Mr. Landlord [Comprehensive Yingmei]

It's Saturday in a blink of an eye. Although the BAU group's meeting time is at night, the preparations start in the morning.

Cleaning is inevitable. In a single man's house, especially a single man's house who travels for business every three days and takes overtime as a daily return, no matter how tidy it looks, it is inevitable that all kinds of strange garbage will appear in the house. of.

Sometimes I should be thankful that the landlord next door feeds me from time to time so that the trash can is not filled with instant food boxes.

It took me a whole morning to clean the whole house carefully from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside. Fortunately, this apartment is not that big. It only has a living room, dining room, bedroom, balcony and a small study, otherwise it would be just cleaning. Work is enough of a headache.

After lunch, I go out to buy food. No family will store food that can feed seven or eight people at home. I counted the leftover vegetables, meat and seasonings in the refrigerator to roughly draw up a menu. Hotch listed Made a list of things to buy.

The location of this apartment is very good. There is a large general supermarket within 10 minutes' walk, and it will be even faster if you drive.

The first is vegetables and fruits, and the second is meat. Hotch, who has not fully lit up his cooking skills, chooses very popular dishes, including many semi-finished products that only need to be heated in a microwave oven or slightly baked in an oven.

Then I bought some drinks and drinks. Morgan would not refuse a small glass of whiskey, while Emily and Rossi preferred full-bodied red wine. Of course, the most important thing was that he needed to buy a few more tableware. He just moved here in a hurry I didn't have time to consider whether there would be a need for a party or something. Until now, there were only two pitiful sets of tableware in the apartment.

Finally... After checking that there was nothing missing from the list, Hotch pushed the shopping cart towards the snack area. The director of BAU has no extra interest in puffed food, sweets or small biscuits, but his team members have a lot Everyone loves these things very much, Dr. Spencer Reid's favorite canned potato chips, the computer queen's favorite chocolate and biscuits, and the sour candy that JJ suddenly likes recently. The parents of BAU know everyone's preferences. chest.

Unexpected and reasonable, he bumped into the landlord who was obviously also shopping in the snack area, and the landlord's little girl Dansha.

"Mr. Hotch!" The little girl who was sitting backwards in the shopping cart waved excitedly at Hotch, her two calves were moving restlessly, "Does Mr. Hotch also like to eat these potato chips?"

"A friend of mine likes it very much." Hotch smiled, "It seems that you like it too."

"Yeah!" Dansha dug out her potato chips from the shopping cart like a treasure, and Wu Cong, who was pushing the shopping cart, reached out and dragged her waist in time, lest the little girl could not grasp the balance and fall headlong.

"Alang won't let me buy bigger ones." Dansha puffed up her cheeks holding her small can of potato chips, "I also want to eat a big can..."

"Children eat small cans, and when you grow up, I will buy you big ones." Wu Cong calmly put the potato chips in Dansha's arms back into the shopping cart, otherwise he would definitely see the whole can before leaving the supermarket. It's over.

"That will take a long time..." Dansha's beautiful big eyes were misty and misty, and his mouth was writhed with an unhappy expression.

Wu Cong didn't care about her, just greeted Hotch with a smile, looked at Hotch's shopping cart, and said, "For the evening?"

"Yeah." Hotch nodded, "But my skills are far worse than yours."

"Then maybe I should go there after I'm full at home?" Wu Cong winked at him, and couldn't help laughing before he finished speaking, "If you don't mind, I can help you tonight. I also know a little bit of not too complicated Western food."

At that time, Hotch did refuse the landlord's help, saying that he could handle it alone. However, it turned out that if Wu Cong hadn't heard his side jingling and came over to help, Hotch really couldn't do it alone. Get everything done before the appointed time.

"That's basically no problem, just stew for 10 minutes and turn off the fire." Wu Cong wiped his hands on the apron, and took the stepping pad to pull the table and said goodbye to Dansha, who was eager to try and steal some, "I'll see you later." He also said I have to take Dansha back to clean up and change clothes. Since there are guests coming, there is absolutely no reason to wear an apron and smell of oily fumes to entertain guests.

Hotch said, "See you later."

The scheduled party time is 06:30, and it is now exactly six o'clock. He should also prepare to change out of his crumpled T-shirt and pants stained with unknown sauce, and change into a whole set of clothes.

