【Ling Li】Greedy Wolf

15. Dean Ling and Xiao Ling

They didn't buy a bed the next day.

Because Li Xunran couldn't get up.

Ling Yuan brought breakfast to the bedside.Officer Xiao Li wrapped himself in a roll with a quilt, faced inward, and refused to see the culprit who made him unable to get out of bed.

Dean Ling flipped the roll of Li Xunran's quilt without any scruples, pulled his head out, and leaned over to kiss him.

Li Xunran didn't expect him to be so careless, so he backed away anxiously and shouted: "What are you doing...don't...I didn't brush my teeth!"

Ling Yuan kissed him resoundingly on his lips like a child: "It's okay, I don't dislike you."

Officer Xiao Li was furious: "How dare you dislike me!"

Dean Ling picked him up and leaned against the head of the bed, stuffed a pillow behind his back, and gave him milk by the way: "I dare not—I'll brush my teeth later, eat breakfast first."

Li Xunran was coaxed by breakfast and was happy again.After breakfast, I stretched my arms and legs. I felt okay, so I got up and took a walk to wash up.Ling Yuan was washing dishes in the kitchen, when he heard the movement, he poked his head out: "You watch TV first, didn't you just watch half of that cartoon yesterday?"

It's fine if he doesn't mention it, and when he mentions it, Li Xunran doesn't get angry: "Spoilers are shameful! You've finished talking, what else should I watch!"

Seeing his distraught look, Ling Yuan smiled calmly: "I lied to you."

Li Xunran threw the sofa cushion towards him.

They quarreled for a while, and Ling Yuan's phone rang.

He glanced at the name of the contact person, and his face softened immediately.

Ling Yuan picked up the phone and said softly, "Hi, Dad, it's me."

I don't know what was said on the phone, Ling Yuan subconsciously glanced at Li Xunran, hesitated for a moment, and said: "...Well, okay, then I'll be there in a while."

He hung up the phone, Li Xunran glanced at him: "Aren't you at home for lunch?"

Ling Yuan apologized and kissed his forehead: "I..."

Li Xunran interrupted him: "Isn't it a holiday in two days, my dad called you to eat at home."

Ling Yuan was a little confused: "Huh?"

Li Xunran said indifferently: "I said I want to thank you for taking care of me... Don't worry, there are quite a lot of people, including Yaoyao and their family. Maybe Professor Bo will come too."

Ling Yuan squinted his eyes: "...OK."

He cooked a meal for Li Xunran before leaving, and it was a bit late when he got home.Ling Huan went on a date with her boyfriend, Ling Yue was in the United States, and there were only Professor Ling and his wife at home.Madam Ling was a little unhappy when Ling Yuan arrived: "I called early in the morning, why did I arrive now? The soup is cold!"

Ling Yuan smiled good-naturedly: "Some things are delayed. I'm sorry, Mom."

Professor Ling quickly smoothed things over: "Oh, why are you talking so much? Xiaoyuan is busy, and it's not like you don't know!"

Madam Ling muttered a few words, went to the kitchen to serve food, and prepared to serve dinner.

Ling Yuan wanted to wash the dishes after dinner, but Mrs. Ling refused.In her opinion, the kitchen at home is her sacred and inviolable territory, and no one can interfere.She drove Professor Ling and Ling Yuan to the living room to watch TV, and went to cut the fruit by herself.

Ling Yuan was absent-minded, Professor Ling sized him up several times, and finally couldn't help asking: "Xiao Yuan... have you been in touch with Nian Chu... recently?"

Professor Ling and his wife liked Lin Nianchu, and Ling Yuan knew it.When he was getting divorced, he didn't dare to make a sound, because he was afraid that his father's heart would not be able to bear the stimulation.Later, I really couldn't hide it, so I quietly told his mother.As a result, Mrs. Ling was so angry that she cried, patted his arm and called him an asshole.

He's kind of an asshole.So even though the little old lady had strong hands, he still kept his head down and said nothing.

At this time, Professor Ling brought up the old saying again, just hoping that he and Lin Nianchu could reunite.Mrs. Ling came over with the cut fruit, just in time to hear Professor Ling's words, and said in a rambling manner: "You should also care about her, she is a girl at the beginning, no matter how far she goes, she will still come back!"

