him under the stars

Chapter 44 Leave
Xu Xing put his palm on his forehead and lowered his head slightly. He didn't see his movements, and his voice was a bit obscure: "It seems to be like this since childhood. Everywhere I go, there are..."

"Little Xing." Gu Cen's tone was gentle, but he interrupted her unequivocally: "Other people's faults have nothing to do with you." His cool fingertips lightly grasped Xu Xing's wrist and moved down.

Xu Xing glanced at him and pulled his lips slightly: "Only you and Ji Ling think so." She gently withdrew her hand.

Gu Cen lowered his eyes and glanced at the empty palm, his expression remained unchanged, and his hand naturally fell to his side: "It's getting late, and the basic inquiry by the police is over, let's go back."

"You go back first, I'll talk about it later." After Xu Xing finished speaking, he glanced at the people at the cordon who were watching the discussion with their mobile phones, a flash of disgust flashed in his eyes, and he turned around and went back to the garage.Han Chen already had injuries on his body, and in order to cover her, he suffered countless injuries on his back.

In the shadow of the building, Gu Cen's expression was a little fuzzy, and he watched Xu Xing quietly, until her figure disappeared from sight, then turned slightly sideways, and looked at the place where Han Chen was before, there was no one there.

Xu Xing returned to the garage, passed through the inspectors who were still busy, turned around a few times, but did not find Han Chen, turned around and grabbed a passing policeman, and asked, "Where is Han Chen?"

The policeman was stunned for a moment before he realized it. After all, everyone in the bureau always called him "Team Han" and "Team Han", and only Bureau Du would call him by his first name.

"Do you have anything to do with Team Han? He should have followed the medical staff to the hospital to treat the wound." He said, looking at Xu Xing with a clear look in his eyes.

I heard that the underground garage exploded, and their team Han rescued a woman, probably she was.

"Our Korean team doesn't like to be polite, and we don't like to collect pennants, let alone thank you in person. It's enough if you have the heart." He finished his instructions familiarly like a cliché, and left with his things.

Xu Xing stood there for a moment, his gaze became somewhat meaningful.

How many rescued girls did Han Chen reject?It made all the subordinates self-taught!

She took out her mobile phone and dialed Shi Xiaojin.

When the phone was connected, there was a burst of crying and howling, and after a while, it was a little quieter, and Shi Xiaojin hiccupped: "Miss Xiaoxing?"

The voice was still slightly puzzled.

Xu Xing was silent for a moment, and asked, "Aren't you at the police station?"

"Isn't this case released in advance after finishing the case?" Shi Xiaojin said, his voice tightened: "Could it be another case? No, I haven't been notified either..."

According to your current state, you may not be able to find out if there is a notice.Xu Xing raised his forehead: "...You give me Yang Cheng's phone number. Han Chen's phone is broken, so I can't find him."

Only then did Shi Xiaojin say "oh", sent her the number, turned her head and went in to sing boldly.

The elevator was temporarily repaired due to the garage, Xu Xing slowly climbed the stairs, and couldn't help laughing as he stroked the broken fuselage with his fingertips.

Han Chen is really...how come he can only leave a whole body when the phone gets to him?
She saved Yang Cheng's number and dialed it.After a brief beep, a slightly rough voice came: "Who is it?"

"It's me, Xu Xing." She said slowly, "Han Chen stay with you. How is his injury? Is it serious? Which hospital are you in?"

"Oh..." Yang Cheng hesitated for a long time, and said, "Boss is just a skin injury, so it doesn't matter. He is... busy with other things, so it's not convenient to answer the phone for the time being. When he finishes his work, he will call again." Call you back."

When the words fell, he hung up the phone.

Xu Xing paused, slightly frowned and looked at the phone.

The path outside the hospital.

Yang Cheng held the phone and looked sideways at Han Chen.He slightly raised his head and leaned on the bench, his eyes slightly closed, with a cigarette between his fingers, hanging casually.

The night was thin, and the wind began to mix with a little coolness.

Yang Cheng hesitated slightly and said, "Xu Xing..."

As soon as the conversation started, Han Chen interrupted him lightly: "How is He Guangchuan?"

It's the man in the underground garage.Yang Cheng paused, and replied: "I have calmed down, and people are strictly guarding me outside."

"En." Han Chen replied, and stopped talking.

Yang Cheng couldn't figure out what he meant for a while, but only vaguely felt that he was probably not in a good mood.

This situation is not common.As a front-line psychological researcher of the public security, controlling one's emotions is the most basic thing.What's more, there are not many things that can make him lose his temper.

He was the last person to be selected into the group. In the past two years, he has seen countless times the boss's cruelty when catching prisoners, occasionally chuckling when joking with them, and being careless when punishing people... It seems so indifferent and clear, as if He has only seen it once before when he is isolated from the world.

That time, they were 1 minute late.

The victim's legs were sawed off by the murderer for this one minute, and he was disabled for half his life.And that was just a girl who just started college.

