Chapter 28 Pursuit
"Eat?" Qiao Yue frowned. "Is this all you're after?"
Lin Yu exclaimed, confused, "Should I have other pursuits?"
Hearing his silly reply, Qiao Yue grinned and almost blurted out "Pursue someone!"
But she held it in and said perfunctorily, "Forget it. I can't expect you to have anything else in your mind."
Lin Yu was a little confused by what she said, but his tone was still gentle as he agreed, "Senior Sister is right."
"Idiot." Qiao Yue smiled after she finished speaking. "Anyway, just follow the team's instructions and recuperate well. Yuan Ke and I will welcome you back to South City."
Lin Yu looked at the takeout boxes on the cabinet and chuckled twice, "Senior Sister is so nice."
"Who made you stay alone in a foreign land? You got injured and there's no one to make you a nutritious meal, poor thing." Qiao Yue tutted twice, swirled the ending tone, and said with a smile, "But this time I have it."
Lin Yu was confused by her last sentence.
But Qiao Yue's words that he was in a foreign land made him realize that the case had been solved and it was time to report some life matters to his parents.
Since he started working, he has been accustomed to reporting good news but not bad news.
I've been busy handling two cases this time, and it would be unreasonable if I didn't have a detailed chat with my parents.
So he chatted with Qiao Yue for a few words about going to Qinghe Town, then hung up the phone and called his parents.
It was Lin's father who answered the phone. After briefly asking him a few questions about work, he sighed and said straight to the point, "Are you injured this time?"
Lin Yu wanted to cover up a few words, but his father continued, "Every time you go out on a mission to solve a case, you only say a few words to us. In fact, your mother and I know everything. How can we not know what kind of personality our son has?"
"I'm sorry, Dad." Lin Yu lowered his head, feeling a sour emotion in his heart, but also very warm.
"Don't blame your mother and me for being too controlling. You work alone in South City, so far away, and you don't have any relatives to take care of you." Father Lin paused, "But now that you've grown up, there's no reason for us as your parents to follow you around. But you must remember to take care of yourself. We all care about you very much."
After he said these words earnestly, he showed concern for Lin Yu's injuries.
Lin Yu evaded the main point by talking about his injury and asked him, "Does my mom know that I'm injured?"
Father Lin hummed, then handed the phone to his wife beside him, "Yuzier wants to talk to you."
As soon as Lin Yu heard it, he knew that his mother had probably been listening next to him.
A cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead. He knew that the longer Lin Ma remained silent, the more serious the consequences would be. He casually reached out to grab a glass of water to drink, moistening his throat, and then carefully squeezed out a smile, "Mom."
Hearing his timid tone, Mother Lin knew without a doubt that her son on the other end of the phone was forcing a smile.
She sighed helplessly and replied, "What are you doing?"
Lin Yu guessed that there was no anger in her tone, so he felt relieved and said flatteringly, "I miss our teacher Li."
After hearing what he said, Lin Ma's anger subsided.
She was already worried about her son, and tears welled up in her voice. "You're still hiding your thoughts from us. Do you think we don't know about your missions? Captain Qu called us a long time ago to tell us about your injury, but he's just brushing us off like you do."
Hearing her aggrieved tone, Lin Yu felt uncomfortable too, so he had to apologize and said that he would pay more attention next time.
Lin's father comforted his wife and taught Lin Yu to pay attention to communicating well with his family in the future and not to always report good news but not bad news.
"Yes, I know. I will definitely correct it next time."
Lin Yu was sincere and gently comforted Lin Ma, "Don't be angry, I'll let you beat me when I come back."
"How could your father and I be angry?" Mother Lin wiped her nose, took a breath, and regained some energy. "Whether the mission you are carrying out may be dangerous or you are bound to get hurt, your father and I know all about it and we won't be angry with you because of it."
Father Lin answered in a loving tone, "Yuzi, we are only proud of you."
Lin Yu was stunned when he heard this. The uneasiness and fear in his heart completely disappeared, replaced by joy and peace of mind.
He thanked them very seriously: "Mom and Dad, thank you."
