Reborn as Zhao Ruilong of Handong, I will defy fate.

Chapter 177 An Xin, you're single by choice!

afternoon.

In the hospital corridor.

Li Xiang and An Xin were already getting hungry.

However, the fierce but brainless Tang Xiumin has yet to appear.

It was almost 1:30 when Xiao Wu arrived.

She was known as a slowpoke in the team, speaking and acting at a leisurely pace.

However, she is a typical northern beauty.

A round face with large eyes, a short chin, and thick red lips.

Dressed in a police uniform, she slowly walked up to An Xin and the other person, carrying a boxed lunch.

"Let's eat!"

Li Xiang saw Xiao Wu handing the lunchbox to An Xin and felt very envious.

Many people in the team know that Xiao Wu likes An Xin.

However, An Xin and Meng Yu have always been childhood sweethearts and have a close relationship.

In addition, Meng Yu's father, Meng Dehai, was their bureau chief before he was transferred to Qinghua District as a clerk.

Therefore, no one dared to reveal the nature of their relationship, and Xiao Wu himself never dared to confess his feelings.

However, she still revealed her true colors in some small, everyday details.

Who buys a boxed lunch and doesn't give it to the team leader first, but to their colleagues?

However, Li Xiang was too lazy to argue with Xiao Wu.

After a busy morning, I waited here for Tang Xiumin for a long time.

He was starving.

After taking a boxed lunch, Li Xiang immediately started eating.

"You guys go eat next to the hot water room!"

"I'll stay here and keep watch!"

Xiao Wu said slowly.

"Okay, then you stay here and keep watch."

"If that crazy...Ms. Tang comes back, call us immediately!"

Li Xiang and An Xin immediately got up and left.

We had already taken two steps when we heard Xiao Wu say "Oh".

"That's an incredibly long neural reflex arc!"

We arrived at the boiler room.

There are not only benches to sit on, but also handwashing stations and trash cans.

Family members accompanying patients can use this space to get water, wash things, take out the trash, smoke, and rest.

Starving, Li Xiang quickly started eating.

An Xin frowned and peeked into the direction of Guo Xiaoming's ward.

Stop looking! Hurry up and eat!

Li Xiang picked up some food and shoveled rice into his mouth, saying as he chewed:

"I've waited so long and she hasn't come. I guess she definitely won't come."

"Why? With her explosive temper, how could she tolerate it?"

An Xin looked puzzled.

Li Xiang shook his head slightly.

"After thinking about it carefully, I think we might be wrong."

“We can’t just see that she has a bad temper; we also need to think about her background and family.”

"What would happen if she came to the hospital and made a scene, verbally abusing and beating her husband who was still recovering?"

"Even if she didn't kill her husband, but worsened his injuries, she'd still have to spend money on treatment in the end, right? They say the richer people are, the more shrewd they are. Even if she wanted to make a scene, her family wouldn't let her!"

An Xin frowned and thought for a moment before opening her lunchbox and eating slowly.

"That's right. Her husband used working overtime as an excuse to go to a bathhouse and sauna."

Even if you come and give him a good scolding or beat him half to death, it won't change the outcome.

"On the contrary, if this blows up, it will ruin their reputation and damage the reputation of the Tang family and Haifu Group. Then we will have made a wasted trip."

Li Xiang hummed in agreement twice.

"Hurry up and eat, then we'll leave."

An Xin nodded.

"But then again, he's the general manager of Haifu Group!"

"Someone as rich and powerful as him would actually go to a place like that!"

Li Xiang retorted, "You're not a new cop, do you really not understand basic humanity?"

"Humans are emotional beings; they have physiological and emotional needs. If these needs cannot be met at home, then they will have to go outside to have an affair, right?"

An Xin thought of Tang Xiumin's fierceness.

I had brain surgery yesterday, and today I was being verbally abused and scolded.

How can one find happiness in marrying such a domineering, unreasonable wife?

From a man's perspective, An Xin suddenly felt sorry for Guo Xiaoming.

"Sigh! It turns out that even rich people can be unhappy!"

Li Xiang laughed and said, "Of course, otherwise why would there be an old saying? Every family has its own problems!"

