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    Early on Sunday morning, Xu Han stood at the steps in front of the Municipal Library.

    The air in the late autumn morning was humid, and a thin layer of white mist covered the field of vision.  Several figures gathered at the door of the library, raising their heads and whispering to each other.  There was a wooden ladder set up there, and a woman was standing on the top of the ladder, hanging one end of the new banner on the lintel.  Xu Han, carrying her schoolbag, stopped silently and stared at her back from a distance.

    It was the same policewoman from yesterday, tall and wearing the same old casual clothes with threads on the collar.  With quick hands and feet, she climbed up and down, quickly hung up the banner, jumped off the wooden ladder and clapped her hands.

    People gathered together more and more, whispering about the slogans on the banners.  Xu Han also looked there.

    ? Red background, white letters.  Printed is "Life is inherently equal, and knowledge is without prejudice."

    She thought of the old man who was stopped by the guard the day before.

    The policewoman walked out of the crowd, pinched her waist and took a long breath. She turned around and caught Xu Han's sight.  She tightened her grip on the strap of her schoolbag and wanted to run away, but she endured it and stayed there quietly, looking into her eyes without hiding.

    The next second, the policewoman smiled at her.  Walking down the steps briskly, she came to Xu Han and put her hands behind her back: "Little girl, it's you again? Auntie was sitting next to you reading yesterday, remember?"

    Xu Han nodded, her face reflected in his dark eyes.  Plump oval shape, big eyes, single eyelids, and arched lips.  Her earlobes are very thick and look heavy.  It is a face that looks like a Buddha when it smiles.

    "Are you coming here on Saturday and Sunday?" She bent down with her hands on her knees, always smiling kindly, and spoke with a northern accent, not like a local southerner, "Where are your parents?"

    "Go to work." Xu Han said.

    "Oh" Nodding thoughtfully, the policewoman simply squatted down so that she could bend her crescent-shaped eyes and look directly into Xu Han's eyes, "If my son was half as eager to learn as you, he should have passed your exam.  I went to this school." After saying that, he remembered something again, with a curious look on his face, "By the way, what grade are you in?"

    Xu Han squeezed the strap of her schoolbag and took a step back. Her eyes were timid and her voice was very low: "Auntie, I have something else to do, so I have to leave first."

    Many people passing by them looked back.  It looked like she had been bullied by an adult.

    The policewoman was stunned for a moment, then smiled again: "The little girl is quite vigilant." She reached out and rubbed the little girl's head. She raised her chin and said with a smile, "Okay, please be careful when crossing the road alone."

    Xu Han lowered his head and moved his neck as a response. Xu Han hurriedly passed by her, not walking on the bridge, and only followed a few passers-by to the park.

    After crossing the zebra crossing, turn a corner.  She glanced back to make sure the policewoman hadn't followed, then ran into the public toilet nearby, squatted down in the smelly cubicle, and took out her work ID card from her trouser pocket.  That was just stolen from the policewoman.  Green skin, gold letters.  She opened it and there was a photo of the policewoman inside.

    Wu Lixia, director of the police station.

    Throwing the work permit into the toilet, Xu Han stood up and flushed the water.

    The basements and basements of the old residential buildings in Qiaodong are rented out to outsiders who go south to work.  When the weather gets cooler, Old Man Ma will take Xu Han to live here.  Concrete floor, damp wardrobe, three narrow beds almost next to each other.  The ceiling at the door is leaking. On rainy days, I can hold a basin in it so that I can wash my face in the morning.

    When she came back late at night, Xu Han tripped over the can next to the door.  The domestic dog outside heard this and howled and barked.

    She opened the door with the key, and the hand holding the doorknob was covered with the smell of rust.

    There is a boy lying on the bed against the wall.  His clothes were in rags, his face was gray, and he had a thin iron chain tied around his ankle.  He knelt on the edge of the bed, crying and gagging.  Judging from his body shape, he is only six years old.

    Old man Ma was sitting on the bed next to him, hunched over and eating melon seeds. The tattered military coat was still draped over his shoulders.  Seeing Xu Han coming back, he raised his head, raised his chin towards the boy, spit out the melon seed shell, and told her vaguely: "I just bought it, called Gou Wa."

    After saying that, he turned around and yelled at the boy, "You're still vomiting! You're going to vomit if you're still vomiting! Keep swallowing!"

    Walking to the bed closest to the door, Xu Han took off his schoolbag and glanced at the trembling boy.  He whimpered, stuck out his little butt, stretched out his little hands, grabbed something on the bed, and slowly stuffed it into his mouth.  She looked over.  Milky white thin squares were scattered one by one on the moldy bed, like fruit candies.

    No longer looking at them, Xu Han turned to look at Old Man Ma: "Did you ask?"

    "What are you asking?" He spat out another mouthful of melon seed shells, and Old Man Ma narrowed his eyes.?: "Hey? Little girl! Why are you here today?"

    Holding the boy's hand, she stopped and saw Wu Lixia walking up to her.  Still wearing casual clothes, with her hair tied back and a smile on her face, she looked very surprised.

    "Auntie." Xu Han called her, "I will pick up my brother from school."

