Can't Take My Eyes Off You

C 178-179

As it turned out, Chen Xuyao was very cocky. He sat with his leg crossed, simply smirked at Zhang Xiqing's unending accusations. He waited until Zhang Xiqing finished her allegations against him before speaking. "Yup, I attacked you first, so what? I'm actually doing you a favor by teaching you a lesson. Many people don't even have the privilege for me to do so! Listen carefully, I've never hit a woman before. You, Zhang Xiqing, are the first! You should feel honored!"

The police officer massaged his forehead in agitation upon Chen Xuyao's remark. He had yet to learn the true identity of this man who was more pompous than the Zhang family, but he was very certain that he was either a fuerdai[1] or from an affluent political family.

Jiang Yao was amused by Chen Xuyao's remarks. She burst out laughing despite the fact that they were in inappropriate circumstances.

Chen Xuyao looked at Jiang Yao when he heard her laughter, intrigued. At this moment, he was even more amazed by her. She and his buddy, famously nicknamed Hades Lu, were indeed a match made in heaven. Instead of wailing and complaining about how he had caused her to be taken to the police station, she was still in the mood to laugh.

"Jiang Yao, I'm very glad to see you smile. By the way, since I have managed to make you laugh, could you please help me appeal for Brother Lu's mercy?" Chen Xuyao said sheepishly while touching his nose. It was not his intention to make a big deal out of it, but he couldn't control himself. He wished he could show those two rude brats what a living hell was.

Luckily, he had taken a precaution while they were on the way to the station. He had called his big brother, Liang Yueze, and explained the situation to him, convinced that he would arrange for someone to handle the situation for them. He was positive that the officers wouldn't dare lock him and Jiang Yao up, and that their charges would be dropped in no time.

Unfortunately, he was digging his own grave by being too loud and cocky. Little did he know that he had attracted Lu Xingzhi's attention with his voice. Lu Xingzhi leaned in to listen closely while asking the officer beside him, "Who are inside the room?"

"Oh, it's a case about a fight at the hotel," the officer answered gingerly.

To the officer's surprise, Lu Xingzhi immediately opened the door and went in.

"Hey, Sergeant Lu! Sergeant Lu!" The officer screamed behind him in shock. What was he doing? Didn't he come to investigate the car accident? Why did he want to pry into other cases?

The suddenly opened door caught everyone in the room by surprise. Reflexively, they all looked towards the door and the man who walked in. Chen Xuyao's eyes widened in extreme shock and he literally froze upon seeing Lu Xingzhi. He screamed inside, 'Why is he here? How long has he been here? Jiang Yao has been with me the whole time, I didn't even see her touch her phone or anything!"

Chen Xuyao turned to look at Jiang Yao in skepticism and confusion. She looked back at him and suddenly figured something out. "Oh, before he left the hotel, your Brother Lu told me that he would be going to the police station. I didn't expect everyone to coincidentally end up at the same place."

On second thought, it was not really a coincidence after all. Chen Zhibin's mother's accident had occurred in this district, so it was normal for Lu Xingzhi to come to this station for his investigation.

Lu Xingzhi was not the least surprised to find Chen Xuyao sitting in the room with his leg crossed as he had heard his voice from outside the room, but he was quite shocked to see his dear wife sitting next to Chen Xuyao, blinking her innocent and sparkling eyes at him.

His wife was supposed to wait for him in the hotel room. How did she end up at the police station?

"My brother! What a coincidence!" Chen Xuyao raised to his feet frantically and waved at Lu Xingzhi. He then pushed Jiang Yao toward Lu Xingzhi. "Hey, Brother, look! Jiang Yao is here too! What are the odds?"

Jiang Yao rolled her eyes at Chen Xuyao. He was obviously pushing her to quench Lu Xingzhi's wrath out of fear.

Lu Xingzhi ignored Chen Xuyao after an irritated glance. He looked at Jiang Yao and commanded in a stiff and stern tone, "Come here."

Jiang Yao's heart skipped a beat. Lu Xingzhi was angry! Yikes!

[1] a term referring to the second-generation rich

He must be angry because she didn't wait for him at the hotel as they agreed, and worse still, she ended up in the police station! The incident had unfolded in a way beyond her control, though!

"Come here!" Lu Xingzhi growled again impatiently.

This time, before Jiang Yao could move, Chen Xuyao, the traitor, pushed her forward and said with a sheepish grin, "Jiang Yao is so excited to see you that she can't walk properly!"

Lu Xingzhi and Jiang Yao rolled their eyes at Chen Xuyao.

Although Jiang Yao had been pushed to his side by Chen Xuyao, Lu Xingzhi was happy that his wife was standing by his side. He stroked her hair gently and chided, "Naughty girl, I'll have to punish you later."

"Sergeant Lu, do you know them?" The police officer didn't know the exact identity of the man in military uniform standing in front of him. He merely knew that he was from Jindo and he must be somebody in a high-ranking position because even their chief had greeted him respectfully.

"Yes," Lu Xingzhi replied, keeping his answer short and simple. Obviously, he thought it was redundant and unnecessary to explain his relationship with Jiang Yao and Chen Xuyao to a mere officer. However, a 'yes' was more than enough to make the officer nervous and focused.

"What's the matter?" Lu Xingzhi looked at Chen Xuyao. "Why did you come to Nanjiang City?"

Lu Xingzhi's appearance was beyond Chen Xuyao's expectations. He didn't know that Lu Xingzhi would come to Nanjiang City today and he couldn't have imagined meeting him here in the police station. Hence, he had to tell him about Qi Xiang.

However, that was apples and oranges. Chen Xuyao didn't want to mention Qi Xiang's affairs in front of so many people at the police station since the culprit himself was not present. The issue that they had to settle right now was the brats from the Zhang family.

Chen Xuyao raised to his feet, leaned close to Lu Xingzhi's ear, and whispered. He retold the incident in a brief and direct summary about how Zhang Xiqing and Zhang Xinan had insulted Jiang Yao and Zhang Xinan's ill intention towards Jiang Yao. When he finished, he quickly crouched behind Jiang Yao and observed Lu Xingzhi's reaction. Not surprisingly at all, Lu Xingzhi's face was turning an eerie shade of green.

"You, leave the room now," Lu Xingzhi commanded to all the police officers present. They couldn't comprehend his reason for such order, but considering his terrifying expression and his identity, they hastily left the room with no questions asked.

There were only five people in the room after the officers left. Zhang Xiqing could feel the dangerous aura emitting from the man's body despite being a little dizzy.

"What do you want to do?" Zhang Xiqing shivered in terror as Lu Xingzhi was walking towards her and Zhang Xinan, his eyes suggesting that he was about to kill someone. "Hey, back off! This is a police station! What do you want to do?"

Zhang Xiqing didn't doubt for a second that the man would definitely lay his hand on her. Terrified, she crawled to hide behind Zhang Xinan and shouted, her body trembling, "How dare you! Get away from us! My parents and lawyer will arrive very soon. If you dare touch me, even for a bit, I swear you won't be able to walk out of here!"

Zhang Xinan was a hopeless coward. He was so afraid that he pulled Zhang Xiqing in front of him, shielding himself from the monster-like man. He didn't know who he really was, but he was certain that the man was not an ordinary person since the officers were very respectful around him.

The Zhang family was active only in the business industry. Zhang Xinan realized that he must have offended someone he shouldn't have as he locked his cowardly gaze on the man in military uniform in front of him.