lost control.
Lu Bao's bark suddenly became fierce. Before Qiao Ze could distinguish it, it suddenly flew towards him and her. Qiao Ze instinctively hugged Lu Miao and spun around, protecting her in his arms, with his back to him. Lobo.
Lu Bao's dog's paw rested on his shoulder, and he grinned at him, breaking the confusion just now, waking him up, and waking her up.
Lu Miao instinctively covered her lips with the back of her hand, and hurriedly withdrew from his embrace.
"Yes... I'm sorry..." Throwing down a sentence in a hurry, the person staggered back to the room as if he had run for his life.
Qiao Ze turned his head and looked at the stupid dog lying on his shoulder, watching it without speaking.
Lu Bao groaned, stepped back from Qiao Ze's shoulder resentfully, glanced at him, and silently retreated into the kennel, lying on the ground motionless like a child who made a mistake.
It took Qiao Ze a while to let go of the breath in his chest, and glanced at Lu Bao.
It was lying on the ground motionless and looking at him, with resentful eyes.
He lightly kicked its paw, and it groaned and took a step back silently, like a child who made a mistake.
Qiao Ze didn't know what kind of dog he had, and in the past few days, he had been so focused on Lu Miao that he almost ran away with her.
She didn't take his dog away, but the man ran away by himself.
When Qiao Ze woke up the next day, Lu Miao was no longer there.
The room was empty, the quilts were neatly folded, and the luggage was still there. It was impossible to tell whether they were scared away or went out for something.
He took out his cell phone and called her.
"Where are you?"
"I was out."
"Which outside?"
Lu Miao was silent for a while: "My brother asked me to give him an answer today, and he asked me out."
Qiao Ze was silent for a moment: "How are you going to answer him?"
Lu Miao didn't think about it.
Xu Jiayan made an appointment with her early in the morning, and she was also a little afraid of seeing Qiao Ze, afraid to see him, so she went out early and deliberately avoided him.
She didn't expect him to call.
"Lu Miao." Qiao Ze, who couldn't wait for her answer, called her. His calm voice was just like the one she had when she first met him. Calm, steady, and serious, he was the same as when he held her tightly last night. He hugged her tightly and bowed his head to kiss her, he was completely different.
"How are you going to answer him?" he asked.
"I..." Lu Miao hesitated, "I don't know."
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Xu Jiayan who pushed the door in. She said in a low voice, "My brother is here, so I'll hang up first."
She tapped the word "hang up" on the screen with her finger, and she put the phone on the table.
Xu Jiayan sat down opposite her: "Have you been here for a long time?"
He asked, took the menu by hand, called the waiter, and took the time to glance at her while ordering: "How are you thinking?"
"I will break up with Wen Lai." She stroked the rim of the cup with both hands, and said softly, a little evasive.
But this answer did not satisfy Xu Jiayan.
He stopped flipping through the menu and looked up at her: "What about the moving?"
Lu Miao pursed her lips and did not answer, avoiding his eyes.
Xu Jiayan: "You don't want to move?"
Lu Miao hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "I'm used to living there, and I don't want to move for now."
Xu Jiayan closed the menu with a snap: "You have to move."
Lu Miao pursed her lips and did not look at him: "I don't want to move."
"Must move!" Xu Jiayan threw the menu aside and looked at her seriously, "Miao Miao, you must move out!"
Lu Miao held the rim of the cup without moving, and after a long silence, said quietly: "Brother, do you know why I didn't want you to help me all this time?"
She looked up at him: "I'm just afraid of the situation now. You force me to do things I don't like in the name of my good, and I can't justly refuse you.
"You have taken care of me so much, you are always considerate of me, you are always the first to show up when I encounter difficulties, and even got hurt once or twice to save me, if I still disobey you, it will appear that I am ungrateful, It's like you don't know good and bad." She lowered her head, "I'm not your biological sister, and we don't even have any relationship. I can't take it for granted that you treat me like Xu Jiaqian or your family , I am not qualified.
"So the better you treat me, the more pressure I have. I can't repay you, I can only listen to you as much as possible so that you don't worry." She looked at him hesitantly, "But I really don't like this. I I don't want to force myself to do things I don't like because of gratitude and indebtedness.
"I'm very comfortable living in Qiao Ze's house now. He didn't do me any favors, and I didn't feel that I owed him anything. He and I exchanged equal value and each got what we needed, so he wouldn't force me to do anything. He didn't With this qualification, even...he forced me, I can still reject him with confidence. But it’s not for you, I owe you too much, if you really want to force me, I can’t refuse you like I refused him If I refuse, I will feel very guilty; if I don't refuse, I will be unwilling."
"So, brother..." Lu Miao pursed her lips, "Can you stop forcing me? I have grown up and have the ability to distinguish right from wrong and good from bad. You really don't have to worry about me too much."
