Tang Yourong's surprise was clearly shown in the words.
Xu Man then realized that the previous reply might have caused her to misunderstand, and immediately sent another one: [Yes, Captain Qin is treating us. It may be because you know Aunt Jiang, so he is taking care of me. 】
After I sent the message, I felt that this sentence looked strange, as if it was trying to cover up something, but I couldn't think of a better explanation. To be honest, she was also wondering why Qin Shen would invite her to dinner. Although if you put yourself in her shoes, if the daughter of a mother's good friend went to Xinjing, she would also treat her to a meal, but why did it seem so awkward when it happened to Qin Shen and herself?
Is it because of the gender difference?
Tang Yourong: [So that’s how it is.] 】
Tang Yourong: [Then you should thank them very much. 】
Xu Man was relieved by her mother's first two replies, as it seemed that everything was explained clearly. But the third message that followed made her feel a little amused and helpless.
Tang Yourong: [Your Aunt Jiang’s son is quite good. I’ve seen his photo. He’s very photogenic, capable, and about your age. If you like him, you can try to be with him, but you have to be careful about the degree, after all, you haven't graduated yet. 】
This is really...
Could it be that she really guessed it right? Her mother found this job for her not for her development, but because she had taken a fancy to the other person's son and wanted to bring them together?
"One bowl of shrimp noodle soup, one bowl of vegetarian mixed noodles. Your noodles are ready, please enjoy."
The two bowls of noodles brought by the waiter interrupted Xu Man's thoughts. She didn't know how to reply to the third message, so she put down her phone and temporarily stopped contacting Tang Yourong.
Qin Shen took a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick cage and gave them to her. He took another pair for himself and poured all the shrimps on the plate into the noodle bowl. He stirred the noodles while talking to her: "The noodles cooked here are always chewy and tasty. Try it. I guarantee you will like it."
Xu Man had mixed noodles with very little soup. The dough was placed firmly in the bowl, with only a little brown soup overflowing. She stirred the noodles, mixed them with the soup, and carefully picked up a few noodles to taste. Her movements were very delicate.
Qin Shen looked at her: "How is it? Is it delicious?"
She nodded and smiled: "Yeah. Thank you, Captain."
Qin Shen smiled: "You are really polite. Are all southern girls like you? You are like a baby, eating noodles in such a delicate way, one bite at a time. By the way, are you over 160cm tall?"
“…It’s full.”
The suspicious slowness in the answer obviously couldn't fool the experienced criminal investigation captain, Qin Shen laughed at once: "It seems that you are not full. How did you get into the police academy if you were not over 160cm? I remember that girls have to be over 160cm tall to apply for the police academy, or has the rule changed now?"
Xu Man blushed a little and whispered in defense: "I almost passed by just standing on tiptoe when measuring my height. And the rules only say that you have to be 160cm or taller in principle. If you have excellent grades, it can be relaxed appropriately."
"That means he's 158cm tall." Qin Shen concluded with certainty, "Two centimeters of width for a comfortable height. I still remember that."
Xu Man: “…”
She wanted to refute him, but she couldn't - because he was right, her net height was 158 cm.
...I am completely speechless.
"Captain, didn't anyone tell you that it's rude to ask a girl about her height?" she muttered softly.
Qin Shen smiled indifferently: "I have no ill intentions, I'm just asking."
Xu Man was disappointed. Of course he didn't think it was a big deal. People with long legs will never understand the pain of short legs.
She lowered her head, picked up the noodles again and took a bite.
Seeing her start eating the noodles, Qin Shen didn't say anything else and lowered his head to eat the noodles. The plot of Journey to the West on TV has reached the point where Tathagata Buddha suppresses the Monkey King with the Five Finger Mountain. The background music is passionate and mournful, which strangely fits the current silent atmosphere of the two people.
Xu Man ate slowly, and she had only eaten half of her meal after Qin Shen had finished. Normally, she didn't eat much for dinner, but today she took a bus all the way from Xinjing to Mingzhou, and then ran around at the site for the entire afternoon. During that time, she only had a sandwich to fill her stomach, and she almost vomited it. By the evening, she was very hungry, and she slowly finished a bowl of noodles that was quite large.
When she put down her chopsticks, she felt a little embarrassed. Firstly, she had made her boss, who had treated her to dinner, wait for so long, and secondly, she had finished the whole bowl of noodles, which really damaged her image as a lady. However, Qin Shen didn't pay any attention to these two points. He held his chin with his hand, sat opposite her and looked at her thoughtfully.
Night gradually fell on the city, and the lights in the noodle shop lit up one by one. Under the cold light of the incandescent lamps, his eyes looked blurred and deep.
Xu Man's ears blushed quietly.
Qin Shen finally spoke.
"You told me on the phone this afternoon that your major was criminal investigation?"
Xu Man was stunned. She didn't expect that after he looked at her for so long, the first thing he said was this. She felt a sense of loss inexplicably, but she still nodded and replied, "Yes."
"Then why don't you want to do criminal investigation?"
She was a little confused.
"Let me ask you another question." Seeing her stunned face, as if she didn't know how to answer his question, Qin Shen changed the topic and asked, "Why did you choose criminal investigation as your major?"