Ling Yuan suddenly said: "Dad, Mom, I have someone."

Professor Ling trembled as he went to fork the apple.

Madam Ling suddenly became anxious: "Oh, you...you..."

But she didn't know what to say, and it took a long time before she said, "Don't be fooled!"

Professor Ling glared at her, but said nothing.

Ling Yuan smiled: "Mom, I have nothing to lie to. Besides, his conditions are so good, it's not bad if he doesn't dislike me."

Mrs. Ling suddenly became anxious again: "What are you talking about! What's wrong with being divorced! You are young, and you are a doctor who came back from the United States, and you are still the dean! You are not good, why should she I despise you!"

Ling Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Hey, Mom, don't worry... He doesn't think I'm bad."

Professor Ling coughed, put down the fruit fork, and said to Ling Yuan seriously: "Just tell me, what kind of person is she?"

Ling Yuan thought for a while, what kind of person is Li Xunran?

He is a policeman, young and good-looking. For the first 28 years of his life, he has been secretly in love with his childhood sweetheart, and he has never had a serious relationship.He is very smart, very upright, proud and not unreasonable, and he is extremely likable.

How can such a good person fall in love with him?

After he finished speaking, Professor Ling and his wife fell silent.

After a while, Professor Ling said, "Then...then how do you know each other?"

Ling Yuan said casually: "We know each other at work, and we get to know each other once and for all."

Madam Ling lost her composure again: "What about her family? What's the situation?"

Ling Yuan explained patiently: "I haven't asked about this in detail, I only know that his father is Director Li of the Municipal Public Security Bureau."

He smiled a little at this point, proud and nervous: "Isn't it a holiday in two days, and his dad called me to eat."

Mrs. Ling was a little disappointed. Professor Ling remained calm and asked again: "What's the name of that person? Even if you don't show him to us, we can't always call 'she', 'she', right?"

He wanted to inquire, but he didn't ask directly, he insisted on finding a legitimate reason.Ling Yuan could see this thought, so he didn't point it out, and said with a smile, "It's called... Ranran."

When he was about to leave in the afternoon, Mrs. Ling, who had always been a bit awkward, suddenly stopped him and ordered Professor Ling sullenly: "Go, don't you still have two bottles of old Moutai at home, take them out for Xiaoyuan to take away."

Ling Yuan was puzzled: "Mom, isn't that what Dad hid to drink when Huanhuan got married? What are you doing for me? I don't drink this."

Mrs. Ling said angrily: "Your father has a bad heart and can't drink anymore. It's a waste to leave it at home. Besides, you thought it was for you? But didn't her father invite you to dinner? Let's start?!"

Ling Yuan was funny, and felt his nose was a little sour: "Oh, Mom, actually, that's not what he meant... His father doesn't know about our affairs... It's just that I helped the Municipal Bureau a little before, and he was very polite, treat me to a meal meal."

Madam Ling seemed to be in a better mood, but her attitude was still firm.Ling Yuan wanted to refuse, but Professor Ling had already stuffed something into his hand, so he could only accept it.

In the end, he really took the two bottles of wine to Li Xunran's house.

Officer Li scoffed at this: "What kind of gift do you bring to your parents-in-law's house, just bring someone along."

...Ling Yuan wisely didn't bother with him about titles.

Jian Yao and Bo Jinyan hadn't arrived yet, but a cute little girl opened the door for them, with a chubby face, a lively smile, and vaguely familiar features.

She greeted Li Xunran, and turned her gaze to Ling Yuan.

…then she ran away screaming.

Ling Yuan vaguely heard her yelling excitedly "Nian Shang", "Abstinence", "Legs are [-] meters long" and a series of other terms he didn't understand.He turned to Li Xunran in a daze, the meaning in his eyes was clear—is there something wrong with this girl's mind?

Li Xunran coughed dryly, looked at the sky speechlessly: "...you just get used to it."

When they entered the door to change their shoes, Jian Yao's younger sister Jian Xuan—the little girl who might have a problem with her brain—came up again, and asked knowingly, "Hey, brother Xunran, is this your friend?"

