two people's agreement

Walking out of the movie theater, they went to the supermarket to buy their evening ingredients according to Dani's next plan.

The two of them, especially Dani's dress, looked like they should have appeared in a high-end western restaurant, not a fresh food store that sold beef.

Dani prepared a detailed shopping list showing where to buy a good steak, where to get the vegetables she needed, and where to have what cake for dessert.

Hodge drove Dani to every store on her list to buy the so-called best ingredients.

This was the first time he had seen Dani put so much thought into a dinner after he knew her.

She has always adhered to the concept of Chinese food. The dishes can be versatile, the table procedures are simple, and any ingredients can be processed to have an excellent color and fragrance.

Now she is preparing a western meal with complicated procedures, and she has prepared every detail.

In the end the two returned to her apartment with everything they had carefully selected.

Dany didn't change the skirt, but just put on the apron, her long hair was rolled up, revealing the beautiful neck line, and a delicate and unique Chinese-style hairpin was pinned in her hair, decorated with a row of delicate metal pieces. With her walking Ambilight.Against the backdrop of the red slim skirt, that back view will make many men have the urge to embrace her from behind.

But Hodge is not one of those many men.

He stood there silently watching all this, feeling faintly uneasy in his heart.He complied with Dani's request yesterday, asked nothing, and obeyed her arrangements.

"What are you doing standing there? Why don't you come over and help?" Dany began to process the ingredients in the kitchen, then turned around and smiled at the man standing there, her tone full of reproach. "If I screw up this steak today, it's all your fault!"

"Me?!" Hodge took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves, and walked over to join her. "Can you tell me, who used to turn the medium rare steak into beef jerky?"

"..." Dani blushed. It was the first time she made steak, but she could only cut it into small pieces and processed it into spiced beef jerky by Mother Hotchina.

"How long ago has it been? You actually brought it up and said it! My cooking skills have improved a lot now! I can cook any dish with all the flavors and flavors!"

"Except for steak."

Hodge had noticed long ago that in Dani's daily recipes, there were all kinds of dishes, but there were very few, and it should be said that there were basically no steaks.

"So what!" the rumored Dani frowned, "You don't care, people don't have to eat steak to live!"

It's rare to see her baring her teeth and claws arrogantly like a kitten. That kind of childishness is incompatible with her clothes, but it is so suitable for her bright smiling face.

"Let me handle today's steak, or I'll have to eat beef jerky again!"

Dany pouted.

Turn around and take out another chopping board, and process vegetables other than steak and onions on the side.

Watching her push the onion to him, he didn't feel the corners of his mouth turn up, and laughed out loud.

"Now, onions are my job too?"

"If you don't want to look into a pair of smoky panda eyes all night."

Hodge took her place, marinating the steak.Dani cut up the side dishes and made appetizers and soups.

"I just found out that Sean wanted to be a chef because of you." Hodge said abruptly.

"Why do you say that?" She raised her head in doubt, and the action of cutting mushrooms in her hands did not stop.

Hodge looked again at the woman now, "You enjoy handling these foods every time, as if they are carefully treated works of art."

"What does this have to do with Sean?"

Hodge raised his eyebrows, "When you finish it, you will always have a smile on your face that what you just made is the most beautiful thing in the world."

"Then, Sean wants to be a chef?" Dany jokingly continued for him, but saw his serious face.

"You must be joking! Are we talking about Sean? That Sean Hotchner!" Dani emphasized Sean's name with a look of disbelief on her face.

"Maybe we're talking about another Sean." He tilted his head slightly and pouted, as if he meant what you said.

"I still can't believe it, why?" Dany fell silent in the shock of that fact. "Because of me, I should become a lawyer! Cooking can be a hobby!"

"He said that the Hotchner family has enough lawyers, and there is no shortage of him."

"Well, I accept the reason." She finally accepted it.

"It doesn't matter what the reason is, at least it is a good result now." It is said that the younger brother on the other side of the ocean has entered a Michelin restaurant to accept the final trial.

"When he comes back, I must entertain him well!"

Hodge's heart mourns for the future Sean.

The two kept talking about those funny things, their past.Until the delicious food is put on the table, until the dishes are cleared, until the two of them wash the dishes together.

Dani told him how she got to know Gideon and Reed after she went to college, how she flattered her boss when she was an intern in a law firm, how she set up her own law firm and interviewed Li Yunhao and others. Met Song Yining, recognized Li Yunhao's parents as godfather and godmother...

Hodge told her how he became the FBI as a prosecutor, how hard he worked in Seattle, how he was later transferred to BAU to work with Gideon and Rossi, and his own joy when Jack was born...

Today, they know each other better than ever.

"Alan, can you tell me about the Boston killer?"

At this moment, the two of them were strolling along the small path by the river bank, facing the gentle evening wind.

Dany leaned back against the railing, with her arms on it, and looked at him with dark eyes.

He walked over and leaned against the railing next to her, enjoying the breeze from the river.

"In '98, I had just become the chief profiler at BAU, and we had a request for assistance from Boston."

