Chapter 14: The first time I saw you at such an old age
After three rounds of drinking and eating, there were only two bottles of beer left in the box.
Qin Hao blushed and boasted that he would become a criminal police officer in the future, solve major cases, and appear on TV.
"Okay, okay, you are the best."
Xu Qing was also a little dizzy, but he had a good drinking capacity. He inherited his father's legacy and would not get drunk. "Can you go back? Don't waste the time of mediating the old lady's quarrel tomorrow."
"Mediation is nothing...Boss, pay the bill!"
"I'll come, I'll come."
The two of them didn't give in. Xu Qing simply scanned the QR code and accompanied Qin Hao to the roadside to hail a taxi and let him go first. Then he turned back to the food stall stall, looked at the dishes on the shelves, and thought
After thinking about it, I asked the boss to pack some meat skewers and fish tofu.
The evening breeze was blowing gently, and the light smoke from the barbecue was drifting far away. Xu Qing stood at the door of the noisy food stall, feeling an inexplicable desire to smoke a cigarette. He touched his body and remembered that he had quit.
It's a bit of a hassle... but it's quite interesting.
I wonder if the moon in the Tang Dynasty was also so round...
He raised his eyes and looked at the night sky. The vast and deep starry sky was like a long scroll of history. So many people and things in the past were buried in time and turned into dust - but now, a grain of sand jumped out.
He was touched.
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It was already half past nine in the evening when she got home. Jiang He was still sitting on the sofa watching videos on the computer. Winter Melon was lying on her lap and the hair on her back was being stroked. She purred and seemed to be enjoying herself.
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Xu Qing looked at the person and the cat on the sofa, and a subtle feeling rose in his heart. He picked up the bag in his hand and said, "I ate too early, so I brought some back because I was afraid you would be hungry."
"Thank you."
"Um?"
"...Young hero."
"Easy to do."
Xu Qing waved his hand, put the barbecue he brought back on the table, opened the bag, went back to the refrigerator and took out two boxes of yogurt, and handed one to Jiang He.
Jiang He sniffed when he smelled the alcohol on his body, "Have you drank a lot?"
"Not much, just a few bottles." Xu Qing opened the lid of the yogurt and demonstrated, "This is called yogurt. You have to lick it before drinking it."
The best part of yogurt is the point on the lid. Licking the lid is a must.
Jiang He followed suit, stretched out his little tongue and licked the lid of the yogurt, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Does it taste good?"
“Delicious.”
"Hehe...eat it quickly. Don't let it get cold after lifting it all the way."
Xu Qing smiled, took a look at the video on the computer, pressed pause, then went to the bedroom with a slight stagger, took out her pajamas, and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
This feeling of coming home with the lights on and people sitting in the house is quite good and gives a bit of a sense of life.
"My living conditions are very good now. I can take a shower every day. It's quite enjoyable. You don't have to save me money."
Ten minutes later, Xu Qing came out wiping her hair and said while looking for a hair dryer: "And the clothes... are they done?"
Jiang He blinked and looked at him for a moment before understanding what clothes he was talking about. He lowered his head and said nothing.
Seeing this, Xu Qing didn't say anything more. He looked at the time and saw that it was already ten o'clock in the evening. After drying her hair, he taught her how to use a hair dryer, turned off the computer and went back to the bedroom to rest.
I lay down on the bed feeling dizzy and fell asleep not long after.
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living room.
Jiang He studied with the hair dryer for a while. After hearing that there was no movement in Xu Qing's bedroom, she got up and went back to the bedroom to find her own clothes. Although the pajamas Xu Qing bought for her were very conservative in style, she still couldn't accept it, so she took her daily clothes.
Getting ready to take a shower, he glanced at the small clothes in the corner and paused.
Raising her hand to touch her back, she frowned and walked straight to the bathroom.
The sound of running water sounded, revealing loneliness in the quiet night.
Regarding the future, Jiang He can only take one step at a time, hide the hesitation in his heart, and study hard to improve his understanding of the world.
