Chapter 791: Finding a More Suitable Candidate
My heart warmed. Even the soy milk tasted sweet without sugar. [While I was eating, Xiaoyan said she'd take me to meet her boss this afternoon. "Will you come back for dinner tonight? I'll cook for you myself."]
After a long while, he finally sent me a message: "Baby, I know you're a good person, but you burned the pot last time you cooked, and we haven't bought a new one yet. Can you try again next time when we buy a new pot?"
The awareness of being a good wife and mother that had just been aroused disappeared without a trace in an instant.
My pride is hurt, and I need delicious food to heal it. (Image: grievance.jpg)
He sent me a laughing emoji, [You have the whole afternoon to think about where to eat tonight.]
It was already past twelve o'clock after breakfast. I should have been busy revising my paper at home today, but since he finally agreed to use his "money power" yesterday, I realized a truth today - as long as you don't have ambitions, what's the difference between that and being carefree.
My husband Xiao promised that he would ensure that I live a carefree life.
Take a nice bath, put on a facial mask, put on some simple makeup, change into a light yellow casual outfit, and prepare to go out for dinner in the evening.
I looked at myself in the floor-length mirror. I was wearing a long shirt with a loose round hem. It was made of thin cotton and linen and embroidered with floral patterns of the same color. I was wearing cream-colored shorts. The loose trouser legs made my legs look white and straight.
I casually tied my hair into a loose bun, which made me look a bit like a middle school student, but I really like this innocent and youthful look.
I went out to dinner with him this evening.
Just as I finished cleaning up, Xiaoyan came knocking on the door.
As soon as she walked in, she looked at me with a look of amazement, then smiled and said, "Look at you, you're so young, our boss is reluctant to use you." She walked around me and said, "But you're really beautiful. If I were a man, I would find someone like you. You're really pleasing to the eye."
Although I was very happy to hear that, I still felt a little embarrassed because she praised me so directly.
"Sister Xiaoyan, stop teasing me. I'm ready. Let's go now. Don't keep your leader waiting for too long." I quickly interrupted her and urged her to go out.
When we arrived at the underground garage, Xiaoyan led me to an old Santana, which looked a little gray and looked older than the taxis running on the street. "Sister Xiaoyan, where did you get this car? Why don't you drive mine?" I said and took out the key from my bag and handed it to her.
"Little girl, you are still complaining. Your car is too eye-catching where we are going. You need a car that people can't remember." Xiaoyan gestured for me to sit in the passenger seat and started the car with the key.
When I saw it was a manual transmission, the kind of car I couldn't drive, my admiration for Xiaoyan increased a lot.
Xiaoyan drove me from outside the Fourth Ring Road to inside the Second Ring Road. This is the old city area with many old residential areas. Although the houses are dilapidated and old, the housing prices are still high. It is said that 10 million yuan can only buy an old and dilapidated house of less than 100 square meters.
"We're here." Xiaoyan parked the car in front of a gray-white residential building. The parking space here is very small. I took a look and thought, well, it probably won't be easy for my car to squeeze in.
I followed her into an inconspicuous residential building. The mottled walls of the corridor exuded a stale and moldy smell.
When we climbed to the fourth floor, Xiaoyan stopped in front of an old security door, knocked on it three times, paused, and knocked twice more.
Is this three long and two short code Xiaoyan's exclusive background music? I remember that she and Azhi agreed on the code with me last time.
The door opened.
It was broad daylight, but the lights were on in the house. I looked and saw that the curtains were drawn tightly.
Four people sat around the sofa, all looking at me. My eyes were instantly drawn to the girl at the far end. Wasn't that Fang Dongmei? Why was she here?
She wore a simple pale pink and green T-shirt and a light grey skirt, with her hair tied into a neat ponytail. Unlike her usual capable look, this outfit made her look much fresher and more youthful.
She wasn't surprised to see me. She smiled at me with her eyes curved. "Mengmeng, you look so beautiful today. You're so different from the day we got engaged. You look like a winter jasmine now."
I smiled a little embarrassedly, "Sister Xiaomei, you really impressed me today."
Seeing us praising each other without paying attention to anyone around, a middle-aged man with a buzz cut interrupted us with a smile, "Alright, you two pretty girls, stop flattering each other. Once this mission is completed, I'll have the men in the criminal police team line up to praise you! I guarantee that no one will repeat themselves!"
His words made everyone present laugh, and the atmosphere in the room instantly became much more relaxed.
The middle-aged man stood up and shook hands with me. "Miss Xia, I am the person in charge of this operation. My last name is Wen, you can call me Captain Wen. I asked you to come here this time, and I guess you have guessed most of it." As he said that, he motioned for me to sit on the single sofa next to him.
Only then did I look at him carefully. He was wearing an ordinary polo shirt. He was not too tall, about 1.76 meters, of medium build, and looked like a middle-level manager in a factory.
The only thing that set him apart from the others was his piercing gaze, a look that made one hesitate to look directly at him. I lowered my gaze and noticed the old scars on his finger joints, suspecting they were work-related injuries.
I smiled and responded calmly, "I have a rough idea in mind, but I'm not sure. Police-civilian cooperation is my duty as a citizen. How can I help you?"
My words made Captain Wen's brows relax. "Miss Xia is very good at talking. To be honest, don't mind me. When you first came in, I was a little disappointed. You looked really young, and I was a little worried that you couldn't keep things to yourself.
But his current behavior still makes me feel that he is trustworthy."
I knew that after I was given the hat, it was time to assign me some work.
"Just tell me what you need me to do, and I will fully cooperate." I was afraid that Captain Wen would continue to speak in official language, and I was also looking forward to my task.
Captain Wen smiled heartily and said to his two colleagues, "You really can't underestimate the young girls nowadays. They're even more impatient than me."
After saying that, he didn't waste any time and got straight to the point.
"Then I'll be frank. Xiao Hong should have mentioned to you before that our police department plans to send an undercover agent to COLLIN's company."
Xiao Hong? I reacted for a moment, and Xiao Yan silently pointed at her nose. Then I remembered her last name was Hong. I had always called her Xiao Yan, so I almost thought her last name was Yan.
"Yeah, I know." I nodded and said, "But Lu Yuanqing has seen her, it's too dangerous for her to go."
"Yes, she also mentioned this, so we found a more suitable candidate." Captain Wen said seriously.
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