In order to ensure her daughter's internship at the Mingzhou Municipal Bureau, Tang Yourong sent Jiang Ya two photos of Xu Man, one ID photo and one travel photo. Knowing her husband's preferences, Jiang Ya first took out Xu Man's ID photo and showed it to him on the phone screen.
The girl in the photo had a pretty face and delicate features. Her police uniform made her look pretty and heroic. As expected, Qin Changsheng smiled and nodded: "Well, not bad, she is energetic and has a good face. She is a pretty girl."
"That's right. Look at who likes her. How can our son's taste be bad?" Jiang Ya smiled, as if the person he was praising was not his friend's daughter, but his own daughter.
"Take another look at this one. It's a photo taken when Yourong took her to a garden." She pulled up Xu Man's travel photos, which were taken in a garden. The girl in the photo was standing by an ancient bridge. She was wearing a white cheongsam with red buttons that outlined her graceful and attractive figure. Her black hair was tied up, and her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque. She immediately showed the gentle and lovely temperament of a girl from the south of the Yangtze River. She was beautiful, classical and dignified.
Jiang Ya couldn't stop praising the photo: "Look, isn't it beautiful?"
Qin Changsheng nodded in agreement, with a little more appreciation in his eyes: "Okay, you can tell at a glance that you are very quiet. Some young girls nowadays are too flamboyant and regard being noisy as their personality. I don't know if you like it or not, but I can't stand it anyway. It's better to be quiet and low-key."
He is relatively open-minded among his peers and not so old-fashioned in his thinking, but when it comes to choosing a daughter-in-law, he still follows the aesthetic standards of the older generation and prefers quiet and gentle ones. Obviously, both photos of Xu Man meet this standard and are to his liking.
"Just looking at these two photos, this girl is pretty good." He looked at Qin Shen, "But I don't know what her specific personality and character are like. When judging a person, you can't just look at the appearance, the heart is still the most important."
How could Qin Shen fail at this time? When he heard his father's words, which sounded somewhat satisfied, he naturally continued to talk, trying to please him in any way he could: "She is very good, quiet, and very serious about her work. She will try her best to do her best in the tasks assigned to her, and will humbly ask for advice and learn from others if she doesn't understand something. In general, she is very well-behaved and doesn't cause trouble."
Qin Changsheng was not stupid. He knew that his son would definitely say a lot of nice things at this time. He did not listen to all of these words, but he did not ignore them either. However, his liking for Xu Man had increased. After all, since she was liked by both his wife and son at the same time, he thought that she was not too bad.
"How old is she this year? Is she an intern or a full-time employee at your place?"
Qin Shen: "21, doing internship at my place. She is only a senior this year and hasn't graduated yet."
Qin Changsheng was surprised: "Still a student?"
Qin Shen: “…”
Why does he say that as if he is luring underage girls...
"She will graduate next year and is currently interning at my place. She should have almost finished all her schoolwork." He thought about his school experience at Xin'an University. He didn't know about other majors, but there were no compulsory courses for criminal investigation in the senior year. One would need to attend classes in the senior year unless the credits were not met or there were subjects that needed to be retaken. However, judging from Xu Man's usual performance, this should not be the case.
Qin Changsheng nodded. Although he was a little surprised that his son was dating a college girl, the surprise disappeared when he thought that his son had just graduated for a year and was only 25 years old this year, not much different in age from the girl.
"Where did she go to school?" he asked.
"Xin'an University." Qin Shen replied, "He's from the same school as me, and he also majored in criminal investigation."
Well, he has a clean family background, excellent grades, and is good-looking. He has good conditions in all aspects.
Qin Changsheng gave Xu Man a satisfactory evaluation in his heart.
"Okay, since you like this girl, Dad won't make it difficult for you. Bring her home sometime so that your mom and I can take a look. If she's really a good girl, then this is a done deal."
Qin Shen was stunned at first, then he was pleasantly surprised, his eyes sparkling with light: "Really?"
Qin Changsheng laughed: "How can this be false? This is the only thing that makes me feel at ease. You never have casual relationships with men and women. Dad believes in your vision, and I also believe in your mother's vision."
Qin Shen was overwhelmed by the huge surprise. For a moment, he didn't know what to say. He just stood there grinning. It was only after Jiang Ya reminded him that he said, "Thank you, Dad!"
The other party responded with a snort of laughter: "People say that when you have a wife, you forget your mother. I think you have a wife and forget your father. Okay, let's go. I haven't been able to deal with my work these past two days because of your trivial matter. I have a lot of things piled up. I have to go to the office this afternoon. By the way, when are you going to leave after this trip?"
Qin Shen: "If there's nothing else, I'd like to leave tonight, or tomorrow morning."
"You can leave tomorrow morning." Jiang Ya asked him to stay. "It's not easy for you to come back. You should get some sleep before you leave. It's been a long time since I last saw you."
