Be in low spirits

In the private room, Fu Yan was getting a little impatient. In order to come here, he neither brought bodyguards nor drove a car. The door of the private room was opened, and Li Li sat down.

"Captain Li is quite difficult to make an appointment with." He poured him tea, hesitated for many times, and finally decided to cooperate with him, get the evidence against the old man, and catch those families in one fell swoop, so that the police uniform he wore would not be in vain.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" He picked up a piece of cake and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Isn't Captain Li hesitating whether to investigate the Liu family or the Zhao family? Now I have a list of names in my hand, it's from the Zhao family, aren't you interested?"

"How do you know?" He had not told anyone about any progress in the case.

"Don't be nervous. I just want to use your help to get rid of the Zhao family and make the old man trust me." The small green tangerines in the covered bowl began to roll as hot water was poured in, and hot steam came out in the private room.

"What list?" The pastries were delicious but a bit greasy. He took a sip of tea to relieve the greasy feeling.

"The list of people at the Zhao family's casino. Now they are fighting among themselves, and you take advantage of the situation and I will reap the benefits." He poured another cup of tea and looked at his watch. It was almost time.

He wiped his hands with a towel, drank another cup of tea, and asked seriously: "Fu Yan, I want to know what you have been through all these years? I don't believe you will betray me."

"There's nothing to say. If you don't believe me, then just pretend you haven't seen me today." He put the list on the table, got up and left. He couldn't stay here for too long, as he might be discovered by the old man's spies at any time.

Li Li opened the list, read it and put it in his pocket. He opened the door of the private room and went to the kitchen to find his wife.

Kong Zhixi was chatting with Li's mother in the front yard. Li's mother said that she would find time to go to Meng Yiran's place for a meeting in the next few days to discuss the new coffee shop. They couldn't let their son stay at home for too long in the next few days, otherwise he would easily find out something.

"But now that he's free, he's talking to me about buying a house, and it's hard to control when he'll come home." She also knew that she couldn't let him know about Meng Yiran.

"He doesn't come home very often. If you quarrel with him a few more times, he will come home even less often."

"Huh? Mom, whenever I quarrel with him, he..." She felt a little embarrassed. It was not right to say anything, nor was it right not to say anything.

"Why are you here?" Speak of the devil. Li Li sat down beside her and held her hand.

"Have you paid the bill?" Li's mother glanced into the store and asked him sternly.

"Didn't Fu Yan buy anything? Why should I, the young master, pay the bill?" He still wanted to find something to eat, and when he glanced at the table, there was only the lunch box bag at his wife's feet.

"Young Master, eating out also costs money. Go and pay the bill first." Li's mother patted his hand that reached into the lunch box bag and pointed in the direction of the cashier.

"I don't have any money." He started to cry poor, and Li's mother came closer and laughed at him: "How can you buy a house if you don't have any money?"

He felt in his pocket and found some change, spread it on the table, and said proudly, "Pay the bill."

The waiter brought the bill. He took a look at it, stood up and stared: "So expensive?"

"It's like this, you ordered a few gold medal-winning cakes, which are quite expensive. The tea is okay." Mother Li poured new tea for her daughter-in-law.

The waiter took a look at the cash on the table, took out a mobile phone and said, "You can pay with WeChat."

Li Li looked at the waiter with complicated eyes, then reluctantly took out his mobile phone to pay the bill.

Seeing him sit down, Kong Zhixi took out the lunch box and said, "Haven't you eaten yet? There's some left, just eat it." When Li's mother saw the two of them acting like this, she knew that they had reconciled, so she walked away tactfully.

"Why did Fu Yan look for you?" She saw Li's mother leave, wiped the chopsticks with a tissue and handed them to him, and asked.

"Well, he gave me a few lists about the Zhao family's casino. He said he hopes to use us to help him get rid of the Zhao family." He said while eating.

"Actually, you can bring him back, right?" She heard the meaning in his words and asked with some anticipation.

"I hope so." He ate a little hurriedly and took a sip of tea to smooth his appetite.

