your voice my world

Chapter 2 Hotel Burst
When receiving the notification, Lu Miao stared at the bulletin board for a while.

She didn't expect such a result, even if Xiao Zhan had pointed out something last night, she didn't expect it to be so serious that she would be eliminated directly.

She knew she wasn't doing well enough, but this result still completely exceeded her expectations.She wanted to know why, and after hesitating for a long time, she still went to find Deputy Liu.

Deputy Liu was in the office, and had already drawn up a set of arguments to deal with her.

"Lu Miao, I know that you work hard and are very serious and responsible. This is rare. But our business is no different than others. You can take it easy. We always hold our lives in our hands, and we can't tolerate the slightest mistake. You They are all excellent, but the emergency response and contingency response are really lacking, which is precisely the most deadly. Bullets don’t have eyes, and they won’t wait for you to react before flying towards you.”

Lu Miao opened her mouth, and she looked like she was about to cry, but she endured it stubbornly: "I...I can change, it won't be so bad all the time."

Deputy Liu: "Lu Miao, emergency response is just an instinct. As for resilience, some people may be more affected by innate factors. For example, sanguine people have better resilience than phlegmatic people. We are When making career choices and other choices in life, in addition to considering objective conditions and personal interests, you may also have to consider whether your personal adaptability is suitable for such career choices, don’t you think so?”

Innate factors?Can't change it?
Lu Miao thought of what Chen Qi had said since she was a child, saying that she was clumsy, stupid, not clever, and not flexible.She had worked so hard to get over it that she thought she was okay.

The lower lip was bitten lightly, and she asked him hesitantly: "I really can't... give me another chance?"

Her voice was as thin as a gnat, her eyes were wide and round, with a timid feeling.

Deputy Liu almost retracted his decision, but he still forced himself to nod his head slowly: "I'm afraid not."

Lu Miao lowered her head: "I see." His voice was choked with sobs, and he thanked Deputy Liu in a low voice before turning around and leaving.

Lu Miao moved out of the dormitory the next morning.

Her family is not in Ancheng, and she entered the police force training directly after graduating from school. She has no house in Ancheng, and she has no money.Being eliminated was so sudden that she had nowhere to go and had to go home first.

Her home is in the countryside on the outskirts of Ancheng, about two hours' drive away.

The house is very dilapidated, a small bungalow with only three rooms, the walls have been corroded by wind and rain, and there are moss everywhere.

She has three older sisters, all married early, not far away, in the surrounding villages, and the oldest one is only four years older than her.

Married close, and not well married, naturally often take their children back to live with their natal family.

When she got home, the second and third sisters were both there, each with their own children, sitting on the open space in front of the house, and the neighbors and aunties were also there, chatting with each other.

Lu Miao didn't know them well, and she was sent back here when she was five years old.At that age, she always felt that her parents were Xu Jiayan's parents. Since she was sensible, she called them parents, so when they left her and drove away, even though she was panicked , Very scared, but she still believed what Chen Qi said, they would come back to see her and pick her up.

She has been waiting for them, and has been afraid that they will not come back to pick her up.The completely unfamiliar environment frightened her, she couldn't accept it, and couldn't integrate into it.

Most of the time, she just sat in the corner alone, watching them timidly, not daring to speak.

Her mother was neither good nor bad to her.

The family was too poor, and had four daughters in a row, and they gave her away because they couldn't support them, but they were sent back again.

Suddenly there was an extra mouth in the family, and the wrinkles on her mother's forehead only increased.At first I saw her sitting alone in a corner, and my mother tried to come and talk to her, but she was too young at that time, and she couldn't adapt to the panic of being thrown down suddenly, she didn't know what to do, Ren's mother No matter how coaxing or persuading her, she just watched timidly, not daring to speak.

Slowly, the mother no longer cares about her.In such a family that is overwhelmed by life, the mother can't take much time to wait for her acceptance, she just shakes her head and sighs, or assigns her some small tasks, such as feeding the chickens, dog.

The only ones who would accompany her at that time were those little animals and her younger brother, Lu Xiaocheng.

Lu Xiaocheng is one year younger than her, and he was still young when she first came back, probably because of his similar age, he likes to cuddle up to her, chatter endlessly in front of her, see her puff up her eyes and look at him without speaking, he also Not daring to say anything, he quietly squatted in the corner with her.

She seldom speaks, but she is very obedient, almost doing what others tell her to do.At that time, she really thought that as long as she was obedient, her parents would come to pick her up.She wanted to go home, and she wanted to go back to school.

Now that she has grown up, she no longer has the helplessness and panic she had when she was a child, but she is not very familiar with her, so when she sees her family and neighbors sitting in front of her house, she just says hello.

They were surprised by her sudden return.

"Why did you come back suddenly?" her mother asked.

"The team... is on vacation."

The mother didn't ask any more questions, she went back to the room, and there were low voices of conversation outside the room.

"It's not the Chinese New Year holiday, what kind of holiday is it?"

"My little four is also doing an internship there. I haven't heard that it's a holiday."

"Call me and ask what's going on..."

"it is good."

"Little Four, Miao Miao said that the team is on vacation, why didn't you go home... what... isn't it a vacation... oh..."

"How did he say……"

"He said he was fired..."

"..."

There was a brief silence outside, and then the conversation resumed.

"Why did you get expelled... Sigh... I used to say that this child is stupid and not suitable for studying. Xiao Cheng has to drop out of school and let her go..."

"Mom, keep your voice down... Xiaocheng is like that, it's useless to say these..."

"If she hadn't insisted on studying, Xiao Cheng wouldn't have... Now that Xiao Cheng is gone, she is like this again, and she is expected to... oh..."

A low sigh accompanied by suppressed sobs.

Lu Miao stood in front of the table in the room, listening to the deliberately low-level conversation outside, looking at himself in the mirror, feeling as if something was blocked in his heart, and felt more and more uncomfortable.

An old wind chime hung on the window, tinkling in the wind.

"Can you take me back to my mother..."

"I want to go back to school, can you let me go and play with my classmates..."

At the age of six, she secretly grabbed her mother's trousers and asked her mother in a low voice.

Before she was eight years old, she hardly spoke much, and only occasionally said these two sentences. Every two months, when she felt that she was obedient, she would carefully ask her mother, but she did not go to school until she was eight years old. .

