your voice my world

Chapter 8

The injury on Lu Miao's foot finally fully recovered after two days.

She found time to go to the hospital to see Zhou Minmin.

During the few days she went to Macau, Zhou Minmin had already woken up, but after experiencing such a big trauma, she became taciturn.

Chen Yizi was also there when she went to the hospital. She greeted Chen Yizi and went to see Zhou Minmin.

Zhou Minmin was awake, but did not speak.

"She has been like this for the past few days, and she hasn't talked much since she woke up." Chen Yizi's mother sighed aside.

Lu Miao looked at the silent Zhou Minmin, bent over and slowly brushed away the hair on her forehead, and hugged her slowly.

Lu Miao didn't speak, just hugged her like this.

After a while, she slowly let go of Zhou Minmin, and asked her softly, "Minmin, does the wound on your arm still hurt?"

Zhou Minmin nodded lightly: "It hurts."

Her utterance made Chen Yizi and her mother heave a sigh of relief.

Lu Miao lowered her head and touched Zhou Minmin's forehead, looking into her eyes: "It's okay, it will be fine in a few days." Then she comforted her, "When you recover from illness, go home with grandma and aunt first, okay?"

Zhou Minmin nodded lightly: "Okay." Then whispered to her, "Sister, I miss my mother."

Lu Miao's throat was a little choked, and she would never be able to help Zhou Minmin fulfill this wish.

Zhou Minmin didn't speak any more, just took her hand lightly, and didn't let her go.

Lu Miao stayed with her all morning, and didn't get up until she fell asleep.

The cause of the fire at Zhou Minmin’s house was found out on the third day. She woke up in the middle of the night looking for water to drink, but she didn’t see Zhou Jun, so she got up to boil the water alone. The circuit short circuited and the power was cut off. She lit a candle herself, and the flame ignited the living room A pile of head models.Since the death of Minmin's mother, Zhou Jun has fallen into a state of extreme self-abandonment. The house has almost never been cleaned up. The living room is full of messy clothes, quilts, plastic head models, hairspray, plastic bags and waste packaging boxes. The floor is all over the house, the wooden floor is laid again, the wine cabinet is connected to the sofa, and there is still unused kerosene in the wine cabinet when they moved to the new house.As soon as the fire spread, Zhou Minmin, a little girl, couldn't control it at all, and thick blackout curtains had already been drawn on the balcony, so no one noticed the accident here.

She didn't know how to call the police, and the house was locked again, so she couldn't get out. Lu Miao was the one who called Zhou Jun when he couldn't get through. She sat alone in the fire and waited for Lu Miao to take her out.

Lu Miao looked back at the little girl who was already sleeping soundly on the bed, she obviously didn't look like her, but for some reason, she always felt some shadow of herself.

Chen Yizi also looked back at Zhou Minmin, sighed, and looked at Lu Miao: "Lu Miao, do you have time to have dinner together?"

Seeing her expression as if she was looking for something, Lu Miao nodded.

The two found a restaurant near the hospital and sat down.

At first, Chen Yizi was still being polite about Zhou Minmin's matter, chatting and chatting, but somehow got around to Xu Jiayan: "Your brother seems to be very kind to you."

Lu Miao nodded: "Yes."

"You..." Chen Yizi hesitated, "Aren't you brothers and sisters?"

Lu Miao still just nodded: "Yes."

Her straightforwardness made Chen Yizi stare at her in surprise for a long time, and Lu Miao didn't know why she looked at her with such surprised eyes.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Then your brother... did you tell me and him..." Chen Yizi hesitated, but he couldn't ask the second half of the sentence.

Lu Miao didn't wait for the second half of her sentence, but waited for Xu Jiayan's call.

He is just a daily greeting call, asking where she is and if she has eaten.

Lu Miao casually replied that he was "eating", and Xu Jiayan immediately became interested.

"With whom?" he asked.

Lu Miao glanced at Chen Yizi: "With a friend."

Chen Yizi's hand reached out to her: "Give me the phone."

Lu Miao hesitated for a while, then handed her the phone.

Chen Yizi turned to Xu Jia on the other end of the phone and said, "Lu Miao and I are eating."

Lu Miao couldn't hear what Xu Jiayan replied, but saw Chen Yizi cut off the phone and handed the phone back to her.

Seeing that her expression was not quite right, Lu Miao asked her hesitantly after thinking about it: "Are you and my brother... are boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"No." Chen Yizi immediately denied it, but paused, then looked up at her again, "You can also say yes, we used to be boyfriend and girlfriend."

Lu Miao nodded and didn't ask any more questions, but Chen Yizi couldn't help it: "Aren't you curious about the relationship between me and him now?"

Lu Miao shook her head: "This has nothing to do with me."

Chen Yizi was blocked by her words, let out a long breath, and calmed down.

"Xu Yanghaiyun is the one who started his business with him now. We have been together intermittently for a few years, and finally because of personality differences, we cooperate tacitly at work. I have shares in the company, and he can't do without me, so We are..." Chen Yizi thought for a while, "Business partners."

She said affirmatively, "Yes, business partner."

Lu Miao thinks this word is very appropriate, it is a bit similar to her and Qiao Ze, but they have not yet reached the level of business partners, at most they are work partners, not even work partners, after all, she has not given him a Answer, he hasn't asked her again recently.

As far as Lu Miao's current thinking is concerned, she is more inclined to go back to work in the anti-drug team, and she is under a lot of pressure following Qiao Ze.

But several days had passed since the vacation that Xiao Zhan gave her, but Xiao Zhan didn't inform her to go back to work. She didn't know what his plan was now, and she was still waiting for her to contact him to discuss the time to go back to work.

Lu Miao couldn't figure out Xiao Zhan's mind, and she hadn't made a complete decision yet, and after a few days of delay, she was somewhat evasive, both worried about making a decision, and fearing that she wouldn't be able to make a decision.

People were thinking about it, when Xu Jiayan came.

He came here in a hurry, from the corners of his clothes that were rolled up by the wind, Lu Miao could see that he was dusty and nervous.

As soon as he entered the room, he hurried towards her, looked her around, then looked back at Chen Yizi, with a relieved expression on his face.

Lu Miao didn't understand his nervousness, she just had a meal with Chen Yizi.

Chen Yizi seemed to have had enough of his nervousness, so he stood up with a light smile: "Lu Miao saved my niece, and I treated her to a meal to express my gratitude. Is there anything wrong with that? Why are you so nervous?"

Xu Jiayan probably knew that he was too nervous, he let out a long breath, and looked at Chen Yizi: "I'm sorry."

Lu Miao watched the two people's charade-like conversation, and raised his wrist to look at his watch: "Sorry, I have another appointment with a friend, so I have to go first."

Xu Jiayan nodded: "Where is the appointment? I'll take you there."

Lu Miao looked at him and hesitated for a while, then nodded when thinking of what he said a few days ago.

She made an appointment with Wu Manman, or rather, it was Wu Manman who asked her to see the jewelry exhibition.

Since returning to Ancheng, Wu Manman has asked her out frequently, but they are limited to things that girls often do, such as doing beauty treatments and shopping together.

"Brother..." After getting into the car, Lu Miao looked at him thoughtfully, "Why are you being so nice to me?"

Xu Jiayan was surprised by her nonsensical question, and turned to look at her.

Lu Miao was also looking at him seriously.

"You are my sister, shouldn't I be nice to you?" Xu Jiayan replied quietly.

"You use this to perfuse me every time." Lu Miao was a little unhappy, "I want to hear the truth."

Xu Jiayan was silent for a while, then looked up at the long queue in front of him.

"Conscience is disturbed." Xu Jiayan said suddenly, his voice was a little low and distant, "I used to be young and ignorant, I did a lot of wrong things, and ruined..."

her whole life.

He swallowed those four words back, and turned to look at her: "When I grow up and become sensible, every time I think of you, my conscience will always be disturbed, so... I want to make up for it, I can make up for a little bit."

Almost as she guessed.

"Actually, you don't have to..."

