Ye Chen appraised Lin Ziwen. Although the girl lacked Li Ruo's ethereal and serene beauty, she had her own unique charm—especially in her company uniform. If she stepped out, she'd certainly be considered a great beauty. But standing next to Li Ruo, she naturally seemed like plain greenery.
"Here's your tea!" Lin Ziwen placed the tea on the coffee table. As she bent over, her white uniform revealed a vacuum within, immediately drawing Ye Chen's gaze—fair, like creamy jade, the white bra supporting two proud peaks, with the faintest hint of pink buds. Lin Ziwen seemed to catch Ye Chen's stare. She paused, instantly sensing something off, and quickly clenched her chest, muttering softly, "Pervert!"
"Uh..." Ye Chen was taken aback, scratching his head in embarrassment before quickly changing the subject, "Mr. Li, what did you want to see me about?"
"Oh, I wanted to ask what you were up to yesterday afternoon!" Li Ruo's gaze followed Ye Chen intently, trying to discern from his expression if anything was amiss. The figure from yesterday was somewhat familiar to her, but she couldn't be certain.
"Yesterday afternoon? Wasn't I at the office?" Ye Chen was confused by Li Ruo's sudden question. Was it because of what happened on South Gate Pedestrian Street after work yesterday? His eyes darted slightly, and he almost guessed what Li Ruo was getting at. Stabilizing his nerves, he began to address her inquiries.
"What about after work?" Li Ruo pressed on.
"After work? Of course, I went home to rest!" Ye Chen feigned confusion, furrowing his brows, "I don't have any particular entertainment activities, and definitely no nightlife!"
"Think carefully, did you go to South Gate Pedestrian Street?" Li Ruo's brows tightened, seemingly unconvinced.
"That I definitely did not!" Ye Chen shook his head vigorously. He absolutely could not admit to it—no telling what troubles this woman might bring. If he carelessly entangled himself in her problems, he would be at a loss. While he was a bodyguard by profession, that was merely his job, and his personal life should not be mixed with this woman's grievances. Ye Chen promptly added, "I went straight home to sleep after work yesterday. If you don't believe me, Er Gou next door can vouch for me. I'll call him right now if you want!"
Having said that, he even made a show of pulling out his phone as if to really make a call.
"No need!" Li Ruo quickly waved her hand, "It's fine, nothing's wrong. You can go back to work."
"Alrighty then!" Ye Chen nodded eagerly, pocketing his phone and turning to leave without another word. Lin Ziwen curiously watched his retreating figure, which didn't seem to match the imposing silhouette in the video. Li Ruo also stared fixedly at his back, then shook her head, finding no trace of him in Ye Chen's departure.
"Maybe, it really isn't him!" Li Ruo sighed, "Perhaps it was just my hallucination!"
"Mr. Li, don't be disheartened, we can keep looking!" Lin Ziwen hurried to console her.
"Where to look, and how?" Li Ruo made a face.
Remembering her fright from the day before, Li Ruo vividly recalled seeing the other party draw a gun and pull the trigger with ferocity. If it weren't for the man's timely arrival, she might not be alive in this world. Therefore, Li Ruo urgently needed to find that figure, that person.
"I've got it!" Lin Ziwen exclaimed.
"What have you thought of?" Li Ruo asked, startled.
"Mr. Li, we can actually ask the police to help us!" Lin Ziwen's smile curled, "Didn't the police see his face yesterday? If we find Zhang Yantong, we can clarify his real identity!"
"Right!" Li Ruo's eyes lit up, immediately dialing the police station's number. However, the response was that Captain Zhang was out on duty and not in the office. Having no other choice, Li Ruo decided to contact them again later, and as for the mysterious figure... Li Ruo urgently turned to Lin Ziwen, "Ziwen, contact Director Liu now, and find out what the city thinks about yesterday's incident!"
"Okay!" Lin Ziwen nodded.
A call later, the stance had not changed. The city's Propaganda Department still spoke in unison, determined to rectify the so-called heroic biker's actions, while Ye Chen, unbeknownst to him, had gone from heroic biker to a murder suspect.
"Mr. Li, Director Liu seems to be sticking to yesterday's statement!" Lin Ziwen frowned.
"Hmm, then help me find a lawyer, we must get justice for that guy!" Li Ruo's teeth lightly bit into her red lip, her voice cold, "I can't believe that society is capable of such distortion of right and wrong!"
"Understood!" Lin Ziwen nodded and was about to leave when Li Ruo stopped her, "Make sure to find the best one!"
"Yes!" Lin Ziwen answered and left.