"Then I'll leave tomorrow morning." Qin Shen said. Although he wanted to go back early to meet Xu Man, he couldn't neglect his parents for this, so he postponed his return for one night.
"Leave tomorrow night." Qin Changsheng said, "Your grandfather will have a dinner party at Nuanyuan tomorrow at noon, and I want you to go over and have a meal with him. Don't just think about the girl. It's easy to meet a girlfriend, but it's not easy to meet your grandfather and his family."
The "they" here naturally refers to Mr. Qin's peers, all of whom are people who can enter Nuan Garden. Even for families living in Dongzi Pavilion, it is not easy to meet all of them, let alone someone of Qin Shen's age. Mr. Qin specifically asked him to go, and the intention of promotion was already very clear, and it was impossible to refuse. Qin Shen had no choice but to nod and agree to it.
Qin Changsheng showed a satisfied smile: "You performed well in the last meeting. The old leaders have a good impression of you. You must perform well this time and seize this opportunity that your grandfather has fought for you. Do you understand?"
After giving Qin Shen a few more instructions, he left the study, walked out of the house and went to the provincial department to do some business. Qin Shen and Jiang Ya also walked out of the study and returned to the living room.
Looking at his mother's back in front of him, Qin Shen coughed uncomfortably.
"Well, Mom."
"What's the matter?" Jiang Ya turned around. "Are you hungry? Mom will cut you an apple."
"No. I just want to ask you..." He paused and said vaguely, "Where did you get Xiaoman's photo?"
Jiang Ya immediately showed an ambiguous smile on her face: "Why, do you want her photo?"
"..." Qin Shen was too embarrassed to say anything.
Seeing that he didn't answer, Jiang Ya didn't care and continued with a smile: "These photos were given to me by her mother. There are not many, just two. If you want them, I can give them all to you. But in exchange, you have to tell me the details of your relationship with her. This is the first time you have a girlfriend in 25 years. I'm itching to know the situation..."
…
Xu Man spent the whole day of Saturday in her room and did not go out. She was not the type of person who liked to hang out outside. She went out for the past two days because Qin Shen was with her. Now that he was not around, she naturally had no motivation to go out and stayed at home to enjoy the cool air.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, she woke up from her nap and habitually picked up her phone to check the time. She saw two missed calls from Qin Shen and a message asking about the situation. She immediately woke up and called back.
The phone rang a few times before it was connected, and a familiar male voice came out: "Xiao Man? Why didn't you answer my call? Is there something wrong?"
"No." She turned over and sat up, leaning against the cushions on the headboard. "I just rested and took a nap. My phone was on vibrate mode, so I didn't hear your call."
"So that's how it is." The other end breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought you had something to do."
"I don't have anything to do." Xu Man curled her hair and answered in a relaxed tone, "I stayed at home all day and couldn't think of anything to do. I could only take a nap... I felt like my time was wasted."
"Really?" The lover chuckled, "It seems that you are bored because I am not with you."
Xu Man did not deny it either. She smiled sweetly and said coquettishly, "Yes, you clearly told me to spend more time with you, but you went home before I even spent a few days with you, leaving me alone in Mingzhou. It turns out that men's words cannot be trusted."
"I really can't refute this." Qin Shen said with a smile, "Because I have to take back what I said before."
"What?"
Qin Shen: "I said before that I would be back tomorrow morning at the latest, but something else came up, so I won't be back until tomorrow night."
"...Is that so." The joy and relief were replaced by disappointment. Xu Man responded, and her smile faded a little. "Another thing?"
"Yeah. I'm having dinner with my grandpa and the others. My dad just told me that I can't refuse, so I'll have to come back later. Sorry."
"It's okay. It's my duty to accompany my elders for dinner. You don't have to apologize to me." She pulled herself together and made her voice brisk again. "What time can you come back tomorrow night?"
"About seven or eight o'clock. I'll come to see you when I get back, but don't wait too late. If I'm not here by nine o'clock, you should go to bed first. I'll take you to Jiumiao Mountain the day after tomorrow, so you should go to bed early and get enough rest."
"Why don't we not go out the day after tomorrow?" Xu Man suggested, "You're too tired running back and forth like this..."
Qin Shen: "You don't want to go?"
Xu Man: "No, I'm just worried that you're too tired—"
"It's okay for me. You forgot that I'm on suspension now. You have to go to work on Tuesday, but I don't. I can stay at home and rest for a long time." Qin Shen said, "You don't have to worry about me. Just rest well. Don't stay up late and don't go out alone at night. If you want to eat takeout, don't order too late. Order early so that it can be delivered early."
"Um."
"Have a good rest," the other end reminded him again, "I promise you, I will never let you down again this time."
Xu Man raised a smile, "Yeah." It didn't matter even if he stood her up again. As long as she could feel his care and love for her, she would be satisfied.
What Tian Si said was indeed right. Love is something that can make people feel sweet from the bottom of their hearts.
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