Original sin

The place Xu Jing ordered for dinner is Sichuan pot master.

When Shen Chen and Wang Lu arrived, Xu Jing had already ordered. It was a semi-self-service hot pot, and it also came with a lot of free desserts and snacks, and even ice cream that children like.

"Look at what else you want to eat and get it yourself. By the way, you have to do it yourself. I don't know if you like spicy dishes or oil dishes." Xu Jing had a smile on her face.

Wang Lu and Xu Jing nodded, and then the two women chatted enthusiastically, but put Shen Shen aside.Shen Chen smiled awkwardly: "You guys talk, I'll do the dipping."

But Xu Jing said, "Get me an oil dish."

Wang Lu also said, "I want an oil dish too."

Shen Shen's eyes widened. Didn't Xu Jing just say to dip in the water and do it by herself?Why is it all his business now.

Shen Shen asked: "But what do you want and what do you not want?" Do you have any taboos?

Xu Jing and Wang Lu said together: "Whatever!"

Shen Chen was a little speechless, what he was most afraid of was being casual, how could he do it casually?But seeing the two women chatting enthusiastically, he couldn't say anything more, so he could only go to the condiment table by himself.

"Hey, are you Shen Shen?" A woman's voice sounded.

Shen Shen turned around and saw a woman in her 30s standing beside her, wearing a decent cheongsam, with a good figure and exquisite facial features.

Shen Shen frowned: "You are?"

"You don't remember, I'm Xia Jingxuan, Lele, do you remember?"

Shen Chen felt a little impressed, and Xia Jingxuan smiled: "Captain Shen is a noble man who forgets things. Three years ago in Taiping Lane, a gangster took hostages and captured a child. You let the gangster release the hostages, and you are the hostage yourself. This matter You won't really forget it, will you?"

Shen Chen patted his head: "I remember, Lele, right, that brave little boy, you are his mother."

Xia Jingxuan nodded: "Yes, I was terrified at the time. Fortunately, you rescued Lele, but I also sweated for you, lest the gangster hurt you. Fortunately, you and your companions got on smoothly later. The gangster was caught. Later we wanted to thank you, but you didn't even want to eat a meal, my family asked to send a pennant to your unit, and when we went, we said that you went to study abroad."

Shen Chen smiled: "You have a heart, this is what we should do, don't take it too seriously."

Xia Jingxuan sighed: "The guy from my family went to Shanghai later, and we followed suit. No, he was transferred back to Lincheng from Shanghai a few days ago, and we followed him back. My guy and I returned to Shanghai. Thinking about it, since I'm back, I should go to see you no matter what, and make an appointment to have a meal together, no matter what, you saved our Jialele, you don't have to take this matter to heart, but we can't take it to heart Come on. Especially Lele, who has been thinking about you all the time."

Shen Chen didn't expect it to be such a trivial matter in his own eyes, but they kept worrying about it.

"Are you here with friends?"

Shen Shen nodded: "Well, I came with two friends."

"Well, do you have time tomorrow? Have dinner together tomorrow night?"

Shen Shen smiled wryly: "It's really unnecessary, I'll take my wish."

Xia Jingxuan saw that Shen Shen didn't let go, she sighed: "Okay, let's talk about it when we have a chance."

Shen Chen finished dipping in water and returned to his seat, the two women were still chatting.

They were all talking about women's topics, and Shen Shen couldn't intervene at all, so he could only sit aside and play with his mobile phone boredly.

"Officer Shen!"

Shen Chen raised his head, and saw Xia Jingxuan and a man leading Lele over. This man should be the guy from her family that Xia Jingxuan was talking about.

"Uncle Policeman!" Lele was very happy, and immediately threw herself in front of Shen Shen. Shen Shen hurriedly hugged him, and a smile appeared on Shen Shen's face: "Lele has grown taller."

"Well, Lele has grown up and is in the second grade."

Lele was only five years old three years ago, but he was really a strong child. When he was hijacked by gangsters, he was not scared to cry like many children.

Xu Jing and Wang Lu stopped chatting, and they looked at the family of three curiously.

The man stepped forward: "Xiao Shen, you saved Lele, we have never had a chance to thank you properly, Jing Xuan asked you to have dinner but you refused, I am not hypocritical, how about it, I will replace it with tea Wine, thank you, if you need any help in the future, just come to me, this is my business card."

After all, the man handed Shen Chen a business card. There was only one name and mobile phone number on the business card, but when he saw the name, Shen Shen froze for a moment. On the business card was written: Qi Fangping.

