Chapter 033 Xiaoqiu's Ideal
"bell--"
The kindergarten bell rang on time, and Shi Qiushui was the first to grab her backpack and rush out of the classroom. Her father said that if she wasn't active after work, there was something wrong with her thinking, and the same applies to after school!
She trotted all the way to the kindergarten gate, but as soon as she reached the door, she paused and her chubby little face wrinkled.
She looked around and didn't see her father at the door!
Her father wasn't here again!
It’s okay that you were late yesterday, but why are you late again today?
Shi Qiushui lowered his head, his toes unconsciously drawing circles on the ground, muttering to himself, "Damn dad, why didn't you come to pick me up again..."
This is what Shi Yue heard when he walked over to his daughter holding two popsicles.
He raised his eyebrows and pretended to be aggrieved, "Oh, so I'm a bad dad. I thought I was a good dad in Xiaoqiu's heart."
"dad!"
Shi Qiu Shui looked up and saw the popsicle in Shi Yue's hand, and immediately changed her words: "Yes, good dad! Dad, you are a good dad!" She said as she reached out to take the popsicle.
Shi Yue pinched her chubby little face and said, "As long as he has delicious food, he is a good father?"
Shi Qiushui shook his head and leaned against Shi Yue in a flattering manner, saying in a sticky voice, "No, I'm not saying you're a good father just because of the delicious food. You're already a good father, even without the delicious food you're still a good father."
Shi Yue jokingly said with a smile in his eyes: "Oh? Did I just hear the little pig calling me stinky daddy?"
Shi Qiushui pouted: "That's because I thought you didn't come to pick me up, so I said that..."
Shi Yue exaggeratedly cried out, "You're totally wronging me! I came to the kindergarten gate right after work today and waited there. I just saw the popsicle vendor and suddenly remembered that little greedy cat told me last night that he wanted some cream popsicles, so I walked away for a while."
Shi Qiushui quickly said, "I'm sorry, Dad. I misunderstood you. You're not a stinky dad. You're a good dad, a sweet dad."
She said loudly in her crisp little voice: "You are the best, the best, the sweetest daddy in the world!"
Shi Yue raised the corner of his mouth and accepted his daughter's flattery very calmly.
Shi Qiushui blinked his big, bright black eyes and said, "Dad, can I have the popsicle now?"
She pointed at the popsicle and said, "If you don't eat it now, it will melt."
She wanted to eat the popsicle, not because she was greedy, but because she didn't want the popsicle to melt and be wasted.
Shi Yue pretended not to notice Shi Qiu Shui swallowing her saliva and gave her a popsicle.
"Eat it."
"Thank you, Dad! Dad, you're the easiest to mess with!" Shi Qiu Shui took the popsicle, tore off the outer wrapping paper, and stuffed it into his mouth in one gulp.
The sweet and creamy flavor spreads in your mouth, it’s so delicious!
Shi Yue opened the wrapper of another popsicle and stuffed it into his mouth. While eating, he led Shi Qiu Shui home.
On the way back, he raised his lips and took the initiative to say to Shi Qiushui: "The factory gave me another bonus today."
Shi Qiushui opened his eyes wide: "Wow!"
Shi Yueyang smiled and said, "This time, I received the bonus together with your Grandma Ma, Grandma Yao, Grandma Gao, and Grandma Li. The factory director said that if we hadn't discovered Song Chunsheng's unusual behavior and informed the police, they wouldn't have discovered the human traffickers, so he gave us the bonus."
He lowered his voice and said, "This time the prize is even bigger than last time. It's three hundred yuan!"
"Wow!" Shi Qiushui was also very surprised when she heard it. Her little face was flushed with excitement. "There are so many! Dad, your factory is amazing!"
Shi Yue chuckled and said, "This time it's good. Even your grandmother Gao got a reward. Your grandmother Gao doesn't work in the factory anymore, but the factory also commended her."
"Your factory is really great!" Shi Qiushui sighed, then suddenly thought of something. He looked up and said, "That's not right, Dad. Since your factory has commended even those who are not employees, why not me?"
