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nTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

nThat form of address was too intimate to be called by an outsider.

nXiang Wan was a little curious about the identity of the woman. She squinted her eyes slightly to try to take a good look at her.

nHowever, she was back facing the lights. Besides having a feeling that the woman was proud as a peacock, and had an extraordinary and elegant disposition, she could see nothing else.

n“Going home,” Bai Muchuan answered in a nonchalant voice.

n“Oh?” The woman’s voice was crisp, the tone sounding higher toward the end. There was somehow a feeling of deliberation in her tone that made Xiang Wan slightly uncomfortable. “Then shall I go back together with you now, or shall we find a place for a talk?”

nGo back together?!

nThis woman… could she be Bai Muchuan’s…

nXiang Wan was making wild guesses about the woman in her head.

n“It’s already so late, we’ll go back to your place,” the woman continued, “by the way, the young lady in your car is also going there as well, right?”

nXiang Wan was surprised.

nShe felt shy and embarrassed.

nIt’s Detective Bai’s domestic affairs, what has it got to do with me?

n“That, no… I’m not going, I can get down here.”

nTheir relationship was not something that could be explained in a few words. In addition, she didn’t even know who this other person was.

nAs Xiang Wan said that, she turned to look at Bai Muchuan for his opinion.

nHowever, this young master was the exact opposite. His face was not red, his heart did not skip a beat, and he accepted the ambiguous hint with an expressionless face.

n“Okay.”

nSo it’s okay to go to his place, or it’s okay for her to get down?

nXIang Wan felt her scalp tighten at that instant. “Detective Bai—”

nScreech!

nThe engine started, their car made a turn out of the Criminal Investigation Unit, but Bai Muchuan did not attempt to explain anything.

nXiang Wan looked behind and found that the woman’s car was following them.

nTch! What’s going on?

nShe tilted her head. “Detective Bai, am I being made use of by you?”

nBai Muchuan pursed his lips. “What do you mean?”

nXiang Wan stared at his sexy-looking side profile and her heart skipped a beat. “That woman seems to spell trouble for you? Is it a love debt or a money debt? I feel like she has a grudge against me? I feel somewhat wronged. This feels like ‘I didn’t get to eat any fish yet I’ve gotten myself a fishy smell’!”

nBai Muchuan did not utter a word.

nWhen the car passed by a distance of more than ten meters, he suddenly turned to look at Xiang Wan, staring at her with his deep, dark eyes.

n“Do you want to eat fish?”

n“…”

nThere was silence.

nThere was a weird feeling of romantic ambiguity in the air inside the car.

nThe feelings of modern people would come fast, and the ambiguity between two person would come even faster.

nA gaze, an action, or a smile could appear to be suggestive in another party’s eyes.

nMoreover, this was such a blatant hint?

nXiang Wan’s heart was pounding fiercely. She felt like a wild cat was inside her heart that got provoked, was scratching her intermittently that her spine felt stiff and her throat, tight.

n“There’s a lot of fish inside the small pond in my backyard,” said Bai Muchuan. “I’ll get Nanny Li to cook for you.”

n“… Cough, cough, cough!” The words that Xiang Wan was about to say got swallowed in a choke, which nearly suffocated her.

nThis man must be out to prank me? thought Xiang Wan.

nIt’s clear he’s flirting with me, but suddenly in the next moment, he solemnly denies it?

nXiang Wan used a second to smoothen her hair.

nThen, she used another three seconds to give a synthetic proposition 1 with regards to her own beauty.

nNext, she stared at the man who was seriously driving.

n“Bai Muchuan, what do you mean? I don’t understand at all?”

nThis was the first time that she addressed his full name.

nSure enough, such an unusual form of address attracted the attention of Detective Bai.

nHis hands which were holding the steering wheel tightened. After thinking for a while, he said, “That’s my elder sister.”

n“…”

nCould it be that those who possessed a “detective” brain have such a bizarre logic? Xiang Wan was perplexed.

nThe previous sentence, the last sentence, and the middle sentence… didn’t the analogy seem rather far-fetched?

n…

nPrevious sentence: “Do you want to eat fish?”

nLast sentence: “That’s my elder sister.”

nMiddle sentence: “There’s a lot of fish inside the small pond in my backyard,” and “I’ll get Nanny Li to cook for you.”

n…

nThis felt like “playing a lute to a cow” which meant talking to a brick wall!

nForget it. Xiang Wan gave up.

