Qin Shen smiled and said, "It seems that you have not been able to escape his clutches. How does it feel to take classes under the guidance of a famous criminologist? Is it really exciting?"
Xu Man smiled. The familiar topic made her nervous mood dissipate a lot. It was as if she was back in the campus when she was chatting and laughing with her roommates. "Teacher Li teaches very well, but he likes to think divergently and doesn't follow the textbook."
"Especially for the final exam." Qin Shen took over her words, "He didn't even give us the syllabus, nor did he mark the key points. He just said 'As long as you listen carefully in class, you can pass my class' and that was it. It was the same as if he hadn't said anything. I'm really impressed. Who can remember what he taught in class? He wrote the textbook himself, but he refused to follow it. He talked nonsense all day long, talking about this and that. I think he really wants us to fail."
Xu Man smiled. She understood his feelings because she had thought so in her mind before: "Yeah, I only needed two or three days to review other subjects for the final exam, but I spent half a month focusing on this course. I really don't know how to do it."
Qin Shen: "I don't know either, but I didn't review and took the test directly without preparation. I was too lazy to look up the textbook. He didn't even follow the textbook in class, so it would be strange if he could follow the textbook in the test."
"Ah?" Xu Man didn't expect him to be so bold and take the test without reviewing. She couldn't help but ask in surprise, "So... is it easy to pass this way?"
"It was easy. He liked to talk nonsense in class, and I wrote nonsense on the exams. I wrote whatever came to my mind and catered to his preferences. In the end, the grades were pretty good. I was first or second in my major, I forgot, but I got all the GPA anyway."
Xu Man: “…”
No wonder he became the captain of the criminal investigation detachment right after graduation. He easily scored close to full marks in the exam. His talent is one in a million. It would be a waste of talent if he didn't become a criminal policeman.
"I heard that Teacher Li likes to set limits. If you get 89 points, you get 89 points. He won't raise your score. He would rather leave the quota vacant than give you an excellent." She said, "Captain, you are amazing. You got an excellent easily."
When the little girl praised him softly, her tone was full of admiration and yearning, which made Qin Shen couldn't help but laugh: "I just wrote randomly according to his preferences. Besides, two generations of my family have been doing this. I have been influenced by them since I was a child and learned a lot of methods to solve cases. It is relatively easy to write one or two."
"So that's the origin of this family tradition?"
"It's not that I have to say these four words. I just grew up in such an environment and was influenced by many things. So naturally I wanted to do this." He smiled. "You surprised me. This is the first time I have heard such a magical reason for joining the police. It's amazing. What were you thinking at the time?"
Xu Man didn't expect the topic to turn to herself. She smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "I didn't think so much at the beginning. I didn't have any plans for the future, so I made the decision impulsively. But now I think about it...it's not bad."
"That's right. Although this job is a bit busy, it is very fulfilling. I can feel that I am doing practical things and I live a comfortable life every day. The cases are a bit annoying, but there is nothing I can do about it."
Xu Man smiled slightly, looked down at her hands clasped in her knees, and said nothing.
At that moment just now, what arose in her mind was not the thought of "serving the people" or "contributing to society", but a person.
Qin Shen.
She said “it’s not bad” for Qin Shen.
Tian Si was right. No matter how many reasons she had to stay, the decisive factor was still Qin Shen. If it weren't for him, she might not have stayed and continued to work in criminal investigation.
After all, she was still doing it for her own selfish reasons.
Such a reason was completely incomparable to Qin Shen's voluntary enthusiasm, which made her feel ashamed and unable to speak.
She didn't say anything, and Qin Shen didn't speak again. The atmosphere fell into silence, but it was not boring. The palace lanterns above their heads were emitting bright yellow light, illuminating the corner of the table, making it look particularly distant and peaceful.
The arrival of the waiter broke the silence: "Please enjoy your three-in-one dumplings. Our restaurant provides free condiments and drinks. You two can go to the counter and choose whatever you like. I wish you a pleasant meal."
After putting down the plate and saying something, the waiter left. Xu Man also recovered from her previous mood and stared at the dumplings on the table in a daze.
When Qin Shen asked her to order a plate of three-in-one dumplings, she thought it would be a small platter of one or two taels per portion, but she didn't expect it to be a large platter of three or two taels per portion. 54 dumplings were neatly arranged in a circle, with various patterns interspersed. It looked good, but the portion was too large.
"So much? Can you finish it?"
"You can finish it. This plate of dumplings looks like a lot, but it doesn't actually fill your stomach that much. If you can't finish it, just try a little of everything. There are other dishes yet to be served." Qin Shen said as he unpacked the tableware in front of him. After unpacking it, he did not use it himself. Instead, he pushed it to Xu Man and exchanged it with the one she had not opened yet.
Xu Man was stunned, and whispered thank you. She almost forgot what she was going to say next: "...I didn't expect there were so many dumplings in a plate. Why don't you return the other dishes? This plate of dumplings is enough for us to eat."
