Gu Yunqing trembled as she stood up straight. She slowly turned around and saw Xue Xi’s cold and expressionless face.
Gu Yunqing looked at Xiang Huai, who was standing behind Xue Xi, and gulped in fear. “You… What are you doing?”
With this person around, she believed that even if Xue Xi silently dealt with her here today, Xue Xi would get away scot-free!
At the thought of this, she became even more afraid. “Xue Xi, I-I did this for work!”
Xue Xi shot a glance at the child who was still sobbing and slowly said, “Don’t you think it’s too shameless to use a child as bait?”
Gu Yunqing did not feel anything. “Everything was for work and she didn’t get hurt!”
Xue Xi lowered her eyes.
Being arrested in front of the child did away with the last shred of Fang Fang’s pride. Fortunately, the pigeon did not handcuff her at the last moment.
She turned to look at Xiang Huai. Before she could speak, Xiang Huai had already walked to the little girl’s side and squatted down. “Little kid, shall I accompany you to your room to play for a while?”
The little girl glanced at him and then at Xue Xi. “Uncle, are you with Sister?”
Xiang Huai: “?”
How can you call me Uncle and her Sister?
They were only a generation apart!
The corners of his lips twitched as he held the little girl’s dirty hand and slowly walked into the nearby room. “Yes, let’s go. Brother—Brother will raise you up high.”
He purposely emphasized the word “brother.”
The little girl: “…Okay, Brother!”
…
Gu Yunqing had been wanting to leave this place quickly, but her shoulders were being pressed down and she could not leave. When the girl entered the room, the hand on her shoulder finally let go. She took a step and wanted to escape quickly.
Xue Xi stared at her with her huge eyes. There seemed to be a layer of mist on the surface of her eyes. She looked dazed, but at this moment, when the mist in her eyes dissipated, her pupils were frighteningly black.
Her cold voice sounded again. “You actually asked the pigeon to shoot just now?”
Gu Yunqing shuddered and her eyes flickered. She stuttered, “I-I didn’t expect to be captured as a hostage. After all, I’m not a professional and haven’t been trained… At that time, for the safety of the hostage, they naturally had to shoot!”
Xue Xi: “…Oh.”
Gu Yunqing knew what she was thinking. She gulped and said, “If everything’s fine, I’ll leave first.”
“You’re right.”
Just as she was about to escape again, Xue Xi slowly said, “Without any training, it’s indeed easy to be caught. So…”
Gu Yunqing had a bad premonition. She widened her eyes and asked, “So what?”
Xue Xi rubbed her wrist. “I’ll train you.”
“No… Bang!”
Before Gu Yunqing could reject her, Xue Xi had already thrown her over her shoulder and down to the ground!
Gu Yunqing lay there and felt her internal organs hurting. She had never experienced such pain before!
She wanted to say no, but Xue Xi spoke slowly and was not slow at all. Before she could speak, she kicked again…
…
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The courtyard was in a mess and covered in dust.
In the room, Xiang Huai watched as the little girl drove the toy car. In order to ensure the other children’s safety, they had been evacuated and she was the only child left in the orphanage.
The little girl drove around and looked out of the window in confusion. “Brother, is everything alright outside?”
Xiang Huai had a smile on his lips and his dark brown eyes were filled with helplessness. His voice was also filled with love. “A certain little kid is venting some anger.”
The little girl frowned again and asked, “Brother, are you also a police officer? Then was Sister Fang captured just now? Is Sister really a bad person?”
The little girl pouted and looked like she was going to cry again.
Xiang Huai narrowed his eyes.
He rubbed the child’s head and said, “Let me tell you a secret. Sister is just a guest at the police station. Don’t worry, she’s not a bad person.”
…
…
In the end, Gu Yunqing was carried away by someone from the special department. She was brought to the special department to recuperate and rest. A daily special training was also added to her schedule.
The orphanage director and the rest of the children were also brought back. The entire courtyard regained its vitality as though nothing had happened.
When Xue Xi and Xiang Huai got in the car and left, the children waved at them happily.
Xiang Huai opened the passenger seat door and escorted Xue Xi into the car. He then walked to the driver’s seat and looked at the orphanage before getting in.
Did the little kid live like this before she turned 18?
Just as he was thinking this, he saw the little girl wave at him with all her might. Xiang Huai raised an eyebrow and placed a slender finger on his lips, making a “shh” gesture.
The little girl immediately covered her mouth and nodded, indicating that she would not reveal the secret her brother had told her.
Xiang Huai then entered the car.
Xue Xi turned to look at him. The man’s side profile was firm and his nose bridge was high. His lips were slightly pursed and his usually sharp eyes were filled with gentleness. She asked in confusion, “What’s wrong?”
Why did she feel that Xiang Huai was quite happy?
Just as she thought this, she saw Xiang Huai look at her. “Let’s have two children in the future.”
Xue Xi slowly typed out a question mark in her mind: “?”
Xiang Huai rubbed her head. “A girl and a boy. That’d be nice.”
Xue Xi: “…”
So why did you suddenly think of this?
Xue Xi looked ahead and replied, “Oh.” She then awkwardly changed the topic. “Let’s go to the special department.”
Sensing that the little kid’s ears were slightly red, Xiang Huai chuckled. That laughter in the car made Xue Xi feel even more stuffy.
She asked, “Didn’t you turn on the air conditioner? It’s so hot!”
“…”
After turning on the air conditioner, Xiang Huai drove and sent Xue Xi to the entrance of the special department.
Fang Fang had just been captured. Logically speaking, she would have to be interrogated while the iron was hot. Xue Xi did not know what Fang Fang would say, nor did she know how Jing Fei would judge her.
After entering the department, she went straight to Jing Fei’s office.
Half an hour later, Jing Fei and the interrogating colleague walked out with the recording and some documents.
Xue Xi nervously took a step forward and asked Jing Fei, “What’s the final conclusion?”
Jing Fei was very serious when it came to business. He no longer had his usual cheeky smile. “Fang Fang confessed that Yu Da did not instruct her to kill anyone. She acted on her own and, indeed, she was the one in the video who’d pushed the victim down.”
Xue Xi held her breath and asked, “Will it be a light judgment?”
Jing Fei’s expression was solemn. “We have already submitted it to the special court for trial. The court’s requirements are strict. They’ll want to sentence Fang Fang to death, and the rest will be sentenced to three to five years.”