She pouted and said dissatisfiedly: "I went with you guys that night!"
"Ah, this...that...uh..." When it came to this, Shi Yue was speechless.
Shi Qiushui put his hands on his hips and complained, "Dad, your factory is unfair and discriminates against children!"
Shi Yue:......
It’s hard to say whether the factory discriminated against children, but it is certain that they did not take Shi Qiu Shui seriously.
But if I say this, the child in front of me will definitely be angry.
Shi Yue was silent for a moment, then continued to tempt her with food: "Well, Xiaoqiu, we got our bonus, so let's celebrate with something delicious. Grilled skewers, braised lamb, or donkey meat hot pot. Which one do you want?"
"Eat skewers!" Shi Qiu Shui said, and continued to pout and get angry.
"Ahem." Shi Yue covered the corners of his mouth that he couldn't help but curl up with his hands and said, "Okay, let's go eat skewers!"
Shi Yue changed his direction and went to the barbecue restaurant instead of going home. Although the sun had not yet set, the barbecue restaurant that Shi Yue and his friends went to today had already started business with smoke everywhere.
Shi Yue led Shi Qiu Shui to sit down, and immediately ordered all the meat skewers on the menu without asking for any vegetables.
Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui are both carnivores and don't like vegetables.
Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui were sitting in the open-air seats at the entrance of the barbecue restaurant. Because it was right at the entrance, next to the barbecue stove was the place. When the wind blew, the unique aroma of the barbecue, a mixture of charcoal fire and grease, blew over.
“It smells so good!”
Shi Qiu Shui even forgot that he was still angry and sighed while sniffing.
She leaned her head out to look around. She had eaten barbecue in the Dayu Dynasty before, but the taste was nothing compared to what she smelled today!
Shi Qiu Shui was originally staring at the owner of the kebab shop, but as she looked, her eyes met with a middle-aged man who was suspected of staring at her and her father. She frowned in surprise.
She didn't know that person, so why was he staring at her and her father?
Could he be a bad guy?
Shi Qiushui's heart tightened. She tugged at Shi Yue's clothes and was about to tell him about the strange man when she heard the man walking over with a smile. He greeted Shi Yue, "Hey, Shi Yue!"
Shi Yue looked up and saw the person coming. He was surprised: "Captain Xu?"
He lowered his head and introduced Shi Qiushui: "This is Captain Xu from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Public Security Bureau. You can just call him Uncle Xu."
"Oh! Hello, Uncle Xu!" Shi Qiu Shui said with a sweet smile.
Shi Yue told Shi Qiu Shui about Captain Xu yesterday, and she still remembered him.
Shi Yue introduced from the side: "Captain Xu, this is my daughter, Xiaoqiu."
Captain Xu smiled and said, "Hey, Xiaoqiu, hello too."
Although Shi Yue was not very familiar with Captain Xu, since they met outside, they still had to exchange a few pleasantries.
He asked for conversation, "Captain Xu, are you here to eat skewers too?"
Captain Xu: "Oh, no, our team is still busy, how can we have time to eat skewers? I came here to take away fried rice. The mutton fried rice here is really delicious. The boys and girls in my team love it. They have been working overtime for the past two days, so I wanted to give them a good meal as a reward."
"Oh, I see." Shi Yue sighed sincerely, "You guys have worked really hard too."
Captain Xu smiled and said, "Nothing is easy."
He asked, "What about you? What's the good day today? Why are you out eating skewers with your daughter?"
Speaking of this, Shi Yue's face was filled with joy. A smile slowly spread across his eyes as he said, "Our factory is very generous and gave bonuses to the comrades who first discovered Song Chunsheng's abnormality, so I brought my daughter out to celebrate."
"Oh?" Captain Xu looked surprised.
He was in charge of the Song Chunsheng case and knew the whole story of Song Chunsheng's arrest, so he knew that Shi Yue and the others could only discover Song Chunsheng's problem by accident. They didn't expect that the machinery factory would reward them for this.
