Fan Xiaofan was awakened by the knocking on the door.
He rubbed his eyes and called out, "Who is it?"
Officer Wang, standing at the door, smiled and replied, "It's me, Xiao Fan, open the door quickly..."
Fan Xiaofan opened the door. When Wang, the clerk, came to help her settle in that afternoon, he tried his best to smile and appear considerate, but because her husband had been scolded, he couldn't help but feel a bit resentful. Therefore, his smile was distant, but he hid it well.
This is only human nature.
But now, the smile on Officer Wang's face was incredibly sincere, and his attitude had completely changed; in a way, it felt quite intimate.
It seems like she's treated like one of her own...
A genuine sense of closeness.
Instead of treating it as a task to take care of.
Fan Xiaofan rubbed her eyes, still slightly groggy from just waking up: "Officer Wang, what brings you here?"
Officer Wang smiled and held up the lunchbox in his hand, saying, "I asked around and didn't see you come out to eat. I figured you were probably catching up on sleep, but it's been a long day, and you can't go hungry, so I brought you some dumplings."
Fan Xiaofan asked in surprise, "Dumplings?"
Over there, Officer Wang had already opened his lunchbox at the table. Inside, plump, white dumplings were neatly arranged, emitting an enticing aroma. There seemed to be about twenty of them...
If it were the time when Fan Xiaofan lived, eating dumplings wouldn't be a big deal, but in this day and age, white flour is so precious, so eating dumplings is a rare treat.
"It wasn't anything special, just some shepherd's purse and eggs. Old Liu from the canteen is a good cook, and the ones he makes himself smell delicious. But he's not very good at it. He said he was out of meat, and only had that kind of cured meat, which isn't fresh, so I asked him to make the eggs instead."
As he spoke, Officer Wang deftly handed her chopsticks.
Fan Xiaofan had indeed spent a bicycle ticket, so he didn't feel too indebted to anyone. The white flour was hard to come by, and the value of that geared bicycle was much higher.
She hadn't had dumplings in ages, so she was naturally delighted to be able to eat something delicious. She immediately beamed at Officer Wang and said, "You're so kind..."
She immediately ate a dumpling and smiled contentedly: "It's so delicious!"
Officer Wang watched her with a satisfied expression. Upon closer inspection, he realized that she was indeed a very lovable little girl.
Fan Xiaofan could naturally accept the dumplings without hesitation, but she acted like a junior in the family, speaking as if she were coquettishly, and with a look of surprise on her face, making her feel special and accomplished in delivering the dumplings.
"As long as it tastes good."
Wang, the clerk, also became more interested in chatting with Fan Xiaofan, and inevitably mentioned the geared bicycle ticket she had given him.
"Oh dear, you have no idea, my son looks just like his father, big and burly, not attractive to young girls at all. Even though we have good jobs and many suitors, I'm not interested in those who are only after our family's wealth. Although my son is ugly, I feel sorry for him. A relationship is about spending a lifetime together, and you have to see each other's inner qualities. Because of the setbacks in his marriage, he's been feeling down lately. But when I mentioned getting him a multi-speed bicycle, his eyes immediately lit up. Seeing him cheer up makes me happy too..."
Fan Xiaofan ate dumplings while listening to Wang, the cadre, gossip about his family.
After thinking about Factory Director Xin's appearance, well, she understood; the power of genetics is unchangeable...
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