Today, JJ, Emily and Garcia have an appointment for shopping, so the three of them will definitely arrive with Reid and Morgan. According to the general rule, it should be about 5 minutes earlier than the agreed time, and Rossi will be a few minutes late in [-]% of cases. The expecting guests rang the doorbell at [-]:[-].

"Daddy!" His little angel Jack threw himself into his arms with a smile and kissed him affectionately on the cheek.

"Aaron." His ex-wife Haley greeted him standing at the door, and handed him the things Jack needed. If there were no accidents, he would spend this weekend with Jack. "How are you doing?"

"Okay, same as before," Hotch replied, "What about you?"

"Jessica moved in to live with me, and she helped me take care of Jack so that I could go out to work." Jessica is Haley's younger sister. Even though Haley got most of the property and house after the divorce, everyone knows that sitting on the mountain is nothing. It's not a long-term solution, "Now I'm working as an assistant in a law firm, and the salary is good."

"Call me any time you need my help," Hotch said.

"Don't underestimate me." Haley smiled, "I also graduated with a straight A, okay?"

"Of course, Miss Strong Woman." Hotch laughed too.

"Okay, Jack, listen to Dad here." Haley rubbed Jack's hair, then said to Hotch, "Take good care of him, and call me if you have to leave for work."

"I know," Hotch said. "Jack, say goodbye to Mom."

"Goodbye, Mommy." Jack tilted his head, hugged Haley and kissed her.

The breakdown of Hotch and Haley's marriage was inevitable. Haley needed a more stable life and her husband's long-term company. She couldn't bear a husband who had to go to work anytime and anywhere, and Hotch couldn't give up her career. Separate before completely tearing the face apart, so that we can talk a few words calmly after goodbye.

Likewise, this will do the least harm to the child.

It's not that Dad doesn't want Mom and you anymore, and it's not that Mom doesn't want Dad anymore, it's just that they can't live together anymore.

They couldn't answer Jack's ignorant question - "Dad/Mom doesn't love Mom/Dad?" So they had to vaguely tell him "Mom and Dad will always love you."

This is Jack's first visit to Hotch's apartment. In the past few months, Hotch has been visiting him and taking him to an amusement park or a movie theater for a day, so little Jack is full of curiosity about his father's new home. Hotch put him down and let him explore this new world freely, relieved that his son was not alienated from him.

Wu Cong and Dan Sha went out at [-]:[-], anyway, the next door was very close, Dan Sha specially wore a newly bought pink skirt, her hair was braided together to form a beautiful crown, and she was happy in front of Wu Cong After turning around, I got a "very beautiful" evaluation.

Knowing that little Jack would come today, she specially brought a toy car over, blinking her big eyes and eagerly inviting little Jack to play with her.

Jack is just over three years old this year, and boys develop relatively late. Dansha, who looks like four or five years old, stands in front of him like a reliable big sister, and she is also a reliable big sister with a particularly good-looking smile. Looking back Looking at his father, seeing Hotch nodding to him, little Jack confidently held Dansha's extended hand.

"Hello, Egg... Egg..." Little Jack, whose English pronunciation was a bit vague, was defeated by the pronunciation of "Dansha", which was not at all friendly to foreigners, as expected, and blushed with anxiety.

"That... that... I, I, I have an English name!" Dan Sha said helplessly, turning her eyes to Wu Cong for help. The little girl didn't even remember what the name was—the key to dealing with her Either it is a CIA special agent who is slick in Chinese, or she just ignores Hotch who is called her. She has used her English name no more than three times in the years of coming to foreign countries.

"Ruby." Wu Cong smiled and rubbed the little girl whose cheeks were flushed with embarrassment, "Dansha's English name is Ruby."

Red gemstone, cinnabar, the logic is correct.

In other words, I almost called Cinnabar at first.

As for Wu Cong, he didn't give himself an English name. The pronunciation of "Wu" on the left and right is very friendly to foreigners, and normal people are not likely to mispronounce it.

"Sister Ruby." Little Jack called out sweetly, "Let's go play."

"Okay!" Dansha nodded vigorously, "Let's play together!"

Wu Cong looked at the two children (on the surface) sitting on the carpet and playing with cars hand in hand, and suddenly said: "You seem to have never called Dansha's name."

Hotch admitted his opportunism with a frank shrug, "I can't pronounce that sound either."

"It's okay." Wu Cong chuckled, "Actually, when Dansha called you, his pronunciation was not very accurate."

In fact, Dansha always called Hotch "Mr. Delicious" from the very beginning, a typical phonetic English learning method.