Take her as my wife

They had originally planned to have dinner at 7 p.m. Jiang Ni got off work at 6 p.m. to pick up Tan Wen, but Tan Wen called her first.

"Sisters, you guys eat first. We just received a notice that we need to work overtime."

Jiang Ni fastened her seatbelt and asked, "Is there a case?"

"Okay, I'll talk to you when I get back tonight. Drive carefully."

Tan hung up the phone after speaking, which meant he was really busy.

Jiang Ni knew that cases that reached their police station usually involved deaths or were likely to result in fatalities. She sent Tan Wen a message on her phone saying "Be careful," but there was no reply yet.

That evening, she ate dinner with the Hu brothers. When she heard that Tan Wen was on a mission, Hu Jiarong couldn't help but sigh, "I learned to fight from Brother Wen, and I also learned to smoke and drink from him, haha. Now he's quit smoking, he doesn't drink often anymore, and he's gone from being a fighter to arresting fighters. It's really unbelievable."

Hearing him say that, Jiang Ni realized that Tan Wen used to always smell of smoke, but she hadn't seen him smoking for a long time.

She said, "This change is good. Don't follow his bad example. Just focus on making money and living your lives."

The two brothers nodded and said "yes," but in their hearts they were thinking: It's all up to you to decide.

They remembered clearly that one day Tan Wen was unusually not at home doing his homework or memorizing his lessons. He came out to play billiards with them, but his face looked terrible, as if someone owed him five million. This scared the girls who usually liked to hang around him so much that they didn't dare to flirt with him.

After some subtle questioning, I found out that his beautiful sister-in-law had been picked up by his brother for a date that afternoon.

They're a perfectly legitimate couple, and he can only helplessly feel jealous and sulk here.

The two brothers kept offering him cigarettes, urging him to stop this "forbidden crush." ​​Tan silently said "yes" at the time, but the next day he came to them and told them that he would not smoke anymore and that they were not allowed to smoke in front of him either.

When asked why, his beautiful sister-in-law said she didn't like the smell of cigarettes on him last night.

Hey, he was all smiles yesterday, but his attitude has completely changed today. Men, huh?

However, quitting smoking is not an easy thing, especially since Tan Wen was often angered by the "affectionate" scenes between his brother and Jiang Ni. After Jiang Ni left, his mood worsened, and he could only rely on nicotine to relieve it.

It wasn't until Tan Wen went to university that he started to abstain from smoking altogether.

However, they couldn't tell Jiang Ni these things, so they changed the subject and chatted about random things to keep the atmosphere from getting awkward.

"Do you remember Xiao Yuling, sister? You mean the girl with the short hair?"

Jiang Ni naturally remembered her: "Hmm, what happened to her?"

She always thought that girl was Tan Wen's ex-girlfriend.

"Seeing how diligent and studious Brother Wen was, she started asking tutors everywhere for extra lessons, and she actually got into university. You saved both a delinquent boy and a delinquent girl, you're simply amazing."

Hu Jiaguang said this purely to flatter Jiang Ni, but Jiang Ni didn't care. Instead, she asked curiously, "That's good. Which school did she get into?"

Hu Jiarong replied, "Linzhou Police Academy, they're practically colleagues with our Brother Wen."

Linzhou isn't far from Yicheng. Jiang Ni took a sip of tea and said calmly, "It has nothing to do with me. It was Tan Wen who influenced her—how did they break up?"

The Hu brothers: "?"

Hu Jiaguang was shocked: "No, no, Brother Wen and she never even dated! How could they have broken up!"

Hu Jiarong nodded in agreement: "I asked you, brother, if you have no dating history and have always been single. I've been waiting for you."

He dared not say the second half of his sentence, and kept it to himself.

Jiang Ni tilted her head slightly, also a little puzzled: "You haven't dated?"

