As the car drove onto the highway, Song Yuhang glanced in the rearview mirror while wearing sunglasses, the corners of his lips curled slightly.
"Looks like we're being targeted."
Lin Yan supported his forehead with his hands, rubbed his temples, and lazily said, "When I was at Lin's house last night, someone followed me."
Song Yuhang glanced at her a little nervously: "Are you all right?"
"It's okay, I got rid of it." Lin Yan replied, watching the black car following them in the rearview mirror, chewing gum in his mouth.
"Yesterday, my aunt's birthday party refrained from doing anything. Since everyone has followed here, don't blame me for being rude."
Song Yuhang held the steering wheel in his hand, stared straight ahead, avoiding the passing vehicles.
"No hurry, play with them for a while."
next service area.
Lin Yan yelled to go to the bathroom again, Song Yuhang pulled over and stopped the car, unbuckled his seat belt and went down with her.
While smoking a cigarette, she walked in with her arms around her shoulders, and she caught a glimpse of the black car pulling over from the corner of her eye.
Song Yuhang patted her on the shoulder twice: "You go, I'll go over there and buy something to eat."
Lin Yan understood, nodded, and the two separated.
The man in black who was following behind looked around, and pressed the micro microphone next to his ear: "Report, they separated."
Lin Yan squeezed into the crowd queuing for the bathroom, took the peaked cap from the head of the lady in front who was focused on playing with her mobile phone, and put it on her head. Once she put on the sunglasses, she took off her coat and held it in her hand. She took out a mask from her pocket and put it on. His face was covered, and he went out with a few aged aunts.
The man in black turned around and disappeared.
Song Yuhang leaned against the counter and bought a pack of Zhonghua. When the waiter was giving her change, he saw the man in black walking around anxiously from the corner of his eyes. He must have lost him.
There was a slight smile on the corner of her lips, and she deliberately increased the volume: "Bring me another bottle of mineral water."
The man in black turned his head quickly, as if he had found his target, Song Yuhang led the man through the corridor to the parking lot.
During lunch time, the service area was crowded with tourist buses and private cars, and people came out of the parking lot from time to time and passed them.
The men in black followed suit.
Song Yuhang passed through the crowd and led them to the side where the bus was parked. The tall body blocked the sunlight and cast a shadow on the ground.
As she walked, she undid the cuff with her teeth and walked around to the other side of the bus.
The man in black followed quickly.
Someone patted him on the shoulder: "Hey—"
When he turned his head, Lin Yan punched him directly in the face.
The man in black staggered back two steps, bumped into the car body on his back, and at the same time took out a switchblade from his trouser pocket with one hand, and threw it straight at her throat.
However, before he could get close, he was kicked away by someone. Song Yuhang grabbed his neck and pushed him onto the bus with fierce eyes.
"Say?! Who told you to come?!"
Lin Yan picked up the switchblade, slapped it in the palm of his hand, and approached him: "The knife is not bad, but I am a bit stupid."
The man gritted his teeth, and suddenly there was a ruthlessness in his eyes. He bent his knee and hit Song Yuhang in the abdomen. She subconsciously raised her hand to block, but was caught in a gap and pressed against her shoulder, which was a standard counter-grab.
"Damn it!" Lin Yan spat, and took out a mechanical stick from her back. The man in black was thrown into a dizzy state. She pulled the man's collar and dragged it back, hitting him hard. He got into the car and raised his hand to lift his mask.
At this moment, Song Yuhang suddenly heard a soft sound similar to the opening of the tab of a can.
silencer!
Alarm bells rang in her mind, and she threw herself at Lin Yan and held him in her arms. The two of them rolled on the ground, the bullets brushed their hair and flew over and hit the car, sparks flew everywhere.
Another man in black ran over from the other side of the bus to help his accomplice who fell to the ground, without any reluctance to fight, he got up and ran.
"Song Yuhang!" There was a trace of panic in Lin Yan's voice, and he lifted her head.
"Ahem...it's okay..." Song Yuhang coughed the ashes from his throat and pulled her to stand up.
Lin Yan still wanted to chase, but was dragged back.
"Don't chase, we have guns and accomplices, we can't do it."
She squatted down again, looking at the bullet deeply embedded in the car body.
Lin Yan also leaned over and watched her reach out and pull out the bullet forcefully.
"This is..." Looking at the tip of the bullet, a trace of shock appeared in Lin Yan's eyes.
"That's right, it's a rubber bullet." Song Yuhang squeezed the bullet into his palm and gritted his teeth.
The patrolman in the service area heard the movement and ran over.
"Over there, over there, over there!"
The sound of chaotic footsteps sounded.
Lin Yan pulled her to lower her body, and ran around the parked vehicles.
She put her peaked cap on the heads of passers-by casually, took off her sunglasses and squeezed into a van heading to the provincial capital with Song Yuhang.