Mother Lin snorted, her tone softening a bit. "No matter how much your family says thank you, you just need to remember that your parents will always be your strongest support."
"You only report good news and not bad news to ease our hearts, and we also need to make you feel at ease. This is family. Support each other and be honest with each other. Only then can a family be happy."
As expected of a Chinese teacher, his words reveal his meticulous warmth.
Lin Yu sniffed, his heart filled with emotion.
People always have more insights when they are sick. At this moment, he suddenly deeply realized what it means that blood is thicker than water.
Family love is like an eternal river. When you grow up, you will have your own river channel and the river will be divided into two. But as long as your hearts are connected, they will eventually merge.
Just as he was feeling deeply moved, Lin's mother said, "I've told you before that we won't interfere with your work. We'll support you no matter what you do, but we have to pay attention to your love life."
When Lin Yu heard this, his bright smile fell halfway.
As expected of a Chinese teacher, her ability to connect the past and the future in conversation should not be underestimated, Lin Yu complained bitterly in his heart.
"Yueyue's child is almost celebrating her first birthday, and you are only two years older than her. Do you have the nerve to look at her and see you?"
Lin Yu laughed and tried to divert attention, "My colleague seems to be calling me."
As he said this, he held the phone a little further away and pretended that the communication signal was bad in the old-fashioned way.
Mother Lin didn't buy his talk and raised her voice several degrees, which made Father Lin feel sorry for her.
"Alright, alright, the child knows what's going on. Keep your voice down and don't disturb the child's rest."
Mother Lin glared at him and said, "Don't push me. Your son is already 25 years old this year. His work will only get busier and busier. If he doesn't settle his relationship soon, he'll miss the opportunity and can only watch others have a happy marriage."
Dad Lin shrank his neck and silently said to his son, "Good luck to you." Mom Lin talked endlessly about finding a partner, which made Lin Yu feel overwhelmed.
"Mom, I'm only 25 and strong. There's no way I can't take care of myself." He weakly argued with his mother.
She snorted coldly, and Mother Lin said disapprovingly, "You're so picky, and the food you cook isn't tasty. You're only in your twenties and already have stomach problems. Is this what you call taking care of yourself?"
Speaking of stomach problems, Lin Yu felt guilty, but he couldn't help but explain, "I have someone around me to help me cook, and the food is delicious. You don't have to worry about eating at all."
Lin's mother grasped the key point and asked, "Who cooks for you?"
"It's not that he cooks specifically for me. My neighbor cooks delicious food and is a very nice person, so I often go there to eat."
After Lin Yu finished speaking, he felt a little salivating and hungry. He had been lying in the hospital for over a day, and the takeout Song Xianzhe had prepared wasn't very tasty.
He was always picky about food, and his meals were never entirely to his liking. Thinking of Chen Wan's pickled fish, shredded potatoes with green peppers, and prawns in tomato sauce, the more he thought about it, the more the recipes began to play in his mind.
I really miss Chen Wan.
The moment this thought came to his mind, he was startled.
Lin Yu took two deep breaths as if he was guilty of something, and heard Lin's mother continue to ask, "What neighbor? If the cooking is delicious, it should be a little girl, right?"
That was the real deal. Lin Yu felt that his investigative ability might be inherited from his mother's sixth sense.
He stammered and admitted, "It is indeed a little girl."
Mother Lin smiled knowingly, "If it's a boy, you might as well move in with him instead of eating for free."
After she finished speaking, she suddenly realized that her son's love life had been settled.
So he asked Lin Yu about the girl indirectly, "Son, it's hard to find a girl who can tolerate your personality these days. You said you are stupid, stupid, picky about food, and your personality is just okay..."
The mother scolded her son without any mercy.
Lin Yu sighed secretly. It turned out that in his mother's mind, he was just a useless guy who was good at nothing but eating.
"I can tell you from my experience that if a girl is willing to cook for someone, especially a man, then she definitely doesn't hate that person."
Lin's father echoed from the side, "Back then, I was able to develop a relationship with your mother by inviting her to dinner. It's so hard to invite a girl. Without some emotional foundation, it's impossible for me to have dinner with you."
