Chapter 22 Eating Watermelon
Lin Yu stammered in defense, "My buddy didn't like the girl, he just had a good impression of her, but he wasn't sure about her feelings before. Then he unexpectedly found out yesterday that the girl also had a good impression of him."
Qiao Yue suddenly understood, "I understand. It's just a layer of window paper between them. It means that the girl your buddy likes also likes you. That's what you mean."
She subtly changed the concept, trying to involve Lin Yu.
"You don't like me, you like my buddy." Lin Yu scratched his temples. His thoughts were clear and he didn't fall into her trap.
Qiao Yue chuckled secretly, "You little brat, you have a strong anti-detection awareness."
"And then, did your buddy accept the girl's confession?" Qiao Yue tried hard to suppress her excitement, but still couldn't hold back her laughter.
"He, my buddy didn't accept it at the time and changed the subject vaguely."
Qiao Yue's smile fell halfway, "And then?"
"The girl ended up crying. Did you think my friend went too far? He wanted to say something to make amends the next day, but the girl said she didn't remember it."
Qiao Yue's face was completely expressionless. After taking two deep breaths, she patted Lin Yu's shoulder and said, "No need to make amends. The girl understands what you mean. I guess the confession was a test, but you..." Qiao Yue frowned and paused, "Your buddy is so cowardly. I guess there will be no further news in the future. Just give up."
With a click, Qiao Yue's chair moved back to its original position, and she muttered that it was impossible to carve a wooden head.
Seeing that she didn't want to talk to him anymore, Lin Yu raised his hand and stroked her neck, a smile still in his eyes. He asked her modestly, "Senior Sister, do you mean that girl's implicit confession was actually a test?"
"Yeah, I'm telling you, any action before the break has special meaning." Qiao Yue, with the air of someone who's experienced it, explained to him seriously, "The early stages of a budding relationship are a process of trial and error, especially for girls. They're naturally sensitive and thoughtful. If you take a step back, she'll sprint back and lock the door."
Lin Yu was skeptical, "This trial process is too short."
Qiao Yue deliberately teased him and scoffed, "Don't try to guess what a girl is thinking. Tell your buddies that men can't be timid or act rashly. They have to be reliable at critical moments."
Knowing that she had something else to say, Lin Yu pretended to be confused, grinned, moved his chair and returned to his workstation.
"Brother Yu, are you free now? Captain Zhang asked you to go to his office to find him." After a while, a police officer came over and gave him a message.
Lin Yu nodded, thanked him, and got up to go to the office.
When he entered the office, Zhang Yang was reading a newspaper with a file next to him. The four big words "sweep away gangsters and eliminate evil" were printed on it, which was particularly eye-catching.
"Good morning, Captain Zhang." Lin Yu greeted Zhang Yang respectfully.
"Sit down and talk." Zhang Yang gave him a friendly smile and put down the newspaper. "I called you here to ask about the progress of the burglary case you're handling."
"We've now entered the criminal prosecution stage. We just need to hand over the evidence to the prosecutor. What happens next depends on how the court handles it. If nothing unexpected happens, the case will definitely be closed by the end of the month."
Zhang Yang looked calm when he heard this. He nodded and said okay, then handed him a document and said, "Then take a look at this case."
Lin Yu took it, lowered his eyes and looked at the document carefully. It was a case about child trafficking.
"I remember you were involved in a similar case before."
Lin Yu closed the file and looked directly at him. "Yes, last year, Deputy Captain Qu and I rescued two abducted children."
"It was after reading your profile that I decided to give you this assignment. You know that child trafficking cases are quite difficult to crack down on. It's usually difficult to completely crack down on criminal gangs, mainly because clues are hard to find. Fortunately, the person who reported this case was a major breakthrough."
Zhang Yang explained the case to him, "The person reported this time was a child who had been abducted. The criminal gang had an accident while transporting these children, and he took the opportunity to escape."
