Chapter 304: Chapter 301: Shen Yi: Battery Below 10%
They found a kind of beef noodles that only Anhui didnât have, and the two ordered three small bowls and ate slowly.
"Did you know in advance that the city management was coming?" Li Zijun asked curiously while eating noodles.
Su Qing nodded, "I saw the city managementâs car from a distance."
Actually, he didnât see anything. When the voiceover reminded him, he didnât know what was happening. He thought just having a meal wouldnât be that tiring, but he never expected that after paying, heâd have to run with the stall owner chased by city management.
Du Qiang, being a cop, specifically a detective, never thought he would be chased by city management one day, and he particularly didnât want the owner to get caught by them.
"So why didnât you warn him?"
"Who told him to gross me out at noon today."
"How did he gross you out?"
"He called me on a video call while I was having lunch, and he was taking a dump!"
Li Zijun: ...
"Youâve done it now, youâve grossed me out too."
"What does that have to do with me? The poop was his. Go find him!"
"Youâll see, believe it or not, Iâll hit you!" Li Zijun gave a glare, immediately entering battle mode.
For her, the day started with farts and ended with poop, and she felt tired and somewhat itchy-handed, wanting to hit someone.
On the other hand, Su Qing held grudges, mainly because he was not having a good day. He didnât have a proper rest on his day off, got disgusted while working overtime, and wasnât allowed to sleep in. He needed someone to vent to, right?
He didnât dare to retaliate against Li Zijun, but he felt he could handle Qiangzi, who cared too much about protecting his brains, unwilling to use them.
When they were almost halfway through eating, Du Qiang came running in, panting, then plopped down on a chair, put the fried skewers on the table, and grabbed a bottle of Bawang Temple, drinking it in gulps.
"Burp~~~For crying out loud, Iâm exhausted!" At this moment, Du Qiang was drenched in sweat, looking like he was about to collapse.
Li Zijun, taking out a skewer of fish tofu, asked curiously, "How long has it been, and youâre so tired already? Your fitness level is declining, find some time to train more."
"Yeah, easy for you to say since you werenât the one chasing after that car, were you? Do you know how far I ran? The owner almost drove all the way to Shanqing Park, two bus stops away from where we started, and we didnât even run in a straight line. Tell me, isnât it tiring?" Du Qiang shouted, feeling downright unlucky.
Upon this, Su Qing couldnât help but continue to ask, "So why didnât you take a cab?"
Hearing this, Du Qiang rolled his eyes, "What do you know? The owner had some unbelievable driving skills, I almost lost him even though Iâm a detective. He dodged every which way. By the time I flagged down a cab, he was long gone. I think he just wanted to fleeced me out of my 22 bucks.
Darn it, Iâm not on a high salary, and he still wanted to scam me, but it didnât run away, I even got an extra grilled sausage out of it."
Both: ...
"I suspect the owner might make a living doing that, dodging a few customers each night for a good hundred bucks," Su Qing laughed.
Du Qiang nodded, expressing his total agreement, "This meal was really something, freaking exhilarating, heart-pounding stuff, and I even saw the owner drifting with a tricycle, scared the hell out of me."
Well, anyway, despite Du Qiangâs ordeal, both he and Li Zijun found it quite amusing.
After the meal, Du Qiang parted ways with the two, as he needed to head home after all.
"Get in the car, letâs go!" Li Zijun called out.
"Uh, Sister Jun, Iâm not going home tonight."
"Not going home?"
"Yeah, I have work tomorrow, my homeâs too far from the office!"
"No way, you have to come to the police station over the next few days, such a big case and no progress, you need to show up!"
Finally, with no other option, unable to win against her, he was dragged back to the residential area by Li Zijun.
Meanwhile, at Qingshui Garden, Shen Yi sat on the couch in his living room, with the landlady and a little girl beside him, looking displeased as he read the message from Su Qing saying he wouldnât be coming home tonight.
"Whatâs up? Little Su not coming back again?" Wen Nanqing asked curiously.
These past two nights, Su Qing hadnât returned home, this she knew. Last night Shen Yi had even complained to her, and it seemed he wouldnât be home again today, making her somewhat curious to see what was happening.
Upon hearing this, Shen Yi nodded, looking uncomfortable both seated and standing, "Said he was staying at home, and somethingâs up at the police station, so he canât leave, but heâll bring the cat Huang to work tomorrow."
His unease wasnât emotional but a physiological reaction, similar to a smoker suddenly deprived of cigarettes.
The landlady, naturally aware of this, laughed, "What, ran out of juice and found no power source? Hahaha! I thought meeting Little Su every day had cured your problem, but your craving only grew, after just two days, look at you, donât fall apart on me!
Been telling you to hurry things along, cook the rice, then get married, have kids, and stay home. I promise Little Su would come home every night then, but are you stumped now? Hey? Talk to me, not powering off, are you?"
Shen Yi: ...
"Youâre the one powering off!"
"Oh, thereâs juice left, come on, play me a âtime stopâ!"
"Get lost!"
While the two were joking around, the little girl suddenly asked, "Auntie, are you going to have a baby?"
Shen Yi: "Cough, cough, cough, donât listen to your momâs nonsense, Auntie isnât!"
"Oh~~ but if you want to, you have to hurry, mommy says that when the battery is empty, it wonât move."
"Wonât move?" Shen Yi blinked, then looked at the landlady, "You donât have any weird and strange toys, do you?"
"Nonsense, your sisterâs experienced everything worth experiencing, no need for that stuff. But you, better seize the opportunity, not even together and he dares not come home, whatâll you do once youâre together?"
"Shoo shoo, youâre getting worse, acting like a mom. Alright, as for him not coming back, whatâs Brother Wen planning to do?" Shen Yi asked.
Upon hearing this, the landlady shrugged, "Do what needs doing, my brother got curious after hearing about Little Su from me, decided to meet him, but if heâs not coming, oh well, Iâll text him to reschedule."
It turns out that Wen Jingqi and Wang Zheng had already planned to take action, but the mastermind of it all, Su Qing, had not appeared, fueling Wenâs curiosity about the person advising his sister since those with ability enjoy being in control.
"Alright then, thank Brother Wen for me!"
"No need, just treat me to a meal!"
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