Li Jia walked to the refrigerator in the restaurant, took out a bottle of Wahaha mineral water, put it in Meng Yao's hand, and then went downstairs on her own.
"Xiaoyu, I'm going out for a bit. You and Mengyao can have lunch together. Remember to cook something nice, as I might not be back until evening." Li Jia said and left the dry cleaner. Zhou Xiaoyu agreed, checked the time, and after a while, hung up the door and went upstairs to change clothes and prepare to cook.
Li Jia took out her phone while driving and called Jiang Ling. The call was quickly answered, and Jiang Ling's voice came through the receiver, "Is there something wrong?"
"Hehe, can't I call you if there's nothing wrong? Are you off work? I'll treat you to dinner," Li Jia said with a smile.
"Okay! I'm at the city bureau entrance. If you know the way, come pick me up!" Jiang Ling said and hung up the phone.
Li Jia changed direction and drove towards the B City Public Security Bureau.
Soon, Li Jia's Passat appeared at the entrance of the B City Public Security Bureau. Jiang Ling was still wearing her black police uniform and high-heeled leather shoes, standing there looking around.
"Beep beep! Over here!" Li Jia honked the car horn twice, then rolled down the window. Since they were on the other side of the road, Li Jia had to shout.
Jiang Ling had good hearing; upon hearing Li Jia's shout, a happy smile appeared on her face. She then jogged across the road to Li Jia's car, opened the door, and sat in the passenger seat. "So, you suddenly decided to treat me to dinner?"
"Hehe, I need to trouble you with some things, so of course I have to bribe you first! Tell me, what do you want to eat?" Li Jia asked with a smile after watching Jiang Ling fasten her seatbelt.
"Whatever, you decide if you're treating!" Jiang Ling was secretly delighted. Li Jia had helped her so much, and now that she needed her help, this was definitely a good opportunity to repay the favor.
Seeing Jiang Ling's expression, Li Jia felt relieved. Based on Li Jia's understanding of Jiang Ling, she knew that Jiang Ling would definitely be grateful to her for helping her resolve the matter. However, this kind of woman, who was outwardly gentle but inwardly very sensitive, would always think about that matter if she was grateful. If she didn't find an opportunity to ask Jiang Ling to help her with something, she probably wouldn't be able to sleep well.
"Okay, let's go eat seafood? How about it?" Li Jia remembered that Dahua Road, which is just across the street from Sishui Road, has the most complete range of seafood restaurants in B City. It is precisely because of this that Dahua Road also has another name: Seafood Street.
“Great! It’s been a year since we last ate seafood. I can finally satisfy my craving again today, hehe!” Jiang Ling said, looking a little embarrassed at Li Jia.
"Alright! Let's go! Seafood!" This time, Li Jia ignored Jiang Ling's reaction and waved her hand, starting the Passat and driving towards the seafood street.
The ten-minute drive was quickly completed thanks to Li Jia's superb driving skills. After finding a parking space and parking the car, Li Jia and Jiang Ling stepped into Gangji Seafood Restaurant. "Hello, welcome! How many of you are there?"
"It's just the two of us, so let's find a quiet spot, thank you!" Li Jia said, then followed the guide to a window on the second floor, where there was a two-seater.
"Thank you! Please bring us a plate of shrimp and cabbage stew, a plate of abalone stew, two bowls of shrimp noodle soup, and a bottle of Scade de Chaillot white wine. Thank you." Li Jia looked at the menu, ordered a few dishes and a bottle of white wine, and then returned the menu to the waiter.
Jiang Ling looked at Li Jia, who had just finished ordering, with some unease. "Hey? You seem to know this place very well?"
"Hehe, it's rare to find authentic seafood abroad, so I've been eating here more often since I came back to China," Li Jia said with a smile, then looked at Jiang Ling and said, "Here, take this. You left it on the coffee table the other day." She took out Liang Feng's IOU and placed it on the dining table.
Jiang Ling looked at the IOU on the table, her face somewhat gloomy. "This person... used to be my boyfriend." Li Jia was slightly surprised to hear Jiang Ling'er's words. He had originally thought that Liang Feng would be her husband.
“It’s quite surprising. I started to suspect that he was your husband.” Li Jia’s words brought a bitter smile to Jiang Ling’s face. “Just one day, just one day, just one day away from becoming my husband.”
"You've been holding it in for a long time, haven't you? If you don't mind, let's talk about him. I'm not only your friend, but also a very good listener." After saying this, Li Jia looked at Jiang Ling sincerely. She wanted to see what was so outstanding about the man who could influence Jiang Ling for so long.
"Hehe, there's not much to say. He's my boyfriend. We met by chance, and after that, we saw each other more and more often. After we became a couple, he was always very good to me, to the point of being incredibly attentive."
Unfortunately, on the day before our wedding, I discovered that he was seeing several women at the same time, so I broke up with him. After a while, I received a call from him. He kept apologizing and promised to treat me well. I softened and agreed to his request, but when I went to see him, I was blocked by a group of people in the hotel.
That group of people was Gao Lilong and his gang. Luckily, I lied to them and said I was a police officer investigating a case, which allowed them to let me leave. But soon after, they came to me again, saying that Liang Feng had borrowed 30,000 yuan from them and that I should help him pay it back. They threatened to drag me into making a love movie if I didn't pay it back.
I got into a fight with them, but they produced some photos of me taken without my knowledge when I was working. I was terrified. If I could be secretly photographed at work, I would be in big trouble if I were photographed at home. So I had no choice but to agree to pay back Liang Feng's money.
At that time, I hadn't started working at the criminal investigation team yet. It was because of that incident that I decided to become a police officer. Later, after some time, I really did become a police officer, although I was just an ordinary little logistics soldier in the police force.
After I became a police officer, they stopped threatening me and started harassing me whenever they had time. The excuse of "paying back debts" made me suffer a lot, and my colleagues in the police force couldn't do anything about it. Even now, if it weren't for you, I'd probably still be living in fear every day when I go home." Jiang Ling'er relaxed and slowly poured out what she had been holding in for a long time. After speaking, she felt much better looking at Li Feng's calm expression.
"Does it feel much better now that you've said it?" Li Jia listened calmly to Jiang Ling'er's words, her interest in Liang Feng growing even stronger. "He messed with my friend, Li Jia. I hope he prays I don't run into him! Otherwise, I'll make him kneel before Jiang girl and repent!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
