Chapter 315 A Quarrel can Strengthen Their Love
Fu Zhengzheng is ready to have lunch with Fu Wenhai. She is going to call Lin Jiao, but unexpectedly, Lin Jiao calls her first.
Fu Zhengzheng connects the call quickly, “How is Li Yin?”
“She had pregnancy discomfort, but it was not serious. The doctor said she would be recovered after having a good rest at home for some days. Have the goods been sent there?”
“Yes. They have been unloaded. I checked and accepted them.”
Lin Jiao asks tentatively, “Is there anything wrong with the goods?”
“No, they are all right.”
“That’s good then. Thank you.”
“You’re welcome. Call me if you need help.” Then Fu Zhengzheng hangs up the phone and gets into Fu Wenhai’s car.
Fu Wenhai asks smilingly while driving, “Don’t we need to invite Mr. Han?”
“He is busy.”
“What do you want to eat?”
Fu Zhengzheng smiles, “Whatever, so long as it’s light. I’m not a picky eater.”
“What about seafood?”
Hearing that, Fu Zhengzheng waves at once, “No seafood. We can eat something else. I ate shrimps and grapes together at noon yesterday. As a result, I took infusion for a few hours last night in the hospital.”
“It seems that shrimps and grapes can’t be eaten together.”
“Yes, I didn’t know before last night. Luckily, my pregnant friend didn’t eat shrimps because shrimps could cause much internal heat. It would have been terrible if she had vomited and had watery stools.”
“Did you have lunch in your friend’s shop yesterday?”
“Yes. Yesterday was her birthday. Her cousin cooked in person. The salt and pepper shrimps she made were very delicious.” Mentioning Li Yin’s cousin, Fu Zhengzheng pauses at once and ends the topic quickly, “I felt the dish yummy, so I ate excessively.”
“Please be careful.” Fu Wenhai smiles and then says, “You took infusion yesterday. I guess your intestines and stomach haven’t fully recovered, so you can’t have greasy food. How about…”
Before Fu Wenhai is done, Fu Zhengzheng’s phone rings again.
The call is from Yang Tao. She connects it quickly.
Yang Tao’s worried voice comes to her ears at once, “Qiubo and Menghuai are quarreling again. I can’t dissuade them. Please come to have a try.”
Fu Zhengzheng is surprised and asks at once, “Where are they quarreling?”
“By the roadside opposite to the municipal police office.”
“I’ll be there soon.” Fu Zhengzheng hangs up the phone and says to Fu Wenhai apologetically, “Mr. Fu, I can’t have lunch with you. My friends are quarreling. I have to dissuade them. Please pull over and let me down.”
“That’s all right. Where are your friends? Let me drive you there.”
“You haven’t had lunch. I can go there alone by taxi.”
“It doesn’t matter to have lunch later. It’s more important to mediate in the quarrel.”
Knowing Fu Wenhai is always warm-hearted, Fu Zhengzheng doesn’t decline his offer and says, “Xiangyang Road.”
Fu Wenhai takes a U-turn and drives towards Xiangyang Road where the municipal police office is located.
Over ten minutes later, they arrive at Xiangyang Road. But Fu Zhengzheng doesn’t see them. She asks Fu Wenhai to stop the car and gets out of it. After Fu Wenhai leaves, she calls Yang Tao.
“Qiubo has gone.”
“Where?”
“She might be back to her restaurant. Menghuai and I are in Yuxiang Teahouse.”
“I’m coming.” Fu Zhengzheng puts down her phone and then walks to Yuxiang Teahouse diagonally across the municipal police office.
Yang Tao is waiting for her at the door.
Once arriving, she asks, “Menghuai said he had made peace with Qiubo. Why did they begin to quarrel again after such a short time?”
Yang Tao ushers her into the teahouse while explaining, “The birthday of Menghuai’s mother is coming. He didn’t know what kind of gift would be better. During lunch, some female colleagues said a female colleague named Hu Jing bought her mother a coat. They all thought it was great, so he called Hu Jing. She was very warm-hearted and took the coat to Menghuai’s office specially. While they were talking happily, Qiubo went there. Only Menghuai and Hu Jing were in the office then. For fear that Qiubo would misunderstand, Menghuai explained in haste. But with a slip of the tongue, he said ‘This is a birthday gift to my mom from Hu Jing’. Qiubo didn’t say anything for the moment. She just smiled and then went out. Menghuai ran after her immediately. After they were out of the municipal police office, Qiubo began to quarrel with Menghuai on the road.”
They talk and walk to a corner of the teahouse. Seeing He Menghuai angry too, Fu Zhengzheng asks at once, “Menghuai, you had a slip of tongue. You should explain to Qiubo patiently now. Why are you mad here?”
He Menghuai responds angrily, “I did, but she didn’t listen to my explanation. What can I do? Each time something minor happens, she won’t let it go. No matter how I apologize and coax her, she shuts her ears to it. I doubt if she really puts me in her heart.”
Fu Zhengzheng comforts him at once, “Qiubo’s parents and brother live in A City. But she leaves her dearest family, comes here and lives under another roof. What does she do it for? I don’t believe she stays in B City for Tian and me.”
It makes He Menghuai less angry. He pauses and then says in a low voice, “It’s so troublesome to have a girlfriend. I have to coax her every day. I’m tired of it.”
