Chapter 3 The couple has no plans to share a bed now
Uncle Liu drove very steadily. When they arrived at the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Bai Zhenzhen was almost drowsy, and it was Shen Qing who woke her up.
"Come on, let's go inside." Bai Zhenzhen tightened her bathrobe and was the first to push open one of the car doors and get out.
Shen Qing got out of the car behind her, her fingers clenched tightly. It was her first time entering a police station in her life, so she was inevitably a little nervous.
"Don't be afraid. You're not the one who made the mistake. Just tell them the truth and they won't make things difficult for you."
Bai Zhenzhen glanced down at the slippers stained with sewage with disdain, then looked up and, unusually considerate, patted Chen Qing's shoulder and pulled her inside.
The police interrogated Wang Yongshun and his group first, and learned the general outline of what had happened. They then specially sent a female officer to take Shen Qing's statement.
The female police officer's gentle and soothing voice gradually relaxed Shen Qing, and she recounted the whole story in detail.
No one else was allowed to accompany her while she was giving her statement. Bai Zhenzhen and Uncle Liu waited in the lobby. She was a little distracted, looking at the group of people who had just been arrested from the karaoke bar in the corner.
At the same time, Shen Huai'an had arrived at the Public Security Bureau. He was tall and had long legs. He strode up the steps and immediately saw Bai Zhenzhen standing diagonally opposite him with her arms crossed as soon as he entered the hall.
In the past, when he saw this Miss Bai, she was always dressed smartly and beautifully. Today, however, her long, wavy hair was casually draped over her back, and a pink bathrobe was wrapped around her body, which could not cover her smooth and jade-like legs. Her face was not covered with makeup, but she had a unique and beautiful feeling, which was completely different from her arrogant appearance of always looking down at people with her chin up.
Shen Huai'an's eyes flickered, and he walked towards her.
Bai Zhenzhen heard footsteps and casually looked up to see a tall man approaching her step by step. Shen Huai'an had come in a hurry and hadn't even had time to change out of his prosecutor's uniform. He was wearing a long black trench coat over his clothes, which not only made his shoulders look broad and his legs look long, but the black trench coat and the cold, hard prosecutor's uniform also made his whole aura look even more stern.
However, none of this could hide the man's excessively handsome face. He had a high nose bridge, deep-set eyes, and a sharp, eye-catching appearance. He was especially imposing when he had a tense expression.
"What happened? Where is Xiao Qing?" Shen Huai'an asked the key question right away, without saying a single unnecessary word.
As he asked the question, his gaze swept around the police service hall, lingering for a moment on the group of men and women squatting in the corner before returning to Bai Zhenzhen with his cold eyes.
"Shen Huai'an, what kind of look is that?!" Bai Zhenzhen instantly exploded, "Shen Qing's accident has nothing to do with me. Those people took it upon themselves to use my name to trick her into going to the karaoke bar. I would never do such a pointless thing!"
“I didn’t suspect you,” Shen Huai’an frowned slightly as he explained to her, “Xiao Qing left a message on the phone saying she was coming to see you. I was asking why you came to the police station.”
Bai Zhenzhen's expression softened slightly after hearing this, but only slightly. This man came up with a cold face and didn't even offer a word of concern to his wife standing right in front of him. No wonder she wanted a divorce in her dreams.
Just then, Shen Qing finished giving her statement and came out. She was originally walking towards her sister-in-law, but when she saw her older brother Shen Huai'an halfway there, her eyes immediately reddened again. She quickened her pace and ran over to call out, "Big brother."
Shen Huai'an turned to look at his younger sister, his gaze softening slightly. "It's alright now. Leave the rest to me."
He frequently deals with all kinds of cases, and he had just guessed the general outline of the matter from Bai Zhenzhen's words. Shen Qing seemed to be alright, so Shen Huai'an simply comforted her for a few words and prepared to go to the police handling the case to find out what happened.
Shen Qing knew that her older brother was usually a man of few words, but he was reliable. With him around, she was instantly no longer afraid of anything. She nodded and walked to stand next to Bai Zhenzhen.
