Back home, Jiang Xinyu was busy lighting the stove. Although it was April, the late spring cold in the north was still cold.
He was squatting in the courtyard chopping firewood, and when the courtyard door opened, Hattori Mina stood at the door.
After not seeing her for a month and a half, Hattori Mina lost weight and her face looked a little more haggard.
Jiang Xinyu stood up and said: "The information is so good, I know it so quickly..."
"Xinyu!" Hattori Mina ran a few steps, rushed over and hugged Jiang Xinyu tightly. Before she could say a word, she started crying.
Jiang Xinyu still had the ax on the ground and said with a smile: "What's wrong? Your brother is talking about you again?"
"No... Wuwu... I miss you..." Hattori Mina cried louder and louder as she lay in Jiang Xinyu's arms.
Jiang Xinyu was also very excited and said: "I know, I know, am I back? Don't cry."
As he spoke, Jiang Xinyu stretched out his hand to wipe her tears. Jiang Xinyu forgot that he had just chopped firewood and his hands were full of dust. When he wiped his face full of tears, Hattori Mina instantly turned into a butterfly.
Entering the room, Jiang Xinyu suppressed a smile and said, "Mina, go and wash your face."
Hattori Mina sobbed and said, "Why are you washing your face?"
She stood in front of the mirror and took a look. She immediately burst into laughter and said, "You hate it. You stained my face and you didn't tell me."
While talking, he went to the bathroom to wash his face, then hid in the bedroom, found the cosmetics at Jiang Xinyu's house, and dressed up briefly.
During this free time, Jiang Xinyu lit the stove. The house had not been occupied for more than a month. Without a fire, the temperature inside the house would not be much higher than outside.
Hattori Mina was not idle either. She picked up the rag and wiped the dust inside and outside, and said loudly: "Xinyu, are you back today?"
For people with a cheerful personality, emotions come and go quickly. Hattori Mina quickly regained her good mood within a few minutes.
"Yes, listen to what the major said, right?" Jiang Xinyu answered in the kitchen.
"Um."
"Have Major and Ayako reconciled?"
"We have reconciled a long time ago..." Hattori Mina came to the kitchen door carrying a rag and said with a smile: "My brother apologized the next day. He thought I didn't know, but in fact Ayako told me!"
"Don't make fun of Major about this, or make it difficult for him to get off the stage."
Hattori Mina winked mischievously and said, "I know, because you men all want to save face, right?"
"Exactly!" Jiang Xinyu put a few pieces of coal into the stove and said, "Mina, stop wiping. Let's go out to eat."
"When you tell me, I'm really hungry." Hattori Mina washed her hands and came out of the bathroom.
The two people came out of their homes and walked slowly along Qiaodong Road.
"Xiaolongbaozi... how about this one?" Jiang Xinyu said, pointing to the sign of a small shop on the roadside.
Hattori Mina nodded vigorously. As long as she could be with Jiang Xinyu, it didn't matter what she ate.
Diagonally opposite the Xiao Long Baozi is the longevity food shop. The boy Shunxi is loading the door, and the boss Hou De is helping him. They are completely unaware of the upcoming danger.
Two drawers of steamed buns and two bowls of delicious tofu puffs are what Jiang Xinyu and Hattori Mina have for dinner today.
Jiang Xinyu ate the buns absent-mindedly, thinking about his plan. He already had a plan, but it was not too mature yet.
I took another look at the surrounding environment of the Shou Cai Shop on site, and slowly perfected the plan...
"Hey, what are you thinking about?" Hattori Mina touched Jiang Xinyu's arm.
"Oh, I was wondering... did you receive that letter?"
"I received it last week. I have read it several times, but there is not much written on it."
"It's inconvenient to have so many people on the train. It's already a lot to write so many words."
Hattori Mina took a sip of tofu and said, "Is it cold in Zhejiang?"
"Zhejiang is in the south and is much warmer than Yanjin."
"Oh...are your parents okay?"
"Very healthy, thank you for your concern."
"What did you talk to them about?"
"Actually, we didn't talk much. Before I went back, I felt I had a lot to say. But when we met, I didn't know what to say."
"Then... you can't, you can't say nothing, right?"
Looking at Hattori Mina's slightly shy expression, Jiang Xinyu suddenly understood that she kept asking questions because she wanted to ask if she had mentioned their marriage to her parents.
After dinner, the two of them returned home with their own concerns.
"Ayako said, let me ask you myself..." Mina Hattori hesitated for a while and finally plucked up the courage to say.
"What are you asking me?" Jiang Xinyu thought to himself, Chang Hongling is really a thief, knowing that he can't answer directly, but still let Hattori Mina ask in person.
"...Do your parents, um, um, agree?" Hattori Mina blushed and said in a confused voice.
A girl, even if she is outgoing and lively, still feels a little shy when asking questions about her marriage.
Jiang Xinyu thought for a while and said, "Mina, my parents are very traditional people at heart. They couldn't accept my marrying a foreign woman for a while."
Hattori Mina said in panic: "What should we do?"
"Well...it may take some time to slowly convince them." Jiang Xinyu patted the back of Hattori Mina's hand and said comfortingly.
Hattori Mina slowly nestled on Jiang Xinyu's shoulder and murmured: "I'm not afraid of waiting. As long as you are really good to me, I will keep waiting."
"Ring ring ring ring ring!" The phone on the table suddenly rang.
Regarding this matter, Jiang Xinyu didn't want to lie to her anymore, but he couldn't tell the truth. When he was in a dilemma, the call came just in time, which temporarily relieved his dilemma.
"Hello, who's there?"
"When did you come back?" Ray-Ban's voice came on the phone.
"How did you know I was back this morning?"
"I met Zhao Yuhu just now. He told me. What's going on, should I go to your place for a drink or two, or should you come to my place?"
"Maybe another day, I just had dinner."
"I still have a jar of daughter's red at home..."
"Mina is in my house, I can't leave."
"Xinyu, you are a guy who values sex over friends..." Lei Ban chuckled, and Xiao Taohong beside him reminded her in a low voice: "Don't just chat, talk about business?"
Lei Ban quickly changed the topic and said: "Oh, by the way, have you found Xiao Taohong's father?"
"I found it, but he refused to come to Yanjin and didn't ask for the gold bar. I'll bring it to you one day."
"Why don't you come?"
"It's a long story, let's talk about it someday."
"...One more thing, do you still want the camel?"
Jiang Xinyu was stunned for a second, then reacted immediately and said, "He has been released?"
"Not yet, just for a day or two."
"His identity..."
"There is no problem!"
"Okay, you can ask him to come to the detective team to find me in the morning, or tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."