Chapter 9 A long-term stable meal ticket
At the Meizi Street Security Station, Qi Xiang finished a day's work and looked up. It was almost 10 o'clock in the evening.
The senior who came to work the night shift urged him: "Xiao Qi, why are you working overtime again? Go back as soon as you are done."
"Okay, let's go." Qi Xiang stood up and stretched his muscles, turned off the computer, and took a stack of case files home to look at them.
After walking out of the office, I ran into a colleague who had just returned from a police call in the corridor. The suspect was following him and he was holding a little girl in his arms.
Why does this suspect look a little familiar?
A colleague greeted Qi Xiang, "Brother Qi, are you off work?"
Qi Xiang raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's going on? What did you do wrong?"
The colleague replied: "Someone reported that they were suspected of child trafficking?"
As soon as he heard the term "child trafficking", Qi Xiang's memory suddenly came back to him. He slapped his thigh and remembered.
"It's you, enthusiastic citizen!"
colleague:? ? ?
With Qi Xiang's assistance, Li Chengfeng was quickly cleared of suspicion.
Upon learning that Li Ping'an had not eaten yet, Qi Xiang took his uncle and nephew to a conference room and ordered a box lunch for Li Ping'an.
As soon as Li Ping'an got the lunch box, he started to eat the rice in big mouthfuls. He was not like other children who had to be chased by their parents to feed them.
The child was obviously starving.
Qi Xiang couldn't stand it anymore and lectured Li Chengfeng: "You have hands and feet, why don't you work? A grown man is begging on the street with a child. It's really embarrassing for a man!"
Li Chengfeng gave him a strange look, "Work, why?"
Qi Xiang said angrily: "Of course it's to have something to eat."
Li Chengfeng glanced at Li Pingan who was working hard beside him and asked, "Isn't she eating now?"
Why work when you can eat?
Qi Xiang: ...
I can’t overturn the table, it’s so annoying!
After Li Ping'an finished eating, Qi Xiang took out a tissue for her, handed it to her, and asked her to wipe her mouth.
Li Pingan took the tissue and smiled sweetly, "Thank you, little brother."
Qi Xiang covered his heart: Ah, she called me little brother, so cute~
Li Chengfeng stood up and said, "Thank you for your hospitality. We will not bother you any more."
After saying that, he took Li Ping'an's hand and was about to turn around and leave.
Li Pingan glanced at the lunch box provided by Qi Xiang reluctantly, waved to Qi Xiang and said, "Goodbye, little brother."
Qi Xiang urgently inhaled oxygen: Ah, how can there be such a well-behaved child? He must be an angel!
Well...I must give birth to a daughter in the future!
The uncle and nephew walked out of the meeting room, but after taking a few steps, they were stopped by Qi Xiang who had chased them out of the meeting room.
"Um...you still want to take her to beg for food?"
Li Chengfeng turned around and saw the worry and accusation on Qi Xiang's face.
He shook his head. "No."
Qi Xiang breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Chengfeng continued, "I'm full today, let's find a place to sleep first, and we'll talk about tomorrow tomorrow."
Qi Xiang: ...I really shouldn’t have expected too much from this man.
He glanced at Li Ping'an who was standing obediently beside the adults, and couldn't help asking, "Where do you live?"
Li Chengfeng raised his head and looked around, then pointed to the road outside the police station and said, "Let's stay there temporarily today."
Qi Xiang: ...It seems that you really regard the world as your home and the sky as your roof.
He lowered his head and looked at Li Ping'an, who blinked twice at him with clear and pure eyes. He probably didn't know what a homeless person was.
Suddenly, his heart was filled with fatherly love, and he blurted out, "You guys can sleep at my place today."
I regretted it the moment I said it.
The truth is that he is a bachelor and has not been working for long. He has only been a regular employee for a few months. Life is very tight, so he rented a small one-bedroom apartment near his workplace.
It's spacious enough for one person, but it would be a bit crowded for two more people.
What's more, they were two strangers, and the police's natural vigilance made Qi Xiang even more disgusted with strangers entering his private space.
"Well, if you find it inconvenient..." He wanted to make excuses for his impulsiveness, but was interrupted by a clear child's voice.
"Thank you, little brother!"
Looking at Li Ping'an's sparkling eyes, he could no longer say no.
Qi Xiang could only swallow his words, glanced at Li Chengfeng, and quickly added: "Let's make it clear in advance. I will take you in for one night, and tomorrow you can go out and find a job to earn money to support the baby."
Li Chengfeng and Li Pingan looked at each other.