She watched other children go to school with schoolbags on their backs, sobbed and tugged at the corner of her mother's clothes, saying that she wanted to go to school.

She went to kindergarten from the age of three until she was suddenly thrown back here at the age of five and a half. At that time, she still wanted to go back to kindergarten. She liked to be with other children, and she liked to stand at the school gate holding the iron gate after school, over and over again. She read the slogan "If one day, you suddenly don't know who you are", waiting for her mother to pick her up.

At that time, Lu Xiaocheng also helped her hold his mother's hand, raised his head, and begged his mother for her, saying that he wanted to go to school with his sister.

The mother finally agreed to him, and she worked hard to give birth to a son who could only have four daughters. She almost wanted anything from him.

Lu Xiaocheng... Lu Xiaocheng...

Lu Miao's fingers lightly touched the glass on the wind chime, the glass was already a little cracked, and she was cut.

Lu Miao looked at the blood that was slowly oozing out from her fingertips, and took a while to withdraw her hand.

"Your emergency and adaptability are indeed lacking...Emergency is an instinct, and some people are indeed susceptible to congenital conditions..." Deputy Liu's words were still in my ears.

Lu Miao looked at the small wound on her finger, and wondered why it was cut again, she was obviously so slow in touching it...

The third sister opened the door and came in, saw her standing at the window lost in thought, and called her.

"Are you okay?" Third Sister asked, a little worried that she had heard the discussion just now.But seeing her acting like usual, just shaking her head blankly, Third Sister felt relieved again.

She couldn't get close to this younger sister, probably because of the relationship of being adopted. In memory, Lu Miao is this stupid, slow, and slow-response look.

She sighed in her heart and heard Lu Miao say slowly: "Sister San, I have to go back later, I may not be able to stay at home to eat tonight, don't cook my food for a while."

She looked at Lu Miao strangely, then nodded: "OK."

Lu Miao returned to Ancheng that afternoon. She had just graduated and had no money and no salary during the internship. She sent some to her parents and only had 2000 yuan left on her.

The rent for a single room in Ancheng generally starts at 25 yuan, and one deposit pays three. She couldn't even afford to rent a house, so she had to find a small hotel online. It was very broken, and it cost [-] yuan a night. Even the windows were broken, and there was only one board. Dangerously blocked.

The room was small, with only a desk, and an old wooden bed, under which all kinds of sundries were stuffed tightly.

Because it hasn't been cleaned for a long time, the room emits a rancid smell like rat corpses from time to time, which is not heavy and can be tolerated.

Lu Miao was not in the mood. She put down the suitcase and sat down on the bed absent-mindedly, making the old bed board creak.

On the table next to the bed was an equally worn-out small fan, probably the previous tenant forgot to turn it off when he left, and it kept spinning whirringly.

The front half of the fan shield was gone, and the fan blades were turning at a very slow speed, so slow that Lu Miao thought she could easily grab the fan blades with her hand, but she didn't.

Stretching out his fingertips, he was scratched by the fan blade, and a thin tingling sensation came from the nerve endings.

Lu Miao was a little startled, she still couldn't catch it at such a slow speed.

No wonder Deputy Liu didn't want her.

She wasn't really that suited to the industry, she knew it.

In the first year of university, she almost failed in physical training, especially in sensitivity. She seems to be born with relatively long reflexes. Others can always be alert immediately when they encounter danger, but she just can't.She kept it from everyone, secretly went to the training ground to train every night, and finally gradually improved, and it seemed to be getting better and better—at least in her opinion, it was getting better and better.

Didn't it turn out?

His eyes slowly fell on the rotating fan blades, the tingling pain from his fingertips was still there, Lu Miao hesitated, and stretched out his fingers to the fan blades again, but he was still cut.

She withdrew her hand, stretched it out, retracted it, stretched it out... Little by little, time and time again, she slowly increased the rotation speed of the fan.At dawn, she was able to smoothly hold the high-speed fan blades.

Excitement grows little by little, and there is no such thing as a natural failure.

She couldn't wait to tell Deputy Liu that her emergency response and sensitivity could form an instinctive response through intensive intensive training the day after tomorrow.

In the afternoon, Lu Miao returned to the bureau and went to look for Deputy Liu.

Deputy Liu was a little surprised when he saw her. He knew she had left yesterday, and he was still guessing whether and when she would come back. He didn't expect her to come back so soon.

She still looked timid, and her mental state was not very good. It was obvious that she hadn't slept all night, but her eyes were stubborn.

"Vice Liu, I have something to ask you for." Her tone was cautious, her eyes narrowed, and there was a pitiful look all over her body.

Vice Liu's complexion softened unconsciously: "Say it."

Lu Miao: "Can you... lend me a fan first?"

Deputy Liu was a little puzzled, but turned around and took out a small desk fan from under the desk.

Lu Miao plugged in the plug and asked him: "Vice Liu, can you catch the rotating fan blade?"

Deputy Liu: "..."

Lu Miao didn't ask any further questions, pursed her lips, and suddenly stretched out her hand to the high-speed rotating fan blade.

Qiao Ze just came in, his expression changed slightly: "What are you doing?"

The sudden noise frightened Lu Miao, she missed and was cut by the fan blade again.

"Is your brain alright?" Qiao Ze took a step forward, took her hand, and saw the dense scars on her fingers at a glance, some of which were still bleeding, and almost none of the fingers were intact.

His eyes flicked to her.

Lu Miao withdrew her hand in embarrassment: "I'm not crazy."

She glanced at the spinning fan, then stretched out her hand out of nowhere, and firmly grasped the spinning fan blades before Qiao Ze stopped him.

She looked up at Deputy Liu: "Deputy Liu, you told me that emergency response is instinct, and the ability to adapt may be more affected by innate factors, but I think this can really be improved through acquired training, like this..."

She let go of the fan blade, and instinctively grabbed it again, but didn't touch it——Joze held her hand and pushed the fan away.

"Speak directly if you have something to say."