The two sat staggeringly in the back row and handed the money to the flight attendant.
Song Yuhang: "What about your car?"
Lin Yan thought for a while, took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to the mysterious man: "Someone will drive away in a while."
"Okay." Song Yuhang nodded, and squeezed her hand tightly, thinking of the scene just now, he was still terrified.
Lin Yan tilted his head and smiled: "Are you afraid?"
Song Yuhang smiled, pressed her head and leaned on his shoulder: "I'm afraid I can't protect you well."
There were many people in the car, which was stuffy and small. Lin Yan murmured softly, "I don't want your protection. I can protect myself. I want to stand with you to face the enemy together."
Song Yuhang smiled, rubbed her head and didn't say a word. Afraid that she would get sick from motion sickness, he patted her head and signaled her to close her eyes and rest for a while.
"Sleep, we'll be there when you wake up."
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The Guo family is in a remote suburb of the provincial capital.
After getting off the expressway, I got on the passenger bus and walked for more than an hour on the cement road to arrive.
The front house hidden in the alley, with the signboard of "Guo Ji Tangshui Shop", is about to open in the evening. A strong and lean young man was moving tables and chairs from the house.
There were a lot of things, and he was busy alone, with a pure white towel hanging around his neck, his feet were a little limp, and he accidentally hung it on the table, and the plastic chair in his hand overturned.
Song Yuhang helped him steady.
The man breathed a sigh of relief, with a grateful smile on his face: "Thank you."
However, the next moment, his smile froze on his face, Lin Yan walked out from behind her and took out his police officer ID.
"Police, I want to ask you something, do you know Zhu Yong?"
Of course he remembered that woman's face.
On the day Zhu Yong was arrested, he followed the police car and ran a few miles away. Suddenly, a thin girl ran out of the crowd. She rushed forward with such strength, pushed the police away, and faced the handcuffed girl. Zhu Yong punched and kicked.
The police swarmed up and knocked the girl to the ground.
His father wailed, half of his ear was bitten off alive.
The girl who was pulled up by the police was still crying, "Don't touch me! Don't touch me! Murderer! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"
Lin Yan hasn't changed much over the years, if anything, he has only become more mature and charming.
His memory is still fresh.
So as soon as he saw her, his legs began to tremble, he swallowed frantically, turned his back and limped towards the house.
"No, I don't know you, you have found the wrong person."
Lin Yan chased after two steps: "Guo Xiaoguang, your name is Guo Xiaoguang, right? I have been looking for you all these years, your father..."
When "Dad" was mentioned, Guo Xiaoguang suddenly lost his temper and threw the chair in his hand on the ground.
"I said I don't know you, what else do you want?! What father, my father is dead, I am an orphan! I don't have a father!"
Lin Yan was taken aback, Guo Xiaoguang panted heavily, like a beast on the verge of collapse.
She touched the mechanical stick on her waist, and was ready to use force to solve it if she couldn't.
Song Yuhang grabbed her wrist and shook his head lightly.
There was a "da da" sound of crutches hitting the ground in the room, and an old man came out staggeringly.
She had silver hair all over her head, her back was stooped, and she stretched out her hands to fumble, but she turned out to be blind.
"Xiaoguang, who is it? Why are you arguing with someone again? Didn't you say that you have to be calm and do business, let's forget the few cents."
Guo Xiaoguang threw the towel around his neck on the table, and went up to support her: "Mom, it's okay, I didn't quarrel with anyone, I can clean it up by myself outside, you go to rest."
This should be Guo Xiaoguang's adoptive mother.
Song Yuhang moved his lips and took a step forward.
Someone outside shouted: "Lao Guo, here are two bowls of sugar water and wonton noodles!"
Guo Xiaoguang responded, knocked them away and left.
"Both, I'm going to do business, please leave if you don't order."
Lin Yan rolled his eyes, and pulled Song Yuhang to sit down: "Boss, we also want two bowls of sugar water, and one of your signature snacks."
Guo Xiaoguang staggered, seeing that neither of them were fat.
"Have you finished eating?"
Lin Yanyouyou pulled out the disposable chopsticks from the bamboo basket and opened it: "It's up to me whether I eat or not. If you don't make it for me, I will complain to the Consumers Association and tell you to close down."
Guo Xiaoguang gritted his teeth, felt helpless against the two of them, and limped into the kitchen.
After a while, two bowls of sugar water were brought out and angrily fell on the table.
"Here, get out after eating!"
After a day of riding in the car, Lin Yan was really hungry. After taking a sip, she thought it was not bad. She liked to drink these soups, so she narrowed her eyes slightly.
"That's right, let's take another package away."
Song Yuhang laughed, and gave her the purple sweet potato in his bowl: "Come on, eat it quickly, don't make fun of others."
