Chapter 31 Chapter 31 I didn’t want to laugh, but I couldn’t help it…
After all, they are all adults and have encountered difficult things. Ding Lingling quickly recovered after crying for a while and hugged Qiu Jiang with great gratitude.
"Thank you, little sister. If it weren't for you, I really don't know what would have happened to me."
"I should be the one thanking you. By mentioning your name, I was able to get nearly 40% off everything I bought. It saved me a lot of money."
Although it still cost her a month's salary, which made her feel a little bit upset, money can't buy what you like, not to mention that those are things she uses frequently, so she doesn't feel it's a loss to spend them on her family.
Moreover, whenever Qiu Jiang thought about officially becoming a salaried employee and receiving a salary next month and the month after, and being as successful as her mother, she would be filled with energy and feel that her hands were strong enough to run back home with the things she bought.
It was when she touched her side that she was stunned.
Where are the things?
"Oh no, I dropped something on the ground." She stood up quickly, her expression terrified as if she had been struck by lightning, and then ran towards the mall.
Ding Lingling became anxious when she heard this and ran after her.
When Qiu Jiang walked into the mall, she saw people everywhere. She looked down, but where were the things she'd bought? She was about to burst into tears, but she couldn't think of anything else. She quickly asked the nearby merchants if they had seen her things.
Unfortunately, I asked several people in a row but to no avail.
This time the thing is really lost.
She had chosen them one by one... Qiu Jiang sniffed, feeling a little aggrieved.
"Excuse me, are you looking for this?"
The voice came from not far behind her, as if speaking in her direction. Qiu Jiang turned back without holding on to hope, her eyes fixed on the hand of this gentle-looking boy in his twenties. She blinked, took a closer look, and her heart was filled with ecstasy. She nodded excitedly, "It's mine."
After her surprise wore off, she quickly ran over, bowed slightly to him, and said gratefully, "Thank you, thank you, I thought I had lost it."
He chuckled, and after hesitating for a moment, he began to praise her, "I just saw you saving someone. You're amazing and brave."
Unexpectedly, he was a witness. Qiu Jiang felt a little embarrassed when she heard this. "It's what I should do."
"There's no right or wrong. I was there too but didn't dare go over. Yet, you ignored everything and chased after me to save me. I really admire you." His eyes were sincere and full of admiration for her.
Qiu Jiang was very happy to be praised continuously, but when she saw that he seemed to be blaming himself, she immediately said, "Protecting citizens is what we police officers should do. It's normal for you to be afraid since you haven't received any training. There's no need to blame yourself."
Seeing that she was serious, Xiao Xiangrong couldn't help but chuckle, "Thank you, I feel better now."
"Well, I want to say thank you to you too. There are some things..." Qiu Jiang pointed to the various bags he was carrying, and her meaning was very clear.
"I'm sorry, I was rude." After he apologized, he returned the things to her. Qiu Jiang smiled at him politely and thanked him several times before leaving.
Ding Lingling was panting. Seeing her carrying so many bags, she quickly came over to help her carry a few and asked her carefully, "Little sister, are you really a police officer?"
"Yes, and I'm a criminal policeman." Qiu Jiang was extremely proud when talking about his profession.
From her surprised look, it was obvious that her answer was beyond her expectations.
Doesn't it look like it?
Qiu Jiang looked at herself with some suspicion.
Cute white furry shoes, blue waist-length jeans, and her favorite beige short jacket, she looks like the girl next door, but not like a police officer.
Qiu Jiang's spirit was deflated.
Her expression was so easy to understand that Ding Lingling burst out laughing. She took her arm and asked where she worked. Qiu Jiang thought she was worried that the man would cause trouble for her later, so she immediately gave her her contact information and said solemnly, "If you have any problems, call me immediately. I will help to send other responsible colleagues over."
As for her profession as a criminal police officer, she probably wouldn't be needed even if she called the police. At the same time, she also hoped that she would never encounter any bad things that would require her to find a criminal police officer.
