What happened to Xiao Keran also affected other people, especially the student who passed by but was so frightened that he was hospitalized.
The other party is also a kid in the third year of high school, and this kind of thing happened at this time, it is really a disaster, the school is not responsible for Xiao Keran's incident legally, but the school is responsible for this child's accident.
After settling down the students in his class and tidying up his emotions, Tong Qiu went with some teachers to visit the student who was hospitalized because of Xiao Keran in the afternoon. On the way back, he received a call from Huo Zhixing, and the two made an appointment to meet at night Have a meal.
Because of Xiao Keran's incident, and Xiao Keran's father brought people to make trouble, the school had to suspend evening self-study and let everyone go home early.
Tong Qiu was not used to getting off work so early, so he walked out of the school after five o'clock, looked at the date and day of the week, and realized that Huo Zhixing didn't get off work until eight o'clock today.
He sent a message to the other party, saying to go home and wait for him first.
Huo Zhixing was extremely busy that night, and it was almost nine o'clock when he saw the news.
He changed his clothes, explained a few words to Zhao Heyu, and went straight to Tong Qiu's house.
Huo Zhixing knew that Tong Qiu's condition was not good these days, and it was so late, so he simply bought something to eat and brought it home. He walked into the community with his things, and when he got downstairs, he looked up and saw Tong Qiu lying on the ground with the window open. Smoke there.
Tong Qiu has quit smoking for many years, and he hasn't smoked since he became a teacher. Today he was really upset, so he bought a pack on the way back.
He lay on the window sill and smoked most of the pack without knowing it. When he heard the knock on the door, he froze for a moment, and the ash scattered all over the window sill.
I snuffed out the cigarette butt, waved my hand, trying to dispel the smell of smoke, but it didn't make much sense.
He went to open the door, Huo Zhixing frowned at the smell of smoke when he saw him.
Huo Zhixing smoked occasionally, but he wasn't addicted to cigarettes. He used to smoke one or two packs a day when he was in the criminal police brigade. Later, when he came to the police station, he didn't feel so much pressure and smoked even less. When he married Tong Qiu, he found that Tong Qiu Qiu didn't smoke, so he began to consciously control it.
"Smoking?" Huo Zhixing asked.
Tong Qiu lowered his head as if someone had discovered some ulterior secret, and didn't even have the nerve to respond.
"I thought it was too late. You were tired recently, so you bought something to eat."
Tong Qiu nodded, turned sideways to let people in: "I thought you were busy and couldn't see me tonight."
In fact, it is very strange, although the two are close now, but the relationship is still not clear, so what if they see each other? But Tong Qiu didn't know if it was because of Huo Zhixing's identity, the policeman always made him feel that he was at ease when he was around.
He didn't know when it started, but Huo Zhixing became his reassurance.
"I'm very busy today, so I didn't have time to reply to your message." Huo Zhixing took out his phone and showed him, "The screen broke when I was arresting people."
Tong Qiu stretched out his hand and rubbed the terribly broken phone screen with his palm: "Thanks for your hard work."
Huo Zhixing smiled: "Serve the people!"
He casually rubbed Tong Qiu's hair and said, "Come, eat!"
The two sat on the carpet in the living room, sitting side by side in front of the coffee table as they did when they were drinking.
"The family in our area is famous," Huo Zhixing saw that Tong Qiu was still in a low mood, and since he never talked about work, he tried his best to find topics and wanted to tell him something new, "Man Domestic violence, every time his daughter-in-law calls the police, and when he comes, we mediate and say he should be shut down, but his wife disagrees, making trouble and not allowing us to shut him down."
Tong Qiu looked at Huo Zhixing, and seeing that he was interested, Huo Zhixing continued, "I have to make trouble like this a few times every month, since I came to this police station, I am most familiar with the couple."
"Why doesn't the domestic violence get a divorce?" Tong Qiu asked with a frown.
"Zhao Heyu tried to persuade her a few times, but the eldest sister was covered with injuries, and he was scolded for persuading her to get a divorce." Huo Zhixing shook his head, "Everyone has his own way of life."
Tong Qiu thought of Xiao Keran, the girl who was abused by her father and coldly by her mother since childhood.
"It's also possible that there is really no other way." Tong Qiu took a sip of water, "Everyone is living involuntarily."
