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  The mobile phone she was using was Bai Muchuan’s backup phone.

  Bai Muchuan obviously hesitated for a moment when he suddenly received a phone call. “.…… You’re up?”


  His voice was deep and sounded pleasing to the ear.

  It sounded especially nice in that morning.

  Xiang Wan had a sweet smile on her face as she thought of last night subconsciously……

  She felt her face burning slightly, and she cleared her throat. “Have you eaten breakfast?”


  This guy had left the dormitory long ago.

  She wanted to have breakfast with him. However, Bai Muchuan paused for a moment, and Xiang Wan heard that he seemed to be talking to Quan Shaoteng in the background before answering Xiang Wan in a serious tone. “I need to go to a crime scene now! I can’t join you for breakfast. Are you going back to accompany Fang Yuanyuan, or will you stay in the office?”


  she thought.

  Xiang Wan deliberated for a moment. “Can I come along with you?” she asked in a soft voice.

  Bai Muchuan stayed silent. “.……”


  Xiang Wan continued, “Others might look me down on me if I don’t show any results at work!”


  The man at the other end of the phone froze for a moment.

  There seemed to be a sigh coming from him.

  “Come down quickly then! I’ll only wait for two minutes.”
……

  Xiang Wan felt fortunate that she had already gotten everything ready in advance!

  She quickly put on a light-colored lipstick, took her laptop bag, and left the dormitory. She ran through the long corridor and rushed down the stairs. She looked around and found Bai Muchuan’s car at the main entrance.

  Tang Yuanchu was there as well, acting as their chauffeur.

  Xiang Wan was surprised. “Just the three of us?”


  Didn’t he say he wanted to go to a crime scene? Three of them seemed too little.

  Bai Muchuan glanced at her. Although it was an indifferent gaze, it was already a huge improvement compared to before they had made up with each other. Maybe he felt a little embarrassed by Xiang Wan’s warm gaze, he cleared his throat and pretended that nothing had happened last night.

  “The rest have already set off.”


  So that meant he was waiting for her?

  He was pretending then!

  Xiang Wan felt elated inside and smiled at him. She also pretended that she had suffered a memory loss while looking indifferent as she hopped onto the car and rubbed her hands. “I didn’t expect that I’m actually quite important.”


  Bai Muchuan scoffed. “Cos your ‘face’ is big!”


  Xiang Wan took a sidelong glance at him; she pouted slightly at him and wanted to laugh but she managed to contain it.

  It was a good thing that he was joking around.

  It was also a good thing that he said she had a big “face”, for it meant that she was important to him.

  Xiang Wan touched her face and behaved as if she was all serious by taking his remark literally. “I think it’s fine? You like it right?”


  Bai Muchuan looked away, seemingly embarrassed.

  Xiang Wan suddenly felt like laughing.

  After a happy night, she did not want to think about the little awkwardness they had around each other.

  Moreover, they were on their way to a crime scene, everything else had to come after work.

  On the journey, nobody talked at all.

  Xiang Wan felt a little puzzled since the atmosphere inside the car was quiet.

  “Detective Tang, what happened to you today? Are you feeling down?”


  Tang Yuanchu was usually the most talkative amongst them. He always had something to say and was very optimistic. Whenever he was around, it felt like a sunny day everywhere. However, that day, he actually seemed glum as though someone owed him money……

  Xiang Wan’s attention was not on him earlier. Now that she took a closer look, she noticed his abnormality.

  However, Tang Yuanchu denied it flatly, “Nothing.”


  Xiang Wan thought.

  She looked at Bai Muchuan, wanting to get an answer from his face.

  However, he just sat there, not sure what he was thinking about and did not show any emotion.

  Xiang Wan wondered, “Are we all going through an unlucky phrase or something?”


  Everyone of them seemed to be behaving rather strangely.

  Tang Yuanchu showed a reluctant smile but did not say a word.

  Xiang Wan couldn’t stand watching him behaving like this.

  Frankly, when Tang Yuanchu kept quiet and was not lively anymore, it was even more unacceptable than Bai Muchuan ignoring her. This was because Bai Muchuan was a quiet person most of the time, and it was normal to see him behaving in an aloof and indifferent manner.

  Xiang Wan furrowed her eyebrows and tapped on the seat before her. “Detective Tang, let me guess what happened to you, alright?”


  Tang Yuanchu couldn’t resist letting out a laugh. “Sure, make a guess. If you get it right, I’ll get Captain Bai to give you a treat!”


  Bai Muchuan said nothing against this. “.……”


  Xiang Wan smiled. “You fell out of love?”


  Tang Yuanchu didn’t give a reply. “.……”


  A while later, he puffed a sigh with a piteous look. “How do I fell out of love when I haven’t even gotten into a relationship?”


  Oh, looks like there had been no progress in their relationship.

  Xiang Wan knew that he had a crush on and have been carrying a torch for Xie Wanwan. In all fairness, it was not that both of them couldn’t be together. Ignoring the reality gap, income gap, take just one point—both of them knew too much about each other’s privacy. Especially the fact that Xie Wanwan’s past was too complicated, the industry she was in was too complicated as well. All might be good if they just started out, but who would know what could happen in the long run?

  Besides, no one knew how Xie Wanwan feels toward him.

  “Teacher Xiang, can you please stop looking at me like this? Your inquisitive eyes make me feel like a criminal suspect.”


  “.……” Xiang Wan burst out a laugh. “I won’t guess anymore then. You tell me.”


  Tang Yuanchu took a glance at her through the rearview mirror and sighed a little dejectedly. “It’s not a big deal, actually. It’s just…… I got an earful from my mom.”


  “Ah?…… Pffft!” Xiang Wan chuckled. “Come on, you’re a grown-up already. Why did you look so grim after your mom gave you a lecture?”


  Tang Yuanchu showed a frustrated frown.

  “No matter how old we are, who would be willing to get chastised and listen to unpleasant words, right?”


  “That’s true.” Xiang Wan felt that it was somewhat boring since Bai Muchuan did not talk. Thus, she decided to chit chat with Tang Yuanchu instead. “You are the typical good youth that the country is promoting, and you’re also a popular online celebrity…… Why did your mom chastise you?”


  “It’s all because of all those gossips on the internet!” Tang Yuanchu blurted, his tone was filled with helplessness. “One need not shoulder any responsibility by abusing another online. The keyboard warriors are invincible, no matter if it’s negative or positive issues, they just want to voice their opinion. They retort about everything like the sky, the heaven, the air…… Aye, good-looking people like us are bearing all the pain and hurt caused by our appearance.”


  she thought.

  Xiang Wan looked at him with a dumbstruck expression. She felt that this joke wasn’t really humorous.

  If it was about those gossips on the internet, it should be related to Xie Wanwan.

  Could it be that Tang Yuanchu was implicated this time?

  Her mobile phone got snatched yesterday, so she did not look at those gossip and entertainment news and did not know what exactly happened.

  Nevertheless, she still consoled Tang Yuanchu. “It should be alright. Both your Captain Bai and I are also being verbally abused by many keyboard warriors. You can do a search. Those people who say bad things about me are in thousands if not hundreds.”


  “The problem is tricky when my mom is the one who’s scolding me,” explained Tang Yuanchu, “she warned me not to fool around with improper woman…… Hah, I almost laughed in her face. What did she mean by improper woman? She’s an A-List celebrity. Even if I want to fool around with her, she wouldn’t agree either!”


  “.……”