Tian Shao returned to the city after lunch. Because Erya had sent matches and charcoal when returning the cart two days ago, so this time the two sisters returned to the city by themselves.
After returning to the place where he lived, after resting, Tian Shao asked Sanya to go to Li's house to find Li Aihua, and said that he would invite her to a state-owned restaurant for dinner in the evening. In order to strengthen Sanya's courage, he gave up many things now.
If other friends invited me to dinner, Li Aihua would be happy to go, but she was reluctant to spend money on Tian Shao: "Go to some state-owned restaurant, it's so expensive. If you want to treat me to dinner, just cook it at home."
The more she talked, the more she thought this was a good idea. She smiled and said, "I have fish and meat at home. I'll take some and let your sister make pickled fish and braised pork. It's no worse than a state-owned restaurant."
Sanya became anxious as soon as she heard this and said hurriedly: "That's not okay. My sister said she wants to treat you, but why can't I let you get something? My sister will scold me when she sees it."
"It's okay, I'll explain it to her later."
Sanya saw Li Aihua going into the kitchen to get a knife to cut meat, and quickly stopped her and said, "Sister Aihua, no, my sister also invited Public Security Zhao. Public Security Zhao is not a grown man to come to our place for dinner!"
Aihua understood as soon as he heard it, and laughed and scolded: "Is your sister inviting Zhao Kang to dinner because he helped him a few days ago?"
Sanya nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, it was thanks to him that day, otherwise Liuya would have suffered more. It's just that I was very busy the past few days and couldn't spare the time. We happened to see each other on the way back yesterday, so we made an appointment.
Invite him to dinner this afternoon."
Li Aihua was a little surprised: "He agreed?"
Sanya said with a smile on her face: "I agreed! It's just that my sister is worried that if we are the only two eating together with him, our acquaintances will misunderstand us if they see her, so she wants to invite Sister Aihua to join us."
It turns out that he didn’t invite her specifically, but wanted to keep her company! Li Aihua smiled and agreed, but she knew that Tian Shao was preparing for the final exam and didn’t go to see her until half past four.
When he arrived at Shen's house and saw Tian Shao still reading, Li Aihua laughed and scolded: "Why are you inviting Zhao Kang today when you are so busy? Isn't it the same as inviting Zhao Kang next Saturday?"
Tian Shao put down the book and said with a smile: "I invite Zhao Kang this time, firstly, to thank him for helping Liuya that day; secondly, to give him a chance to formally apologize to you. You don't know that he was late last time
He always felt guilty."
Li Aihua was stunned, how could he still think about it after all this time: "It's not wrong that he was late due to official duties. It was me who was wrong. I didn't want to go because my mother compromised."
In fact, at that time, she had always wanted to find someone who had helped her, but she didn't want to look at him. However, she had no regrets. As her father said, she doesn't know how sinister people are and will not guard against others.
Tian Shao smiled and said, "Then if you tell him later, he won't feel guilty all the time."
They made an appointment to meet at the state-owned hotel at 5:30, and the three of them set off half an hour early. Unexpectedly, Zhao Kang arrived at the state-owned hotel first and even ordered the dishes.
Tian Shao thought he performed well this time, but he still said: "We agreed before that I would treat you, how can I make you pay?"
Zhao Kang is a little slow in terms of emotions, but he is not stupid enough to let Tian Shao pay for it. If Comrade Aihua knows about this, it will be completely useless: "What does this have to do with it? You can ask for it next time."
When Li Aihua heard this and looked at Zhao Kang, his eyes suddenly changed. This man must have fallen in love with Tian Shao! This is not possible. Tian Shao is only seventeen years old this year, and there is an eight-year age difference between them.
Tian Shao responded immediately.
After sitting down, Zhao Kang apologized for what happened that day.
Li Aihua said politely: "I'm sorry, it was my fault that day. You work very hard to protect people's property and life, but I should not have lost my temper because you were late that day."
Zhao Kang was very happy to hear this. The nature of his work is quite special. He may be busy for ten and a half days without any rush, so the partner must understand and support him. Otherwise, he will definitely quarrel every day after getting married.
"It's my fault. I should have sent someone to the textile factory to tell you about it that day, so you wouldn't have to wait so long."
Since it's a misunderstanding, just let it go.
Li Aihua knew that Tian Shao had no intention of dating now, so he said pointedly: "My Xiaoshao said that he will get a junior college diploma within five years before we can get married."
What this means is, let him stop wasting time on Tian Shao.
Tian Shao was a very keen person and knew immediately that Li Aihua had misunderstood. She looked at Zhao Kang and asked him to explain.
It's a pity that Zhao Kang is a straight man. Not only did he not understand the meaning of the words, but he also remembered the old man Zhu Yuxiu. He admired this old comrade very much and wanted to know more about him: "Comrade Tian, I used to study and was taught by teachers.
I find it very difficult. Studying at home must be even more difficult. What makes you persevere?"
Asking Comrade Zhu directly about matters will definitely arouse Tian Shao's suspicion. After all, this girl is so keen, so she can only use this roundabout strategy.
Tian Shao held up his forehead, but Li Aihua stared at her and couldn't tell clearly: "It's difficult. I promised Grandma Yuxiu that she would get a high school diploma. It's a pity that the principal of Yongning High School didn't agree, otherwise she would have already obtained the diploma."
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Zhao Kang deliberately asked: "Who is Grandma Yuxiu?"
Recalling every moment of getting along with Zhu Yuxiu, Tian Shao said with a smile: "Grandma Yuxiu is an elder in our clan. She usually has a stern face and looks serious, but in fact she is very kind.
And she is very knowledgeable, knows everything, and is very powerful.”
"Erudition? What have you been taught?"
Tian Shao wanted to roll his eyes. If he didn't take this opportunity to chat with Aihua, he would catch her and ask her what she was doing. No wonder she was so slow and single at the age of twenty-five!
In Li Aihua's eyes, Zhao Kang wanted to find out Tian Shao's details and preferences and pursue her.
Tian Shao smiled and said: "I have been taught a lot, but unfortunately I only learned a little bit and am not as proficient as Grandma Yuxiu."
Zhao Kang scanned the surroundings and found that it was okay, because it was cold and people didn't want to come out. The tables next to him were empty: "Comrade Tian, you are very lucky."
Tian Shao thought to himself that he was lucky, his original body was gone.
The dishes arrived. This time Zhao Kang ordered two meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes and one soup. One of the dishes was steamed crucian carp.
Tian Shao looked at the fish and said deliberately: "Comrade Zhao, I didn't expect you to know that Sister Aihua likes to eat fish."
Li Aihua's expression changed slightly, but when he looked up at Zhao Kang, he knew that he had overreacted. Zhao Kang was a police officer, and his family background was better than hers, so there was no way he could scheme anything.
Zhao Kang snorted and said, "I didn't know Comrade Li liked fish, so I just ordered it casually."
When Tian Shao heard this, she wanted to hold her forehead. She really didn't expect that Zhao Kang was such an incomprehensible person, which made her unable to answer the conversation. Now she is not sure whether she did the right thing or not.
After this concern, she didn't dare to speak anymore.