Li Xunran didn't bother to talk to him: "Yes."

Jian Xuan didn't count on him at first, she got Li Xunran's affirmation, and turned to Ling Yuan bouncingly: "Hello, long-legged uncle, I'm Jian Xuan, who are you?"

Ling Yuan was amused by her: "You call him brother, call me uncle, am I really that old?"

Jian Xuan was not at all embarrassed, and said kindly: "Oh, this long-legged Oppa, why don't you introduce yourself?"

Li Xunran couldn't stand it any longer, and stretched out his hand to chase people away: "Go, go, don't be embarrassing here, go and help in the kitchen."

Jian Xuan was angrily chased away by him, and when she came, she said, "I don't understand the style, you deserve it because you don't have a girlfriend!"

Li Xunran made a gesture to beat her up, but Ling Yuan gently grabbed her little finger.When he turned around, he saw Ling Yuan squinting his eyes and smiling: "It's better not to have a girlfriend, it just happens to be cheaper for me."

It's really unseemly to be chatting like this at the door of the house, Li Xunran hurriedly pulled his hand out.As soon as he got rid of Ling Yuan, he heard his father's voice: "Are you here?"

Li Xunran was taken aback, turned around and saw his father's face was normal, apparently he didn't see their little action just now, so he was relieved.Ling Yuan politely extended his hand to Li Xunran's father: "Director Li, I'm sorry to bother you."

Director Li didn't have any special reaction, and shook hands with Ling Yuan: "Dean Ling, don't stand at the door, come in and talk."

Without being polite at all, he accepted the wine brought by Ling Yuan.Li Xunran felt that his father was really not decent, and he was so forgetful when he was drunk, so he couldn't help but slapped him, and whispered: "Dad, aren't you? Are you really accepting it? Are you afraid that the Disciplinary Committee will talk to you tomorrow?"

Director Li replied to him indifferently: "Then what should I do? I brought all the belts, but can I let him carry them back?"

After he finished speaking, he slapped Li Xun on the head: "What are you talking about? Can't you expect your father to order? Go, help your mother!"

Li Xunran murmured in his heart, Director Li turned to Ling Yuan again: "Dean Ling, dinner will be served in a while, accompany me to the balcony to smoke a cigarette?"

Li Xunran interrupted: "Dad, Ling Yuan doesn't smoke much."

But Ling Yuan said: "It's okay, I don't smoke much, it's not that I don't smoke. Since Director Li has spoken, of course I will accompany you."

He smiled again and said to Li Xunran: "Go and do your work, don't worry about me."

Behind them, Director Li frowned slightly.

The glass sliding door of the balcony was closed, and the warmth of the room was isolated inside.Director Li lit a cigarette by himself, but he didn't intend to give it to Ling Yuan.

Ling Yuan didn't speak, his eyes looked through the glass, watching Li Xunran smile unconsciously at Jian Xuan, the corners of his mouth involuntarily raised.

Director Li frowned at him, and suddenly said: "Thank you, Dean Ling, for taking care of Xunran during this time."

Ling Yuan turned his eyes back, and replied lightly: "Not to mention, he also takes care of me a lot."

Director Li added: "This kid is not very sensible, and he is especially troublesome. Let him move back after a while, and don't bother Dean Ling anymore."

Ling Yuan looked at him quietly: "I don't feel disturbed—Xun Ran is fine."

Director Li took a puff of cigarette irritably, and changed the subject: "Dean Ling has been divorced for some time, have you ever thought about finding someone else?"

Ling Yuan suddenly smiled: "I'm not looking for it—I've already found it."

Director Li shook his hand, and the half-smoked cigarette fell to the ground.

He lowered his head and wiped out the cigarette end with his foot, his voice was suppressed and stiff: "I may not have a position to say something. But if I don't say it, it will be really uncomfortable. Dean Ling, don't mind."

Ling Yuan lowered his head: "You are an elder, you should be taught everything."