However, thinking about the several criticisms of the machinery factory by the superiors during this period, he began to understand. He thought that the machinery factory rewarded Shi Yue and others in order to cover up the bad influence brought by Song Chunsheng, an accomplice of human traffickers.
He looked at Shi Yue with encouragement and said, "You can't just take the bonus for nothing. You have to keep working hard."
Shi Yue nodded: "Yes, I will definitely do it. I will not let you and the factory leaders down."
He was a man who knew how to handle things. He could see that Captain Xu admired and was close to him, so he took the opportunity to flatter him.
Shi Yue's expression was sincere, and even his flattering words didn't sound greasy.
Captain Xu didn't think he was flattering. He just smiled and nodded at him, "Hahaha, you kid!"
Shi Yue touched his head and chuckled.
"Master, I'm back with the sour plum soup!" A girl with a high ponytail not far away waved over here and trotted over.
When she got closer, she found that there was someone standing next to Captain Xu. She looked at Captain Xu curiously and asked, "Master, what is this?"
Captain Xu: "This is Deputy Section Chief Shi from the Machinery Factory's Security Department and his daughter, Xiaoqiu."
"Oh, oh, oh." The girl greeted with a smile: "Hello, Deputy Section Chief Shi, hello, Xiaoqiu, I am Fang Xiaoke, the apprentice of Captain Xu."
Shi Yue nodded and said hello: "Hello, Comrade Fang."
Shi Qiushui followed suit and said, "Hello, Sister Fang."
Fang Xiaoke nodded to Shi Yue and said nothing more. However, when facing Shi Qiu Shui, she became interested.
She switched the sour plum soup in her right hand to her left, and with her free right hand, she pinched Shi Qiushui's cheek and said, "Xiaoqiu, you are so cute."
Shi Qiushui: "Hmm..."
Captain Xu patted Fang Xiaoke's arm and said, "Where did you learn this bad habit of touching girls? You're scaring the little girl again!"
Fang Xiaoke let go of her hand and scratched her head: "Hehe, I just thought Xiaoqiu was so cute, I couldn't help myself..."
Captain Xu mercilessly complained: "What's wrong with being cute? Just because it's cute, does that mean you can just take it? Well, the RMB in your wallet is pretty cute too. Can I take a couple of them?"
Fang Xiaoke: "That's definitely not possible, that's a thief..." "Thief!"
The word "thief behind" did not come from Fang Xiaoke's mouth, but from a middle-aged woman's exclamation not far away.
When Shi Qiushui and the others heard the noise, they looked over and saw the middle-aged woman pointing at the yellow-haired man running frantically with a bag not far ahead of her and shouting, "Thief! He's a thief! He stole my bag! Come and catch the thief!"
As she shouted, the yellow-haired man holding the bag ran away even faster. He moved quickly among the crowd like a small fish. When he was about to disappear in the chaotic crowd, Fang Xiaoke stood up.
"Thief, don't even think about running away!"
She was like an arrow with a fully drawn bow, flying out with a "whoosh". She was agile and her steps were vigorous. In just a few breaths, she was almost catching up with the fleeing thief.
The thief running in front looked back while running, and soon found Fang Xiaoke catching up with him. He pulled over the bicycles parked on both sides of the road and tried to stop Fang Xiaoke.
But this was not an obstacle at all for Fang Xiaoke. She bent her knees, leaped over the obstacle with one leap.
The thief watched Fang Xiaoke getting closer and closer to him, his expression gradually becoming ugly. He threw the stolen bag away with a "bang" and shouted: "I'll give it back to you, isn't it enough? Stop chasing me!"
Fang Xiaoke didn't even look at the bag that was thrown away, and chased the thief with a determined look.
Seeing that she didn't buy it, the thief's eyes were full of panic, and sweat dripped down his forehead. He turned around and begged for mercy in his voice: "Sister, sister, I have returned the bag, please don't chase me anymore, okay? I beg you!"
"No!" Fang Xiaoke was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. He rushed forward and, while the thief was not reacting, he grabbed the thief's arm with a clean and neat move. The thief screamed in pain.
