"Now all the clues basically point to the Zhou family. Nothing they're doing right now is normal. I want to know what their current situation is? It would be best if it were more detailed. Can you find out?"

Tang Feng nodded, "If you want to know, I can check it out."

Bai You hummed. "Thank you."

As soon as these two words came out, Bai You and Tang Feng were both stunned. They had known each other for more than three years and it was not that they had not said thank you before, but never like today, so distantly and indifferently, as if it was a real transaction rather than a joke between friends.

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent. For a moment, the entire box was plunged into silence. After an unknown amount of time, Bai You coughed and said, "It won't be long. I'll be leaving first. If you find out anything, just send me a message."

When Bai You said this, her eyes were empty. She didn't look at Tang Feng. She didn't know how to look at him, nor how to face him, so she chose to escape. The moment she finished speaking, the atmosphere returned to silence. Tang Feng didn't respond. This was the first time Bai You felt awkward, and awkwardness between him and Tang Feng.

Bai You put her hands on the table, her eyes fixed on her flipping fingers, but she could feel the deep and complex gaze above her head.

After an unknown amount of time, Tang Feng said sadly and lostly: "Chu Lanxi, are we still friends?"

Bai You's floating heart suddenly sank because of his words.

His words showed that he admitted that he was hiding something from her, and he also guessed that he had noticed that she had noticed something. So, was his words trying to save their relationship?

If he really was hiding something from her, if he wasn't the real Tang Feng, the Tang Feng who was solely focused on solving the case, but a Tang Feng with another identity, could they still be friends? Was he still friends? Bai You asked herself.

Suddenly, a voice emerged from my heart, and it said without hesitation and firmly, yes, they are still friends.

No matter how many things this Tang Feng was hiding from her, no matter what other identities he had, his help to her over the past three years was real, and it was also true that he had never hurt her. It was also true that he had helped her find so much information, and that he had helped her step by step to bring down the Mu family and Mo Beirou. It was also true that he had given her advice and came to her rescue when she was in danger. These things were real, regardless of whether he was Tang Feng or not. Regardless of whether he had another identity, Tang Feng or not.

She couldn't erase the kindness he had shown her.

Whether it was Chu Lanxi or Bai You, she had very few real friends, and Tang Feng was a friend she had fought with for a long time. He didn't want to lose him, and he didn't want to ruin his friendship with her because of things that were still unclear.

Bai You suddenly realized a lot of things. No one is born without secrets. Everyone has things they want to hide. Just like she hadn't confessed to him that she was Bai You, it was normal for him to hide things from her. He had no obligation to be completely honest with her, and she didn't need to be bothered by the things he hid.

Bai You raised his head and looked directly at Tang Feng, then smiled and said, "As long as you want, we can always be friends."

Hearing Bai You's words, Tang Feng's eyes flashed with surprise. He didn't expect Bai You to answer him like this. He thought that if she realized that he had deceived her, she would break up with him completely, because in his perception, she was a person who absolutely did not tolerate deception. But he didn't expect her to say this.

His eyes grew wet uncontrollably. He had thought that sending her step by step to Lu Yunxiao was the right decision, but when she actually ran towards him, he realized how wrong his decision had been. He regretted it, but he didn't even have the right to regret it. He just watched her and Lu Yunxiao achieve their happy ending step by step.

Everything was built by him, and he has no reason to blame.

Tang Feng nodded and said with a smile, "It's good that we're still friends, it's good that we're friends."

Bai You's lips curled up slightly. His words were vague, but she knew what he meant. If it were before, she might not have forgiven him, because having been betrayed before, she couldn't tolerate betrayal or deception. But now, she had let it all go. Everyone had their own difficulties. She shouldn't have forced him to make a choice, nor should she have let his small difficulties ruin their relationship.

No matter how many faults he had, or how many facts he had hidden, it couldn't change the good things he had done for her, or the help he had given her. He had never hurt her from the beginning to the end. She couldn't erase all his goodness just because of that little bit of badness.

Bai You patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. It's really late. I have to go, otherwise I will be in trouble when I go home."

The last incident really pissed off Lu Yunxiao. He now set a curfew on her and she had to go home according to the curfew within a month, otherwise he would stop all the work she was doing. The man always did what he said and never just threatened her.

The Zhou family's affairs had yet to be resolved, and she had to continue investigating. She couldn't let all her affairs be ruined because of a random, fabricated person. It wasn't worth it, it really wasn't worth it. It was only a month, wasn't it? She just had to be more obedient.

Tang Feng's heart, which had just brightened, sank again because of Bai You's words. She and Lu Yunxiao were already husband and wife, she had found her home, and she was living a happy life now. He knew that all this had become an established fact, but he still couldn't face his own heart. Watching her joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness because of another man, a man he had personally helped to create, was like forging a sword out of iron and then stabbing it into his heart bit by bit. Every time it penetrated, the pain increased.

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