After Xiao Yu finished speaking, there was no movement on the other side of the phone. After Xiao Yu called several times, the other party hung up the phone directly.
"What is going on?" The huge contrast before and after Tang Xin made Xiao Yu very puzzled. Not only her, but also everyone else became surprisingly consistent, surprised and curious. Only Mr. Xiao's reaction was slightly different, with more eyes.
fell on the sandalwood beads hanging around Tan Xuan's neck.
"Do you know Tang Xin? Didn't you say you don't know him?" Xiao Yu asked again.
Tan Xuan stuffed the amulet back into his collar and shook his head with a smile, "If you didn't call him Xinxin, I really wouldn't know who he is. I just remember that their junior was named according to the five elements. His name is Tang.
Xin, he also has a sister named Tang Miao."
"You really know their family..." Xiao Yu finally believed Tan Xuan's words because she had also met Tang Xin's sister, a little princess who was even more arrogant than her.
Xiao Yu continued to murmur: "Then why doesn't Tang Xin remember your name? Why does it feel like the relationship between him and you is not very good."
Tan Xuan smiled and said: "It's normal for him not to remember my name. It was more than ten years ago when I met him. How can I have a good relationship with him? He was beaten badly by me back then.
It’s light, and there are a lot of scars on my body.”
"Uh..." Xiao Yu was speechless. Now that he thought about the tone of Tang Xin's words just now, it was immediately explained.
Turning his head, Xiao Yu asked Tan Xuan with a smile: "Since you have a connection with the Tang family, your life experience must be extraordinary. What does your family do?"
Liu Shaojun, who was sitting on the other side of Xiao Yu, suddenly laughed and said: "Xiao Yu, it's time to eat now. Let's eat first. If there are any questions, we can talk after dinner. You are both young people and have a common language. Let's go back."
Please leave your contact information. Now that we know each other, we will contact you often in the future.”
Tan Xuan was stunned and looked up at Liu Shaojun. He saw Liu Shaojun smiling at him and nodding, and his heart suddenly felt warm. Since people can know that he drives a ride-hailing service, they must know that he is an orphan and has no family background.
, now that he has covered it up for himself, Tan Xuan only feels gratitude in his heart.
"Okay." His aunt spoke, and of course Xiao Yu didn't dare to do it again.
"Buzz...buzz..."
Just as Xiao Yu was about to pick up the chopsticks, her phone on the table started vibrating again.
"Hello!" Seeing the caller number displayed on the screen, Xiao Yu answered the phone in a very gentle tone, many times stronger than the tone when speaking to Tan Xuan.
"Xiao Yu? I'm Tang Miao. Please give the phone to that bastard Tan Xuan."
"Well……"
Hearing Tang Miao's angry voice on the phone, Xiao Yu was obedient and handed the phone over directly. Because there were three people between her and Tan Xuan, she even threw it away.
"Tang Miao's phone number is for you."
"Tang Miao?" Tan Xuan's expression became a little unnatural, but he still answered the phone.
"Hello, I'm Tan Xuan." Tan Xuan said with the phone at least ten centimeters away from his ear.
"What's good? You thief, bastard, I finally found you. I'm not done with you."
Although the phone was not on speaker, the angry voice on the phone was clearly heard by everyone present.
Tan Xuan grinned, frowned and said in a bad tone: "Tangtangshuishui, let me tell you, don't act like you are sick. I was helping your family fight against disasters. Don't you know good from bad? I looked at you back then."
Xiao, I don’t have the same experience as you, and you are not a child now. If you are still like this, I will not tolerate your shortcomings."
After saying that, Tan Xuan hung up the phone and threw it back to Xiao Yu. The Xiao family were stunned and looked at Tan Xuan in disbelief, not understanding what was going on.
"What is your relationship with that Tang Miao? What did you talk about on the phone?" Xiao Di couldn't help but ask. As a woman, she is more sensitive to women who contact her man.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Tan Xuan knew that he couldn't do it without explaining, so he smiled bitterly and said: "I have nothing to do with her. When I was a child, I went to her house. My master was hungry at night and asked me to get something to eat.
Yes, I took out the fish from her fish tank and fried it. My master said that the fish was not delicious, so I also caught a nest of pigeons that she raised and roasted them. Later I heard that the fish and the pigeons
Tang Miao likes them all."
Xiao Di smiled from ear to ear, "You are so good. No wonder people call you a thief. A fish and a few pigeons won't make her hate you for so many years?"
"Later I heard from their family that the fish was called Blood Dragon King, and the pigeon was a racing pigeon that had won an international award. It seemed to be quite valuable."
The Xiao family was completely speechless, especially the younger generation. What do you mean by "seemingly valuable"?
That price... they really didn't dare to think about it anymore. This person was not happy even after scolding him for a few times. If it were them, they would probably try their best to copy it.
Tang Miao's call came in again. This time Xiao Yu didn't dare to answer it, and later turned off the phone directly. She didn't have a heart as big as Tan Xuan's and couldn't bear the other party's overwhelming anger.