Lu Miao glanced at him blankly, said oh, and continued: "Like grabbing fan blades with bare hands, it also tests speed and reaction ability. I couldn't catch them before today, but after I practiced all night, I can I caught it very easily, so I feel that there is nothing inherently unchangeable. I can change the problem you are worried about through intensive training the day after tomorrow. I really won't drag anyone down, can you..." She hesitated Looking at Deputy Liu anxiously, "Give me another chance to make up the exam? If I still fail in the second exam, can you eliminate me again?"

Deputy Liu looked at Qiao Ze. This little girl was so stupid that he had a headache and felt distressed. The weeping and stubborn little eyes made him feel guilty for no reason. His heart could not be hardened or ruthless. stand up.

Thinking that it was Qiao Ze who started this matter, he coughed lightly: "Lu Miao, I can understand your mood and know that you are excellent, but the matter of being eliminated is not decided by me alone. "

He glanced at Qiao Ze: "...Let's see if you can convince him."

Lu Miao was stunned for a while, and slowly raised his head to look at Qiao Ze: "You let them eliminate me?"

Qiao Ze neither admitted nor denied: "We are out of consideration for your life, this team does not need unnecessary sacrifices."

"But I really won't..." Lu Miao paused, bit her lower lip lightly, and looked at him, "Is it really impossible for me to return to the anti-drug team? Even if I don't go to the front line?"

Her aggrieved eyes almost made Qiao Ze give up this assessment.

"Lu Miao." He called her calmly, "You should know your own disadvantages."

Lu Miao lowered her head: "I see." She bit her lip and looked up at him again, "Can I... can I go and see Lu Bao?"

Her tone was a little hesitant, a little timid and apprehensive, as if she was afraid that he would refuse, and she hurriedly added: "I'll just take a look."

Joze stared at her for two seconds and nodded.

It's a 20-minute drive from his home.

This time Qiao Ze opened the door himself, and Lu Miao stood beside him without saying a word.She was silent and quiet all the way.

When the door opened, Lu Bao still stood at the door wagging his head and waiting for them.

Lu Miao finally responded.

"Lubao." She waved at it.

Lu Bao hurried over.Lu Miao squatted down in front of it, rubbing its head lightly with his hands.Qiao Ze looked at her, really loved the appearance of animals.

"Let's go into the house first," he said.

Lu Miao looked up at him hesitantly, and when the corners of her mouth were pursed, she lowered her head and touched Lu Bao's little head: "Lu Bao, shall we go out to play?"

Lu Bao groaned.

Lu Miao stood up and looked at Qiao Ze: "I'm going back."

Qiao Ze's black eyes narrowed slowly.

She waved her hand at him, turned around and left, and Lu Bao scrambled to keep up.

Qiao Ze: "Lu Bao."

Lu Bao ignored him, and followed Lu Miao as before.

Qiao Ze clasped the ring in front of his chest with both hands, turned his head to look at Lu Miao: "Lu Miao!"

Lu Miao knew what he wanted to say, and boldly turned back to him: "What's the matter?"

Joze glanced at his dog.

Lu Miao: "Then you call it back." After speaking, he turned and left.

Lu Bao also followed her, wagging his little tail.

Qiao Ze had to follow downstairs.

Lu Miao didn't intend to stop, Lu Bao wagged his tail and jumped happily beside her.

Qiao Ze didn't stop her either. He wanted to know what she wanted to do. She didn't just want to see the dog, and obviously it wasn't for revenge.

After walking for about 10 minutes, Lu Miao finally stopped.She looked back at him, a short distance away.

"You should be the kind of person who is very smart and powerful?" she asked.

Qiao Ze raised his eyebrows and looked at her silently.

"Look." Lu Miao pointed to Lu Bao, "Smart as you are, why don't you let me lead you by the nose and follow me obediently?"

Joze: "..."

"I don't know you well, but I quickly learned about your weaknesses and my strengths, so I can easily convince you that you don't even have the slightest defense against me." Lu Miao approached him and stood in front of him. Stand still, "My reaction ability may not be as good as yours, but it doesn't mean that I am useless... It is not necessary to hold a gun and confront drug dealers head-on to be called anti-drug. Providing information is also a way."

"I know how to investigate, know how to test drugs, and be cautious. I can't go to the front line, but I can be an undercover agent."

Qiao Ze's judgmental eyes fell back on her face, stayed for a few seconds, then turned away: "No."

Lu Miao was a little anxious: "Why?"

"What do you do undercover as a girl?"

"You discriminate against women."

"Do you know what that means?" Joze looked at her and asked.

Lu Miao naturally knows what this means. From now on, she will walk on the verge of life and death every day. She may suffer double damage both mentally and physically, and may even be forced to engage in sex trafficking and drug use... She can imagine every possibility, but still There were more dangers lurking than she could have imagined.

"I want this job." Lu Miao said, "I can bear any result."

Qiao Ze looked at her and said, "You can go to the household registration department, or transfer to the back office, and you will still be a policeman."

"I want to be involved in the drug fight."

Joze: "The reason."

Lu Miao pursed her lips and lowered her head: "I just like it."

She raised her head again, ignoring his scrutinizing eyes, and emphasized to him: "I know how to protect myself, and I will never be a burden to anyone."

"I entered the police academy after passing the examination of the police academy, and I also entered the police force after the assessment of Deputy Liu and the others. Moreover, I was admitted with No. 1 cultural achievement, which shows that my ability was recognized. That day it was just An unexpected situation may be just an accident, you can't completely deny me just because of an accident." When Lu Miao spoke, he couldn't help but look up at him, with pleading in his eyes.

"That's not an accident." Qiao Ze looked at her and said word by word, "I knew it was not an accident since you instinctively protected that dog."

Lu Miao had nothing to say, she was silent for a long time, and asked him: "As long as I can prove that I am capable enough for this job, I can go back?"

Joze: "Of course."

"Don't go back on your word." Lu Miao immediately grabbed his words, and just missed going up to him to swear by high-fiving.

"If you go back on your word, I'll attack Lu Bao."

Qiao Ze ticked his lips, but didn't respond to her slightly childish behavior.

Lu Miao thought he had acquiesced, knelt down and touched Lu Bao's head, telling him to go back with Qiao Ze.

She didn't really want to take Lu Bao away, but she just wanted to use Lu Bao to prove to him that she also has other abilities. She didn't expect that Lu Bao, who usually listens to her very much, didn't listen to her this time, just awow barking, relying on her and refusing to leave.