Shen Shen looked at the man: "Are you Bureau Qi from the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Provincial Department?"

The man smiled slightly: "What's the matter? I'm older than you, so just call me Brother Qi."

Shen Chen smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

Qi Fangping looked at Xu Jing, and he greeted politely: "You are Minister Xu's daughter, right?" He first talked to Xu Jing, Xu Jing smiled and nodded, Qi Fangping looked at Wang Lu again: "This is a flower in our provincial department, but Tan Ke abducted her. To be precise, Xiao Shen, you abducted her."

Shen Chen pursed his lips, it seemed that Qi Fangping really knew a lot about his own affairs, you must know that Qi Fangping should have been transferred from Shanghai half a month ago.

"Come on, I'll replace the wine with tea, and I'll toast you." Qi Fangping poured himself a cup of tea, and the three of Shen Chen also raised the cups. Qi Fangping touched the three of them, and then drank it with a smile: " You are not allowed to drink alcohol during non-holidays, otherwise I will definitely drag you to have a good drink, Xiao Shen, I still want to treat you to dinner, but I know you will be very busy during this time, so come and sit at home when you are done. Let's have a light meal together."

Shen Shen had no choice but to nod in agreement.

It never occurred to him that Lele was actually Qi Fangping's son. Although Xia Jingxuan refused before, since Qi Fangping personally invited him, it would be unreasonable for him to refuse.

Qi Fangping and the others left without too long a delay and returned to their seats.

"Shen Chen, that's amazing. I didn't expect you to have something to do with Qi Fangping." Xu Jing said.

Wang Lu said: "Where is the 35-year-old Deputy Office of Real Power!"

Xu Jing chuckled: "His wife, Xia Jingxuan, is not an ordinary person either. You should have heard of 'Xiahang Electronics', right? A well-known large company in Shanghai, the current man is Xia Jingxuan's father."

Wang Lu nodded: "Qian University cooperates with them. I heard that Xia Hang only has two daughters, and Xia Jingxuan seems to be the boss."

Xu Jing glanced at Shen Shen: "Xia Jingxuan's younger sister, Xia Jingping, is said to be a strong woman. She seems to be in charge of the Xia family's business now, and she is also a beautiful woman. The most important thing is that she is still unmarried."

Shen Shen coughed lightly: "Does this have anything to do with me?"

"Who knows, what if Xia Jingxuan thinks you're nice and wants to introduce her sister to you?" Xu Jing said again.

Wang Lu also looked at Shen Chen, as if there was such a thing.

Only then did Shen Chen say: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, and eat quickly."

Then everyone changed the subject.

"Xu Jing, what have you been up to these days?"

"I'm not busy at all. I just went around the city and city and made a special report to reflect the great changes in the mountains and villages. It's finally finished. You don't know, I lost five catties after this tour! "

Wang Lu smiled: "Didn't you always want to lose weight? Isn't it what you want?"

"Am I fat?" Xu Jing rolled her eyes.

But she quickly looked at Shen Chen: "The Municipal Bureau has re-established a task force for your father's case. How is the case investigation going now?"

Shen Shen sighed: "Not much progress." In fact, the reason why there is not much progress is because this case has an intersection with the security department, so they are somewhat limited in some investigations.

Xu Jing said: "Take your time, so many years have passed, don't rush at this moment. By the way, I heard that your father may still be alive. Is it true?" Xu Jing asked very directly. She felt that there was no need for detours.

Wang Lu didn't speak, but just listened quietly.

Shen Shen nodded: "Should be alive."

"He is also really, why didn't he contact you when he was still alive? Doesn't he know how much sorrow he has brought to you all these years?" Xu Jing was very upset, and Wang Lu said: "Maybe he has his own difficulties. And the more this happens, the more complicated the case is.”

Shen Chen didn't say anything more, just ate with his head buried.

Xu Jing wanted to say something else, but Wang Lu stopped her: "This matter is not as simple as you think."

Xu Jing no longer insisted on this topic, but said: "Now that I'm back, if there is anything you need, I can help you to check. Just say, sometimes it may be more convenient for us to check than you."

Shen Chen smiled and said thank you.

After dinner, Wang Lu answered the phone and left first, leaving only Shen Shen and Xu Jing.

Xu Jing didn't drive, so naturally Shen Shen saw her off.

After getting into the car, Shen Shen looked hesitant to speak, Xu Jing saw it in his eyes: "If you have anything to say, just talk about it, why, it's only a few days since we haven't seen each other, and you're born?"