Fortunately, I met a kind-hearted young hero, and I can slowly get used to everything here.
Have a peaceful night.
On the second day of the weekend, normal people would sleep in, but Xu Qing did the opposite and got up early. Before the sunlight fell on his face through the window, he had already gotten up and went to the living room to watch last night's movie.
News replay.
Not long after, the door to Jiang He's room opened, and she walked out sweating. She glanced at Xu Qing, who was sitting on the sofa with a pen and a notebook. After thinking about it, she went to the sink to wash up.
Reading news relies on information filtering, grabbing useful points and jotting them down. Xu Qing has long been familiar with this skill - extracting the key points from a pile of information is almost a skill.
Just like the straw sandals on Jiang He's feet when they first met, if those shoes weren't so out of place and he subconsciously noticed it, things might have developed in another direction.
Thinking of shoes, he paused with the pen in his hand and looked at the worn shoes in the trash can.
"Are you working again?" Jiang He came over after washing up. He still couldn't understand what the economy of this world was like.
Can you make money by just sitting at home and looking at other people with clairvoyance?
She frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly became suspicious: "You're not just an official, are you?"
The officer stares at others with clairvoyance and maintains law and order, and is connected by what she is doing with Xu Qing.
"I'm not. If I were... your identity would be much easier to handle."
Xu Qing almost said to hand her over to the state, but then he thought about it, even if he was an official, he would not hand her over.
Ancient heroines are so fun...
"Are you hungry? It's rare to get up early today. I'm going to buy breakfast."
Seeing that Jiang He had nothing to do, Xu Qing abdicated and gave the computer to Jiang He to continue studying. Now he has learned to change videos and watch them, and the progress is good.
"good."
"Do you want to come along?"
"..." Jiang He hesitated, shook his head and said: "It's all around here, no need."
"Okay, then I'll go by myself and you stay."
Xu Qing told her to take her mobile phone with her and go out to buy breakfast in the sunshine at around eight o'clock in the morning.
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The breeze is gentle and the sky is blue with white clouds.
It was early in the morning, and several neighbors were standing at the gate of the community. After breakfast, they gathered together and whispered. The security guard, Uncle Zhao, looked solemn and listened silently without interrupting.
"Xiao Xu, Xiao Xu!"
Seeing Xu Qing approaching from a distance, Cheng Yulan mysteriously lowered her voice and called him over.
"What's wrong, Auntie? Uncle Chen? What national affairs are you discussing?" Xu Qing was curious and came over to the old man and lady and asked.
"Did you...hear anything when you were sleeping at night recently?" Cheng Yulan asked in a low voice, while everyone else looked over.
"movement?"
Xu Qing scratched his head, "No, I slept well. What's wrong? Is there a thief?"
"It's good to have a thief!" She slapped her thigh, opened her mouth without speaking, and turned to look at Chen Aiguo.
"Uncle Chen, what's wrong?" Xu Qing was confused.
"Our place may be...haunted."
Chen Aiguo frowned and shook the big black dog leash, "Heizi saw it, barking wildly in the middle of the night every day..." He paused and looked around the neighborhood with a solemn expression, "In the middle of the night a few days ago, I don't know what happened.
It was so frightened that it crawled under the bed with its tail between its legs and couldn't even scream. I felt weird at that time."
"That old Wang also said that he was woken up by a dog in a daze and saw a shadow in the window." Cheng Yulan added, gesturing with her hands: "Just like that, whoosh...it disappeared in a flash."
"ha?"
Xu Qing was confused, glanced at them, pretended to be calm and turned to the security guard, Uncle Zhao, "Uncle Zhao, did you see it too?"
When Uncle Zhao heard this, the hand holding the cigarette trembled twice. He brought it to his mouth and took a deep breath. Then he slowly exhaled the smoke. He looked at the sky and hesitated for a moment before speaking in a deep voice: "I didn't bump into it, but...it was photographed.
"
He has always been a staunch atheist throughout his old age, but now he is timid.
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Chapter completed!