Villain? No, I'll catch up with the protagonist after passing the civil service exam.

"devil?"

Lu Jingyan stopped and turned around. His glasses, reflecting the streetlights, revealed a calmness and sharpness akin to that of a surgeon.

He wasn't swayed by Suman's hysterical "mystery of her origins," nor was he overwhelmed by the astronomical figure of "five billion US dollars." He simply took out a pack of tissues from his pocket and wiped his fingers that had just touched the agreement.

It looked as if it was contaminated with some invisible germs.

"Ms. Su, you may have some misunderstanding about my profession."

Lu Jingyan crumpled the dirty tissue into a ball and accurately tossed it into the roadside trash can with a soft "thump".

"I am not a devil, I am just a police officer with a government-funded position."

"As for your five billion..."

He strode forward, walking step by step back to Su Man.

Su Man instinctively straightened her back, a glimmer of hope flashing in her eyes. She thought he had changed his mind, that the magic of money had finally taken effect. After all, no one in this world could refuse five billion.

"Not enough? I can add more."

Su Man's red lips parted slightly, her voice trembling with a seductive allure, "Just ask, and I can have all the resources of 'Black Widow'..."

My monthly salary is 3,500.

Lu Jingyan interrupted her.

Su Man froze, a momentary blankness crossing her delicate face: "What?"

"Basic salary is three thousand five hundred."

Lu Jingyan held up three fingers, speaking as casually as if he were talking about the price of pork at the market today, "Including police rank allowance, duty subsidy, and high-temperature allowance, after deducting social insurance and housing fund contributions, I get about 5,800 yuan after taxes and fees."

"If we work overtime this month and arrest a few suspects like you, we might be able to make a total of six thousand."

Su Man stared wide-eyed, as if she were listening to a fairy tale.

"You...you're trying to play the poor card with me?" she asked incredulously. "You're the second young master of the Lu family! You're actually talking to me about a few thousand yuan in fixed salary?"

"This isn't about complaining about being poor; this is about settling accounts."

Lu Jingyan smiled, a smile that showed no embarrassment but rather a calm and composed demeanor.

"Every penny of this 5,800 yuan was earned with my sweat. Although it's not much, not even enough to buy a single screw in your car, I spent it with peace of mind."

He leaned down slightly, his gaze level with Su Man's, his deep eyes seeming to see right through her heart, which was corrupted by desire.

"And what about your ten billion dollars?"

"Miss Su, or as you'd call yourself 'Scorpion,' how much blood is stained with that money? Behind every zero, how many broken families are there?"

Lu Jingyan's voice suddenly turned cold, like a polar wind.

"When you sleep surrounded by piles of money, can you really sleep soundly? If you wake up in the middle of the night, will you hear those vengeful spirits wailing in your ears? How many sleeping pills would you need to suppress the demons in your heart?"

Su Man's face turned deathly pale instantly.

She took a step back, her high heels screeching on the ground.

"What...what do you know! This world is a dog-eat-dog world! I earned my money through my own abilities..."

"Committing crimes based on one's own abilities is not a sign of ability, it's a sign of courting death."

Lu Jingyan stopped looking at her and bent down to pick up the photocopy of the asset certificate that was rustling in the wind from the ground.

"Sizzle—"

A crisp sound.

That piece of paper, representing the wealth that countless people dream of, was torn in two in his hands.

"Sizzle, sizzle."

Four and a half, eight and a half, sixteen and a half...

White scraps of paper, like snowflakes in winter, drifted down onto the hood of Suman's black, extended Lincoln, looking particularly glaring.

"That's my answer to your ten billion."

Lu Jingyan clapped his hands, his expression indifferent, "Ill-gotten gains are like fleeting clouds, like dung."

Su Man stared intently at the scraps of paper, her chest heaving violently.

She was rejected.

Not only was she rejected, but this lowly policeman with a fixed salary stood on his moral high ground and shattered her pride and values!

"Lu Jingyan! You'll regret this!"

Su Man gritted her teeth, a frenzied hatred surging in her eyes. "Without my help, you'd be stuck as a pathetic cop in this tiny Jinghai City forever! You have no idea what you've missed!"

I have no regrets.

Lu Jingyan turned around, his back to her, and waved his hand. "Also, Miss Su, allow me to remind you of one last thing."

He pointed to the enormous vehicle blocking the middle of the road.

"This is a fire lane; parking is prohibited along this route."

"If your car is blocking the way here and a fire breaks out inside, the fire trucks won't be able to get in, which endangers public safety."

"Get out of here."

"If you don't leave now, I won't just issue a ticket, I'll call a tow truck directly. The traffic police won't be responsible for damaging the chassis of these extended vehicles."

After saying that, he walked into the villa without looking back, leaving Su Man with a resolute and cold back view.

The large iron gate slammed shut with a loud clang.

That arrogant female villain, along with her 10 billion dollar temptation, was kept out.

The night wind howled.

Su Man stood there, staring at the tightly closed door, motionless for a long time.

Her bodyguard cautiously approached and whispered, "Boss... should we take care of him?"

"Snapped!"

A resounding slap.

Su Man withdrew her hand, but instead of the fury the bodyguard had expected, her eyes showed... a strange excitement.

She stuck out her tongue and gently licked her slightly chapped red lips, a kind of almost perverse light gleaming in her narrow phoenix eyes.

"Damn him? Are you out of your mind?"

As Su Man looked at the lights that came on on the second floor of the villa, her smile grew wider and deeper.

"Don't you think...he's interesting?"

"I've seen too many money-grubbing men; I'm sick of them. Men like this, who are impervious to both soft and hard approaches, spouting platitudes, and with a backbone harder than stone... those are the real gems."

She turned around, opened the car door, and got in, her posture as elegant as a queen who had just inspected her territory.

"Even a hundred billion dollars couldn't sway his heart; a few words from him could leave me speechless."

"Okay, very good."

Su Man leaned back in her leather seat, swirling the wine glass in her hand, her possessiveness almost overflowing from her eyes.

"It seems that ordinary temptations have no effect on him."

"Since money can't buy it, and power can't suppress it..."

She chuckled softly, the sound echoing in the enclosed carriage, carrying a chilling sweetness.

"Then let's try a different way of playing."

"Since he likes to play the gentleman, then I'll play along. I want to see if this Officer Lu can still maintain his 'moral integrity' when a beautiful snake sheathes her fangs and becomes docile and charming."

"Drive. Back to the hotel."

"I need to figure out how to swallow this tough nut, bit by bit..."