Xiao Yu raised his thumb towards Tan Xuan and sighed from the bottom of his heart: "You are so awesome. I admire you so much."
"Haha..." Tan Xuan responded with a silly smile. He didn't know if he should thank Tang Miao. At least he proved in another way that he was not lying and dispelled the doubts of Xiao Yu and Wang Guowei.
Mr. Xiao on the side kept his eyes on Tan Xuan. Seeing that Tan Xuan returned to his respectful posture, he stretched out his hand towards Tan Xuan, "Boy, can you show me your amulet?"
"Of course." Tan Xuan immediately took off the sandalwood beads from his neck and handed them to Mr. Xiao with both hands.
Mr. Xiao's eyes lit up after he took the bead, and then he looked at Tan Xuan with burning eyes and asked, "Who gave you this bead?"
Tan Xuan did not hide anything and answered honestly: "I have been wearing this since I was a child. I heard from my master that when he took me in, I was wearing this sandalwood bead."
"Haha..." Mr. Xiao laughed loudly. There was a hint of kindness in his eyes as he looked at Tan Xuan, and he continued to ask: "You were raised by your master. Is your master's surname Guan?"
Tan Xuan stood up in surprise and looked at Mr. Xiao in shock, "You, you know my master?"
Mr. Xiao returned the sandalwood beads to Tan Xuan, knocked on the table with his fingers, and said slowly: "The earth is dark and the sky is dark, and the evening is high and the night is dark..."
"Uh..." Tan Xuan was completely stunned. He had never thought of hiding anything from the Xiao family, but he never expected that the Xiao family would investigate his background so thoroughly.
Not only Tan Xuan, but also Xiao Di was confused. She wondered what the two sentences coming out of her grandfather's mouth meant.
Tan Xuan saluted Mr. Xiao with his fists raised, the index finger of his left hand raised, and the little finger of his right hand pointed at himself, "Junior..."
Mr. Xiao put his hand on Tan Xuan's hands, interrupted Tan Xuan's words, and said with a smile still on his face: "Where did the young man get so many old gifts? Hurry up and sit down, let's eat."
"you……"
"I have met your master, and I have also met you. It's just that you were still young, so you didn't remember me and I didn't recognize you. If I hadn't seen your pearl, I really wouldn't have recognized you. No.
When I think about meeting my old friend after so many years, what a fate it is. We must have a few drinks soon."
"I, I don't know how to drink." Tan Xuan said with a very embarrassed expression.
Xiao Di hurriedly helped: "Yes, grandpa, he drinks a little and gets drunk, and he acts crazy when he's drunk. You'd better not let him drink, otherwise I'm afraid we won't be able to have a good meal."
"Don't drink?" Mr. Xiao looked at Tan Xuan and shook his head, "Your master, who loves wine, actually taught a disciple who doesn't know how to drink. This really surprises me. That's okay, let's come and have dinner.
.”
After an interlude that was not really an interlude, everyone finally started to use their chopsticks. However, the scene of laughter and joy that Tan Xuan had imagined did not appear. After a few simple chats about home affairs, the people at the table began to eat without much thought.
During the conversation, I don’t know if Zi had already talked about everything that should be discussed before eating. The whole atmosphere was not very lively, but Tan Xuan liked it very much.
Mr. Xiao ate very quickly, as if in a fight. He was full and left the table in less than ten minutes.
"I'm here and you don't dare to talk. Now I'm back to the study. You can talk about yourselves." Mr. Xiao walked out of the restaurant with his hands behind his back. When he got to the door, he looked back at Tan Xuan and said, "Young man Tan, you are going to be arrested."
I feel like I'm sitting on pins and needles there. Since my mind is not on the food, please come with me downstairs for a cup of tea."
"Okay." Tan Xuan quickly put down his chopsticks, said sorry to everyone present and followed Mr. Xiao downstairs. Compared with others' fear of Mr. Xiao, Tan Xuan did not dare to meet the eyes of Xiao Di's parents.
See.
Upstairs is the first floor, downstairs is still the first floor. It turns out that there is a gap between the front and back of this house. If you look out from the living room upstairs, you will find that it is the second floor, and there is a yard below. It was just when Tan Xuan was "interviewed" just now
I didn't notice this until I got downstairs and saw something different here.
Mr. Xiao's study room is not big, especially after it is put on bookshelves. It seems that the old man and his uncle had a long talk here just now, and there is a choking smell of cigarette smoke as soon as they enter the door.
Mr. Xiao leaned back on the old sofa and pointed to the seat next to him, "Sit down. Since you have established a relationship with Xiao Di, don't treat yourself as an outsider. Just be casual. You are too polite. Everyone is too.
awkward."
"This..." Tan Xuan didn't expect that the old man would speak so directly. He couldn't resist it, so he smiled awkwardly and sat sideways next to Mr. Xiao.
"You always know about my relationship with Xiao Di?"