Shen Shen coughed lightly: "Your dad called Tan Ke, he seems to care about you very much." Shen Shen said very cryptically, after all he didn't know how to speak about such things.

Xu Jing is a smart person, so she understood: "Does he want Tan Ke to put pressure on you?"

"That's not true. Maybe he thinks my attitude is unclear and thinks it's unfair to you. Xu Jing, in fact, you should be very clear about what I think. I'm really..."

Before Shen Chen finished speaking, Xu Jing interrupted him: "Well, you don't need to talk, I know what you think. Anyway, we are always friends, right?"

Shen Shen nodded, they were naturally friends, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were good friends.

Xu Jing said: "I have the right to make friends, don't I? Even my parents have nothing to do with it. Besides, we are not doing something shameful. Don't talk to my parents. They're just worried that I won't be able to get married."

Shen Chen wryly smiled, can he really do something wrong?But what can I do if it's not like what Xu Jing said?You can't turn your face around and don't even recognize your friends, can you?

"I can understand you, but what about Wang Lu, can she understand? I can see that the relationship between you seems a bit weird, or is it because of the previous incident?"

Shen Shen pursed her lips: "Maybe."

"You, she is her, the Wang family is the Wang family, and Wang Tao is Wang Tao, why can't you tell the difference?" Xu Jing glared at Shen Shen. She did it out of concern among friends. At this moment, she She didn't regard Wang Lu as her rival in love.

Shen Chen said: "Actually, I also want to make a clear distinction, but the two cases I'm currently investigating seem to be related to the Wang family. Do you think I can really make a clear distinction?"

"Then tell me, is there really something wrong with Wang's family? You are a policeman, so you need to give evidence. Don't tell me that it's possible or something. Don't play tricks that you don't need." Xu Jing's character is like this. One, two is two.

Shen Shen thought for a while, then shook his head: "I haven't found any problems yet."

"Then it's over? Besides, you should know Wang Lu very well. Even if there is a problem with the Wang family, it has nothing to do with Wang Lu. I think at least now you shouldn't treat Wang Lu like this because of your so-called suspicion. It's not fair. As for finding out what's wrong with the Wang family in the future, that's another matter."

Shen Moran, at this moment he suddenly realized that maybe what Xu Jing said was right, he knew that Wang Lu had always cared about him, and even stood by his side when he needed help, including when he went to see Wang Chao Once Wang Lu knew what his purpose was, he still led him there, but he never considered Wang Lu's feelings.

Xu Jing said: "I admit, I like you, and Wang Lu likes you too. If I am a selfish person, then I am very happy to see you treat her like this, but as a friend, I don't want her to be wronged like this." , Shen Chen, think about it yourself, I hope you can seriously consider how to get along with Wang Lu."

The car had already arrived at Xu Jing's residence, and Shen Shen stopped the car. Xu Jing opened the door and walked down. Before leaving, she said again: "This kind of friendship is precious. No matter who you choose in the end, I hope everyone Still able to be friends, very good friends."

After Xu Jing finished speaking, she turned and left.

Shen Chen didn't start the car immediately, but lit a cigarette, thinking about what Xu Jing said.

In fact, he understands the truth, but there is a hurdle in his heart, he is afraid, he is worried.

He was afraid that if one day it was found that there was something wrong with the Wang family, what would he do?And how to face Wang Lu?Will Wang Lu hate herself for it?

But Xu Jing is right, those are unknowns, at least now Wang Lu is helping her sincerely, and she is wholeheartedly treating her well, so my attitude towards her at this time will definitely make her sad.

"Alas!" Shen Shen sighed long, threw half of the cigarette butt out of the car window, started the car and left.

On the outskirts of the city, in the villa where Xiaozhuang lived.

Tang Laoqi and his two subordinates were sitting on the sofa, looking at Xiaozhuang.

"We can only succeed in this operation and not fail. Our target this time is an old beggar. Then you will be in charge and I will be in charge of killing." Xiao Zhuang looked calm, as if he said it was a very ordinary thing. The little things are average.

The corner of Tang Laoqi's mouth twitched slightly, that was murder, but Xiao Zhuang said it as simple as killing a chicken and a fish.However, he was also secretly rejoicing. Fortunately, the task Xiao Zhuang gave them was just to watch the wind. He was still a little timid to let him do it. Live.

Tang Laoqi hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Mr. Xiaozhuang, we will definitely do our job well."