After spending a few days together, Xu Man was already able to handle the jokes Qin Shen made from time to time. Just like at this moment, facing her lover's half-serious invitation, she smiled and replied in a half-joking tone: "But I have rented a house somewhere else, so I can't come to live with you."
"Then give up the house."
"The rent is a three-month deposit and one-month payment. I have already paid four months' rent in advance. Now I can't even get half of the money back. I have to live here for at least another three months."
"Then leave the house empty and come live with me." Qin Shen put his arm around her waist, "I'll pay the extra two months' rent for you."
Xu Man pursed her lips, smiled and shook her head.
"No? Why?" Qin Shen hugged her tighter, stared down at her, and smiled in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows. "Don't you want to use my money? Or don't you want to live with me?"
"I think the house I'm renting now is pretty good," she cleverly avoided these two questions, "It's well decorated and close to the detachment."
"If you want to live with me, I can pick you up from get off work every day, and I can also save you the step of sending you home, which is convenient for both of us." Qin Shen said, "As for the decoration, both sides are finely decorated, what's the difference?"
"Of course it's different." Xu Man said, of course not really explaining it to him one by one, but just chatting about some random things, "Like the color scheme and style, and the furnishings... There are many differences."
It's not that she wanted to be perfunctory, but she couldn't take such words seriously. Who knows if she nodded and said yes jokingly, would Qin Shen go with the flow and really let her move in with him... They hadn't been dating for long, and she was not mentally prepared for this.
Although it is said that once love is there, everything is not a problem and there is no such thing as fast or slow, but this is her first romantic relationship in her life, so of course she has to be careful about everything. It is also due to her personality that she cannot be as generous and open as Tian Si.
Sometimes she herself was a little disgusted with this indecisive personality, dragging her feet on everything and not being able to make a decisive decision. Fortunately, Qin Shen didn't seem to be annoyed. Just like now, he was still smiling over there, but what he said was more like a joke. I don't know if he saw through her thoughts: "How about I go live with you?"
Xu Man didn't say either yes or no to this. She just smiled brightly and leaned towards his chest. She was naturally embraced by him, and he kissed her lips for a long and dense kiss.
…
Xu Man took four days of sick leave, three days from Wednesday to Friday, and one day next Monday, which together with the weekend, makes a total of six days. Originally, she only asked for three days off, but Qin Shen said that it might be hard to have free time like this in the future, so it would be better to take advantage of this weekend to travel. So she asked for an extra day off and prepared to go on a long trip for the two of them.
The two of them found the travel destinations and travel guides, bought tickets, and were waiting to travel on Saturday. However, Qin Shen suddenly received a call the night before the trip and had to cancel the original plan and postpone the trip.
When Xu Man received the message from him, she was in her bedroom choosing clothes to wear for the next two days. When she saw the phone screen light up, she thought it was the usual good night greeting, or perhaps some instructions about tomorrow's trip. She picked it up excitedly, and the smile that had just risen froze on her lips.
Qin Shen: [Sorry Xiao Man, I have something to deal with tomorrow, so let’s postpone the trip for now and talk about it later]
She stared at the phone for two seconds before typing back: [Okay, I understand]
After sending the message, she felt unwilling to give up. It wasn’t that she was particularly dissatisfied, but she had been happy for so long, and in an instant, all her happiness was poured out like a bucket of cold water. She had to know the reason, so she added another message: [Is there something going on at the Municipal Bureau? 】
In fact, she knew very well that the next two days were weekends, and even if something happened at the Municipal Bureau, they would only look for someone on Monday, unless something really big happened, but the possibility was so small that it could be ignored.
So this sentence was just a pretext to ask what she really wanted to know: What on earth had happened that could make Qin Shen cancel their travel plans? He is no less enthusiastic about this trip than I am.
Qin Shen: [It’s not the bureau’s business]
Qin Shen: [I have something to do and need to go home tomorrow. It won’t be long. I will probably be back in the evening or the morning after tomorrow.]
Qin Shen: [You should have a good rest at home. Don’t go out alone at night. Wait for me to come back.]
Xu Man's heart skipped a beat when she saw the second message. He was going home? Could it be that his family elders found out about his violation of discipline and beating someone, and he was called back to question the situation?
She knew that it was not a good idea to interfere in such private family matters, even if the two were now lovers. If the reason was easy to explain, the other party would have told her in the initial message, and would not have just said vaguely "I have something to go home for." But she still couldn't help but worry about it, so she edited a message and sent it: [Is it because of the previous violation and beating incident? 】
After the message was sent, there was no response from the other end for a long time, which made her a little nervous. She wondered if what she said was a bit over the line, or if there was something wrong with it. She read the wording three times to see if there was anything inappropriate. Just when she was about to read it for the fourth time, the incoming call interface popped up on the screen, and Qin Shen called.