Qiao Ze looked at her with raised eyebrows, but didn't speak.

Lu Miao suddenly felt a little bit hard to get off, and became embarrassed.

"How about I take it for a walk first, and send it back to you later?" Lu Miao thought for a while, "Maybe I told it to take it to play but didn't go, and it lost its temper."

Qiao Ze didn't make it difficult for her: "If you can't persuade her to come back, you can figure it out."

Lu Miao took Lu Bao for a few laps in the surrounding park, but it still wanted to follow her.

She didn't know why it had to follow her, and its owner would not abuse it.

She couldn't persuade it to go away for a while, and she was sleepy and tired. She didn't sleep all night last night. She was really sleepy, so she took it back to her place first.

The small hotel where she lives is nearby, more than ten minutes' walk away.

When going back, Lu Miao was worried that Lu Bao would be stopped by the proprietress of the hotel, so she took it around the back of the house, secretly put it into the house through the window, and then opened the front door to enter.

There was still a rancid smell in the room.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Lu Bao was scratching hard at the bottom of the bed, barking all the time, looking very manic, completely opposite to the meekness just now.

Lu Miao was surprised.

"What's wrong?" She squatted down in front of Lu Bao, and looked under the bed. It was full of things, and it was dark, and she couldn't see anything.

Lu Bao didn't respond, but frantically pawed at the sack stuffed under the bed.

Lu Miao glanced at it, stood up immediately, took away all the quilts on the bed, lifted the bed board, and a thick stench gushed out immediately.

Lu Miao glanced at the ground, and was so startled that the bed board in her hand fell on the bed frame with a bang. She covered her mouth and turned around to vomit wildly. Lu Bao barked at her and jumped out of the window with a babble. Nothing can stop it.

The loud noise in the room alarmed the proprietress at the front desk, and she hurriedly pushed the door in at this moment: "What's wrong?"

Lu Miao covered her mouth and stood up, with a stern face: "Look at the door, no one is allowed to enter or leave."

She immediately took out her mobile phone and called Deputy Liu: "Vice Liu, there is a murder case at 103, Huining Hotel, Wenjin Road."

Before the police from the police station arrived, Lu Bao had brought Qiao Ze to arrive first.

Lu Bao almost ran all the way, it went back to find Qiao Ze, and kept barking at him.Qiao Ze felt that something was wrong with Lu Miao, and rushed in with Lu Bao all the way.

Lu Miao stood guard at the door with a pale face.

As soon as Qiao Ze entered the room, he could smell a strong rancid smell. Before he could ask, Lu Miao said weakly, "Under the bed...there is a dead body."

Qiao Ze's face turned serious, and he turned to the stunned proprietress outside the door: "The site is sealed off, no one is allowed to enter or leave." Then he turned to Lu Bao, "Lu Bao, stand guard at the door."

Lu Bao quickly ran out.

Qiao Ze glanced at the room: "You lived here last night?"

As soon as he reminded, Lu Miao turned around covering her mouth and wanted to vomit again.

Qiao Ze patted her on the back: "Go out first if you can't bear it."

"I am fine."

Lu Miao patted her chest and stood up. She didn't forget that she was still a policeman. Although she didn't study criminal investigation, she would inevitably face the dead in the future.

The police arrived soon, and immediately cordoned off the scene.

The corpse under the bed was already highly decomposed, and his face could not be discerned, and it was vaguely discernible from the clothes that it was a man.

The time of death was at least five days.

Small family-style cheap hotel, usually no one cleans, passengers only need to report their names at the front desk when they check in, and they don’t even need to go through check-out procedures when they leave.

Lu Miao's legs were a little weak, thinking of spending the night with the corpse last night, her stomach rolled.

Qiao Ze and other police officers surveyed the scene, and then accompanied her to a nearby police station to record a statement. It was late at night, and Qiao Ze was still busy.

Lu Miao came out alone, dragging a suitcase, standing on the street, watching the heavy traffic, suddenly didn't know where to go.After this incident, she had a psychological shadow on the small hotel.

The person was hesitating when the phone rang suddenly.

Lu Miao picked up the phone and glanced at it. It was Xu Jiayan's phone call, her brother when she was a child.

He came back to see her when she was ten years old, and the two have kept in touch ever since.

She picked it up: "Brother."

It's still the name I used when I was a child, and I haven't changed it for so many years.

"I heard you were fired from the police force? What happened? Where are you now?"

Xu Jiayan's voice on the other end of the phone is gentle and calm, completely different from the indifference of his childhood.

From the moment he suddenly went back to see her, Lu Miao noticed a change in his attitude towards her.

Probably because he was already a child with self-awareness when she was adopted. After being an only child for so many years, he always felt somewhat hostile towards her younger sister who appeared out of nowhere.During the few years she was in the Xu family, he didn't treat her well, he bullied and beat her, and showed his dislike to the naked eye.

His parents' dislike for her has something to do with Xu Jiayan, no matter what, for them, the one born by themselves is the treasure.

Lu Miao doesn't know why Xu Jiayan's attitude towards her suddenly changed, maybe it's because of growing up, or maybe it's because when she left her, she grabbed his hand and cried begging him to take her home Things touched him.

He was already a 15-year-old boy when he first came to see her, and he was still a little shy, saying sorry to her in a low voice. After returning, he sent her some stationery, books and other small gifts one after another. He even had to give her living expenses when she was admitted to university.

Lu Miao didn't dare to take it. She didn't dare to take the gift or the money he gave. She was no longer a child of the Xu family.

But no matter how she refused, Xu Jiayan still transferred the money to her bank card for repaying the loan every month, and she returned it and he transferred it back.She didn't dare to spend a dime, and left everything in Kari intact.

Now there is a considerable amount of money in that card, but what she earns is only 2000 yuan.

The only thing she can spend with peace of mind is these two thousand.

She knew that he was very kind to her, but she didn't dare to ask for such kindness, and she didn't dare to let Xu Jiayan know her current predicament, so she replied to him in a relaxed tone: "No, I am very good in the police force."

There was silence on the other end of the phone, until his gentle voice slowly sounded again: "Miao Miao, you don't have to lie to me."

The horn sounded suddenly, on the phone, and in the air.