"Yeah, she has a boyfriend. He's Wen-ge's deskmate. I don't think you've met him, because Wen-ge doesn't like hanging out with him," Hu Jia-guang said. "Sister, why do you think Xiao Yu-ling and Wen-ge are a couple?"

Because during that mountain climbing and camping trip, Xiao Yuling probably misunderstood her relationship with Tan Wen, so she specifically sought her out for a private chat.

Saying "chat" is a euphemism; the young girl was actually there to "declare war."

[Sister, you are beautiful, but you are six years older than us. Tan Wen is only eighteen, and you are almost thirty.]

Tan Wen and I are childhood sweethearts, classmates in kindergarten, and each other's first love. You can't compare to me.

This was Jiang Ni's first time experiencing something like this, so it left a deep impression on her.

What was her reply to Xiao Yuling?

Oh, it seems to be something like, "Excuse me, I'm his sister-in-law, not his girlfriend."

The little girl apologized awkwardly and ran away.

Jiang Ni didn't reveal the truth, only vaguely saying, "I misunderstood."

"She did pursue Brother Wen before, but he ignored her. However, Xiao Yuling's family situation is a bit complicated, so Brother Wen took better care of her," Hu Jiarong emphasized. "Anyway, Brother Wen has never dated anyone."

It seems that Xiao Yuling also has her own story, and this story is somewhat related to Tan Wen.

Jiang Ni didn't ask any more questions, but looked at the two of them with a bit of curiosity: "Well, why are you two so nervous? I don't have any prejudice against puppy love."

The two brothers laughed it off: "Ah, we weren't nervous at all...hehe..."

After finishing their meal, Jiang Ni went to pay the bill. Since Tan Wen had given prior instructions, the other two didn't try to pay her.

At 10:30 p.m., Jiang Ni had taken her medicine and was about to go to sleep, but Tan Wen still hadn't returned.

Jiang Ni sent him another message: Are you still busy?

This time, I received a reply within a few minutes.

[Tan Wen]: I'm packing my things. Sister, you go to sleep first. Good night.

Jiang Ni felt relieved, turned off the light, and lay down.

Tan Wen put away his phone, looked up at Xie Tao, and asked, "Senior brother, did you manage to save him?"

The nurse was using tweezers to remove shards of glass from his arm, and he acted as if nothing was wrong, while the other patients watched with grimace.

However, seeing them wearing police uniforms, I couldn't help but feel a sense of respect in my eyes.

Xie Tao: "He's been rescued, but he's still unconscious. You've done a great service today, and you were injured. Rest at home for a few days before coming to receive your commendation."

Then he couldn't help but exclaim, "You're really brave, jumping from the sixteenth floor!"

The "jump" he was referring to was not jumping from the sixteenth floor, but rather jumping from one balcony to another, with a distance of nearly two meters between them, without any safety measures. It really gave them a fright at the time.

Tan asked calmly, "I only jumped because I was confident—how about a few days off?"

Xie Tao held up three fingers: "Three days?"

"become."

He took advantage of these three days of free time to take care of some things.

"Alright, be careful not to get the wound wet these next few days," the nurse said, putting away the tray.

Tan responded with a "thank you," then stood up, grabbed his clothes, and put them on. His well-defined abs taut for a moment as he raised his arms, making them incredibly eye-catching.

Xie Tao himself had also been training, but his muscles weren't as well-developed and rugged as Xie Tao's. He patted Xie Tao's shoulder enviously and said, "Your girlfriend is really lucky."

Tan asked in a serious tone, "Does my senior think my girlfriend isn't pretty?"

Xie Tao found the question rather strange: "Huh?"

He had seen Jiang Ni up close, and Jiang Ni picked Tan Wen up from get off work every day; everyone knew he had a rich and beautiful girlfriend.

So I replied sincerely, "Wow, you're beautiful, like a celebrity. What's up?"

Tan Wen put his hands in his pockets, seemingly explaining but actually showing off: "So, it's obvious that I'm luckier."