these years

The moment Wang Lijun got off the plane and set foot on the ground, he said softly, Oh my God, Beijing.

There is still one day before New Year's Eve, and Beijing is snowing heavily.He looked up, turned up his collar, and thought, it never snows in HK.

Driving all the way from the airport to the main road, Wang Lijun saw that the palace walls were dark red, the trees were thin, the ground was thick and the sky was high, and the whiteness was so clean.

The ground was uneven, the car shook and shook, and his heart also trembled, unable to calm down.It can be considered that he has experienced many battles, just to open up the way forward, and he will not make him so uneasy.He returned to Beijing this time, one to pave the way, and the other to go home.

He kept staring out the window, and the buildings passed by one after another, which was a bit of a sight.Beijing is very different, Wang Lijun admits, but I have to add that it is still worse than Hong Kong.Occasionally when the red light came on and the car stopped at the intersection, he took the opportunity to look around—the primary school he attended was on the left, and there was a VCD rental shop next to the primary school, and two large posters were pasted on the two glass sliding doors. The people above were all gaudy and ostentatious.He took a closer look, one was Wang Lijun, and the other was Wang Lijun.

The car went all the way, and finally stopped at the entrance of a certain alley.Wang Lijun glanced, and he asked Qiu Yuanzheng beside him, "This is it?"

Qiu Yuanzheng nodded and said, "Oleander alley, that's right."

Wang Lijun turned around and leaned on the edge of the car window to watch. The alley in his memory was not so narrow.

Here it is, he got out of the car anyway.When he reached the entrance of the alley, he turned around and said to the motorcade behind him, "Don't wait for me, come back tomorrow afternoon."

For some reason, Wang Lijun didn't want to make a big show this time.In fact, he can be regarded as the ancestor of Guangzong. Hong Kong people also say that this kind of person is very respectable when he returns to his hometown to worship his ancestors. Unlike some people, he is very poor. ridicule.

But he suddenly became timid, just like ten years ago.No matter how old you are, when you come home, you are always a child.Just let him go on a night walk once.

As Wang Lijun was walking, he passed by the fifth house at the entrance of the alley, and he was moved by the fact that the cousin he liked lived here.But he didn't stop to visit, but continued to move forward. Not far away, a corner of the Wang family's courtyard wall was exposed.

The Wang family compound has four entrances and four exits, with a complex structure, and its essence has surpassed the courtyard. This kind of building used to be called Zhaimener.In Beijing, apart from the Prince's Mansion, all the mansions are the most magnificent.It's just that the Liyuan people's status is low, and the gate is not eye-catching, so they only deserve to open a small wishful gate.

Wang Lijun is standing in front of the Ruyi Gate now, and there are new couplets pasted on the door. The first couplet reads "Wan Yue, Thousand Joys, Precious Life and Promise", and the second couplet reads "Five Blessings, Four Benefits, and Great Comes".Black characters on a red background, reflecting the white snow, are very bright.

A child was nestled on the steps in front of the door. He was dressed in gray, with his head buried deep in a ball, looking pitiful.

Wang Lijun approached and said, kid, are you from this family?

The child said nothing, just nodded.

Wang Lijun said, then tell your family members that someone is looking for Wang Zhihua.Wang Zhihua is Wang Lijun's father.

The child let out an oh, turned and entered the door without looking up.After a while, an old woman came out. Wang Lijun took a closer look, and it turned out to be his mother.

His mother is still the same, a little fat, with hot hair, laughing before saying anything.Just getting old.

His mother said as she walked, who, hehe, the New Year's Eve, is so busy and still comes to visit.

When Wang Lijun was about to pull down the collar of his sweater, his heart suddenly trembled. He thought, maybe this is because he is more timid when he is close to the hometown.

His mother came to the door and looked up, just in time to see Wang Lijun pull down his high collar, revealing his whole face.She felt strange at first, and then her brain exploded, her fingers stretched out, she stuttered, and she didn't know whether it was because she saw her son or because she saw a star.

Wang Lijun was led by his mother into the main house.A dozen or so children heard the news from far away, and they all crowded around the Moon Gate to peep - the gate of the house is strictly regulated, and children are not even allowed to enter the courtyard gate when adults talk.

At the fucking invitation, Wang Lijun sat in the chair.He looked around and felt that everything was so old and old.He began to miss his house in Taipingshan.