Xu Jiayan's palm suddenly reached out to her, pushing her shoulder to sit up straight.

"Miao Miao, you don't have to accept it, but I can't not."

Lu Miao couldn't help showing him a smile: "I'm really fine, I'm doing fine now."

Xu Jiayan took a deep look at her and turned away.

"I wish you could always..."

After talking, the second half of the sentence was lost.

Lu Miao looked at him in surprise, he had returned to his usual gentleness, and glanced outside the car: "Here we are."

He sent her off the car, Wu Manman was already waiting for her at the entrance of the exhibition hall, and Huang Jiayin came with him, still on crutches.

Lu Miao didn't know what happened to her legs. In the early winter weather, she was wearing a thick black dress that covered her thighs to her ankles. It could only be seen that her legs and feet were inconvenient. Was it because of an injury that hadn't healed or could it just be like this all the time? No, she couldn't see it.

Recently, Wu Manman asked her out, and Huang Jiayin seemed to be there.

Lu Miao didn't know whether Huang Jiayin was interested in her, or in Wu Manman's catering, or something else. In short, after a few days, Lu Miao and Huang Jiayin were already acquainted, and they were generous when they met. Fang called "Sister Jiayin" and "Miaomiao", and no longer called each other "Miss Huang" and "Miss Lu".

Huang Jiayin did not expect that it was another man who sent Lu Miao over today, and he was also a man she knew.

"Boss Xu?" She called out uncertainly.

It took Xu Jiayan a while to recognize Huang Jiayin, and he was a little uncertain: "Miss Huang?"

Huang Jiayin smiled lightly: "It's me."

A trace of surprise flashed in Xu Jiayan's eyes: "I heard that Ms. Huang had an accident at the beginning of the year, and everyone was rumoring that Ms. Huang had..."

Xu Jiayan smiled, and stretched out his hand to her: "It's good to be alive."

Huang Jiayin also extended his hand and shook hands with him lightly, looking a little cold: "Thank you." Then he glanced at Lu Miao unintentionally, "You guys actually know each other, the world is so small."

Wu Manman knew Xu Jiayan, and introduced with a smile: "Lu Miao was adopted by Xu's family when he was young, and she is Mr. Xu's sister in name."

Huang Jiayin suddenly realized: "So that's how it is, what a coincidence." Looking at Lu Miao again, "Miao Miao, why didn't you bring your boyfriend here today?"

Lu Miao found that Huang Jiayin's obsession with her "boyfriend" has reached a new level. Every time they meet, she always looks behind her, and then asks her "Why didn't her boyfriend come?" Let her bring her boyfriend with her next time.

Xu Jiayan turned his head and glanced at her when he heard the words: "What boyfriend?"

Lu Miao pursed her lips, scratched her head and refused to say anything.

Huang Jiayin and Wu Manman only thought that she didn't want her family to know that she was fooling around with men, so they changed the subject with a smile.

"The jewelry exhibition is about to start, does Mr. Xu want to go in together?" Huang Jiayin asked.

"Another day, I have a meeting in the afternoon."

He didn't go in with them, he gave Lu Miao a few words and left first.

Lu Miao and Wu Manman went shopping with Huang Jiayin.

It was Huang Jiayin who was going to visit the jewelry exhibition, and asked Wu Manman to make an appointment with Lu Miao.

On the way, Huang Jiayin got a call and went out to answer the call.

Wu Manman casually looked at the jewelry on the showcase, and suddenly said: "Miao Miao, have you noticed that Jiayin seems to be very interested in your man?"

The word "your man" gave Lu Miao a burst of horror, goosebumps a little joy, she resisted the urge to rub her arms, turned to look at her, nodded, with a confused expression on her face: "I want to ask you too, Jia Could it be that elder sister Yin is having an affair with Mr. Qiao?"

"What are you worrying about?" Wu Manman patted her with a smile, took a step closer to her, and stared at Huang Jiayin outside the door, "Probably because your man looks a bit like the man she loves in back. She fell in love with a man, who was under her father's command, and she turned against her father because of that man. At the beginning of the year, she almost took her life to save that man. But it was too late, the man died on the spot... . . . and she still refuses to believe that he is dead."

Lu Miao looked at her in surprise, not expecting such a result.

Wu Manman hissed at her, and looked at Huang Jiayin who had already finished the phone call and was about to go back.

Lu Miao tactfully didn't talk to her about this topic again, until the end of the jewelry exhibition, a few of them went to dinner, and before parting, Huang Jiayin smiled and said politely: "We have known each other for so long, and I haven't seen your boyfriend yet." Friends, let's have dinner together some other day."

She turned her head to Wu Manman and said, "Take your Shang Qi with you."

Wu Manman smiled and said, "Okay."

Lu Miao also smiled, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

After bidding farewell to Wu Manman and Huang Jiayin, Lu Miao secretly asked Yao Lingling to have dinner at a small restaurant in the deep alley near her workplace. Help to find out about Joze.

Yao Lingling didn't have a deep impression of Qiao Ze. She only remembered that he was the man sitting in the car on the day of the assessment, and she never met him again.

"Why did you suddenly want to check him?" Yao Lingling looked at her curiously, "He doesn't seem to be a policeman, I haven't seen him wearing a uniform. We don't have such a person here."

"Do you have any other channels to check?" Lu Miao asked, "Or the internal system, can you check?"

"You want to investigate me, so you don't want to ask me directly?" A deep male voice suddenly interjected shallowly, and the chopsticks in Lu Miao's hand almost poked into the rice in shock.

She turned her head hastily, and Qiao Ze appeared beside her at some point, holding a lunch box in his hand, looking at her indifferently.

With him is Xiao Zhan.

Lu Miao pressed the beating heart on his chest with his palm, and couldn't help muttering: "Why are you everywhere?"

"Probably because you have done too many bad things, even God is on my side."

Qiao Ze sat down beside her. He came to talk to Xiao Zhan today. It was a little late, so he stopped by to have dinner together. He didn't expect to hear her voice while eating.In the huge world, only her voice could be heard, and he didn't care whether he wanted to or not.

Lu Miao puffed her cheeks and ignored him, and didn't dare to mention investigating him again.

Xiao Zhan was sitting opposite, looked up at the two of them, and raised his eyebrows in surprise: "What's the matter, why did I see a bit of flirting?" He turned his head and glanced at Yao Lingling, "Xiao Yao, what do you think?"

Yao Lingling didn't know about the private cooperation between the two.Usually, Qiao Ze and Lu Miao came to the team to go directly to the underground garage of the office building. No one knew about them except Deputy Liu and Xiao Zhan, so she didn't see anything, and shook her head blankly: "No .”

Xiao Zhan shook his head: "No winks."

Qiao Ze didn't pay attention to the two of them, but turned to look at Lu Miao: "Where did you go all day today?"

"With my friends..." Lu Miao paused, then took a peek at Xiao Zhan, "I went to dinner with Huang Jiayin."

Xiao Zhan who was drinking soup was choked.

He glanced up at Joze.

Lu Miao also turned to look at Qiao Ze.

Qiao Ze's expression was natural, he just sipped the soup unhurriedly: "Little days are very chic."

Lu Miao got the information he wanted, and ignored his sarcasm, and ate with his head down.

After returning home at night, as soon as the door was closed, Lu Miao turned to look at Qiao Ze: "Huang Jiayin asked me to take my boyfriend to dinner another day."

Qiao Ze glanced at her: "Who is your boyfriend?"

"..." Lu Miao belatedly realized that this was wrong. She and Qiao Ze were just acting as friends with benefits, and Wu Manman only called him her boyfriend to save her face.

She tilted her head and thought for a while, then asked him, "Can you borrow someone from Team Xiao for me? It's a face-to-face."

"doing what?"

"Pretend to be my boyfriend." Lu Miao pointed to herself, "Those who have sex friends may also have regular boyfriends."

"So..." Qiao Ze gently rubbed his chin with his fingers, and turned his head to look at her, "Are you planning to find a boyfriend in the future, and then find a friend with sex?"

