Investigation

"Finally, it’s over!"

As the movie credits rolled, Gu Sheng collapsed into his chair in relief. His scalp was unbearably itchy. That girl Le Erya had gotten clever—she had broken the popcorn into sesame-seed-sized crumbs and controlled them as they fell onto Gu Sheng’s scalp.

Gu Sheng had always suffered from dandruff, and his scalp itched easily. If he went too long without washing his hair, he felt terrible. Now it was even worse. If he had not been trying to conceal his identity, he would have wanted to hit someone.

Seriously, there had to be a limit to joking around, right? Using her abilities to prank people like this… He ought to make Le Erya pay a little price too.

"Little Gu! The movie’s over. Let’s go! Do you still need your big sister to pull you up?"

Wu Mengchen stood beside him, bent over, and smiled as she extended a hand. Her fragrant hair brushed against the tip of his nose, making it itch slightly.

"Morning-jie is the best!"

Gu Sheng smiled and reached out. Though Wu Mengchen was a woman, she had quite a bit of strength and pulled Gu Sheng to his feet with ease.

"Little Gu, what do you mean by that? You’ve forgotten your old love now that you have a new one. Are you saying Yaya-jie isn’t good enough?"

Le Erya was displeased when she heard that. She thought Gu Sheng was insulting her, and dangerous light flashed through her eyes again.

"No! No!"

Gu Sheng was truly afraid of this grudge-holding girl. He decided that until he was ready to reveal his strength, he had better keep his distance from her. She was simply too dangerous.

"Hmph~"

Le Erya snorted and walked out, muttering that she would make Gu Sheng pay.

"Little Xin’er!"

Gu Sheng and Huang Anqi walked out of the cinema. Chu Xin had already been waiting at the entrance, and the moment she saw them, she spread her arms and ran over.

"I—"

Gu Sheng’s warm welcome received no response. He hugged empty air. Chu Xin was far too heartless—she actually bypassed her official boyfriend Gu Sheng and hugged Huang Anqi, spinning around twice with her.

"Hahahaha~~~ Is this your girlfriend? Hahahaha~~"

Le Erya burst into unrestrained laughter at the sight, showing Gu Sheng no mercy at all.

"Go ahead, laugh! At least someone still likes me!"

Gu Sheng fired back, then gestured toward Chu Xin. Blushing, Chu Xin released Huang Anqi and threw herself into Gu Sheng’s arms.

Gu Sheng picked Chu Xin up and spun around twice, deliberately flaunting their affection right in front of Le Erya and stuffing her mouth full of public displays of affection. The smile on Le Erya’s face froze.

"Gu Sheng!"

Le Erya was furious. She had never been in a relationship, yet she still had to endure other people flaunting their love in front of her. It was simply intolerable!

"Enough!"

Lin Qinghe once again pulled her back from behind in time. After putting down the call she had just answered, she walked up to Gu Sheng and Chu Xin and said solemnly, "Miss Chu Xin, we currently suspect that you are connected to a murder case. Please come back with us to assist with the investigation."

"Wait, He-jie, you can’t be serious!"

Gu Sheng’s expression changed slightly. He had not expected Lin Qinghe to act so decisively and immediately link Chu Xin to Zheng Shaotian’s matter.

Lin Qinghe said solemnly to him, "Gu Sheng, this matter is very important. We haven’t determined that Chu Xin is definitely connected to the murder. We only intend to have her assist with the investigation. You don’t need to worry."

"Well… I’ll go with her."

Gu Sheng thought for a moment. They had originally planned to finish everything up today, but plans could not keep up with changes. Now the Criminal Inspectors had their eyes on them. There was nothing he could do but take things one step at a time.

"I’m going too!"

Huang Anqi spoke up as well, refusing to let go of Chu Xin’s little hand.

"Alright~ I’ll call a car over!"

Lin Qinghe did not turn anyone away. She made another call and began arranging everything.

"It’s fine, little brother. Qinghe will find out the truth. I believe this has nothing to do with you."

Wu Mengchen walked over to Gu Sheng and comforted him gently, resting one hand on his shoulder.

"I’m going to make a call!"

Gu Sheng lowered his head and spoke to Chu Xin, then nodded at Wu Mengchen. He took out his phone, walked aside, and called Liu Daimei. "Mei-jie…"

"Wooo~ Wuwuwu~~ Woo~ Wuwuwu~~"

A series of sirens rang out. Two Criminal Inspector vehicles stopped in front of Gu Sheng and the others.

"Let’s go!"

Gu Sheng spoke to Chu Xin and Huang Anqi, then took the front passenger seat of the second vehicle.

Huang Anqi and Chu Xin sat in the back. Everyone seemed fairly calm. Wu Mengchen said something to the driver, switched to the driver’s seat, and the original driver got into the Criminal Inspector vehicle in front.

At the Hangcheng City Criminal Inspector Department, Gu Sheng sat in an office with Huang Anqi, quietly waiting for the results. Beside them, Le Erya and Wu Mengchen kept watching them while occasionally walking around to handle various tasks.

"Little brother, here’s some coffee! Little Qi, you get a cup too!"

Wu Mengchen brought over four cups of coffee. After giving one to Le Erya, she handed the others to Gu Sheng and Huang Anqi. The group chatted idly over their coffee.

"Morning-jie, are you a Criminal Inspector too?"

Gu Sheng asked with slight curiosity. Although he knew Wu Mengchen belonged to the Patrol Security Bureau, his understanding of her was fairly limited. Since he had the chance, he might as well probe for information.

"Guess what I do, little brother!"

Wu Mengchen did not answer him directly and instead asked him to guess.

"Morning-jie, you’re wearing a white coat. You couldn’t be a fo—"

Gu Sheng pretended to look frightened and timid as he tentatively said, "a forensic pathologist?"

"Quite close. You really are clever, little brother!"

Wu Mengchen smiled, but still refused to tell Gu Sheng the truth. She kept probing him about his past. Gu Sheng naturally answered honestly. His first twenty years had been perfectly clear, and there was nothing he needed to hide.

"Little brother, may I ask how you met Little Xin’er?"

Wu Mengchen began getting to the main point. The way Gu Sheng and Chu Xin had met was something they were very interested in, because according to all the information currently available, the two of them had never had any connection.

"Online, of course! We were in an online relationship!"

Gu Sheng casually made up an excuse. There was no way he could tell them the truth, right?

"How long have you known each other?"

Le Erya joined in. Her eyes were full of curiosity and inquisitiveness. Huang Anqi, beside them, pricked up her ears as well. She was very interested in this question too.

"Probably a little over a month, but less than two months."

After thinking for a moment, Gu Sheng answered, "I was in a car accident in December, remember? I was hospitalized at the time. I was bored, so I played around on Penguin and met her. We hit it off, and the way we addressed each other gradually became more intimate.

"The day after I was discharged, she happened to be getting out of school, so I went to pick her up. After we met, we took a liking to each other, and then, then…" Gu Sheng looked reserved, as if he were extremely bashful.

"Then what? What did you do to her?"

Le Erya looked like a curious child. Then she suddenly shifted, raised her head, and demanded, "If I remember correctly, the day we met at the Public Cemetery was Friday, right?

"You only met her and confirmed your relationship that day. So why did you tell us that you had a girlfriend? You were lying, weren’t you~"