    "You came so far to pick up your brother after class alone?" The other party was surprised, rolled her eyes, and quickly looked at the boy she was holding, "Then do you live far away? Do you want aunt to give you a ride?"

    Xu Han shook his head, already noticing her gaze, "Mom said you can't let people you don't recognize follow you home."

    "Your mother taught you right, be careful of bad guys." Wu Lixia did not force it, grinned, opened her eyes as if she suddenly discovered something, and pointed to the schoolbag behind her, "Oh, your schoolbag is not zipped up, aunt  Can you zip it up for you?" After saying that, without waiting for her reaction, he bent over and stretched out to pull the zipper for her, "Okay."

    She moved very quickly, but Xu Han clearly felt the zipper being pulled twice.

    Wu Lixia is checking the contents of her schoolbag.  Unfortunately nothing was found.

    "Thank you, auntie." She thanked her.

    Looking deeply into her eyes, Wu Lixia waved her hand, "It's okay, take your brother back quickly."

    Xu Han then nodded obediently, "Goodbye, aunt."

    Then he pulled the boy who was still scratching his butt and followed the group of students waiting on this side of the road.

    The green light turned on, and the teacher at the front of the team began to lead the children across the road.  The boy scratched his butt and finally couldn't hold it back anymore. He looked up at Xu Han with tears in his eyes: "I want to poop"

    Xu Han looked down at him as if she was being electrocuted. Before Xu Han could raise her index finger to silence him, she heard Wu Lixia's raised voice a few steps away: "Little girl, wait a minute!"

    Hearing the movement of her turning around and chasing after her, Xu Han immediately grabbed the boy's hand tightly and said, "Run!"

    She dragged him and ran away.

    The students who were crossing the road in front turned around and saw them running past them and rushing to the other side of the road.  The boy staggered, stumbled on the way, fell to the ground, and took Xu Han's hand off.

    Xu Han stopped and went to pull him, but when he saw Wu Lixia was about to catch up, he paused, dropped the boy, and ran away.

    When she fled to the other side of the road, she heard the cry of a boy behind her.

    "Sistersister"

    Fear, trembling, heartbreaking.

    At that moment, she remembered her sister¡¯s whispered prayer.

    "Please protect me like the apple in your eye."

    Xu Han ran forward.  Just like holding that girl's hand two years ago, without stopping.

    "What did the captured dolls say to them?" Zeng Jingyuan's smiling voice sounded in her mind, "Silly, stupid, crippled. There is nothing to say."

    The steps under my feet are getting faster and faster.  Old Man Ma's face appeared before her eyes.

    "If someone like you is caught by a police officer I'll definitely beat you to a cripple when I'm released."

    She ran desperately, thinking of the blue-white sky and the black people.  Thinking of blue blood and paper frogs.  Thinking of sweet cakes and hot cigarette butts.

    The image of Zhou Nan smoking flashed through her mind.  Through the smoke, she couldn't see her expression clearly.

    ¡ª¡ª"Girl, there is only self-preservation and kindness in this world, and there is no need for a reason."

    Xu Han suddenly stopped, dropped his schoolbag, took out a saber from his trouser pocket, turned around and ran back.

    In her turbulent vision, she saw Wu Lixia dragging the boy back to the other side of the road.  He kept crying and struggling, and would not stop no matter how much she tried to comfort him.

    The green light became a jumping number.  Fifteen seconds left.

    Xu Han rushed across the road, using all his strength, he ran into the unsuspecting Wu Lixia.  The two fell together, and the boy fell to the side.  In the chaos, Xu Han twitched his saber and cut Wu Lixia's ankle.  When she heard the woman gasp, she turned and shouted at the boy: "Run! Run!"

    The boy cried and got up, stumbling across the road.

    There are eight seconds left.

    Xu Han turned over and bent his trembling legs, trying to stand up.

    But at this moment, Wu Lixia gritted her teeth and stretched out her hand, grabbed her arm, and knocked the saber out of her hand.

    The green number jumped to five, and the boy ran across the road.

    Turning his head and biting her hand, Xu Han struggled desperately, and the smell of blood came out of his mouth.  Wu Lixia held her thin arm tightly and refused to let go.

    The red light is on and traffic is flowing.

    Xu Han turned around and saw the boy disappearing around the corner.

    Click.

    The cold handcuffs cuffed her wrists.

    Amid the din of people, the voices in her head gradually subsided.

    No more hassles.

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    ?Explain the reason why they ran away.

    The "fruit candy" the boy swallowed was a drug. This is the human body's way of selling drugs.  After swallowing, it is excreted during defecation.

    This method is not uncommon now. At that time, it was probably a new way of transporting drugs.  But the police also have informants to provide information, so they will be very sensitive to these.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)The traffic is surging.

    Xu Han turned around and saw the boy disappearing around the corner.

    Click.

    The cold handcuffs cuffed her wrists.

    Amid the din of people, the voices in her head gradually subsided.

    No more hassles.

    ¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù

    ?Explain the reason why they ran away.

    The "fruit candy" the boy swallowed was a drug. This is the human body's way of selling drugs.  After swallowing, it is excreted during defecation.

    This method is not uncommon now. At that time, it was probably a new way of transporting drugs.  But the police also have informants to provide information, so they will be very sensitive to these.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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