In a small southern city like Tongshi, the days leading up to Chinese New Year's Eve are always rushed. Every family is busy buying New Year's goods and preparing a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Most of the relatives who are away will also return without tire. It's repetitive and hectic every year. As if in this way, there will be some thoughts in people's hearts. And home-related thoughts are always comforting and satisfying.

Jian Yao's mother is a typical gentle housekeeper. Under her leadership, Jian Yao and Jian Xuan also worked hard for several days, and the family finally ushered in the New Year.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, from the morning, firecrackers rang out all over the city. The family of four had a New Year's dinner at noon, and then went to Jian Yao's grandmother's house together.

The mother has many brothers and sisters, the adults get together to chat and drink, and the children run around the floor and make a noise. How could Jian Yao and Jian Xuan play with these little kids for too long? After dinner, I lay comfortably on the bed in my grandmother's room, occupied one head by one, and read text messages.

The blessing text messages were about to burst Jian Yao's inbox. She read them one by one, and then replied in groups. When I saw Fu Ziyu's text message, I was stunned, and I saw that it was written: "Mighty Miss Jian Yao, please allow me to express my joy and blessings to you on this day of national celebration - may you become more and more beautiful and in a good mood every day." ”

His adjectives are truly offbeat.

Jian Yao smiled slightly, didn't care too much, and replied to him with a blessing text message seriously. After thinking about it, he flipped to Bo Jinyan's number again, edited the simplest "Happy New Year" and sent it over.

At this time, the sky has darkened, the lights outside the window are dim, and the sound of firecrackers is constant. There are also bright fireworks that bloom in the sky. This scene was quiet and warm, and Jian Yao suddenly thought: I don't know how Bo Jinyan's Chinese New Year's Eve was spent. Is it the same as usual, sitting alone at the table eating fish, with only a turtle at your feet? Or will Fu Ziyu come back from City B to accompany him? But Fu Ziyu also has his own family to accompany him, right?

Just as I was thinking about it, my phone rang. It was actually Bo Jinyan who called.

Since the last time Jian Yao refused to work, the two haven't been in touch much—and there's nothing to contact. Jian Yao picked it up: "Hey, Happy New Year." ”

Bo Jinyan's originally mellow bass voice sounded a little hoarse at the moment, but his tone was still arrogant: "What are you doing?" ”

Jian Yao was inexplicable: "I didn't do anything." ”

Bo Jin said: "Then you come here." I've got some useless fireworks here, you take them away. ”

Jian Yao was very strange - how could he have such a thing as fireworks? Definitely not bought it yourself. It must have been sent by someone else. Fu Ziyu? Or was it given to him by someone from the police department?

Jian Yao smiled and said, "No need, thank you." You can put it yourself. ”

Bo replied coolly: "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm not interested in igniting a bunch of unpleasant solids and creating a bunch of even worse smelling gases and strange patterns. ”

Jian Yao: "...... Okay, Jian Xuan and I will come over and pick it up now. Thanks. ”

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Before receiving Jian Yao's text message, Bo Jinyan was sitting alone in front of the fireplace with a thick blanket wrapped around him, reading a book. The LCD TV on the wall next to it is playing the Spring Festival Gala, but no one is watching.

After hanging up the phone, he threw away the blanket and stood up, walked into the storage room on the second floor, and whistled softly, handing out the fireworks sent by the messy people he had received during this time: Fu Ziyu, the Tong City Police Department, and the director of a certain office of the Ministry of Public Security...... Two large boxes were thrown at the door, and the door was opened.

Then walk back to the couch, wrap yourself up again, and continue reading.

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Jian Yao and Jian Xuan borrowed an uncle's car and drove over. Before I arrived at Bo Jinyan's house, I saw that on the open river embankment at the foot of the mountain, many young people were setting off fireworks in one place in the east and one place in the west. The entire riverbank is illuminated with fluorescent light.

When they walked to the door of Bo Jinyan's house, they saw two large boxes of fireworks on the ground at a glance, and the sisters were shocked. Jian Yao looked up at Bo Jin Yan on the sofa, he didn't even look here.

Jian Yao raised his voice: "There are so many, we can't take it." Just take a portion of it. ”

Bo Jin said: "If you can't take it, throw it away." What are you left for me? Is it endless? ”

Jian Xuan chuckled and immediately objected: "No! That's a waste! It's not safe! It's better to let it all go. Baba looked at Jian Yao.

Jian Yao looked at Bo Jinyan and asked tentatively, "Can you help us move down?" ”

——

Because it is Chinese New Year's Eve, the darker the night, the more people set off fireworks. The black embankment resembles a smoky band of light.

The two sisters walked in front with a box, and Bo Jinyan walked behind with a box with a cold face. Jian Yao was a little surprised by his willingness to be a laborer, but soon understood that he had often moved the fish she caught before.