"Brother, I'm fine. I'm so grateful that my sister-in-law arrived in time today. Those people didn't have a chance to do anything to me."
Not wanting to show her displeasure in front of the little girl, Bai Zhenzhen simply snorted softly to express her dissatisfaction.
Shen Huai'an glanced at Bai Zhenzhen with some surprise, noticing that her nightgown was thin, perhaps because she had rushed there after hearing the news and hadn't had time to change.
A typhoon had just passed, and the night was chilly. He reached out, took off his trench coat, and handed it to her.
"Tsk, at least he still has some conscience." Bai Zhenzhen didn't stand on ceremony, muttered something, and took the clothes and put them on.
The clothes didn't have any particular smell, just some of the man's body heat and a faint smell of laundry detergent.
Shen Huai'an is over 1.8 meters tall. The trench coat he wore looked much larger than Bai Zhenzhen's, with room to spare even after wrapping the belt around his waist twice.
Although Shen Qing was still a minor, she understood some things. Seeing her sister-in-law wearing her older brother's clothes, she felt that the relationship between her brother and sister-in-law wasn't as bad as her mother had worried.
On the other side, after Shen Huai'an finished understanding the situation, his face was cold and hard, and he looked very ugly. However, when he walked to the three people waiting outside, he didn't say anything.
It was already quite late. Bai Zhenzhen yawned and asked Uncle Liu to drive them home.
At this time, Shen Qing naturally couldn't go back to school, so Bai Zhenzhen planned to take her back to the villa to rest for the night. As for Shen Huai'an, with Shen Qing around, he didn't deliberately separate from them.
On the way, Bai Zhenzhen only said she was going home, so Uncle Liu drove them back to Cuihu Bay. By the time Shen Huai'an realized what was happening, the car had already entered the villa area.
Hearing the commotion, Aunt Wang opened the door to greet them. She was taken aback when she saw Shen Huai'an and his sister, and then heard Bai Zhenzhen say, "Aunt Wang, thank you for tidying up the guest room."
"It's alright, the rooms are clean. I'll just bring out a few blankets." Aunt Wang didn't ask any more questions and turned to get to work.
This was Shen Huai'an's first time visiting the Cuihu Bay Villa. Aunt Wang, thinking about Bai Zhenzhen's previous attitude, hesitated for a moment before tidying up two guest rooms.
Bai Zhenzhen led Shen Qing through the door, and Shen Huai'an remained silent for a moment before following her in.
Neither of the two people in front of him paid any attention to him. Bai Zhenzhen's mind was in a mess; she was sleepy and annoyed and had no interest in anything else. Shen Qing, on the other hand, was only focused on marveling at him.
Bai Chuxiong has always favored his only daughter. Knowing he was in the wrong for forcing her to marry, he tried his best to make up for it in other ways. The villa he gave her as a dowry was the best and largest in the entire Cuihu Bay villa area. Not only did it occupy a large area, but the decoration and facilities were also very expensive. The entire villa was decorated like a luxurious and elegant European manor.
"You can stay here with me tonight, and I'll have Uncle Liu take you to school tomorrow," Bai Zhenzhen said after settling Shen Qing in. Turning to Shen Huai'an, she couldn't help but widen her eyes slightly. "You..."
The Cuihu Bay villa area is built on a mountain, and taxis can't get in at all. Shen Huai'an was so engrossed in thinking about the case in the car that when he came to his senses, Uncle Liu had already driven the car halfway up the mountain. Stopping him halfway would make him seem like he was making a fuss, and now it would be even more troublesome to ask Uncle Liu to take him down.
Just as Shen Huai'an was about to say that he could make do on the sofa downstairs for a few hours, Aunt Wang came downstairs and said that the guest rooms had been prepared.
Bai Zhenzhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although she had changed her attitude and was no longer planning to divorce Shen Huai'an, she was not ready to share a bed with him so soon. Fortunately, Aunt Wang was thoughtful and prepared two guest rooms.