This is the first time she has confessed her thoughts to him so seriously, Xu Jiayan was stunned for a while, looking at her with complicated eyes, wanted to speak a few times, but swallowed it silently, and finally lowered his head .
"I'm sorry." He whispered, took the teapot with his right hand, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it down.
Seeing Xu Jiayan like this, Lu Miao felt a little uncomfortable. She didn't want to be like this, and she didn't want Xu Jiayan to feel uncomfortable because of her words. He was so kind to her that she couldn't bear to see him feel sad because of her.
"Brother..." Lu Miao called him hesitantly, not knowing what to say, and seemed a little at a loss.
Xu Jiayan raised his head and smiled at her: "Don't have any psychological burden. I'm fine."
He breathed a sigh of relief, smiled again, and looked at her: "It's just my wishful thinking for you all this time. I have no other intentions. I just feel that I treated you...too bad when I was a child. I want to make up for you, and I also want to make up for you. I feel better.
"I don't know why I was so ignorant back then. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be like this now. After you went back that day, you held my hand tightly, crying and begging me to take you home. I can’t forget it. I had a hard time in those years, and when I think of you, I feel uncomfortable and feel guilty. I struggled for a long time before I made up my mind to go back to see you and want to help you.
"In the beginning, I really approached you with the mentality of making amends to help you because of guilt. I just... simply wanted to make myself feel better." Xu Jiayan stroked the rim of the cup with his fingertips, pondering for a while, " But over the years, I am no longer simply trying to make up for you."
"Miao Miao." He looked up at her seriously, "I have selfishness towards you. I want to be with you and take care of you, do you understand?"
Lu Miao was stunned.
"You said that you can't take it for granted that I treat you like my family. So what if I, as a boyfriend... treat you well?"
Lu Miao just looked at him blankly, his mind was completely confused, and he didn't say anything.
"Miao Miao," Xu Jiayan hissed lightly, the corners of his mouth that had been tense even began to have a shallow arc, and he seemed to relax after saying that sentence, "Have you ever thought about it, my family? In addition to the innate blood relationship, can it exist in another form?"
Lu Miao couldn't help laughing: "Brother...can you stop making such jokes?"
"I'm your sister..." She was flustered and at a loss, "How can we be together?"
"I'm not joking." Xu Jiayan looked at her seriously, "Miao Miao, I'm serious. You have never been my sister, and I have never regarded you as a sister. I don't know if I will do this. It will be difficult for you to accept, but this is a decision I made after a night of deliberation. Over the years, I have been giving you enough space and freedom to not interfere with you, because I know that everyone except Lu Xiaocheng I can't get into your eyes. I thought that I could wait for you patiently, and wait for you to slowly accept my kindness to you. But after so many years, you are still rejecting me. You would rather live in a strange man's house than Unwilling to accept my kindness to you, I found that I couldn't wait."
"But...but..." Lu Miao felt her head buzzing, her heart was in a mess, everything was in a mess, and she couldn't organize her words normally.
Xu Jiayan looked at her, he could understand her inner confusion, he didn't rush her, but waited patiently for her answer.
Silence spread between each other.
The other end of Lu Miao's phone was also silent.
Her call just now was not successfully cut off, and Qiao Ze also put the call on hold.
He was sitting on the sofa, leaning against the back of the sofa, with his head slightly raised, looking at the ceiling, with his mobile phone stuck to his right ear.
The palm of his hand holding the mobile phone tightened a little, then slowly loosened, his eyes closed, then opened again, staring at the ceiling, motionless.
Get what you need!
Not qualified!
Get what you need!
Not qualified!
……
Her calm words and the way she was forced to kiss in his arms last night kept intertwining in her mind.
Qiao Ze closed his eyes restrainedly, and when he opened his eyes again, he was already sitting up straight, and he tapped the handset on the phone with his thumb, allowing the phone to turn lightly in his palm, and turned his gaze to Lu Bao on the side.
Lu Bao was lying at his feet, nibbling the dog food silently. When he stared at him, it stood up slowly, and moved to the corner with the dog bowl in its mouth.
Qiao Ze didn't speak, just stared at it and turned the phone lightly.
Lu Miao on the other end of the phone remained silent.
He could tell from Lu Miao's words that Xu Jiayan punctured the layer of window paper, he tore off her elder brother's coat, and was confessing to her, she was in confusion, or...hesitating .
She is hesitating, he thought.
Will she agree?
Will you agree?
If she agrees...
If she dares to agree!
Qiao Ze's mood suddenly became bad, and he was a little anxious, so he stood up quickly.
Lu Bao grabbed its dog bowl with his paws, and silently moved back a few steps.
Qiao Ze squatted down in front of it, patted its dog's head, and turned his phone to it: "Bar!"
Lu Bao silently protected the dog basin and took another step back.
Qiao Ze's tone became more serious: "Call!"