Each of the sisters took a large one from the box and put it in the open space in front of them. lit it and ran back immediately, but Jian Yao found that Bo Jinyan had already put on a mask, leaving only a pair of slender black eyes outside.

Their fireworks are undoubtedly the most beautiful, with large flames in full bloom and a clear and cute smiley face pattern from time to time. Many people on the riverbank looked up, and children screamed in amazement. Jian Xuan was very happy, her hands were folded, and her voice was intoxicated: "It's so beautiful!" It's so cool! ”

The corners of Jian Yao's mouth also smiled, and she was about to speak, but she saw Bo Jin Yan beside her raising her eyebrows and glancing at Jian Xuan, as if she was about to say something.

Thinking of his previous "definition" of fireworks, Jian Yao immediately said to him: "Don't speak. ”

As soon as you speak, you spoil the atmosphere.

Bo Jinyan turned his head to look at her, but he really didn't speak.

——

There were a lot of young people on the embankment, and soon everyone was playing together (not including Bo Jinyan, of course).

A boy proposes a combined fireworks display, and everyone thinks it's good. Took a bunch of fireworks, lined them up in several rows, and prepared several people to light them at the same time. When he was assigning the task, the boy glanced at Bo Jinyan, who was isolated in the distance, and said to Jian Yao, "Your friend is so cool. He was followed by a little girl of five or six years old, who asked childishly and loudly: "Sister, why doesn't that brother light fireworks?" Are you scared like me? ”

Everyone burst into laughter. Jian Yao also smiled, turned her head to look at Bo Jinyan's dark and tall figure, her heart moved, and she shouted: "Bo Jinyan, can you come over and help out with a few?" ”

——

Five people lit 20 fireworks together, and the attention was paid to the neat and fast movements. The other four people, including Jian Yao, were all half-squatting with lighters or cigarettes in their hands, looking nervous and ready to go. Once you're done, run away at full speed.

Only Bo Jinyan squatted in front of the fireworks with a straight windbreaker and a tall horse, one hand resting on his knees and the other holding a lighter. The flames danced between his long fingers, and he lowered his head, not in a hurry, and one by one.

"Hurry up!" Jian Yao nodded at his own while urging him.

He glanced up at her, but a faint smile appeared in his eyes: "This kind of thing can also make you nervous?" ”

Jian Yao immediately stopped talking.

Soon it was all on fire. The boys let out a strange cry and ran away quickly; Jian Xuan also laughed and ran away. Bo Jinyan also finished ordering, and Jian Yao immediately pulled his arm, so that he didn't hurry to stand up. Seeing that several leads were "snorting" and sparkling, Jian Yao didn't care about him, and ran away by herself.

After running a few steps, I heard several loud "bangs", followed by a long screech of gunpowder across the sky. As soon as she turned around, she saw fireworks falling from the sky like stars, blooming like flowers, gorgeous and brilliant. Everyone stayed away from being in the background, but Bo Jinyan's tall figure stood tall and walked out of the smoke with long legs.

"That's cool!" There was a girl next to her who sighed.

Bo Jin Yan didn't even look at the man, he threw the lighter in his hand to Jian Yao: "It's done." ”

Jian Yao's full attention was on the fireworks, and she replied casually: "Okay, thank you." Great work! ”

After a while, the fireworks were almost burning. Jian Yao suddenly remembered, turned her head to look around for Bo Jin Yan, but just saw him squatting in front of the little girl not far ahead. Jian Yao walked over and heard him say to the little girl, "Kid, do you think I'll be afraid of these simple sulfur charcoal powder potassium nitrate mixtures?" In fact, I once practiced defusing a bomb equivalent to a hundredfold of this ......"

Jian Yao immediately pulled him away, and at the same time said to the little girl and the parents beside her, "I'm sorry you don't have to worry about him......"

——

The fireworks were set up quickly, and in less than half an hour, both boxes bottomed out, and many people on the river embankment dispersed. At this time, the mother also called and told the sisters not to be outside for too long at night.

Jian Yao hung up the phone and looked at Bo Jin Yan, who was standing beside him with a mask: "Then let's go back first." Thank you for the fireworks today. ”

Jian Xuan: "Thank you, thank you!" ”

Bo Jin said: "No need. Good bye. He turned around and walked in the direction of the mountain.

Seeing his slender figure quickly hide in the night of the mountain forest, Jian Xuan sighed: "Sister, on Chinese New Year's Eve, he is alone, and it is quite pitiful. ”

Jian Yao looked in his direction for a while, and replied with a smile: "Believe me, he doesn't feel pitiful at all." He should just think that tonight was too noisy and boring. ”

——

The days after the holiday go by very quickly. During this period, Jian Yao visited relatives, friends, and classmates for dinner, and never met Bo Jinyan.