“But Qiubo indeed makes a storm in a teacup. I’ll call her to criticize her now.”
Then Fu Zhengzheng takes out her phone and calls Sun Qiubo.
“Qiubo, where are you?”
“I’m hanging around on the street.”
“Menghuai and I are in Yuxiang Teahouse. Come here and have a good talk with him, OK?”
“No, I don’t want to see him.”
“Come on. Menghuai has explained that it’s a slip of the tongue. What are you still angry about? You are not such a narrow-minded girl.”
“I’m not angry about this. His mom’s birthday is coming. He discussed it with his female colleague instead of me. What’s his intention?”
Fu Zhengzheng is amused by what Sun Qiubo said. She repeats on purpose, “It turns out that you are angry because Menghuai didn’t discuss with you about his mom’s birthday gift. You should have explained it clearly. Menghuai thinks you are jealous.”
Hearing that, He Menghuai realizes what his mistake is. He snatches Fu Zhengzheng’s phone and wants to explain. Then he hears Sun Qiubo saying on the phone, “I can’t be bothered to be jealous. In my opinion, he wanted to flirt with his female colleague by discussing about his mom’s gift.”
He Menghuai explains at once, “If I want to flirt with my female colleagues, I would have chosen one of them as my girlfriend. I’m really not interested in them.”
Sun Qiubo ridicules him, “Oh, you’re regretful, aren’t you?”
“I’m not regretful. I just want to tell you that I only take them as colleagues, just like Captain Yang and Captain Ji.”
“Who believes? Hum.”
“Qiubo, although I’m often like a playboy, I am discreet about love. Believe me. So far, only you have attracted me. My heart is full of you. It’s true. Believe me.”
“Then why didn’t you discuss with me about your mom’s birthday gift?”
“I intended to discuss with you, but you were angry with me these two days and wanted to break up with me. How dare I mention it at this time?”
“Our quarrel is one thing, but your mom’s birthday is another thing. Actually, I have prepared the gift. Unexpectedly, you don’t want it. I’m going to give it to the old woman selling sunflower seeds by the roadside.”
Hearing the concession in Sun Qiubo’s words, He Menghuai shouts with a smile, “Please don’t, Qiubo. Don’t give it to the old woman selling sunflower seeds. Give it to my mom. No, our mom.”
“Nonsense. Who shares one mom with you?”
“We don’t share one mom. We share two moms.”
Listening to the dialogue between He Menghuai and Sun Qiubo on the phone, Fu Zhengzheng and Yang Tao can’t help exchanging their smiles. They leave them alone, walk aside and sit down.
Fu Zhengzheng’s stomach grumbles. She drinks a glass of hot tea, picks up cookies from the table and eats one after another.
“Didn’t you have lunch?” Yang Tao finds her abnormal at once. Then he turns around and shouts to the teahouse boss Xu Yun who is walking past him, “Boss Xu, call a takeaway for me.”
“OK, I’ll call it right now.” Xu Yun responds immediately.
Fu Zhengzheng shouts at once, “No, thanks. One bowl of noodles will be enough for me.”
“OK.” Then Xu Yun hurries to make the call.
He Menghuai is still talking on the phone. Yang Tao shakes his head and laughs, “So capricious. They made me worried in vain.”
Fu Zhengzheng says smilingly, “For them, a quarrel can strengthen their love. Now girls as considerate and soft as Xiaoyue are rare.”
Yang Tao laughs, “I’ve got a treasure.”
“Xiaoyue is indeed a treasure. You must cherish her.”
“Of course.” Then Yang Tao adds, “You are a treasure too. Han Siqi also should cherish you.”
Fu Zhengzheng smiles, “I’m not a treasure and make Siqi worry about me every day.”
Yao Tao asks instantly, “I heard you vomited and had watery stools yesterday. What’s wrong?”
“I had something wrong.”
“Be careful.” Yang Tao says, “Zhengzheng, you are dogged with bad luck recently. You were easily hurt. During this one week, you have gone to the hospital for several times.”
Fu Zhengzheng smiles helplessly and says, “I also think I am unlucky recently. I don’t know which incidents are related to the coffer case.”
“Your identity has been exposed. It’s normal that someone often comes to make trouble for you. That’s why we asked you to work in the police office. It’s a kind of protection too. But you have to be more cautious.”
“But I find there are not many strangers around me. These incidents that happened to me seem to be unrelated to the case. The news that I have the trap map of the coffer has been spread out, right? It seems to have stirred up nothing.”
“You’ve just been back for about ten days. Take it easy and wait. Perhaps they are scheming secretly, or they are always around you in fact, but you and I don’t realize it.”
“We are passive.” Fu Zhengzheng sighs.
Yang Tao comforts her, “We are passive in this matter, but there are no better ways than waiting. You must be patient. You can’t take it lightly anytime. So long as you feel anything wrong, tell me or Muxian in time. Although we’re protecting you and your family around the clock, it’s better for you to be more cautious. Understand?”
Fu Zhengzheng nods.
Yang Tao smiles and says, “By the way, your job has been formally transferred here. You are my regular colleague now.”
“Has it been transferred here?” Fu Zhengzheng is about to ask more when someone slaps her heavily on the back…