"..." Lu Miao was almost entangled by him, "I'm not saying I'm looking for it, I just want to explain that this kind of situation will exist. And I explained it to Wu Manman from the beginning, you and I are just golden The relationship between the Lord and your bed partner, I am one of your many women, I like you, but you like many people at the same time, so it is impossible for me to have expectations for you. I would like to get married, so I have another regular relationship with a man Friends are also possible."

Qiao Ze nodded lightly: "It's a pity that you didn't take the screenwriting exam."

"..." Lu Miao was choked by him, and it took a while to say quietly, "Don't you want to see Huang Jiayin? Or can't you see her? I just want to help you avoid the risk of seeing her again."

Qiao Ze glanced at her indifferently, only missing two words from her.

He sat down on the sofa: "Tomorrow, I will ask Deputy Liu to arrange it." He looked up at her again, stared at her and looked around, "You don't want to do a fake show, do you?"

"..." Lu Miao looked at him a little strangely, "You and I are not pretending to be real."

Joze: "..."

He found that her body reaction was a bit slow, but her brain turned quite fast, especially that mouth, the whole person looked stupid, and she couldn't hear a word after opening her mouth, which really made people...

He resisted the itching in his hands and heart that pulled her under him, took the computer with a cold face, and went about his own business.

The next day, after consulting with his superiors, he went to Vice Team Liu to pick someone out, a college student named Wen Lai who had just graduated like her, and he was not bad looking, the key was his quick response, sharp skills, and good talk, but he was Be cautious, not only won't hinder her at critical moments, but also help her to block things.

Wen Lai was selected by Deputy Liu as an undercover anti-drug agent when he was still in school. His personal background information has been strictly handled. The identity background of college students from poor areas in the west is not easy to investigate. The current public identity is just a college student who has just graduated. The company Small staff, doing sales work, the background is ordinary and innocent.

Qiao Ze spent a day observing and reviewing, and finally settled on Wen Lai.

He didn't intend to let Lu Miao's identity be exposed to people other than himself, for fear of affecting her subsequent work, but it is true that he can't show his face with her for the time being, so Wen Lai's role is still very much needed.But her cooperation with Wen Lai depends on how she persuades Wen Lai.

Qiao Ze asked Deputy Liu to create a chance for Lu Miao and Wen Lai to meet, and Deputy Liu handed it over to Xiao Zhan to arrange.

Xiao Zhan secretly asked Wen to have dinner, and Qiao Ze went with him, and it was a restaurant under Shen Yu's name, Tianyu Restaurant.

Shen Yu used to be a member of Deputy Liu's subordinates, and had served in both the criminal police team and the anti-narcotics team. Even if he temporarily left this team now, he still had inextricable connections with Deputy Liu.The restaurant he runs is an ordinary restaurant on the surface, but secretly provides some private space for former colleagues to meet in private. Both the interior layout and the staff inside are carefully designed and selected, with a strong sense of secrecy. sex and confidentiality.

Wen Lai hadn't arrived at the restaurant where Qiao Ze and Xiao Zhan arrived first.

There was a menu spread out in front of Qiao Ze, and he rubbed the corner of the menu page with his fingertips.

Xiao Zhan tapped the menu in front of him: "Why, can't bear it?"

José looked up at him.

"But to be honest, if you send such a tender and delicious man to her, you won't worry about the little girl abandoning your old bacon?"

"You just sent ten of these men in front of her..." Qiao Ze closed the menu unhurriedly, and glanced at him, "She doesn't even look at her."

Xiao Zhan smiled: "It's hard to say, after all, love develops over time. Boys and girls work together, and the smell of hormones is a pair. Maybe they really match each other."

Qiao Ze paused for a while while pinching the menu, and looked up at him: "If you really like it, then you will like it, as long as it doesn't affect your work."

"It's not easy for the little girl to travel all the way since she was a child. Wen Lai looks pretty good." He added softly.

Xiao Zhan shook his head and smiled, not commenting on his words.This was indeed the José he knew, who refused to be bound by any emotion.Qiao Ze went to university at the age of 16, entered the industry, and dealt with all kinds of criminals. After more than ten years, his whole person has been hardened.

Emotional entanglement is what he taboos the most. First, he is worried about affecting judgment and decision-making, and second, he is also worried about bringing potential danger to the other party. Therefore, he never touches emotional matters casually.

Xiao Zhan didn't try to persuade him, but just touched the edge of the menu lightly: "If the little girl really likes him, don't regret it."

He didn't really have any thoughts about Qiao Ze and Lu Miao. If he did, it was just a little selfishness. He took a fancy to the fact that Qiao Ze could hear Lu Miao's voice, which would be a big deal for Qiao Ze. Zhuyi, it would be great if the two could get together, so he often joked about the two of them.But because he was so busy, the two parties didn't take his words seriously at all. Even now, Qiao Ze just gave him a calm look: "If Wen Lai can make that little girl like him, it's him." the ability."

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the door was pushed open from the outside, and a tall young man appeared at the door of the box.

Qiao Ze raised his head and glanced at him. He looked very energetic, young and energetic, and immature with a calmness that did not belong to this age.

Xiao Zhan got up and introduced Qiao Ze to the two of them as a friend. Qiao Ze and Wen Lai shook hands briefly.

On the way, Xiao Zhan went to the bathroom, and when he came back, he pretended to meet Lu Miao unexpectedly at the door of the box, and invited Lu Miao to have a meal together.Lu Miao graciously agreed, followed Xiao Zhan into the room, and greeted the two people in the room with some shyness.

Qiao Ze couldn't tell whether she was really shy or pretending to be shy. The little girl was getting more and more sophisticated, and he could hardly tell the truth from the truth when she acted.

He greeted her with a calm face, and pulled away the chair on the right: "Sit."

Lu Miao replied "thank you" with a slightly shy expression, and sat down obediently.

The seat was between him and Wen Lai. When sitting down, Lu Miao dragged the chair and sat closer to Wen Lai.

Xiao Zhan introduced Lu Miao and Wen Lai.

The two were close in age, and Lu Miao had a purpose, so they chatted very well. She and Wen Lai almost kept whispering during the whole process.

Qiao Ze looked at the two of them indifferently, but he never knew that Lu Miao would talk so much.

At the end of the meal, Wen Lai took the initiative to ask for Lu Miao's mobile phone number and WeChat ID, and it seemed that he really had a good impression of Lu Miao.

Qiao Ze didn't speak the whole time, until Wen Lai and Xiao Zhan left separately, and then went back with Lu Miao.

He drove over, and Lu Miao was sitting in the co-pilot. As soon as he got in the car, he had already chatted with Wen Lai on WeChat, and the conversation seemed to be going well.As soon as the car stopped downstairs in the community, she pushed the door and got out of the car without saying a word, completely using him as the background board.

Joze felt that it was still necessary to remind her.

"Lu Miao, you and Wen Lai are just a special cooperation under special circumstances. It's not time for him to know your identity. I hope you can grasp this speed and don't drag you and him into the quagmire." Back home At that time, Qiao Ze specifically urged.

Lu Miao was at a loss when he heard that: "I know. Besides, Wen Lai is the person you fancy, don't you worry about me, don't you worry about him?"

Qiao Ze looked at her silently, he was really worried about both of them.

Lu Miao didn't understand Qiao Ze's concerns. She and Wen Lai were just ordinary friends. They happened to be similar in age and had somewhat similar hobbies. Naturally, there were more topics to talk about. In addition, she approached him with a purpose. It quickly became familiar.

Sure enough, Huang Jiayin's phone call came a few days later as Lu Miao guessed.

For her birthday, she held a small birthday party, invited a few friends to celebrate, asked everyone to bring their family members, and specially told Lu Miao.

Lu Miao guessed that Huang Jiayin would be suspicious if he refused any further, so he readily agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Miao told Qiao Ze exactly what Huang Jiayin had said, and asked for his opinion.

Qiao Ze was reading a book, with a thick book on his lap, his right elbow resting on the armrest of the sofa, his head slightly supported, and he raised his eyes and glanced at her: "You specifically asked me to find Wen Lai for you, didn't you just To prevaricate Huang Jiayin? Now is your chance to show off with him."