Ding Lingling muttered to herself twice and took note of it. Knowing that she was leaving, she insisted on giving her two suspenders. "Just now I thought these two would suit you very well. Now is your chance to see them in them."
"You don't need to give me anything."
"Oh, go and try it on. When you wear it to your boyfriend, he will be so charmed by you." Ding Lingling pushed her to the fitting room.
She doesn't have a boyfriend yet, so she has no use for this dress.
However, Ding Lingling didn't want to refuse at all. She was determined to give it to her and even said, "I'm giving it to the little sister I like, not to any policeman. If you don't accept it, I'll be sad." In the fitting room, Ding Lingling said with a look of grievance.
How could Qiu Jiang refuse? Besides, she was really curious about what this kind of clothes would look like when she wore them. So when she was the only one left in the fitting room, she curiously held up the small piece of cloth, and her face couldn't help but blush.
When she came out again, she was wearing a burgundy halter top, her snow-white arms and delicate collarbones were clearly visible, and the tight-fitting design perfectly showed off her beautiful figure. Anyone who saw it would be dazzled.
"It's beautiful, really beautiful." Ding Lingling pulled her forward and backward to carefully examine it. The more she looked, the more she liked it. She kept praising her, "I think I have good taste. It's so beautiful."
Qiu Jiang was a little nervous, clutching her hands from time to time, and looking at her with watery eyes, which made her look even more charming. Ding Lingling's eyes were glued to her and refused to look down.
"This suspender is so beautiful. Do you have more?" The person at the door saw Qiu Jiang and asked, pointing at the suspenders on her.
Ding Lingling's colleague quickly came over and said, "Yes, come over here and try it."
"Hahaha, sister didn't lie to you, did she?" Ding Lingling didn't expect that she originally wanted to give her suspenders, but it turned out that she was advertising herself. Thinking of this, she laughed so hard that she shook with laughter and made a proposal to Qiu Jiang.
So, Qiu Jiang, who should have gone home early, acted as a model. In just over an hour, she helped Ding Lingling and her store sell more than a hundred orders, which shows how good she looks in the clothes.
When she was about to leave, Ding Lingling felt that giving her only two suspenders was too unfair to her, so she directly gave her a sparkling champagne-colored suspender dress. If Qiu Jiang hadn't stopped her, she would even want to get her a few more suspenders.
There was no way. She really loved the way the child looked in the suspenders, not to mention that she not only saved her but also advertised their store. She would be willing to give her a few more.
She was too enthusiastic, and after Qiu Jiang repeatedly refused, she quickly ran away with her things.
When she got home, it was already dark. Qiu Hengan had even prepared the meal. Her two little nephews and nieces were sitting at the table doing their homework. They were stunned when they saw her coming back with so many bags.
"Eat quickly. Whoever eats faster will get a surprise first—" Qiu Jiang teased them.
"I'm the fastest."
"I'm quick too, Dad, let's eat."
Shi Yuexiu came over from the kitchen and said after hearing what she said, "Jiang Jiang, stop pampering them. You've grown up into a big girl now. You should buy yourself more clothes."
"I bought it." Qiu Jiang smiled, jumped over and took her hand and acted coquettishly, "But I'm also very happy to spend money on you. Sister-in-law, I also bought something for you, oh, can you guess what it is?"
Shi Yuexiu didn't expect that she had her own. She was about to ask her to return it and not waste the money, but when she saw her bright smile, she couldn't bear it.
After growing up, Jiang Jiang rarely smiled so happily. After all, she was the child that she had raised little by little. How could Shi Yuexiu bear to see her disappointed? After thinking it through, she swallowed her words, gently tapped her nose, and said with a smile, "Jiang Jiang will be happy with whatever she gives her."
"Hehe, sister-in-law is so nice." Qiu Jiang hugged her and rubbed against her, just like a child who had not grown up. When Qiu Sien and the others saw this, they actually came over and hugged them.
"I want a hug too."
"I want a hug too."
Seeing the four of them huddled together, Qiu Hengan smiled and went to fetch the dishes and chopsticks, "Alright, time to eat. If you're slow, your aunt won't give you any presents."