Soon it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and there were only a few days left before Jian Yao returned to school.

That afternoon, an unexpected guest came to the house, the security guard Lao Xiao, and his son who survived.

They were here to express their gratitude to Jian Yao.

Looking at the several large bags of rural souvenirs that Lao Xiao carried, Jian Yao refused again and again, but they insisted on staying. In the end, I had no choice but to accept it. The mother warmly left them behind and had dinner together for the Lantern Festival.

The mother was busy in the kitchen, and Jian Xuan took the boy to play games in the room. Stepfather, Lao Xiao, and Jian Yao were drinking tea and chatting in the living room. Referring to what happened a few days ago, Lao Xiao was still a little shocked: "Thanks to that Professor Bo! I've heard that he's the same fortune teller as he counts that damn brute! ”

Speaking of this, Lao Xiao mentioned the experience of visiting Bo Jinyan yesterday - it turned out that he also brought the same specialty and wanted to give it to Bo Jinyan. As a result, he didn't even open the door for them, but said through the door: "Thank you, but I don't need it, goodbye." insisted again, but only got him one sentence: "Don't bother me again." ”

……

Lao Xiao sighed: "Actually, we just want to thank him." He saved the child's life, and he didn't know how to repay such a great kindness. ”

Uncle Xie toasted him: "You don't have to take it to heart. But any expert will always have a strange temper. It's okay to have your mind on it. ”

Jian Yao nodded in agreement.

At this time, my mother probed from the kitchen: "Jian Yao, didn't you say that Professor Bo also lives alone in the mountains?" Do you want to invite him to dinner and celebrate the festival together? ”

As soon as she said this, Lao Xiao looked at Jian Yao expectantly.

Jian Yao: "I'll give it a try." Mom, then you make another fish. ”

——

The phone called, and it was Fu Ziyu who answered. I don't know when he came to Tong City.

"He locked himself in a room and didn't know what he was doing, and he didn't have his phone...... Going to your house for dinner? Jian Yao, you're really nice, okay, we'll be here in a moment - don't worry, I'll drag him out. ”

——

In the evening, they really came. Fu Ziyu was carrying a bottle of red wine and a few boxes of Lantern Festival. Bo Jinyan followed him, still the same, his suit and leather shoes were as straight as loose, and his handsome eyebrows were a little cold. glanced at Jian Yao through everyone, and walked in with long legs.

Seeing the legendary Bo Jin Yan, Uncle Xie and his mother were slightly stunned, perhaps because they didn't expect him to be so young.

The crowd took their seats.

Fu Ziyu's mouth was very sweet, and "Aunt and Uncle Lao Xiao Xiaoxiao" called generously and kindly, which made everyone smile. In contrast, Bo Jinyan looked much more bland, only nodded and said "hello", and sat in place with cold eyes.

As the head of the family, Uncle Xie was the first to speak, in fact, he also wanted to open up the situation with polite greetings. He told Bo Jinyan: "I heard that it is difficult for the United States to evaluate professors. It's not easy for Xiao Bo to be an associate professor at such a young age. ”

Bo Jinyan raised his head and said indifferently: "In fact, my professional achievements can be rated as professors or above, but they rejected them because of the lack of years." ”

Uncle Xie: "...... Oh, yes, more than we thought! ”

Bo Jinyan smiled slightly: "Thank you." ”

Fu Ziyu immediately handed Jian Yao an expression of "I knew it would be like this". Jian Yao smiled and ate her own food.

After a while, Lao Xiao stood up with his son and wine glass with his eyes slightly red: "Professor Bo, the grace of saving life is unforgettable." We did it, you feel free. ”

Bo Jinyan replied: "I just do my job, and there are no personal feelings such as 'grace' as you said. So you don't have to thank me. ”

Jian Yao immediately picked up his wine glass and stuffed it into his hand. Fu Ziyu played next to him: "Jin Yan is modest, he said this, he just wants you not to take it to heart......"

……

Fu Ziyu is obviously a master at adjusting the atmosphere of the chat, and quickly leads the topic to other aspects, such as Jian Yao's work.

"Well, there are no classes in the next semester, and I will go to an internship after the year, which is almost the same as going to work." Jian Yao replied with a smile. Because I also have a longing in my heart, it is inevitable that I will be radiant.

Her daughter is about to enter the society, and her mother is inevitably worried, she looked at Jian Yao lovingly and said, "We can't take care of it when we are away from home." You also have to rent a house in City B, and you have to be careful about everything. ”

At this time, Fu Ziyu had already drunk a lot of wine, and his lips and teeth became more and more red, and his face was flushed. He smiled and raised his eyebrows: "Rent a house?" It's easy to do. Looking at Jane's mother: "Auntie, I also want to help Bo Jinyan look at the house in City B recently, I have seen a few sets, all of them are not bad, they are near the Ministry of Public Security, and the security is good and the house is good." Just help Jian Yao take a look. ”

Jian Yao was stunned and looked at Bo Jinyan - he is also going to City B?