The implication is that she can figure it out.

She can handle it much easier by herself.

Lu Miao immediately called Wen Lai and asked him to have dinner.

Qiao Ze stared at her for a while, bent over to pick up the notebook and pen on the coffee table, wrote a few words on it, and handed it to her.

Lu Miao took it in surprise, and there were only a few words on it—Tianyu Restaurant, Room 16.

Lu Miao didn't know why, so he asked him with his eyes.

Qiao Ze only replied with two words: "Do it."

Lu Miao vaguely agreed, and made an appointment with Wen Lai at this address.

"Why do you have to make an appointment here?" After hanging up the phone, Lu Miao turned to Qiao Ze suspiciously.

"There are surveillance cameras in the box." Qiao Ze's voice was very weak, "I need to make sure that your plan will not affect mine."

Lu Miao thought about it again, yes, with Qiao Ze watching, she felt more at ease.

She and Wen Lai made an appointment at seven o'clock the next night, and they arrived almost at the same time.

After knowing each other for a few days, they are already familiar with each other, and when they meet again, they no longer feel restrained at the beginning. Lu Miao is only thinking about work, but she feels at ease in front of Wen Lai. Halfway through the meal, she asks Wen Lai tactfully, Can you pretend to be her boyfriend for a few days.

Wen Lai seemed a little surprised by her request. After all, he was cautious. He didn't agree easily, and asked her why first.

Lu Miao evaded the important point, and only said that her friend had to bring her family to attend her birthday. She just broke up with her boyfriend and wanted to ask him for a favor.

Wen Lai thought about it for a while, then agreed.

Lu Miao was worried that Huang Jiayin and Wu Manman would see something, so she rehearsed with Wen Lai seriously, recited each other's preferences, and made up some common experiences.

Qiao Ze was sitting on the other end of the monitor, and he didn't know whether Lu Miao was too assured of his abilities, or if he was guarding against him. The two of them had been pretending to be a couple for a few days, but she never said that she would have a rehearsal, let alone confessed to her It's no wonder that she found a sex buddy to cover up from the very beginning, a flirtatious man who hangs around among women, a silly girl who is obsessed with flirtatious men, it's really...convenient and simple.

No matter what he says or does, the reasons are all made up by her. The silly girl can always get some sympathy. Later, she figured it out. A few words well done.At that time, he, a romantic man, will go wherever he likes to be cool and cool, and he has nothing to do from the beginning.

She ruined her own reputation without blushing or panting, and when ruining his, she never batted an eyelid, making up stories one after another.

Qiao Ze didn't know whether to praise her for being smart and considerate, or to say that she was lucky and saved him some unnecessary troubles by mistake.

After negotiating with Wen Lai, Lu Miao specially called Wu Manman at night and asked Wu Manman if he could do without her boyfriend.

Wu Manman immediately understood: "Why, Mr. Qiao won't come?"

"I broke up with him..." Lu Miao's voice was slightly depressed, "And he is not my family member."

"No wonder I haven't seen you together these days." Wu Manman was stunned, "Why did you break up all of a sudden?"

Lu Miao: "It was the time when I twisted my foot. He thought I was playing tricks on purpose. He didn't like it, so he ignored me."

Wu Manman didn't know what to say for a while.

"I'm with a man who has been chasing me for many years." Lu Miao continued, "I don't know if it's appropriate to take him there, but Sister Jiayin said that I must bring my family. Sister Man, look... "

"It's okay, you can bring it here." Wu Manman cut off her words.

Lu Miao hesitated: "It's also...that's... about Mr. Qiao and I, can you pretend that you don't know... I'm afraid it's not good to let him know."

Wu Manman laughed at her: "Why, tired of playing, want to settle down?"

Lu Miao's voice lowered: "He treats me very well."

Wu Manman saw a lot of this kind of girl who played crazy when she was young and found an honest man to marry when she was older, so she agreed without saying much.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Miao put away the embarrassment he had faced with Wu Manman just now, and just looked up, and saw Qiao Ze who was looking at her, motionless.

Lu Miao thought of the nonsense she said on the phone just now, and a little heat rose from her face, and her voice suddenly weakened: "I just want her to relax her guard..."

"Written, directed and acted by myself." Qiao Ze crossed his long legs lightly, and turned his head to look at her, "Lu Miao, it seems that I have underestimated you all this time?"

Lu Miao felt sarcasm when he heard his words, and was a little unconvinced: "That's what you taught."

"So this is green out of blue?" Qiao Ze leaned slightly, looking at her, "I push you to be the protagonist, and you push me to be cannon fodder, you can do it."

Lu Miao was choked, and it took him a while to answer him nonchalantly: "But didn't you accept the bento willingly? Otherwise, why would you introduce Wen Lai to me?"

Joze: "..."

She is still as dumb as ever, and she is accurate when poking people's pain points.

Lu Miao saw that he just stared at her without speaking, his eyes made her scalp tingle, and she unconsciously called Lu Bao over to embolden her.

Qiao Ze glanced at Lu Bao who was circling around her feet, and looked at her: "Kick me out, and you will be worthless in front of Wu Manman. Take care of yourself, don't knock you out too gone."

Lu Miao understood what he meant, if she really broke up with him completely, she would be of no use to Wu Manman.

Just as she needs to enter Shang Qi's circle through Wu Manman, Wu Manman also needs to enter Qiao Ze's circle through her.

Although she still doesn't know what role Joze plays in it.

But obviously, in this role, he had no intention of meeting Huang Jiayin, so he acquiesced in Wen Lai's existence.

On Huang Jiayin's birthday, Lu Miao brought Wen to her party.

The location was set at a high-end private club in Ancheng. Huang Jiayin greeted him personally at the door of the club. When he saw Lu Miao, he was smiling, but the smile on the corner of his mouth froze for a moment when he saw Wen Lai who got out of the car. He also quickly covered it up, and came forward to greet her with a smile.

Lu Miao took Wen Lai's arm to introduce them. When she said "my boyfriend", Huang Jiayin frowned: "I remember that time in Macau..."

Wu Manman on the side accepted the words with a smile: "Miao Miao is on a business trip with her boss." Then she secretly winked at Huang Jiayin.

Huang Jiayin immediately understood that Lu Miao didn't want the man in front of him to know what happened that night. Although he was disappointed, he still raised a smile and beckoned the two of them to enter.

There were not many people in the box, and Huang Jiayin didn't invite a few people.

Lu Miao guessed that Huang Jiayin wanted to meet Qiao Ze at the birthday party.

She didn't know if Qiao Ze was the person Huang Jiayin was looking for, but Huang Jiayin was obviously disappointed when she failed to see Qiao Ze as she wished. Seeing Wen Lai go out to answer the phone, Jiayin came to her side, seemingly unintentionally asking about her boss.

"It seems to be on a business trip abroad." Lu Miao said, "I don't know very well, I haven't contacted for many days."

"Did you break up?" Huang Jiayin asked, holding a goblet and tilting her head to look at her. In the streamer on the rim of the cup, Lu Miao saw that her eyes were blurred and dazed, as if she was drunk.

Lu Miao was actually a little afraid of a woman like Huang Jiayin, she looked calm, but she was extremely crazy in love, she was a little worried that Qiao Ze was the man Huang Jiayin was looking for.If it was true, she felt that Huang Jiayin would tear her apart.But thinking of Qiao Ze's advice, she couldn't completely clear it up, so she nodded hesitantly: "It should be...he won't answer my phone call anymore."

Huang Jiayin's words seemed to be very helpful, she patted Lu Miao's shoulder to comfort her, and asked her after a while: "Do you have a photo of Qiao Ze?"

Lu Miao shook her head, she really didn't.

Huang Jiayin was a little disappointed, but she didn't say anything. Seeing that Wen Lai had come back, she said some polite words and went elsewhere.

There was no one Huang Jiayin wanted to see, and the party ended hastily after ten o'clock. She left first on the pretext of feeling unwell, and the others also left one after another.

