Xu Moran quietly calculated that three days should be enough to arrange everything she was worried about. Besides, she had always been a good comrade who obeyed her superiors' orders and did not raise any objections to Sun Xingchao's arrangements.
Now that the next task has been determined, Xu Moran can leave Sun Xingchao's office.
Just as she turned around, Sun Xingchao called out to her, "Xiao Xu."
Xu Moran turned to look at Sun Xingchao, "Captain Sun, is there anything else?"
Sun Xingchao looked into her eyes and smiled, "Xiao Xu, are you worried about your boyfriend?"
Xu Moran opened her mouth. This wasn't the first time she'd heard Sun Xingchao mention that she had a boyfriend. She hadn't explained it last time because she felt it wasn't necessary.
It seems that if she doesn't explain this time, Sun Xingchao will continue to misunderstand.
Rumors were rampant, so she decided to explain, "Captain Sun, actually..."
"Xiao Xu." Before she could speak, Sun Xingchao spoke up first, "Although I'm getting old, I still understand you young people. After all, I was young once too. For this mission, you can bring your boyfriend. Our criminal investigation team will cover half of the expenses."
Xu Mo originally intended to say, "I don't have a boyfriend," but it turned out to be, "Captain Sun, are you really going to cover half the cost?"
Sun Xingchao thought Xu Moran thought half was too little, so he sighed and said helplessly, "Our criminal investigation team's budget is a bit tighter than other departments."
He was explaining to Xu Moran why he could only report half.
Upon hearing this, Xu Moran waved his hands repeatedly, "Captain Sun, that's not what I meant. What I meant was, can we really reimburse half?"
Sun Xingchao pretended to frown and said angrily, "Do I look like a person who breaks his word?"
Xu Moran waved his hands repeatedly, "Captain Sun, I'm not doubting you, but I want to know, if my... he even drinks imported water that costs more than ten yuan a small bottle, with that level of consumption, can he still reimburse half?"
Based on her understanding of Xu Ye, half of the expenses he incurred on his trip to S City were more than the total expenses of an average person. She wondered if Sun Xingchao could accept it.
Sun Xingchao clearly hadn't expected Xu Moran to wave his hands repeatedly just to say this. This was obviously the first time he had encountered such a situation. After a moment of silence, he said to Xu Moran, "Xiao Xu, diligence and thrift are traditional virtues of our Chinese nation. No matter how good our living standards are now, we can't abandon them."
Xu Moran looked like she was about to cry. "Captain Sun, I also want him to be more frugal, but he just can't do it."
By the time she realized it, the words that came from the depths of her heart had already slipped out. Now that was it, she had confirmed that she had a boyfriend, and there was no need for her to explain to Sun Xingchao anymore.
Sun Xingchao glanced at Xu Moran again, and speaking to her earnestly as both an elder and a superior, saying, "Xiao Xu, listen to me again. You can't spoil a man, especially when you're dating. If you spoil him like this, he'll be unruly once you get married."
Xu Moran thought to herself, "What marriage? He's not even my boyfriend. Captain Sun, you're overthinking it."
She thought those things in her heart, but didn't say them out loud. On the surface, she acted as if she had learned a lot from Sun Xingchao's words, saying, "Captain Sun, I'll remember that."
Later, things turned out completely differently from what Sun Xingchao had feared. It wasn't that Xu Moran spoiled Xiao Anhe rotten; rather, it was that Xiao Anhe wanted nothing more than to pluck the stars from the sky and give them to her.
Finally, because of the question raised by Xu Moran, Sun Xingchao told her a new standard before she left his office, and that she should no longer mention that a small bottle of water costs tens of yuan. The expenses for accompanying family members should be reimbursed at 60% of Xu Moran's business trip standard.
This was already the maximum authority Sun Xingchao had, Xu Moran knew, so she nodded and acknowledged that she understood.
She had already walked out of the office and was about to close the door behind her when, for some reason, she looked up at Sun Xingchao inside.
Sun Xingchao, who had been sitting in the chair just moments before, got up and walked to the bookshelf behind the chair. There weren't too many books on the shelf, but there were quite a few as well. Without thinking, he pulled out an old book with a slightly yellowed cover.
Fortunately, Xu Moran's eyesight was good enough, with uncorrected visual acuity of 1.5 in both eyes; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to see so clearly. Moreover, from the angle she was standing at, she was at the same angle as Sun Xingchao.
It was from this angle that she could see clearly that Sun Xingchao was looking at a photograph tucked inside a book.
She recalled the gossipy words of the cleaning lady. It seemed that Sun Xingchao was still single in his thirties not because he had a physical or mental illness, but because he had once been deeply in love, only to have an unforeseen accident happen.
Even though Xu Moran had never been in a real relationship, he knew that there were many ways to love someone, and one way that would make the person who loved him never forget him for the rest of his life.
Xu Moran withdrew his gaze, no longer wanting to pry into Sun Xingchao's secrets, as that would be very impolite. He gently closed the office door and walked towards his own office.
She had just sat down in her seat when the aunt who had come to gossip with her that morning immediately came up to her, winking and saying, "Officer Xu, have you heard?"
Xu Moran picked up the mouse and casually asked the cleaning lady, "What did you hear?"
She was certain that if the cleaning lady came to gossip about her again after she got off work, she would have a good chat with her. Even if she seemed to exude a certain charm that attracted the cleaning lady to gossip, she would ask the cleaning lady to stop there.
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