At the Zhao family dinner table, several people had their own thoughts. Old man Zhao was lying in the hospital, and no one knew when he would wake up. Although the company was temporarily handed over to his grandson Zhao Yanxin, his second uncle Zhao Zhiting had been brooding over Zhao Xuanli's death and wanted to take back power from Zhao Yanxin and put the old man to death.

"Uncle, the underground casinos in the southern suburbs have been quiet recently because the police are investigating strictly." Zhao Yanxin also hoped to use his grandfather's hospitalization to suppress his uncle.

"The inspections are strict every year, so why don't you do anything every year?" This second uncle was a gangster when he was young. Because of his gangster background, he was recruited by Mr. Zhao to manage the casino in the company. He has always disobeyed the company's management.

"I'm saying don't make any noise. If something happens, it will be difficult to explain to grandpa." Zhao Yanxin took two bites and put down his chopsticks. None of the dishes on the table suited his taste.

"Hmph, making a fuss out of nothing." Zhao Zhiting looked indifferent.

Li Li looked at the list and returned to the office, thinking about how to deploy the troops. Kong Zhixi went home with her two elders to cook and brought the food to him. There were a few people on duty in the detachment at the weekend, and when they saw someone delivering food to the captain, they also rushed over and divided up all the things they brought.

Xiao Liu said as he ate: "Sister-in-law, if you come to deliver food to the captain, we will all be better off, but if you two quarrel, we will have to work overtime for several weeks."

I don’t know when it started, but she seemed to have gotten used to his wife’s identity and could calmly accept others calling her sister-in-law.

"You guys eat, I'll take it to him." She picked up the lunch box and walked towards his office.

"Captain Li, the takeaway is here." She knocked on the door twice and shouted in a deliberately raspy voice.

"Enter."

When he saw it was his wife, his frown relaxed and the corners of his mouth lifted unconsciously, "Why are you here?" He stood up and took the lunch box from her hand.

"Mom said she made it especially for you, so she asked me to bring it to you, and told me that you have to finish the soup this time." She found a stool and sat down, planning to watch him finish his meal before going back.

"It's not as bad as the last time, is it?" He opened the lunch box, found a pair of chopsticks from the drawer, handed them to her, and started eating.

She put down her chopsticks and said, "I've eaten. The soup that mom cooked isn't bad. The last one was actually cooked by dad. Dad always cooks, and he felt it was unfair, so he deliberately made the soup bad so that mom would accompany him to cook."

"My dad would have such thoughts? I didn't realize it for all these years." He tried taking a sip and it was indeed not unpalatable.

"Well, they actually have a pretty good relationship."

"Well, I've rarely seen them quarrel over the years. They didn't quarrel much even during the most difficult times." He was indeed hungry and ate a little quickly.

"You eat, I'm going back. Remember to bring the lunch box back when the time comes." Seeing that there was nothing else to do, she simply went back to bed early as she had to be on duty at the station the next day.

"Wait for me, I'll be back after dinner." He asked her to sit down again.

"Dad said you've been a little slack lately, so he asked you to work more overtime. At your age, whether you can get promoted depends on your performance." She remembered what Li's mother said and advised him to work overtime.

"I wasn't on duty today. Besides, don't I have more important tasks to do?" He had almost finished eating and started to clean up.

"Eat slowly, I'll wait for you. What more important task?" She thought the city wanted him to investigate some major case again.

"Don't you still have to give birth to a baby?" Seeing her sit down, he opened the box and continued eating.

"Why is your mind full of those things? Did your parents add something to your food?"

"No, my mind is filled with those thoughts only when I see you. Besides, didn't you say that I can't do it? Shouldn't I try a few more times?" He pretended to be innocent and chewed slowly.

"You..." She was angry and annoyed. There was a knock on the door. Xiao Liu shouted, "Captain, there is only one piece of cake left that my sister-in-law sent. If you don't want to eat it, give it to me."

"Eat!" He stood up, grabbed it, and said, "Leave more for me next time." Xiao Liu left disappointed.

"You've eaten soufflé before. I thought you didn't like sweet things." I don't know when this serious captain started to act like a child.

"I don't like it, but I like what you cook." His tone became more and more greasy.