The two parents sang the same tune, making Lin Yu laugh and cry.
But he secretly thought about his mother's words, "I don't hate this person."
Just like he had told Qiao Yue before, the reason why he felt comfortable having dinner with Chen Wan was because he liked the atmosphere of being with her.
In fact, the window paper in Lin Yu's heart has been broken. On that rainy night with the scent of jasmine, he had already made up his mind.
But what follows is confusion and helplessness.
Chen Wan himself had forgotten that night, but he secretly kept it in his heart.
Moreover, Lin Yu evaded the seemingly plausible confession with vague words.
Qiao Yue said that this might be Chen Wan's test of his feelings.
However, he did not respond, but retreated instead. But how could he use Chen Wan's drunken words to satisfy his own feelings?
"Yuzi, stand up!" Lin's mother encouraged him, "Mom believes you will find your partner this year."
Lin Yu laughed twice and felt that this topic was not suitable for deep discussion. Coincidentally, the nurse came in to change his bandage, and Lin Yu used this as an excuse to hang up the phone.
The nurse carefully applied medicine to him and changed the white bandage.
Lin Yu watched her apply the medicine and recalled the evening when he trimmed the pomegranate tree for Chen Wan.
That somewhat panic-stricken evening.
Chen Wan's dark eyes and warm fingertips made him dazed.
"alright."
The nurse withdrew her hand, rolled up the bandage, and looked up to see Lin Yu's facial features clearly.
"Thank you." Lin Yu thanked her politely.
Because of his injury, he lost some of his sharpness.
The well-defined facial features became gentle, and the straight eyebrows and eyes revealed a faint smile.
The nurse looked at the faint smile and thought of the morning light filtering through the treetops, both of which made it impossible to look away.
After a moment, her ears turned red and she turned her face away and said you're welcome.
Lin Yu saw her quickly pack up the medicine and bandages, and after explaining the precautions, she almost ran out of the ward.
He raised his intact left hand and touched his chin, wondering if he looked fierce.
When Song Xianzhe came in with the takeaway, he saw Lin Yu with a serious expression on his face and asked curiously, "Brother Yu, what are you thinking about?"
Lin Yu met his gaze and asked him seriously, "Do I look fierce?"
Song Xianzhe shook his head and asked him why he thought so.
Lin Yu told him what had just happened, "Isn't it because you are afraid of me?"
Song Xianzhe groaned after hearing this.
He set the food on the table, broke the disposable chopsticks apart with great force, and said with a tut, "You don't look too fierce, you look too handsome."
Lin Yu glanced at him sideways and said, "I'm asking a serious question."
Song Xianzhe said sincerely, "I'm serious, Brother Yu, don't you think you're handsome?"
"I don't really care about appearance." Lin Yu ate two mouthfuls of food selectively. "Why do you say that?"
Song Xianzhe remembered the nurses' whispers he had just heard in the corridor.
Looking at their blushing faces again, combined with Lin Yu's confusion, he had the answer in his mind.
His scrutinizing gaze fell on Lin Yu's face.
From his thick, ink-like eyebrows, deep eye sockets, to his well-defined jaw.
"Brother Yu, I declare you the most handsome guy in our first team."
Lin Yu was choked by his sudden praise and pounded his chest.
Song Xianzhe hurriedly poured him some water, but he fed him too hastily and choked him, causing him to cough repeatedly.
After Lin Yu calmed down, the two looked at each other and put the matter behind them.
In the evening, Captain Qu and other colleagues finished their work and flocked into the ward to visit him.
After accepting everyone's condolences, Lin Yu felt warm in his heart, but he still felt that there was a lack of subtle emotions and an inexplicable emptiness.
He took out his cell phone, opened WeChat, and after browsing the group messages, he clicked on other people's messages one by one.
Chen Wan's unread messages are still zero.
After staring at Chen Wan's profile picture for a while, he felt that he should tell her about going to Qinghe Town.
I deleted and reduced the message "Good night" and "Did you sleep?" several times, hesitating whether to send it or not.
