Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Bai Muchuan?” Xiang Wan gave him a sidelong glance and paused for a while before a smile formed on her face. “You’re very good at changing topics!”

“…”

Her eyes were flashing, there was a half-smile on her face.

Did she not believe him at all?

This woman… she said she’s not jealous, but that’s clearly fake, he thought.

“I guarantee!” Bai Muchuan raised two fingers and cleared his throat. “That was what I told her.”

A corner of Xiang Wan’s lips lifted upwards. She tried to control the urge to burst into laughter as she continued to tease him. “So… when you two were chatting, weren’t there any ambiguities in the way you looked at each other?”

“Nope.”

“Try to recall? You didn’t, but are you sure she was the same as you?”

Bai Muchuan propped a hand on his forehead. “Urgh, Little Xiang Wan, are you joking around with me?”

“Come on, tell me!” Xiang Wan looked serious enough to show that she was not joking around. Bai Muchuan held her chin and enunciated every syllable in his words clearly and seriously. “There wasn’t any ambiguity. I didn’t show any, and it was the same for her. Please use your brain that is comparable to Sherlock Holmes, to think about it. In that kind of situation, how can there be any ambiguity, right?”

He was sort of forcing Xiang Wan to look at him.

The seconds went by as she looked at him and… Pffft!

She couldn’t control it anymore!

Her laughter left Bai Muchuan in a daze.

However, he reacted in less than a second. His thumb held her chin tightly as he lowered his head bite her lips as punishment.

After that, he sighed as he grunted. “Hur, woman!”

“Hah!” Xiang Wan swept a glance at him, still smiling. “… I didn’t say that I don’t trust you. You’re the one who said that and pinned the words on me. Actually, I was thinking that you’re acting quite cold-blooded towards her?”

“Cold-blooded? Hur, someone must be feeling so happy inside?” Sir Little Bai’s gaze felt chilly, but the look on his face seemed that he wanted more attention—

She could see the words “quick, praise me for not being affected by another woman’s beauty,””I’m not interested in any other woman”, “honeyed words have no effect on me”, “you should hurry and tell me you love me”, and many more that was shown on his face…

Xiang Wan pouted, refusing to do what he wanted.

She suddenly cupped his face and asked him a question seriously. “What if it’s me?”

“Mm?” Bai Muchuan did not get it.

“I mean, if I did something wrong. For instance, I committed murder, and the police had all the evidence to convict me… what would you do?”

“…”

Bai Muchuan deliberated for a moment.

“If you killed someone, you must have a good reason. Maybe the other party deserved death…”

“Hmm… Eh?” What Xiang Wan heard stunned her for half a second before letting out a chuckle. “Let’s just say I had to kill a bad guy, and I broke the law… What would you do?”

What a tough question.

He was torn between the law and his feelings.

This was equivalent to the question—what one would do when their wife and their mother fell into the water at the same time…

Anyone trying to answer it would usually have the wrong answer.

However, Sir Little Bai’s desire to survive was really strong.

“Such an assumption is meaningless.”

“It’s just an assumption, what if it proves to be useful?”

“Hmm…” Bai Muchuan thought for a moment, taking both of her hands she was using to prop her chin and squeezed them in his palms. “I’ll find out the truth, and if there is anyone else you haven’t killed yet, I’ll help you kill them. Then we’ll surrender ourselves and face the law together.”

“…”

Both of them looked at each other.

Pffft! Xiang Wan laughed.

“You’re really smart!”

“Huff! I’ve used up a lot of brain cells to come up with this answer. Teacher Xiang, please acknowledge my effort… why won’t you tell me that you’re happy with this answer?”

“I’m so satisfied!” Xiang Wan showed a radiant smile for a few seconds before she immediately looked stern. “But…” she snorted. “Only idiots would do that! How can you involve yourself in the crime just because your lover did it?”

“Well, I said that to make you happy!”

“… D*rn!”

While they both talked to each other, Bai Muchuan’s mobile phone rang.

He released Xiang Wan and picked up the call. After a while, he looked at Xiang Wan.

“Mm. Alright!”

It was rare for him to have some time to relax, but he still received a lot of phone calls.

Xiang Wan thought he had work to do again, but it turned out that it was not the case.

“Xie Wanwan wanted to buy us dinner.”

Eh? Speaking of the devil!

Xiang Wan’s eyebrows crinkled for a moment. “Now? Is that okay?”

Besides, they considered her as a family member of the suspect, and a victim of the case. She should avoid having dinner with any police officer who was handling the case…

“Yup, I’ve turned her down.” Bai Muchuan patted her head.

“Well, both of you are good friends,” she continued with a smile, “it’s not against the law to go for a meal. Do you want to call her back?”

“… Aye!” Bai Muchuan knocked her head. “You think too much. Let’s go, what do you want to eat?”

“Anything!”

“No one sells ‘anything’!”

“… Right, then just find any restaurant.”

…

It was really a small world.

Both of them did not go far when they saw a group of people.

There were two familiar faces—Xie Wanwan and her assistant.

Besides them, there was an elegantly dressed elderly woman, but her gaze seemed to show that she seemed to be in her own world. There were two people beside her, supporting her as she walked…

Xiang Wan need not even guess these people’s identities.

She was Meng Chi’s mom.

She was staying in the same hotel as them.

She was also staying on the same floor.

Xie Wanwan showed a friendly smile on her face when she saw the couple before her, hand in hand. She nodded at them and was the first to walk into the elevator.

The elderly woman, on the other hand, kept turning around to look at Bai Muchuan.

There seemed to be hope in her gaze…

Bai Muchuan stood at his spot while holding Xiang Wan’s hand.

