Huó Tíngdōng wasn't prepared, and was pushed by her, straightening his body slightly.

Qin Yuezhi's gaze slid from his face to his abdomen, then back up again, repeating several times before she said in a dazed voice, "It's nothing."

She looked as if she had been deeply affected, not like someone who was unharmed.

Qin Yue weaved her way out from under him, her movements small and careful, as if Huo Tingdong was a live volcano about to erupt, and the slightest touch would burn.

Huo Tingdong remained in the posture she had pushed him away with, not moving until she was almost completely out of his reach. Only then did the man reach out and pull her back: "What's wrong?"

Qin Yuezhi waved her hand with a smile: "No, no, it's nothing. It's too late, I have to go back. I've been living at my parents' place recently, there's security."

She wanted to pull her hand out, but she didn't dare make too much of a movement.

Ho Tingdong wasn't shiitake mushrooms, was he? When did he become an oyster mushroom? His hardness was also different from her previous perception. Just that little while ago, it poked her stomach and made it hurt.

This change came too suddenly, she had to calm down.

Huo Tingdong still held her tightly, his brow furrowed: "Speak, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just have to go."

"You're just going to ignore Shen Wanci?"

"Never mind, let this husband Bo Jingzhou handle it."

It's not worth getting involved; it'll cost half my life. Let Bo Jingzhou handle it. Even if he becomes a troublemaker, it doesn't matter. Anyway, "a friend in need is a friend indeed," but "a poor man has no friends."

Huotingdong thought about how she had just been staring at him up and down. He raised an eyebrow. The only thing different about him from before was...

"Startled?"

Looking at Huo Tingdong's ambiguous smile, Qin Yue coughed lightly. Even if it was true, she couldn't admit it, or else she would appear too pathetic. After all, she was a woman who had slept with over twenty young masters before, wasn't she?

Qin Yuezhi straightened her spine, trying to appear composed and nonchalant. "No, I'm just... just suddenly remembered something, Huo Tingdong, last time we really... like that and that?"

That shouldn't be the case, at this scale, if it were actually done, I wouldn't be able to get out of bed for days.

Huo Tingdong's eyes narrowed slightly, quite dangerous, but Qin Yuezhi was deep in thought and didn't notice: "Have you done it or not? You don't feel anything?"

"It feels that way, doesn't it? But isn't that awkwardness precisely because there are feelings involved? If there were no feelings, she wouldn't be so conflicted."

Although she didn't see the danger flashing in Huo Tingdong's eyes, she wasn't stupid. She knew that saying it directly would be a bombshell, so she carefully chose her words: "I was drunk that day, my senses were a bit dull, and I... I just felt a little pain, my butt hurt a little."

"Heh," the man chuckled, lowering his hand to begin unbuttoning his shirt.

Qin Yue was flustered, hurriedly grabbing his hand: "You...what are you doing? Just speak, why are you taking off your clothes?"

"It wasn't that you were drunk that night, your senses dulled? Then let's do it again today while you're sober. Then you'll know what happened that night, whether we did or didn't. Anyway, doing it once is the same as doing it twice, there's no difference."

"

The logic seems to be like this, but I always feel that something is off about it.

"What's the difference? Doing it once is doing it, doing it twice is still doing it. If we didn't do it last time and we do it this time, wouldn't that be a loss?"

Ho Tingdong saw her like this, and let out a low chuckle, "Alright, stop going on about doing it once or twice. No plans to touch you."

Qin Yuezhi only then realized that the hand that was holding her had remained still. Since her strength wasn't great, she understood he was telling the truth. He never intended to touch her; he had simply wanted to frighten her.

Ho Tingdong got up: "I'll go change my clothes and send you home."

Qin Yuezhi got up and stopped him: "Then you'll use the excuse of not driving, letting me send you back? This way, sending you back and forth, it'll be until tomorrow morning! Or are you planning to drive behind me the whole time?"

As a girl, it's not safe to drive out this late. I'll take you back home, and I'll just get a ride back later myself.

……

Bo Jingzhou and Shen Wanci left the police station and went straight back to Yuting Courtyard, stopping by to get new phone cards along the way.

Even sitting on the sofa at home, she was still a bit uneasy: "You're not going back to the hospital, you're really okay?"

"It's nothing, just a little skin abrasion. It doesn't hurt anymore."

Shen Wanci nodded and said no more.

Bo Jingzhou saw that she was in a bad mood, he held her hand and comforted her tightly: "Wanwan, don't be afraid, I won't let anything happen to you, not even."

Shen Wanci managed a strained smile. "Mm."

She wasn't afraid of getting into trouble; she hadn't thought about letting Xie Chuyi die. Before leaving, she even threw her a life buoy and watched her stand steady, making sure she wouldn't be in any danger before walking away. But now that someone had died, right there in the swimming pool, she couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

A living life, she couldn't possibly be truly indifferent.

"Her death has nothing to do with you, it was just a coincidence. Since that person attacked her, it means she knew quite a few secrets. If she hadn't died in the swimming pool, she would have died somewhere else. Don't blame yourself."

Shen Wanci glanced at the wall clock: "It's 24 hours, have those kidnappers confessed yet?"

Before, she didn't have any deep understanding of Ji Ziyan. Even though Jiang Yajue told her he was a pervert, it was only a cognitive understanding, with no real feeling. However, Xie Chuyi's death gave her a concrete perception of his perversion.

Bo Jingzhou: “No, but Ji Ziyan won’t come out. He can’t leave the detention center for at least fourteen days.”

The Kikiko being talked about was now smiling and asking the on-duty policeman, a hint of smugness in her expression: “Officer friend, 24 hours are up. Shouldn’t I be let out? As I said, I didn’t participate in the kidnapping, and I don’t know those people. I’m a good citizen.”

The policeman coldly glanced at him, "A good citizen? Ji Ziyan, we've all checked your background. Twenty years ago, you faked your death to escape legal punishment and went abroad. We don't know how you got your ID there, and now you tell me you're a good citizen?"

Jizi said: "The year I fell into the sea, I was lucky to be fished out by fishermen. Later, I was abducted abroad by a group of human traffickers and even injured my head and lost my memory. All this is a coincidence, and I am helpless too. I don't know how lucky I am."

The police officer snorted coldly: "You are now involved in a murder case, and you can't leave for the time being. Stay here and wait for questioning."

"A murder? Who died?"

"Xie Chuyi, Bo's general manager reported you. It was you who called him back then, asking him and the deceased to attend Qiao's banquet, and you even said that Xie Chuyi was sent by you to get close to him."