"Nonsense, I'm not blind. Do you think we can't see what good things you have done? If you don't even have the eyesight to do this, my whole life as a police officer will be in vain."
Mr. Xiao picked up a cigarette, and Tan Xuan immediately took out a lighter and lit it. Now that he had made it clear, how could Tan Xuan dare to pretend to be anything else? As the future granddaughter and son-in-law, he would not let anyone pretend to be a grandson even if he wanted to.
Mr. Xiao took a puff of cigarette and looked at Tan Xuan through the smoke. "Just smoke and take it yourself. There is no need to pretend to obey the rules. Your master is not a rule-abiding person. How can he teach a disciplined disciple? If you obey the rules,
You and Xiao Di can’t live together either.”
"Uh..." Tan Xuan almost sat down on the ground. He couldn't let the old man talk any more, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sit in this room anymore. He immediately changed the subject and said: "Old man, are you familiar with my master? How can I
Haven’t you heard my master mention you?”
Mr. Xiao snorted heavily, "When I was still at work, your master helped me solve several cases, so we had contact with him. I'm not too familiar with him, but it's because I often worked with your Director Yao on the case.
There is cooperation.”
"Do you still know Aunt Hua?" Tan Xuan was surprised again.
Mr. Xiao glared at Tan Xuan with dissatisfaction, "I have been the one who has been in contact with your Beloved Bureau in the past few years. I know a little bit about your situation. What's the fuss about? Not only do I know your director, I also recognized Xiao Di wearing a
The jade pendant belongs to your Elder Tie. Although it is incomplete, if I hadn’t seen the bead you were wearing, I would have thought you were Elder Tie’s apprentice. It seems that Elder Tie is treating you well.”
"Haha, those were the self-defense items given to Xiao Di by the Third Elder when he accompanied Xiao Di to Yanjing to attend her classmate's wedding a few days ago." Tan Xuanqian replied with a smile, he could name the Third Elder's last name, and that
The magical weapon was incomplete, and he already believed that the old man did know something about the Beloved Bureau.
"Since you are Old Master Guan's apprentice, your reputation in the bureau is not small, right? What is your name to the outside world?"
"Dead soul." Tan Xuan replied softly.
"Are you the murderer who cut off the soul of a loved one in a time of chaos between gods and demons?" This time it was Mr. Xiao's turn to be surprised. He frowned and looked at Tan Xuan for a long time before shaking his head, "That's right, when you were young.
You are full of violence, so it is no accident that you have such a vicious reputation."
"Haha..." Tan Xuan laughed dryly again. He really didn't know how to respond to such words that could not be heard as praise or blame, so he might as well just take it as a good word.
"Why are you, a member of the Good Person Bureau, here in Jiangzhou? Is there any mission here?" Mr. Xiao asked again, the smile on his face disappeared, replaced by indescribable seriousness.
"No." Tan Xuan smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I quit the Good Man Bureau, and now I'm going to settle down in Jiangzhou."
"You quit the Good Guys Bureau? Why?" The old man was very surprised.
Tan Xuan nodded, and his smile became a little sad, "My master suddenly disappeared two years ago. I got into a fight with several elders and was fired. Then I returned to Jiangzhou to drive an online taxi."
Mr. Xiao sighed and his eyes softened again, "If I remember correctly, you were adopted by your master in Jiangzhou. Are you driving here to wait for your master?"
"That's right. My master left a message asking me to go back to Jiangzhou, so I came back."
Mr. Xiao patted Tan Xuan on the shoulder, "It doesn't matter if you leave the Benevolent Bureau, you are still young, and you will always face those inhuman things, and your character will always be affected. Don't worry about your master, his name is very important to some
To people, that's just a legend, and nothing will happen."
"Dangdangdang..."
With a slight knock on the door, Xiao Di opened the door and walked in.
Xiao Di held the bag of tea brought by Tan Xuan in his hand and said with a smile: "Grandpa, do you drink tea? Tan Xuan brought you a bag of tea and said there is no one on the market. I will make a pot for you to try.
?”
Mr. Xiao laughed and said, "Are you really here to make tea for us? I think you are afraid that I will eat your boyfriend?"
Xiao Di's face turned completely red all of a sudden, and he said with a shy expression: "I hate it, grandpa, what are you talking about? He is not my boyfriend."
"Really?" Mr. Xiao looked at Xiao Di with a playful expression, so that Xiao Di did not dare to raise his head.
Tan Xuan had a smile on his face again, took Xiao Di's hand and said, "Don't be shy, your family should all know about our relationship. The two of us are just hiding things today."
"What?" Xiao Di's eyes widened, and he clenched his fists in embarrassment after a moment of embarrassment, "It must be Sister Qin who told the secret. She went too far."
Mr. Xiao glared at Xiao Di, "You're such a fool, don't you know what's going on in you? Didn't you say you wanted to make tea for me? Where's the tea? Let me see this person who abducted my precious granddaughter.
The brat is trying to trick me with some bad tea. If it's not good, I'll kick me out with my own hands."