On the sidewalk, the sunlight is faint, and the cold wind whistles.

  Xiang Tianliang and Yu Zhonghao stood facing each other, looking at each other, neither of them intending to speak.

  They were communicating with their eyes.

  Although they haven't known each other for long and have only met and interacted a few times, they all feel as if they've already known each other for a very long time.

  There is one thing they have in common: their veins once flowed with police blood.

  Yu Zhonghao, expressionless, turned around and walked towards a small eatery across the street.

  She silently followed him towards the bright sky.

  Two people entered a snack shop, found a table and sat down facing each other.

  Yu Zhonghao took out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, put them on the table, and turned his head to shout.

  "Landlady, bring four bowls of mixed noodles."

  Xiang Tianliang felt a sense of joy in his heart, being a police officer was a physically demanding job that required both physical and mental strength, only those who could eat well could make good police officers.

  "You're paying today."

  Yu Zhong smiled faintly, "Why?"

  Xiang Tianliang smiled and said, "Last night you had people chasing me, I lost a windbreaker and a pair of shoes. Eating two bowls of mixed noodles from you makes us even."

  "Alright, next time I'll catch up with you, two bowls of mixed noodles every time."

  "Damn it, don't be so shameless."

  "Look who's talking."

  Xiang Tianliang smiled and said: "You can't even scold people properly, it's clear you're not a good cop."

  Yu Zhonghao refused to show weakness, "You're a coward, so you can't be a cop."

  "Hehe, we're even again, I'm too lazy to argue with you."

  He leaned back in his chair, pulled out a cigarette from Yu Zhonghao and lit it up.

  Yu Zhonghao also lost his temper and smoked silently with his head down.

  After a long while, Yu Zhong Hao spat out a string of smoke rings from his mouth, accompanied by three words.

  "Is that all?"

  "It's done."

  "Is it all over?"

  "It's over."

  He flicked his cigarette ash and asked Yu Zhonghao, "Don't you ever want to be a cop again?"

  "Hehe, face reality."

  "What a pity, four years of university were wasted."

  "Who says a useless degree is useless? A bachelor's diploma is still valuable at the Construction Bureau." Xiang Tianliang smiled.

  "One less policeman, one more politician."

  Yu Zhonghao smiled with emotion, still carrying a hint of bitterness.

  "Politician? I'm fighting for survival, for the iron rice bowl, you tell me, is there any politician like me being chased by police under the sky?"

  Yu Zhonghao finally burst out laughing.

  "It's daytime, you can actually go find Guo Qijun."

  "What's he doing here?"

  "With your ability, you can also be a policeman."

  Xiang Tianliang shook his head, "Senior, your words are wrong."

  "What's the difference?"

  Tian Liang said, "You're right about one thing. If I go to find Guo Qijun, he'll definitely not bat an eyelid and will turn me into his subordinate without saying a word. However, the problem that comes with it is something I won't be able to face."

  After some thought, Yu Zhonghao suddenly understood.

  "When the sky brightens, you're right. Once you become Guo Qijun's subordinate, you naturally become Director Xie Zixiang's enemy. Helping Guo Qijun is equivalent to openly becoming enemies with Director Xie. If you don't become enemies with Director Xie, what use are you to Guo Qijun? You will soon lose Guo Qijun's trust."

  He nodded and continued to Tian Liang, "In the past few days, I have met five people from your public security bureau. Xie Zixiang and Guo Qijun are considered to be in power. You, Zheng Junbo, and Xiao Jiannan are three of them. Only you relied on your own ability to break free from Xie Zixiang's control and created your own world. As for Zheng Junbo and Xiao Jiannan, they are just appendages and running dogs of Xie Zixiang and Guo Qijun. If I were to join Guo Qijun, at most I would be the second Xiao Jiannan. The Qinghe District Public Security Branch is Guo Qijun's territory, can I have my own space?"

  Looking at the bright sky, Yu Zhonghao smiled and said: "No wonder you want to abandon your police career and enter politics, it turns out that you are quite knowledgeable about politics."

  With a wry smile, he helplessly said to Tian Liang, "What do I know about politics? This is just a simple reasoning and judgment after making a choice."

  The waiter carried a large tray and served four bowls of steaming hot wonton soup.

  Two people ate while continuing their conversation.

  Yu Zhonghao pointed to the mixed porridge in the bowl and said, "The truth of the matter is like this mixed porridge. Once you swallow it, you can't dig it out again."

  "Glaring at Tian Liang, 'Can't you say something interesting during meals?'"

  "You little rascal, you want to know where those hoodlums came from yesterday, don't you?" Yu Zhonghao asked with a smile.

  "Never mind."

  Yu Zhonghao said: "Can't you see that someone has been hired to stir up trouble?"

  "Who hired them?"

  "You wouldn't believe it, we caught two yesterday, and after interrogating them, it turned out they were from your Construction Bureau, surname Liu, I won't say the name, you can guess who it is."

  Xiang Tianliang's heart sank, and indeed it was Old Liu, Liu Zhengfeng, who had also gotten involved.

  "So don't think everything is fine now, the water in the Construction Bureau runs deeper than that of the Public Security Bureau."

  "Thanks, it's all the same everywhere, just a mess."

  After finishing the mixed noodles, Yu Zhonghao got up and patted his clothes as he headed towards the counter to pay.

  In a flash, the tiny recorder from Tian Liang's pocket quickly made its way into Yu Zhonghao's pocket.

  Xiang Tianliang smiled slightly and stood up, walking to the service counter, also patted Yu Zhonghao's shoulder, turned around and walked out of the snack bar.

  Among the strong, there are those with exceptional skills. Yu Zhong's boldness is indeed impressive, but Xiang Tianliang surpasses him in terms of mastery and subtlety.

  Yu Zhonghao felt a sudden lightness in his body and shook his head with a bitter smile on horseback, paid the money and hurriedly chased out of the door.

  Against the bright sky, a paulownia tree in front of the snack shop door, one hand holding a miniature recorder, and the other hand holding Yu Zhonghao's pistol and handcuffs, rushing towards Yu Zhonghao with an evil smile.

  "Yu Zhonghao, police stealing things, how should they be punished?"

  "Towards dawn, stealing police firearms, do you know how many years you'll be sentenced?"

  Xiang Tianliang smiled and said: "I stole from a corrupt police officer."

  Yu Zhonghao walked over, retrieved the pistol and handcuffs, "Don't be too smug, some things can sink to the bottom of the ocean, but others will definitely surface."

  "Is that so? When will it ever end?"

  "So I'll still look for you, and others will continue to look for you too." Yu Zhonghao said loudly.

  Xiang Tianliang gave Yu Zhonghao a punch and said with a smile: "I'm waiting for you, but tomorrow you must go to the Construction Bureau with Xie Zixu to apologize to me in person."

  "What a big tone! What if I don't go?"

  He turned towards Tian Liang and walked away, raising his right hand and waving it, "If you don't want to return the five bullets in your gun, then don't come."

  Yu Zhonghao's face changed color, what a quick move!

  It turned out that Xiang Tianliang had unknowingly removed the five bullets from his gun.

  Such a person, not being a policeman, is really too free and too dangerous.

  "Towards dawn, I changed my mind, I must let you be a policeman."

  Yu Zhonghao shouted loudly at the back of the figure rushing towards the dawn.