The trip to Pingcheng finally ended successfully. The Lu family, young and old, all had a very good attitude towards Duanmo. Especially the younger ones, although they were older than her or similar to her, they spoke with great respect.
After breakfast on the day before leaving, Mother Lu took Duanmo for a walk in the garden.
She said that Lu Wuchuan had talked little since he was a child and had a cold temper. It was not that no girls showed affection to him in the past, but he was unwilling to even look at them and treated everyone with a cold look, which made her once think that
My youngest son will die alone.
As the old lady talked, the topic turned to the relationship between the Lu family and the Qiao family. She said that Qiao Yubai had liked Lu Wuchuan since she was a child, and the two families had also intended to get together with them.
However, the Lu family did not want to use marriage to consolidate the relationship with other families. They simply thought that Qiao Yubai would be a good match for Lu Wuchuan based on his conditions.
"We have watched Yubai grow up, so we know everything about him. If they have that intention, our family would be happy to see it happen. We all know Yubai's thoughts. It just depends on Xiaochuan's attitude. He
If he is not willing, there is absolutely no reason for our family to force him to marry anyone. It is said that King Xiang is interested, but the goddess is not. It is quite the opposite when it comes to them. In addition, Qiao Yubai went abroad to study a few years ago, so this matter will be over.
That’s it.”
The old lady still had a slight smile on her face, as if she was talking casually.
"Xiaochuan has been very independent since he was a child, and his father and I have almost never had to worry about him. But he is also very assertive and can make up his mind even if nine cows can't pull him back. Sometimes I think, fortunately, he has always been very independent.
Self-discipline, if you learn it badly, we really can’t control it.”
"It can be seen that Xiaochuan really likes you, and he is willing to put away all his thorns in front of you. In the past, if you said ten sentences to him at home, he would be good if he could answer two or three sentences. Now,
I find it a bit incredible that he actually has the patience to chat with his father."
"Even though he is already thirty, this is the first time he has fallen in love with a girl. He has no experience and is not a smooth talker. Sometimes he will inevitably do annoying things. Please be patient. Don't worry.
Argue with him. If he makes you angry, tell me, although he may not listen to me, we can work together to scold him and vent our anger. If you don’t forgive your hatred and drag your eldest sister along again, we
The three of them worked together to cause trouble for him."
Duan Mo didn't expect that Mrs. Lu, who was elegant and dignified, could have such a lovely side, and couldn't help but feel closer to her in his heart.
On the plane back, Lu Wuchuan asked him what his mother had said.
Duan Mo concealed the other parts and told him this paragraph alone, which made Lu Wuchuan burst into laughter. He said that he did not expect that his mother's brain circuit would become so strange.
As the plane landed at Liancheng Airport, life returned to its previous trajectory.
Time soon entered May, and the temperature continued to rise. By mid-May, it felt like summer. The sun at noon hung high in the sky, embracing the earth with its enthusiasm.
After returning from the cafeteria, Duanmo made a cup of Qinghuo tea. Lu Wuchuan prepared this for her. He said it was a recipe he got from an old professor at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital when he was in college. It was very suitable for drinking in spring and summer.
He prepared the tea bag himself, adding lemon slices and rock sugar. It tasted sweet and sour, and Duan Mo soon fell in love with the taste.
When the heat slowly dissipated, she took a sip, and the fragrance of lemon spread between her lips and teeth. The greasy feeling of the braised pork she had just eaten in the cafeteria was quickly reduced.
"I think if you put it in the refrigerator to chill, the taste will definitely be better." Duan Mo commented honestly.
"It's just May and you want to be cold?"
"Then wait a little longer and drink something iced when you're in a state of ambush."
Lu Wuchuan put on his glasses and prepared to turn on the computer: "You can't drink anything too cold during the hot days. You can just boil it and put it in the refrigerator. You have to take it out and let it sit for a while before drinking."
"Do you know what you look like now?"
"What?"
"The old lady who nags all day long." Duanmo stretched out his fingers and pulled his glasses down to hang on the tip of his nose, "This looks more like her."
The rebellious little hand was caught before she could move away, and Lu Wuchuan bit her fingertips.
Duanmo looked back at the office door in panic. Fortunately, those who went to the activity room hadn't come back yet, otherwise they would see him and make fun of him.
"Now you know you are afraid?" Looking at the little girl who jumped back to his seat, Lu Wuchuan smiled and said harshly, "If you dare to be naughty in the future, see how I deal with you!"
The word "clean up" made Duan Mo blush and his heart beat. Ever since he met his parents, Lu Wuchuan was no longer satisfied with being in love and being polite. The intimacy between the two was developing by leaps and bounds towards the edge of danger. If
If she continues like this, she can be sure that she will be eaten by a vicious wolf before long.
It's not that Duan Mo is against some unspeakable behavior before marriage. After all, in this day and age, she is not so conservative that she has to wait for the wedding day. But this kind of thing should be done naturally and it will happen naturally. She does not resent Lu Wuchuan's approach. On the contrary
, she quite likes the intimate interaction between the two, but to get to that point, she feels that she still needs some time to mentally build up.
The rapid ringtone interrupted her random thoughts. When Lu Wuchuan answered the phone, she saw an expression of surprise on his face that she had never seen before.
When he closed the line, she asked: "Is there a case?"
"Yeah." Lu Wuchuan took back his hand that was still on the landline and rubbed his forehead, "I'm going to Xie Bureau's office. You tell them to come back quickly."
Yan Yishuai and the others have become obsessed with billiards recently. Whenever they are free at noon every day, they will go to the activity room to play with each other, and they even call it to make room for the two of them.
When the call was made, Duanmo heard the sound of balls hitting each other and boos, and then Yan Yishuai said: "I just said this angle is not good... Hey, Xiao Duan, what's the matter?"
"The Army has gone to thank the Bureau's office. I want you all to come back quickly. I don't know exactly what happened, but it's probably not a big deal." Duan Mo said.
If the matter is not small, it may be a big case. A few people did not dare to delay, did not bother to clean up the table with scattered balls, put down their clubs and hurried back.
More than twenty minutes later, Lu Wuchuan hurried into the office.
Facing everyone's gaze, he took a deep breath and said, "Fu Ju committed suicide."
"Who? Fu Hongbin?" Yan Yishuai couldn't believe his ears.
Fu Hongbin, whose surname is Fu, is actually the deputy director in charge of the Economic Crime Investigation Detachment, the Exit-Entry Administration Bureau and the Cultural Security Branch.
People will inevitably encounter accidents in this life, but as a high-ranking deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, the word suicide would be too unthinkable for him.