Lu Miao raised her head subconsciously, saw the white Ferrari under the red light at the crossroad across the road, and suddenly became embarrassed: "I'm sorry..."

Xu Jiayan: "You wait there for me and don't move."

Qiao Ze just came out with Lu Bao, and immediately saw Lu Miao under the street lamp, dragging a suitcase, alone.

He walked towards her: "Don't you still plan to continue to find some cheap hotels that don't even have doors and windows?"

Lu Miao pursed her lips: "Why haven't you left yet?"

Qiao Ze glanced at the stupid dog that rolled silently to her feet.

Lu Miao: "..."

Qiao Ze raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "I still have a vacant room over there, so you can make do with it tonight."

Lu Miao shook her head: "No need, my brother will pick me up later, thank you."

"Your brother?"

He remembered that she was only a sister.

The sound of car horns came from the intersection at this moment, accompanied by double flashes.

Qiao Ze looked up following the light and saw a Ferrari parked at the intersection. A tall man in a suit got out of the car and waved to Lu Miao.

Lu Miao turned her head and said goodbye to Qiao Ze, then dragged the suitcase and left.

Lu Bao also hurriedly followed.

"Lu Bao." Qiao Ze called it, but it didn't seem to hear it, and followed Lu Miao, twisting its buttocks and bouncing.

Xu Jiayan also walked towards Lu Miao, took her suitcase, stuffed it into the trunk, and asked her: "Why are you alone by the road, have you decided where to live?"

Lu Miao nodded subconsciously: "It's settled..."

She wanted to use her mobile phone to book a hotel online for a night after getting in the car, but she didn't expect that just as she got to the car door, Lu Bao barked suddenly and rushed towards Xu Jiayan.

Xu Jiayan instinctively turned sideways to avoid it.

Lu Bao stood at Lu Miao's feet, grinning at Xu Jiayan.

Lu Miao was a little stunned.

Joze also came up.

"Sorry!" He apologized softly, turned to Lubao, and called out to it.

It groaned and turned back its attacking posture, but it still circled around Lu Miao.

Lu Miao was also a little embarrassed. After apologizing to Xu Jiayan, he squatted down and persuaded Lu Bao to go back with Qiao Ze. Unexpectedly, he couldn't be persuaded. After walking around Xu Jiayan twice anxiously, he saw Lu Miao wanted to get into the car, but also squeezed his head into the car.

Qiao Ze didn't stop it, but just looked at Xu Jiayan calmly.

Xu Jiayan is very handsome, with gentle eyes, and he can be seen from a good family background and a well-educated person in every gesture. Lu Bao's hostility towards him is unreasonable.

Lu Miao couldn't hold back Lu Bao, and looked back at Qiao Ze hesitantly: "Your dog..."

Qiao Ze raised his eyebrows slightly: "Didn't you recruit it?"

Only then did Xu Jiayan notice Qiao Ze: "This is..."

"..." Lu Miao was stopped by the question, and pointed to Lu Bao hesitantly, "The owner of the dog."

The two men looked at her at the same time, and she was a little embarrassed.Although she and Qiao Ze had known each other for a few days, she really didn't know his identity, occupation, or even his name.

She knew he was guarding her.

Qiao Ze came to his senses first, and slightly nodded at Xu Jiayan: "Hello."

Xu Jiayan also politely replied "Hello", and then opened the car door.

Lu Miao wanted to get into the car first, but Lu Bao was still poking out his buttocks and pushing hard towards the car. When Lu Miao pulled it, it barked at her with its teeth bared.

This is unusual.

"Lu Miao." Qiao Ze called her back, "Just make do with me tonight, and you may have to go to the police station to make a statement tomorrow morning."

Xu Jiayan frowned: "What happened?"

Lu Miao turned her head and pointed to the small hotel not far away: "A corpse was found in the hotel."

Xu Jiayan glanced over there: "What kind of place do you live as a girl?"

Lu Miao didn't dare to speak.

Xu Jiayan let out a sigh of relief and suppressed his temper: "Go back to live with me first, and I will send you over tomorrow."

"No, I've already booked a hotel..." The word "了" was suppressed in Xu Jiayan's eyes, and her voice also weakened, "I don't want to live in your house, and I don't want your parents to see it." Great."

Xu Jiayan sighed: "It's my own house."

Lu Miao still didn't want to go there, she glanced at Lu Bao who was still trying to squeeze into the car, and looked at Qiao Ze hesitantly: "...Anyway, I have to go to the police station tomorrow, or I'll stay at his place tonight. a little……"

"Miao Miao." Xu Jiayan's tone was obviously not very good.

Lu Miao didn't dare to look at him: "Brother...I'm sorry." She silently went to pick up the luggage.

Qiao Ze took it off for her, and took a look at the trunk along the way, and there was no difference.

He glanced under the car calmly as he pulled Lobo down, everything was normal.

People are normal, cars are normal, the only abnormal thing is that stupid dog.

Xu Jiayan saw that Lu Miao was determined not to leave with him. After knowing her for so many years, he naturally knew her stubbornness, but she didn't want to get involved with anything related to the Xu family.

He stared at her for a while, but finally didn't insist.

"Go back and have a good rest, I'll call you again tomorrow."

Lu Miao hummed, and felt uncomfortable watching him leave.

She knew that Xu Jiayan didn't like her like this, and she didn't like Xu Jiayan like this either.

She was afraid of meeting his parents, afraid that they would mistakenly think that she was still shamelessly enjoying everything in the Xu family. They had clearly stated that they did not want her 20 years ago.

She hopes that even if she sees her again in the future, she will be upright in front of them; even in the face of their possible accusations, she will be upright and have a clear conscience.

When she looked back, her eyes collided with Qiao Ze's.He was looking at her with thoughtful eyes.

Lu Miao recalled just now, feeling a little embarrassed, and silently pulled the suitcase: "Thank you."

Qiao Ze saw that she seemed to be planning to find another hotel, and there was still lingering fear in her eyes.

"There's no need to be brave." He pulled her suitcase, "My room is also empty."

He held out his hand to hail a taxi.

Lu Miao had no choice but to keep up, and added in a low voice: "I'll pay your rent back later."

Joze ignored her.

Qiao Ze's house is a two-bedroom house, he lives in the master bedroom, and the second bedroom is vacant.