Lin Yan grinned at her, signaling her to leave it alone.
Guo Xiaoguang served a dish, and Lin Yan added another dish, and he didn't order it all at once, which exhausted his patience and made him run back and forth with his sick leg.
In a final rage, the young man finally dropped the menu, and because of the presence of other customers, he lowered his voice and roared: "What are you two trying to do, the police don't take such bullies, do they?!"
He ordered too much, even though Song Yuhang only tasted a small bite of each dish, he felt a little full, he burped, wiped his mouth with a poor-quality napkin and put it on the table.
"Nothing, just asking you something. If you keep avoiding it, we have plenty of patience to spend it here with you."
One sang the red face and the other sang the bad face, Song Yuhang was the one who was in charge of reasoning with him, and she was the one who played the rogue.
"That's right, if you don't tell us, we will come today, tomorrow, and every day. Anyway, I have not only time, but also money. Or, just go and ask—"
She pouted her lips: "The old lady inside."
Guo Xiaoguang turned around and shouted: "Don't touch my mother, or I will fight you hard!"
Lin Yan shrugged indifferently: "Do you think you can beat me? Or, will I listen to you?"
Guo Xiaoguang clenched his fists, his chest was heaving up and down, he was holding his breath, and when he had nowhere to say it, there was the sound of patting the table for checkout from the table sitting at the door of the store.
He had no choice but to leave them behind and run over.
"Brother Mao, four bottles of beer, five bowls of sugar water, two plates of lobster, and one plate of edamame. The total is one hundred and forty-two yuan."
He nodded and bowed, and the social youth with the tattoo on his arm took a puff of cigarette and spit the smoke ring on his face.
"What? Didn't hear clearly, please say it again."
Guo Xiaoguang repeated it again with a shy face: "Brother, the total is one hundred and forty-two yuan."
The young man in society became furious and threw the cigarette butt on him.
"Fuck you! How dare you ask Brother Mao for money!"
Guo Xiaoguang was burned, a hole was torn in his clothes, he staggered back a few steps, and bumped into the opposite table and chair.
"No, Brother Mao, I... the store is small and the profits are thin, and you haven't paid the credit you paid last month..."
Several yellow-haired boys also stood up one after another, pointing fingers at him and poking at him.
"What? Brother Mao came to you to eat to give you face, don't be shameless, and dare to ask Brother Mao for money?! Have you paid the protection fee this month?"
A yellow-haired man with a cigarette in his mouth saw a few pieces of change in his apron pocket, reached out and counted them.
"Hey, two hundred yuan, business is good today, turn it in."
Guo Xiaoguang blushed, and reached out to snatch it: "Don't...don't... Brother Mao, Brother Mao, I still have to pay rent, utilities, and see a doctor for my mother. I beg you to save some money for me. Slow, slow."
The social youth with tattooed arms kicked him on the stomach: "It's the same reason every time, why can't you change it?"
The gangsters laughed loudly, and Guo Xiaoguang's forehead was dripping with sweat, and he touched the chair beside him. Before he could make a move, someone had already jumped on it with a mechanical stick.
He stared blankly at the woman who hit the young man on the back of the head with a stick, knocked him down on the table, and overturned the wine bottles and dishes.
The social youth covered his head and moaned: "Fuck...fuck the fuck...Where is the crazy woman, fuck her!"
The others grabbed the wine bottles and rushed forward, and Song Yuhang tidied them up one by one and threw them out the door.
She walked over and took the money from Huang Mao, and returned it to Guo Xiaoguang: "They have been collecting your protection money, why didn't they call the police?"
Guo Xiaoguang counted the money and carefully stuffed it into the pocket of his apron, smiling wryly: "Report, it's useless, I'm a cripple, my mother is blind, and she's an outsider. When Tianfang comes out, he intensifies the protection fee, and if he doesn't give it, he smashes the store and beats the customers. It's better to swallow his anger and live a peaceful life for a few days... "
Lin Yan squeezed the mechanical stick tightly, his knuckles turned white.
"It's not a fucking thing."
Song Yuhang turned his back and made a phone call. After a while, a police car patrolling nearby arrived.
A few policemen jumped down, seeing this little bastard lying on the ground, hated iron and steel: "Why are you again..."
"Yo, the head is broken, who beat it?" A policeman turned over the head of the young man and took a look.
Song Yuhang walked over with a blank expression.
"I called, and I called the police."
The policeman looked at her strangely, as if he felt that she was meddling, lazily took out the record.
"Name, ID number, you are responsible for beating people up like this."
Song Yuhang twitched the corner of his lips, took out his police officer ID and handed it over.
"Your long-term inaction and even conniving attitude towards illegal and criminal activities must also be held responsible."
As soon as the policeman saw the black book, he took a look at her: "Hey, I'm with you, you're very skilled."