n“That’s your business, it has nothing to do with me. However, since your sister is here, it’s even more inconvenient for me to stay overnight at your house. Just put me down by the roadside.”

n“My house has a lot of beds,” said Bai Muchuan casually, “moreover, I’ve been very busy recently.”

n“?” What has this got to do about him being busy?

n“I don’t want to be out in a crime scene when it’s morning!”

n“…”

n“Female corpse in the wilderness! Unknown murderer!”

n“…”

nDid she offend his eighteen generations of ancestors that he had to curse her like this?

nA series of cuss words appeared in Xiang Wan’s head, but she did not say it out.

nThis was because the words “female corpse in the wilderness” had successfully scared her.

n“Thank you!” She took in a deep breath and wore a somewhat averse, gloomy, and uncomfortable smile. “Detective Bai’s logic thinking tonight… seems rather hyperactive. Did you encounter something that made you unhappy? Say it, maybe I can help you to be happy about it?”

n“Are you part-timing as Agony Aunt?” Bai Muchuan let out a laugh, “All your fanciful and absurd thoughts should be better used for writing novels.”

n“…”

nWhat a sharp tongue!

nA sharp-tongued man who would act all solemn!

nHe would file at where it hurts!

n“Detective Bai, if I die in your car due to anger, will you be criminally liable for it?”

n“That’s considered natural death. No need for detectives.”

n“… Then I better continue to be happy and do whatever I want!”

nThe two of them had gotten along with each other during the past few unusual days and experienced an unusual case together; they were now very familiar with each other.

nThe way Xiang Wan talked to him was like a girl who was at odds with her lover—she was pouting, her brows slightly forming a frown, and her nose held high. She had a mixture of loveliness, innocence, and displeasure. Her long hair was hanging loosely on her shoulders, forming a natural disposition of a refined, learned individual.

nVery well-behaved, very beautiful, and very adorable.

nBai Muchuan took a glance at her from the corner of his eye as if he had not looked at her at all.

nBut the corners of his mouth formed a smile which was not obscured by the darkness in the night.

n…

nThe Bai residence.

nWhen Xiang Wan and Bai Muchuan arrived, he noticed that his elder sister’s car was already parked in the garage.

nHe had not even stepped into the house and could already hear the whining and sobbing sounds of Bai Lu.

nThat young girl seemed to be lying or was angry. The sounds were muffled, but Xiang Wan could vaguely make out words like “that evil woman” coming out of Bai Lu’s mouth.

nIs she talking about her?

nShe’s complaining! Xiang Wan felt her head aching. She felt that she had infuriated an elementary school kid!

nShe felt a numb sensation in her spine and glanced sideways at Bai Muchuan.

n“So you’ve brought me here for the purpose of letting them vent their anger?”

nBai Muchuan had one hand in his pocket while he acted cool by twirling the car keys in a circle with his finger in the other. With the addition of a faint smile, he looked like a bad*ss yuppie. Not quite the same as the cold and merciless detective captain who sat on the chair of the great penal office.

n“I brought you here to get a laptop.”

nHmm? Xiang Wan pondered for a while. He did mention getting a laptop, and that was why they left together.

nYes! His elder sister is Bai Lu’s mother.

nShe’s the one who should compensate me a laptop!

nXiang Wan narrowed her eyes. “Is it really suitable for Detective Bai to ‘bend your elbows outwardly 2 ‘?

n“Hm?” Bai Muchuan pulled a long tone and turned his head to look at her. Next, he waved his arm in front of her. “Since when did my elbows bend outward?”

n“…” Xiang Wan’s heart skipped a beat.

nIf it wasn’t outward, then was he implying she was considered “family”?!

n“I’m a detective,” he said, “I have to be impartial.”

n“…”

nSometimes, Xiang Wan was really confused.

nOne second, he was provoking her nerves, the next second, he would find a reasonable explanation that would snip off her inappropriate thoughts.

nThis guy is really too dangerous.

nNo matter if he is deliberate or not, it is better to stay away from him.

nHe had provoked and flirted with her several times in the night. He had pulled on Xiang Wan’s heartstrings that she had to warn herself.

n“Alright! I hope Detective Bai will side with reason and not kinship!”

nBai Muchuan did not make any comment.

nWhen they entered the house, Nanny Li fetched them slippers.

nXiang Wan changed into the slippers diligently and received the pair of mother and daughter’s judgement.

n“Laoer 3 !” Bai Musi was suppressing her anger, but her tone was clearly of an irritated one due to her love of her daughter. “Is this Miss Xiang really your girlfriend?”

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