Xu Man then remembered that she had not yet told Tian Si about her relationship with Qin Shen, so she opened the contact interface and told him about it, including the fact that she had cooked with Qin Shen today. As expected, she received a series of replies that flooded the screen: [! ! ! 】
Tian Si: [What? ! How come the world has changed so much in just a few days? ? ? 】
Tian Si: [You finally couldn't help but attack your captain! 】
Tian Si: [No wait... I feel that with your personality, if I ask you to take the initiative, you might have to wait until the end of time - so your captain finally couldn't help but take action against you! ! ! 】
Tian Si: [See, Queen Tian Si is right. Your captain is interested in you, likes you, and wants to pursue you! ! ! 】
Tian Si: [Why don’t you give this queen a big red envelope! ! ! 】
Messages popped up one after another, and Xu Man couldn't help laughing. She could almost imagine her childhood friend's smug look behind the screen. She sent a red envelope of 6.66 yuan, which was opened and received by the other party in just one second.
Tian Si: [It’s just such a small amount of money. No, my dear sisters, is our friendship price only worth such a small amount of money? 】
Tian Si: [But then again, you didn’t tell me about such a big thing right away, and you had to wait until I asked you? Is it because I didn’t check my Moments today and didn’t grab your cat’s tail that you’re not going to tell me? 】
Tian Si: [Give me an explanation.jpg]
Xu Man replied: [Of course not, I was a little busy these days, so I forgot to tell you]
Tian Si: [Busy with the case again? 】
Xu Man choked. The night when Qin Shen confessed his love to her was indeed a chaotic one, with one thing after another that made her exhausted. But in the past few days... dating, shopping, chatting, eating, these things she and Qin Shen did seemed like a lot at first glance, but they were all based on the premise that the two of them were on vacation at home and not going to work.
If she told Tian Si these things truthfully, there was no doubt that he would complain to her and she would be nagged for an hour.
Xu Man: [About the same]
She replied somewhat guiltily.
The other party didn't think much about it and took it seriously. He sent an emoticon package of [Wish you good luck.jpg] and sent another message half a minute later:
[But seriously, your luck is really unmatched. You can marry a tall, rich and handsome man in your internship. God is too good to you, right? Why don’t you give me such a handsome and affectionate man with talent, and money? ! ! 】
Xu Man: […You’re not short of money, are you?]
Tian Si: [This is not my focus! Forget it, you can’t understand me anyway.]
Tian Si: [I often feel out of tune with you because I am not stupid enough.jpg]
Xu Man: [……]
Tian Si: [Did you cook this meal today? Yes, it is delicious and tasty. You will become a kitchen expert.
Xu Man: [No, he did it. I wanted to help, but he wouldn’t let me, saying he was afraid I might be allergic.
Tian Si: [……]
Tian Si: [Hello, Xianchong, Goodbye]
Xu Man: [No, it’s because I’ve had an allergic reaction in the past two days, so he didn’t let me touch water. You know, I should avoid alkaline water when I’m allergic.]
Tian Si: [That’s also very rare. Nowadays, young people all eat takeout. It’s amazing if one out of ten people can cook, let alone a captain like your man.]
Tian Si: [Ah, the more I think about it, the more upset I feel. Why can’t I meet a good man like this #tears#tears#tears]
Xu Man was a little amused and confused. Her childhood friend was as energetic as ever, with such rich emotions that he could even compete to be the Drama Queen. Just at this moment, Qin Shen came over with the heated cooked food, so she replied with a message "I'm going to eat, let's not talk for now", put down her phone, took the plate he handed over and put it on the table.
After sitting down, Qin Shen casually asked, "What were you watching just now? You were holding your phone and smiling so happily."
She replied: "Chatting with friends."
The other person paused while holding his chopsticks, and looked up at her: "Friend? Male or female?"
"Of course it's a girl. She's my childhood friend." Xu Man said with a smile, "You know, with my personality, there's no way I could have a boyfriend I can get along with."
Qin Shen: “…”
Qin Shen: "I'm not your boyfriend?"
Xu Man realized that her previous words were ambiguous, and quickly made amends: "No! What I mean is... I don't have any male friends that I can talk to, whether they are classmates or relatives. At most, we are just ordinary acquaintances, not to the extent of chatting."
Qin Shen smiled and said, "We have never been able to talk to each other since we were young?"
Xu Man nodded a little embarrassedly and said "hmm".
Qin Shen: "What about Xiao Li? I see you usually have a good chat with him, so isn't he someone you can get along with?"
"Not really." She answered hesitantly, "Brother Li and I only chat when we meet in the team. Except for taking leave for work, we don't send messages to each other privately."
"Then it seems that I am a special case?" Qin Shen smiled, "The first boyfriend in your life that you can talk to?"
Xu Man was a little shy, but still nodded and admitted: "Yeah."
The look Qin Shen gave her was like the Milky Way filled with stars in the summer night sky.
“I hope I’m also the last one,” he said. “The only one.”
Xu Man was stunned at first, then she lowered her eyelashes and said softly, "Yes." There was a faint smile on her lips, like a blooming pear and apricot blossom.
Then he asked, "What about you, Captain?"
"Me what?"
She mustered up her courage and looked up at him: "How many of you am I?"