When these group of people disappeared from the lobby, he squeezed Xiang Wan’s hand.

“Let’s go!”

“Mm.” Xiang Wan peeked at his expression.

She did not see any change in his expression; hence, she said nothing.

Bai Muchuan was always an upright person. That’s why Xiang Wan believed in what he said.

As for Xie Wanwan and Meng Chi’s mom…

Everyone had a different perspective and position. Their actions and thoughts were actually understandable.

How many people in the world could place righteousness before family ties?

Which mother could turn a blind eye to the life and death of her son?

Her sentiment was only normal.

It was just that Xie Wanwan’s gaze earlier… contained a lot of complicated emotions that made Xiang Wan’s scalp felt numb. She couldn’t understand what feelings Xie Wanwan had toward Meng Chi.

She also did not know if Xie Wanwan would think that she was the reason why Bai Muchuan rejected the request for a meal together?

Although Xiang Wan thought about all these, it did not affect her mood.

She had too many things to worry about already!

Hence, she was used to living at such a pace.

That night, Bai Muchuan need not work overtime. After having their dinner, Bai Muchuan accompanied Xiang Wan at the hotel.

It was a rare period of peace!

When she woke up in the morning to see him sleeping soundly beside her, she felt contented and moved.

She turned, put her hand on his waist, and closed her eyes again.

She fell asleep fast when she went back to sleep and Bai Muchuan awakened her.

She didn’t expect that when she opened her eyes, she would hear a piece of astounding news…

At half-past eight in the morning, Tang Yuanchu called up. “Meng Chi wanted to see his lawyer!”

Bai Muchuan responded right away, “I’ll go over now!”

Since he was willing to see his lawyer, that meant he might be willing to cooperate.

If that was really the case, then it was a good thing.

Xiang Wan was also a little excited when she heard that.

“Hopefully, we can get his statement this time!”

Bai Muchuan kissed her forehead. He couldn’t have breakfast with her since he needed to rush over to the police station right away.

Tang Yuanchu was eating with a few detectives when he saw Bai Muchuan.

He was on duty, and his eyes were red because he was staying up for the entire night. When he saw Bai Muchuan, he quickly pointed inside. “The lawyer just went inside!”

“Mm.” Bai Muchuan nodded and adjusted his attire before he sat down.

According to the law, when a lawyer met with his client who was a suspect in custody, no law enforcer may enter or listen to their conversation.

That also meant that the conversation between the suspect and the lawyer were absolutely confidential.

They waited quietly outside.

Tang Yuanchu poured a glass of water for Bai Muchuan.

“Boss, have you eaten breakfast?”

“Nope.”

“Do you need me to get some food?”

“Nope.”

“You old people are so energetic. Not afraid of hunger and not afraid of exhaustion!” Tang Yuanchu yawned. “We youngsters can’t be compared to you. I can barely survive a night duty…”

“Are you feeling weak?” Bai Muchuan looked at him from the corners of his eyes. “Young man, take care of your body. Don’t exert too much strength!”

“Hehehe!” Tang Yuanchu laughed while the others looked on in confusion.

…

About slightly more than an hour later, the lawyer came out.

However, what he told the police was totally unrelated to the case.

Meng Chi had wanted to see the lawyer as he wanted to make some personnel changes in his Meng Entertainment Group, as well as the arrangements with regards to his own assets and property.

“Did he mention anything about the case?”

Facing Bai Muchuan’s doubtful gaze, the lawyer could not do anything about it, either.

“He didn’t. He seemed to have… given up on the case.”

“You’ve persuaded him?”

“I did!”

“He’s not willing to cooperate?”

“Not willing.”

Hur!

Would someone like Meng Chi…

Give up so easily?

Unless, he knew that there was no hope to reverse the situation. Therefore, he did not have the energy to fight for himself!

…

They heard a piece of news not long after the lawyer left.

Meng Chi gave almost all of his assets and property to Xie Wanwan.

That made everyone’s jaws dropped!

Would a person give his property to someone whom he wanted to harm?

“This is illogical!”

“Yeah! This is too bleeping bizarre!”

Doubts were raised and Tang Yuanchu soon offered an explanation.

“… What’s so strange about that? He’s buying his life with money!”

“Buying his life with money? How do you explain this?”

Tang Yuanchu then articulated his reasonings, “In this case where the suspect doesn’t confess to his crime, all evidence must be fully reasonable, and no contradiction would be tolerated among the evidence we have… By giving his assets to Xie Wanwan, it was an obvious contradictory act. Don’t forget that he had knocked her out and attempted to hurt her. Hur, it’s so convenient to do things with money. CEO Meng is really a smart person!”

“He refused to say anything since all evidence is against him; there is no way of denying them! In fact, he is trying desperately to save himself!”

When everyone heard that, they nodded to concur with him.

“This sounds so reasonable! Tang Yuanchu, you learned all these from Captain Bai?”

Bai Muchuan gave a cold snort. “There’s no way he could get off the hook from killing Tu Liang!”

The three of them fell into silence. “…”

Tang Yuanchu responded, “He refused to talk precisely because he knew he will never escape this one! Coming from his angle, if he doesn’t admit to his crime, it’s way better than saying anything. The more he speaks, the more loopholes he’d reveal on his statement! Why not just keep quiet and think of another way out!?”

Bai Muchuan gave him a look of approval.

“This is the only possibility I can think of!”

Everyone nodded again, talking amongst themselves; their expressions were now calmer.

The case had been dragging on for a long time. Everyone wanted it to end soon, so they could get a good night’s sleep.

They had caught the murderer, and the evidence was conclusive.

All’s well that ends well!