He carried her luggage in for her, stood at the door, and said, "No one usually lives in this room, and the sheets and quilts are all new."

He turned around and pointed to the opposite side: "The bathroom and the toilet are shared. There is no extra toilet here, so let's use it first."

Lu Miao nodded, she didn't plan to stay here for a long time, but it's too late today to find a house, so let's make do for one night.

"Also." Qiao Ze looked at her, "My name is Qiao Ze, not 'Master of the Dog'."

Lu Miao: "..."

"Clean up first, I won't use the bathroom for the time being."

After giving the order, the people left.

Lu Miao had nothing to clean up, but she was a little terrified when she saw the bed, hesitated for a while, but she still couldn't help walking over, bending over to look under the bed.

Qiao Ze just took a cup to the living room to pour water, and saw her looking carefully under the bed at a glance.

"There is no dead body hidden under the bed, so I still have this vigilance," he said.

Lu Miao touched her nose, then stood up silently, not to look under the bed anymore.

Despite Qiao Ze's assurance, Lu Miao still had nightmares in the middle of the night.

Qiao Ze lived next door to her, and their bed was separated by a wall, and her babbling in nightmares woke him up.There was not much movement, but it was already a big movement for the highly alert Qiao Ze.

He went to knock on the door, but there was no response in the room, but a distressed sound could be heard.

Qiao Ze unscrewed the door, turned sideways, and called Lu Bao.Lu Bao ran in and woke up Lu Miao.

When Lu Miao came out, his face was very pale, but his whole body seemed to be sleepwalking, in a daze.

"What's wrong?" she asked, as if she hadn't figured out what was going on.

"Are you okay?" Joe asked.

Lu Miao shook his head blankly: "It's okay."

She didn't know what happened, she was woken up by Lu Bao while she was asleep.

Qiao Ze stared at her for a while: "Lu Miao, with your mental quality, how do you return to the police force? How do you go undercover?"

Lu Miao was stunned.

Qiao Ze raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "Go back and rest first, let Lu Bao live in your room."

Lu Miao, who went back to rest, did not make any more strange nightmare sounds.

She got up early the next day, but Joze was earlier than her, and he had already gone out when she got up.

Lu Miao remembered what Qiao Ze said in the middle of the night last night, and suddenly felt discouraged again.

She had worked so hard for so long, it seemed that everything was in vain, and she suddenly didn't know where to go.

She found a small house on the Internet, negotiated with the landlord and rented it for [-] yuan, one deposit and one payment, and she moved there that afternoon, leaving a note and [-] yuan rent for Qiao Ze, and put it on the coffee table superior.

Qiao Ze went to the bureau early in the morning.

Xiao Zhan had already come over, saw him and said, "I heard that there is a carrion hidden under the bed in the hotel where Lu Miao lives?"

Qiao Ze nodded: "The nearby police station is investigating the identity of the deceased. It is estimated that the victim was murdered again. That small hotel is not safe."

He usually does not participate in criminal investigation work, nor is he a member of the public security system in Ancheng. He only lives in Ancheng this year because of an injury.Due to his special status, he only dealt with Deputy Liu and Xiao Zhan on weekdays. He went to the police station yesterday only to assist in the investigation and did not pay much attention to the case itself.

He came here today to investigate another matter.

"Lu Miao has a brother who drives a Ferrari. What is the background of this man?"

Xiao Zhan frowned: "Why do you ask this?"

Qiao Ze: "We met last night, and Lu Bao's reaction was a bit abnormal."

Xiao Zhan smiled: "The dog you raise is abnormal to you, let alone an outsider."

Having said that, Xiao Zhan still called up the information for him.

"Is it a man named Xu Jiayan?" Xiao Zhan asked, "Lu Miao was adopted before she was five years old. The family who adopted her was named Xu, the Xu family of Xu Yanghaiyun."

Xiao Zhan pointed to the ID photo on the computer: "Is it this man?"

Qiao Ze glanced and nodded: "What is it?"

"Xuyang Shipping, Anseong's largest shipping group and major taxpayer, is mainly engaged in international shipping of general cargo, import and export of goods, free ship leasing, ship and container sales, etc. Xu Jiayan is currently the CEO of Xuyang Shipping."

"Xu Yang Haiyun." Qiao Ze pondered these words.

Xiao Zhan looked up at him: "What?"

Qiao Ze shook his head: "It's nothing, I just remembered the Huicheng Group back then."

Xiao Zhan understood that it was the only time Qiao Ze missed in his career of more than ten years. Huicheng Group also had a background in shipping, but it had transformed a few years ago.

His only miss caused him to be deaf in both ears, and it also stopped his career from then on.

"Huicheng's business direction does not overlap with Xu Yang's, and one of the headquarters is overseas and the other is in Ancheng. There is no overlap." Xiao Zhan patted Qiao Ze on the shoulder and said while looking at him.

He communicated with Qiao Ze, as long as Qiao Ze could see his lips moving, that was enough.

Qiao Ze not only knows how to read lips, but also is proficient in it.

"Where is the person?" Qiao Ze asked, "Is Xu Jiayan clean?"

"A serious businessman." Xiao Zhan pointed to Xu Jiayan's resume, "Graduated from a prestigious school at the age of 21, and took over the family's business as soon as he graduated. Starting from the grassroots, it took nine years to gradually bring Xu Yang Shipping has grown from a small, half-dead company to what it is today."

Qiao Ze habitually crossed his arms and circled his chest, thoughtfully: "In this case, Lu Bao is so abnormal that it doesn't make sense."

Deputy Liu just came over and heard the conversation between the two, and said, "What's even more unreasonable is that your dog only hangs around a woman and doesn't even want its owner."

Deputy Liu even specially wrote it out for Qiao Ze to read.

Xiao Zhan lowered his head and grinned.

Joze glanced at him.

Xiao Zhan suppressed his laughter and didn't entertain him anymore: "To be honest, you have seen Lu Miao's performance in the past two days. His ability to resist attacks is still good. He knows his own disadvantages. He didn't give up on himself or make noise. He just used facts Talk. The background check is also clear, how about it, do you consider keeping it?"

Qiao Ze: "The psychological quality is not good."

He mentioned Lu Miao's nightmare last night.

