Chapter 180: A More Exciting Ga
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Bai Muchuan went to the Municipal Bureau after they left the detention center.
Xiang Wan followed Tang Yuanchu back to the Criminal Investigation Unit. During their way back, they discussed Zhou Dequan’s case and exchanged their opinions about it.
Up till now, everyone knew that Zhou Dequan must have sothing to do with the case.
But there were other obstacles to bring this man to justice other than the need to obtain ironclad evidence. With regards to this point, although no one said anything about it, they knew this very clearly.
When the two of them got back to the office, it was already ti to knock-off from work. Those not on duty were preparing to go ho while the rest were preparing to eat their dinner at the canteen.
Xiang Wan packed her stuff and was thinking if she should go back to get dinner or just eat at the canteen.
After pondering for a while, she ssaged Fang Yuanyuan. “Knocked off from work?”
Fang Yuanyuan: “Yes!”
Xiang Wan: “What are you eating tonight?”
Fang Yuanyuan: “I’m going back ho for dinner.”
Xiang Wan: “...”
Fang Yuanyuan: “Don’t worry about . Just treasure your lovey-dovey ti together.”
Yuanyuan had not gone back to her parents for a long ti. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, she might go back ho more often.
Xiang Wan knew that she did this because of Huang He. She needed more ti to get over it. She also knew that what she had heard from Bai Muchuan at the detention center earlier must not be disclosed to Fang Yuanyuan.
At least, if Fang Yuanyuan did not ask, she would not dare to reveal the fact that Huang He had been sent to the detention center once again...
Xiang Wan heaved a sigh and then ran her fingers through her hair. “Fine, I guess I’ll have my dinner at the canteen today then.”
After sending that ssage, she decided to go to the canteen for dinner and put down her stuff.
Fang Yuanyuan sent another ssage: “Do you have so free ti soon? I think you better co and visit your mom.”
Eh? Did sothing happen to her mom?
Xiang Wan replied nervously, “Is my mom not feeling well?”
Fang Yuanyuan: “I feel that she did not look too well when I saw her last night. But she’s as stubborn as usual. She keeps saying that it’s just so old illness acting up and it will be alright. I told her I can accompany her to the hospital but she refused... So, I guess you have to make this trip yourself.”
Could it be that she has not yet recovered from her cold last ti?
She contemplated for a while and replied, “Okay, got it.”
After that, she imdiately gave her mom a call.
However, when her mom picked up her call, she sounded perfectly alright and imdiately asked Xiang Wan if she had apologized to her Youngest Aunt.
The mont Xiang Wan heard that she felt her head aching again.
“Don’t worry, I’ve sent a ssage to Youngest Aunt.”
“You sent her a ssage? But I didn’t hear her talking about it?”
Yesterday, Xiang Wan did call up Youngest Aunt when she reached ho. She also sent her an apologetic ssage and added so cute emoticons.
It was just that, she never received a reply.
She did not tell her mom about these details. “Youngest Aunt is busy after all,” she smiled. “She can’t be telling you every single matter, right? Besides, it’s just a small matter, don’t take it to heart... we are close relatives with Youngest Aunt...”
“Precisely because she’s close to us...” said her mom, “you need to maintain your relationship with her.” Next, Xiang Wan’s mom started to nag her about getting married.
“How are you and Little Cheng getting on?” She remarked, “Youngest Aunt’s on good terms with Little Cheng’s mother. Yesterday, she put in a lot of good words for you. She told that the Cheng Family is very picky... But from what I heard, Little Cheng’s parents should be able to accept you...”
Accept ?
Could it be that Youngest Aunt has yet to receive a call from Cheng Zheng’s mom?
We almost fought in the office this morning. There’s no way that Cheng Zheng’s mom can accept , Xiang Wan rebutted in her head.
Of course, Xiang Wan dared not tell her mom about this incident as she was worried she might suffer from a heart attack.
Hence, after a short pause, she told her mom hesitantly.
“Mom, actually I... I’m dating soone else.”
“What?” She heard her mom gasped.
Then, as if she had choked, her mom went quiet.
Xiang Wan: “Mom...”
The next instant, her mom bombarded her with a series of questions. “You lass! How dare you try to keep such an important thing from your mom... What’s his na? How old is he? What is he working as? Do you have a picture of him? Hurry up and sent it over to let mom help you have a look at him...”
Xiang Wan: “...”
She was speechless at her mom’s behavior.
“You asked so many questions. Which one should I answer first?”
Her mom sounded relaxed. “Just reply one by one, no hurry.”
