Chapter 47 Milk Tea

It was almost dawn and everyone was drowsy after a busy day.

Lin You sat on a bench in the yard of the police station. The evening breeze was a little cold. She was sleepy and her eyes were blurry, as if she was looking at a lighthouse in the distance.

Shi Jingyuan got a cup of hot milk tea from somewhere and stuffed it into her hand.

"Warm it up."

The temperature slowly rose from his fingertips, and Lin You was a little more awake. "Thank you."

Shi Jingyuan sat down beside her and glanced at the busy hall behind him.

"Jinghong's statement is almost complete. Your friend should be released soon."

After he finished speaking, he paused and said softly, "Don't worry too much. If you have any questions later, you can contact me."

Lin You held the milk tea in his hand and rubbed his fingers on the surface of the cup, "Mr. Shi..."

Shi Jingyuan interrupted her, "Don't say anything. I'm helping you, but I don't necessarily expect anything in return. If you keep treating our relationship as a transaction, you're insulting me."

Lin You raised his eyes, moved his lips, and spoke after a long time.

"Feel sorry."

Shi Jingyuan raised his hand and said, "Lin You, I have never had any ill will towards you."

Therefore, there is no need to build an iron wall to protect me.

He didn't finish this sentence, but the smart Lin You must have understood it.

Lin You lowered his head, as if thinking about something.

After a long time, she pursed her lips and said "Sorry" again.

Shi Jingyuan: "Why are you apologizing again?"

There are some things that you can only face after you have figured them out.

Lin You took a sip of milk tea and found it was just the right sweetness.

Shi Jingyuan looked at her profile, and the warm light perfectly reflected the melancholy in her eyes.

"I'm being too petty. I shouldn't use my past experiences to vent my anger on you or anyone else."

It turns out that saying these words and admitting that it is my own problem is not as difficult as I imagined.

anger……

Shi Jingyuan chewed on these two words, his pupils shrank for a moment, but he said nothing.

After finishing the record, Shi Jinghong came out at the right time and called out "cousin".

Shi Jingyuan responded and turned to ask Lin You, "Wait for your friend to come out, and then I'll take you back."

Lin You immediately shook his head, "We can just go back by ourselves."

Shi Jingyuan's eyes darkened and he nodded, "Okay, be safe and send me a message when you get home."

"Okay." Lin You agreed readily and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Shi Jingyuan took Shi Jinghong into the car and left.

After the car drove for a distance, Shi Jinghong's face was full of excitement, and he finally couldn't help but sigh.

"Cousin, this is the first time I've seen a woman reject you!"

"Those women used to beg you to give them gifts. If you could condescend to give them gifts just once, they'd be able to brag about it for a whole year!"

Shi Jingyuan was so annoyed that he took out a cigarette, and Shi Jinghong sensibly took out a lighter to light it for him.

He took two puffs of his cigarette and said in a calm tone, "She is different from those women."

Shi Jinghong also noticed this.

"Cousin, she said she didn't need to give you a gift, so you didn't? That's not like your style. Don't women nowadays like the domineering CEO style?"

Shi Jinghong pretended to act, "You should say, woman, I said I'll give you a ride, so I must give you a ride, get in the car!"

His exaggerated expression caused Shi Jingyuan to chuckle.

"What's going on in your mind all day?"

Shi Jinghong said righteously, "Seriously, all the short videos are played like this, those women love to watch it."

Shi Jingyuan raised his eyebrows, as if he was surprised by the women's preferences.

Shi Jinghong: "Cousin, it looks like you haven't caught up with this young lady yet? How about I teach you a few tricks?"

"You?" Shi Jingyuan sneered.

Shi Jinghong straightened his chest and said, "Cousin, don't disbelieve me. Although I'm young, I have a say in this matter. I've already had seven girlfriends!"

Shi Jingyuan then glanced at him seriously, and then while waiting for the traffic light, he raised his hand and patted the back of his head.

"You're capable!"

Shi Jinghong wanted to hide, but failed. "I'm telling the truth. In a situation like just now, the correct answer is definitely to send her and her sisters home together."

Shi Jingyuan withdrew his gaze and continued driving.

After passing the traffic light, he sighed and said, "I don't want to put pressure on her."

*

As soon as Chen Lingling walked out of the interrogation room, she threw herself into Lin You's arms, crying loudly and losing all her image.

After Lin You comforted her for a while, he told her that they had chosen the wrong person in the "battle to protect the male god".

So Chen Lingling cried again.

It was almost one in the morning when Lin You brought her back to Shangcheng Apartment.

Chen Lingling went into the bathroom to wash up. Lin You sat on the sofa with his cell phone in his hand. After hesitating for a long time, he sent a message to Shi Jingyuan.

"I'm home, are you there?"

Less than a minute after the message was sent, he replied.

But he didn't reply with text, but with voice.

"We're here. You should get some rest early too."

His voice was hoarse with fatigue, yet he maintained just the right distance.

It was a simple sentence, but it made Lin You's heart flutter when she heard it.

She fumbled with the voice interface, her fingertips trembling slightly. This person's voice was so beautiful that he could be a voice actor.

How come she didn't notice it before?

Hu Baoer meowed and climbed onto her legs, nuzzled his head for a long time, and then scratched the screen of the phone with his claws.

Lin You raised his phone higher, held Hu Baoer's head with his other hand, and said with a smile:

"You're quite clever. You came running over when you heard your savior's voice."

Hu Baoer didn't understand what she said, but was very obsessed with his phone, jumping up and down.

Lin You almost couldn't hold it down, and could only soothe it: "Okay, okay, this is just his voice, not him, stop it."

After a pause, she asked softly, "If you really want to thank him, I'll ask him some other day if he's free to see you, okay?"

Tiger Baoer meowed twice, as if he really understood.

After washing up, Chen Lingling walked out of the bathroom and saw a man and a cat arguing on the sofa. "When did you get a cat?"

She walked over to Lin You and sat down, wanting to reach out and pet the cat. As soon as she stretched out her hand, Hu Baoer squeaked and hid behind Lin You again.

Lin You protected Hu Baoer and explained, "It's a cat I used to have, but then... it got lost. I just found it recently."

"Oh." Chen Lingling looked at Hu Baoer eagerly, "You look so cute, why are you so shy? I can't even touch you."

Lin You smiled bitterly, "It has also been through a lot, so it is timid now."

Chen Lingling was amused when she heard this. "It's just a cat, but it's been through so much? Sister, you're too sentimental."

Lin You turned around and held Hu Baoer in his arms without any intention of explaining further.

Seeing that she didn't want to talk, Chen Lingling stopped asking and climbed onto the bed yawning. "Sister, you should go to bed too. It's been a very colorful day today."

Lin You responded and stood up. Just as she took her pajamas and walked towards the bathroom, she heard steady breathing coming from the bed.

She really envied the quality of sleep.