"Ah, it hurts! It hurts! Hiss, sister, big sister, I was wrong, please let me go, please let me go, I will give you money, I have money!"
He also wanted to bribe Fang Xiaoke with money, but Fang Xiaoke ignored him. His other hand touched his lower back, took out handcuffs from his trouser pocket, put the handcuffs on the thief, and solemnly announced: "You are arrested."
The thief finally realized what was happening and shouted in shock, "Are you a cop?!"
Damn it, he said why this woman was pursuing him so hard, it turned out she was a public security officer!
Fang Xiaoke slapped him on the back of the head and said, "What cops? Call the police!"
The thief looked at her angrily, as if he had been betrayed, and shouted, "If you are a police officer, why don't you wear a uniform?"
If Fang Xiaoke was wearing a uniform, he would definitely know that this woman was a cop and would definitely not steal anything near a cop!
“Snap—”
Fang Xiaoke slapped him on the back of the head again and said, "You little thief, you still want to control whether we wear uniforms or not?"
She grabbed the thief's collar and pulled him up. The thief realized that he could not run away, so he lowered his head and did not resist. He followed Fang Xiaoke's strength and walked back to the kebab shop with her.
At this time, in the kebab shop, in addition to Shi Yue, Shi Qiu Shui and Captain Xu, the owner of the stolen items was also sitting there. Fang Xiaoke dragged the thief in and first handed the briefcase she had picked up on the way back to the owner.
She said, "See if there's anything missing."
The owner took the purse with gratitude on her face, quickly opened it and checked it. After confirming that nothing was missing, she was visibly relieved.
Her excitement still lingered as she said in a trembling voice, "No, nothing is missing."
She bowed gratefully to Xiaoke: "Thank you, thank you so much, Comrade Public Security!"
Fang Xiaoke smiled brightly and said, "You're welcome. This is our duty."
The owner: "No, no, I still want to thank you. You don't know if I lose this bag, I will... Hey. Um, which police station do you work in? I'll order a banner for you."
Fang Xiaoke coughed a few times, feeling a bit embarrassed, and said, "Well, let's not talk about the banner for now. Now you have to go to the Public Security Bureau with me to record your statement."
"Okay, okay, Lu, shall we go now?"
"Okay, I'll go right away." Fang Xiaoke turned to look at Captain Xu and said, "Master, will you come with me, or should I go first?"
Captain Xu: "I'll go back with you. The fried rice is ready now, and I should go back and feed those little bastards."
He stood up and said goodbye to Shi Yue: "Chief Shi, well, we'll be leaving first."
Shi Yue: "Well, goodbye, Captain Xu."
Captain Xu carried a large bag of fried rice in his left hand and a large bag of sour plum soup that Fang Xiaoke had just thrown down in his right hand, and left with Fang Xiaoke who was dragging the thief.
Shi Qiushui looked at their departing figures infatuatedly and said, "Sister Fang is so amazing."
Shi Yue nodded in agreement: "It's really amazing."
After hearing her father's approval, Shi Qiushui became even more excited. She waved her arms, kicked her legs, and danced with joy, saying, "Dad, did you see that just now? She flew out with a 'whoosh', then 'whoosh' and then 'whoosh' she caught the thief! It's really amazing!"
Shi Yue: “Yeah.”
Shi Qiushui held up her chin, her eyes gleaming with admiration: "Sister Fang is just like the heroine in the storybook!"
She immediately shook her head: "No, it's not simply. Sister Fang is a female knight herself. Female knights punish evil and promote good. She is a public security officer and also punishes evil and promotes good!"
Shi Yue: “Yeah.”
Shi Qiushui's eyes sparkled: "I want to be like Sister Fang too!"
Shi Yue: “Hmm… not right?”
He raised his head, looked at Shi Qiushui in shock, and asked, "What did you say?"
Shi Qiushui clenched her fists and said firmly, "I want to be like Sister Fang. I want to be a police officer too!"