Lu Miao and Wen Lai were the last to leave. Just as they opened the door, they saw Qiao Ze standing in the opposite corridor. Lu Miao was so frightened that he almost retracted the foot he had just stepped out.

Qiao Ze glanced at her indifferently, and his eyes turned to the direction where Huang Jiayin left in the corridor. His expression was very pale, with a bit of deep thought.

Lu Miao couldn't see anything from his calm expression, he was hesitating whether to say hello, Wen Lai, who had met Qiao Ze once, had already greeted Qiao Ze, and Lu Miao followed suit politely said.

Joze just returned a polite smile.

Lu Miao didn't want to show too much familiarity with Qiao Ze, so after saying hello, he and Wen Lai left first.

She and Wen Lai have a height difference of one head, and they seem to be more familiar with Qiao Ze after hanging out together for a few days. Smiling, looking from behind, it really looks like a young couple, she was almost holding his arm.

Qiao Ze remembered that when Lu Miao walked with him, she had never been so lively and charming. Most of the time, she was like a log, dumbfounded, silent, he poked her, she choked him, and then responded Innocent face, when was there such chatter?
Is it because of age difference?
There was a strange discomfort in his chest, which was uncomfortable. Qiao Ze didn't like this feeling of being out of control, so he calmly withdrew his gaze.

In the past few days, he has clearly noticed the change in his attitude towards Lu Miao, and he began to feel pity for her.Having pity means that there may be a deeper bond.

He didn't want this bondage to happen.

If there is a bond, there is concern, and it is impossible to be ruthless. It must be broken, but the environment she and he will be in in the future does not allow the slightest hesitation.

He let out a breath, suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and was about to turn around and leave, but he saw Lu Miao's footsteps paused slightly, and looked towards the box on the left with the door open. His footsteps stopped unconsciously, and looked at she.

Lu Miao was staring into the box, hesitant looking from behind, but just for a moment, she pushed open the door of the box.

Qiao Ze walked over, and through the wide open door, he saw Lu Miao, she walked up to a drunk girl, and pulled her out of the arms of the fat man next to him, who wanted to grab her , was slapped away by her, and then helped the girl to stand up.

The girl's face gradually became clear as she raised her head, and Qiao Ze recognized her, Xu Jiaqian.

He glanced at the room, there were seven or eight people, besides Xu Jiaqian, there was another one who was also a familiar face, and his huge advertisement was hung on the big billboard opposite the crossroad downstairs, the popular male star seemed to be called Li Junhao.

The other people in the room who looked like producers and directors, except Xu Jiaqian, and two girls, were also drunk and let the man next to them do their best.

Li Junhao was probably the better man among the men in the room, he didn't touch the girl like other men, but he didn't stop him either.

Xu Jiaqian had already been drunk and limp all over. When Lu Miao helped her stand up, she could hardly stand, and her whole body was hung on Lu Miao's body.

Qiao Ze went to help her up.

The other men in the room stood up noisily.

"Who are you all? Why do you just break into the box?"

"Who told you that you can take people away?"

"..."

They wanted to catch Lu Miao amidst the noise, but Qiao Ze stretched out his arms to block those people away, without saying a word, he directly took out his phone, and casually pressed a number: "Younger, didn't you say that the lack of records is explosive?" Entertainment news? There just happens to be a..."

The men turned to Qiao Ze in an instant, trying to grab his cell phone.

Qiao Ze blocked the crowd with his hands and separated a path, allowing Lu Miao to help Xu Jiaqian out, and Wen Lai stepped forward to help.

When Qiao Ze finished everything in the house, Lu Miao and Wen Lai had already sent Xu Jiaqian to the car. She was waiting for him beside the car, and she didn't know if she didn't dare to behave too much with him, or if she was really being polite to him , thanked him from a distance, and left with Wen Lai.

Joze's chest suddenly choked up.

He didn't go there together. He went home first and waited for her.

Lu Miao and Wen Lai sent Xu Jiaqian to the hospital. She was too drunk. Lu Miao was worried that something might happen to her, so he called Xu Jiayan on the way and asked him to take care of her.

After they arrived for a while, Xu Jiayan arrived. He saw the tall man beside Lu Miao, but it was not Qiao Ze. He immediately frowned: "Who is this?"

"He's a friend of mine." Lu Miao evaded the important thing, looked sideways at Xu Jiaqian on the hospital bed, "I just saw her getting drunk with some men in the private room, so I brought her out because I was afraid that something would happen to her. gone."

Xu Jiayan's gaze passed in front of her and landed on Xu Jiaqian who was on the hospital bed: "Is she all right?"

"It's okay, I just drank too much." Lu Miao glanced at his watch, "Brother, I will leave this place to you. Let's go back first."

Xu Jiayan looked at the man next to her calmly, nodded, and sent them downstairs.

Wen Lai didn't have a car, so Lu Miao borrowed Qiao Ze's car to go to Huang Jiayin's birthday party.

Xu Jiayan knew that Lu Miao didn't have a car, and he had never seen Qiao Ze drive a car. Now that Lu Miao got into the car with Wen Lai, he felt that it was Wen Lai's car, and it was an expensive Audi.Seeing that Lu Miao and Wen Lai had an unusual relationship, Xu Jiayan frowned immediately. He had never heard of such a person beside Lu Miao, so he became more thoughtful, secretly wrote down the license plate number, and asked someone to check it. Wen Lai's details.

When Lu Miao got home, it was a little closer, and Wen came to see her back.

Qiao Ze watched the two say goodbye familiarly from the balcony, all the things that were impossible when she faced him naturally gave to Wen Lai.

When she came back upstairs, he opened the door for her himself.

"He went back?"

Lu Miao hummed, and changed her shoes: "Well... I'll go back to my room first."

Qiao Ze's voice was very weak: "You come here first."

The man turned around and walked to the sofa, sat down on the sofa, and didn't look at her.

Lu Miao saw that his side face was faintly indifferent, and felt a sudden shock in his heart, not daring to go over.

She secretly glanced at Lu Bao, Lu Bao groaned, and lay down silently in its kennel.

Qiao Ze didn't urge her, he just sat on the sofa calmly, with one arm stretched casually on the back of the sofa, looking at her from the side.

Lu Miao bite the bullet and walked over anxiously: "What's the matter?" His voice subconsciously weakened.

Qiao Ze looked up at her, she was pursing her lips, opening her innocent eyes, looking at him nervously and cautiously.

Really... only vigilance and apprehension, no relaxation at all when facing Wen Lai.

Qiao Ze let out a breath, and nodded his chin to the sofa next to him: "Sit."

Lu Miao sat down according to the words, seeing that his complexion was different from before, he always seemed to be a bit cold and hard, and didn't dare to speak too much, just asked him in a low voice: "Is there anything I haven't done well?"

With a cautious voice and a cautious look, there was also a bit of uneasiness.

This kind of carefulness made his chest more uncomfortable, his heart felt like being bitten by ants, it was so itchy that he wanted to pull him over to see how much she was afraid of him.But thinking of her cautious childhood, he had no choice but to suppress this manic depression.

Under the conflict between the two emotions, he forced himself to calm down, and stretched out his palm to her: "Come here."

Lu Miao glanced at him anxiously, and saw that his face had softened a lot, so she took two steps towards him carefully, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "Can you speak directly in the future, don't make a scary face at every turn?" ?”

"..." Qiao Ze was choked by her, and looked at her restrainedly, "Driving my car, keeping your little wolf dog, why don't I have any objections?"

Lu Miao: "..."

It took her a while to realize what the little wolf dog meant by coming over, and she became very angry all at once.

"What little wolf dog, isn't that what you allowed?"

Qiao Ze didn't speak, he grabbed her arm and pulled her into front of his eyes.

"When did I allow it, huh?" he asked, "Didn't I warn you, be careful?"

"..." Lu Miao glanced at him inexplicably, the whole person looked wronged and innocent, "I didn't pay attention to my sense of proportion, and I didn't fall in love with him. Just hugging occasionally, that's for work, and you It's not that it hasn't been done."

