When I left Walmart, night had fallen and the lights were coming on.

Wen Qing glanced at the time on his phone. He and Xing Ze had actually been shopping in the supermarket for four hours.

"Is there something important you want to tell your roommate?" Xing Ze's voice suddenly sounded.

Wen Qing raised his eyes and saw Xing Ze retract his gaze and look straight ahead.

As if I accidentally saw him looking at the phone screen, I quickly looked away.

Wen Qing said slowly: "No, I'm checking the time."

Hearing this, Xing Ze lowered his eyes and glanced at his hand.

Wen Qing was not wearing anything on his hands. His wrists were slender and white. His skin was very thin, and the light blue meridians could be seen, making him look even more frail.

Xing Ze paused, put down the shopping bag, raised his chin slightly, and said to Wen Qing: "Give me your hand."

Wen Qing looked down at the things they bought, three full bags.

He asked blankly, "Do you want me to get it for you?"

Xing Ze chuckled: "I can carry this little bit by myself."

"Hands," he said again.

Wen Qing didn't understand why, so he stretched out his right hand and placed it under his eyelids.

Xing Ze pressed down his right hand, grabbed his left hand, and said calmly: "You are right-handed."

Wen nodded gently.

Xing Ze gently rubbed his wrist bones with his fingertips and continued, "So the watch should be worn on the left hand so as not to affect daily activities."

As soon as the words fell, Wen Qing felt a chill on his wrist.

Xing Ze put his watch on his hand.

Xing Ze lowered his head and carefully helped him adjust the strap. Even after buckling it to the innermost end, the strap was still a little loose.

He frowned slightly and said, "I'll go find a shop to repair my watch strap after dinner."

"From now on, you can check the time directly by looking at your watch."

Wen Qing looked at Xing Ze's left hand. It was a watch that he had obviously worn for many years. The color of the watch on his wrist was a little different from that on his arm.

"And you?"

Xing Ze picked up the shopping bag on the ground and said nonchalantly, "I won't need it in the future."

Wen Qing pursed her lips, feeling that what Xing Ze said was a bit strange.

He wanted to ask more questions, but Xing Ze spoke again: "I want to ask you a question."

Wen Qing thought Xing Ze was going to ask about Li Fang's boyfriend. Just as she was thinking about how to explain, she heard Xing Ze say, "What do you want to eat tonight?"

Wen Qing: "Ah?"

Xing Ze tilted his head to look at him, raised his eyebrows slightly, and repeated patiently: "What do you want to eat later?"

It's so common that it's an everyday conversation in every family.

Wen Qing's heart skipped a beat.

After a while, he trembled his eyelashes and whispered, "It's all right."

Xing Ze smiled and said, "It's OK even if there's no such dish."

"What do you like to eat?"

"Green vegetables."

"What else?"

"Tomato and egg scrambled eggs."

"What about the others?"

“Stir-fried pork with green peppers.”

They are all very ordinary home-cooked dishes.

Xing Ze sighed softly, "It's really easy to raise."

"Then I will..."

Wen Qing didn't hear the last few words clearly, so he asked in confusion: "What will happen?"

I will be reluctant to do so.

Xing Ze swallowed these four words and said to him, "Nothing."

"Let's go."

When we returned to Nancheng Community, it was already past six in the evening, almost seven.

It was time for a walk and chat after dinner. Many people gathered in front of the community security booth, talking about what happened in the afternoon.

"It sounds like a burglary."

"What does that boy look like?"

"1.8 meters tall, skinny, like a bamboo pole, wearing a Gi sweatshirt."

"Hey, I think I've seen this guy a few times."

"Shit, so he came to the community to scout the area a long time ago."

…………

Listening to their conversation, Wen Qing paused. He didn't know what brand of sweatshirt Ji Sheng was wearing.

But Ji Sheng's figure is not as skinny as a bamboo pole.

Wen Qing looked at Xing Ze, and Xing Ze was also looking at him.

They were both thinking the same thing.

Did they arrest the wrong person?

Xing Ze walked straight to the security booth and asked the security guard on duty directly: "Hello, can you describe the man's appearance in more detail?"

The security guard on duty was already talking about this and did not refuse.

He thought about it and said, "That boy looks to be about 1.8 meters tall, skinny and weak, so he must have been beaten down by the household owner."

"I don't know what brand his clothes are. The captain said his clothes, pants and shoes are all famous brands. I don't know where he stole them..."

Xing Ze frowned. It was the same as saying nothing.

He pressed, "Does he have a mole on his neck?"

The security guard on duty was stunned: "I didn't look that carefully."

"People were taken away once they were caught."

Xing Ze continued to ask: "Does he have a scar near his brow bone?"

The security guard on duty continued to shake his head: "I don't know either."

Seeing this, Wen Qing blinked and asked the security guard directly: "Is he handsome?"

Xing Ze: “…”

This time the security guard on duty shook his head affirmatively: "Not handsome, that guy has shifty eyes and acne all over his face."

"It's not even close to being handsome."

Wen Qing's heart sank. He really had caught the wrong person.

He pursed his lips and immediately said to the security guard: "I am the one who reported this situation to you this afternoon."

"The person you caught is not the same person I saw."

"Those two men are both very good looking and should be easy to spot in a crowd."