As soon as Qiu Heng'an uttered the threatening words, the two little ones immediately looked at him with grievance. Seeing that he did not seem to be joking, they were afraid that he would really not let their aunt give them gifts, so they quickly ran to bring the small stool over, sat down and ate their food with a grunt.
The two little guys who usually eat slowly finished their meal the fastest, looking at Qiu Jiang with anticipation.
"Auntie hasn't finished eating yet, go do your homework first."
"Dad is bad."
The two of them sat over angrily. Seeing the aggrieved looks on their heads, Qiu Jiang quickened the pace of eating the buns. While they were doing their homework with great effort, she slipped into the house and clapped her hands when she came back.
"Guess what your gifts are?" Her voice was full of temptation. The two children, who were not concentrating on their homework, suddenly jumped up and ran over to hug her thighs.
"I don't know. I don't know."
"We like everything our aunt buys for us."
The two coaxed Qiu Jiang into a grin, and she couldn't bear to tease them anymore. She quickly pulled out two gifts from behind her back and handed them to them. "Ding, ding, ding, ding. Do you like them?"
"Superman shoes, cool—"
"Little skirt, what a beautiful little skirt."
The two little ones jumped up happily after receiving the gifts and spun around wildly. Infected by their joy, the three adults, Qiu Jiang, Qiu Hengan and others, all started laughing.
"What should we do when we receive a gift?" Shi Yuexiu asked them with a smile.
"Thank you, Auntie. You are the best."
They immediately came over and circled around her, and even stood up on the benches to get closer, "Xiangxiang, Xiangxiang."
Qiu Jiang immediately understood what he meant and bent slightly, and immediately received soft kisses on both cheeks. She smiled with her eyes curved, lowered her head and kissed them back, and then they chased her and kissed her back, and soon the faces of the three of them were covered with saliva marks.
Looking at the aunt and nephew making a mess, Qiu Hengan and Shi Yuexiu's slightly wrinkled faces were full of smiles. They didn't bother them. While the couple was talking, they cleaned up the table and the floor.
When they entered the house again, Qiu Jiang winked at them, and the two little ones understood and immediately ran to pull Shi Yuexiu over, "Mom, mom, come here quickly."
Qiu Jiang smiled and pushed Qiu Hengan's wheelchair over. The couple were brought together and stood together feeling a little shy.
Once they stood together, the gift she had prepared long ago could be presented.
At this time, the two children each blindfolded their father and mother, and when their aunt gave the order, they immediately nodded and moved away, obeying the order very well.
"Brother, sister-in-law, do you like it?"
Qiu Hengan and Shi Yuexiu opened their eyes and saw her holding a piece of clothing in one hand and looking at them with a smile.
Seeing them looking at her, she took two steps forward and put the brand new long cotton coat in Qiu Hengan's hand. She and her nephew and niece worked together to put the brown coat on Shi Yuexiu, then found the hairpin she bought last time and neatly tied her hair up.
When she was done, she took a step back with her nephew and niece, and asked them with a smile, "Does it look good, Mommy?"
"nice--"
Touching the hairpin on her head and looking at the beautiful clothes on her body, Shi Yuexiu covered her mouth, her eyes suddenly blurred, and tears fell down.
"Jiang Jiang..."
Her voice was choked with sobs, and her chin was trembling slightly from trying to hold back. Qiu Jiang smiled and wiped her tears, "Sister-in-law, you shouldn't cry on happy days. If you really can't help it, you can only cry this once. I will buy you more beautiful clothes in the future and dress you up beautifully."
Shi Yuexiu chuckled and said, "Sister-in-law is old now. What's the point of dressing up beautifully? You should dress up well and wear nice clothes when you are young."
Qiu Jiang pouted, "I wear a police uniform most of the time, so I don't have much time to wear beautiful clothes. But my sister-in-law is not old, so she looks so beautiful in this, isn't she?"
"Yes——" The two kids clapped their hands to express their approval of their aunt's words.
Shi Yuexiu wiped her tears and started to laugh while crying.
