Chapter 270 Thank you
Xia Lili tied up her long hair and pinned her police badge on it.
The person in the mirror instantly transformed from a girl next door into a heroic police officer.
The moment Xia Lili pushed open the locker room door, Li Qihan at the end of the corridor turned around as if he had sensed something.
The sunlight filtering through the floor-to-ceiling windows cast a golden edge on his body, making his tall and straight outline even clearer.
He raised his eyes slightly, and his gaze stayed on her for a few seconds.
Xia Lili straightened her back unconsciously.
She could feel Li Qihan's gaze sliding from her long, tied-up hair, across the ironed collar of her uniform, and finally landing on her police number.
That gaze seemed to carry real warmth, causing the tips of her ears to feel slightly hot.
"It fits perfectly." Li Qihan took a few steps closer, his voice a little lower than usual.
He reached out and straightened the badge which was a little crooked for her.
Xia Lili raised her eyes and met his deep eyes.
Li Qihan looked very different today. His uniform restrained his fierce aura perfectly, making him look even more ascetic.
In the largest conference hall of the Yangcheng General Administration, a commendation conference for joint coast guard operations is underway.
When Xia Lili walked into the venue in her neat uniform, she immediately attracted a lot of admiring glances.
Wow, President Xia looks so cool in her uniform."
"You can't tell in plain clothes, but Xiao Xia's shoulders are even better than those of a training model soldier."
"Boss Xia and Captain Li are the face of our General Administration!"
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Leng Xiaohe walked over quickly and said in a low voice, "You and Captain Li will sit in the first row. You will go on stage together to receive the award later."
She blinked meaningfully and said, "It was specially arranged by the leader."
Xia Lili sat next to Li Qihan. She glanced at Li Qihan's neck unconsciously, wanting to confirm whether she had really scratched Li Qihan's neck when he carried her back that day.
"Have you seen enough?"
Li Qihan suddenly spoke, and his slender fingers seemed to adjust his collar unintentionally, but just blocked her view.
He turned his head and said in a low voice, "It's all right now."
Xia Lili's ears suddenly felt hot: "I, I'm not..."
She hesitantly explained, "I was confused in my sleep that day...I didn't mean to take revenge on you."
"Yeah." Li Qihan interrupted her, his Adam's apple rolling slightly, "I know you didn't mean it."
The lights in the conference hall suddenly dimmed and the commendation meeting officially began.
Xia Lili sat upright, but could still smell the faint scent of cedar coming from the person next to her, mixed with the faint smell of ointment.
Commander Gu stood on the stage, a proud smile on his face. "Thanks to the concerted efforts of colleagues from all departments, this operation has achieved significant results." He paused, his voice resonant and powerful. "The rare earth materials we seized from the vessel involved, according to expert assessment, are sufficient to manufacture three base precision-guided weapon systems."
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When Xia Lili heard these words, she was dazed and excited at the same time.
In the hallucination, Commander Gu said these words in the cemetery, but now it is at a commendation meeting, and no one was injured or killed. How can this result not be exciting?
As the commendation meeting progressed, the coast guard members who participated in the operation took turns to go on stage to receive their awards.
When the host read out the names of Xia Lili and Li Qihan, the audience burst into warm applause.
"Now, please welcome the key collaborators of this operation—Captain Li Qihan and Officer Xia Lili of the Yangcheng Criminal Investigation Detachment!"
The two walked up to the stage side by side and received the heavy certificates of honor from the leaders.
When Xia Lili heard that she had won a prize of 500,000 yuan, her almond-shaped eyes lit up instantly and the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously.
In the final group photo session, Xia Lili stood next to Li Qihan, unable to hide her bright smile.
Her eyes and eyebrows were curved, like a cat that had stolen some dried fish.
Although Li Qihan on the side still maintained his usual coldness, the slight upward curve of his mouth revealed his good mood.
The sunlight shone on the two of them through the glass windows of the conference room.
She had bright almond-shaped eyes and a relaxed expression, while he had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and was full of righteousness.
The celebration banquet after the commendation meeting was extremely lively, and the joy of victory was overflowing amidst the clinking of glasses.
After the banquet, Xia Lili returned to the bureau to handle some final work on the case.
When Xia Lili finally had time to look at the watch, the clock had already pointed to 2:50 in the afternoon.
Xia Lili felt uneasy. She called the Yunze Park management office again. "Hello, I'm the one who reported the sycamore tree safety hazard this morning. Have you sent someone to address it?"
An impatient response came from the other end of the phone: "Didn't I tell you that I've arranged for someone to go there?"
This perfunctory tone made Xia Lili instantly alert.
She glanced at her watch—two fifty-five, only twenty minutes left before she had to remind Mr. Shen.
"Forget it, I'll just go there myself."
She muttered softly, grabbed her helmet and rushed out.
The electric scooter galloped in the sunshine, and fifteen minutes later, the outline of Yunze Park came into view.
The time has reached three past five.
Xia Lili quickened her pace anxiously, and suddenly, her cell phone vibrated in her pocket.
An unfamiliar number appeared on the screen.
"Hello?" She answered the phone hesitantly.
"Hello," a clear female voice came from the other end of the line, "This is the Sunny Convenience Store Yunze Park branch. A Mr. Shen has left something with us and has specifically asked us to contact you after 3:00 today to pick it up."
Xia Lili frowned slightly: "Mr. Shen? What did he leave behind?"
"Well..." The other party seemed a little embarrassed. "Mr. Shen said that we have to wait until you come in person before we can open it. He said this matter is very important, please come as soon as possible."
After hanging up the phone, Xia Lili stood there in a daze for a few seconds.
Why did Mr. Shen send the item through the convenience store? Why didn't he contact her directly?
Countless questions swirled in her mind, but her intuition told her that she had to rush there immediately.
"Okay, I'll be there right away." She took a deep breath, turned around and ran towards the convenience store.
The convenience store was just 900 meters away, and Xia Lili rode her electric scooter there in no time.
Xia Lili walked into the Sunny Convenience Store.
However, the cash register was empty.
Xia Lili waited in the store for a while and looked at the time.
It is already 3:13 pm.
Xia Lili was really worried and decided to go to the park first.
As a result, just as I was about to leave the convenience store, a clerk came towards me.
Xia Lili quickly said: “Hello, I’m here to get what Mr. Shen put here.”
The clerk was a young girl, and from her voice, she knew it was the clerk who called her.
"Please wait a moment."
The clerk hurried in the direction of the warehouse.
Xia Lili waited in the store for ten minutes, and these ten minutes were agonizing and anxious.
Ten minutes later.
Xia Lili saw the clerk bring a large white bag. "This is for you, Mr. Shen."
"For me"
Xia Lili opened the bag suspiciously. Inside the bag was a bag of snacks: potato chips, chocolate, seaweed...all very common snacks, and a shopping receipt.
Xia Lili noticed that there seemed to be words on the back of the shopping receipt.
She quickly picked up the receipt and checked it, only to see the two words "Thank you" written crookedly on the back of the receipt.
These two words were written with great difficulty, and traces of shaking can be seen from the notes. This should have been written by Shen Molin himself.
Xia Lili guessed, could this bag of snacks be a thank you from Shen Molin to her?
For that painting?
Xia Lili had just walked out of the convenience store with the bag when she suddenly heard the sound of an ambulance.
An ambulance with its lights flashing whizzed past her and drove into the gate of Yunze Park!
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