Huo Zhixing put down his chopsticks and poured water for him: "Human, how many years can a person live in total? Do everything you can, a hundred years is a long life, try to make yourself feel better."
Tong Qiu understood that he was persuading him, took the water and thanked him, and smiled at the other party.
"Zhixing, after I send these children away this year, I don't want to be a teacher anymore."
Just as Huo Zhixing sat down, he was stunned when he heard his words: "What's wrong? Just because of this incident?"
Holding the water glass in both hands, Tong Qiu was listless. He looked at the transparent water and said softly, "Well, I don't think I'm qualified."
Huo Zhixing was silent for a long time, and after a long time, he asked, "Do you still have cigarettes?"
Before he came, he put his cigarettes in the work unit, because he thought that Tong Qiu might hate the smell of cigarettes, so he simply didn't bring any of them.
"Have."
"I'll smoke one." Huo Zhixing pressed Tong Qiu's shoulder with his hand, stood up with strength, then walked to the window sill, and lit a cigarette.
Tong Qiu still sat there and turned to look at him, who was leaning against the window, blowing smoke rings outside.
"I didn't tell you why I was transferred to the police station, did I?"
Tong Qiu asked once before getting married, and Huo Zhixing only said that it was because he was injured during a previous mission. As for what mission he was performing and what kind of injury he suffered, the other party didn't mention a word, and he didn't ask.
But in fact, Tong Qiu understands that there must be a story in it.
But Tong Qiu understood that even if a member of the Criminal Police Brigade was injured and couldn't be on the front line, they could be directly transferred to the back office instead of going to the police station, but Huo Zhixing came.
At first the other party didn't talk about it, Tong Qiu didn't ask any more, everyone has something in the past that they didn't want to talk about, so let's not talk about it, even a couple should leave some space for each other.
Tong Qiu said: "At that time you said you were injured."
"Well," Huo Zhixing looked at the night sky outside where he couldn't see a single star, his voice seemed to be wrapped in smoke, making Tong Qiu's hearing unreal, "Two wounds, one on the shoulder, pierced by a bullet. "
Tong Qiu remembered.
There are countless scars on Huo Zhixing's body, some scars he can recognize how they were caused, and some he can't recognize. When the two met frankly for the first time, Tong Qiu was startled when he looked at each other's body. At that time, Huo Zhixing She smiled and asked him, "Are you afraid?"
Tong Qiu replied that he was not afraid.
Later, probably before the divorce, when Huo Zhixing came out of the shower, Tong Qiu stared at the scar on his shoulder, at that moment Huo Zhixing asked him again: "Is it ugly?"
Tong Qiu smiled and said, "Only heroes have scars."
Just a few days ago, the two went back on a date, and they talked about this topic again when they were making out. Huo Zhixing asked him if he disliked it, and he replied that not only did he not dislike it, but he also found it very sexy.
If it was just a polite consolation at the beginning, but now, he really feels that Huo Zhixing's scar fascinates him.
He has so many scars, as for the injury on his shoulder, Huo Zhixing has almost recovered when he first got married, but he can't lift heavy things, Tong Qiu remembers all of this.
"Then there is another place?"
Huo Zhixing turned around and pointed to his heart.
"Heart?" Tong Qiu frowned.
"In my heart." Huo Zhixing said, "A wound in my heart is more painful than any other part of my body."
After he finished speaking, he took a deep breath on his cigarette, and remained silent for a long time until he finished smoking one cigarette.
Tong Qiu felt something was wrong, walked over, took out a cigarette and lit it, but Huo Zhixing snatched the cigarette before reaching his mouth.
The man took a puff and said, "In that operation, none of us actually expected that the other party had a gun, and the incident happened so suddenly that we didn't even wear bulletproof vests. I was too reckless at the time, so I rushed in and was shot by the other party." Hit the shoulder."
Tong Qiu looked at him and felt that there was something flickering in Huo Zhixing's eyes.
He wasn't sure if it was tears.
"I was stunned for a moment, and then there were two more gunshots." Huo Zhixing turned around and asked Tong Qiu with tears in his eyes, "Do you know what happened? One of my teammates shot The bastard who hit me, but he got shot too."
Huo Zhixing said, "I was beaten in the chest and died on the spot."
