Xu Yatong saw Officer Liu off, and as soon as she got home, Old Man Xu said:
"I feel like he's been hanging around our neighborhood a lot lately. Why don't you invite him over more often and not neglect him?"
Xu Yatong scolded, "Grandpa, you really are something. It's their first time here, and you're already trying to trick them into talking. You've made them so nervous that they might not dare to come again."
Old Xu said with a grin, "So, you really hope he can come again."
Xu Yatong's face flushed.
She did have a good impression of Officer Liu, and this good impression didn't arise suddenly, but rather accumulated little by little during the investigation.
Officer Liu is upright, honest, hates evil, and is brave and fearless. Every quality of his is something that cannot be found in that scumbag Zhou Zhengqing.
Xu Yatong really didn't know how she could have been so naive before, to be deceived by a smooth-talking guy like Zhou Zhengqing, and to have so innocently thought that she had found her true love and could marry into a wealthy family and enjoy a life of luxury.
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It seems that when looking for a man, you should look for someone down-to-earth and reliable; all that talk about wealthy families is just fluff.
The most important thing is to live a comfortable life.
However... when she thought about her current situation, a sense of inferiority arose spontaneously.
After Yuanyuan started school, she found a job as a kindergarten teacher. Although the salary wasn't high, it was a decent and stable job.
Qiao Suxin had also arranged a marriage for her. In the past, she had high standards and looked down on all the men Qiao Suxin introduced to her. But since having Yuanyuan, she has become insecure and always felt that it would be difficult for her to find a suitable partner if she was unmarried and had a child.
Therefore, although he harbored some feelings for Officer Liu, he dared not show it.
Although Old Man Xu often got confused, he was sharp-eyed and clear-headed, and he understood Xu Yatong's thoughts perfectly.
"Tongtong, I think there's something going for you two. Look, you're a year younger than him, so you're the same age. You're a teacher, and he's a policeman. A teacher and a policeman, what a perfect combination!"
Xu Yatong's eyes dimmed slightly, and she sighed softly:
“Grandpa, I used to be a scoundrel, I did so many stupid things, and now I’m still raising Yuanyuan. Officer Liu must have been out of his mind to take a liking to me.”
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Old Xu said, "Don't say that. The past is the past. You have a stable job now. Although you have a child, Yuanyuan is cute and sensible. I think Officer Liu likes Yuanyuan quite a bit."
Xu Yatong shook her head somewhat uncertainly.
"You know your uncle's daughter, Yulan, right? That girl has had a really tough life. She was married before, and her husband died. But she's a very capable girl. She got into university and found a great husband. I heard that Xiao He was the one who pursued Yulan first."
Old Xu advised, "If a man truly loves you, he won't care about your past. It's true that you're raising children, but does that mean you don't have the right to pursue happiness? Does raising children make you inferior to others? If he really looks down on these things about you, then Grandpa has misjudged you, and we won't mention him anymore."
Xu Yatong looked up and murmured, "Grandpa means..."
"Why don't you try dating him first?"
Old Xu said magnanimously, "Don't deny yourself before you've even gotten to know each other."
Old Xu's words gave Xu Yatong a lot of courage.
In the evening, after tutoring Yuanyuan, Xu Yatong coaxed her to wash up and go to bed.
Yuanyuan is used to listening to bedtime stories, and today Xu Yatong told her a story about police catching bad guys.
After listening, Yuanyuan seemed to be deep in thought.
"Mom, I wish I had a dad who was a policeman."
Xu Yatong's hand holding the storybook tightened suddenly.
The Xu family had an unspoken agreement that no one had ever mentioned their father to Yuanyuan.
When Yuanyuan was little, she didn't know the meaning of "father" or understand its significance. But now she is six years old, smart and quick-witted. Especially at school, every child has a father except her, so she inevitably asks about it.
"Mom, I want Officer Liu to be my dad."
Yuanyuan smiled innocently, "This way I can tell my friends that my dad is a great hero!"
Xu Yatong felt a pang of sadness and didn't know how to answer.
Yuanyuan said to herself, "Mom, if I run into Officer Liu tomorrow, I want to ask him if he'd like to be my dad, is that okay?"
Xu Yatong quickly said, "Tomorrow won't work, baby. How about this, Mom will ask around for you first."
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Yuanyuan happily hugged Xu Yatong's neck and said, "Okay, okay! Then Mommy must remember to ask!"
Encouraged by Yuanyuan, Xu Yatong decided to take a step forward.
As expected, Officer Liu was patrolling the neighborhood again the next day.
Xu Yatong led Yuanyuan forward to greet them.
"Hello, police officer!" Yuan Yuan said before Xu Yatong.
Officer Liu patted Yuanyuan's head and said, "Hello."
Yuanyuan took a piece of candy out of her pocket and put it in Officer Liu's hand.
"Officer, you've worked hard. Here's some candy. My aunt Jingya bought it for me. It's called chocolate, and it's so delicious!"
Officer Liu asked curiously, "What is chocolate?"
In the 1980s, chocolate was still an imported candy, a novelty that many people had never even heard of, let alone eaten.
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