Joze: "..."

He let her go.

Lu Miao carefully looked at his expression, he had returned to his usual calmness.

"Go back to your room first and rest early." He said.

Lu Miao, who had received the amnesty, stood up suddenly, and replied slowly, but her body seemed to be running for her life, and she almost took the computer on the coffee table down when she turned around.

The unpleasant feeling that Qiao Ze had just suppressed surged up again, making his chest uncomfortable.

Facing Wen Lai, the little bird clings to others and smiles like a flower, but in front of him, he avoids like a snake and scorpion, eager to escape, right?
He raised his arm and grabbed her wrist.

Lu Miao looked back at him in surprise: "And..."

"What's the matter?" Before finishing the two words, she was suddenly pulled towards Qiao Ze, her waist tightened, and the shadow in front of her eyes was pressed down, and Qiao Ze turned around and pressed her on the sofa.

"You..." Her voice was blocked in her throat, and Lu Miao looked at Qiao Ze nervously.

He was looking at her, pressing her under him, looking down at her from above, his black eyes were deep and deep, like the sky in the dark night, deep and bottomless, very quiet, but dangerous.

Her heart flustered for no reason, and she pushed his shoulder anxiously and hesitantly: "You... what's wrong?"

He didn't respond, but just looked at her motionlessly, causing panic to gradually appear in her eyes.

This kind of frightened, panicked and eager to escape eyes magnified the discomfort in his chest to the maximum, but also hooked the animal nature in his body ready to move. The posture was too ambiguous, her breath was in the breath, and only her slight smile was left in front of him. With Zhang's red lips, rationality and calmness are withdrawn little by little, and the body reacts before reasoning.

He leaned down and kissed her.

Lu Miao froze instantly.

"Lu Miao." When his hoarse voice sounded, she woke up suddenly, and she didn't know where the strength came from. She pushed him away, staggered a few steps, and closed the door with a bang when she returned to the room.

With the sound of the door closing, his reason came back little by little, and he turned to the black eyes that closed the door slowly and calmly, with a hint of complexity.

Her breath still remained on her lips, as well as the soft touch.

He kissed her.In his full senses, he kissed her, and he couldn't help it.

Joze knew what it meant, and it was against the principles he had always insisted on.

He didn't want her, nor himself, to bring personal emotions into work, especially, they might be partners in life and death, but he broke the precept first.

He had a desire for her, purely, a man's desire for a woman.

The tense body was reminding Joze that he was out of control.

He sat in the living room all night, let himself calm down slowly, and then rationally weighed his uncontrollable feelings for Lu Miao.

Lu Miao almost didn't sleep all night, and got up very early the next day. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Qiao Ze sitting on the sofa. She instinctively retracted the foot she had just stepped out of.Although the movement was light, it still alarmed Qiao Ze.

He looks back at her.As if she didn't see it, she carefully closed the door.

Qiao Ze's mind, which had just calmed down, became uncomfortable because of her evasive action, but he quickly suppressed himself.

He was silent for a while, then got up and knocked on Lu Miao's door.

"Is there a problem?"

A low and soft voice came faintly from the room, she opened the door, her eyes met his and then hurriedly turned away, but she quickly regained her composure, pursed her lips and looked up at him, repeating softly: "Yes What's the matter?"

Her eyes are quiet, and like him, she has been able to hide her personal emotions very well.

Qiao Ze thought he should praise her for her ability to learn.

"What happened last night..."

"I drank a little too much last night." Just as he raised his head, she answered in a hurry, scratching her head in distress, "I'm a little dizzy now."

He looked at her motionless, crossed his arms habitually, and reminded her: "Lu Miao, I kissed you, not you, why are you pretending to be drunk?"

Lu Miao's face suddenly turned red to tomato color, and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.

"You never thought, why should I kiss you?" He asked.

Startled, she looked up at him.

"What if I say, I like you?"

"You...don't be kidding." She suddenly became flustered.

His hand fell on her face, exerting a slight force, forcing her to look up at him.

"Lu Miao, I'm serious."

"..." Lu Miao's head was completely empty, she was dazed for a long time, she opened her eyes to look at him, a little dazed, "But... I don't like you..."

He paused slightly, staring at her with slightly narrowed black eyes.

She lowered her head to avoid his gaze.

"I don't like anyone. I also hate when people say they like me." Her voice lowered a little bit, "Don't like me."

Then she took his hand without saying a word, and walked around him to the bathroom.

Qiao Ze stood there without moving, his mood went up and down like a roller coaster because of her words.Her rejection made him a little embarrassed, the embarrassment of being rejected by her, and the embarrassment of slapping himself.Not long ago, he was sternly teaching her what professionalism is, but now...

His eyes closed heavily, and when he opened them again, he had suppressed all his irrationality, and his eyes became clear again, but his rational brain was not good at dealing with this kind of embarrassment, he thought he needed time for his brain to calm down completely.

Night is easy to get lost, and so is morning.

Qiao Ze turned around and went out. When the door closed, Lu Miao finally raised his head from the sink hesitantly, staring blankly at the closed door.

Her heart was confused, flustered, and uncomfortable. His sudden confession made her feel a little overwhelmed.

She never thought that there was a relationship with Qiao Ze beyond cooperation.

It didn't even occur to her that he would kiss her and tell her that he liked her.

He... It seems that he is not a person with emotions and desires at all.

Lu Miao didn't know what to do, she just knew that she was panicked and uncomfortable, and she felt that she must have made him uncomfortable, she wanted to call him and apologize to him, but she was afraid to face him, and she didn't know what to do Facing him, even faintly repelled.

She knows that she is abnormal, she rejects everyone who says she likes her, she doesn't want to be liked, and she doesn't want to like anyone.

Lu Bao barked in her ear, as if worried about her.

Lu Miao squatted down, touched its neck, and asked it blankly: "Lu Bao, tell me, am I really abnormal? He must be very sad, right? I am also very sad, and I don't want to see him sad. He How could you like me, I'm not smart, and my personality is not likable..."

For some reason, her tears fell drop by drop and fell into Lu Bao's thick hair.

Lu Miao covered her face with the back of her hand, sniffed her nose, stood up to get food for Lu Bao, took her for a walk in the park downstairs after eating, but was not in the mood, and took Lu Bao after walking for a while. Sat down on the bench.

Perhaps affected by her emotions, Lu Bao also slumped at her feet without moving.

One person, one dog and one sitting is most of the day.

When Qiao Ze came back, he saw her from a distance, sitting alone on the bench, holding Lu Bao with his right hand, silently, not knowing what he was looking at or thinking, although his eyes were looking ahead, his eyes But there is no focal length, just sitting there quietly.

The weather in late autumn was already gloomy and desolate. She just sat there, and she didn't know whether it was due to environmental factors or a problem with her mood. Her whole body was filled with a sense of sadness.

A girl in her 20s is at the right time in her life, and Qiao Ze doesn't know how she can reveal this kind of sadness that doesn't belong to this age.

He was silent for a while, walked towards her, and sat down on the empty seat beside her.

She finally came back to her senses, and when she turned her head to see him, she moved her butt uncomfortably: "You... are you back?"

Qiao Ze hummed lightly, and looked at her: "Haven't you eaten yet?"

She hesitated, but still nodded slowly: "Yes."

She lowered her eyelids to avoid his gaze, and moved aside uncomfortably.

Qiao Ze saw all her little actions in his eyes, he turned his face away, and was silent for a while: "Let's have a meal together."

He thought he needed to have a good talk with her.

She nodded, but she didn't wait for him to speak while eating, she hesitated to speak.

"I feel... I don't seem to be up to the task you entrusted to me. I want to give up this assessment."

He looked at her suddenly, but his eyes quickly calmed down: "Why?"

"I just don't think I'm up to it. Actually, as you guessed, I'm a police officer with selfish motives. My brother disappeared and I wanted to find him. He was tricked into taking drugs, forced to take drugs, he didn't want that, but he resisted No... I hate those who forced him to take drugs, I just want to find them and bring them to justice, so that there may be fewer victims like my brother in the world."

