Li Yang chuckled. His words were fabricated, but Hu Jia waiting for Lü Qingqing all day was true.
In Li Yang's heart, Lü Qingqing was the only person who had a chance to become his sister-in-law. So, for Hu Jia's happiness in the latter half of his life, he spared no effort in pushing them together.
"How was your first day at school?" Hu Jia asked Lü Qingqing.
"It's okay, the school seems pretty good so far." Mentioning school reminded Lü Qingqing of Tong Hua.
"By the way, do you know someone named Tong Hua?"
"Tong Hua?"
Hu Jia was obviously confused, but Li Yang frowned. "Did he cause trouble for you?"
As soon as Li Yang finished speaking, Hu Jia's smile disappeared. "What's going on?"
Although Hu Jia didn't have any special feelings for Lü Qingqing at the moment, he couldn't tolerate anyone bullying her. Not only was she a member of the special task force, but she was also his fiancée.
"It's not really trouble. I just feel like he wasn't very friendly to me." Lü Qingqing recounted what had happened that day.
"Heh, this kid." Li Yang let out a disdainful laugh. "Tong Hua, you don't know him, but you've had dealings with his sister."
Tong Hua's sister?
Lü Qingqing immediately reacted, "Tong Meng!"
Ah, if these two were siblings, then everything made sense.
"He must think I snatched the spot at the training institute from Tong Meng." Lü Qingqing felt a bit contemptuous of him.
This guy wasn't very transparent.
"The spot? What does the spot have to do with anything?" Li Yang asked in surprise.
"Doesn't Tong Meng want to study at the training institute too?" Li Yang seemed less informed than her.
"Keep dreaming. How could she possibly want to go to the training institute? She's been raised so well by her brother since she was little. If it weren't for him, she wouldn't even have been able to join the police force. She can't outrun a turtle or outfight a rabbit, how could she endure that hardship?" Li Yang's eyes were filled with disdain.
"But Ouyang Wen said she also submitted an application." Tong Meng really didn't seem like the type of person suited for police work. Lü Qingqing had wondered how such a woman got into the special police criminal investigation unit. So it was due to her brother's connections.
"Tch, she's really putting in a lot of effort for a man." Li Yang continued to scoff.
For a man?
Ouyang Wen?
Lü Qingqing understood. As expected, women in love were crazy.
"Alright, let's not talk about him anymore." Now that she knew Tong Hua's motive for targeting her, Lü Qingqing naturally lost interest.
"If that person does anything out of line again, you tell me," Hu Jia finally spoke after listening for a while. "My people are not to be trifled with."
Lü Qingqing nodded. Good, leaning on a strong back provided shade. She shouldn't waste the resources available.
"Where are we going?" After walking for a long while, Lü Qingqing finally remembered. Hu Jia had been waiting for her all day. She wondered what it was for.
"Right, what's your favorite number?" Hu Jia didn't answer Lü Qingqing's question, but instead posed one.
Lü Qingqing was immune to his ability to evade questions with more questions.
"A number?" Lü Qingqing thought for a moment. "Seven, I guess. My birthday is on the 7th."
Hu Jia nodded and remained silent.
"What's he up to now?" Lü Qingqing asked Li Yang.
"Who knows? The boss always has a sudden idea." Li Yang smiled slyly.
Seeing him like that, Lü Qingqing didn't bother asking further. "By the way, I heard from Ouyang that there was a murder case a couple of days ago, someone was shot dead. Hu Jia doesn't know about this, does he?"
Lü Qingqing asked about this to find out if Hu Jia was involved in the investigation of the case.
After all, it was another shooting case, and it had a subtle connection to the shooting case from many years ago.
She worried that Hu Jia might discover the truth about the unsolved case, especially since they had been lying to him, telling him that the murderer of his father had been caught.
"The criminal investigation team took it over. We can't get involved," Li Yang said truthfully. With Ouyang Wen around, Hu Jia certainly wouldn't have access to these cases.
"Why did you suddenly ask about this?" Li Yang was a bit curious.
"It's nothing." Since Ouyang Wen hadn't disclosed the specifics of the case, Lü Qingqing couldn't say more.
Li Yang glanced at Lü Qingqing suspiciously. His intuition told him that this woman had something on her mind concerning him.
"What are you guys talking about? Have we arrived?" Hearing Hu Jia's voice, Lü Qingqing looked up and saw they were at a restaurant.
"It's the first day at the training institute, so we definitely need a good meal to replenish our energy." Hu Jia didn't know what else to arrange, so he chose a meal.
Lü Qingqing was naturally happy about eating. Who would want to drag their tired body home to cook?
"Sis." As soon as they entered, Lü Duobao rushed over.
Lü Qingqing hadn't expected her brother to be there, as he usually ate at their tutor's house.
"Brother-in-law brought me." Lü Duobao grabbed Hu Jia again. "Brother-in-law, I want tripe stew today!"
Hu Jia looked at Duobao dotingly. "Okay, we'll have tripe stew."
As he spoke, Hu Jia called out to the owner, "Boss, please move our table to table number 7."
Uh…
Brother-in-law?
This kid really says anything. Will his sister ever get married?
However, table number 7!
Lü Qingqing pursed her lips. This guy, hehe.
Never mind. For the sake of table number 7, she wouldn't pursue this title for now.
Just for tonight.
"Sis, sit down quickly." Duobao pulled Lü Qingqing to her seat. "Brother-in-law bullied me so much today, you have to scold him properly for me."
Bullied Duobao?
Lü Qingqing glanced at Hu Jia. Seeing his embarrassed expression, Lü Qingqing, though unsure of the reason, could mostly guess what had happened.
"How did he bully you? Tell sis, sis will deal with him." Lü Qingqing naturally didn't believe her brother was bullied. Judging by how he had pulled Hu Jia, calling him brother-in-law, they were getting along well.
"This morning when I went out, I ran into brother-in-law. I called him, but he didn't answer me." Duobao pouted, looking as if he had been greatly wronged.
"That's it?" How is that bullying?
"Not only did he pretend not to know me, he almost sent me to the police station." Lü Duobao pouted, seeming very wronged.
"Hehe." Hu Jia chuckled dryly. He thought it was some random kid who had burst in as soon as the door opened.
"You went into his room without permission again?" Lü Qingqing was speechless. Because Li Yang had entrusted Lü Qingqing with the task of awakening Hu Jia's memories weekly, Hu Jia had voluntarily offered to leave a key at the Lü residence.
He said it was for convenience.
Lü Qingqing had refused at first, but later found it very convenient.
If they were short of an onion at home, she'd open the door and go get one; if they were short of an egg, she'd open the door and get one; if they were short of a person, she'd open the door and go chat.
The key was that most of the time it was Lü Duobao who opened the door, and he particularly liked to sneak in and play with Hu Jia.
If it were any other day, Hu Jia wouldn't have minded. But today was Monday, and clearly Hu Jia had forgotten Lü Duobao.
"I was scared, that's why I went," Lü Duobao lowered his head.
Scared?
Lü Qingqing sneered, "Come up with a better excuse. When would you ever get scared?"
"Really, I was scared," Lü Duobao raised his head.
"What happened? Why didn't you tell me?" Hu Jia asked quickly.
The others all stopped smiling. Like Hu Jia, they realized Lü Duobao was not joking, because he sounded very serious this time.
"You thought I was a thief and wanted to send me to the police. We argued, and I forgot. Brother-in-law, I was standing on the balcony, and I saw a man standing below, just staring at me, not moving at all. It scared me." Lü Duobao added, as if afraid no one would believe him, "Really!"