If everyone is a game, then Qiao Muyi should be a soul-based action game. She is so mysterious that people can't help but immerse themselves in it; she is so difficult that people suffer from torture and exhaustion; she is so beautiful that she gives a ray of light in despair, making people think they are heading towards heaven, but in fact they are falling into the abyss.
In the office of the deputy director of the Lianjiang Countermeasures Bureau, Yao Fei looked at the photo of Qiao Muyi on the desk from time to time while working, and suddenly this thought flashed through her mind.
There was a sudden knock on the door, and a young man with dark circles under his eyes bigger than a panda walked in and asked, "Yao Fei, are you free to have lunch together?"
Yao Fei was a little surprised. She glanced at the time and nodded, "It's already noon...Okay, but wait until I finish these tasks."
"But this is really strange. I remember that you, Li Dan, always like to eat alone. Even if you were to find someone, you should have found Deputy Director Yu, right?"
Li Dan pulled out a chair and sat down, saying calmly, "Because I have something to talk to you about."
Yao Fei smiled: "You are grateful for what you have done for me? Tell me what it is first. If I can help, then you can treat me to lunch."
"I have a friend who is very interested in you and wants to have dinner with you."
"Isn't this friend you're talking about you?" Yao Fei said with a smile, "Just treating me to lunch is not enough, you want to treat me to dinner as well?"
Li Dan shook his head: "It's not me. I have no interest in **. I have a lot of things to do every day, work, practice, study, handicrafts... I am very fulfilled every day and don't need love to fill it."
Yao Fei said, "Oh, I know about this. I heard that you bought a lot of machines and opened a workshop. Recently, it seems that you made Infinity Gauntlets, Crystal Poké Balls, and Thousand Chance Umbrellas? I have seen your videos online, but I didn't expect that your awakening spells can be used for fine processing. In the entire Countermeasures Bureau, you are the most famous person besides Deputy Director Qiao."
Li Dan nodded: "It's just a hobby. After all, I don't need to sleep, and doing these things is more interesting than sleeping."
Yao Fei asked with a smile: "Then have you never met a woman who lets you sleep with her?"
Li Dan was slightly startled, not knowing what he was thinking about, and a faint smile appeared on his face: "I have met half of them."
Half?
Yao Fei blinked, not really understanding.
Li Dan changed the subject at this time: "My friend has very good conditions. I know your conditions, your potential and your ambitions, but I am still willing to lobby for my friend because no matter in terms of worldly conditions, character, knowledge or appearance, I think he is worthy of you."
Yao Fei waved her hands: "Of course I believe in your vision, Li Dan. If you are willing to introduce someone to me, then he must be an outstanding person... However, I really don't have any thoughts on this."
Li Dan said: "Okay, I was abrupt."
"Are you still going to have lunch?"
"Eat, haven't you finished your work yet?"
Yao Fei said distressedly: "You should also know that after the publication of "Top Secret Files", the number of awakened people has increased dramatically again. Deputy Director Qiao happened to be traveling, so I have to do all the work. I have been so busy these days that I have no time to sleep."
"I know you've been sleeping in the bureau these days." Li Dan said, "Deputy Director Qiao is so irresponsible."
Yao Fei quickly said, "That's not the case. She didn't know Renesse would post the video before she asked for leave."
Li Dan: "But asking for a month off after the Spring Festival is irresponsible in itself. You are so busy and have so many things to do. If you hadn't agreed to take over for Deputy Director Qiao, the bureau would probably not approve this leave."
Yao Fei frowned and said, "What do you know? Deputy Director Qiao has made a lot of contributions to the bureau. What does it matter if she takes a leave to travel? This is the treatment she deserves."
Li Dan asked, "So you also agree that she should travel with her boyfriend for a month?"
Yao Fei was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Of course, since Deputy Director Qiao got a boyfriend, she has changed a lot. She smiles more, is kinder, plays fewer pranks, becomes more beautiful, and cares more about us."
She pretended to be casual and said, "I used to be her secretary, and she gave me a headache all day long. Now she is causing trouble for her boyfriend, and I feel much more relaxed."
Li Dan said softly: "Yes, she has become a scourge to others."
He glanced at Yao Fei. Although Yao Fei acted as if she didn't care, she couldn't see how unhappy she was in her eyes.