Qiao Ze looked at her: "Who are they?"

She avoids his eyes: "You don't know, I don't know where to go." She said and looked up at him, "Look, I'm not like you at all, I have such high pursuits, and I don't have such great determination. "

He stared at her for a while: "So you plan to give up and go back to Xiao Zhan's?"

Lu Miao hummed: "I want to go back."

"Tell me the truth, you want to give up, is it because of what happened last night or this morning?"

"No." Lu Miao denied anxiously, and then nodded hesitantly under his overly calm eyes, "There must be part of the reason."

She was afraid that he might misunderstand, and said anxiously: "I don't mean to dislike you, you are really nice and take good care of me, I just can't adapt to this change, and I don't know how to face you calmly.

"You told me that what we do is a life-threatening job. I thought I had studied well, but I'm still not very good at dealing with personal emotions. My behavior will definitely affect your plan."

He couldn't refute her words. He lost control first and broke the principles he set. He has no position to ask her for anything.

But from the perspective of work, Lu Miao cannot quit.

Ever since she came into contact with Shang Qi and Wu Manman, she has been in the middle of the game.She behaved better than he imagined, and the direction of her relationship with Wu Manman was in his plan.

"Lu Miao." He pondered for a while, then looked at her calmly, "I'm sorry about what happened last night. It was my restlessness that caused you trouble. This is my problem. I apologize to you. I I can assure you that nothing like this will ever happen again."

She pursed her lips and remained silent.

"You know, you are already planning, and I need your help."

Her head drooped, and her voice was a little low: "But didn't you say this is just an assessment?"

"It's an assessment, but it's also an action."

She looked up at him: "Does that mean that if I quit now, it won't affect your plan too much?"

Hei Mou stared at her for a while, then he nodded: "Since it is still in the assessment stage, the impact will not be great."

"Then...can I think about it again?" she asked in a low voice.

He could see that she didn't really want to think about it, but she was embarrassed and didn't know how to refuse. She already had the answer in her heart, and she didn't want to stay in his plan.

It was the balance he broke by himself, and he had no reason to blame her.

He didn't misjudge her, just misjudged himself.

He didn't expect that there would be such a day for him to fall into her world and become emotional.

"Okay, think about it carefully, don't force yourself." He nodded and stood up, "You can choose to stay, or you can choose to go back. If you go back, I will contact Team Xiao for you, and he will give you a detailed introduction Time. I appreciate your ability to work, and thank you for your hard work and dedication during this time, and Team Xiao will pay you as scheduled.”

He went back to the room, and the closed door blocked all the lights in his room.

Lu Miao sat on the sofa without moving.

Her heart was in turmoil, and she fell into a kind of indecisive daze.

She wants to find Lu Xiaocheng and a man named Ren Yu, which is the only motivation she has persisted in for many years.She should be happy to be able to return to the anti-drug team, but what came to her mind was the little things since she met Qiao Ze, his stern voice, his caring under his stern appearance... There are many, many, it seems that she has already inadvertently Time became part of her barren life.

It is undeniable that during this period of time, she and Qiao Ze have been cooperating very happily, and she has even been involved in this case without knowing it.But thinking of Lu Xiaocheng, and the way he kissed her uncontrollably last night, she fell into confusion again, not knowing which is more important, and not knowing how to face Qiao Ze who suddenly had emotions and desires.

Lu Miao didn't know what to do, and there was no one to talk to.

She sat on the sofa alone, motionless, leaned against the armrest of the sofa when she was tired, and fell asleep unconsciously.

As soon as Qiao Ze opened the door, she saw a person curled up on the sofa. She was curled up in a corner, and it was so cold that she didn't even have a quilt covered.

This is not the first time she has fallen asleep on the sofa. It seems that when she is sad or confused, she always likes to throw herself in a corner where no one is around, and slowly heal herself.

She never troubled anyone, and never let her troubles be known.

Qiao Ze has lived for more than 30 years, and never thought that there would be someone who would make him happy because she was happy, feel distressed because she was down, would be so angry by her that he wanted to cut off her little neck, but he was reluctant to let her have a little sad.

I want to protect her, I want her to live happily, I want to...

In his endless thoughts, he had already walked towards her, bent over and picked her up horizontally, and sent her back to the room.

She didn't wake up, she groaned, buried her face in his chest, and continued to sleep, sleeping peacefully, in stark contrast to the nightmares in Macau.

After returning from Macau, the two never lived in the same room. Qiao Ze didn't know if she still had nightmares at night, at least he didn't hear the strange noises from the night she stayed overnight, and now she sleeps peacefully.

He moved lightly and didn't wake her up. She retracted into his chest, rubbing her cheeks lightly, like a kitten.

Qiao Ze looked down at her, her whole face was almost buried on his chest, her warm breath was blowing on his chest, itching.

He turned his head away, put her gently on the bed, pulled the quilt to cover her, she turned over, hugged the corner of the quilt and fell into a deep sleep again.

Qiao Ze looked at her peaceful sleeping face, it was obviously still the same face, it hadn't changed from the first time he saw her, but when he looked at her again, there was always some inexplicable emotion rolling in his chest, which made his chest ache.

He had met thousands of people, and for some reason, he felt pity for this face.Every time he looked at her, his chest would churn violently, sore and numb, and he wanted to hold her in his arms and rub her into his body.

He obviously looks like an ordinary person, with no social barriers or communication barriers, but it seems that he has never come out of the six-year-old autism.

His palm unconsciously caressed her cheek, looking at her, he couldn't restrain himself, bent down, and kissed her gently.

She moaned and moved, his palm slipped into her hair, firmly fixed her head, the kiss deepened, a little uncontrollable.

The lack of oxygen made her turn around uncomfortably, he suddenly woke up, looked at her slightly frowning brows with complicated eyes, paused for a moment, and then let her go.

The person he fell in love with was someone who didn't care about him.

Back then he insisted on using her, but now that he thinks about it, he feels that he deserves it when he lifts a rock to shoot himself in the foot.

I don't want her to be sad, so I naturally don't want myself to be her trouble.

At dawn, Qiao Ze sent a text message to Xiao Zhan, asking him to arrange for Lu Miao to join the anti-drug team.

When Lu Miao received a call from Xiao Zhan, she realized that she didn't need to worry about whether to stay or not. Qiao Ze had already made the decision for her.

Xiao Zhan informed her to return to the team next Monday to apply for entry.

The cooperation between her and Joze is over.

Lu Miao couldn't tell what it was like in her heart, she was a little uncomfortable, but also a little lost and bewildered.

She moved out of Qiao Ze's apartment that afternoon.

The reason why she moved in at the beginning was based on cooperation, to deepen understanding and cultivate a tacit understanding. Now that the cooperation is over, it is really not good for her to continue to live in his house and disturb him.

She moved back to the house she rented at the beginning, and left the keys and rent on the coffee table before leaving. She also left with her the clothes she bought in Macau and the bank card he gave her, all for work.

She didn't say goodbye to Joze, he wasn't there when she woke up in the morning, and she didn't deliberately call him to tell him.

When she was dragging the suitcase to leave, Lu Bao bit her trouser leg and wailed, as if he didn't want her to go.

Lu Miao bent over to comfort it for a while, and then left.

After returning to the rental house, she sent a thank you text message to Qiao Ze.

Qiao Ze was at Shen Qiao's place when he received the text message, and he was still investigating Zhang Qi's relationship with Lu Miao and Lu Xiaocheng, trying to find some clues about "those people" in her mouth.

"This Zhang Qi chased after Lu Miao." Shen Qiao said, pointing to Zhang Qi in the photo, "The toad wants to eat swan meat."

Qiao Ze felt the phone vibrate, and was about to open the text message, but when Shen Qiao said this, he turned his head to look at the computer: "Him?"

Shen Qiao nodded: "I heard that she chased her very vigorously, and almost the whole school knew about it. The little girl was interviewed several times by the school because of this."

"Did they get together later?" Qiao Ze asked.