As a result, I accidentally sent a smiling emoticon.
That grinning expression looked particularly sarcastic.
When Lin Yu was about to withdraw, Chen Wan replied.
A fat cat meme "What's up?"
When Lin Yu saw this sentence, he suddenly felt unhappy and awkward.
Shi Yu Bu Yu: Nothing, did you sleep?
Cola milk: No.
Lin Yu saw that she replied to the message quite quickly, and he felt even more awkward, so he asked her, "Are you busy lately?"
Coke Milk: Not busy, how about you?
I'm not busy, why don't you send me a message? Lin Yu gritted his teeth secretly.
Even he himself did not realize how childish this idea was.
It’s a coincidence, not stupidity: I’m done.
Chen Wan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
Because Lin Yu had said before that he was very busy with the mission, she couldn't find time to contact him.
Now that I see he says he is not busy anymore, I feel a little happy.
So she sent an emoticon: happy.jpg
Lin Yu teased her, "Are you happy?"
Song Xianzhe happened to pass by the ward and saw Lin Yu smiling from outside the door and window, and sensed some gossip.
He tiptoed to open the door and sneaked behind Lin Yu.
He propped up his chin and watched Lin Yu reply.
After Lin Yu asked this question, he found that he was happier, but also a little nervous.
I was looking forward to Chen Wan's response, but I was also worried that it would not be satisfactory.
Cola milk: happy.jpg
Lin Yu's slightly frowned brows finally relaxed completely, and when he raised his eyes, he met Song Xianzhe's gaze.
Startled, Lin Yu raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, "What are you doing?"
Song Xianzhe chuckled twice, his laughter sounding a bit ruffian-like.
"Brother Yu, do you have a partner?"
Lin Yu turned his head, putting some distance between them, and subconsciously stuffed his phone under his pillow. He put away a smile and said in a light tone, "No."
Song Xianzhe pulled over a chair and sat next to the bed, resting his elbows on the guardrail.
As if they were going to have a long conversation all night, "We are all brothers, don't be embarrassed."
Lin Yu looked at him with amusement, but still denied it, "Really not."
This is the truth.
"Who are you chatting with?"
Lin Yu replied to him, "What's it to you?"
Seeing that he looked a little hurt, he paused and said, "With a little friend."
Song Xianzhe sighed, his face questioning, "Little boy... that smile of yours just now was completely genuine. How could you possibly be chatting with a child? Stop hiding it and teach me some tricks."
A smile that reveals genuine feelings.
Lin Yu subconsciously moved the corners of his mouth and adjusted his expression.
"I don't have any skills either." He looked at Song Xianzhe, met his teasing expression, and shrugged helplessly, "Because I didn't catch her."
Thoughts: PPS: I modified the line spacing and typesetting of the article. I didn’t pay attention to it before. Thank you all for your hard work. Then it was so tiring to adjust the line spacing. I had to type spaces line by line, and it was killing me.
Hey, cute little bear! Thank you! Maybe you'll see it, so I'll add it here! Aini!
This chapter is about family affection. Lin Yu's family is different from Chen Wan's, it's very warm, so I wrote before that children educated in such a family are very good. Of course, Lin's mother urged him to go on a blind date only because she knew that her son was a person who lived a confused life, so she was very concerned. Generally speaking, she was just worried about her son, not wanting him to find someone who would simply take care of him.
Then thank you Tangtangzi, you told me your thoughts on reading the article, and also the new angels who have collected me. Hehe, I only need ten more to break the hundred mark. I'm happy. I will try my best to update daily, and I will keep my word this time.
I am feeling pretty comfortable writing the current plot, based on my own writing style. Each character is free to act out their own style.
Song Xianzhe is quite cute, a rookie policeman.
Looking at it this way, Lin Yu actually assisted everyone.
Then I would like to thank Youran, Weiyang, and the sisters in the group, and finally Mingmingyue. I don’t know where I was when you saw this, hahahahahahahahaha, I love you guys, Baobaoyu gives a heart to all of you.
Weiyang is the best, she inspires me a lot!
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