Lost Memories | A Liskook Adaptation

Chapter 2: Underhanded Tricks

6 o'clock in the morning. Lisa opens her eyes.

A greyish white ceiling is in view, and she can hear the fan blowing in the corner. A couple of simple but warm hued furniture bathe in the sunlight A common houseleek sits on the window sill; quietly growing with jade green leaves.

Lisa presses her hand to her forehead to make herself more awake, and then sits up on the bed.

She is strongly addicted to smoking, but worries that her teeth and fingers will turn yellow. She contemplates for a bit as usual before she takes out a cigarette from the box on the table. She begins smoking while sitting in bed.

It's another new day.

Lisa lives by herself in an old city area; it's filled with shops serving hot breakfast meals downstairs on the streets. She buys a bowl of noodles and starts eating while standing on the side of the street. When her elderly neighbors pass by, they greet her with smiles, one of them even slips her two pork buns.

Her phone rings. The sound of Bambam's angry voice comes on, "Leader! Where are you? You'd better not have forgotten about today's mission!"

Lisa reacts quickly and says calmly, "Of course I haven't forgotten Where are you at now?"

"I've already arrived at the entrance of Guanhu primary school."

Lisa reaches out her hand to stop a cab, "I'll be there right away. "

Even after she gets into the cab she doesn't remember what today's mission is.

Ever since she got into an accident four years ago after graduating from the police academy, her memory has been problematic. She often forgets things: even missions that have been set up by the district station.

Thankfully, she only seems to forget about small things, while for important cases, she seems to have some instinct to remember all the small details of them. With Bambam's help to remind her, she hasn't caused any delays to her tasks so far.

She arrives at the primary school. She spots Bambam who is in full police uniform and has obviously gelled his hair. Lisa finally remembers what she is here for.

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School's small auditorium.

The "sprouts of our country" are clearly very interested in the two officers who are here to educate them on safety. They surround them and ask them questions non-stop. The teachers on the other hand, are standing on the side smiling. The atmosphere is filled with energy and liveliness.

A little boy asks Bambam, "Uncle (sir, respect for elderly) Policeman, have you killed a bad person with a gun before?"

This question is slightly about violence, so the children are waiting anxiously.

Bambam strokes his head first and then corrects the boy, "Call me Ge Ge (big brother)."

"Ge Ge..."

Bambam raises his head, looks around him, and then answers confidently, "Of course. I've caught many bad people."

The children clap and Bambam happily receives the many worshipping gazes from them. Lisa smirks at him, teasing: you sure know how to avoid the main question. You've never even fired a shot in real situations.

Bambam stares back at her calmly, meaning: don't laugh at others when you're in the same boat. Isn't your gun covered with dust too?

There haven't been any big cases in Jiangcheng in recent years. Although the two of them have solved a few sexual assaults and homicide cases, the criminals aren't smart and tend to leave behind a lot of evidence. Where would they have the chance to use their guns? They just need to track them down and arrest them. Bambam can even foresee that he'll be like the other retired policemen at the station; perhaps even till the day he dies, he would never have fired his gun once.