Otherwise, even Evan's old face wouldn't be able to protect Zhou Yan, this little plague god.
Zhou Yan interrupted Evan, leaning his slender body to the side as he continued smoking, looking completely indifferent.
"Otherwise? What else? With my face, she can't bring herself to do it. Today's results weren't very good, so I don't have to go through all the trouble of finding excuses to get close to her."
Looking at his overly flamboyant face, Evan took a deep breath, barely suppressing the urge to flatten his handsome face—
"You little brat, you didn't learn your lesson even after getting kicked and fracturing your bone. Don't be so arrogant... You'll get burned if you play with fire!"
Evan felt pain in his heart, liver, spleen, and lungs. This kid was outstanding in every way except for his face, but he was too reckless and often walked on the line of courting death.
He shoved the lunchbox in front of Zhou Yan with a huff: "If you want to investigate Ning Yuan and the Ning family, we won't stop you. Investigate however you want, we'll turn a blind eye."
"However, we really don't have much information about your 'elder brother.' All we know is that he perished at sea two years ago during an operation, that he came from the mainland, and that he had served in the military. We know nothing else..."
As Zhou Yan casually opened the lid of the elegantly packaged lunchbox, he asked critically, "Which late-night snack place is this? I won't eat here unless it's Yuanbaoju!"
Evan chuckled in exasperation: "Yes, yes, it's Yuanbaoju!"
He knew that this bastard would pick something, that's why he had his secretary order the food from Yuanbaoju!
Evan glared at Zhou Yan with exasperation: "You're telling me that besides this face, you and your older brother are practically unrelated. You're extravagant and arrogant, and you don't have that calm and hardworking spirit of a mainland soldier! You think you can fool people with this face?"
Zhou Yan's phoenix eyes were slightly upturned, carrying a hint of wickedness—
“Uncle Evan, I’m not mentally challenged, and Miss Ning Qi doesn’t look like a fool either. Of course I wouldn’t be foolish enough to approach her using my status as her older brother. It’s just that this is only half true and half false since we first met. I’m just testing the waters and trying to get some information out of her.”
Evan sighed and rubbed his forehead. This kid was a prodigy. "Seriously, don't go investigate that dock case! You have a bright future back in England. I really don't want to be the one to collect your corpse, and I can't explain it to your Second Foreign Languages School!"
Zhou Yan laughed, waving his finger in a flippant yet stubborn manner: "That won't do. I hate giving up halfway through things. Otherwise, how could I have achieved my current position?"
Evan frowned as he watched. This brat was really a spoiled brat, but his smile was the most alluring, clearly showing he was still determined to get things done with his looks.
Ignoring Evan's refusal, Zhou Yan forcefully put his arm around his shoulder and raised an eyebrow—
"As you know, my real intention in investigating this case wasn't what it seemed. My main goal was to get closer to Ning Yuan and the Ning family. If you're going to talk about giving up halfway, you shouldn't have transferred me to the Hong Kong government in the first place!"
Evan's green eyes, hidden beneath his thick eyebrows, darkened, and he raised his hand to pat Zhou Yan's shoulder.
"Be careful. The Ning family is a very powerful force in the Hong Kong government. Even the Governor of Hong Kong couldn't handle them. Don't drown yourself."
Zhou Yan raised an eyebrow, neither confirming nor denying.
He picked up the boxed lunch on the table and started shoveling food into it casually, looking disgusted: "Barbecued pork rice? Not even seafood fried rice? Seriously? So stingy. You're supposed to be the top cop, with such a high salary, and you won't even order me a bowl of good soup..."
"Smack!"
Before he could finish speaking, Evan slapped him on the back of the head in an annoyed tone: "You idiot! Eat it or don't! If you don't want to eat, get out!"
...
The night was deep, the neon lights flickered quietly, and the streets were deserted.
Ning Yuan sat wearily in the stretch Lincoln; she had kicked him with all her might just now.
Ah Heng's method of teaching is much more harmful than a simple toe kick; it involves kicking down with the ball of the foot, which is far more dangerous.
My toes still hurt a little.
"Ms. Ning, are you alright?" a senior lawyer sitting opposite her asked with concern.
"It's nothing." Ning Yuan waved her hand and said calmly, "I just can't swallow this."
Just thinking about Zhou Yan's ambiguous smile made her grit her teeth in hatred.
"Investigate Zhou Yan's background tomorrow. I need to know everything about him," Ning Yuan instructed.
The lawyer nodded: "I will arrange it as soon as possible."
Ning Yuan didn't speak, closed her eyes to rest, her mind a complete fog.
The lawyers were talking in hushed tones.
The car drove towards Repulse Bay.
Villas in Repulse Bay.
Chu Hongyu and Aheng waited anxiously at the door, and both breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Ning Yuan's figure.
Chu Hongyu immediately rushed over and hugged her tightly: "Yuanyuan, are you alright? You scared me to death!"
Ah Heng stood to the side, anxiously looking at Ning Yuan, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Ning Bingyu was also standing at the villa entrance. When he saw Ning Yuan, his gaze lingered on her face for a moment with a complicated expression.
He then turned to the lawyers: "Thank you both for your hard work. Even though it's the middle of the night, I still want to invite you in for coffee to talk about today's events."
The senior lawyers nodded knowingly.
Bingyu then looked at Chu Hongyu and Aheng and instructed them, "You two take your little sister upstairs to rest first."
Chu Hongyu immediately nodded and accompanied Ning Yuan upstairs with Aheng.
Ning Yuan looked tired as she went into her room. She went to check on her daughter first and was comforted to see that the little one was fast asleep.
She didn't have enough breast milk, so the baby was mixed-fed and slept well on formula.
She gestured to the maid who was taking care of Jiajia to close the door and left the room.
After a quick shower, Ning Yuan changed into comfortable loungewear, walked into the living room of the suite, and sat wearily on the sofa.
Ah Heng placed the hot bird's nest soup in front of her and asked anxiously, "Xiao Ning, what exactly happened? That Zhou Yan... is he really my brother...?"
Ning Yuan rubbed her temples, her voice tinged with confusion: "I don't know, Aheng. Sometimes I feel like it's Anan, his face, his body, that feeling..."
"But he is also unlike him in many ways. His words and actions, his eyes and temperament... are all completely different from Rong Zhaonan..."
Ah Heng slapped his thigh suddenly: "No, I have to go to the police station! I ate too much street food yesterday and got a stomachache, otherwise I would definitely have seen him today!"
Chu Hongyu grabbed her arm and said helplessly, "My dear aunt, it's the middle of the night, where are you going to meet anyone? He's a senior police superintendent, you can't just barge into the police headquarters, can you?"
"Then what do you suggest we do?" Ah Heng frowned, somewhat agitated.
Ning Yuan rubbed her temples, turned to look at Aheng, and asked, "Aheng, did Zhaonan ever tell you that he has a twin brother in England?"
Ah Heng shook his head readily: "No. However, Captain never mentions anything about England, nor has he ever mentioned my aunt Zhou Zhujun."
Uncle Rong Wenwu was always strict and did not allow him to mention things that happened abroad.
Ah Heng frowned: "In the past, it wasn't allowed to mention overseas backgrounds. Did Captain Brother ever mention these things to you?"
Ning Yuan shook her head with a wry smile: "No."
Rong Zhaonan didn't mention his mother or his affairs abroad at all. Ning Yuan knew that those were painful things for him, and she never asked him about them.
She looked down at the antique Patek Philippe watch on her wrist, a gift from Rong Zhaonan, part of Aunt Zhou's inheritance.
She even showed it to Zhou Yan today, but he didn't react at all.
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