He thought it was some new policeman, but when he opened it, the police number actually started with 0!
Suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, compared the person and the photo back and forth several times, raised his hand and saluted, stammered, unable to speak.
"Song... Hello, Team Song!"
"Forget it." Song Yuhang took out a cigarette from his pocket, flicked it a few times and lit it.
"When you come out to play during the holidays, don't call out Team Song and Team Song. These hooligans collect protection fees, usury, long-term credit, smash up shops, and beat customers. Any of these charges can be jailed for several months. , I will truthfully report this matter to Zhao Ting, and handcuff it."
The policeman wanted to cry but had no tears: "No, Team Song..."
She glanced at the past coldly: "Why, do you want me to do it myself, and then pay them medical expenses?"
She seldom used official authority to overwhelm others, most of the time she was approachable, even Lin Yan was a little panicked at a sudden glance.
The little policemen's scalps were numb, and they knew that this person was really angry. They had heard of her reputation for solving the "Aurora Case" and "Moby Dick Case". Handcuffs, not daring to offend again, took handcuffs and handcuffed those little bastards to the police car.
At this time, the leader passed another cigarette and walked over: "Captain Song, look, the flood has rushed into the Dragon King Temple, and the family does not recognize the family. What happened tonight..."
He touched her wrist: "Forget it, brothers and sisters treat you to dinner."
Lin Yan put away the mechanical stick and tapped his shoulders like a massage stick, watching the man twitch the corner of his lips lightly, smiling, but what he said was stern and selfless.
Song Yuhang clicked on his law enforcement recorder: "It's not turned off. If you have a banquet and bribe your superiors, the crime will be aggravated."
The policeman's face turned blue and white, knowing that this person was not good enough, he gritted his teeth angrily, turned around and took him away.
"Oh shit!"
Only then did Song Yuhang come over to help him up the table and chairs that fell to the ground: "Sorry, we will compensate you for the broken things."
Guo Xiaoguang stared blankly at her, then at Lin Yan, and felt that they were different from ordinary policemen.
"you… "
Because of this accident, all the customers in the store have left, and he has nothing to harvest tonight.
Lin Yan took out a stack of RMB from his wallet and put it on the table: "I pay the bill, everyone's tonight."
Guo Xiaoguang swallowed his saliva looking at the pile of RMB. The money can not only buy today's turnover, but also more than enough for this month's rent.
He barely moved his eyes back: "Even so, I won't tell you."
Song Yuhang calmed down, and patted him on the shoulder: "You don't want to be accused of being a 'murderer' son and live your life like walking on eggshells, do you?"
"Tell us what you know, and we will definitely return you and your father's innocence."
Guo Xiaoguang gritted his teeth, reddened his eyes, and pushed her away: "What did you do fourteen years ago?! My dad is dead! Dead! He can't come back! It's impossible for him to kill someone ! Why didn't you find out! Why?!"
"For the past fourteen years, I have been hiding in Tibet. I dare not go to school, fall in love, or get married! I am afraid... afraid... of being recognized as a murderer, Zhu Yong's son! Interrupted!"
"Where were you when my dad was wronged and humiliated, when everyone shouted and beat me like a rat crossing the street?! Now jumping out to act pretentious, prudish, disgusting! Bah!"
Seeing his hysterical appearance, Lin Yan didn't know what sad thing he had been touched by, turned his face away slightly, and sniffed.
Song Yuhang's throat moved slightly, he closed his eyes, his eyes were red, and he lowered his head.
"On behalf of all the police in Jiangcheng City, I would like to extend my sincerest apology to you. At the same time, I assure you that the tragedy of 14 years ago will not repeat itself. Although justice may be late, it will never be absent."
"Because—" She looked at Lin Yan: "I also stand beside a person who was involved in the 'Fenyang Wharf Corpse Dismemberment Case' back then. What I want to say is that although the hope is slim, there are still some People are willing to fight for justice and justice all their lives.”
Like a firefly floating in the dark, even if it is alone and insignificant, it will eventually become a guide for the lost.
With such a light, the torch of justice will never go out.
Lin Yan stood up straight and looked at him: "That's right, the one who died that year... was my best friend... Not long after she died, her mother went crazy because she couldn't stand the blow. Fourteen years later, I also Like you, you have never had a good day, and you have to rely on drugs and alcohol to fall asleep. I can empathize with you, but if your father didn't do this, why should you pay the price of your youth and the destruction of your family? Come to atone for the murderer."
"The one who should really be damned and pay the price is the murderer."
Lin Yan's light words were like a heavy hammer smashing into his heart.
Guo Xiaoguang clenched his fists tightly, the man did not flick his tears, he wiped the corners of his eyes lightly, and when he was about to speak, the curtain of the back room was lifted.
The old man stood tremblingly at the door: "Xiaoguang, close the door and let the guests come in."