But before Xiang Wan answered anything, her mom suddenly changed her tone to that of worry.
“Is that guy from Jin City? What’s his family like? What do his parents do for a living? How many people are there in his family? Is his household account from the countryside or city?”
“... Mom!” Xiang Wan felt amused. “You want to know even all these details?”
“I just want to understand his background... I need to let your Youngest Aunt know about this.” Xiang Wan’s mom puffed a sigh. “After all, your Youngest Aunt just invited Little Cheng’s mom over and yet you’re dating soone else. If we don’t make it clear to her, it’s really not nice!”
Xiang Wan: “...”
If not for this incident, Xiang Wan did not want to disclose that she had found herself a boyfriend.
When two people fell in love, it was a matter between them. The mont they publicize the relationship, it would beco a matter between two families.
She and Bai Muchuan had just started dating and their foundation was not yet solid enough. At this critical juncture, she did not want unnecessary disturbances to affect their relationship. In addition, they were busy with their work, so she really did not want to waste ti explaining all these to her family.
But if she didn’t let her family know about this, they wouldn’t stop pairing her up with Cheng Zheng.
Even if it wasn’t Cheng Zheng, there would be other n...
That would be really unfair to Bai Muchuan and herself as well...
However, now that her mom suddenly talked about all these, Xiang Wan noticed a hard truth.
Her understanding of Bai Muchuan was really too limited.
Besides knowing his na and his occupation, she knew nothing of his actual age and birth date, not to ntion his family.
“Mom, don’t bother about this first. We just got together. It’s too early for all these, how can I be asking about all these details?”
“No, you need to ask him. What if you t a liar?” Her mom seed to be anxious. “Aiyo, you silly lass... how can you get into a relationship without knowing anything? During my era...”
“Mom, this is the new era,” coaxed Xiang Wan with a smile after puffing a sigh. “How ’bout this? I’ll try to find out and let you know imdiately when I have news. What do you think?”
“Hmph! You only know how to coax ...”
“No, no, I’m serious. You really need not worry about . I’m the one...” Xiang Wan paused for a while and asked in a worried tone, “I heard from Yuanyuan that you’re not feeling well? Did you go to see a doctor?”
“Yuanyuan that lass... Since when am I not well? It’s just that the weather is not good, it’s just so coughing...”
“You’re always like this,” Xiang Wan said in a solemn tone, “I’ve decided, don’t be stubborn! I’ll drop by tomorrow to bring you to the doctor’s. I’ll hang up now.”
Xiang Wan hung up the phone as she did not want to give her mom the opportunity to object to the arrangent.
When she looked up, she had reached the canteen.
People nowadays wanted convenience. Most youngsters hardly cooked and would choose to eat out before going ho. The canteen food was cheap, and it actually tasted quite good. Hence, business at the canteen was always good.
After Xiang Wan got her food, she ca to sit together with i Xin.
The two of them had not eaten together for quite a while. “Hi.”
i Xin looked up and without showing much emotion. “Eating dinner?”
Xiang Wan: “...”
i Xin’s really not good in chit chatting! She thought.
If she was not eating dinner, what was she eating then?
Pffft! Xiang Wan chuckled and sat opposite i Xin. “You usually don’t eat dinner here. So, you finally decided to do so?” Xiang Wan ate her food with her chopsticks.
i Xin picked on the vegetables slowly. “I’m working overti today.”
“I see.” Xiang Wan felt that the topic got terminated again.
She lowered her head and ate her dinner seriously.
They were quiet for a mont before i Xin suddenly opened her mouth, “Do you have sothing on later?”
Xiang Wan looked up and asked as she ate her food, “What’s up?”
i Xin: “Captain Cheng’s succulents need to be re-potted. I wanted to ask for your help.”
Xiang Wan: “...”
Frankly, if i Xin had raised this issue prior to Cheng Zheng’s mom coming to their office, Xiang Wan would have agreed to help out.
But now that things had gotten to such an embarrassing stage, she would be crazy to go help Captain Cheng re-pot the succulent plants.
Xiang Wan gave i Xin an apologetic look as well as a smile. “Sorry, I have sothing on later. Captain Bai’s waiting for my profiling analysis.”
“Hm!” i Xin’s hand, which was holding the chopsticks, paused for a while and suddenly changed to another topic. “I’ve heard what happened from them...”
Xiang Wan asked casually, “About what?...”
“About what happened this morning between you and Captain Cheng...” i Xin blinked her eyes and took a glance at the people in small groups of twos and threes eating in the canteen. “Earlier on, so of them ca to ask if you and Captain Cheng really went on a blind date and if you two have dated before...”