Xiao Zhan: "She is a girl who has just graduated, and she stayed with the carrion all night for no reason, and she is not allowed to have a psychological shadow?"

"The purpose of keeping her is to be an undercover agent." Qiao Ze turned to look at him, "Do you think she has the psychological quality to be an undercover agent?"

Xiao Zhan was speechless.

The elimination of Lu Miao was based on her safety considerations, and it was also a strategic consideration.

She is indeed not so suitable for front-line anti-drug work, but she is useful to Qiao Ze just because he can hear her voice.

If Qiao Ze wants to use Lu Miao in the future, it is inevitable that Lu Miao will be kicked out of the police force and everyone will know about it, which will help her cover.

Of course, the premise of using it is to make sure that Lu Miao is fine, and that Lu Miao can take on this important task.

But obviously, before it was confirmed that she was fine, she had been completely eliminated. Not only was her ability not recognized by Qiao Ze, but her psychological quality also did not meet Qiao Ze's requirements.

Lu Miao failed Qiao Ze's test this time.

Xiao Zhan wondered whether he should invite Lu Miao back and transfer him to an internal support post. The little girl was serious and well-behaved, so he appreciated it.

"She wants to be an undercover agent." Qiao Ze said suddenly, which he did not expect, and it coincided with his thoughts for a moment.But after last night, Qiao Ze overturned this plan, and Lu Miao's mental quality was not good enough.

Xiao Zhan raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that the little girl and Qiao Ze planned to go together. Unfortunately, she had more energy than she wanted.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and it was for Deputy Liu to report the progress of the case of hiding the body in the hotel last night.

Yesterday, the case of hiding corpses in the hotel was transferred to the criminal investigation team of the city bureau due to the seriousness of the case. Deputy Liu was in charge of the criminal investigation detachment, and was also in charge of the anti-narcotics detachment and special police detachment.

He took the report without any hassle.

"The deceased Zhang Quan, male, 35 years old, investment consultant of Huicheng Group..."

Qiao Ze read these words from the movement of his lips, his face tightened, he quickly took the document in Deputy Liu's hand, and quickly scanned it.

"Sorry." Qiao Ze held the document with a stern expression, "Vice Liu, I may have to take a copy of this document with me. This is not an ordinary criminal case."

Deputy Liu knew from his expression that the matter was not simple, and Huicheng was involved. This was originally the case that Qiao Ze was in charge of, but because Huicheng's China headquarters was in Ancheng, they were ordered to assist in the investigation.

Qiao Ze is not under Deputy Liu's management, he is just recuperating here, and Deputy Liu is only entrusted with secret care and protection.

After Qiao Ze left the city bureau, he went to the provincial capital and made an appointment.

As soon as the man arrived, Qiao Ze threw the document on the table: "Zhang Quan is dead."

"Staying in a small hotel and being killed by robbers in the middle of the night, this is the current investigation result." Qiao Ze said, "His blood test report shows that he may have taken heroin and LSD before his death, with high purity. There is also fluoride in his blood. There is an ingredient in nitrazepam, which is a drug used for hypnosis, amnesia and sedation."

The man looked at him, frowning, and didn't speak for a long time.

"I'm applying to return to the action team," Qiao Ze said.

"No." The man refused immediately without even thinking about it, "You can't even hear what I say, how can you act?"

Qiao Ze was silent for a while, his lips were slightly pursed, and he didn't speak.

The man patted him on the shoulder: "I know that if this case is not solved, you will not be able to get over the hurdle in your heart. But in the current situation, your physical defects are there, and people are sent out one after another... Now even Zhang Quan can't help it." ... We can no longer have any mistakes, and we can no longer sacrifice people for it ... All operations may have to be suspended if necessary."

"I don't agree." Qiao Ze didn't even think about it. "We have been busy for so many years and sacrificed so many people. We are only short of the last step. Suspending it now means that we may fall short."

Qiao Ze looked at him: "I can't accept this result. I can go back, and I must go back."

The man stood up: "Until your hearing recovers, I will not accept such an application."

The meeting of the two broke up unhappy, and neither of them could convince each other.

After returning from the provincial capital, Qiao Ze went home first, and it was already past seven in the evening when he got home.

Lu Bao was the only one in the room, and as soon as he opened the door, it barked at him with resentful eyes.

"She's gone?" Qiao Ze asked, glanced at the second bedroom, and sure enough, it was neatly packed, and her things were no longer there.

He saw two hundred yuan bills and a note on the coffee table.

The note is very simple: "I'm leaving, thank you for taking me in, the two hundred yuan is the room fee for last night, it's a bit small, I'll pay you back when I have a chance."

The handwriting is vigorous and powerful, neat and crisp, with a touch of sharpness, which does not match her weak appearance, and is not written by a girl like her who is so dazed.

He could guess last night that she would not be staying for a long time, but he didn't expect her to move out so soon, as if she was afraid of disturbing him, which surprised him a little.

In the bureau yesterday, she still looked at him with that look, and then made him a partner without saying a word, and abducted Lu Bao without a trace, just to prove to him that she could not go to the front line, but she could fight in a roundabout way.

She said so swearingly yesterday that she would prove that she is capable enough for the job, but she gave up silently today.

Qiao Ze has seen too many people like this, so he doesn't feel much about her giving up. He just feels a little regretful, and regrets that he has misjudged himself.

He has been walking on the edge of life and death for many years, and has seen too many people of all kinds, but that day in Deputy Liu's office, in order to prove that her birth defects can be changed, she did not hesitate to cut the bruised When he stretched out his hand to the fan blade, he was still a little shocked.

There is tenacity in her bones, she is petite and petite, but there is a determination not to fear death in her bones.

He admired her tenacity, and accepted what Xiao Zhan said. It was the first time for a young girl to encounter this kind of thing, and it was inevitable that there would be shadows. But he didn't expect that it was only one day, and she made him feel that he was mistaken.

Qiao Ze shook his head, and put the note on the coffee table.

The house where she stayed for one night didn't have much of her breath, and her approach and departure didn't have much impact on his life.

The only thing that matters is that stupid dog.

Lu Bao was very resentful, growling all night long, his dog food had been eaten long ago, and there was still half a bone left in the dog bowl, probably Lu Miao fed it before he left.

