Chapter 025
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Chapter 025 A Fresh Morning
Over the years, Song Yili had long regarded Lin Aoxue as his exclusive property. If anyone dared to have thoughts about her, Young Master Song would immediately send people to deal with them! Without mercy! If he couldn’t have her, no one else could either!
Therefore, when he heard from his informant inside the Bikang Group that Su Rui had become Lin Aoxue’s man, and that she had even invited him to her room tonight, Song Yili completely lost his composure!
He had to take action himself! Even without Brother Yang’s help, Song Yili was not someone to be trifled with!
So, the young master Song sent out several of his elite men, just to “invite” Su Rui back, dead or alive, even if his subordinates brought back a corpse!
However, Song Yili didn’t get Su Rui; instead, he received the news that all twelve of his men had been completely wiped out!
Only Song Yili himself knew how much money he had spent to train these twelve men. Upon hearing that these twelve had to be silenced in one night, he threw his phone in anger!
This outcome was too much for him to accept.
So many people attacking one person, yet they still failed. Was this Su Rui really that difficult to deal with?
Failed yesterday, failed today!
Song Yili sat blankly in his chair. After a long while, he finally stood up, kicked over the newly replaced tea table, and shouted loudly: “No matter where you came from, I will make you die, make you die!”
“Lin Aoxue, you bitch, if I can’t have you, no one else can!” Song Yili said viciously, his face contorted with rage!
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The next day, Su Rui woke up early at the hotel. Spring was approaching, and by just before six o’clock, it was already fully light outside.
Su Rui didn’t have the habit of sleeping in. After doing five hundred push-ups and five hundred quick deep squats, he took a shower and prepared to go out for breakfast.
Having been away from China for so long, Su Rui had almost forgotten what Ninghai’s special breakfast tasted like.
For many people or many things, forgetting is a kind of betrayal. Su Rui didn’t want to be someone who betrayed the past. Now that he was back in China, he also wanted to resolve some past matters.
Without realizing it, Su Rui had walked to the side of Ninghai Park. Early in the morning, elderly people exercising were everywhere, and the fresh air made Su Rui whistle involuntarily.
“Boss lady, one basket of soup dumplings and two bowls of millet porridge, please.” Su Rui found a seat at an outdoor breakfast stall. His face showed a hint of nostalgia; Ninghai’s soup dumplings were extremely famous, and he hadn’t eaten them for a very long time.
“Coming right up, handsome! Just wait a moment,” the boss lady said with a smile.
“Boss lady, the usual, six buns and a bowl of porridge.”
At this moment, a beautiful woman sat down across from Su Rui. She was wearing a white tracksuit with her ponytail tied back. As she spoke, she wiped the sweat from her forehead. She looked extremely clean and neat, with a spirited demeanor.
“Perfect,” Su Rui’s eyes lit up. He rarely saw such a gallant young woman and couldn’t help but look twice.
The beauty had delicate features. Although she wore no makeup, she exuded a natural charm. The only flaw was the faint dark circles under her eyes, revealing an undisguisable weariness. Clearly, she hadn’t rested well the night before.
“Bing Lan, you’re here!” The boss lady greeted her regular customer with a smile. “You look exhausted. Been solving a lot of cases lately?”
“There have been quite a few cases recently,” Ye Bing Lan rubbed her temples and smiled bitterly.
Su Rui looked at the beauty in surprise, not expecting that this girl was actually a criminal investigator. Su Rui immediately felt a sense of respect. Without a doubt, police officers were among the most important and hardworking professionals in society.
“Are you a police officer?” Su Rui suddenly asked.
Ye Bing Lan glanced at Su Rui, smiled faintly, and gave a light “mm” as an answer. Work had been too exhausting lately, and she had been up until midnight yesterday. Ye Bing Lan really didn’t have the energy or mood to talk to strangers.
Because of her habit of morning exercise, Ye Bing Lan didn’t sleep in, getting up on time despite inevitably having dark circles under her eyes.
When both of their soup dumplings were served, Ye Bing Lan began eating, but Su Rui didn’t start at all—because he was still staring at Ye Bing Lan.
After eating two dumplings, Ye Bing Lan felt something was off. She raised her head, looked at the man across from her, and frowned slightly. “What are you looking at?”
“Looking at you,” Su Rui answered without hesitation.
“Hmph,” Ye Bing Lan snorted coldly. She had seen many men like this, always attracted by a woman’s appearance, which was really quite shallow.
But Su Rui seemed completely unaware of Ye Bing Lan’s contempt and said, “I find you very familiar. We must have met somewhere before.”
Ye Bing Lan put down her chopsticks and said helplessly, “Don’t you think this pick-up method is very outdated?”
At this point, the boss lady came over with a smile and interjected, “Young man, you probably don’t know, but almost every day someone says this exact line to Bing Lan when she eats here.”
