Chapter 3
Li Qingyao rented a one-bedroom apartment on the top sixth floor. The house is very old, but fortunately the landlord renovated it for renting out. The whole house has wooden floors, clean white walls, and a few simple pieces of furniture.
The house is almost tidied. After Li Qingyao got home, he ordered some takeout, mopped the house, hung up the new matte green curtains he had bought over the weekend, and placed a few pots of plump succulents.
At this time, the takeaway arrived. It was a light salad. Li Qingyao ate it slowly, took a shower, and changed into soft cotton home clothes. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and stood in front of the window to look out.
It's getting dark.
There were almost no tall buildings in this area, and Li Qingyao could see most of the block. Those houses are like jagged monsters, standing silently for many years. The street lights are dim on the telephone poles. There are not many windows with lights on. Perhaps many people who tried to survive here have not returned yet, or perhaps some buildings are no longer occupied.
Li Qingyao leaned forward with his arms on the windowsill, just like when he was studying, and touched the ground with one toe hooked. She stared at the thick and thin black in front of her, lost in thought.
Until her eyes fell on a window on the top floor diagonally opposite.
The curtains there were not drawn, probably because the owner didn't care much about that. There was a goose yellow light in the room. The man had probably just finished a shower. He was shirtless and wearing long trousers. He was adjusting the TV with the remote control.
With Li Qingyao's eyesight, he could clearly see every inch of his muscles. The lines from his shoulders to his lower abdomen were firm and smooth. But Li Qingyao didn't expect that he was quite white. Men of his age have neither the thinness of a teenager nor the thickness of a middle-aged man, but have the symmetry, firmness and strength of a young man.
Li Qingyao came to a conclusion in his mind: 90 points for the face and 98 points for the upper body.
She had originally planned to pretend she didn't see it, but when she remembered his tone downstairs just now, she changed her mind. She blew a clear, long whistle in the quiet night.
Chen Pu on the opposite side suddenly looked up, and their eyes met accurately across the distance of more than ten meters between the buildings. I saw him walk to the window with a cold face and pull the curtains shut with a "rustle".
Li Qingyao laughed out loud.
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Chen Pu bought the two-bedroom apartment he lives in now five years ago. His family didn’t understand because the housing prices here really had no investment value, but Chen Pu didn’t explain to anyone.
Chen Pu's father is an entrepreneur who is neither top nor bottom in the business world of Xiangcheng. Chen Pu is the youngest son in the family. Chen Pu’s eldest brother took a different path from his father and is currently the secretary of a city leader; his second brother inherited the family business and is the new president of the family business. Only Chen Pu was raised by his mother and grandparents since he was a child. His family was well off at that time, and he was spoiled beyond belief. When he was in primary school, he was the bully of the experimental primary school. When he reached middle school, although he had good grades in mathematics, physics and chemistry, even his parents didn't know where he got his gangster spirit from. He spent all day calling his friends, causing trouble, and firmly sitting on the throne of the boss of the affiliated middle school. Naturally, he had many fights and was about to become a scourge to Xiangcheng.
My father and my two older brothers decided to either send him to the army or take the entrance exam to a police academy so that the state could discipline him. If this kid is not sent to be a law enforcer, I'm afraid he will become the one being enforced in the future. Joining the army was too far away, and the two women in the family were unwilling to go, so in the end they let Chen Pu apply to the police academy. It doesn’t matter whether you become a policeman after graduation. You won’t starve if you work in a company back home.
Chen Pu didn't care. He was a passionate young man of 17 or 18 years old at that time. He was ignorant about the future and thought that being a policeman was very cool.
As for girlfriends, the girls who pursued him in high school could line up from the front door to the back door of the affiliated high school. Unfortunately, the eldest brother only has the underworld in his heart, and his life is filled with basketball games, smoking and drinking. He flies with a group of brothers every day. By the time he enters the police academy, it will be too late to talk.
But no one in the family expected that Chen Pu would work as a criminal policeman for eight years and end up living like this.
That evening, after returning home and washing his face, Chen Pu's earlobes returned to normal temperature. He thought he was still as calm as a rock, so he ordered takeout as usual - fried pork with peppers and millet stewed with radish and rice from a seafood restaurant 3.5 kilometers away.
There is no need to keep the house clean. His mother hired a part-time worker who comes three times a week during work hours. While waiting for the takeaway, Chen Pu ran on the treadmill for half an hour and lifted weights for another half an hour as usual. When he was sweating profusely, the takeaway arrived.
Chen Pu threw the takeaway on the table and went to take a shower. He had a hot constitution, and the spring night was not cold, so he walked out of the bathroom in his pajamas.
Li Qingyao whistled at this moment.
Chen Pu never expected that Li Jincheng's sister had this side. After pulling the curtains, he felt a little annoyed - he was not a woman, but he acted as if he was afraid she would see it!
Besides, how could a male superior run away after being peeped at by a female subordinate? He should have walked to the window naked and scolded her back in a righteous manner.
But it would be stupid to draw the curtains now.
Chen Pu had a stiff face. He grabbed a T-shirt and put it on. He took a deep breath and decided not to argue with this ignorant girl.
He sat down on the sofa, turned on a movie on TV, and opened the takeout boxes one by one. After taking a few mouthfuls of rice, he threw away his chopsticks, stood up, walked to the dressing mirror, stared at himself with a cold expression for a while, lifted the hem of his T-shirt, looked at his abdominal muscles, and smiled faintly.
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The next day, before Chen Pu went to work, he prepared himself mentally.
On the one hand, Li Qingyao is Li Jincheng's sister, which means she is almost his biological sister; on the other hand, he also reflected that he had little contact with girls and he had been living like a monk for the past seven years. He had no time for the blind dates arranged by his family, and the opposite sex he met were either victims or suspects. So he doesn't really understand the temperament of girls nowadays.
However, as soon as he arrived at the office, Chen Pu realized that he had thought too much. Li Qingyao at work was completely different from Li Qingyao after get off work.
The oldest person in the squadron is Fang Kai, who is forty years old and his child is about to go to junior high school. As soon as Chen Pu sat down, he heard Fang Kai happily say to Li Qingyao: "Xiao Li, do you know the teacher of Siming Training?"
Li Qingyao changed into a white short jacket and black wide-leg pants today. The bottom of the jacket revealed his waist wrapped in a T-shirt. He leaned back in his chair, turning a pen in his hand. She still spoke in that gentle tone: "My high school classmate is teaching mathematics in Siming. I can ask for you, but I can't guarantee it."
Fang Kai said, "That's great! Siming Training's math class is the best in the city. We missed the registration this semester and have been trying to apply but there are no vacancies. Whether it succeeds or not, my sister-in-law and I will treat you to a meal!"
Li Qingyao waved his hand: "No need!" He glanced at Chen Pu who was looking over here and smiled faintly: "Hasn't the boss already invited us for the weekend?"
Fang Kai felt that this new girl was kind and didn't like to take advantage of others, so he laughed and said, "Yes, I won't feel bad if I kill the boss."
Chen Pu: “…”
He's quite sweet-talker. When I whistled at him last night, did you think he was the boss?
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