His mother poured him a cup of tea, and then sat down, and the two of them sat next to each other, and began to talk for nothing.Wang Lijun's Beijing movies are no longer standard, but his mother didn't pay attention, she just laughed and rubbed her hands on her legs.

Their lives have never intersected, so there is nothing to talk about now; his mother doesn't have the slightest idea of ​​his future, so there is nothing to talk about in the future.So they talked about a lot of innocuous past events, and his mother even recalled the scene of him catching Zhou back then.She said that there were many objects on the bed at that time, including pens, inks, paper and inkstones, gold abacus, rouge, pastries, spoons, shovels, and freshly picked roses—

Wang Lijun finally became interested. He had never heard of this story.He asked, what did I catch in the end?

Seeing his reaction, his mother said happily, you didn't catch any of those objects.At that time, your little cousin came to visit, she was sitting by the bed, you grabbed her mirror, looked in the mirror yourself, and smiled happily.Your grandfather was not happy at the time, saying that this grandson is a self-pitying generation and cannot become a great weapon...

Listening to the past, Wang Lijun vaguely picked up this memory.In fact, he knew about it, but it was a long time ago, and when he recalled it, it was very far away, as if it was a story from a previous life.

Speaking of this, his mother was in a daze, with a bleak look on her face, she said, Jun'er, do you remember your aunt's cousin?

Wang Lijun's heart throbbed for a while, like petals falling on the water, but the water quickly calmed down because the petals were so light.

He said, remember, why don't you remember.

His mother said, not long after you left, maybe in [-], she got married, and the man was in business.After a few years, she lost business, offended someone, and owed a lot of money, so she and her lover committed suicide by taking poison... Two days ago I passed by her house, and I was thinking of delivering some food to her. After knocking, I realized that the person had long since disappeared.So you say, what can a person leave behind in this life?Oh, it's not that nothing is left, she also has a young son--

His mother babbled on and on and on and on, so far, she raised her voice and called out to the Moon Gate, Little Lier——

The children pushed and shoved by the wall of the Moon Gate, and after a burst of laughter, a little boy was squeezed out.He lowered his head, hesitated for a while, and walked towards them.Like the old Beijing children, he put his hands in his sleeves and tiptoed across the snow in the courtyard. His steps were so light, as if he was afraid of melting the snow.

Little Lier walked up to him quickly, and his mother said, this is your cousin's son, named Chen Li, little Lier, say hello to little uncle.

Chen Li lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Hello, little uncle."

Wang Lijun noticed that Chen Li was wearing smoky gray underwear, which looked very shabby during the Chinese New Year.Therefore, Wang Lijun recognized him as the child playing with rattles at the door.

Wang Lijun asked, what is the name?

Chen Li put his hands behind his back, buried his head even lower, he said, it was Lizi's pear.

Wang Lijun sighed, why did she give it such a name, Li'er's belly is sore.

His mother hurriedly said, all the uncles and brothers in the family said that Xiao Lier is the most similar to you when you were a child, and I want to train him to take over your class, but the skills are relatively sloppy, oh, children, the future will be long-come on, you look up, give the little one Uncle take a look.

When Chen Li heard this, she finally raised her head.

He was only seven or eight years old, but his face was like a melon seed, looking lonely, without the roundness of a child.And his brows are thin, with melancholy in his eyes, outsiders will never be able to figure out how a child can have such a melancholy beyond his age.Between his eyebrows, there is a red mole hidden in his forehead hair.When the winter wind blows, the bangs blow back and forth, and the red mole appears faintly, like a sad mark.

Wang Lijun's heart was shocked - in fact, among the children of the Wang family, the blood relationship is inextricably linked, and everyone has similarities with everyone.But this little Lier was like looking in a mirror with him, and the melancholy temperament of the little Lier made him feel infinite pity—just like pity for himself who suffered and suffered back then.

Wang Lijun got up from the chair, went to Xiao Li'er and squatted down.He took off the glove on his right hand and gently stroked Chen Li's cheek.

He asked, what is your best song?Also like me, singing Westgate.

Chen Li shook her head, exhaling white air from her slightly red lips.

No, little uncle.I sang Daiyu Burying Flowers.

Daiyu buried flowers.

Also living under the same roof, Lin Daiyu was probably a little older than him when she entered Jia's mansion.

With a click, Wang Lijun finally knew what it was like to be heartbroken.

Wang Lijun was very drunk that night.