Su Rui rubbed his nose. “But I’m being very serious.”
The boss lady delivered another blow: “All those men say the same thing.”
Su Rui was immediately depressed. What he said was actually true—this woman did give him an extremely familiar feeling! He believed that in his past twenty-some years, he must have crossed paths with this woman; otherwise, he wouldn’t have this strange sense of familiarity.
However, with Su Rui’s terrifying memory, he could usually remember the facial details of people he had met just once, let alone such a beautiful woman.
But no matter how hard he tried, Su Rui just couldn’t remember. This feeling was really frustrating. Was it just an illusion?
Ye Bing Lan no longer paid attention to the man across from her. Although he looked quite pleasant and had a clean aura about him, Ye Bing Lan really disliked this kind of pick-up approach.
Just at this moment, a shout suddenly came from the roadside.
“Bag snatcher! Someone’s snatched a bag!”
A woman who looked about sixty years old was taking small, hurried steps and shouting anxiously.
In front of her, a man wearing a black tracksuit was clutching a red handbag and running forward with his head down!
This guy was also shouting menacingly at those around him: “Get out of my way if you don’t want to die!”
It turned out that the old lady had finished her morning exercise and wanted to go to the nearby market to buy some vegetables. Unexpectedly, just as she left the park gate, she encountered a bag snatcher!
This bag snatcher seemed to be experienced. Given the current situation in China, when such things happen, people generally don’t step forward to help. These elderly people aren’t agile, so they can’t catch up with the thieves. Snatching bags from such people is almost guaranteed success.
Although there might not be much money inside, at most a few hundred yuan, the success rate is high! With two jobs a day, the monthly income would easily exceed ten thousand!
Sure enough, as the bag snatcher fled, not a single person stepped forward to stop him. Some even avoided him after seeing what was happening.
Just as Su Rui was about to step up, he saw the beautiful police officer across from him had already put down her chopsticks and rushed out!
Normally, Ye Bing Lan despised these lazy people the most. They were able-bodied men with strength to spare, yet instead of using it properly, they made a living by snatching bags and stealing. It was truly contemptible!
Therefore, whenever she encountered such situations, Ye Bing Lan would immediately intervene.
Watching Ye Bing Lan’s back, Su Rui also put down his chopsticks and stood up.
The bag snatcher was running very fast. Even though Ye Bing Lan was a top graduate from the Police University, in such physically demanding situations, she was no match for a man.
“Stop right there!” Ye Bing Lan shouted as she ran, but she maintained a distance of about twenty meters from the bag snatcher, unable to close the gap.
The bag snatcher only knew someone was chasing him. Looking back and seeing a beautiful woman, he couldn’t help but taunt her while fleeing: “Come on, beautiful! Let me show you what I’ve got!”
Ye Bing Lan was already unable to outrun the man, and having not rested well the night before, she was truly running out of energy. The distance between them grew wider.
However, she really didn’t want to see these scum who harm society get away scot-free!
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared beside Ye Bing Lan. This figure moved incredibly fast, almost instantly overtaking her, and in the next second was already three or four meters ahead of her!
Su Rui wasn’t using his full speed because he wanted to keep a low profile, but even this restrained pace seemed astonishing to Ye Bing Lan!
So fast!
The twenty-meter distance was covered in the blink of an eye, even with Su Rui deliberately holding back!
The bag snatcher was running smugly, with his motorcycle just ahead. Once he got on the bike, he would be safe!
But at that moment, Su Rui had already reached behind him! He delivered a flying kick, landing heavily on the bag snatcher’s backside!
“Ah!”
Su Rui hadn’t used much force, but due to the forward momentum, the bag snatcher fell face-first onto the ground, braking hard with his face!
Su Rui kicked him hard on the backside two more times before picking up the bag from the ground.
This type of man was also someone Su Rui deeply despised. Even if Ye Bing Lan hadn’t been present, he would definitely have intervened today. Some things are etched in the bones and flow in the blood, impossible to erase no matter how many storms one weathers.
“There are so many decent things you could do, yet you choose to steal and rob.” As he spoke, Su Rui delivered another hard kick to the man.
By now, Ye Bing Lan had also reached them. She looked at Su Rui, panting, seemingly surprised that this man who had used such a low-level pick-up line would actually step forward to help.
“Officer, here’s the bag,” Su Rui said.
Hearing the words “Officer,” Ye Bing Lan’s previously low spirits seemed to improve. This was the first time she had heard someone address her so respectfully, and it felt really nice.
Ye Bing Lan made a call to report the crime, calling over the patrol officers in the area. She planned to have them take the bag snatcher back for questioning, possibly uncovering more information.
“Thank you for your bravery,” Ye Bing Lan said to Su Rui, smiling. Seeing her smile, Su Rui was momentarily stunned.
On such a fresh morning, seeing such a fresh smile was undeniably a beautiful thing.
