"Hi, hello, such a coincidence!"

I feigned surprise as if I had just recognized her, and I sped up two steps and stayed shoulder to shoulder with her, at the same frequency and speed, "You like to run too?" ”

"Hmm." Her breathing is very even, but after running for so long, her face is already a little flushed, "I started running when I was in high school, and now I am used to it, and if I don't exercise every day, I feel uncomfortable." ”

Of course I do. I said in my heart. Of course I know you exercise every day, because I've seen you do yoga, I've seen you dance, I've seen your stretched body, I've seen your soft waist, many, many times.

But like now, feeling her breath up close, seeing the fine beads of sweat on her face, and even smelling her body fragrance is an experience that you can't feel on the screen.

"How's your birthday?" I sent God to ask this question.

"Huh?" She was stunned for a moment, then remembered the scene we were in the elevator, and laughed out loud, "It wasn't actually my birthday that day, my birthday was the day before." ”

"Oh, yes?" I replied casually.

We had already run around the lake, and the two of us tacitly turned to the trail back to the community.

"But it was a fun day." She said, "Do you remember when I took that bouquet of flowers?" ”

"yes, yes." I nodded.

"It's so strange, I still don't know who sent it." She looked incredulous.

"Really?" I echoed in surprise.

"Uh-huh, really." We passed a small coffee shop on the corner, there was a fence outside the shop, and it was already full of roses, and her eyes stopped at the water sign in front of the store, and then she turned around, "May I ask you for a cup of coffee?" ”

This coffee shop has been open on the corner for many years, but the most popular is the pastry made in the store, Xia Yun likes to eat a Napoleon cake, but I prefer the freshly baked egg tarts in the store.

When I walked into the store, she was already standing in front of the dim sum counter, pointing to one of the cakes inside, turning back to me and smiling and saying, "This one is delicious, would you like to try it?" ”

"Well, it's delicious." I nodded, and said hello to my boss.

"Here it is, Brother Lu." The boss nodded at me enthusiastically, his eyes casually swept over her who was looking at the cake, and smiled at me again, "Coincidentally, the egg tart will have a minute." ”

A coffee shop owner who guards a high-end community, and there is no office building nearby, the people who usually come to consume are all old customers in the neighborhood, so he naturally sees more and all kinds of people.

I usually come with Xia Yun to buy cakes and coffee, and the boss is even familiar with the flavors we like, but just seeing that he deliberately avoids his gaze and doesn't look at Ai Xiaoxi, I know that he has done some processing in his mind about our relationship.

I didn't need to explain, I just asked the boss to wrap a cup of Ceylon black tea, and two egg tarts.

Ai Xiaoxi picked a mousse cake and a cup of Americano. While she was distracted, I settled the bill by the way, and by the time she reacted, the boss had already packed the coffee and cake.

The expression on her face was very cute, a little depressed and a little funny, and when she came out of the coffee shop, she kept chanting: "Didn't you say that I would invite you, why did you invite me instead?" ”

"For no reason, you are a girl, why do you invite me to coffee?" I laughed.

"Huh? Well...... That's right. She thought about it, "Then why did you invite me, uncle?" ”

"Poof—"

Uncle in this life, I am terrified, life is better than death.

"How did I become an uncle?"

"Why aren't you an uncle? Agassi~" She gave me a blank look, "I'm 22 years old, what about you, you're 32, right?" ”

"Well, almost." Listening to her tone, she seems to be still a fan of Korean dramas.

"Isn't it just Uncle......" she laughed, "You still want to pretend to be a little fresh meat?" ”

"Okay, uncle, uncle." I shook my head helplessly.

"That's pretty much it." She said, "Thank you for the coffee, uncle." ”

We walked slowly in the direction of the community.

The negative emotions brought by the loan shark's phone call last night seemed to have all dissipated without a trace after meeting her.

I didn't expect to meet her in such a way.

"I don't know your name yet, uncle." She suddenly remembered, "My name is Ai Xiaoxi, what about you?" ”

"I'm ......," I deliberately sold off, "just call me uncle." ”

"Ahh ”

"Do you run every day?" I asked her.

"No, it's usually run every other day." She said, and then asked me, "What about you?" ”

"Well, so am I." I say.

"Then we can make an appointment." As soon as the words came out, she tightened her lips.

I pretended not to hear the ambiguity in my words, and just nodded: "Well, the day after tomorrow will be this time." ”

"Okay." She breathed a sigh of relief, but her face was already a little red.

"It's a deal." I say.

"Well, that's a deal." She said, "But next time coffee, I'll have to treat you." ”

"You like to hire people so much?" I quipped, "Why don't you treat me to dinner?" ”

"That's not going to work, uncle." She waved her hand to refuse, "How can you eat casually with strangers?" ”

"That's right." I agree.

After another intersection, you will arrive at the community. There were no traffic lights at this junction, so we looked at the cars on both sides and crossed the road.

My heart pounded.

"Uncle, do you often ask girls out for dinner?" She asked me to herself.

"Hmm." I replied to her with some perfunctory reply, and couldn't help but turn my head to look at the road again.

"What do you do?" She asked me.

"Hmm." I didn't hear her ask any questions at all.

I looked back again at the side of the road. There was a car parked there, the window was open, and there was a guy in it, wearing a pair of sunglasses, although I couldn't see the eyes, but I could clearly feel that his eyes were fixed on me.

It was the guy who was following me when I was on the phone with Officer Li in the morning!

My scalp was instantly numb, and my whole back was crispy. I don't know who he is, but nine times out of ten, it has something to do with the loan shark on the phone last night.

"Xiaoxi, I have something to do, so I'll go first." I said to her, and without waiting for her to react, I quickly stopped the taxi that happened to pass by and got into the car, "Master, drive." ”

In the afterglow, Ai Xiaoxi stood there a little strangely. I know it's a bit rude, but I can't think about it at all.

Why did a loan shark suddenly target me?

The taxi was far away, and I was still looking back to see if there was a car to follow. But there are so many cars behind, how can I tell who is who......

"Hello, you haven't said where you're going?" The master frequently looked at me in the rearview mirror.

I wiped the sweat from my head, put the bag aside in my hand, and gasped.

"Municipal Public Security Bureau, Criminal Investigation Brigade."