Lu Yanhe and the other two, who had finally managed to survive the traffic jam, never expected that they would just find a random restaurant to eat and run into Qiu Ling again. Not only did they run into Qiu Ling, they also ran into Qiu Ling having dinner with her blind date again.
When the three of them went in, Qiu Ling was talking to this person, and they seemed to be chatting and laughing.
Seeing this, Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang decided not to greet anyone.
"Don't disturb Officer Qiu." Yan Liang said.
Li Zhibai looked unhappy. After sitting down, he kept looking at Officer Qiu.
Lu Yanhe knew that Li Zhibai had some inexplicable liking for Officer Qiu.
"Hey, stop looking at Officer Qiu. No matter how hard you try, she won't notice you." Lu Yanhe advised, "Or you can just honestly like her. You won't admit it anyway."
"Damn it, Lu Yanhe, I don't like you at all, stop talking nonsense." Li Zhibai denied it immediately.
"..." Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang exchanged glances, both of them implying that everything was beyond words.
Sure enough, during the meal, Li Zhibai would glance at Officer Qiu from time to time.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang let him watch as long as he wanted, as long as he didn't disturb others.
Yan Liang said, "I think Officer Qiu and I are quite connected. We keep running into each other."
"Yeah, look how many times we've encountered this this month," Lu Yanhe said.
After dinner, the three of them prepared to leave.
Li Zhibai glanced at Qiu Ling, frowned, and said, "What's there to talk about? Why are you talking for so long?"
Lu Yanhe said, "It's obvious they're on a blind date, so of course there's a lot to talk about."
"How can you be so sure that this is a blind date?" Li Zhibai asked.
"Judging from the state of their relationship, they can't possibly be colleagues or relatives," Lu Yanhe said. "Officer Qiu even put on makeup and wore high heels today. The last time I saw her wearing high heels was on her last blind date."
The reasons are sufficient and impeccable.
Li Zhi wanted to refute but he didn't know where to start.
"Let's go. I have to go back to read." Lu Yanhe said to Li Zhibai.
Li Zhibai still didn't want to leave.
Lu Yanhe: "Are you reluctant to leave?"
"Stop farting." Li Zhibai immediately raised his butt.
I paid the bill and prepared to leave.
"Hmm? What a coincidence, we meet again?" Qiu Ling's voice sounded from behind them.
Lu Yanhe turned around and asked in surprise, "Officer Qiu, have you finished eating too?"
"Huh?" Qiu Ling reacted quickly, "You saw me earlier?"
"Um."
"Don't even come to say hello to me." Qiu Ling said.
Lu Yanhe looked at the seat where Qiu Ling had just sat. The man was no longer sitting there. No one knew where he had gone.
"You were on a blind date just now, right? We didn't go over to disturb you." Lu Yanhe explained.
"Hi, my boss introduced me to someone. It's not a blind date, just a casual fling," Qiu Ling said. "He went to the bathroom, so I just came here to pick up the tab."
"You're paying?" Li Zhibai looked surprised. "Why?"
Qiu Ling said, "I don't want others to treat me. What else could I ask for?"
"ha?"
Qiu Ling said, "Stop yelling, move aside, and let me pay the bill first."
Li Zhibai stepped aside, confused, then suddenly remembered something and said to the waiter, "Please put their table on my bill and pay it all together."
Qiu Ling immediately glared at him: "What are you tying?"
She turned to the others and said, "It's each one his own."
The waiter looked embarrassed, not knowing who to listen to, and looked at them awkwardly.
Qiu Ling said without a doubt: "Okay, stop looking at him, I have the final say, let's separate."
Qiu Ling was a police officer after all, so as soon as she finished speaking, the waiter immediately did as she was told.
"You guys go first, I'll be leaving soon." Qiu Ling said to them.
"You've been drinking, so you can't drive, right?" Li Zhibai asked.
Qiu Ling: "I'll call a designated driver later."
"That's so unsafe," Li Zhibai said immediately. "How about we wait for you in the parking lot? You live nearby anyway, so we can take you back."
Qiu Ling: "My car is still here, you don't have to worry about it."
Li Zhibai wanted to say something.
Qiu Ling tutted her words and said, "Alright, stop dithering and let's go. I should have known not to greet you earlier."
She stretched out her hand and pushed the three children a step forward.
Lu Yanhe pulled Li Zhibai and said, "Okay, let's go."
Li Zhibai looked back every few steps, looking very worried.
"Is she drunk?" Li Zhibai asked worriedly.
Lu Yanhe: "That's enough."
Yan Liang also said: "She is a police officer, are you still worried about her safety?"
Li Zhibai said, "Who knows whether the man she went on a blind date with today is good or bad?"
"The people her leader introduced are always trustworthy."
"Who knows?" Li Zhibai muttered to Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang all the way.
The result was that Li Zhibaifei took the two of them to wait in the car.
"What if their car doesn't park here?" Yan Liang was speechless and said, "Then you've waited in vain."
"Wait ten minutes. If they don't come down, forget it," Li Zhibai said. "I have to supervise Officer Qiu. If she gets lucky and drives home drunk, she must be stopped."
Lu Yanhe: "...You don't need to make so many excuses for yourself."
No matter what Yan Liang and Lu Yanhe said, Li Zhibai was determined to wait here, and there was nothing they could do.
Just when the ten minutes were about to expire, Qiu Lingzhen appeared from the elevator.
She was alone.
Seeing this, Li Zhibai's tense expression immediately relaxed and he raised the corners of his mouth happily.
"Are you relieved now?" Lu Yanhe said. "Think about it, Officer Qiu offered to pay the bill himself. Doesn't that mean he didn't want to take advantage of others? That means he doesn't want to continue with that person."
"It's hindsight." Li Zhibai glanced at Lu Yanhe with disdain. "Why didn't you say it just now?"
"Would you believe what I told you just now?" Lu Yanhe retorted.
Li Zhibai smiled awkwardly.
"Is that Officer Qiu's car?" Yan Liang suddenly pointed in the direction Qiu Ling was heading and asked, his tone a little off.
Lu Yanhe had hitchhiked several times and recognized Qiu Ling's car, confirming it at a glance.
"Yes, what's wrong?"
Yan Liang said, "Look behind that car. Is there a person squatting on the left side? Is there half a shoe sticking out?"
Yan Liang's tone was full of doubt.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yanhe and Li Zhibai immediately looked over.
Qiu Ling's car was parked diagonally opposite them.
The light in the parking lot was dim. Lu Yanhe sat in the back and Li Zhibai sat in the driver's seat on the left. It was difficult for both of them to see the position that Yan Liang had just mentioned.
Lu Yanhe didn't dare to take any risks and got out of the car directly.
"Officer Qiu!" Lu Yanhe shouted and waved his hand.
Qiu Ling was looking down at her phone, and looked up when she heard this.