Xiang Wan: “...”
So embarrassing!
Is life really too dull for these people?
Just a little gossip, and it could also go viral in office.
Xiang Wan smiled awkwardly and chose to stay quiet.
“I said no,” i Xin glanced at her and said seriously, “I know you don’t like him and do not like people making irresponsible remarks.”
Uh! Xiang Wan was slightly taken aback and t i Xin’s gaze.
In the office, almost everyone thought that this girl had a problem. She always treated others coldly, and she seed difficult to communicate and get along with.
Therefore, in this place where there were so many bachelors, nobody went after such a young and good looking girl...
But Xiang Wan had always felt differently about i Xin.
i Xin’s coldness and indifference might be a matter of personality or due to work. But in actual fact, she was actually very soft and warm inside. Her simplicity was not faked. Her pair of crystal clear, dark eyes were enough to prove that point.
“Thank you,” Xiang Wan said sincerely.
i Xin did not say anything or looked at her, either.
“I’ve finished eating. I’ll make a move first.”
After that, she left with her tray, leaving only a back view.
Suddenly, Xiang Wan had a creative desire to write... This girl really had a nice disposition about her. She was elegant, cold and indifferent, but she was also a lonely dical examiner...
Such a character was soone who could get rembered by readers.
But, what kind of character would be suitable for her if Xiang Wan were to pair her up with soone in her novel?
...
She fantasized about that, eating her dinner slowly and left the canteen.
Bai Muchuan did not co back to the office. She did not call him, either, as she was worried it might disturb his work.
Nevertheless, she kept thinking of him and even looked back at the ssages they sent to each other... she actually had different thoughts now that she had read them again.
Bai Muchuan, his character was actually similar to those male leads in romance fiction novels.
He was noble, tsundere, humorous, good-looking, and full of justice... The most important of all, he had talent.
Well, when Xiang Wan thought of that, she suddenly felt that she might be too ordinary?
By pairing her female lead with such a male lead in her novel, would her readers smash her with rotten eggs?
She was amused by her own thoughts. When she reached ho, she faced an empty apartnt and started to feel bored.
When she was writing her novel, she always felt that she did not have enough ti and wished that she had 48 hours in a day.
This period after she announced that she would stop writing, she felt incomplete... She felt as though half of the enjoynt in life was being taken away from her.
Sigh!
While Xiang Wan was cleaning up the house, she started to miss Fang Yuanyuan’s presence.
Fang Yuanyuan was basically a happy-go-lucky girl and loved to laugh. Living with her was actually quite relaxing, at least, she wouldn’t feel so lonely...
Xiang Wan really hoped that Fang Yuanyuan would not change her optimistic and romantic personality after the break-up with Huang He.
The sky gradually darkened.
Xiang Wan finished cleaning up her room and sat on her computer table as she opened her book reviews and comnts page of “Murder The Dream Guy”.
She knew very well that she would feel upset when she read those negative remarks, but she was unable to control herself.
This was the book that had gotten her a lot of encouragent and recognition. This was also the book where she had beco an irresponsible person in the eyes of her readers.
The comnts at her book reviews page had dropped compared to the past two days. So readers had hurled enough abuses at her and left as they did not receive a reply.
There were readers who ca back and saw that she really did not update her story. They felt annoyed and left so unpleasant remarks before they left.
The remaining readers were either those who really loved her novel or really hated her novel...
Xiang Wan scrolled through the comnts slowly and ignored those really negative comnts. Subconsciously, she was as though searching for sothing... she was actually searching for the mysterious ID.
Maybe because that ID’s comnts were always made at a critical ti or fitted strangely to the case, so Xiang Wan had subconsciously given that ID a lot of attention. She wanted to know if he said anything about her discontinuation...
The first page, no sight of that ID.
The second page, nothing, either.
When she flipped to the third page, she finally saw the mysterious ID that she had been searching for.
“The book’s discontinued. It’s no fun now. Dear author, do you want to play an even more exciting ga?”
Exciting? Xiang Wan’s heart seed to take a dip.
It had been a long ti since she replied to anyone’s comnts. But when she saw that strange comnt, she could not help but reply with a question mark.
She thought that the mysterious ID would not reply to her and went on to surf for other stuff.
When she closed the new window and went back to the book review and comnts page, she saw that the mysterious ID did reply to her just before she proceeded to close that page.
“For example, I’m your crazy fan. In order to chase you for updates, I started to lose my mind. I’ll kill a person when you stop writing for one day and so on?”
...
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