Li Ruo stood in front of the office floor-to-ceiling window, arms crossed, her ample chest straining against the collar of her blouse. Her 1.7-meter frame and sleek figure made a lot of women jealous and a lot of men swoon. She frowned lightly, looking out at the dust-covered Jianghuai City, then sighed, "What's to come will come, and since it'll come anyway, let it be wilder, let the storm rage harder!"
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Ye Chen descended the elevator, reaching the fifteenth floor. Li Cheng immediately grabbed Ye Chen's arm and pulled him into the cleaning room.
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"Hey, hey... Fatty, what are you doing? I don't have a thing for cut sleeves!" Ye Chen quickly crossed his arms over his chest, huddling in the corner, looking in terror at Fatty as he stepped closer.
"Kid, have you done something wrong?" Li Cheng looked at Ye Chen coldly, angrily said, "Damn it, you wouldn't happen to have come down from the mountain, would you?"
"How could that be, I'm a first-class good citizen, probably the finest in all of China!" Ye Chen hastily shook his head.
"Shit, then why are the police looking for you?" Li Cheng's eyes widened.
"Ah?!" Ye Chen was stunned, slack-jawed, and said, "No way. But, just because the police are here doesn't necessarily mean I've done something wrong, maybe they're here to commend me, right? I helped catch that criminal yesterday, I should at least get a Best Citizen Award or something?"
"Ptooey!" Li Cheng spat out and angrily said, "Commend you with an arrest warrant?"
Hiss!
Ye Chen was instantly dumbstruck, his face turned colorfully interesting. Green, red, soap-white, all the colors of the rainbow. Li Cheng with a cold expression, stood aside; after a long while, Ye Chen finally came back to his senses. He swallowed his saliva, grabbed Li Cheng's arm, and said, "Fatty, do you believe me?"
"Why should I believe you?" Li Cheng glared at him with annoyance, rubbed his two fingers together and said, "In this lifetime, my mother only trusts these!"
"Shit, I'm out of money, and at this critical moment you're still trying to extort me?" Ye Chen's face filled with bitterness as he pulled out his last hundred-dollar bill from his pocket and handed it over, saying, "This is the last one, I'll have no food to eat tomorrow!"
Swish!
Fatty's two fingers, damn, like he had practiced the Two-finger Zen, moved with incredible speed, snatching the hundred-dollar bill directly from Ye Chen's hand and pocketing it. Then he blew on his fingers and said, "Don't worry, I already sent those cops packing for you!"
"What do you mean?" Ye Chen was taken aback, motherfucker, this guy actually tricked me.
"What else could I say, just told them that this guy had committed a crime and was fired by the company early in the morning!" Li Cheng gave a sly smile.
Thump!
Ye Chen's head hit the wall, almost making him want to die. Shit, to be cheated out of one hundred yuan just like that, better not to live. His face wore a pained expression; becoming a hero wasn't easy after all. His good deed had backfired, turning into no good deed at all. He was so depressed he nearly wanted to jump off the fifteenth floor.
"Don't move, police!"
As the two just walked out of the cleaning room, several police officers with guns immediately surrounded them. Their faces were tense, the lead officer turned to Ye Chen and said, "Turn around, hands against the wall, or I have the right to shoot you!"
The two didn't dare act rashly, quickly turned around with their hands against the wall, not moving an inch.
"Shit, Fatty, this time I got played by you!" Ye Chen said with a bitter smile.
"Shit, how could I know these damn fools would come running back!" Li Cheng was also quite distressed.
"That's needless to say, it must have been done by Jin Lewei, that asshole!" Ye Chen cursed without holding back. It must have been that, after the police were sent away by Li Cheng, that bastard Jin Lewei immediately told the police the truth, so they came back.
Two police officers, stooping, came up to them and after a search, took two Nepalese Army daggers from Ye Chen's person.
"Take this one away!" the lead guy instructed, pointing at Ye Chen.
"Yes!"
Then, a few fellows immediately cuffed Ye Chen. Under the watchful eyes of all the bodyguards and security guards on the fifteenth floor, Ye Chen was taken into the elevator and brought down. Before leaving, Li Cheng looked apologetically at Ye Chen and said, "Don't worry, I'll avenge you!"
"Officer, I'd like to know what exactly did I do wrong?" Ye Chen asked puzzled.
"Manslaughter!" the lead officer said in a very cold voice.
"That can't be right, I clearly saved someone yesterday!" Ye Chen was frustrated.
"Hmph, we'll talk more back at the station!" the lead officer glared at him without any warmth.
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