She didn't know that Lu Bao was born as a police dog, and his diet was completely in accordance with the configuration of a police dog, which was high-nutrition dog food.

It never gnawed a bone.

Now that it is willing to gnaw off half of it, it probably likes Lu Miao very much. It seems to have an inexplicable liking for her.

Qiao Ze originally thought that it was in a bad mood because Lu Miao left, but he didn't expect that for two consecutive nights, it would silently growl around his feet, eat carefully, eat slowly, and occasionally retch and choke. Stretched head and neck from time to time, and salivation phenomenon.

This is unusual.

Qiao Ze finally found out that something was wrong with it, squatted down and stared at it for a while, tried to touch its esophagus, and felt a small hard object.

It was choked to the throat by the bone that Lu Miao fed!
"Calling you greedy." He patted it on the head.

It whined and didn't dare to make a sound.

Qiao Ze got up and took it to the pet hospital, which was nearby where he lived.

He didn't expect to see Lu Miao at the pet hospital. She took off her police uniform and put on a white coat, busy in front of cage after cage of pets.

Lu Miao didn't expect to meet Qiao Ze here, let alone Lu Bao who followed Qiao Ze listlessly.

"What's wrong with it?" Lu Miao asked worriedly, and he had already squatted down to check it carefully.

Joze: "Stuck with a bone fed by some ignorant person."

"..."

Qiao Ze squatted down: "It never eats bones."

"..." Lu Miao's face turned red all of a sudden, "I thought you couldn't afford dog food."

She saw that there was rice in Lu Bao's dog bowl, and thought he was feeding it leftovers.

Qiao Ze glanced at her: "Do I look so poor?"

Lu Miao did not dare to say clearly: "Your door was taken down by me..."

"It means you should reflect on it."

Qiao Ze stood up and let the veterinarian who came over take Lu Bao in for an X-ray examination, and he followed.

Lu Miao also followed in.

She came out to look for a job after moving the day before yesterday. She has some talent in domesticating animals. During the winter and summer vacations of college, she was looking for a part-time job in a pet hospital, doing some pet care work.

Now she hasn't figured out what to do next, but she has to support herself first, so she found a job and did so first.

"Are you going to deal with these cats and dogs in the future?" Qiao Ze asked, glancing at Lu Bao who was obediently letting the doctor take the bones.

"You said that I'm not suitable, but that's what I majored in in college. Now that I've been expelled, of course I have to find another way out." Lu Miao glanced at Lu Bao, "Anyway, your dog listens to me, I'm afraid I can't control these kittens and puppies."

Qiao Ze snorted softly: "Have you been a fool for a few years?"

Lu Miao: "Didn't you say that my mental quality is not good?"

Joze stopped talking.

The foreign object in Lu Bao's throat was quickly taken out, and before leaving, he rubbed against Lu Miao and refused to leave.

Lu Miao became familiar with it, and also hugged it and rubbed against its little neck, like a little girl who hasn't grown up.

Qiao Ze saw a man and a dog making trouble there, and unconsciously looked at Lu Miao twice.She still looks gentle and harmless, with a clean and pure smile and clear eyes. After getting along with her for a few days, apart from being a bit dull and stupid, she really doesn't look like a person with problems.

The idea of ​​using her came up again.

She is a drug control professional, has a deep understanding of drugs, can easily tame large dogs, has learned fighting, knows how to shoot, and most importantly, he can hear her.

If he really wants to return to the action group, her assistance will bring him great convenience.

As the man said, his current physical defects have completely prevented him from further participation.

Hearing impairment can greatly reduce his alertness, and he needs someone by his side who can keep him alert at all times.

Lu Miao was able to communicate with him without barriers, so she was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate, not to mention that she herself had such determination and thoughts.

She and he belonged to the kind of people who went to the same goal by different routes, which saved the intermediate step of convincing her.

But correspondingly, her adaptability and psychological quality are her fatal injuries.

Qiao Ze weighed in his heart, and he spent the whole night weighing the pros and cons of using her.

When taking Lu Bao for a review the next day, Qiao Ze brought her a document, which was the confession of the two drug traffickers she caught a few days ago.

After checking Lu Bao, Qiao Ze asked Lu Miao to have a meal.

At the dinner table, Qiao Ze pressed the confession with his fingertips and asked her if she still wanted to return to the team.

Lu Miao naturally thought that since she was 19 years old, she had only one belief in her life - anti-drug.

"Lu Miao, I don't care what your reason for wanting this job is, but you can't bring personal grudges in anti-drugs, because it may affect your judgment, and even affect your overall view, ruining everyone's efforts. "

Lu Miao pursed her lips and remained silent.

Qiao Ze slowly handed out the two documents that were under pressure: "This is the confession information of the two people you arrested that day. They are from Zhoujia Village, Ancheng. One is Zhou Chao and the other is Zhou Sheng. He is 20 years old and has been active in the Ancheng drug black market for a long time. He was entrusted by a man named A Can to transport drugs into Ancheng. I will give you three days. If you can find this man named A Can, I will allow you to go back. .”

Lu Miao took the information and flipped through it: "Can't you use Zhou Chao and Zhou Sheng to catch people?"

Qiao Ze: "This is your exam question."

Lu Miao groaned, and readily agreed.

"In addition, in order to cultivate our working rapport in advance, I hope you can move back to my side." Qiao Ze said, he also needs to further observe whether she is trustworthy.

"Of course, rent, water and electricity are all free." He added.

Lu Miao frowned: "What do you mean... cultivate a tacit understanding of our work in advance?"

"What the hell do you do?" she asked.

Qiao Ze: "The vagrant."

Lu Miao: "..."

Qiao Ze took back the statement and looked at her: "What do you mean?"

Lu Miao turned her head and thought for a while: "Okay."

Her straightforwardness made Qiao Ze look at her twice. She didn't seem to have the sensitivity of living in the same room with a strange man, but it seemed that he was abducting an ignorant girl.

"Lu Miao." He stroked the rim of the cup with his fingertips, and looked at her ponderingly, "Do you know what it means for you to live here?"

Lu Miao was a little confused: "Didn't you say you want to cultivate a tacit understanding at work?"

"..."

Qiao Ze didn't discuss this issue with her again. The little girl didn't treat him as a man, or she didn't treat herself as a woman.

(End of this chapter)