The Case of Love

Chapter 32 Tenderness of a Tough Man
"Speaking of the boss's birthday, it's quite busy, there's always something going on. I remember last year, we were about to cut the birthday cake when a call came about a case. We didn't even have time to smear the cake on the boss's face before we went to the scene." Zhu Xiaofeng complained to Su Xiaohan, a newcomer in the police force.

"Two years ago, we were working with the C City Criminal Police Team on a case and forgot the boss' birthday." Xu Jungang looked guilty.

"It's all in the past, let's not talk about it. This year, we must give the boss a good birthday! If you have any good ideas, tell us as soon as possible! It will be inconvenient to talk when the boss arrives!" Li Zhisong glanced at the door and reminded everyone in a low voice.

"What do you mean it's inconvenient to talk about it now that I'm here?" As soon as Li Zhisong finished speaking, he saw Zhou Yifeng coming in carrying two paper bags with the logo of a porridge shop on them.

"Nothing, boss, we're just chatting!" Li Zhisong said, looking at the paper bag in his hand.

"This is for you, take and eat it!" Zhou Yifeng rolled his eyes at him and handed him the paper bag, but his eyes subconsciously drifted towards Su Xiaohan.

"Boss, you are so good to us. You buy us delicious food every day!" Li Zhisong used his talent of sweet talk and bowed to take the paper bag in a flattering manner.

"Zhisong, I don't think what you said is entirely accurate. I remember the boss also brought us breakfast before, but very little. When did all this change?" Zhu Xiaofeng asked cooperatively.

"Let me think about it," Li Zhisong pretended to think, and then quickly reacted, "It seems that after my junior sister came, the boss often brought us breakfast!"

Xu Jungang and Ma Nan also seemed to realize what was going on and smiled in agreement.

"What are you talking about? So noisy?" Just when Su Xiaohan was embarrassed and didn't know how to respond, forensic doctor Sun Yidan came in from outside, saw Li Zhisong and others talking noisily, and said in surprise.

While she was talking, Su Xiaohan secretly glanced at Zhou Yifeng to see his reaction. Unlike her, Zhou Yifeng looked calm and not embarrassed, as if what they said was true and he bought breakfast for her.

"We were talking about breakfast. The boss bought us breakfast again. Sister Sun, let's eat together!" Despite the noise, Li Zhisong still knew his limits and did not tell Sun Yidan what they had just said.

"I won't have breakfast. I have something to discuss with your boss." Sun Yidan's eyes were fixed on Zhou Yifeng's face.

Zhou Yifeng seemed to realize something when he heard this, and he went into the small conference room in the office with her and closed the door.

"Why is the boss so mysterious?" Li Zhisong picked up a bun and ate it while looking towards the meeting room.

"I guess they have something to talk about." Zhu Xiaofeng ignored him and took a bag of buns and shared them with Su Xiaohan and others.

Thinking about what Li Zhisong had just said, Su Xiaohan ate her favorite beef-filled buns but had no idea how they tasted.

Not long after, Sun Yidan and Zhou Yifeng came out of the conference room one after another. Sun Yidan looked normal, but Zhou Yifeng looked a little unhappy. In Su Xiaohan's opinion, he seemed very lost, or disappointed. Su Xiaohan was very worried about him, but she didn't know why.

Because they had just closed a case and had no new cases, the team was more relaxed in the next few days and had time to prepare for Zhou Yifeng's birthday party on the weekend. In order to give Zhou Yifeng a surprise, they quietly divided the work and all the preparations were carried out in secret without revealing anything to Zhou Yifeng.

On Friday afternoon, Li Zhisong invited everyone in the team to dinner on the pretext of a weekend party, without mentioning anything about celebrating Zhou Yifeng's birthday. Zhou Yifeng agreed decisively, and even said he would pay for it.

After get off work, Zhou Yifeng found out that the place they were going to eat was a famous internet celebrity restaurant in Beijing. Although he had never been there, he knew the price of the dishes in this restaurant and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. However, since he promised to treat them, he couldn't break his promise, not to mention that Su Xiaohan was still there. I don't know since when, subconsciously, he didn't want to lose face in front of her, maybe because she was the only woman in the team.

Because they wanted to drink, Su Xiaohan called a business car online. A few minutes later, the car stopped in front of the restaurant and the doorman came forward enthusiastically to open the door for them.

In the past, they ate at either barbecue restaurants or snack bars, and rarely came to high-end restaurants like this. As soon as they entered the door, a waiter with a good-looking appearance and well-tailored cheongsam came forward and led them to the private room. Li Zhisong and his friends deliberately let Zhou Yifeng walk in front and let him be the first to open the door of the private room.

Walking through a long corridor lined with crystal chandeliers and pink roses on both sides, they arrived at the innermost private room on the first floor.

"Li Zhisong, what kind of place did you choose? It seems to me that we are not going there to have a meal, but rather to attend a wedding!" Zhou Yifeng complained.

"Boss, this wasn't chosen by me, it was chosen by my junior sister." Li Zhisong explained. At this time, he felt that Su Xiaohan was the best shield.

As expected, as soon as he said this, Zhou Yifeng said nothing more and pushed open the door of the private room.

The scene before him made him stop and stand at the door in a daze.

On the palace-style white wall opposite, there are many golden balloons, spelling out the words "Happy Birthday". Below the balloons is a large cartoon photo of police officers. In the center of the photo is a female police officer with a ponytail and a playful wink, surrounded by heroic male police officers.

Zhou Yifeng could guess that the painting was of several people in their team.

When he got closer, he could feel the care put into the painting. Although the people in the painting did not look exactly like themselves, the characteristics of each person were well interpreted, allowing him to tell who the painting was about at a glance.

"This, can't be me?" Zhou Yifeng pointed at the male police officer who was standing next to the female police officer and had a serious face and frowned brows, and asked Su Xiaohan with a smile.

"That's right, Captain Zhou, this is you!" Su Xiaohan couldn't help laughing.

"Who drew this? Am I usually like this? Isn't it too serious?" Zhou Yifeng asked after looking around.

Li Zhisong and others pointed at Su Xiaohan together.

"You drew it?" Zhou Yifeng couldn't believe it.

Su Xiaohan nodded.

"Boss, Xiaohan stayed up for several nights to paint this picture!" Li Zhisong explained on behalf of Su Xiaohan.

"Yes, Boss, the decoration here was carefully designed by Xiaohan. We are only responsible for tasting the food and notifying people to attend your birthday party." Ma Nan interrupted.

Zhou Yifeng remembered that this day was his birthday, but he was so busy that he had forgotten about it. No one mentioned his birthday for the whole day, and he thought they had forgotten about it. Unexpectedly, they had carefully prepared such a birthday party, which touched him.

Even a tough guy has a soft side. The warmth and surprise they brought him made him want to cry. However, he quickly restrained himself because he was the captain and could not cry in front of his subordinates.

"Thank you everyone! I will remember this birthday for the rest of my life!" Zhou Yifeng said emotionally.

"You can't just remember it for one lifetime, you have to remember it for several lifetimes!"

Outside the door, Zhao Ansheng and Sun Yidan came in together.