"Miao Miao, En En, what is missing now?" Qiu Jiang pointed to the side.
"Dad~"
The two of them were quite clever. When they heard this, they immediately grabbed the soft cotton coat and put it on Qiu Hengan with great effort.
Qiu Heng'an let the children dress him with his body stiff, fearing that they would get tired, and he cooperated very well. In the end, the children were fine, but he was sweating profusely.
After he changed his clothes, Qiu Jiang asked, "Do mom and dad look like a good match?"
The two children didn't know what a good match was, but that didn't stop them from parroting it, stretching out their voices and shouting, "Good match~~~"
Qiu Hengan and Shi Yuexiu have lived for most of their lives, and when they are almost forty, they actually experience the feeling of blushing.
Seeing the two of them blushing, Qiu Jiang got a bad idea and teased them with a smile, "Brother, sister-in-law, you are already an old couple, why are you still shy?"
"Jiang Jiang..."
The two called her name at the same time. Qiu Jiang smiled and waved her hand, "Is it okay if I don't say anything?"
"Children, auntie will take you out for a bike ride."
"Yeah."
Qiu Jiang led the two children away, leaving only the couple in the room. Their faces were still a little red. Qiu Hengan took the initiative to hold Shi Yuexiu's hand and rubbed it, "A Xiu is so beautiful."
Qiu Hengan rarely said sweet words, but Shi Yuexiu laughed and scolded him, "Why are you the same as Jiang Jiang and the others?"
"Because it's true."
The couple was affectionate in the house, while outside in the yard, Qiu Jiang took the children around, playing around the yard, and the whole yard was filled with the two children's cheerful shouts.
There were many children in the compound. Qiu Jiang saw them looking at her from time to time, so she simply took each of them to play, acting like a king of children.
Seeing this scene, the other people in the yard couldn't help but laugh while they were working.
Unfortunately, happy days are always short. She had to get up early to go to work the next day and could not sleep in at all. Qiu Jiang washed up in a hurry with sleepy eyes, gulped down the millet porridge, and ate a whole fried dough stick with some side dishes in no time. After filling her stomach, she hurried out.
"I'm leaving--" She quickly got on the pink car, kicked the pedal, and slid away for a long distance.
"Ride carefully, wear gloves and a hat—"
"I know—"
Her spirited voice echoed in the cold air.
Even though it took her an hour to take the bus from her home to the Municipal Bureau, that included the time spent waiting for the bus and stopping and starting. Now that she had ridden her bike, she could reach the courtyard of the Municipal Bureau building in just over 40 minutes.
She arrived early and there were only a few bicycles in the bicycle parking lot. She parked at an intersection where she could go out after get off work, locked her bicycle, and went upstairs.
As soon as he stepped onto the stairs, he ran into Wang Li coming out of the cafeteria.
"Brother Wang, good morning."
"Good morning." Wang Li greeted her and they went upstairs together.
Qiu Jiang placed the neatly copied confidentiality regulations and experience on the table. After thinking about it, she went to Ji Mingcheng's office and put them on his desk. When she came back, she began to recite them silently.
Wang Li didn't take it seriously at first. He just glanced at it casually when pouring water from the tank. He stopped in his tracks when he saw it.
"Secrecy Policy?" He read it again, frowning. "Why are you memorizing this?"
Qiu Jiang blinked and whispered what she had done, adding sheepishly, "There are too many items. I'm afraid I won't be able to memorize them well enough and be picked out by Team Ji."
Wang Li twitched his lips. "I just tried to scare you, and you believed it?"
"ah?"
"Who hasn't encountered this problem when they first started working? There are many more serious things than yours, and I haven't seen anyone ask for copies of books. Besides, if you don't reveal some information, what if Xie Youlian backs off and doesn't want to testify? Besides, she is also a party to this matter. Even if you don't say it, the people who went to the hospital that day would have to tell her, so at most you will be considered as disobeying orders and acting on your own."
"Ah???" Qiu Jiang opened his mouth wide.
Wang Li, who usually doesn't like to laugh, couldn't help but laugh at her. He said, "You're usually quite smart, so why are you frightened by Captain Ji? He's sure to laugh at you when he finds out."
