Since he was a child, because he was the heir to the empire, his parents, himself and others had high demands on him.
His performance has always been outstanding, which means that no matter how well he does, it is taken for granted in their eyes.
Praising him so straightforwardly for a trivial matter was something he rarely did after he became sensible.
Therefore, when he saw this sentence, he couldn't explain what he felt for a moment.
This complicated emotion did not remain in his heart for long. When Gu Henzhi returned his attention to the light screen again, the corners of his mouth that had been tense all night also relaxed a lot.
All in all, she's fine.
…
After Shen Mian left a message to Gu Henzhi, she waited for about an hour before the person who had just left appeared in front of her again.
To her surprise, Yin Jinchuan asked her directly:
"Is it okay to let her stay at your place tonight?"
The "she" here naturally refers to Qiao Jiaying.
Shen Mian glanced at Qiao Jiaying, and when she saw her vaguely expectant expression, she suddenly smiled: "That house is not mine, you have the final say. There is nothing wrong with having a little beauty with me. OK."
She saw that although Qiao Jiaying's face was still nervous, she was much better than when she left here before. It should be that the conversation just now went relatively smoothly.
Judging from Qiao Jiaying's reluctance to call her mother, at least tonight, she probably doesn't want to go home to live.
Yin Jinchuan's consideration was probably that living with him and Wei Duo would at least temporarily ensure her safety.
Before leaving, Shen Mian passed by Yin Jinchuan: "Does this count as overtime?"
"Forget it." Yin Jinchuan's voice answered.
Shen Mian curled her lips and chuckled: "I don't want overtime pay for nothing. Check your phone. I just sent you something. Maybe you will be interested."
After saying that, she took Qiao Jiaying and Wei Duo and left the police station.
Originally, Wei Duo wanted to stay and continue to work overtime, but he couldn't stand it anymore, so he agreed to change the schedule with others.
At least, after Shen Mian sent the picture to Yin Jinchuan and they got important information from Qiao Jiaying, the people in their criminal investigation team were busy that night.
On the way back, Wei Duo asked curiously: "What did you send to the captain?"
She just saw the captain's expression change.
"Things that will help you solve the case..." Shen Mian smiled and didn't speak too directly.
Shen Mian looked at the girl who had been silent since the beginning. After the other party met her gaze, her eyes flinched for some reason. However, the next second, she seemed to have mustered up her courage and finally looked at Shen Mian. Mian spoke out of curiosity: "That..."
"Um?"
"In order to save me, you threw away your mobile phone before. I...I will return it to you! It's just...my recent part-time salary has not...been paid, so can you..."
Qiao Jiaying spoke a little hesitantly.
But after hearing this, Shen Mian roughly understood where her twitching came from.
Let's just say, I dared to come back with myself, a stranger, before. It makes no sense that after going to the police, I didn't dare to talk to myself anymore.
It turned out that after most of the nervousness dissipated, I started to think of something else.
"You think that's a mobile phone? I don't have the habit of carrying two mobile phones with me." Shen Mian wanted her to relax more from just now, so the smile on her face widened a little.
"ah?"
So, isn't it?
Qiao Jiaying was stunned for a moment, his appearance was exactly the same as when he saw Shen Mian take out the mobile phone from his pocket in the lounge.
"That's a gadget I bought casually on the way to the sacrificial ceremony. If it were really a mobile phone and thrown away like that, regardless of whether it's expensive or not, the mobile phone would probably be scrapped as soon as it landed, but it wouldn't do much good. Too big an effect.”
No matter how strong the phone is, it can't resist being dropped like that.
"I heard that you have been working in a work-study program, and the money you spend to buy a mobile phone is not a small sum. I will not cheat you on this. If you really want to thank me, why don't you treat me to a meal when you get back? A small thing in exchange for a meal is considered an exchange of equal value." Shen Mian smiled and patted Qiao Jiaying's shoulder.
She didn't say that she didn't need to return the item if it wasn't valuable. That would probably hurt the other person's self-esteem.
Even though they had not been together for long, she could tell that Qiao Jiaying was a girl with strong self-esteem.
Asking her to treat him to dinner actually made Qiao Jiaying feel better.
Sure enough, after she said those words, Qiao Jiaying's eyes brightened visibly, and then she nodded vigorously: "Okay!"
Wei Duo, who was listening to the conversation between them, curled his lips.
As expected, Mianmian was still as gentle as before.
Ever since she was a child, Shen Mian always seemed to be like this. She would never comfort people directly, but would take care of other people's feelings without them realizing it.
This has never changed even as I grew up.
As an adult, Qiao Jiaying is naturally not a fool and can naturally understand what Shen Mian means.
As a result, the smile on his face became more real.
Qiao Jiaying accelerated her original pace by two steps, bringing the distance between herself and Shen Mian closer.
…
Time went back to when Shen Mian and Qiao Jiaying had just arrived at the police station.
Several men searched for each other's whereabouts in the dark, following the girl's voice. However, from the very beginning, they felt that something was not quite right.
When they finally got closer and closer to the sound, the weird feeling became more and more obvious.
"Something's not right..." the leading man said. "We may have been fooled."
"No way..." The person next to him said hesitantly.
They didn't find Qiao Jiaying's figure along the way, and because they were together, they had to observe more carefully than one person. In addition, because it is night, if the other party is hiding somewhere, there are shadows that can help them find it.
What's more, it's so late at night that a girl wouldn't go into too dark a place when she's calling for help.
Think about it this way...
"over there!"
Finally, several people found the source of the sound.
After finally getting closer, they finally understood what the weird feeling that had been lingering in their hearts was.
Under the illumination of several flashlights, a small brown bear as big as a palm lay just like that in the grass.
From the little bear, Qiao Jiaying's voice came out: "Help! Who will save me? Someone has kidnapped me!"
Happy New Year
(End of chapter)
