Lu Hui sat quietly in the passenger seat, while Lu An put her hands on the steering wheel and looked straight ahead. The car was driving on the road, and the bare street trees on both sides retreated rapidly.
In the midwinter season, the thick snow reflects the crystal luster, and a few small birds shuttle through the branches like arrows.
In the distance, a gray and black abandoned factory stands on the snow, and three or five blue and white police cars are parked by the side of the road.
"Here we are." Lu An stepped on the brakes, and when the car came to a complete stop, she pulled out the key and said, "Let's go."
Lu Hui nodded. He seemed a little nervous for no reason. He should be nervous. The kidnapped person was a friend he personally admitted.
But once again, the choice made at the age of fourteen was on the table again, and the fate repeated itself. Even though Lu Hui was thirty-two years old, he was still an extremely clumsy person.
"Team Leader Lu." It was the criminal policeman from Linhua City Bureau who came to greet him, with a worried expression on his face, "The kidnapper claimed to see you."
"Well." Lu Huiying agreed, he followed the footsteps of the criminal police, "What do you know now?"
"We also just arrived." The criminal police said, "I had a phone call with the kidnapper, and he said back and forth that he wants to see you."
Lu Hui said, "Understood."
Lu An and Lu Hui walked into the monitor car together, Lu Hui nodded towards the high bureau, and answered the phone: "I'm Lu Hui."
"Lu Hui." The kidnapper's voice came, without using a voice changer, it sounded like a tired middle-aged man's voice, "So you are Lu Hui."
"Your purpose." Lu Hui asked.
"Take him for you." The man replied.
Lu Hui pondered: "Why do you think I will sacrifice myself for him?"
"..." the man choked and said, "Because he is your team member."
"It seems that you have done some homework." Lu Hui said, "Let him answer the phone, I want to make sure he is still alive."
"Not now," the man said. "Let's talk about something else."
"Why not?" Lu Hui pursed his lips, trying to keep his voice calm.
"The case you're investigating," the man said.
"You did it." Lu Hui said.
"Yes." The man replied, "Congratulations on closing the case."
"So now, are you committing suicide or turning yourself in?" Lu Hui asked.
The man laughed: "I kidnapped someone, what do you think?"
"You dragged me to commit suicide together." Lu Hui said, "And you won't let him go at all."
"Yeah," the man said, "so you're coming?"
"Let him answer the phone." Lu Hui demanded, "I want to hear his voice."
The other end of the phone rang, Lu Hui waited patiently for a while, and a vague voice came: "Group Lu?"
"Yeah." Lu Hui suddenly became nervous, his little finger curled up, tightly clutching the receiver, "You..."
"Don't come." Ji Fanyang interrupted Lu Hui, "Don't even think about it, don't even think about it."
"This is a dead end." Lu Hui said, his voice was indifferent, as if he didn't care about life and death, "I have to go in."
"No, you have no obligation to save me." Ji Fanyang said, "I know you have a tendency to self-destruct. You wanted to jump down by the pond, right?"
"...I didn't." Lu Hui denied.
"You cowardly bastard." Ji Fanyang scolded, "Don't come in."
"You can't decide on this." Lu Hui acted like a child, and hung up the phone neatly.
Director Gao looked up at him: "You want to go in?"
"Is there any other way?" Lu Hui turned to look at the armed police and snipers playing with guns outside the window, "If they are useful, you won't ask me."
"The factory is too dark and the line of sight is not good," Gao Ju said. "They are hiding behind the wall and cannot be shot from the window."
"What else?" Lu Hui asked.
"It seems that mines have been planted around the factory." Gao Ju said, "You are right, he will die together."
"Yes." Lu Hui replied.
"You want to go in?" Rao Feifei walked into the monitor car, and Yang Jie came in together.
Lu Hui's dark eyes were like two deep wells: "Is there any other choice?"
"We can negotiate." Rao Feifei said.
Lu Hui smiled sarcastically: "Little girl, the kidnapper just admitted that he did the case in our hands."
"He has no way out." Yang Jie said.
"Ji Fanyang is the son of the army commander, he cannot die." Lu Hui said.
"Fart." It was rare for Gao Ju to be rude, and he slapped the table, "You can die if the commander's son can't die? You have nine lives?"
"..." Lu Hui blinked, "I try not to die."
"Does your sister agree?" Yang Jie asked.
Lu Hui was silent.
Rao Feifei reached out and grabbed Lu Hui's arm to pull him out of the monitoring car, and the two stood still in the snow.
"How is it?" Lu An and Wei Congjia who just arrived walked over and surrounded Lu Hui.
"The kidnapper asked him to go in and change Ji Fanyang." Rao Feifei said.
"No." Wei Congjia objected.
Lu An stared at Lu Hui: "Do you want to go in?"
"I..." Faced with the person closest to him, Lu Hui was not so sure, "I have to go in, I am the team leader."
"You will die." Lu An said.
Lu Hui nodded.
"I don't want to lose you." Lu An said, "but you should go in."
Lu Hui looked at Lu An: "Thank you, sister."
Lu An sniffed, and the tears in his eyes stained his makeup: "Do you still remember that you are going home for the New Year?"
"I... may not be able to catch up." Lu Hui raised his hand to wipe away tears for Lu An, "Don't cry."
Wei Congjia put his arms around Lu An's shoulders, and said to Lu Hui, "Come back alive, don't make your sister sad."
Lu Hui didn't speak. He never made unsure promises. He turned to Rao Feifei and said, "The resignation letter and suicide note are in the second locked cabinet in my office. When the time comes, you break the lock and take them out."
Rao Feifei looked at him in disbelief: "Have you already written those things?"
"Put it there on the first day of employment." Lu Hui said with a smile, "Don't fight unprepared battles."
Rao Feifei wiped her eyes and said, "Okay, got it."
Xi Junhong came over: "What happened?"
Rao Feifei didn't care about her dislike for him before, and told the story intermittently.
Lu Hui waved at them, turned and walked into the monitoring vehicle.
"Decided?" Gao Ju asked.
"Yes." Lu Hui replied, "I'll wear protective clothing."
"It's a little bit of protection." Gao Ju sighed, pointing to the thick protective clothing on the sofa, "Put on the helmet too."
Lu Hui took off his down jacket and put on bulky protective clothing.
"What do you plan to do?" Gao Ju asked.
"Let's adapt." Lu Hui said, "Ji Fanyang doesn't have a protective suit, and I will take care of him."
"You... oh." Gao Ju shook his head, "I read you right, you are a good policeman."
Lu Hui kept a straight face and said nothing. The adjective "good guy" felt worse than scolding him in Lu Hui's opinion.
Putting on the protective clothing, Lu Hui stepped out of the monitoring vehicle.
Save Ji Fanyang, he thought, Ji Fanyang is his friend.