Probably everyone has a period or a few sections of the past that they are very reluctant to recall. After the incident, it is necessary to use the powder ground for a long time to cover every picture of those memories. If possible, I wish I would never dial it again. Dust off.
Just like back then, when Tong Qiu asked why he became a police officer, Huo Zhixing just fooled around without saying a word.
At that time, they were newlyweds who met on a blind date and were about to get married. They had expectations and fantasies about each other, but neither of them was honest.
Now, more than a year later, Huo Zhixing found more and more that he could not see Tong Qiu sad, Tong Qiu said that he could not protect his students, but why not Huo Zhixing
He can't protect the person he likes, and he can't protect his teammates. The person he likes is suffering now, and his teammates sacrificed for him.
"The shot that hit him in the chest also hit me in the heart." Huo Zhixing watched the curling smoke form and then dissipate, "After that, I couldn't face other people, and I couldn't face myself either. I think I killed him."
Tong Qiu looked at the person in front of him without blinking, he had never seen Huo Zhixing like this before, as if he was showing him his bloody wound with a blank face.
"For a long time, I was tortured by guilt and hid in the hospital and refused to see anyone. I was afraid. Although I knew that no one would come out and point my nose and scold me, I still didn't dare to face them." Huo Zhixing said , "Later, I returned to the team, but soon found that I couldn't continue. I became cautious when performing tasks. Because of this, I missed opportunities several times. I went to see a psychiatrist, but the problem has not been fundamentally resolved. .Later, I proposed to change jobs. As long as I stay in the Criminal Police Brigade, no matter what I do, I feel that there is a pair of eyes watching me. I feel that my teammates have been following me. He doesn’t blame me, but I blame myself.”
Tong Qiu touched the cigarette case and lit a cigarette.
"People, the most difficult thing to cure is heart disease. Once the emotion of 'guilt' arises, it won't heal for a while." Huo Zhixing looked at Tong Qiu with a wry smile, "So, actually, I probably understand how you feel now. "
Tong Qiu's eyes turned red from the smoke, he didn't know if it was his own illusion, Huo Zhixing seemed to be crying.
It turned out that everyone was very tired.
He put the cigarette in his mouth, grabbed Huo Zhixing's wrist and pulled him over. The two stood facing each other. The next second, Tong Qiu hugged each other.
Tong Qiu's hug was warm and soft, Huo Zhixing raised his hand to stroke his hair, but he didn't know who was comforting the other.
Tong Qiu took another sip of the cigarette between his fingers and took it away. He sighed and said, "We are all sinners..."
Huo Zhixing frowned, and hugged him: "Yes, for atonement, shouldn't we work harder in the future?"
Tong Qiu smiled, nodded, buried his face on Huo Zhixing's shoulder, and replied sullenly: "Yes."
Because of guilt and demonic obstacles in his heart, Huo Zhixing left the criminal police brigade and was transferred to Sanhu Police Station as an ordinary policeman. As for Tong Qiu, he thought for a while and said, "I can't leave school."
The two let go of each other, both stubbed out their cigarettes, closed the windows, and returned to the coffee table.
Huo Zhixing took another glass of water for him and stuffed it into his hand.
"After a while, I want to talk to the principal. The first is to apologize, and the second is to thank you." Tong Qiu drank his saliva and said softly, "The third is, I won't lead the class next year."
Tong Qiu started working as a head teacher within two years of coming to the school. He is only 33 this year, but he has already passed two exams, which is rare in their school. He likes being a head teacher because he likes to accompany the children to grow up Some people think that five years is a reincarnation, and some people think that ten or twelve years is a reincarnation, but for him, three years is a reincarnation. In each reincarnation, not only students but also students grow up. has himself.
Teachers and students are in a relationship of mutual achievement and companionship, and he loves this relationship.
Only now, he had to admit that he had to stop temporarily, he couldn't walk anymore.
Huo Zhixing, who was sitting beside him, squeezed his leg hard and said to him, "I support all your decisions."
Tong Qiu looked at Huo Zhixing, this person didn't wear a police uniform today, he just looked very ordinary, once Tong Qiu felt that he didn't have any feelings for Huo Zhixing who took off his uniform, at most he regarded him as a good person and put the "good person card" in his heart He sent one after another, but this night, he suddenly discovered that whether this person was wearing that outfit or not, it was enough to make him feel at ease.