"It's not too late!" Ning's mother immediately welcomed him in enthusiastically, "You are all sitting there chatting, you come and sit too!"
Huo Yan looked towards the living room. Several people chatting in the living room nodded to him. He just nodded lightly, holding the lunch box, as if he didn't know whether to go and sit down or do something else.
"Your surname is Huo, right?" Ning's mother was a little curious about her daughter's new colleague whom she met for the first time. While sizing him up, she took a drink and handed it to him, "I heard Xiaoyi mentioned that her new colleague My colleagues are really great. I met them today and they have really good temperaments!"
Huo Yan pursed his lips, took the drink with some restraint, and still stood upright: "Thank you, Auntie."
Ning Shuyi couldn't stand it any longer. What he knew was that he was visiting her home to chat with his mother. What he didn't know was that he was being interviewed by the chief!
She stood up and waved to Huo Yan: "Do you want to return the lunch box to my dad? Come on, I'll take you to the kitchen!"
Huo Yan nodded and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
He seemed to be a little overwhelmed by Ning's mother's kindness and enthusiasm.
In the kitchen, Ning's father was wearing a chef's uniform and standing in front of the stove, looking like a general on the battlefield, with an extremely cool temperament. Ji Yuan and Kang Ge were helping.
Seeing Huo Yan being brought in by Ning Shuyi, the two of them briefly greeted him.
Only then did Ning's father see someone new to him. After Ning Shuyi helped introduce him, he knew that this was the great new colleague. At the same time, he also noticed that Huo Yan was trying his best to hide it, but he couldn't hide it no matter what. of restraint.
"Here it comes! Just put the lunch box next to it. Do you know how to chop vegetables?" He was very indifferent to Huo Yan. He spoke with a familiar tone and began to arrange work for him. "If you can, help me with it." The cucumbers over there are all sliced thin!”
Huo Yan was stunned for a moment, nodded, put the lunch box aside, rolled up his sleeves and went to the sink to wash his hands and prepare to cut vegetables.
Ning Shuyi was a little curious and stood aside to take a look. He saw Huo Yan skillfully picking up the kitchen knife with fast and neat movements. A cucumber quickly turned into a pile of even slices under his knife.
"Hey! You can do it, young man! Have you practiced before?" Ning's father also saw it and was very surprised, "The cut is really good!"
"I used to help out in the cooking class for a while just to make me lose my temper." Huo Yan answered honestly.
Ning's father was happy: "Then we are the two of us! If you have many skills, you can just keep cutting. Help me cut the carrots too!"
After saying that, he turned around and saw Ning Shuyi: "Go! Go out and chat! Girls, why are you staying in the kitchen?"
With an unexpected helper like Huo Yan, Ning's father served the dishes faster. In a short time, all the dishes were served, and everyone in the living room was called to the dining table and began to feast.
The other people in the police force were as familiar with Ning's father and Ning's mother as their own parents. They were completely informal and chatted while eating, and the atmosphere was very lively.
Only Huo Yan, who has a cold and aloof temper, seems particularly out of place in such an atmosphere.
Ning's mother was probably afraid that Huo Yan would be even more reluctant to let go if he felt left out. Several times she tried to greet him, but Ning's father stepped on her instep under the table, and finally did not do so.
On the other hand, Ning's father himself, during the whole meal, while chatting with others while eating, he picked up the serving chopsticks without leaving a trace, picked up the vegetables and put them into Huo Yan's bowl.
Huo Yan was a little surprised, but he looked at Ning's father silently and didn't say anything. He just picked up the rice and ate everything in the bowl.
After Ning's mother saw it, she also understood it. She didn't take the initiative to greet Huo Yan or anything after that. She just followed the example and quietly served him dishes several times.
In this relaxed and happy atmosphere, suddenly, a loud noise came from above, startling the people at the table.
"Uncle, are you renovating the house upstairs?" Zhao Dabao patted his chest, "The sudden sound of an electric pickaxe really hit someone!"
Father Ning waved his hands with an ugly expression: "What are you doing to fix it? It's just this time that we met a group of unreliable renters who made a little noise from time to time during the day, which was shocking!
The key is that there is no pattern at all. Sometimes I think about it for a long time when it rings, and sometimes it happens unexpectedly and makes people's hearts skip a beat! I thought it still had to ring, just wait, but there was no movement.
I think it's probably fine here, hey! I’ll give you another shout! "
As soon as they finished speaking, as if to confirm Ning's father's words, another deafening sound of electric pickaxes came from above their heads, startling everyone again.
Ning Shuyi frowned. She usually left early for work and came back late. She thought those people were messing around upstairs in her bedroom late at night, but now it was clear that this meant that during the day, this kind of electric hammer and pickaxe Noise also often "sneaks"!
"I'll go upstairs to find him!" Zhao Dabao frowned, "There is an old man living at home, how can a group of renters decorate the house without even saying hello to the landlord?!"
"Let's go, I'll go with you!" Luo Wei was just happy. He was startled and a little unhappy. He immediately got up and followed Zhao Dabao out.
Ning's father and Ning's mother didn't even stop them.
"Xiaoyi, please go out and have a look, don't cause any trouble to your colleagues!" Ning's mother felt a little sorry, "Anyway, the group upstairs will be due in half a month, and we all agreed not to rent. I guess they will move out soon, so we don't need to let them mess around and make us unhappy."
Ning Shuyi nodded, got up and followed her out. She had only walked half a floor when Luo Wei and Zhao Dabao had already knocked on the door upstairs.
It was one of those young men who opened the door. He didn't panic when he saw someone coming, and asked with a smile on his face: "Who are you looking for?"
"It's downstairs." Zhao Dabao said with a tigerish face, "Today is the weekend, do you know? What are you doing upstairs to make such a big noise? Decorating? Did you get the consent of the landlord? Open the door and let me take a look. Have you damaged the structure of someone else’s house?”
"No, no!" Regarding being approached by someone, the man was still the same as before, with a look like a knife. He didn't panic at all. He stepped away from the door and pointed into the room with a playful smile, "Brother, we are students. Engineering students, isn’t it true that true knowledge comes from practice? Not only do you need to learn, but you also need to be able to actually operate it! So I bought a few stone slabs and came back to practice!
What's up? Does the loudness affect you? Ouch! Then I'm sorry! It’s my younger brother who is wrong! We won’t do it anymore! Is this okay? "
(End of chapter)
