Chapter 092
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Chapter 092 I Think You Played Well
“Let’s go, we’ll drink until dawn.” Su Rui grabbed Qin Ranlong’s hand, and they walked out of the precinct gates with an air of camaraderie.
The two didn’t actually battle until dawn, but rather each went their own way around three or four in the morning. After all, Qin Ranlong would be coming back to Ninghai next week, so they could meet again soon.
After returning to the hotel, Su Rui took a quick shower and promptly fell into a deep sleep.
Due to his special training, two hours of deep sleep for him was equivalent to seven or eight hours for an ordinary person.
However, he couldn’t do this every day, otherwise his organs would age prematurely.
Waking up at six o’clock, he completed his daily routine strength training, then changed into sportswear and ran out feeling energetic.
This guy’s true intention wasn’t exercise; he was hoping to run into Ye Binglan.
But to Su Rui’s surprise, as soon as he reached the hotel lobby, he found Ye Binglan with her ponytail already waiting there.
The charming girl and the gentle sunlight made this day beautiful from the very beginning.
However, compared to Su Rui who showed no signs of fatigue whatsoever, Ye Binglan clearly displayed a hint of weariness.
This girl hadn’t rested well for many days, but when she saw Su Rui, she still revealed a comfortable smile.
A beautiful woman’s charm index is always extremely high; even such a casual smile seemed to make the entire hotel lobby brighter.
After last night’s events, Ye Binglan no longer felt any barriers or unfamiliarity with Su Rui. Her phone was still turned off, so she didn’t know exactly what had happened last night.
Now seeing Su Rui appear at the hotel, she could guess the outcome of last night’s events.
Ye Binglan created the opportunity, Su Rui delivered the killing blow—this was a perfect demonstration of their teamwork.
Su Rui walked up with a smile: “Coming so early, were you worried something might happen to me?”
“Why would I worry about you?”
Ye Binglan glanced at Su Rui with her beautiful eyes. To be honest, she did have such thoughts, after all, Su Rui had targeted people from the city bureau, and those guys clearly had bad intentions. When Su Rui had told Ye Binglan not to worry earlier, she had still been quite concerned, anxious all night until now when she saw Su Rui safe and sound, finally putting her worried heart at ease.
“Whether you were worried or not, only you know.” Su Rui smiled happily.
Ye Binglan gave him a look: “Since I’m already here, aren’t you going to invite me to breakfast at your hotel?”
If anyone else had heard this, they would have immediately agreed. After all, refusing a beautiful woman’s request would surely invite lightning strikes!
But handsome Su shook his head.
“What? You refuse to treat me to a meal?” Ye Binglan pouted: “I didn’t realize you were so stingy.”
“I’m not refusing to treat you to a meal, I’m refusing to treat you to a meal here.”
Su Rui deliberately emphasized the words “here.”
“The hotel’s breakfast buffet costs over two hundred per person, it’s expensive and not even good. Poor value for money.” Su Rui grinned: “Let’s go eat some soup dumplings instead.”
Ye Binglan spread her hands: “Fine then, you penny-pincher.”
The hotel was some distance from the breakfast shop near the park, so they had to jog there.
Coincidentally, they were both wearing pure white sportswear and sneakers, even the same brand and model. Running on the road, people who didn’t know them thought they were a couple.
At least, regardless of the reality, they looked quite compatible on the surface.
If Su Rui heard this, he would probably curse and complain: what’s wrong with my reality? Am I as bad as you all say?
Su Rui ran behind Ye Binglan, watching her ponytail dancing in the morning breeze, which was quite pleasing to the eye. Unusually, Su Rui, who typically enjoyed “appreciating” women’s figures, didn’t focus his attention on Ye Binglan’s curvaceous and firm body this time.
They ordered two servings of soup dumplings and two bowls of eight-treasure porridge. The shop owner, seeing Su Rui and Ye Binglan in their “matching outfits,” was delighted.
“Are you two… together now?”
While serving the soup dumplings, the shop owner asked curiously.
Ye Binglan was stunned. She had no idea how the shop owner had reached this conclusion! They were just having breakfast together!
Su Rui smiled without answering. In such situations, silence was the best choice. If he rushed to deny it, wouldn’t that hurt the girl’s feelings? That would be so embarrassing.
However, being misunderstood like this felt quite nice, Su Rui thought secretly.
Ye Binglan wasn’t as thick-skinned as Su Rui. Her face flushed slightly as she smiled helplessly: “Sister, what are you saying? We’re just friends.”
“Oh, oh, I understand, ‘just friends’!”
Seeing her expression, Ye Binglan knew she hadn’t convinced the shop owner. These gossipy women were really headache-inducing.
“No wonder Binglan’s complexion has improved lately, so it’s because you’ve made a ‘friend’!” The shop owner deliberately emphasized the word “friend.”