"But don't worry, Meng Yu is definitely not that kind of person. If you marry her in the future, you will definitely be very happy!"

Marry Meng Yu?

An Xin was stunned for a moment.

He and Meng Yu were childhood sweethearts, so of course he had thought about it long ago.

He also secretly rejoiced that it was An Changlin who had adopted him back then.

Otherwise, if it were Meng Dehai, he would only be able to be siblings with Meng Yu.

Thinking of her obedient and clever nature...

Thinking about how she always flirted with me whenever we met...

An Xin's lips involuntarily curved upwards slightly.

"Let's talk about the future later!"

"But even if she has a bad temper, it's just a little tantrum."

"It's impossible for someone like Mr. Tang to be so unreasonable, so I certainly won't end up as miserable as Guo Xiaoming!"

Li Xiang smiled.

"Of course you won't end up as miserable as him! Meng Yu likes you so much... Oh right, what year is she in?"

"She's a sophomore, and will be a junior in the fall. She says she'll take the postgraduate entrance exam in the future, and by the time she graduates with her master's degree, it will be 2006!"

"Then why don't you just get married after she graduates from university? These days, there are even couples with kids pursuing master's degrees, so what's a little marriage?"

"Stop talking about me, talk about yourself! You've become the captain of the criminal investigation team, you should take care of your personal matters as soon as possible."

"Can you please not mention that? Just thinking about it makes me think of blind dates, and the thought of blind dates gives me a headache!"

Li Xiang is genuinely afraid of blind dates.

He is from Mangcun Village, Qinghua District, Jinghai, and his ancestors were farmers for generations.

His parents raised him to be strict with himself from a young age, encouraging him to study diligently.

He lived up to expectations, passed the police academy entrance exam, and became a police officer.

however……

When you're in school, you're not allowed to have romantic relationships; you have to focus on your studies.

After he started working, they wanted him to start dating as soon as possible.

How is this possible?

Especially since he is a criminal police officer, he is often busy with work, so how could he have time to find a partner?

Seeing his mother's health deteriorating, Li Xiang became very anxious.

He also wants to get married as soon as possible so that his mother can hold her grandson.

However, despite going on numerous blind dates, none of them were satisfactory.

And it also took a lot of time and involved treating them to many meals.

He didn't have much income to begin with, so how could he afford such a large expenditure?

That's why I get a headache whenever blind dates are mentioned.

"Hey, since you get a headache just thinking about blind dates, let's talk about something else!"

An Xin looked at Li Xiang with a smile.

Li Xiang knew An Xin all too well.

One look at his mysterious smile and you know he's about to ask about his master again.

"Are you going to talk about Master again?"

"The anniversary has passed, why are you still talking about him?"

“I’ve told you so many times, when I arrived at the scene that day, Xu Jiang was already dead.”

“My master was lying in a pool of blood with only one breath left. I couldn’t hear what he was saying before he died.”

Li Xiang frowned, looking displeased.

But An Xin wouldn't let go.

"However, ballistic analysis shows that the bullet that hit the master was not in the direction Xu Jiang fell to his death. This fully proves that there was a third person at the scene of the crime, and the master was not shot by Xu Jiang."

"so what?"

Li Xiang asked with a stern face, "Didn't Master heroically sacrifice himself while investigating Xu Jiang?"

"Are you going to erase your master's status as a martyr based on this personal deduction?"

An Xin quickly laughed and said, "Don't get so agitated every time we talk about this topic, as if I'm going to reopen your wounds!"

"The reason I'm still worried about this case isn't because I doubt our master, but because I'm afraid the murderer is still at large!"

Li Xiang sighed.

"Xu Jiang dominated Jinghai for so many years, made so much money, and supported so many people."

"It's not surprising that he could get a gun while on the run and had an accomplice."

"And with his death, his accomplices disappeared and went into hiding, so we naturally had no way to investigate."

An Xin nodded.

"Yes, we only know that such a person exists, but we don't know if they are male or female, tall or short, fat or thin..."

"Hurry up and eat!"

Li Xiang quickly finished his meal, threw away the lunchbox, wiped his mouth, and walked a few steps away to light a cigarette.

"Hey, why are you smoking again? Didn't you say you were too poor to go on blind dates? Where did you get the money to buy cigarettes?"