"So, you really don't plan to get in touch with my friend? Don't stay in the bureau at night, try to start a new relationship." Li Dan said sincerely.
When Yao Fei saw Li Dan’s concerned look, she suddenly thought of something.
Night, the bureau, feelings, Qiao Muyi, introducing a boyfriend...
"I never told you that I stayed overnight at the police station. How did you know?" Yao Fei's face changed drastically: "What do you know?!"
Li Dan shrugged silently and pointed to his ears: "The Countermeasures Bureau is still very quiet at night."
"You heard it? You know everything?!" Yao Fei stood up with a bang, her face red to her ears, and she was so angry that she couldn't speak clearly: "How can you be like this!"
"Calm down, you're talking like you have shit in your mouth." Li Dan raised his hand and explained:
"Actually, I can understand that. After all, this is her office and that's the chair she often sits on. I really can understand it and I will definitely not tell anyone..."
"No, I, this, I'm not..." Yao Fei was already incoherent. After a long while, she sat down with a groan, and lay on the table, hiding her head and refusing to see anyone.
Li Dan gently touched her head and said like a policeman, "It's okay, it's all over, and you didn't do anything wrong. When did it start?"
Yao Fei was silent for a long time before she suddenly said, "It was exactly one year ago."
April a year ago?
Even Li Dan was shocked: "Didn't Qiao Muyi and the others just join the Countermeasures Bureau at that time? How did she...ah, sorry, I shouldn't ask for details."
"It doesn't matter. Actually, there aren't many details." Yao Fei rubbed her eyes and said, "Since you've discovered it, I'll tell you about it... I've actually been holding it in for a long time."
"She told me very frankly at that time that she wanted to be friends with me because she thought I was pretty. She hated men, but she liked to use them. Then, with her strength and beauty, she made those men afraid to fight back and even had to please her... She was a very bad person."
Li Dan nodded in agreement. Even he had suffered at the hands of Qiao Muyi in the past.
"But she is not like that in private. She is gentle, handsome, funny, considerate, and has many romantic tricks... She makes me happier than those stupid men."
Yao Fei lay on the table, looking at the beauty in the photo frame with longing eyes.
The beauty's smile is as radiant as a flower, but this brilliant smile is because of the man next to her. This is a photo of Ren Suo and Qiao Muyi.
"She was just kidding me, but I took it seriously."
"I really envy Ren Suo..."
Li Dan twitched the corner of his mouth. The mainstream opinion in the Countermeasures Bureau now is that Ren Suo is very pitiful.
"However, since she has a man she likes now, it shouldn't be the same as before, right?" Li Dan said casually.
However, Yao Fei looked strange.
“That’s not necessarily true.”
"Um?"
Yao Fei blinked her eyes, and her face, with a blush on it, looked beautiful and charming.
"I just said that she wanted to play with me because she thought I was pretty, not because she liked me. She didn't have any desire when she looked at me, only admiration."
"In this respect, she may be just like the men she hates, treating women as prey and trophies."
Yao Fei lay on the table and whispered softly: "Qiao Muyi, you are really a sinful woman..."
Li Dan was stunned.
He recalled some past events.
Qiao Muyi was the first to know Ren Suo, and then Ren Suo knew Dong Chengling, so Qiao Muyi got to know Dong Chengling.
Then Qiao Muyi and Dong Chengling quickly became familiar with each other. At that time, Li Dan often heard Qiao Muyi looking for Dong Chengling to go out and play.
He was very sure that Qiao Muyi definitely didn't like Ren Suo at that time, because Qiao Muyi changed drastically after she fell in love with Ren Suo, like the melting of winter snow welcoming spring.
So, was Qiao Muyi's real goal at that time...
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Ren Suo silently took out his cell phone and dialed Dong Chengling's number.
As soon as the call was connected, Dong Chengling's panting voice came: "Suo?"
"Yeah, it's me. Are you still awake?"
"Well, it's almost time to go to bed, you should go to bed too, tomorrow...ah!"
"What's going on over there?"
"I...I'm working out."
Dong Chengling's breathing suddenly became rapid. He groaned and said quickly, "Suo, if there is nothing else, I will hang up first."
"Okay, I've seen it all, pull me over."
“Did you see it?!”
Dong Chengling was slightly startled, then he exhaled a breath of relief: "That's good, Xiao Qiao is really amazing, I can't hold on any longer, please come and help me."