When she asked this question, she was prepared for the other party to answer her "the fifth or sixth", or even worse, "I can't remember which one it is", but she didn't expect to hear a completely unexpected answer.
"The first one." Qin Shen said.
The answer was so unexpected that she even wondered if she had heard it wrongly.
"What? ...The first one?"
"That's right." Qin Shen repeated, "The first one. What's wrong?"
Xu Man was a little confused: "Is it really... the first one?"
Qin Shen nodded and said with a smile: "Why, you don't believe it? Do you think I'm kidding you?"
"But... you are so handsome, reliable and reassuring, there should be a lot of girls who like you..."
Qin Shen smiled: "So I have such a good image in your heart? No wonder I became your first one. It seems that the guys who pursued you before failed because they were not as handsome as me, not as reassuring as me, and not as reliable as me."
Xu Man blushed a little and whispered to him, "I'm serious about this."
"I'm answering you seriously." He smiled brightly, "You're so pretty, and there are so many boys pursuing you in school, why haven't you dated anyone yet?"
Xu Man: "…Because I don't like them."
"Me too." Qin Shen said, "There are many people who like me, but I am not interested in any of them, so you are the only one so far."
"But," Xu Man still couldn't believe it, "there must be many girls who are prettier and have better personalities than me who like you. Have you...never thought about it?"
Qin Shen raised three fingers at her: "First, there is no one better than you; second, I am not the kind of guy who approaches beautiful women when I see them; third, I have never thought about it, I am not interested, and I don't like it."
He changed his tone to a serious one and said to Xu Man: "I only like you."
Xu Man looked at him blankly.
Qin Shen also looked back at her and smiled: "Believe me?"
The blush spread unconsciously, covering her face which was gradually getting warmer. Xu Man lowered her head and let out a faint smile.
"Of course I believe you." She said softly, with sweetness in her words, and her heart was swaying between shyness and joy, making her as soft as a cotton ball.
"Let's eat." She took the bowl in front of her, "Steamed rice won't taste good if it gets cold."
Qin Shen smiled, and seeing her shyness, he considerately did not continue the topic. He picked up a piece of stir-fried potato shreds for her with his chopsticks, picked up the rice bowl, and the two of them started eating face to face.
Dinner was cooked at Qin Shen's home. This was Xu Man's second time to his home. The first time was yesterday. After walking around in the park, Qin Shen asked her if she wanted to go anywhere. After she replied, "I'll listen to you, anywhere is fine," he took her back to his home.
At first, Xu Man's heart was beating faster and she was thinking about all sorts of random things. But when she arrived at his house, those wandering thoughts turned into surprise, pulling her back to reality.
Qin Shen actually bought a house in Mingzhou, a villa.
Influenced by Tang Yourong's initial phone call, she always thought that Qin Shen's stay in the Criminal Investigation Detachment was just a stopgap measure. He would be transferred to the provincial department headquarters in a few years, so there was no need to buy a house here. In today's world, only outsiders are scrambling to get into Xinjing, and there are no Xinjing people who run away to settle elsewhere.
She asked about this question and got the following answer from the other party: "I didn't buy this house. My uncle has a friend who is in the real estate business and is responsible for developing this area. When he heard that I was coming to Minnesota, he asked for a house for me. I don't have the money to buy this. I can't even afford the monthly payment. How can I buy this thing?"
Xu Man: “…”
Is this still a power-for-money transaction?
"Is this an unfair transaction?" she asked half-jokingly.
Qin Shen also half-jokingly answered: "If I say it's up to you, will you report me?"
Xu Man: “…”
"Okay, I was just kidding." Qin Shen stopped teasing her, put his hand on her head and rubbed it, then took her to sit on the sofa. Of course, they followed the old rules, he sat on the sofa and she sat on his lap. "I'm just borrowing this house to stay in temporarily. I have to return it after I leave. I don't really want to live here. Not only do I have to pay a lot of money to hire a housekeeper to clean it every week, but I won't come back if the team is busy with a case. It's meaningless to just leave it here to collect dust."
That's because you have much more than this, so you find it boring. Xu Man grumbled to himself that ordinary people would feel they had made a good deal even if they were just staying for a while, but he was the only one who didn't take it seriously at all.
Judging from his nonchalant attitude, his family would not live in the Dongzige area in New Beijing, as they would not look down on this small villa.
"Where do you live in Xinjing?" she asked. "Dong Zige?"
Qin Shen was surprised: "How did you know?"
Do you really live there? ...Well, given his family background, it's normal for him to live in that area. There's nothing surprising about it. It would be strange if he didn't live there.
Dongzi Pavilion is a residential area where the top dignitaries in Xinjing gather. Every household there has a heavyweight boss, the kind that can only be seen on TV. Ordinary people cannot get close to him. It can be said to be the political core of the entire Kyoto. With Qin Shen's rare family background, it is not difficult to understand why he lives there.
"I guessed." She smiled and said, "Then Captain, you live in such a big house by yourself and you don't come back often. Isn't it a waste?"
"Yeah, that's why it's boring." Qin Shen smiled and kissed her cheek, "How about you live with me? I promise to come back every day, and I will bring the case back no matter how busy it is, and I won't stay in the detachment."
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