Li Xiang rolled his eyes at An Xin.

"How much does it cost to treat someone to a meal on a blind date? And how much does a pack of cigarettes cost?"

"Then if you smoke a few fewer packs of cigarettes, you could afford to go on one blind date!"

"..."

Li Xiang rolled his eyes at An Xin again.

Why save money on cigarettes and use it to treat people on blind dates? Isn't that foolish?

"But don't worry about not having money for blind dates. We're about to become residents of a demolished property, so why would we worry about not having money?"

An Xin said with a sour, teasing smile.

Li Xiang grunted twice.

"Why would I want to be a recipient of demolition compensation?"

"The Municipal Planning Bureau only conducted a simple survey."

"When will the highway that passes through our Mang Village start construction? And whose land and houses will it take? It's still uncertain!"

"Besides, Qinghua District, which your future father-in-law is in charge of, is the weakest economically among the five major districts of Jinghai City. Where would they get the funds to build a highway?"

An Xin muttered, "The district doesn't have them, but the city does!"

"Haven't you heard that Mr. Zhao from Huilong Group is about to invest in Jinghai?"

Li Xiang could only manage a wry smile.

"If he's going to invest, won't it be in the development zone? What does that have to do with our Qinghua District?"

An Xin pouted and said, "If I were him, I would rather vote for Qinghua District!"

"Who doesn't know that the land in the development zone has basically been bought up by the Haifu Group long ago?"

"Instead of spending a lot of money to buy land and build a factory in the development zone, it is better to come to Qinghua District, which has a poor economy."

"It's said that after Director Meng was transferred to Qinghua District, he dreamed of boosting the economy. If General Manager Zhao really wanted to invest, he would probably be willing to give away a large piece of land for free!"

Li Xiang took a deep drag on his cigarette.

"You'd better hurry up and eat, stop daydreaming for me!"

"Besides, even if a highway is built in Mang Village in the future, it won't take up much of the houses and land."

"Instead of hoping to get rich quick from demolished properties, I'd rather hope the higher-ups give us a raise and bonuses!"

An Xin nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, yes, salary and bonuses are still the most practical!"

After saying that, An Xin prepared to focus on eating her rice.

But then the phone suddenly rang.

Upon seeing the caller ID, I quickly answered the call.

"Hey Uncle Meng, can I use the restroom? Tell me."

"I wasn't planning on going to the provincial capital anytime soon, Meng Yu, is there something you need?"

"Oh, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, it's time to switch to summer clothes."

"But you could pack the clothes and mail them to her. It's too much trouble to make a separate trip!"

Li Xiang strode forward and immediately kicked An Xin.

An Xin hurriedly pressed her phone to her chest and asked in a low voice, quite surprised:

Why did you kick me?

"I wish I could kick you to death! Director Meng asked you to deliver clothes, did you really think it was just about delivering clothes?"

Li Xiang asked in a low voice, sounding exasperated.

"Why not?"

An Xin's question really infuriated Li Xiang.

"I'm fucking impressed by you!"

"I really want to crack open your head and see what kind of crap is inside!"

"Director Meng wants you to meet Meng Yu to get to know her better. Don't you even understand that?"

After giving An Xin's head a hard shove, Li Xiang shook his head and retreated in anger.

After he said that, An Xin finally understood.

“Hey Uncle Meng, I suddenly remembered that I don’t seem to have any work scheduled for the next two days. Why don’t you pack the clothes and I’ll take them to her school first thing tomorrow morning?”

"Okay, I'll come to your place tonight. Don't wait for me for dinner. I'm still working on a case at the First Municipal Hospital right now, and I don't even know what time I'll get off work. See you tonight!"

Seeing An Xin hang up the phone and put it away, Li Xiang couldn't help but ask:

"You're not just going to send clothes to Meng Yu tomorrow, are you?"

"if not?"

An Xin asked in return, looking completely bewildered.

Li Xiang chuckled awkwardly, "Couldn't you have brought her some more good food?"

"Is it really necessary? I've already spent enough money out of my own pocket to make this trip!"

"Fine, keep acting like this, taking advantage of your childhood friendship! Don't blame me if Meng Yu runs off with someone else in the future!!"