"How is the child now?"
"The parents have taken the children back home, but there are other children who haven't been rescued. The higher-ups recently issued a special target for cracking down on gangs and eliminating evil. The bureau attaches great importance to this case. Are you willing to take it on? Although you don't have much experience, I believe you can do it. Do you have the confidence to do it?"
Lin Yu stood straight, the golden sunlight outside the window fell on him, and he looked upright and bright.
Although Zhang Yang's question was a question, his tone left no room for argument.
Lin Yu nodded and carefully put the documents away. "I understand. Thank you, Captain Zhang, for your trust."
Zhang Yang smiled with satisfaction and reminded him, "According to the investigative clues, this criminal gang is located in Pingnan County in our city, which is quite remote. You need to go back and pack your things and get ready."
"Okay, I understand. So when do we leave?" Lin Yu didn't care about the remoteness of the place. He said seriously, "I'll hand over the case on hand to my colleagues."
"It will definitely be arranged this week. First, find a colleague who can take over the work. And also, take care of your family matters. If you're going on a long trip, you need to inform your family first so they don't worry."
As criminal police, they cannot rule out the possibility of life-threatening situations every time they handle a case, so they are extremely cautious and cherish every little bit of emotion in daily life.
Lin Yu smiled, "I understand."
"Then you go back first, and the team will notify you when the time comes."
The two talked about the case for a few minutes, and Zhang Yang also gave some clues to the kidnapping case.
Lin Yu returned to his workstation and talked about this with Qiao Yue. Qiao Yue immediately agreed to take over the case that Lin Yu was currently working on.
During lunch break, the two of them went to the archives together to retrieve information related to the child trafficking case.
"Then you should talk to Chen Wan about this when you get home from get off work." Qiao Yue asked him.
Lin Yu stared at the information intently and hummed, "Of course."
Qiao Yue chuckled twice and said, "I have to report this to my family."
Lin Yu didn't think as deeply as Qiao Yue. After hearing what she said, he realized that he hadn't spoken to his parents on the phone for several days.
Cases keep coming one after another, and I'm afraid my parents will worry about this, so I've been avoiding this topic these days.
Until the end of the day, Lin Yu was in the archives looking at materials and case reports from previous years, hoping to learn more about the case and be prepared.
In the end, it was Qiao Yue who reminded him that it was time, and Lin Yu slowly packed up his things and went home.
Entering the alley, the big yellow dog was lying under the grape trellis, panting. Seeing its silly look, Lin Yu suddenly remembered Chen Wan's words "Ergouzi".
Last time, Lin Yu thought he was quite smart, but after being manipulated by Qiao Yue today, he began to reflect a little. Is it true that my emotional intelligence is really low?
I was thinking about this all the way, half-heartedly greeting the neighbors who passed by.
When he got downstairs, he saw the dim chandelier on Chen Wan's balcony. Lin Yu had always thought that even the wind on summer nights was impetuous, but now he felt it was light and gentle.
Lin Yu's mood inexplicably improved. He turned his key chain casually and walked upstairs to go home.
Chen Wan had already recognized Lin Yu's footsteps. Before he turned the key in the lock, he called out to him through the crack in the door, "Lin Yu, do you want to eat watermelon?"
Lin Yu slowly turned around and gave her a silly smile, "I want to eat!"
Chen Wan also smiled, opened the door and greeted him, "Then you come and cut it."
"Wow, it's still chilled." Lin Yu held the cool watermelon, put it on the coffee table, and gestured left and right with the fruit knife.
Chen Wan brought two spoons and reminded Lin Yu, "This is an exploding melon. It must be cut cleanly. If you make a small crack, the pulp will easily splash out."
"I know. I'm an expert at cutting melons." Lin Yu tutted, "People call me the Quick Knife Lin."
Chen Wan blinked, "Fast Knife Forest?"
Lin Yu raised his eyebrows, "Let me show you what it means to have a knife that blows hair like snow."