"of course not."

Qiao Ze shook his head and smiled: "She still has some taste."

He clicked on the text message, and his face froze immediately.

Her farewell text message was polite and polite, thank him for taking care of him during this time, and sorry for causing him so much trouble, sorry for failing to live up to his expectations, not having enough ability to complete the tasks he entrusted to her, and thank him Give her this opportunity to return to the team, she has lived a fulfilling time during this time, thank him...

After a long paragraph, there was a lot of nonsense, but none of them made people feel at ease.

Seeing that Qiao Ze's expression was not right, Shen Qiao looked at him worriedly: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Qiao Ze put away the phone, "Help me to see if I can find Lu Xiaocheng's whereabouts. Zhang Qi has already been sent back. He may have some clues."

After explaining, the person has left.

He went home straight away, and sure enough, the building was empty. Except for the keys, rent, and bank cards on the coffee table, she even cleaned the house carefully. She was indeed a considerate and good tenant.

Once or twice, she looked dull and did not make a sound, but she did things really neatly, without sloppiness at all.

He is really a person who does big things in a muffled voice, and he always catches people off guard.

Qiao Ze glanced back at Lu Bao who was lying motionless by the coffee table, and kicked it lightly: "Is she gone again?"

Lu Bao groaned, glanced at him, and fell silent.

Joze didn't pay any attention to it, turned around and sat down on the sofa.The house is still the same house, but it is always a bit empty. The door that has been closed all year round is no longer pushed open from the outside every day.

This feeling is uncomfortable and unaccustomed, but it will eventually become normal.

Both he and she need to get back on the track of each other's lives, and he has derailed his sanity because of her, which made him doubt his ability and self-control.

In the end, Qiao Ze didn't look for Lu Miao or call her, but just sent her a message: "You're welcome." Then he transferred the rent she left back to her Alipay account.

Lu Miao didn't touch the rent. She stared at the "you're welcome" on the text message for a while, feeling a little lost, but also a little relieved, with mixed emotions.

Qiao Ze is a good man, he treats her very well, she knows it all, but she can't get used to his kindness to her.

No one would be nice to someone for no reason, and she didn't know how to be nice to someone.

She never wanted to be with a person.

In the past, they were comfortable only because they were a purely cooperative relationship, which could be measured by interests.

She didn't reply to his messages, deleted the text messages, and also deleted the contact information.

After the cooperation ended, some things changed, but nothing seemed to change, and she returned to her own world.

If there is any change, it is probably only Xu Jiaqian.

Xu Jiaqian called her for the first time, and must invite her to dinner to express his gratitude.

Lu Miao couldn't refuse, so she went to see her.

Seeing her, Xu Jiaqian still looked a little afraid of her. Lu Miao didn't know if he had really caused her a psychological shadow when she was young. For Xu Jiaqian, Lu Miao was a little sorry.

She originally thought that Xu Jiaqian insisted on inviting her to dinner just to thank her, but she didn't expect that after thanking her, Xu Jiaqian asked her entangledly if he could do her a favor.

Lu Miao was surprised, she didn't have anything, and she didn't know how to help Xu Jiaqian.

"That night, I actually accompanied the film crew and the director to socialize. I almost got the role of the female lead. Li Junhao managed to help me win the opportunity, but you... messed it up like that, and it was all yellow... ..." Xu Jiaqian said hesitantly, "I contacted the director today, and he agreed to give me another chance, but there is one condition. He hopes that you can personally apologize to him and admit your mistakes. Let's see if you can... help me A little favor? Go and apologize and admit your mistake?"

Lu Miao got up and left.

Xu Jiaqian didn't expect Lu Miao to refuse so thoroughly, and hurriedly grabbed her sleeve: "Sister, I don't mean to blame you, but this opportunity is really important to me... just to apologize .”

"I won't go." Lu Miao withdrew his hand, "You have to hang on to a group of scumbags, so I won't rush to commit crimes."

Xu Jiaqian's face turned green and pale at what she said.

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't..." Xu Jiaqian swallowed the words he muttered when he saw Lu Miao's eyes looking over, and only looked at her beggingly, "Sister... Please..."

"Does your brother know?" she asked.

Xu Jiaqian didn't dare to say anything.

Lu Miao took out her mobile phone and wanted to call Xu Jiayan, but Xu Jiaqian panicked immediately and stopped him: "I'm not going, I'm not going, don't tell my brother."

Lu Miao didn't dare not tell, and on the way back, he still sent a message to Xu Jiayan, mentioning Xu Jiaqian's situation to him, hoping that Xu Jiayan would pay attention to it, and don't let her fall into it.

Lu Miao didn't ask about the follow-up, and Xu Jiayan didn't take the initiative to mention it to her.

He asked her out for dinner twice, but she turned them down because she was busy with work.

She was stuck in a depressed mood for several days and couldn't get out, and she was living in a muddle. She was bored at home all day, and she was still a little at a loss.

She had never been so disorganized.

For so many years, her goal has been clear and definite—to become an anti-narcotics policeman with all her heart, to find Lu Xiaocheng, and to find Ren Yu.

Her life has therefore always been monotonous and uninteresting.

She thought she was used to this kind of monotony, but during the time she lived with Qiao Ze, she found that her life could also be rich and happy. very happy.

She kind of misses this kind of day when people talk about it and people care about it every day, but she knows that she can't go back, just like Zhou Minmin can never go back to her home.

Qiao Ze never contacted her again, and she didn't dare to contact Qiao Ze again.

He didn't reveal too much about the case to her, and he never seemed worried that she would reveal the things she knew.

She really didn't need to mention it to others.

Monday is the day she returns to the team to report.

Lu Miao woke up very early, and when it was time to go out at eight o'clock, she couldn't take that step no matter what.

If she really went to the team, it meant that she would never be able to return to Qiao Ze's case.

Qiao Ze mentioned to her that in addition to not recognizing her emergency response ability, she was kicked out of the police force in the first place, partly to cover up people's eyes and ears, so as to leave a way for her to be used in the future.

If you really go back...

The hand holding the doorknob couldn't press down the lock no matter what, she was hesitating.

Wu Manman's sudden phone call interrupted her hesitation.

Wu Manman asked her to have dinner with her at night.

Lu Miao remembered what Qiao Ze told her, that she was already in the bureau.

She spent so much time building relationships with Wu Manman and Huang Jiayin, she couldn't bear to give up just like that.

She kind of... wanted to help him.

That hand didn't open the door after all, and Lu Miao didn't report back to the team.

She called Xiao Zhan and asked him for an extra month's leave, and Xiao Zhan accepted her leave.

During Xiao Zhanyun's vacation, Qiao Ze was sitting by the side, flipping through the records of major drug anti-drug cases over the years.

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Zhan looked at him: "Not here."

Qiao Ze looked up at him: "What's the reason?"

"It is said that I am not feeling well, and I want to ask for a month's leave."

Qiao Ze put down the file, remained silent for a while, didn't say anything, and returned his attention to the file.

Looking at Qiao Ze's appearance, Xiao Zhan couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

He was the one who wanted to go at the beginning, and it didn't take long, and now he asked to send it back.

The reason he sent it back was only four words: "She is not suitable."

There will be no more.

"Without her help, are you sure you can do it?" Xiao Zhan asked him as he couldn't hold back his sleeves.

Xiao Zhan didn't think he was really good at someone who had to be reminded by his sleeves even to say a word.

After Qiao Ze watched him finish speaking, his eyes fell back on the file in his hand, and his tone was very calm: "I have lived for more than 30 years, and I have only known her for a few days. Why can't I do without her?"

"Can this be the same? You have lived for more than 30 years and have only been deaf for a few days?"

Joze stopped talking.

After a few days of calm, he was already used to not having Lu Miao at home.

After all, if the intersection is not deep, he will pity and even like it a little bit, but it is not to the point where he can't let go.

She is willing to come back, and he appreciates her.

She doesn't want to, and he won't force it.

There are thousands of ways, and it is not necessary to force her to tie him together to have a way out.

(End of this chapter)