The winding mountain roads in the outer suburbs are thin and long, winding upward.
From time to time a gust of wind blew, the leaves rustled, and the clouds seemed to be pressing on top of the head, so thick and dull that they billowed with the wind.
Where Qin Man looked over, there was a forest of fiery red maple leaves, and in front of it was a small dilapidated two-story building, with gray walls that blended into the sky.
The big characters "Frost Leaf Orphanage" are in dilapidated condition, the strokes are rusty and rusty, the lampshades have been built into bird's nests, and the chicks are chirping.
In the open space in my memory, the large toy facilities for children to play were no longer there, and waist-high weeds grew out.
Qiao Ying gently patted Qin Man, who was lost in thought, "Let's go, stay behind."
Qin Man followed Qiao Ying's footsteps, walked through the weeds, and entered the maple leaf forest.
"Sister Xiaoying, do you come here often?"
Qiao Ying moved freely through the complex maple forest and looked very familiar with this place.
"No, just twice."
It has only been two years since President Wu Fengfang passed away, and she visits her every year.
Qin Man joked, "When I was a child, I heard that you were going to be adopted. I even bothered Mother Wu and asked her to send me out and go with you. I still remember that Mother Wu coaxed me and said you would come back to see me.
It's ours, I won't make trouble anymore."
"But Sister Xiaoying, why have you never come back?"
It was probably because the soil before the rain was wet and slippery that Qiao Ying stumbled and almost fell.
But before Qin Man reached out to pick her up, she held on to the branch and stood firm.
"Are you okay?"
Qiao Ying waved her hand, "It's okay, we're right in front."
Her expression was cold and languid, as if she was dissatisfied with Qin Manti's matter, which had touched her little-known forbidden area.
In the shadows, Wu Fengfang's tomb has begun to take shape. It is an empty space without a tall tombstone, flowers or photos.
There is just a piece of black marble embedded in the ground, and the red maple leaves that have fallen from it are almost submerging it.
Qiao Ying squatted down and used her hands to clean up the fallen leaves on the tombstone. Qin Man also rolled up his sleeves and cleaned up together.
Qiao Ying lowered her head, "She had lung cancer and didn't want to be treated. She spent her last bit of time sending away the other children in the orphanage, so she found this place for herself as her final resting place."
Qin Man: "Well, it's good. She has been here all her life. If it were me, I wouldn't want to leave."
The marble slab was almost cleaned, Qiao Ying clapped her hands and said sadly.
"She refused to see me when she was alive. I wanted to take her for treatment, but she didn't listen."
"Maybe you are angry with me why you haven't come back to see her."
Qin Man smiled bitterly, "I'm the one who never came back to see her."
Qiao Ying suddenly knelt down on her knees. No matter that the wet soil would stain her clothes, she closed her eyes and kowtowed deeply to the ground in front of the tombstone.
"sorry."
Qin Man did not stop her and stood aside in silence as if silently.
A drop of rain fell on her cheek, like tears that she could never cry in her life.
"It's going to rain, let's go back."
Qiao Ying stood up and patted the dust off her body. Her knees were the color of dark brown soil.
"Let's go."
The sky was getting a little darker again, and thick clouds were rolling in. Qin Man walked forward, stepping on the red fallen leaves, and thoughtfully closed the outstretched branches.
Qiao He followed her, keeping a close gaze on her and making a machete-like hand, always hesitating whether to attack her or not.
"Sister Xiaoying, be careful, you slipped here just now."
This little girl who keeps calling her sister was like this when she was a child, and she is still like this now.
She finally relaxed her tense fingers and slowly clenched them into fists.
Walking out of the maple leaf forest, Qin Man stomped the mud on his feet.
"It's a pity that we came in a hurry today and didn't bring anything to Mother Wu. We were not polite at all."
Qiao Ying consoled her, "Next time, there will always be a chance."
Qin Man reached out to hold her hand, but received a hard fist.
She felt something was wrong and turned around suspiciously.
"Sister Xiaoying, what's wrong with you?"
Qiao Ying relaxed her body, turned Qin Man's hand over with her palm facing up, and unclenched her fist. Inside was a temporary communicator the size of an ordinary USB flash drive.
She handed the communicator into Qin Man's hands.
"Qin Man, if you want to find me in the future, you can use this to contact me."
After Qiao Ying finished speaking, she left without any reason or farewell. Her leaving figure was just like her before, indifferent and calm.
Qin Man stood there, staring blankly at the thing in her hand. Qiao Ying didn't care about her and drove away.
"Holy crap, how am I going to go back?"
She and Qiao Ying came in a car, and Qiao Ying left her here alone.
She turned on her cell phone and discovered that there was no cell phone signal here, and it was in a remote mountain, where she couldn't even call a car.
A gust of cool wind blew by, and raindrops fell from the sky, hitting the ground deeply.
She stood under the eaves, looking at the sky, smelling the long-lost smell of green grass, and she didn't seem so anxious anymore.
Under the same sky, raindrops hit the window glass of the city bureau office. Jiang Lian took the trouble to call again and again, but got the same answer.
"The number you dialed is not in the service area, please call again later..."
Hong Qian walked around the room with his hands on his hips, repeatedly checking with the people below.
"Are you sure Qiao Ying took Qin Man away?"
When the man saw the two captains in such a state, something big must have happened, and he nodded tremblingly.
"yes."
Hong Qian was stunned on the spot and stamped his feet, "I'll go find him."
Jiang Lian was so heavy that he stopped him, "Hong Qian! It's raining heavily outside, where are you going to find him? Where can you find him alone?"
Hong Qian: "What should we do? They have been gone for two hours, and they are all out of contact! If Qiao Ying is really the poisonous dragon, and she takes Qin Man away at this time, aren't you afraid that she will do something outrageous?
?!"
Jiang Lian jumped up and said, "Hong Qian, calm down. She took away my people. I am more anxious than you."
Hong Qian was defeated and sat down with his head in his hands and took a deep breath.
Jiang Lian's voice was tired and low.
"The road network has been notified to set up controls. They cannot leave the Xingjin boundary. I believe Qin Man can handle it."
His hands hidden underneath were shaking. In fact, he was very scared.
When Qiao Ying took Qin Man away at this time, he thought of a very high possibility that Qin Man had discovered Qiao Ying's true identity earlier than he did, causing Qiao Ying to take away the only insider in order to protect himself.
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As for how she would treat Qin Man, he didn't dare to think about it.
He could only patiently dial Qin Man's number again and again. He dialed three times in succession. After a "beep" tone, the call was connected.
"Where are you?"
Everyone in the room raised their heads and looked over, and Hong Qian even looked as if he was being pardoned.
Qin Man heard his impatient tone.
"I went back to the orphanage, what happened?"
Jiang Lian took out his car keys and walked out, "Give me your address and I'll pick you up."
Qin Man: "No, I caught a taxi and I'm already on my way back. Ah Zhi..."
"I'm sorry, it just rained a little. Can I borrow two tissues..."
She seemed to be apologizing to the driver, and then asked while wiping her nose.
"What's going on? Why are you panicking?"
Jiang Lian tentatively said.
"Is Qiao Ying with you?"
"No, she left first."
Jiang Lian didn't panic when he got the answer and said calmly.
"Then please be careful on the road, I'll wait for you." This chapter has been completed!