In fact, no one poured him alcohol, and his uncles and brothers sat at the same table, but there was no such thing as the normal drinking and drinking. When they looked at him now, they always had a shocked expression.The last time Wang Lijun saw this kind of look was when the school organized a visit to the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. The eyes of the students looking at Chairman Mao's remains were exactly the same as this one.

Wang Lijun sat in the upper seat, and they lined up to toast one by one from Wang Lijun's right.The process of toasting is: say the toast, drink, and the next one.There is a table of Beijing Youzi, and no one makes a wisecrack, which feels very alienated.To put it bluntly, it's like going to a grave.

Wang Lijun even drank the wine toasted by his father. The situation is quite dreamy.But in the dream, he kept retweeting, drinking less and getting drunk, and immediately got drunk.

Wang Lijun was lying on the bed. At his request, he went back to the room he lived in since he was a child, and the decoration remained unchanged.A group of female relatives came and went, they packed his luggage and laid out the bedding for him, and then left one after another, and the room was dark again.

Wang Lijun closed his eyes, but he was upset and couldn't fall asleep for a while.In the past ten years, it was like playing a movie in his head over and over again, he asked himself, a life is a dream, isn't it?

At this time, the lock tongue made a light sound, and a figure flashed into the room.

Chen Li walked to the edge of the bed, knelt down, grasped the edge of the bed with both hands, rested his chin on his hands, and just looked at Wang Lijun for a while.

Wang Lijun took a peek and knew it was Chen Li.But he didn't understand, did he have that much charm?I asked myself that all the characters I played had sexual connotations, like mandarin ducks and butterflies. Children don't understand the mystery of it, so naturally they don't understand his goodness like young people.

So he asked, Little Lier, what are you doing here.

Chen Li was obviously taken aback, he thought Wang Lijun had fallen asleep.When he calmed down, he said, this is my room.

Wang Lijun's eyelids fluttered twice, and he said, is that so, what a coincidence, you even inherited the room.

Chen Li nodded, still kneeling, he didn't answer.

Wang Lijun sighed, lifted the quilt, and said, come up.

Chen Li raised her eyes and peeked at him secretly, as if confirming the truth of the words.

Wang Lijun shook off the quilt, he said, hurry up.

Wang Lijun wanted to express his sympathy, but maybe he was a little too hasty.When he hugged Chen Li in his arms, he was still thinking that he had never raised a child before, so was this way of caring right?

Tomato Coffee

Ling Baoer is a detective.

At the age of 17, he entered the Royal Police Juvenile Training School for training, and became a full-time police officer after graduation, with the police number 9527.

Everyone says that a good boy should not be on a job.After he joined the Royal Hong Kong Police, he was often squeezed out by his colleagues and superiors due to his poor interpersonal skills. Therefore, the police station he belonged to was constantly transferred and almost traveled all over Hong Kong.According to the data, Ling Baoer has served in all police stations except for the pond[1].

During the job transfer, Ling Baoer encountered many cases.Relying on his wisdom and perseverance, he single-handedly solved the "Chaozhou Alley Roasting and Hiding Corpse Case", "Eight Immortals Restaurant Extermination Case" [2], "Jade Girl Cooking Corpse Case", "Black Rose Murder Case" and other strange cases in the world.

However, high merit will overwhelm the master, and being too popular is not a good thing.In [-], Ling Baoer was downgraded to a patrol officer because of "acting without authorization and disobeying orders". After receiving numerous complaints, he was expelled from the Royal Police Force at the end of the year.

In early [-], Ling Baoer received a secret message from her former boss.Only then did he learn that he had shown his sharpness these years, and some people in the police force had already disliked him, and some young people took this opportunity to join him, so he was kicked out of the team.

Superintendent Huang said, without me supporting you, you went to sell salted duck eggs! (If I hadn't helped you, you would have died long ago!)

Ling Baoer scratched his head and felt very grateful, but his EQ was extremely low and he couldn't say anything good.

Superintendent Huang also said that he fired Ling Baoer on purpose.Because a public figure called the police a few days ago, claiming that his personal safety was threatened, he specifically requested the Royal Police for protection.In order to secretly protect the safety of its personnel, it is necessary to strictly control the number of insiders, and it is best to call non-staff special agents to perform tasks.After the superintendent's analysis, the best candidate for this task was none other than Ling Baoer.

Ling Baoer asked, a public figure?Margin?

Superintendent Huang said, Christian.