Shi Yue didn't follow her train of thought for a moment and asked in confusion, "Just because you think Fang Xiaoke is so amazing, you want to be a police officer?"
Is it that casual?
"Hmm..." Shi Qiushui said, "It's not just that. I think Sister Fang is amazing and I admire her a lot, but I don't want to be a police officer just because of her. Dad, you know I've always wanted to be a heroine who punishes evil and promotes good!"
Shi Yue looked at Shi Qiu Shui's small round face and suddenly recalled the past experiences of him and his daughter in the Dayu Dynasty.
At that time, Shi Qiu Shui was about the same age as she is now, only six or seven years old. She went out with the old housekeeper to watch a play called "Jing Shisan Niang". After returning, she insisted that the old housekeeper prepare a large cloth bag and a small wooden sword for her, wanting to learn from Jing Shisan Niang and save people from danger.
It was at this time that she rescued her personal maid Xiao Cui.
Thinking of this, Shi Yue couldn't help but curl his lips. At that time, Shi Qiushui, who was dreaming of being a female knight, saw Xiao Cui's parents about to sell their daughter to a brothel. She rushed forward with a small wooden sword in anger, wanting to chop off their heads like Jing Shisanniang did to save poor Xiao Cui. But her small wooden sword could not hurt anyone, let alone chop off a head, it couldn't even cut a wound. In the end, it was the old housekeeper who paid for Shi Qiushui to save Xiao Cui.
"Dad, what are you laughing at!"
Seeing that Shi Yue didn't reply to him for a long time, but instead laughed inexplicably, Shi Qiu Shui asked curiously.
Shi Yue came back to his senses, chuckled and said, "I was thinking about the time you saved Xiao Cui."
Shi Qiushui couldn't help but think of what happened back then, and her face flushed: "Oh, Dad!"
She was young at that time, and she really thought that she was just like Jing Shisan Niang, who could easily rescue a poor little girl.
She stamped her feet and said, "Dad, don't laugh! Don't laugh! I was young then, I didn't understand anything. Didn't you have a time when you were young and ignorant?"
Shi Yue had laughed enough and stopped making trouble. He touched Shi Qiushui's head and asked, "Do you really want to be a police officer?"
Shi Qiushui nodded seriously, "I do! I want to be a police officer. I want to be like Sister Fang, catching thieves and helping others. I want to be like Uncle Xu, arresting the bad guys who kidnapped children and human traffickers. I also want to be like the police officer who went to Aunt Li Juan's house to stop the domestic violence, protecting the poor people who were bullied!"
Shi Yue looked at Shi Qiu Shui and couldn't help but be dazed. Unconsciously, his daughter seemed to have become a mature adult who knew what she wanted to do in the future. She was an amazing adult.
He smiled and said seriously, "Okay, if you want to be a police officer, then work hard for this goal. Xiaoqiu, don't worry, no matter what you do, I will support you. As long as you are happy and healthy, that's enough."
Because he knew that Shi Qiu Shui was not joking, his response was very serious.
Shi Qiushui raised the corners of her mouth and said in a sweet voice, "Dad, you are so nice!"
Sincerely.
Although her father sometimes quarrels with her, bullies her by pulling her face and hair, and sometimes steals her delicious food... her father is the best father in the world!
"Hey, Xiaoqiu, I suddenly remembered that if you want to be a police officer, you must first get into a university. Can you get into the Public Security University?"
The rare warm atmosphere between father and daughter was completely destroyed by Shi Yue's sudden words.
Shi Qiushui: ...
She puffed up her face angrily and glared at Shi Yue, but before Shi Yue could say anything, she deflated herself.
Do I need to go to college to become a police officer?
But she heard that it is difficult to get into university!
Not to mention getting into college, she felt that even going to elementary school was difficult!
Pinyin is really difficult!
Shi Qiushui lay on the table with a look of despair, his face rolling back and forth as he complained, "Pinyin is so hard to learn. I always get the tones wrong, and that vowel..."
Shi Yue leaned back in his chair and smiled.
Hehe, luckily he doesn’t have to go to school anymore!
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