"Beginning in 95, a brutal serial killer appeared in Boston. The media called him a murderer, a Boston killer. We investigated the local area for nearly ten months. When we were about to give a profile, the then The man in charge, Tom Shawnas, stopped the investigation and sent us out. He told me later that he had made a deal with the killer."

"If you stophunting me, I'll stophunting them. For as long as weboth shall live, till deathdouspary."

"Shawnas passed away some time ago, and the deal was invalidated, and he started killing again. We also went to Boston to investigate again."

"This time you got him, your group got him!"

"I had ten years to catch him, and even talked to him face to face..."

"He later even wanted to make a deal with him."

"You..." Hodge looked at her unexpectedly, "Yes, I didn't agree, and he killed the people on the bus."

"You're blaming yourself."

"Yes, I'm blaming myself. Although Rossi once excused me, saying that I was self-righteous. But the feeling of guilt has been lingering."

That's why I went to get drunk, and what happened that night happened.

"There is a saying in the Celestial Dynasty: Do your best and obey the destiny. You can hang it in your office. It can remind you when you look into the abyss again and again." Dani murmured, "We are all just human beings, and we can do everything." Things are limited, and the rest can only be decided by God.”

Hodge was silent.

"Next, it's the last arrangement for today. I ask you not to say anything, just listen to me."

Dany suddenly leaned on his shoulder, grabbed his arm with both hands, and snuggled up to him.

Hodge couldn't refuse her sad smile.

"When I first met you, how long ago was that? It was over 20 years ago. At that time, I thought this guy has a happy family, how can he be so rigid! Like a little old man, and he likes to take care No business."

Hodge followed her voice as if returning to that time.

"You must have thought I was a poor little boy at that time, so you took me home, just like you would treat a kitten or a puppy."

"Then, I became a resident guest at the daily dinner table of Hotchner's house. I learned all my cooking skills from Mother Hotchner, and you helped me do exercises when I was studying the school courses by myself."

"Then, Sean was born, Hotchner's father passed away, you went to college, and then, I also went to college."

"That year was the tenth year we've known each other. I was only 15 years old. You met Haili in that year."

"Do you remember that day? Let me tell you, I like you. You fell in love with Haili at that time. Although you didn't say it, I saw it in your eyes."

"Later, I kept thinking, if I could have confessed to you earlier, would it be me who is by your side today."

Hodge felt the wetness on his shoulders, but he didn't know how to speak, so he could only embrace her in his arms.

Dany continued.

"Later, I listened to Gideon's lectures at the university, and he recognized me. In addition, I was interested in the subject of behavior analysis, so I followed him to study in my spare time in the law course. Until one day he told me that BAU recruited me from the Seattle office. A detective is here."

"At the same time, I also heard that this detective was a former public prosecutor and loved his wife very much. He made at least ten phone calls a day to contact her. That detective was named Alan Hochner."

Hodge was taken aback, at that time!

"As you can see, I avoided it. Teacher Gideon still doesn't understand why I suddenly refused at that time."

"I stayed with Spencer in college for many years. After he entered BAU, I also alienated him with the excuse of busy work. I moved to a new house and didn't tell him."

"Then one day, I was in the corridor of the courthouse, in such a noisy environment, I heard your voice. I saw you standing there tiredly, accepting the judge's decision to divorce you and Hailey."

"At that time, I wanted to rush to Hai Li and scold her, how could she treat you like this!"

"I held back because I know you love her and you can't bear to do this to her."

"Remember that day? I was standing in front of you, but you couldn't see me. At that time, I naively thought that you would accept me if Hailey left. You discovered my intentions and alienated me."

"Later, you moved next door to me. I was actually very scared. After hiding from you for a month, I was sent back by Li Yunhao that day, planning to move the next day."

"Now that I think about it, I should have moved away. However, that day I saw Jack, the grandson that Hotchner's mother had been thinking about before she passed away. He was so cute. I decided to appear in your life as a friend that day. Do love that kid for Mom and Dad Hotchner.

"You understand, right? So instead of alienating me, I try to bring Jack back to the apartment for a few days every time I visit."

"However, the longer I'm with you, the more dissatisfied I am with my friendship. I greedily enjoy the warmth you bring me. Until that night..."

"Now I'm awake."

Dany let go of the temperature she was holding tight just a moment ago, got out of his embrace, and stood in front of him.

Wiping the tears off his face with his fingers, he stared at him.

"I once read a saying that marriage is an agreement between two people, an agreement not to break it no matter what happens, two people should bear the troubles of one person, and three people should bear the burden of having a child. "

"You love Haili, and Haili loves you too. You should cherish it more when you have lost it. Don't procrastinate any longer. Everything in life is unpredictable. Don't wait until the day it is irretrievable and regret it later. Life cannot be repeated."

Hodge reached out to help her wipe away the tears that fell from the corners of her eyes again, but he couldn't say anything to comfort her.

As early as when Dani opened her mouth to make this agreement, he knew her decision.He also knew that the last thing she needed now was his comfort.

Dany took a deep breath, stabilized her emotions, and mustered up her courage.

"Although it will bother you, I still want to let you know."

"I love you."

After finishing speaking, she stood on tiptoe and kissed his lips lightly.

Pious, sad.

"goodbye!"