Christian, who has been popular in HK for ten years.According to some statistics, he is the star who has given the most concerts in the Red Hall since the opening of the port, and his status in Liyuan is comparable to that of Mei Lanfang back then.

Ling Baoer asked, so I can protect him first?To be his secure? (Then how can I protect him? Be his bodyguard?)

Superintendent Huang said, think about it, besides secure, what other people do celebrities need?

Ling Bao'er said, I don't want to be a manager! (I can't be a broker!)

Superintendent Huang said, crazy twister!Be a stand-in!Dragon Tiger Martial Artist!Ketchup!Do you understand?

Superintendent Huang also said, we have done research, and your height, weight, body shape and even your hairstyle are all similar to Christian.We decided to send you to pretend to be his substitute, to accompany him and protect him.

So Ling Baoer became Christian's stand-in.That is, dragon and tiger martial arts master.That is eggplant coffee.

From then on, they started work together, ate together, and went back to the house together. At night, Ling Baoer laid the floor next to Christian's bed, and even got up in the middle of the night, like a junior high school girl, holding hands and never leaving each other.Sometimes Ling Baoer even suspects that, in fact, the mission station didn't send her to protect Christian, but set up an enchantment array for the two sons, so that the thieves couldn't tell which one was the right one.

Even though there are complaints, the spirit of Hong Kong people is always dedicated.This is the first time that Ling Baoer has entered the world of actors, and she has something to say about acting and doing a full set.Sometimes the morning and evening are reversed, sometimes the morning and night are late, and after returning to work, she has to be a martial arts stand-in. Every time she returns home, Ling Baoer touches the ground immediately.One time he even sighed, wow!I really didn't expect that being a big boss is better than a bad guy! (Unexpectedly, being a star is more tiring than being a policeman!)

Christian replied to him on the bed, no! (No!)

Ling Baoer bent her arms, rested her head on her hands, and said, I don't like watching movies, I think the actors are so funny, and their behavior doesn't make sense—so I didn't even think about it, filming is actually very hard . (I don't like watching movies - so I didn't think about it at all, and it turns out that filming is also very hard.)

Christian said, sometimes, regardless of the result, it is good or bad. In fact, people who do things are very hardworking and scheming, but the result is beyond their control.The so-called success depends on God, what do you mean? (For some things, no matter whether the result is good or bad, the people who do it are actually very hardworking and hardworking, but the result is beyond human control. The so-called success depends on God, right?)

Ling Baoer didn't answer any more, Christian turned his head to see that the other party had already fallen asleep.Ling Baoer was leaning on the pillow, her lips pouted slightly, as if she was about to answer a question. The moonlight shone on his childish side face, and her forehead hair still maintained a strange arc, which was Christian's classic hairstyle.

Christian sighed, he had heard that the young man was only 20 years old.

From then on, talking at night seemed to be a daily routine for the two of them.They especially like to talk about their life experience.

Christian said that he was originally from Guangzhou, Guangdong, but later immigrated to the UK with his parents, so it was easier to return to Hong Kong to develop, unlike other mainlanders who were treated coldly and earning a living.

Ling Baoer was quite pleasantly surprised. He said that his mother is also from mainland China, she seems to be from Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, but later passed through Hong Kong and came here to seek a living.His mother took him alone, and life was quite difficult. Ling Baoer lived in the Kowloon Walled City when he was a child, and he competed with others to watch the TV every day.Ling Bao'er was obsessed with it, and watched it every day. She was determined to be an errand since she was a child.But when he was really on duty, he discovered that the life of a criminal policeman is not about bloody street bullets, but more about dealing with murders of innocent people.For example, in the murder cases he has solved, ordinary citizens were killed in each case, and the circumstances of the cases can be described as horrific.

So from then on, Ling Baoer no longer went to the theater, because errands and movies are different.He made up his mind to dedicate all his energies to all the people in need of help in the world, which is the duty of a police officer.

They also talk about love.

Christian said that the love of his life is Taiwanese actress Mimi.He also said that her English name was not well obtained. In English, "Mimi" means the sea of ​​suffering, which is not as good as her original name.Kuang Mei'e.Taiwanese traditionally prefer to take gentle and smooth female names.

Ling Baoer said that she has never loved another person.He always complains that his work has dragged down his life's major events--the detection is so bad!Are you free to date?He always said. (Solving cases is so tiring, who has time to fall in love?)

Christian said, don't be impatient, sooner or later.