She quickly picked up the phone: "Hello?"
"It's me." Qin Shen's voice sounded from the other end, "Xiao Man?"
Xu Man hummed, sat on the edge of the bed, and asked him: "Are you...going home tomorrow?"
The other end responded quietly: "Yes, I have something to deal with back home."
"…Can you tell me what it is?"
"It's not a big deal." The sound of cloth and leather rubbing against each other was heard. It seemed that Qin Shen was sitting on the sofa. "It's about the beating. My dad found out about it and asked me to go back and explain the situation to him."
It really is this matter!
Xu Man's heart sank, and she asked hurriedly, "Then-then what does uncle think about this matter?"
Is it not enough to let him reflect here, but they want him to go home and review himself?
"He probably isn't very angry. I heard his voice was quite calm, not like he was angry." Qin Shen smiled, "But who knows, maybe he got really angry when he saw me. He always says that I'm good at making him angry, although I really don't know what's so annoying about me."
Xu Man couldn't stand his tone of pretending to be relaxed and trying to comfort her. She frowned and said in a worried tone, "Are you really okay?"
"It's really nothing." Qin Shen didn't care. "I just went back home, what could happen? I just feel a little sorry for you. I clearly promised to take you out for a trip, but I stood you up and made you take an extra day off for nothing."
"It's okay," she replied quickly, "I can go back to work on Monday to take my leave."
"That's not necessary. I'll be back on the weekend and take you out to play then." He said, "Since we can't travel to the surrounding cities, we can still choose a tourist attraction in the suburbs. Have you been to Jiumiao Mountain? It's one of the ten mountains. It's in the southern suburbs of Mingzhou, quite close to here."
Xu Man shook her head: "No, but I've heard of it." This is one of the scenic spots in Mingzhou and is quite famous throughout the country.
"Okay, then we'll go to that place on Monday." Qin Shen made a decision. "I'll refund the tickets for these two days. You just stay home and have a good rest. Take your medicine on time. Is your allergy feeling better?"
"Much better." Xu Man replied, "It's almost all gone."
He hummed, "That's good. You should rest more these two days and don't go out alone at night. If you really have something to do... we'll talk about it later. What could require you to go out so late at night?"
"I know." She chuckled softly, "I won't go out alone, don't worry."
After they chatted for a while, they hung up the phone. Looking at the dark phone screen, Xu Man sighed.
I always feel uneasy... Will he really be okay on this trip home?
…
Nothing serious happened during Qin Shen's trip home. Although Qin Changsheng had some complaints about his violation of discipline and beating someone, he just taught him a lesson and that was it. The main purpose of calling him back was to see how he had been doing in Mingzhou over the past year.
It's not about the situation in life, but about the police service. Although Mingzhou is right next to Xinjing, it is more than a hundred kilometers away. His son is the captain of the criminal investigation team there, and his only immediate superior is his own student. He doesn't dare to take harsh measures to manage him. Qin Changsheng is afraid that he will become arrogant and frivolous after getting used to the free life, so he called him back after hearing about the beating, just to see if he has gone astray.
Now that he was standing in front of him, he was still the same as before, with clarity and integrity in his sharpness, and he was more calm as well. He knew that his worries were unnecessary and felt relieved.
Of course, necessary knocking is also indispensable.
"I told you at the beginning that being a police officer doesn't depend on momentary passion for justice, but on long-term steadiness and patience. You have to be calmer and more stable than anyone else, only then can you go far and last long on this road."
The Public Security Bureau chief, who was over 40 years old, had a serious face and was lecturing his only son who was standing upright at the bottom of the room: "I learned about the general situation of this incident from Xiao Zhou. It is a good thing to stand up for your colleagues, and it is also a good thing to hate evil, but you can't stand up for yourself. If you hit someone like you did, what else can you get except a temporary relief? Will you be punished or will you reflect on yourself and review your actions?"
"Answer me, what's the worst thing about being a police officer?"
Qin Shen raised his head: "Impulsive."
Qin Changsheng: "Did you act impulsively this time? Did you think it over carefully? Did you make sure there was no other solution before punching someone?"
Qin Shen didn't answer.
Qin Changsheng frowned: "Why don't you say anything?"
“……”Still silence.
Seeing her husband's brows getting more and more furrowed, and his face also tending to tense up, Jiang Ya, who had been observing from outside the study, hurried in and smiled to smooth things over: "Well, your son rarely comes home, and you are so rude to him. What father is like you?"
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