Chapter Thirteen: Suspension and Reflection

  Gao Xiang was stunned, Zhang Tong first froze for a moment, then became furious, Tian Miao Miao quickly covered her mouth with one hand and gave her a sharp glance.

  Tian Miao's eyes rolled around, and he bowed his head to say: "Understood, Instructor. The two of us will hand in the inspection on time. Since Gao Xiang is suspended from class, let Zhang Tong keep an eye on him, lest he causes trouble."

  As soon as they came out of the office, Zhang Tong tried to break free from Tian Miao's grasp, but Tian Miao's dragon claw hand made Zhang Tong lose her ability to resist. Then she gave Gao Xiang a kick and pointed to the duty room, "Go talk."

  "You two are pig-brained, can't you see that the instructor is talking to us? Letting the landmine take a break is to keep him from going out for these few days, so as not to stir up trouble. What's wrong with you guys?! Just listen to me, when have I ever cheated you two..."

  Upstairs in the office, Huang Xue poured tea for Liu Jianmin and rubbed his forehead with a smile: "Liu Suo, your niece is really smart, how can she be so smart at such a young age?"

  Liu Jianmin, who had been keeping a straight face all along, couldn't help but smile and say: "This girl has been working as an administrator at the Happiness Road Comprehensive Market for half a year, and her social experience is really impressive. I'm very pleased!"

  Huang Xue's tone suddenly changed as she continued: "Liu Suo, isn't what we're doing a bit too much? Aren't you afraid of hurting the hearts of those three?"

  "Haha, don't be silly, didn't Miao Miao see it? I'm saying, comrade instructor, what else can we do? Otherwise, how would we deal with it? Praise them? Can that be considered a meritorious deed? The municipal bureau, county bureau, and armed police deployed over 200 people, but they didn't even get any results. Instead, three kids blocked them at Zhaojiawan, and they were all auxiliary police. How are you going to report this? If we report it up, won't that be giving our leaders a headache? Between you and me, I think those two who escaped, they're not entirely wrong, just some half-grown kids. What if they really got hurt? How would we explain it to their families?"

  Huang Xue thought, it's not good to be accountable to your sister... The director is the director, and this thinking is clear. No wonder Director Su put himself here, following Director Liu, he's not afraid of making mistakes! Huang Xue felt relieved, thought for a moment, and asked with difficulty: "But Director Liu, how do we write this report? Director Su has urged us twice, specifically saying that it's to reward the three auxiliary police officers who participated in the operation?"

  "Uh... same old routine, having a big pot of rice. Everyone who can eat gets a bowl, emphasizing the collective and downplaying the individual, especially highlighting that our achievements were made under the support of higher-level leaders. Just mention those three names and that's enough, Director Zhang (the top leader of the city bureau) will see the names and understand, it's up to you to write the specifics. It's not good, Huang Xue, look at what's being spread outside now, it's almost like they're saying those three are heroes who captured a villain!"

  "It's still Liu Suoyou who is considering everything thoroughly. Now this situation is indeed very passive. Is Gao Xiang still on shift?"

  "Stop, must stop. This isn't really stopping him from working, later I'll get Miao Miao to tell him a thing or two, this is telling him not to come back to the office for these few days, after all he's still got a childlike heart, who knows if he brags too much and can't keep quiet for one day, this gossip will spread to the ears of the Municipal Bureau's First Brigade. Might as well let him go home and sleep, once the higher-ups have made a decision it'll be no holds barred."

  Liu Jianmin's busy days have resumed: during the day, he can't find the door to his workplace after drinking, and at night, he can't find the door to his home after drinking.

  Tian Niao's eyes turned red as she watched Zhang Tong lead "Supervisor" Gao Xiang to stop and reflect on the beautiful difference between the two, who had gone on a double date. Looking at the file in front of her again, she regretted not going herself. Why did she suggest letting Zhang Tong supervise the landmine? If only she knew, this girl would have gone personally.

  Huang Xue's instructor has been busy for the past few days, and Tian Miao Miao has thickened her face and didn't mention anything about checking, dragging it on for two days until Huang was exhausted.

  With a huff, he kicked open the door of the file room and startled the two police officers who were reviewing files inside. Seeing it was Tian Miao, they exchanged a few jokes; Tian Miao chatted with them for a bit before returning to the small table in the corner, listlessly flipping through the files.

  After lunch, I started to feel drowsy and couldn't help but glance around, making sure no one was paying attention. I took out my phone, opened WeChat, and sent a voice message to Zhang Tong in a fake Sichuan accent: "A man's gotta have good kidneys, so he's gotta drink kidney treasure! Kidney treasure tastes amazing!"

  Within 2 minutes, Zhang Tong's message came back: Female hooligan!!!!!

  Tian Niu Niu burst out laughing and said while holding her phone: "You're a sharp-tongued knife, good-hearted reminder for you not to come back to class, a live landmine turned you into a silly melon head, hahaha..."

  Not paying attention to Zhang Tong's angry and urgent voice messages, Tian Miao Miao stretched her waist with a sense of pride, unable to help but feel a little pleased with her own wicked humor.

  Gao Xiang is not a native of Daxi City, he rents a house in the north of the city. Although Tian Miao explained the true meaning of the suspension, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in his heart. That night, his uncle came over and explained it to him again, only then did he turn over this corner in his mind.

  The next morning, Zhang Tong brought breakfast and found his pigsty according to the working hours. This kid's heart had thoroughly turned a corner and could directly drive 70 miles per hour. He hoped that he could take a half-year leave of absence as long as there was a beautiful girl sending him breakfast every day...

  Zhang Tong saw Gao Xiang being very enthusiastic, and his face couldn't help but flush a little. Fortunately, he didn't know about Tian Miao's teasing, or it would have been embarrassing. Zhang Tong put down his breakfast and took the opportunity to carefully examine Gao Xiang's messy room while he was washing up. It was still passable, although like most single men, it was a bit dirty and messy. Fortunately, there were no socks or underwear scattered around, and there wasn't any strange smell in the house either.

  When Gao Xiang came out of the bathroom with a clean face, welcoming the dawn (alright... coming out of the toilet), Zhang Tong had a slight dizziness for a moment. It has to be said that this landmine, apart from being a bit dark, is still quite attractive. At 1.8 meters tall, he looks very proportionate, unexpectedly wearing clothes to show off his slender figure and taking them off to reveal some flesh; his facial features are barely angular, with a hint of hair gel on his head, looking somewhat comical. A clean face with a smile, revealing two rows of big white teeth...

  He didn't notice Zhang Tong was spacing out, so Gao Xiang sat down and first opened the soy milk, then poured it all into a large iron bowl. He tore the fried dough into pieces and soaked them in before realizing that Zhang Tong was still sitting there. He looked up to see that she was indeed spacing out, so he waved his hand in front of her eyes.

  "Tongtong, why are you spacing out so early in the morning?"

  Zhang Tong's face turned a bit red with embarrassment as he shot back a glance at him and said:

  "Tongtong is also what you called, why are you being so affectionate?"