Lu Bao glanced at him faintly, then looked at the mobile phone in his hand, not knowing whether he understood or not, he howled resentfully.
The sound was not loud, but it still alarmed Lu Miao who was in chaos.She vaguely heard the dog barking from the phone, and looked at the phone uncertainly.
Xu Jiayan also glanced at the phone and looked at her: "Miaomiao?"
Lu Miao looked at him hesitantly.
"Are you willing to give me this opportunity, so that I have enough reasons and qualifications to take care of you?"
Lu Miao: "..."
Suddenly there were two rapid dog barks on the phone, and Lu Miao's attention was instantly drawn back to the phone. She quickly picked up the phone, and was stunned when she saw the call interface.
Seeing that her complexion was wrong, Xu Jiayan also glanced at her mobile phone, and saw the interface between her and Qiao Ze's call, his brows furrowed immediately.
Lu Miao wanted to slap herself to death, she didn't know if Qiao Ze was still on the other end of the phone, she clearly hung up, she didn't know why...
Lu Miao covered her eyes in frustration, put the mobile phone to her ear tremblingly, and asked hesitantly: "Hello..."
"Do you know that you made a fatal mistake?" Joze's voice was calm.
Lu Miao couldn't help shaking the hand holding the phone. She wanted to hang up but didn't dare to. With Qiao Ze's sternness, she could completely predict her end.
She naturally knew how fatal this mistake was. If it was an undercover operation, it would have killed her [-] times.She thought she had already hung up, but she clearly clicked to hang up, but unexpectedly she was still on the phone.It was probably because the phone was too stuck, she didn't light up when she pointed it, it was stuck, and she didn't confirm it again.
A small negligence, but a fatal mistake at a critical moment.
She didn't expect that she would make such a small mistake, and she felt very annoyed and blamed herself.
"I'm sorry." She apologized in a low voice, not daring to defend herself, a mistake is a mistake.She was just uncomfortable, uncomfortable that she had made such a mistake.
Seeing the annoyance and self-blame on her face, Xu Jiayan frowned deeper, and stretched out his palm to her: "Give me the phone."
His mobile phone rang at this moment, Lu Miao pointed: "Phone."
Xu Jiayan had to withdraw his hand and picked up the phone.
Qiao Ze didn't reprimand her harshly as Lu Miao was worried, but asked her calmly, "Where are you now?"
Lu Miao glanced at the menu and reported the name of the restaurant.
Joze: "When will you be back?"
"It's noon." Her voice dropped again, "I'm sorry, I didn't hang up on purpose. My mobile phone has been used for several years, and it has been getting stuck recently. I clicked to hang up, but I didn't expect ..."
The more Lu Miao said, the more he felt like he was making excuses, and the corners of his lips collapsed in annoyance, a little frustrated: "I'm sorry."
Qiao Ze was silent for a while: "I'll pick you up."
Lu Miao didn't know if Qiao Ze wanted to settle with her, so she didn't dare to refuse him, so she nodded hesitantly: "Okay."
She took a peek at Xu Jiayan, but saw Xu Jiayan's expression suddenly changed, and he stood up abruptly: "Don't worry, I'll go back now."
After hanging up the phone, he reached out to call for the waiter.
"What's wrong?" Lu Miao also hurriedly got up, "What happened?"
"Qianqian is missing." Xu Jiayan accepted the phone, "Miaomiao, I have to go back to see what's going on first. You go back alone, and I'll contact you later."
"What's her situation?" Lu Miao asked anxiously, her professional instinct made her subconsciously want to follow him to the scene.
"I don't know the details, I'll talk about it later."
Xu Jiayan turned around and wanted to leave.
"Wait, I'll go there with you." Lu Miao stopped him, went out with him, and said to Qiao Ze on the other end of the phone, "Don't come here. Xu Jiaqian is missing, I want to go and have a look. "
Qiao Ze frowned: "Xu Jiaqian? Where are you going now?"
Lu Miao: "I don't know, I guess I should go to Xu's house first."
Lu Miao hung up the phone and got into the car with Xu Jiayan.
"She said she went out to dinner with her friends yesterday morning, and she didn't come back all night." Xu Jiayan started the car, turned the car around, and said, "The phone is also turned off, and no one knows where she is."
Lu Miao frowned: "Could it be that you went somewhere to play with your friends, and your phone ran out of battery?"
"It would be great if that's the case." Xu Jiayan turned the steering wheel neatly, turned to look at her, "Her car was found on a rural road seven or eight kilometers away from home, the door was open, and there were signs of a fight on the seat .”
"When she went out yesterday, she said that she might not come back at night, so that mom would not have to prepare her meal. So she didn't come back at night, and mom didn't take it to heart." Xu Jiayan continued, "I found out when mom called her in the morning. The mobile phone was turned off, and I thought it was not up. I didn’t expect to receive a call from the police just now, asking them to identify the car.”
(End of this chapter)
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