"It's okay. I have a big appetite. If you can't eat, I'll eat it. At worst, I can pack it up and take it away. It won't be wasted." After unpacking the second set of tableware, Qin Shen stood up from his chair. "I'll get some seasoning. What do you want? The seafood sauce and peanut butter in this store are pretty good. Do you want to mix them?"
She shook her head: "I don't eat sauce."
"Afraid of allergies?"
"No, I don't really like it."
"It seems that you have a lighter taste. Then I will get it myself?"
Xu Man nodded, and her well-behaved appearance made Qin Shen smile. She left and went to the counter. When she came back a few minutes later, in addition to the bowl of sauce, he also had coconut milk and beer in his hands, which were placed on the table. "I forgot to ask you what you want to drink, so I got you a bottle of coconut water. Do you want it? If not, I'll get you something else."
"No need to bother." Xu Man said quickly, "I really like drinking this."
As she spoke, she reached out to grab the coconut juice, but Qin Shen got there first, took the can, opened the pull ring with a click, and handed it back to her: "Here you go."
She was stunned for a moment, thanked him again, took the can, and poured half of it into the glass. Tiny bubbles appeared on the surface of the milky white juice, just like her heart at the moment, swaying and full of waves.
Qin Shen was unaware of it, as if what he had just done was just a simple task. He sat back opposite, opened his beer and took a sip, picked up a cuttlefish dumpling, put it in the bowl and dipped it in the sauce: "Don't just stand there, these dumplings are only delicious when they are hot, they won't taste good when they are cold."
"Oh, okay." Xu Man came back to her senses as if waking up from a dream, retracted her gaze, lowered her head and agreed, picked up a piece of fried dumpling, took a small bite, and ate it slowly. The bubbles in the coconut milk in the glass gradually subsided, but the waves in her heart still existed, surging up and down.
In the next few minutes, the dishes were served one after another, covering most of the table together with the dumplings. Xu Man had a small appetite to begin with, and as she was preoccupied with her worries, she had even less interest in food. She only ate a few bites of each dish, and most of the food was finished by Qin Shen. As a result, when it was time to pay the bill, her suggestion of splitting the meal in half was rejected, and she went from being a partner to being treated.
"You didn't eat much this meal, so I don't feel comfortable asking you to pay." Qin Shen said, "Just think of it as me treating you. If you feel bad about it, you can treat me back later." After saying that, he didn't give her a chance to refute and went straight to the counter to pay the bill.
Xu Man could only say thank you to him again. Her heart was becoming more and more filled with emotions. When she thought about it carefully, not to mention treating her to a meal, he had taken care of her a lot even in work, plus he had picked her up and dropped her off several times. She didn't know how to repay this favor.
…
[Bullshit!] 】When she returned home in the evening and told Tian Si what happened during the day, he scoffed at her idea. “It’s better to owe him something. The more you owe him, the more entanglements you will have. You won’t have to worry about not having an excuse to ask him out to be alone with you in the future.” Don’t tell me you don’t have this idea. Even if you don’t have it, you have to give it to me.]
Looking at the phone screen, Xu Man fell silent.
Does she really not have any such thoughts at all?
No, yes.
This is why she did not insist on splitting the meal money equally. Qin Shen’s last words touched her heart and made her swallow the rejection that was about to come out of her mouth.
If he treated her to this meal, she would be able to ask him out for another meal in the future and develop their relationship further...
[I’m confused now] She edited the message and sent it out, [I’m not sure if he likes me, and I don’t know how to pursue him…]
Tian Si responded quickly: [Are you still not sure? ? ? If he sends you off, picks you up, and treats you to a meal just because his mom asked him to pay more attention to you, then either he is crazy or I am crazy.
Xu Man sighed: [This kind of thing is hard to be sure]
Tian Si: [……]
Tian Si: [Okay, let’s just treat it as uncertainty. Then let me ask you, you said he came to pick you up in the morning, and it was just on his way, he took a detour to take you to work, if you were in my shoes, who would you be willing to do this for? Only for people of the opposite sex of the same age]
Tian Si: [Then in the afternoon, I got you a name badge and invited you to dinner. Were you the first to ask? No way]
Tian Si: [Then at night, you were sent back by him again. He had done it so obviously, and you were still confused and saying you were not sure? ? ? 】
Xu Man: [I’m really not sure, and I don’t know what to do]
Tian Si: [Go and confess your feelings to him? You definitely can't do it, so just do nothing. Your captain is very capable. He has only known you for a few days, but he already appears around your living space in a 360-degree all-round manner. You are no match for him at all. If you want things to continue to develop, just let it go. If he asks you out, just go. Nod to everything he says. Don't resist. Just obey. That's all.]
Tian Si: [Let me say one last thing. If you really have no confidence and think that he doesn’t like you, just give him to me, your sister. I have been coveting your captain’s beauty for a long time... I will thank you, Xiao Manman, love you. Love you. 】
Xu Man knew it was a joke, but she still blurted out the four words "I won't give in to anyone" at the first moment. When she realized what was going on, she was shocked by the possessiveness.
She had always thought that her love for Qin Shen was shallow, the kind that would be best if she could get a response, but it didn't matter if she didn't. How could she have such a thought? This shouldn't be right... Did she actually like Qin Shen so much?
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