Li Chengfeng: Extraordinary children are really amazing. This stupid little policeman was actually fooled around by a five-and-a-half-year-old child. It's really embarrassing for a man.
Li Pingan: Uncle, don't worry, Pingan will definitely find you a long-term and stable meal ticket!
Li Chengfeng turned around and motioned Qi Xiang to lead the way, "Let's go."
Qi Xiang walked towards home in a daze, feeling as if he had been cheated all the way.
It's impossible. He is a policeman. How could he be deceived?
This must be an illusion.
He shook his head, put aside these random thoughts, hugged the files tightly in his arms, turned to look at Li Chengfeng who was not far behind him.
"Follow closely, there's a lot of people in this area, be careful not to get lost."
He wanted to go back and look at the files again, and his tone couldn't help but become a little anxious.
Li Chengfeng walked slowly to his side and said, "I'm sorry, we haven't seen such a lively night market in a long time."
Qi Xiang was stunned. He looked down and saw Li Ping'an, who was looking around Li Chengfeng like a curious baby. He swallowed back the words he was about to urge.
The person who hasn't seen a night market for a long time should be Li Pingan.
The impatient mood suddenly calmed down.
Qi Xiang rarely slowed down his pace. "It's okay. I'm not in a hurry. Just walk slowly. Just think of it as a walk after dinner."
There’s nothing wrong with a slower pace of life. If you don’t finish reading any files, you can go back to work tomorrow to deal with them.
The three of them walked side by side, and the beauty of the night market suddenly appeared in front of Qi Xiang. It turned out that the bright lights, bustling crowds at night also had a unique flavor.
It's a different feeling compared to the cold computers and quiet environment at work.
Qi Xiang's tone softened, "By the way, how did you get Ping An out of the correctional facility?"
“Just walked out like that.”
"Oh. So simple?"
"Um."
"Then do you want to buy some midnight snacks to take back? Let me tell you, I'm familiar with Meizi Street. I've tried all the snack stalls here..."
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The next day, when Li Ping'an got up from the bed rubbing his eyes, Qi Xiang had already gone out to work.
Li Chengfeng was meditating on the sofa in the living room. When he heard Li Ping'an getting up, he opened his eyes and casually heated up the soy milk and dumplings on the coffee table.
"Qi Xiang bought breakfast, come and eat after you wash up."
Li Ping'an ran to the bathroom, brushed his teeth and washed his face, climbed onto the sofa barefoot, and sat down obediently.
Li Chengfeng looked at the wet clothes in front of her, and a whirlwind came out of his fingertips, drying the clothes quickly, then he pushed the soy milk and dumplings in front of her.
"Eat quickly."
"Uncle won't eat?"
"Uncle is already fasting, you eat first, if you can't finish it, I will eat later."
"oh."
After finishing his breakfast, Li Ping'an blinked his eyes and looked at Li Chengfeng who was meditating in front of him.
Li Chengfeng opened his eyes and looked at her, "What's the matter?"
Li Pingan handed him his hair tie and said, "Uncle, tie your hair."
Li Chengfeng: …
After fighting with the hair rope for three hundred rounds, Li Chengfeng finally got the trick, but Li Pingan was unwilling to cooperate.
Her uncle is about to pull all her hair out!
"It's also good not to tie my hair up." She tried to argue with Li Chengfeng.
Li Chengfeng: What a joke! How can I, a great sword master, be defeated by a rope?
"Uncle, try again."
So when Qi Xiang brought lunch back at noon, he saw Li Ping'an running around the house with disheveled hair.
Qi Xiang: ...
Did I go to the wrong door?
It took him a second to accept the reality, and he quickly grabbed Li Ping'an, who had a bird's nest of hair, and braided two beautiful ponytails for her.
The crazy little girl instantly turns into a cute baby.
Then he frowned and looked at Li Chengfeng, angrily asking, "Why haven't you gone out to find a job yet?"
Li Chengfeng put away the hair tie in his hand as if nothing had happened, and counted on his fingers, "An old friend will come to visit today."
"What old friend? I see you just don't want to go out and look for a job."
Qi Xiang was a staunch atheist and didn't believe in his nonsense. He was about to kick him out while talking.
Li Chengfeng was pushed to the door by him, looking surprised.
What bad luck! Today he was defeated by a rope first, and now even a stupid little policeman is trying to climb over his head. The world is so cold and people’s hearts are no longer the same as they used to be.
Damn!
He opened the door with an angry look on his face, and said to the group of people outside who were about to knock on the door: "Today is not a good day, please come back another day."
Director Zhang, Director Li, and the Director of Admissions of the Extraordinary Children's Academy were standing outside the door with confused faces:? ? ?
How innocent we are!
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