Chapter 12: Heart
Seeing that he was in a daze, Chen Wan looked at him quietly and saw that there were dark circles under Lin Yu's eyes, and his expression was a little tired.
She heard from Qiao Yue that Lin Yu had been on field trips for more than a month and had spent a lot of energy solving a robbery gang case.
"It seems to be quite late. Officer Lin should go to bed too, right?" Chen Wan looked at him with a soft voice.
Lin Yu came back to his senses after hearing this, blinked his dry eyes, raised his hand and glanced at his watch, it was already past three in the morning.
"Yes, let's all go to bed quickly. You have classes tomorrow." He nodded and instructed Chen Wan, "If you are still worried about thunder, wear earplugs when you sleep. Do you have earplugs?"
Chen Wan smiled and said, "It's okay, the weather has improved."
The two chatted for a few more words and then went back to their rooms to sleep.
After drinking honey lemon water, the air in the room was not as humid as before. Lin Yu fell asleep almost as soon as he touched the pillow and had no dreams all night long.
He turned off the alarm clock at 8:30 in the morning, managed to hold his head up and sat there for a while, then he remembered that Chen Wan had already gone to school.
In order to commend their team for solving the case, the bureau granted them a day off.
Lin Yu turned over and slept for a while before getting up.
But I was thinking about the fresh steamed buns and corn cakes at the breakfast stall, so after washing up, I strolled to the entrance of the alley to buy breakfast.
When I went downstairs, I saw the pomegranate tree and stopped for a few minutes.
After being washed by heavy rain for most of the night, the branches and leaves of the pomegranate tree looked messy and weak, many unripe fruits fell to the ground, and the pomegranate fruits hanging on the branches were also tottering.
He touched his neck and wondered how to save the tree.
With this thought in mind, he remained silent all the way.
"Officer Lin! Officer Xiao Lin!" A friendly greeting suddenly came from behind.
Lin Yu turned around and saw that the person coming was an old man from the alley. He was a middle school teacher before retirement. Many people in the alley had been his students, so the neighbors all respectfully called him Teacher Zheng.
The old man spends the whole day carrying bird cages, tending flowers and plants, and is very enthusiastic towards everyone he meets.
"Teacher Zheng, why are you walking your bird so early in the morning?" Lin Yu also smiled amiably and greeted him.
Teacher Zheng lifted the curtain on the birdcage and said with a smile, "This little thrush has just finished singing. Officer Lin, would you like to listen to it sing a few notes?"
The old man didn't have many hobbies, but he liked to cultivate the sentiments of young people. Even though Lin Yu repeatedly declined, saying that he didn't understand romance, he still couldn't resist Teacher Zheng's enthusiasm.
After entering the courtyard, Teacher Zheng hung the birdcage on a tree and brought two plates of snacks to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu thanked him politely, clasped his hands together, sat on a wooden chair, and looked casually at the rocks, flowers and plants in the courtyard.
"Is that a pomegranate tree?" His eyes were drawn to a tree full of paper bags.
After making him a cup of jasmine tea, Teacher Zheng looked towards the tree he was asking about and nodded, "Yes."
"Why is it wrapped in a paper bag?" Lin Yu asked curiously.
"You young people don't know much about growing flowers and trees, so you don't understand the ins and outs of it." Teacher Zheng took a sip of tea and slowly began to talk about his experience in growing flowers and trees.
The climate in the south is changeable, especially in midsummer when it rains a lot. The humid air makes it easy for insects to breed. After the fruit trees have borne fruit, it is best to spray them with insecticide quickly and then cover them with paper bags.
"Firstly, it protects against insects and birds, and secondly, it helps maintain the temperature, so the fruit ripens faster."
"Oh," Lin Yu nodded, having learned a lot. "I remember once when I went to the countryside, I saw grape growers also using paper bags like this. I thought it was strange at the time. Now I understand what's going on."
"You are a very observant young man." Teacher Zheng squinted his eyes with satisfaction and praised him.
Lin Yu remembered that he was still worrying about how to save the pomegranate tree. Now that an expert was sitting here, it would be a shame not to ask.
So he explained the situation of the pomegranate tree and asked, "How can we take care of this tree so that it can regain its vitality?"
When Teacher Zheng heard him talk about nursing, he laughed out loud. "Trees are like people; they really need nursing when they're sick. Your tree has already produced fruit. Go back and prune it carefully. If necessary, you can build a trellis to support the fruit. Then, fertilize and spray it with pesticides, cover it with a paper bag, and it will heal."
Lin Yu nodded repeatedly after hearing this, his brows relaxed, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
After asking Teacher Zheng for some tree-care tips, I asked for the address of the flower and bird market, thanked the old man, and said goodbye.
After Lin Yu returned home and changed his clothes, he drove to the flower and bird market.
When Qiao Yue called, he was choosing a shovel to loosen the soil.
"Junior brother, Chen Wan is done with school this afternoon. You two can come to my house for dinner. My parents said they want to cheer Chen Wan up and give him some fuel. Why don't you come and have a meal with them?"
When Lin Yu heard the second half of the sentence, he pretended to sigh, "This free meal makes me feel so lowly and humble. I'm clearly a flower protector, escorting Chen Wan to dinner."
Qiao Yue teased him without hesitation, "You really know how to flatter yourself."
The flower vendor on the other end of the line was still trying to sell Lin Yu other tools. Qiao Yue overheard this and asked curiously, "Why did you buy a shovel?"
