The moment Shu Ying saw the photo, Xie Zhiyan coughed slightly, looking a little awkward, and pulled his pocket watch into his hand.

She suddenly remembered the precious pocket watch that Xie Zhiyan had been talking about just two days ago.

There was a photo pasted inside the pocket watch, and the case had several obvious scratches of varying depths...

Shu Ying was stunned and looked at Xie Zhiyan in shock.

"Could this be the piece you lost?"

Xie Zhiyan pursed his lips and nodded, seemingly a little embarrassed to show it to Shu Ying.

After all, he had held that photo in his hands and caressed it countless times, and it had long since faded.

Xie Zhiyan couldn't help but feel a little awkward when such thoughts were suddenly revealed to the person in the photo.

Shu Ying was quite surprised.

How did Xie Zhiyan's pocket watch end up in Du Chenzhou's hands?

—But more than the pocket watch, Shu Ying was surprised by Xie Zhiyan's reaction at this moment.

Commander Xie, are you embarrassed?

Shu Ying couldn't help but stare at Xie Zhiyan a few more times, a smile she couldn't suppress playing on her lips.

If there weren't other people around, she really wanted to tease him a bit and see how he would react.

Xie Zhiyan also noticed the smile on Shu Ying's lips, and glanced at her with a slightly helpless smile.

The back-and-forth teasing glances between the two, and the seemingly simple changes in their expressions, appeared to Du Chenzhou as if they were flirting.

Du Chenzhou: ? ? ?

He's still here!! Do you think he's dead?!

Du Chenzhou was immediately enraged and stepped forward, reaching out fiercely to snatch the pocket watch back from Xie Zhiyan's hand.

However, when he grabbed a handful, he found nothing.

Xie Zhiyan reacted extremely quickly. He raised his hand with a seemingly relaxed and indifferent posture, holding the pocket watch above his head. When he looked down, his eyes returned to their previous coldness.

Undeterred, Du Chenzhou reached out again to grab it.

Unfortunately, Xie Zhiyan was taller and had a longer arm span than him. He could easily hold the object in his hand and hold it high, while Du Chenzhou couldn't reach it even if he jumped up.

Du Chenzhou jumped up and down twice, but only managed to pat Xie Zhiyan's wrist. In his shame, anger and frustration, his face turned a deep purplish-red.

He gritted his teeth and growled a warning at Xie Zhiyan.

"Give me back my things right now!"

"This is still inside the police station, and you're blatantly robbing me. Aren't you afraid I'll report you to the military later?!"

Xie Zhiyan snorted coldly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and an unprecedented coldness flashed in his eyes, instantly making the atmosphere tense.

He spoke, his tone low and deep, his voice seemingly unhurried, yet carrying an overwhelming sense of pressure—

"How did my personal belongings become yours?"

Du Chenzhou was furious, clenching his fists and shouting impatiently.

"What do you mean it's something you wear on your person? This is clearly mine, it's always been with me!"

"your?"

Xie Zhiyan's tone grew colder and colder, as if the surrounding air had suddenly dropped in temperature.

"This pocket watch was a gift from my family. The photo on the watch was pasted on by my own hand. It's a photo of my wife, there's no mistake."

“I always carried this pocket watch with me and would take it out to look at it from time to time. Many people have seen this pocket watch, and my comrades can all testify to it.”

“I remember every single scratch on this pocket watch, when it was made, how it was made, and what happened at the time.”

“I can explain any one of these scratches clearly.”

"And you? Can you explain yourself?"

"I……"