"Besides, your arm is injured. How could Captain Ji bear to ask you to copy so many words with an injury? What's more, your merits and demerits offset each other. You completed these missions so well. This is not a big deal. Why should he ask you to copy and memorize and write a review? Although I haven't known Captain Ji for long, he is not a very demanding person."
"Silly sister, Captain Ji is just teasing you." He pointed out the truth in one sentence.
Then why did she work so hard for two days?
After hearing his words, Qiu Jiang's heart was broken. What's more frightening is that good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles.
They hadn't avoided telling anyone else what they had just said. Now, the colleagues who had already arrived at the office were all laughing breathlessly. Sister Liu, who was in charge of summarizing the information, looked at her with pity and said loudly, "Jiang Jiang is still a child with no experience. It's normal for her to be inexperienced. It won't be so fun when it comes to us."
As soon as these words were spoken, the office burst into laughter.
"Hahaha."
Qiu Jiang's face turned red.
Ji Mingcheng walked in quickly and asked, "I heard you guys laughing from a distance. What's so happy about? Tell me."
"Not yet..." Sister Liu just opened her mouth and Qiu Jiang coughed hurriedly, her face full of pleading.
Well, considering that the child was feeling aggrieved, they stopped talking.
"Ahem, Captain Ji, we were just telling a joke, nothing more."
"Yeah, right, let's get back to work then."
They hurried back, winking at Qiu Jiang before leaving, as if to say, "That's quite nice of you."
Qiu Jiang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense body slowly calmed down.
Ji Mingcheng raised his eyebrows.
"Good morning, Captain Ji." Qiu Jiang narrowed her eyes and gave him a big smile.
Not to mention, it's really pleasant to see such a cute smile early in the morning. Of course, it would be even better if you weren't deliberately hiding something from him.
But she was a little girl after all, and she would cry easily if asked too much, so he didn't expose her and replied, "Good morning."
Seeing him walking towards his office with big strides in his leather jacket, Qiu Jiang just sat down and her butt bounced up as if it was on a spring.
Oh no.
She pushed the chair away and ran over quickly. Just as Ji Mingcheng walked in and was about to close the door, someone pushed her on the back. From the corner of her eye, she saw a small black head slip in from beside him, and grabbed a stack of papers from his desk with lightning speed and held it to her chest.
"Captain Ji, there are some problems with the file I wrote. I'll revise it and send it back to you." Qiu Jiang spoke quickly like a machine gun, not caring about being polite or not, and ran out immediately.
When she reached the door, she tried to move forward, but she couldn't move. Qiu Jiang felt someone pulling her clothes, and then a hand came over her head and clasped it. Before she could struggle, the paper on her chest was pulled away.
Qiu Jiang turned around and jumped up to reach the paper in his hand, but unfortunately the height difference was too obvious, and Ji Mingcheng didn't want her to get it, so he raised it up.
"Team Season..."
Qiu Jiang just called him and saw that his eyes had fallen on the paper. After taking a look, his eyes were full of surprise and he looked at her in amazement.
It’s over, it’s over, her head was buzzing.
"Did you copy this?" Ji Mingcheng asked subconsciously, with an indescribable hesitation in his tone.
Qiu Jiang felt as if he had questioned her IQ. Feeling embarrassed in front of her leader, her little face wrinkled and she nodded, looking extremely pitiful.
"Captain Ji, why don't you return this to me?"
Ji Mingcheng's lips trembled, and he almost laughed. Mercifully, he gave her the notebook and coughed lightly, "Go back."
"Thank you, Captain Ji." Qiu Jiang took the book and hurried out the door. Just as she was about to close the door for him, Ji Mingcheng suddenly turned around and called her, "Wait."
She looked up at him with a puzzled look on her face, "Captain Ji, is there anything else?"
Ji Mingcheng put his fist to his lips and suddenly praised her, "Your handwriting is good."
By the way...is this a mockery???
Qiu Jiang suddenly felt like the sky was falling.
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