Lin Yu then selected some wire and bamboo strips for the support, paid the bill, and replied to Qiao Yue, "I'm planting trees, so can't I protect the environment?"
Lin Yu sometimes does things unconventionally, so Qiao Yue didn't ask any further questions, but just reminded him to remember to take Chen Wan out for dinner in the evening.
After agreeing to this, Lin Yu had almost bought everything.
I carried all the bags back to the car and headed home, ready to show off my skills.
When he got home, he put on an apron, took a pair of scissors and went straight to the pomegranate tree.
"First, prune the branches and leaves to keep the branches sparse." He watched the pruning video and followed suit.
After ruthlessly destroying the extra branches and the small, ugly pomegranate fruits, Lin Yu looked at the much more depressed pomegranate tree and nodded with satisfaction.
Then I started to prepare to build the scaffold, but found that I didn’t buy gloves.
"Forget it, the wire won't cut my hands anyway." He muttered to himself as he began to set up the scaffolding.
Hold the wire with pliers in your left hand, and fix the bamboo strip with your right hand, standing it next to the branch.
However, although the iron wire was not sharp, it was still very pointed. Lin Yu didn't pay attention and got a bloody mark on the back of his hand. He didn't take it seriously at the time and went to the public faucet to rinse it twice.
When the dedicated gardener Xiaolin was about to return to work, his cell phone kept ringing in his pocket.
I answered the phone and it turned out to be a courier from SF Express. I asked him when it would be convenient for him to pick up the package.
"I'm downstairs at home. Please bring it over." Lin Yu responded half-heartedly, his whole mind focused on setting up the scaffolding.
After a while, a young courier boy shouted at him downstairs to pick up the package. He reluctantly put down the bamboo stick and went to pick up the package.
The delivery guy saw that the man was tall and thin, wearing a Taitaile apron and a pair of large scissors in his pocket. He stopped howling for a moment, handed the package to the man with an extremely respectful attitude, and then rode away at lightning speed on his electric scooter.
After Lin Yu realized what was happening, he smiled helplessly.
After opening the package, Lin Yu held his forehead, closed his eyes, and felt a little amused.
In the box, there was a lucky charm that he wanted, and another one was a marriage amulet.
Not long after, Lin's mother called and said, "Son, I saw that the courier here shows that you have received the package?"
Lin Yu sat at the stone table, crossed his long legs calmly, weighing the marriage amulet over and over again, and said in a lazy tone, "I received it. Mom, why did you send me a marriage amulet?"
He didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence because it was unnecessary. He relied on his mother not being able to see, and his thick eyebrows were slightly furrowed and his lips were tightly pursed.
Mother Lin sighed and said, "You can't just care about the little ones, you have to pay attention to the big ones too."
Lin Yu was confused and asked quickly, "What do you mean by small or big?"
"Don't you want this lucky charm to bring good luck to the neighbor's child?"
Lin Yu nodded blankly and said, "Yeah, then what's the big deal you're talking about, Mom, and what does it have to do with the marriage amulet?"
"Didn't you prepare this lucky charm just to gain favor with the neighbor kid's older sister?" Lin's mother said, as if she understood everything. "And this marriage amulet was specially requested for you by your cousin during the Chinese New Year. You didn't go to the blind date she arranged for you then. Didn't you rush back to South City just to date the older one?"
Listening to his mother's nonsensical reasoning, Lin Yu pressed the dully aching solar plexus, trying to regain some clarity of mind.
After listening to the whole story for a while, I roughly understood what Lin's mother meant. She probably thought that she wanted the lucky charm just to show some favor to that imaginary sister.
This out-of-line speculation made Lin Yu's good intentions appear to be malicious and short-sighted.
He sighed helplessly and explained, "There's no such thing as a sister or sister. I simply thought it was the college entrance examination, so I wanted to save some good luck for the neighbor's kid. There's no such thing as a relationship."
After he finished speaking, Mother Lin was silent for a moment, then her voice instantly rose eight degrees, "So you haven't shown any signs of anything lately!"
Lin Yu pinched his eyebrows guiltily and said awkwardly, "I'm busy with work, and I'm only 25, in the prime of my life, so don't worry about it."
"Twenty-five is still young? In two months you'll be twenty-six. I've already given out donations to more than a dozen families. When can you let us get it back?" Mother Lin sighed and said quietly, "I know you're a criminal police officer and have a busy job, but that's why you need someone who understands and cares for you."
When parents come up with this kind of rhetoric, children generally have no way to refute it, after all, their starting point is for their own good.
Lin Yu lowered his eyes and tapped the table with his fingers to pass the time.
The mother on the other end of the phone was still nagging about how I was already twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, and in addition to work and career, I should also pay more attention to love and marriage.
Someone who knows how to feel cold and warm? When Lin Yu heard this, a person suddenly appeared in his mind.
Thoughts: As I was writing, I felt that it was really fragmented, as if I was spending a lot of words to describe what kind of person Lin Yu is. In short, I would like to thank those who clicked on this work. The daily updates are basically stable. Thank you to those who said that they like this kind of slow and steady plot. To be honest, I even doubted myself while writing it, wondering what this work is going to be about. But in fact, I thought about each chapter for a long time, but I didn’t arrange much of the rivalry. I wanted to write good emotions rather than a heart-pounding romance story.
Thank you, my dear reader, your comments have given me great encouragement. Thank you also to my babies on Weibo, thank you for your existence.
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