This sentence could not have been said more clearly.Director Li raised his head when he heard the words, and his face showed the coldness and sharpness of an old policeman who had accumulated over the years. He finally stopped trying to cover up: "Dean Ling, I'm a rough person, so I won't play around with you—you You are a married person, I also heard that you have always had a good relationship with your ex-wife, but now you tell me that you want to..."

Director Li paused at this point, gritted his teeth: "... want my son?"

Ling Yuan said calmly: "I love him."

Director Li jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on: "Shut up!"

After the sound, he seemed to realize his gaffe, forced himself to suppress his anger, and said coldly: "Dean Ling, don't blame me for speaking badly. Even if you are telling the truth, you can't get along with women." Go on, how can I believe that you can...can..."

He couldn't go on.

Ling Yuan was not angry. He looked at Director Li and said calmly, "I can't guarantee anything."

For a moment Chief Li looked like he wanted to punch him, but he held back.Ling Yuan still didn't look away: "As you know, my last marriage didn't have any good results. So I can't give you any guarantee, I can only say that Xunran is the person I want to spend my whole life with. I You can marry him abroad, you can adopt a child, you can transfer the ownership of the house you live in to him. You can do whatever you want, as long as he is willing."

Speaking of this, he suddenly smiled, with a meaningless sense of freedom in his smile: "As for myself, you know my phone number, my address, and my work unit. You have ten thousand ways to ruin my reputation, as long as you want. "

Chief Li stared at him, but didn't speak.

Ling Yuan lowered his eyes: "I know it's hard for you to accept it for a while, but I'm serious about Xunran..."

Chief Li hesitated.He rubbed his fingers subconsciously, and it took a long time before he said: "Dean Ling probably doesn't know, Xun Ran he..."

Ling Yuan interrupted him: "I know."

He whispered: "I know... I know that he was imprisoned, tortured, hypnotized, and escaped death. I don't care about his past, and I can't change anything. I just... don't want to have any more regrets."

No.Director Li thought, you don't know.

Ling Yuan wouldn't know how desperate he was when he saw Li Xunran pointing a gun at his head.He didn't know that his mother cried so much that she couldn't sleep every night, but she only dared to laugh in the hospital during the day, and couldn't even shed a tear.He didn't know that when Li Xunran just moved out, he guarded the door of his son's dormitory all night and night in fear, fearing that if he was not careful, something would happen that he would regret for the rest of his life.

Now Li Xunran has changed back to the one who can talk and laugh, but when Director Li thinks of those frightening years, he will be afraid. He is afraid that as long as he can see his son alive and kicking in front of his eyes, he will feel that there is nothing in the world that he does not want. Made this for my son.

—even if it was to accept that he was with a divorced man.

Just now he saw the two of them secretly holding hands sticky at the door, and his son's face was genuinely happy that he hadn't seen for a long time.He looked at Ling Yuan in a way that he never had when he looked at Yaoyao.

Director Li is getting old and can no longer withstand any storms.

So what does it matter?As long as the son is happy.

Director Li suddenly felt very tired.

He waved to Ling Yuan wearily: "I'm old, I can't take care of your children's affairs, and I don't want to take care of them."

He felt that his heart was weak and his eyes were sore. This was something he hadn't experienced in many years: "Xunran is a child who makes people worry. He likes you very much. You...don't let him down."

Ling Yuan replied softly: "I know. I won't. Thank you, Dad."

When Li Xunran went to the balcony to call them for dinner, he keenly sensed that the atmosphere was not right.He looked at Ling Yuan, then at Director Li, and was at a loss for a moment: "Dad, you... what's the matter with you?"

Ling Yuan just looked at him, expressionless and silent. Chief Li coughed and said, "It's okay, I'll say hello to Xiao Ling, I'm afraid you'll be too troublesome."

As if nothing had happened, Li Xunran secretly looked at Ling Yuan again, and found that he had a full beard and tail, neither missing an arm nor a broken leg, and finally heaved a sigh of relief: "I didn't bother him—eat, stop smoking , I'm going to talk about it again later!"

Ling Yuan and Director Li laughed together.

As for what caused his father to address Ling Yuan from Dean Ling to Xiao Ling, it was probably an unsolved case that Police Officer Xiao Li could not solve in his entire life.

Dean Ling and Xiao Ling (End)