The security guard on duty looked serious: "Are you sure?"

Wen nodded gently.

The security guard on duty immediately called the office and repeated Wen Qing's words.

He said, "The surveillance has been repaired. If we find it later, we will take a photo for you. Can you confirm it?"

Wen nodded gently: "Of course."

Because of the conversation between Wen Qing and the security guard, the people surrounding the security booth dispersed and hurried home without even lowering their heads to inform other colleagues.

With Xing Ze by his side, Wen Qing remained calm this time and did not feel any fear.

Xing Ze whispered to him, "I didn't know they were here. Similarly, they probably didn't know I was here either."

Wen Qing tilted his head to look at him, but didn't react.

Xing Ze analyzed: "So they will let down their guard."

"And their time will not be wasted. They are definitely still staying in the community now."

Wen Qing bent his fingers and scanned the South City neighborhood.

The green environment of the community is very well done, with flowers, plants and trees everywhere, and it seems that people can be hidden everywhere.

Wen Qing pursed her lips and was about to look away when she suddenly saw the little boy who picked up the phone in the afternoon.

The little boy was standing under the street light, eating a lollipop. When he saw him, his eyes lit up and he ran happily to Wen Qing.

"elder brother!"

Wen Qing responded, lowered his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

The little boy looked up at him and said, "Brother, I picked up your phone for you this afternoon, right?"

Wen nodded and thanked him again: "Thank you."

The little boy continued, "Brother, I helped you, can you help me too?"

Wen Qing was startled for a moment, glanced at Xing Ze, and asked, "What can I do for you?"

The little boy said directly: "The older brother who lives upstairs from me doesn't believe that I did a good deed."

"He helped me to talk to him."

As he spoke, he pulled Wen Qing's sleeve and walked towards Building B in front.

Wen Qing whispered to the little boy, "Brother is busy right now. Can I help you tomorrow?"

The little boy refused and continued walking forward: "It will be soon. The big brother is playing with his phone in front. You just need to say a few words to me."

There is a small amusement park specially set up for children under Building B. However, it was dark and the lights were off, so it was hard to see clearly.

"No matter what I said, the big brother didn't believe me and said I was a liar. Why would I lie to him about such a thing..." The little boy was still muttering.

Wen Qing paused, feeling something was wrong.

Why don’t you believe it?

Since he is a neighbor, you can just say a few perfunctory words or praise him to appease the children.

This looks like willful disbelief...

Wen Qing asked doubtfully: "Why doesn't he believe it?"

The little boy looked puzzled: "I don't know either."

"I have never seen this big brother before. I have only seen the grandma upstairs. He doesn't look like grandma at all..."

Wen Qing's eyelids jumped and he stopped abruptly: "You haven't seen that big brother before?"

The little boy nodded.

Wen Qing glanced at the small amusement park in the distance and asked him in a low voice: "When you saw it, was that brother alone?"

The child thought about it and nodded.

Xing Ze narrowed his eyes, moved closer to the little boy, and asked, "Does the brother you saw look like me?"

The kid stared at him for a while and nodded: "It seems a bit like him."

Wen Qing's eyelids twitched, and he continued to ask: "What was he doing when you saw him?"

The little boy told the truth: "He was wandering around the neighborhood."

Xing Ze glanced ahead and whispered to him, "I have a cousin who just got out of jail today. He is full of lies."

"I also like to eat fair and tender children like you."

The little boy's face turned pale and he hid behind Wen Qing: "Does your family eat people?"

Xing Ze: "It's not me, it's their family."

Wen Qing was silent. In a way, it really was cannibalism.

"Their family is so perverted." The little boy pouted, his eyes filled with tears, and he was so scared that he dared not move.

Wen gently ruffled his hair and said softly, "This brother is a policeman, don't be afraid."

Xing Ze asked in a low voice: "What's your name?"

The little boy whispered, "My name is Chen Yu."

Xing Ze stretched out his hand, placed it in front of the little boy, and asked, "Little Chen Yu, can you help us catch the bad guys now?"

The little boy was scared, nervous and excited. His face flushed as he grabbed Xing Ze's hand and said, "I, I do!"

Xing Ze touched his head, took the phone from Wen Qing and dialed 110.

"Hello, there is a pervert at the children's playground in Building B of Nancheng Community."

Wen Qing: “…”

Xing Ze continued calmly, "He deceived children with ulterior motives."

"Yes, he is still in the children's playground. Please hurry over here to prevent him from running away."

“We’re watching from the outside.”

Ten minutes later, the police arrived at the South City community quietly.

Wen Qing followed the little boy into the children's playground.

The little boy said nervously: "Brother, brother, I am here with my big brother who lost his phone."

"Brother, are you still here?"

The little boy was so frightened that his voice was trembling.

Wen Qing protected him behind him and looked inside.

I saw Ji Sheng leaning against the wall, holding someone's phone in his hand. The dim light shone on his face, and his smile looked a little creepy.

"Brother, long time no see."

"you--"

Before he could finish his words, Wen Qing took a step back and shouted, "It's him!"

The next second, Ji Sheng saw a uniformed policeman appear behind Wen Qing.

The smile on Ji Sheng’s face froze.

Wen Qing pulled the little boy behind the policeman and whispered, "Check his ID card."

Ji Sheng: “…”