"It's getting late, you should get some rest too." Shen Qing had already been led upstairs to one of the guest rooms by Aunt Wang. Bai Zhenzhen hurriedly said something to Shen Huai'an and then returned to her own room.
"This is troublesome." Shen Huai'an whispered to Bai Zhenzhen's retreating figure. She was running too fast, and he didn't know if she heard him.
The marriage between Bai Zhenzhen and Shen Huai'an was entirely arranged by Bai Chuxiong through force.
The two young people had no connection before getting married. Bai Zhenzhen lost her mother at a young age, and Bai Chuxiong treated her like a precious gem, spoiling her and making her spoiled and willful.
No one could force her to do what she didn't want to do. If Bai Chuxiong hadn't threatened her with his allowance to force her to obey, Bai Zhenzhen wouldn't have been willing to marry a stranger.
Even after marriage, she didn't obey. On the surface, she pretended to be a harmonious couple to deceive her father, but in reality, she was disobedient and didn't like Shen Huai'an at all.
The two lived separate lives, and separated the day after their marriage. Bai Zhenzhen was surrounded by a bunch of friends who fawned over her. She loved to play and make a fuss, and spent money like water. Shen Huai'an, on the other hand, had a good face but came from a poor family. His monthly salary wasn't even enough to buy her two sets of clothes.
Bai Zhenzhen was always dissatisfied with her father forcing her to marry such a man. She secretly tried many ways to force Shen Huai'an to take the initiative to file for divorce, but the man was as cold as ice and unyielding, so she had no way to deal with him.
She was very angry about this before, but now, looking back, Bai Zhenzhen feels both relieved and annoyed.
Fortunately, there was still room for maneuver between them. She was annoyed that she had caused so much trouble and now she was backing out of the divorce. She wondered if Shen Huai'an would secretly laugh at her.
After taking a shower and lying in bed, Bai Zhenzhen's mind wandered, and sleepiness crept in, causing her eyelids to gradually close.
The next morning, Bai Zhenzhen woke up hungry. As she yawned and walked out of her room in her pajamas, she ran into Shen Qing, who was coming out of the opposite guest room.
Shen Qing, wearing her school uniform from last night and dressed neatly, greeted her with a shy smile, "Good morning, sister-in-law."
"What time did you get up? Did you have breakfast?"
Bai Zhenzhen's curly hair was frizzy and bouncy. She was used to being casual at home and had forgotten that there were other people around. When she saw Chen Qing, she subconsciously glanced around the corridor and reached out to smooth her hair.
“I got up at seven in the morning. Aunt Wang called me to have breakfast,” Shen Qing said. She got up early and then told her, “My older brother left without eating breakfast this morning.”
Before leaving, I only said that I would help her ask the school for leave, and told her not to worry about what happened last night, and that she could go back to school after she had rested.
Her older brother didn't specifically tell her what to say to her sister-in-law, but Shen Qing told Bai Zhenzhen on her own initiative.
"Then listen to your older brother and stay here with me for a couple of days." Although Bai Zhenzhen had made her decision, she didn't care about Shen Huai'an's movements for the time being and didn't care about his departure or stay at all.
Seeing that Shen Qing was still wearing her dirty clothes from last night, she led her to her walk-in closet. "Go and pick out an outfit for yourself. After I'm all dressed up, I'll take you to the mall this morning to relax."
Bai Zhenzhen likes to buy things when she's in a bad mood, and since Shen Qing suffered an undeserved disaster because of her, she decided to make it up to her.
Shen Qing was too embarrassed to take her clothes, so Bai Zhenzhen pushed her into the dressing room, saying, "I've never worn many of these. Pick one you like."
After saying that, Bai Zhenzhen turned around and went into the bathroom next door to wash up. She had just washed her face when she heard a commotion coming from next door.
Someone was loudly questioning her, and Shen Qing was also explaining in a low voice. Sensing something was wrong, she quickly went outside.
A note from the author:
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Here I am! I'm a little late editing today, but I'll try to update earlier tomorrow. [kiss][kiss]
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