A few days later, one time Mimi came to visit Christian. When she entered the door, she saw a familiar figure from behind, and rushed forward to give him a long-lost hug.After she hugged the person in her arms firmly, she saw Christian standing aside with a cup of coffee, looking at them foolishly.

Later Mimi said embarrassedly, you two really look alike.

Christian said, I didn't confuse Junzi with you either!

They also talk about the future.

Ling Baoer saw the news that Mimi was going to marry that "jun boy" on TV.He immediately reported the bad news to Christian, and said with all his heart that if he wanted to rob the marriage, he would accompany him at any time.

Christian said, it's just a joke.Brother Zaimi is serious.

Ling Baoer asked, then you just watch your girlfriend marry someone else?He is also learning to speak Mandarin now, because his mother likes it, saying that he recognizes his ancestors and returns to his ancestors.

Christian said, Junzai is my close disciple, he knows how to measure - I am very assured of him.

Ling Baoer asked again, what should I do next?

Christian showed a disgusted smile, it shouldn't be long before they get divorced.I also prepared a gift to give them on the wedding day, see what the magazine says!

The two laughed together.

The morning before Mimi's wedding, Ling Bao'er's mother went out to set up a stall in the street and was accidentally knocked down by a car.Ling Baoer hurried to the hospital, this was the first time he and Christian were separated since he went undercover.

Fortunately, her mother was fine, so Ling Baoer hurried back to the villa in the afternoon.Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped on the threshold, there was a report from Secure, saying that someone invited Christian to go on a yacht, saying that he wanted to go fishing, and he didn't bring any companions with him.

Ling Baoer felt bad.He went in and opened the safe, took out a gun, and started hastily to the docks.

It was evening when Ling Bao'er arrived at the pier, and he saw someone smoking cigarettes on the deck of the yacht from a distance, and after walking a little further, he saw the person's face clearly.

Ling Baoer's popularity has not always been so bad. He had a group of buddies when he was in school, and everyone was close. One of the seniors had the best grades. After graduation, he was assigned to an O's office. Although the positions were different, the friendship remained the same. We all had supper together He often exchanged information—so he was very familiar with the face of the man on the deck, and he was listed in various documents in O's Journal.

Ling Baoer took out his ID and rushed to the deck. He shouted at Jet, Royal Hong Kong Police!You shouldn't take your ID card out and look at it!

Jet seemed to be burned by a cigarette end for a moment, and with a flick of his finger, the cigarette fell to the ground, looking at him in surprise.

Ling Baoer repeated the words again.

At this time, someone rushed out from the cabin on the first floor, they were a few gangster-like figures, but Ling Baoer was very familiar with the leader.

So he said in surprise, Brother Lin? !

Before he finished speaking, Jet locked his throat from behind.

When Ling Baoer woke up, her hands and feet were bound, and her body was tied to a chair. Christian was lying on the bed, motionless, and it was difficult to distinguish between life and death.

Brother Lin and Jet's group burned charcoal in the house before leaving, and closed the doors and windows tightly. After a while, the two of them would die of carbon monoxide poisoning. ...

At this time, Ling Baoer's mind gradually became unconscious, and he could no longer think of any past events. The life he had enjoyed was only 20 years, so the revolving door before his death was extremely short compared to the world.Right now, his cheeks are flushed, he has difficulty breathing, and he only complains in his heart, he looks so stupid, this time he is really bruised to the ground! (Death is so stupid, this time it's really embarrassing.)

The 20-year Huahua World was flying around in her mind, and when she really closed her eyes, a sentence kept ringing in Ling Baoer's mind.That sentence may be the Mandarin language his mother taught him; or Christian's advice to him "Don't be impatient, sooner or later"; or a warm inquiry that night——

In some cases, regardless of whether the result is good or bad, in fact, the people who do it are very hardworking and scheming, but the result cannot be controlled by people.The so-called success depends on God, what do you mean?

It's a pity that he didn't have time to answer, so his eyelids fought again, and he fell asleep again.

[1] Guarding the Reservoir: A classic stalk of Hong Kong police and gangster films, referring to the distribution of border areas.

[2] The case of killing the door of the Eight Immortals Restaurant: that is, the famous Ren|Meat Char Siu Bao case in Macau, which is used here.The rest of the case names are all fabricated, and there are also sources of their stalks, you can guess.

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There is only one extra episode in the first half, which is this article, which tells some stories about Christian.

The rivers and lakes are deep, and every incident is the tip of the iceberg.