Everyone cried and blamed themselves, and the boss went to the corridor by himself.

That day the smell of smoke in the corridor was so strong that the hall could smell it, but even Director Du didn't say a word.

But today... what happened to him?
There are people walking or passing by on the path from time to time, most of them are sick.Many young girls stopped to look at Han Chen, whispered to the people around them, and some people passed by repeatedly, or even stopped at all.

It's just that Han Chen's aura is too cold, no one dares to strike up a conversation.

Yang Cheng didn't know how long it had been, until the stars above his head were dimly lit and he fell asleep, only then did he hear Han Chen say in a deep voice, "Give me the phone."

"Ah?" He didn't understand for a moment, and after a while, he hurriedly took out the phone from his pocket and handed it over.

Han Chen scratched at the top of the call record with his fingertips, paused for two seconds, and looked sideways.

Yang Cheng looked away in an instant, consciously walking away, but there seemed to be a cat's paw scratching in his heart, lightly and itchy.But half a minute passed, and the boss didn't hear his voice. After a while, Han Chen returned the phone to him.

He opened it to check, and as expected, there was no record.

Yang Cheng glanced at the sky, then looked at Han Chen walking towards the hospital, sighed and followed.

Xu Xing had just finished eating when he received the news.The lights in the room were not turned on, the curtains were open, and the starlight from outside shone in, casting a silver glow.

She lay on the bed and finished reading the text message, threw the phone aside, and turned over.After a while, he reached over the phone in a sideways posture, staring at the content in a daze.

"Something happened at night, I found two informants to keep an eye on it."

He might have gotten some clues from that man and took time out of his busy schedule to post it, but Xu Xing clearly read a trace of indifference from it, which also made her feel inexplicably irritable.

She rolled over again, elbows under her head, and looked out the window.Suddenly, today's image of the little boy building with dirt, the image of the man hugging the corpse, and... some long-ago images that she thought she had forgotten, all of a sudden appeared in front of her eyes.Xu Xing closed his eyes, pulled the pillow and buried it.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, Gu Cen walked in and put a scented candle on the bedside table.

Xu Xingwei straightened up and saw the candle, startled: "You haven't taken it out for a long time."

In the past, when she had nightmares and couldn't fall asleep, when she was so sleepy that she was on the verge of collapse and refused to close her eyes, and when her hair fell out in big piles, he used this homemade candle to coax her to sleep.

Gu Cen sat on the edge of the bed, with drops of water that hadn't been wiped off after washing the dishes in his hand, took out a tissue to wipe it lightly, and said, "Because you don't need it anymore."

He squeezed the match with his white and almost textureless hands, stroked lightly, lit the candle, and the fragrance began to spread.The dim light reflected on his calm and gentle face, revealing a sense of peace.

Perhaps it was an effect in her heart. This candle had accompanied her in the most frightening late night. The dancing small clusters of flames and the unique aroma gave her a deep sense of security.Xu Xing fell into a deep sleep without knowing it.

at night.

Gu Cen stared at Xu Xing's defenseless sleeping face, picked up his hand, and landed on her brow bone, then gradually moved down to her cheek, and finally stopped on her pouting lips.

He slowly leaned over, paused for a moment when he was within walking distance, and pulled the thin quilt aside to cover her.

When the sun came in early in the morning, Xu Xing opened his eyes, and when he turned his head, his breathing stopped for a moment.

Gu Cen was lying on the table with his head resting on his arms and fell asleep.

He kept watch all night?
Xu Xing was stunned for a while, then moved lightly, and tiptoed out of bed.After standing for a while, he slowly opened the cabinet door, took out the blanket, walked over to shake it off, and carefully covered him.

After finishing all this, he went out on tiptoe again and closed the door.As soon as he turned around, he saw Han Chen.

He was actually wearing a police uniform, and the police cap in his hand was buttoned lightly.

"When... did you come back?" Xu Xing asked.

"Just now." He replied.

Xu Xing suddenly didn't know what to say, and stood there stiffly.

"I'm leaving." He suddenly said lightly: "In the future, I will arrange two informants to protect you. They are both excellent people. Or I can introduce you to a powerful bodyguard company with retired soldiers. ,strong ability……"

"Why?" Xu Xing asked: "It's related to that person yesterday, you want to go back to handle the case?"

Han Chen looked at her deeply, and said in a low voice after a while, "Xu Xing, I'm a criminal police officer."

He is a criminal police officer, and he wants to protect the safety of all the people and arrest criminals, not just guarding her alone.

Xu Xing's heart twitched in an instant, with a few traces of soreness welling up.

"If there is no accident in the future, I will no longer protect you as a policeman."

She heard him say this, the voice seemed to come from a very far away, and it seemed like a long time passed, and she finally heard her own answer: "Got it."

understood.

These three words made it extremely difficult for her to say.

Han Chen looked at her steadfastly, and suddenly curled his lips slightly: "What I mean is... I can stay by your side with another identity."

Xu Xing raised his head suddenly.

(End of this chapter)