when the moon whispers

Chapter 422: Accomplice - Bouquet (Part )

Six accomplices in the case
Seventy-six Bouquets (Part 2)
Jiang Mo came out of the steamy bathroom wearing slippers, and rake his head down to brush the undried hair on the back of his head.

The crab that Shao Jie had searched the whole house for twenty minutes before but failed to catch was now standing at the door of the bathroom, holding its claws high and baring its teeth and claws. Jiang Mo stared at it for a while, then reached out and defeated the enemy with a move, and directly twisted the "escaped crab" into the kitchen sink, and handed it over to the "executioner" Shao Jie, who "tortured" it for a few seconds.

"It'll take another two minutes to mix the noodle soup, and then we'll steam the crabs - just right for finishing the noodles." Shao Jie didn't look back, but tugged at his slightly loose rubber gloves. Out of the corner of his eye, he could just see Jiang Mo, so hungry that he was staring at the stars, touching the basin of strawberries that he had just taken from the bouquet and hadn't had time to rinse. He smiled silently, "The strawberries haven't been washed yet... What time are you leaving later? Do you have to go back to the Municipal Bureau?"

"I'm not going back to the bureau. I'll take Letian's shift and stay there for a while. If I can make it, I'll get there before 2 a.m." Jiang Mo ate one first, then raised his eyes to look at Shao Jie's profile, carefully picked out a red and plump one, rinsed it under the faucet for a few times, and stuffed it into Shao Jie's mouth as a bribe. "But how did you know I could come back today? Xiao Letian has been staying outside for a day. Who did you develop in our team to tip you off?"

"Sir, Officer Jiang, I am a three-good citizen who was awarded a banner by you personally - wow, so sour... The florist even said they would pick the best for me..." Shao Jie raised his eyebrows and smiled, shuddering at the sour taste of chewing the strawberries. He turned his head and saw the mixed noodle soup that was about to overflow. He tore off his gloves, picked up the chopsticks and rushed over.

"Please get me two big bowls - the ones that Eden picked out at the supermarket during the Chinese New Year will do... I was originally planning to wait for you here. It would be best if I could meet you before midnight. If I can't wait, I'll make something delicious and send it to you - when Shen Ning and Shen Yu'an were having dinner together, I ate a private restaurant. Their fried rice was made with crab roe and crab meat. Coincidentally, the boss is a fan of Shen Yu'an, so he shared the recipe with us. I was planning to study it tonight while I'm alone in the empty room... I was thinking that if it's inconvenient for you to carry out your mission, I'll just deliver the meal to your detachment and bribe you with food. Is that a problem?"

"The two New Year dolls holding koi fish? ... I don't know if Zhou Nanyi's fancy hobbies are inherited from Teacher Jiang or Manager Zhou."

Jiang Mo held the bowl and squeezed in front of the stove, squinting slightly and looking at Shao Jie's eyes through the mist. He had obviously just struggled out of a tired and difficult quagmire, and bloodshot almost climbed into his pupils from the corners of his eyes. Jiang Mo reached out and took the big bowl of noodle soup from him. He didn't rush to bring it to the dining table. He just raised his eyes from bottom to top, slowly blinked his wet eyes after yawning, leaned forward more than half a step, looked at the sudden stunned expression on the child's face, raised his eyebrows a little funny, and kissed the corner of his lips very lightly.

"I'll help you clean up the kitchen later, let's eat first."

Jiang Mo kissed Shao Jie lightly, and his soul, which had flown away suddenly, did not float back to its original place until he had eaten half a bowl of mixed noodle soup.

"You're only going to eat this little?" Jiang Mo raised his hand and snapped his fingers twice in front of Shao Jie, who was still a little dazed. "If you don't want to eat it, I'll take it away?"

"Ah? Ah... um." Shao Jie rubbed his nose and the red blush on the tip of his ear caused by the steam from the hot soup noodles. He pulled the apron of his maid outfit and walked around Jiang Mo for a few steps. He opened the refrigerator door in a hurry and blinked aimlessly under the pretext of sorting out the refrigerator inventory. "...I had a delayed meal at the airport this afternoon, and then had another meal on the plane. I'm not hungry now. I mainly want to accompany you - you never ate the bag of frozen dumplings that I made for the Chinese New Year? I don't think you even touched the curry? Didn't you think about eating something when you were free to go home?"

"Curry? What curry?" After Jiang Mo finished washing the dishes, Strawberry turned her head and saw Shao Jie kneeling in front of the freezer to clear out a bunch of messy things covered with frost. She turned around and went to the entrance to pick up two small stools, handed one to Shao Jie's butt, and picked up the frozen meat and fish that had been there for who knows when with a bit of disdain, then came forward and followed Shao Jie's signal to smell the sealed curry in his hand: "If you have time, just eat it casually, if you don't have time, take a shower and change clothes... When did you prepare it?"

Shao Jie laughed for a moment and shook his head with a sneer: "Before I went to Shen Ning, I asked the aunt at the base to help me make it. I thought you could just heat it up in the microwave when you came back and didn't have time to eat it casually. I forgot to tell you before I left... You really didn't even open the refrigerator door once." Jiang Mo wrinkled his nose and pinched the frozen curry ice through the sealed bag, "There are carrots."

"You can tell even if it's chopped so finely? I'll just use a food processor to grind it next time."

"Carrots have a strange taste and are not tasty."

"It doesn't taste good, but it's good for your health... I'll break it up next time so you don't have to be picky about food."

"... Teacher Jiang doesn't care about my picky eating..." Jiang Mo muttered softly with his lips curled. Halfway through his words, his eyelashes suddenly flickered, and he suddenly remembered a little bit of the past that seemed to have been blurred in his sea of ​​consciousness for a long time, "...The last person who treated me like this was my grandmother——"

Jiang Mo raised her eyes and bumped into Shao Jie's eyes. Her breathing stagnated, she lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then explained with a smile: "I'm talking about my biological father's mother. After they divorced, Teacher Jiang was always running around at the beginning. When I lived with my relatives, I was as thin as a monkey. Occasionally, she would secretly come to see me... But the old lady passed away early, and I was young at the time. I didn't dare to talk to Teacher Jiang about my dealings with her. Now I can't even remember what she looked like clearly. The thing that impressed me the most was that she was afraid that I would be picky about food in other people's homes, so she tricked me into eating and changing my picky food habits. After all, if it weren't for her, I really wouldn't want to care about Fu Xi's family affairs at all."

Jiang Mo had been brooding over the messy past of her family for many years, but perhaps because these unspeakable entanglements had been dragged on for more than twenty years, Jiang Mo's face had long been calm without any awkwardness or complaints.

Shao Jie didn't have any unnecessary exhortations to say. He just raised his hand and gently stroked Jiang Mo's face. Jiang Mo also bent his eyebrows in appreciation and imitated his movements to pinch Shao Jie's cheek. "By the way, I have something to ask you while I am here."

"Business?"

"Yeah." Jiang Mo nodded.

"About Jiang Weili."

Due to work and health reasons, I will be working on another day~
"One heart is free from fatigue, and the four seasons are beautiful."