When they arrived at the police station, Mai Xiaoshu and Song Feifei were taken to two rooms respectively.
Mai Xiaoshu told herself to stay calm. After staying in the interrogation room for a while, she finally realized a serious problem: she was being monitored by Miyamaru Tomo's accomplice.
Otherwise, why would the police come to the door so promptly?
The more she thought about it, the more scared she became. It would be bad enough if they made her lose her job, but if they also put her in jail, her future would be over.
Thinking of this, she made up her mind that no matter what the police asked, she would take responsibility and must not involve Feifei.
Soon, a policeman came into the interrogation room. She looked up and they both stopped at the same time.
"Why you?" the police asked.
“Officer Li!” Mai Xiaoshu was also stunned. Isn’t this the policeman who helped investigate the dog theft case last time?
"Officer Li, please believe me. I am innocent!" She pointed at herself with trembling fingers. "How could I possibly detain someone? I ran into that guy on the street after he stole company secrets. I wanted to bring him to the police station, but I didn't expect him to bite me back."
"How do you explain that you were holding a poisonous snake in your hand when the police arrested you?" Officer Li raised his eyebrows and asked doubtfully.
"That's not a poisonous snake." Mai Xiaoshu waved her hand and acted innocently. "That's a small green snake I bought from a pet store. Officer, you should arrest Miyamaru Satoshi. He's a hacker! He caused our company to suffer heavy losses and he blamed me for it. That's why I was so angry and used my pet snake to scare him."
"Okay, I'll believe your words for now, since the informant and Miyamaru Satoshi have both disappeared."
"What?" Upon hearing the unexpected words, Mai Xiaoshu opened his eyes wide and slammed the table.
"On the way to the police station, he lied to my colleague and said he felt like vomiting, and ran away as soon as he got out of the car. We speculate that he was guilty, and the person who reported the case could not be contacted, so it seems that someone must have deliberately framed you. I came in just to conduct a simple questioning, and you can leave now."
She was relieved to hear that she didn't have to go to jail, but she became anxious again. Although she was fine, Miyamaru Satoshi, who she had finally found, was missing. Her hope of proving her innocence was shattered again...
Thinking about the failure, she couldn't help but lie on the table in the interrogation room and cry in grievance.
"Shouldn't you be happy that you can get out now? You... why are you so excited?" It was the first time that Officer Li saw a suspect burst into tears upon hearing that he was released. He looked at her in confusion, then seemed to remember something and walked out to make a phone call.
When Mai Xiaoshu walked out of the police station with heavy steps, it started snowing heavily outside. The white snow covered the entire city, making it look desolate.
From a distance, she saw a man holding an umbrella walking towards the police station.
Under the street lights, the falling snowflakes made the surroundings even quieter. In this dream-like scene, the figure of the person coming became clearer and clearer. She widened her eyes in disbelief. That person turned out to be An Chengye!
Snowflakes fell on his hair, and she looked at him from afar, feeling an indescribable tranquility and beauty. The moment her eyes met his, Mai Xiaoshu sneezed at an inopportune moment.
She looked at him eagerly, her eyes slightly red and the watery light in her eyes made her look pitiful.
An Chengye's anxious heart suddenly softened, and he quickly took off his coat and put it on her.
"Why do you always find a way to make yourself so embarrassed?" He spoke in a low voice, his tone sounding both accusatory and full of concern.
When he received a call from Officer Li and learned that she had gotten into trouble again, he immediately became furious. On the way here, the anger grew stronger and stronger. He didn't know why he lost his mind so easily and ran over in the middle of the night just to make sure she was okay. He hated the feeling of being restrained.
But when he saw her like this, the nameless anger disappeared in an instant.
Mai Xiaoshu rubbed her eyes subconsciously. She was a little dazed. Everything in front of her was full of unreality. In his mind, she was a traitor. How could he care about her? But the warmth that suddenly came was so real.
"Are you here for Miyamaru Tomo? But he ran away..." Mai Xiaoshu suddenly thought a little sadly, what qualifications does her current status have to be treated gently by An Chengye? He must hate her in his heart, and he only holds back his temper and expresses his concern for her because of his education!
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little desperate.
An Chengye nodded: "I know."
They looked at each other in silence.
After a long time, Mai Xiaoshu finally gave in. Her pretended strength finally fell apart. She suddenly began to cry, quietly at first, but then she burst into tears: "Since you know why you came here, I finally caught him but he ran away again. You must think I am pretending to be pitiful now, but I didn't. I didn't do that. I am innocent! He will be more careful after he runs away. I may never have the chance to catch him and prove my innocence. You must think I am quibbling and you hate me, don't you..."
An Chengye looked at her uncontrollable tears and felt as if his heart was being strangled by something. He moved his lips but didn't know how to comfort her.
After an unknown amount of time, she finally stopped crying and hung her head in a daze. Just when she thought An Chengye would not speak again, she heard his deep voice: "Mai Xiaoshu, I want to hate you too, but I can't do it."
Mai Xiaoshu stared at him with eyes wide open, in disbelief. His gaze was so intense that she suddenly felt dazed, and the sense of unreality grew stronger and stronger.
Without waiting for her response, he pulled her into his arms, and a firm yet gentle voice came to her ears again: "I believe it was not you who did it..."
“Why…” Mai Xiaoshu’s heart suddenly started beating fast and his cheeks became hot.
"When Shi Hang reinvested in the company, he told me everything about you asking him for help." An Chengye sighed softly.
So early?
"Then why do you still say those hurtful words?" Mai Xiaoshu was puzzled.
"Because of jealousy. Seeing you and Xingye so close, and thinking of him staying by your side when you were most helpless, I became jealous to the point of going crazy, and I felt so guilty that I wanted to clear all the dangers for you... I was afraid that you would hate me, so I said those words on purpose..."
The sudden confession was so shocking that not only Mai Xiaoshu, but even the confessor himself did not expect that he would say such embarrassing words. His cheeks suddenly turned red. He was afraid that Mai Xiaoshu would see his embarrassment, so he locked her tightly to his chest.
The two people who were shrouded in ambiguity had no idea that this scene was seen by a young man who happened to park his car in front of the police station. Jiang Xingye's face in the car was getting colder and colder, even colder than the ice and snow. He just sat in the car without moving.
Across a snow-covered road, he seemed to be back in his childhood, watching his father caring for the adopted orphan An Chengye, while he himself was gradually ignored.
He could have remained calm and nonchalant, but at the dinner table, when his father repeatedly touched the trophy that An Chengye won and praised him with joy, even his mother's eyes changed when she looked at him. They were no longer full of love but became colder because of disappointment, as if silently telling him that even an orphan picked up on the street was better than him, and he was not worthy of being my son.
He just wanted a warm home, why did An Chengye show up? He just wanted someone he liked to be with him, why did she only like An Chengye?
A biting cold wind blew in from the window. Jiang Xingye looked like an abandoned child, with a lonely expression: "An Chengye, why do you always want to snatch my things from me?"
After a long time, Jiang Xingye withdrew his gaze and drove away.