As a result, just as he finished speaking, the tip of the knife only scratched the watermelon skin half an inch at most. With a snap, the watermelon suddenly cracked, and the red juice splashed on Lin Yu's clothes. It looked like a tragedy.
Lin Yu bared his fangs and chuckled at Chen Wan twice, "What an accident."
Chen Wan didn't care. With a smile in his eyes, he wiped the table with a rag, put a napkin under the watermelon, and handed the big piece to Lin Yu.
The two of them walked to the balcony holding the watermelon, stood side by side, and ate the watermelon while watching the night view.
The sound of cicadas chirped one after another. When the wind blew, the leaves of the camphor trees beside the street lights fluttered, creating layers of light yellow ripples and emitting a faint clean fragrance.
Chen Wan thought that summer nights should smell like chilled watermelon and camphor trees.
"This watermelon is so sweet. I heard there's a secret to choosing a watermelon. You have to smell it, look at it, and knock it, right?" Lin Yu twirled the spoon and dug out the piece of flesh in the middle. When he was about to eat it, he paused and remembered something.
While Lin Yu was stunned, Chen Wan directly stuffed the sweetest spoonful of fruit pulp into his mouth.
The sweet and refreshing juice of watermelon spread in his mouth. Lin Yu thought, that saying is quite right, the first spoonful in the middle of watermelon is always the sweetest.
What Chen Wan was thinking about was the second half of the sentence: the sweetest spoonful should be given to the person he likes.
Lin Yu handed the middle spoonful of fruit pulp he had scooped to Chen Wan.
Chen Wan actually tilted his head back slightly, his eyes filled with surprise, "Give it to me?"
Lin Yu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Little boy, have I ever snatched your food?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Wan rolled his eyes and nodded seriously.
Lin Yu chuckled, tapped her forehead, and ate the spoonful himself. "Then I won't give it to you."
Childish, Chen Wan sneered softly, but there was a soft smile in his eyes and brows.
"What you said just now about choosing a watermelon by smelling, looking, and knocking makes sense. Smelling is to determine the freshness, and you can also look at the curling of the melon stem. Looking is mainly to look at the lines. If the lines are white, it means it is naturally ripe. Knocking is what the elderly like to do. If it sounds like "dong dong", it means the watermelon is ripe." Chen Wan explained it to him very attentively.
Lin Yu blinked twice, scooped a spoonful of fruit pulp, and thought that this was quite troublesome.
It’s still fun to eat melons.
Seeing that he was silent, Chen Wan wondered if what she said was trivial and meaningless. She raised her eyes and glanced at Lin Yu secretly.
His cheeks were bulging, making him look like a hamster. Chen Wan looked at him for a while and suddenly laughed.
Lin Yu turned his head to look at her. The corners of her eyes were pressed down like a crescent moon, and there were tiny lights flickering in the bottom of her eyes, like stars.
"Wanzai, you are really worthy of being a must-have at home." He spoke slowly and said with a smile.
Thoughts: I'm here to update. I've been thinking about the plot later in the past two days. How should I put it? I've thought of a lot of good ones, so I want to write better and slower, but I feel that the early stage is too good and too slow, and I probably won't be able to hold up in the later stage, so I'm very anxious. Alas, in general, I still lack the ability, and I have let down the expectations of those who read my work. Thank you all, especially Youran, Xiaokeai, and Persimmon. Although you didn't appear, I don't know how to thank you. I thank you in my words. Hehe, thank you all very much, and Orange, Lucy, Weiyang, Baibai, Sasa, thank you. My writing is not good either. The wording and sentence structure are repetitive and monotonous. I am basically illiterate. I couldn't express the moment of inspiration. I hope you won't complain that I am uncultured. I am really illiterate. Bobo bobo~ The next chapter is about daily life in the mountains, leisurely (my update speed will also be slow) Thanks to Tiezhimeng
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