As if sensing her doubts, Bo Jinyan said unhurriedly: "Go to work." ”

Jian Yao thought about it, isn't he a special expert of the Ministry of Public Security? It is impossible to stay in Tong City all the time.

While the two were talking, Fu Ziyu had already talked about Mother Jian and Uncle Xie nodding frequently, and his face was extremely happy. Mother Jian said: "Little Fu, then I really thank you for taking care of our Jian Yao!" ”

Fu Ziyu waved his hand: "What's the matter, it just so happens that the unit where she works is not far from the Ministry of Public Security, and the matter of renting a house is on me." ”

Jian Yao said disapprovingly: "Mom, don't bother him......"

"Let him find it." Bo Jinyan beside her interrupted her unhurriedly, "He likes to worry about this kind of thing." ”

Jian Yao: "...... Oh. ”

——

In the end, this meal was enjoyed by the guests and the host, Fu Zi met Bo Jin Yan and left at nine o'clock, and Lao Xiao's father and son also went back drunk.

Jian Yao was helping her mother wash the dishes in the kitchen, and she saw a faint smile on her gentle side face.

Jian Yao asked curiously, "Mom?" You're in a good mood. ”

Her mother glanced at her: "Yaoyao, I found out...... Fu Ziyu is very good at meeting this young man. ”

Jian Yao was stunned, no wonder her mother was unusually today, and would trouble Fu Ziyu to "take care" of her. She smiled, "Mom, where did you think of it?" I'm just regular friends with him. ”

"I know. But now that you've graduated from college, you can develop when you meet the right one. ”

"Hmm."

While her mother was busy, she said: "Fu Ziyu is a doctor, and he came back from studying abroad, and he is also very cheerful. I think it's a good fit for you. It's not easy to find such a good boy......"

She was thinking about it, and Jian Yao suddenly remembered a question: "What about Bo Jinyan?" Oh, I didn't mean anything else, just the two of them came together, why didn't I hear you say Bo Jinyan. ”

The mother thought for a moment and replied, "He's actually not bad." Raised his eyes and looked at Jian Yao: "But ...... He is an expert in criminal investigation, and I just heard from you that he still catches the most brutal and perverted criminals...... It's going to be dangerous. In fact, when you became his assistant this time, my mother was very worried. But for the sake of those children, Mom approves of you going...... But in terms of life events, my mother's selfishness doesn't want you to find someone to do this. ”

Jian Yao was silent for a moment, held her mother's hand, and did not speak.

——

The night was clear and the moonlight was thin. Fu Ziyu staggered in front of his feet, Bo Jinyan followed leisurely with his hands in his trouser pockets, and the two were walking along the river to the villa.

When he arrived at a street lamp, Fu Ziyu suddenly turned around, looked at Bo Jinyan with a thin red face and shining eyes: "Do you say that Jian Yao's mother has taken a fancy to me and wants me to be her son-in-law?" She laughed at me all the time. ”

Bo Jinyan paused and glanced at him.

Fu Ziyu sighed and shook his head: "It's a pity that Jian Yao, a small jasper, is not my dish." I still like hot......"

"Impossible." Bo Jin Yan raised his eyebrows lightly, and his eyes were arrogant, "This is illogical." It should be your delusion. ”

Although he was concise and concise, the two had a tacit understanding for a long time, and Fu Ziyu immediately used his already dizzy brain to explain Bo Jinyan's assertion by himself - yes, the two appeared together, Bo Jinyan looked better than him, had a better figure than him, and had a higher salary than him, how could Jian Yao's mother take a fancy to him and not Bo Jinyan? This is indeed illogical. It must have been his delusion.

He nodded, "You're right. Still, I have something for you to see. He pulled a folded document from his coat pocket.

"Before, you planned to hire Jian Yao to be your assistant - of course, no one expected her to refuse, I regret it - according to the routine procedure, I got her detailed file in your name."

Bo Jinyan took it and took a quick look, his eyes slightly constricted. I heard Fu Ziyu say with some emotion next to him: "Why do you think I am nosy and want to rent a house for her?" I also felt a little sorry for her - it turned out that her father died when she was six years old. At that time, her father was the deputy captain of the criminal investigation team and caught the boss of an underworld. As a result, she was retaliated against, and the crime occurred at her grandfather's house, and her father, grandfather, and grandmother were all hacked to death in the living room. She and her sister were in the next bedroom at the time. His dad locked the door. If the police hadn't arrived in time, they wouldn't have survived. ”