Zhou Yan seemed to notice her gaze, and suddenly looked up, his eyes precisely locking onto her location.
Their gazes met in mid-air, as if sparks were flying.
Ning Yuan felt a chill run down her spine, turned around immediately, and slipped behind a large pillar on the balcony.
She leaned against the cold wall, raising an eyebrow coldly. What bad luck! How could she run into him here?
Ning Yuan rubbed her temples in frustration, waited for a while, and then turned to look downstairs.
I didn't see anyone.
She breathed a slight sigh of relief, but her feelings were also complicated; she couldn't quite tell whether she was disappointed or relieved.
That face... will always be a source of longing for her.
But the next moment, she felt something was wrong, and a familiar sense of oppression came from behind her.
Ning Yuan turned around abruptly and saw a figure in a black police uniform leaning coldly against the wall behind him.
The man was tall and slender, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. His beautiful phoenix eyes stared at her from under the brim of his hat like those of a hawk, cold and gloomy.
Ning Yuan took two steps back, instinctively asking warily, "How did you get up here?"
He was just downstairs a moment ago! His skills are simply unbelievable!
Her next thought was to pull open the balcony door and go back to where there were more people.
But the next moment, Zhou Yan, who was standing to the side, raised his hand and pressed the door shut, and also locked the door from the inside.
The "click" sound was crisp yet startling.
Zhou Yan approached Ning Yuan step by step, each step feeling like it was stepping on her heartbeat, making her back tense.
She looked at him coldly and warily: "Stand there, don't come any closer!!"
This shameless guy did such a bastard thing to her in front of Ning Bing'an last time, what is he planning to do this time!
Zhou Yan, however, pressed closer to her, making no attempt to conceal his dangerous and malicious nature, and chuckled softly, "Heh~ Sister-in-law, I had no idea you were here to take wedding photos. If I had known, I would have definitely come to greet you!"
The man's gaze blatantly traveled from her delicate collarbone down to her waist and hips, which were clad in a fishtail skirt.
That gaze was like a barbed knife, trying to scrape her clean inside and out.
Ning Yuan felt extremely uncomfortable under his gaze and gritted her teeth in anger: "What exactly do you want? If you go crazy again, believe me, I'll call for help right now!!"
Zhou Yan seemed not to hear her words, and instead moved closer to her, almost trapping her in a corner.
A cruel, cold smile appeared on the man's handsome face, and he shrugged indifferently.
"Go ahead and call people, let Ning Bing'an come and see too. Anyway, the whole Hong Kong government knows that I am a dissolute scoundrel with depraved private morals."
He paused, his smile deepening, but it didn't reach his eyes—
“I don’t care about the rumors flying around about my sister-in-law who’s getting married soon. Everyone will think it’s normal, and besides… why are you so nervous? I’m not going to eat you.”
Ning Yuan was a little annoyed and said coldly, "That's because your fiancée didn't keep a close eye on you. If you're not satisfied with your desires, go find your fiancée Annie."
Zhou Yan's eyes darkened, and he said in a cool tone, "I'm just a masochist; I just love what I can't have."
His long, gloved fingers traced her slender waist as he pulled her into his arms, unsure whether he wanted to crush her waist or this wedding dress—
"Sister-in-law's outfit...it's really beautiful. Am I the first person to see it?"
Ning Yuan resisted, pressing her hand against his chest, and said in a sinister tone, "Let me go! Why are you here?!"
Zhou Yan scoffed and raised an eyebrow mischievously at the other side of the road: "Sister-in-law, you're just too lucky. The wedding dress shop you chose is right at the back entrance of the Independent Commission Against Corruption."
Ning Yuan looked to the side and realized that the opposite side was actually the back door of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), and then she realized why he was here.
Moreover, he was dressed so neatly and meticulously—his uniform was impeccably pressed, and he even wore gloves.
She narrowed her eyes instantly, her tone icy: "You went to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) for questioning?"
People with their status usually don't go to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) for good reasons; if they're dressed neatly, they're most likely there to be questioned.
Zhou Yan raised an eyebrow, his tone flippant: "What, is sister-in-law concerned about me?"
Ning Yuan scoffed and retorted without any politeness, "Concerned about you? Superintendent Zhou, you're overthinking it. I'm just gloating, okay?"
Zhou Yan looked at her, then suddenly lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes concealing the dark emotions churning within them.
"Of course, sister-in-law."
He slowly lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "However, I advise you not to think that you can marry Ning Bing'an smoothly, because... neither you nor the Ning family's money can flow out. It all belongs to me, and no one can touch it."
The warm breath sprayed onto Ning Yuan's earlobe, causing her to shiver slightly.
Ning Yuan's face flushed red, and she glared at him angrily: "What exactly are you...?"
Zhou Yan chuckled and lifted Ning Yuan's chin, interrupting her—
"Tsk, you'd better behave yourself during this time, don't run around, stay obediently in the factory or Repulse Bay, and have someone stick close to you, don't fall into any traps!"
He paused for a moment, then added, "By the way, you can also pray that Ning Bing'an doesn't do anything stupid, otherwise, your wedding with him will be ruined."
Ning Yuan narrowed her eyes and laughed coldly: "Superintendent Zhou, I advise you not to take yourself too seriously!"
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Knock knock knock—"
The shop assistant's voice came through the door, tinged with a hint of doubt and urgency: "Ms. Ning, are you inside? Mr. Ning asked me to ask how much longer it will take to try on your wedding dresses? Should he come over?"
Zhou Yan paused, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.
He suddenly released Ning Yuan's chin, tilted his head, and asked her with a wicked smile, "Sister-in-law, do you think what we're doing counts as... having an affair?"
Ning Yuan stared at him coldly, saying nothing, only uttering a single word—
"roll!"
Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes, looked down, and saw Ning Yuan holding the slender tip of the dagger pointed directly at the center of his crisp police uniform trousers—
Poised to launch.
Zhou Yan smiled roguishly, then suddenly raised his hands and slowly backed away, as if soothing a cat with its fur standing on end.
"OK, OK, I'll leave, I'll leave..."
He retreated step by step to the edge of the balcony, and then, to Ning Yuan's astonishment, he suddenly bent over nimbly and fell off the balcony!
Ning Yuan subconsciously took a few steps to the balcony.
She peered down and saw Zhou Yan land gracefully and steadily on the ground floor.
He even adjusted his posture with ease, then looked up and gave Ning Yuan a standard yet exaggerated Hong Kong police salute.
Arrogant, beautiful, and wicked.
"You just wait..."
He scoffed silently.
The man turned and strode away, his figure quickly disappearing at the end of the street.
This street is the back street where the wedding dress shop is located, and the back entrance of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is also opposite it.
The scarcity of pedestrians allowed him to jump so arrogantly from the second floor without frightening anyone.
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