Su Rui lowered his head and laughed, unable to hold it in anymore. Why did the shop owner suddenly seem so adorable?
“What are you laughing at?” Ye Binglan saw Su Rui laughing gleefully at her expense and hit his arm in exasperation.
To the shop owner, this looked even more like flirtatious banter.
“Here, here, these are my new steamed shrimp dumplings, try them, you little lovebirds.”
The shop owner brought over another basket of steamed dumplings, smiling from ear to ear.
Ye Binglan simply lowered her head without speaking, though a blush had already crept up to her translucent earlobes. It made one want to gently bite them—at least, Su Rui was feeling somewhat tempted.
“Well, this shop owner is quite nice,” Su Rui took a sip of eight-treasure porridge and said cheerfully.
“I think you’re not a good person,” Ye Binglan wrinkled her nose and bit into a soup dumpling fiercely.
“Even the way you eat dumplings is so pretty,” Su Rui laughed heartily.
Because of the shop owner’s misunderstanding, the atmosphere between them became even more relaxed.
“My phone is still off, I don’t know what happened last night,” Ye Binglan asked. She was still somewhat concerned, after all, she was one of the main persons in charge of the criminal investigation team.
Last night, encouraged by Su Rui, she had done something so crazy that even now Ye Binglan felt it was somewhat unreal.
“If you turn on your phone, it’ll probably be flooded with calls,” Su Rui continued to show a gleeful expression.
“Why? How did you handle it in the end?”
“Six people from the city bureau won’t be getting out of bed for three months, and that Deputy Director Zhang Yuanxing had several ribs broken by my kick, probably will be bedridden for half a year.”
Such shocking news came from Su Rui’s mouth as if he were stating something trivial, as if those “bloody and brutal” events had nothing to do with him.
Ye Binglan gasped!
Although she had guessed the consequences would be serious, she hadn’t expected Su Rui to be so heavy-handed!
“Deputy Director Zhang?”
“Yes, he’s Zhang Zhenyang’s father, just trying to stand up for his son,” Su Rui said with a cold smile. “I can understand his feelings, but his methods were vicious. They wanted to force a confession out of me, so I had no choice but to defend myself.”
Ye Binglan digested the news Su Rui brought. Zhang Yuanxing was a deputy director of the Ninghai City Bureau, a deputy department-level official! Being beaten so badly in a district precinct interrogation room that he couldn’t get out of bed for half a year—the severity of this incident was unprecedented!
If word got out, probably everyone in the Ningnan Precinct would face disciplinary action!
“Are you worried?” Su Rui asked with a smile.
Ye Binglan looked up, meeting Su Rui’s bright gaze, and said, “No, he deserved it.”
Ye Binglan had heard about Zhang Yuanxing’s character. The man had a poor reputation and would use any means to achieve his goals. Su Rui beating him severely was a case of giving him a taste of his own medicine.
Hearing Ye Binglan’s answer, Su Rui felt extremely pleased.
“However, I might have caused you to face disciplinary action.”
“It’s worth it.”
“But this might make me think you’re pursuing me.”
Ye Binglan said with some annoyance: “My feelings for these soup dumplings are much deeper than my feelings for you.”
…
When Ye Binglan arrived at work, she found the entire precinct calm and peaceful. The interrogation room was clean, as if nothing had happened last night.
Su Rui had naturally left the precinct, and Qin Ranlong, who had actually done the beating, was also nowhere to be found.
The precinct’s deputy director Wang Zhongjian walked up to Ye Binglan and asked in a low voice: “How was last night’s matter handled?”
Ye Binglan told the truth: “Later, some people from the city bureau came saying they would take over the case, so I withdrew with my team. I don’t know how they handled it after that.”
“I see, that’s good, that’s good.” Wang Zhongjian felt he had done a good job of flattering Zhang Yuanxing this time, and probably had a good chance of ranking in the top three in the year-end evaluation.
Watching Wang Zhongjian’s retreating figure, Ye Binglan’s eyes revealed undisguised contempt. Being a police officer for decades and ending up like this, forgetting even the most basic principles—this wasn’t just a personal tragedy but a desecration of the profession.
However, despite Su Rui beating Zhang Yuanxing so severely, the latter hadn’t leaked any information, and Ma Donglai and his people had also kept their mouths shut. As a result, very few people knew about last night’s events.
At this moment, Officer Xiao Liu, who knew the inside story of last night, came over and whispered in Ye Binglan’s ear: “Captain Ye, something’s happened.”
“What’s going on? What happened?” Ye Binglan thought the city bureau was sending people to investigate the matter, as the nature of this incident was too serious to be covered up.
Xiao Liu lowered his voice again: “I heard from my friend in the Discipline Inspection Commission that they received instructions from the capital today to start investigating Director Zhang Yuanxing!”
