Looking at his demeanor, his appearance, plus Shi Mei’s previous description and her gratitude towards him, it seemed, not bad.
Just that being a detective was a bit dangerous, very likely one day he might perish in the line of duty.
Ye Tiao pondered to herself and poured him a glass of draft beer.
Shi Mei patted Ye Tiao, "You want people to drink as soon as they arrive?"
While speaking, she poured Gao Lian a cup of hot tea, "Warm up first, is it cold outside?"
"It’s okay," Gao Lian first took the tea, then the beer, took a sip of tea, and said, "It’s colder compare to Yan City, but I have thick skin and can stand the cold." New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on novel-fire.ɴet
Ye Tiao astutely noticed that since he had come in, Gao Lian’s gaze had seldom left Shi Mei.
Was this really just a visit to relatives in Imperial City?
Probably there was another motive, wasn’t there?
But Shi Mei was single now, and by her attitude, it seemed an eventual relationship with Shi Lingyan was impossible. At this moment, Officer Gao seemed to arrive just in time, with very clear intentions.
Ye Tiao lifted her glass, "That’s right, Imperial City is in the north after all."
Gao Lian consciously lifted his glass to clink with hers.
Ye Tiao grinned warmly, this guy was pretty on point, "How many years have you been a cop?"
"Must be seven or eight years."
"No, my family is from Yun Town."
"Oh, that’s also in G province, pretty close," Ye Tiao smiled with twinkling eyes, "Can you handle spicy food?"
"Okay, I have a lot of colleagues from Sichuan province, I can eat a bit."
"That’s good, our Shi Mei loves spicy food, we’ve ordered some pretty spicy dishes."
Shi Mei glanced over with a sidelong look, since when did she talk so much?
Officer Gao smiled, "They say those who love spicy food are good-looking, it’s really true."
"Wow," Ye Tiao clinked glasses with him again, "You’re smooth, must have charmed plenty of girls, huh?"
Gao Lian had figured it out, this was prying.
Shi Mei kicked her under the table.
Ye Tiao was unfazed, taking a sip of her beer.
"I’m usually too busy with work, don’t meet many girls," Gao Lian shook his head, "Didn’t know this kind of honesty could charm girls, I’ll try it next time."
Ye Tiao burst out laughing, pulling out a pack of cigarettes and offering him one, "Sure enough, cops and soldiers are typically straightforward guys."
"Hmm?" Gao Lian took a cigarette, "Isn’t ’straightforward guy’ just a term for a man who is straight in sexual orientation? Can it be used as an adjective?"
Shi Mei nudged Ye Tiao, explaining, "In today’s society, ’straightforward guy’ describes men who are rather upright and honest."
Ye Tiao nodded, "That’s right."
Gao Lian felt something was off, it definitely wasn’t the meaning they were portraying, but it wasn’t appropriate to check Baidu right now.
The skewers came quickly, and Ye Tiao began to pester Gao Lian with all sorts of questions, no matter how much Shi Mei nudged him or kicked her, Ye Tiao acted as if she didn’t feel it.
After a round of drinks, a dozen beers went down their stomachs, and Ye Tiao uncovered quite a bit of information.
Gao Lian, 30 years old, from Yun Town, G province.
His parents, one a high school teacher, the other a high school principal, both from a scholarly family, clear family history.
Never dated, not much interest in relationships, focused on serving justice.
The biggest reason Tang Huai Zhang had looked down on Shi Lingyan back then was because Shi Lingyan’s family was in business, and although Shi Lingyan himself seemed okay, compared to the resolute and tough military men, he lacked that certain flavor.
And Gao Lian was very suitable.
Full of masculine charm, and most importantly, no matter how he talked to Ye Tiao, he always included Shi Mei, occasionally fetched her a couple of skewers, poured some tea for her, then casually continued chatting with Ye Tiao.
No intention of urging her to drink, no blatant flattering, his level could be said to be quite high.