Xu Man had a vague idea of what he wanted to say. After thinking for a while, she slowly answered, "At that time... I was confused about my future and hadn't decided what to do. My dad suggested that I apply to the police academy, so I took the exam. I thought being a police officer would be good. I would be able to protect myself and help my parents when necessary."
Hearing this, Qin Shen couldn't help but laugh: "What does your father do?"
"He...works in the tax bureau."
"Then you should study economic investigation." His smile deepened. "Studying criminal investigation won't help your dad at all."
Xu Manwei felt a little embarrassed about having her thoughts exposed, and lowered her head, "I'm not very good at math, and I'm afraid I won't be able to learn economic investigation, so -"
"You're just studying criminal investigation? Are you helping your dad, or are you cursing him?"
“…”
"If your father really needs your help one day, how serious would the matter be? A criminal security incident?"
“…”
"I didn't think too much about it at the time." Xu Man whispered, tucking her fallen hair behind her ears. "It just so happened that I had just reached the score line, so I applied to the school and chose my major without knowing what it was. By the time I figured out what criminal investigation was, it was too late."
"The water that entered your brain when you chose your major is the tears you are shedding now." Qin Shen sighed, "It seems that you have had a very painful three years. You have been learning things you don't want to learn every day."
"Not bad." Xu Man replied, "The knowledge of the professional courses is not very difficult, but the physical test is a little difficult, but I passed it after practicing for two weeks before the test."
"Of course it's easy to learn from books, but it's hard to learn from experience in real life." Qin Shen poured himself a cup of tea, raised it up and took a sip, "Going to the scene, investigating the case... There are so many things to do, and they're annoying and bloody. The dismemberment case this afternoon was considered relatively mild. I think you can't stand it. If you encounter a bloodier case in the future--"
He raised his eyes to look at her, with a barely perceptible consideration in his eyes. "What should I do then?"
Xu Man bit her lower lip lightly.
She prepared herself mentally, raised her head and looked directly at Qin Shen: "Captain Qin, actually I... don't really want to do criminal investigation."
"Really?" Qin Shen said calmly, "Then why did you come to my detachment for internship?"
Xu Man took a deep breath to calm herself down, and tried to explain as clearly as possible: "I didn't expect to come to the detachment. When my mother told me, she said that she had arranged an internship position for me at the Municipal Bureau, which was a civilian job such as logistics. I don't know how it became criminal investigation, so..."
"I know." Qin Shen interrupted her. "My mother told me that I made a mistake in this matter. Because this matter was arranged by my father, I had no involvement. And when I heard that you were a criminal investigation major, I thought you were coming to me. It was a misunderstanding, and I apologize to you."
Xu Man was a little slow to realize what he had said. Had Aunt Qin already told him? Does that mean the misunderstanding is resolved? Can she go back to her original internship position?
She was somewhat excited, but at the same time, a strange feeling arose in her. She couldn't tell what it was. It was a bit like reluctance, and a bit like guilt.
Qin Shen didn't know whether he could see what she was thinking or not, and continued to talk over there: "I'm treating you to this meal today. First, I want to apologize to you for having you run with me for the whole afternoon in vain. Second, I want to ask you, do you have no intention of doing criminal investigation at all? If that's really the case, I won't force you, and I'll arrange a job for you at the Municipal Bureau right away."
Of course not at all.
Xu Man wanted to answer like this, but when the words came to her lips, she hesitated and couldn't say it.
To say that she was very interested in criminal investigation would of course be a lie, but to say that she hated it was not entirely true, after all, she had studied it seriously for three years. But she had been thinking about not working in criminal investigation for the past two years. Besides, her parents did not require it. They thought it would be fine for her to do some logistics work in the public security department, and it was up to her to take exams or do other things in the future. So she kept this idea and never thought about it in other directions.
She is still confused about the future.
Today she was inexplicably dragged to a scene, and it wasn't as bad as she had imagined. Although it was a bit busy, it was still within the tolerable range. The people in the detachment were also very nice, very warm and friendly to her... And Qin Shen, as her immediate superior, not only did he not have any airs of a leader, but even now, when he asked her whether she wanted to leave the detachment, he was very gentle. Working under him would definitely be a very comfortable experience.
Xu Man bit her lip and was unable to answer.
"Can't decide?" Qin Shen was the first to speak, "Are you embarrassed to say it, or are you simply unable to put it into words?"
"I... can't really tell."
"That means you don't reject criminal investigation." Qin Shen smiled faintly, "Okay, don't worry about it, I know what you mean."
It sounded like he was going to transfer her to the Municipal Bureau. Xu Man was startled and raised her head quickly, "Captain Qin, that's not what I meant--"
"I know." Qin Shen took over her words, "You are just hesitant and unsure, and you feel that today has been pretty good?"
“…Hmm.” The criminal investigation team leader’s ability to read people’s expressions was indeed remarkable.
"Then stay." Qin Shen couldn't help laughing when he saw a hint of embarrassment in Xu Man's eyes. This girl was really observable. Her thoughts were all shown on her face. Who knows when she will be sold out.
"I'm not asking you to stay here forever," he finished his words leisurely, "but I'm just temporarily keeping you here for a few days. A case just happened to come in today, so you can follow it from beginning to end and see if you can accept this kind of life."
He gave her a grin.
“Trust me, you’re going to love this.”
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