Xiao Rui followed Li Yan closely. Even though it was obviously his first time here, he knew the correct route to take.
What Xiao Rui admired the most about Li Yan was that he had always been an exceptional child in their neighborhood. He had good grades and well-behaved. It was probably the most confusing thing for his parents when he chose to become a police officer!
As for Xiao Rui himself, his family had the means to send him to school, but he simply wasn’t interested. That’s why his grades suffered, and he felt miserable. When he heard that Li Yan had become a police officer in town, he decided to drop out of school and join as well. But when he learned that he needed diplomas and various documents to enter, he almost gave up.
That day, he sat with his head down at the entrance of the police station. He absentmindedly threw pebbles around until one hit someone’s leg. He was startled and immediately lifted his head to look up.
He discovered that it was Li Yan. Dressed in formal attire, his figure was standing tall. He was looking at him with an expressionless face. Xiao Rui had everything except for a sense of shame, so he quickly approached him.
“Brother Li! I want to enter the police station!”
That was the first time he spoke to Li Yan. Before that, he had only heard that there was an impressive child named Li Yan living next door, and they had only exchanged a few glances without saying a word.
That day marked their first meeting.
He still remembered that Li Yan only said a word, “Apologize.”
He apologized without any dignity. After he finished apologizing, Li Yan didn’t even look at him and went straight into the police station.
He wanted to follow and sneak in, but Li Yan stopped him with a single sentence, successfully barring him from entering.
Perhaps to prove himself, he sat at the entrance of the police station for over a month, shouting every time he saw Li Yan, telling him that he wanted to enter the police station.
On the last day, when he was contemplating whether to give up or not, Li Yan stood before him with a pair of straight legs.
He leaned against the wall lazily and laughed mockingly at himself.
“Finally couldn’t stand it and came to drive me away, huh?”
“Come in?”
Two words. Those two words successfully allowed him to sneak in.
He became nothing more than a “police officer” with nothing, but he was still very happy.
Lost in his thoughts, he had been reminiscing and had fallen several steps behind Li Yan.
He noticed that Li Yan’s pace was slower than usual. He suspected that Li Yan was waiting for him, so he hurriedly ran over and walked beside him.
“Brother Li, let’s go!”
Xiao Rui just thought that Li Yan was unfamiliar with the route, so he ran ahead to lead the way. He didn’t notice the slight curve at the corner of Li Yan’s lips.
Xiao Rui was already familiar with this section of mountain road.
He had walked this path when he came to find Li Cuihua, and he had just followed Fu Yuling a few minutes ago.
So he didn’t take long to lead the way and arrived near the house.
What was Fu Yuling doing at this moment? She had just administered medicine to someone and gave them some water to drink.
When Li Yan and the others arrived, they saw Fu Yuling squatting on the ground and patting a woman’s face.
“What are you doing?”
Xiao Rui approached her and asked curiously.
Fu Yuling only glanced at him and stood up. Her indifferent gaze fell on Li Yan.
“She’s having difficulty breathing right now. Wake her up to prevent any accidents.”
“Why don’t you take her to the hospital?”
His voice was crisp.
“Do you think I can carry her on my back?”
Fu Yuling retorted.
“Now that you’re here, please take her there!”
“You said earlier that you didn’t know where Li Cuihua was!”
His gaze was sharp.
Xiao Rui found it strange. Why did it seem like Brother Li was particularly concerned about this matter?
He had secretly complained before that Li Yan seemed completely righteous on the surface but was colder than anyone. He always appeared indifferent to everything and never showed such strong determination as he did now.
