The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

Inside the room, Li Kaixin got up early today because he had promised Liu Jianming yesterday that he would go hunting.

He was already dressed in his hunting gear and sitting on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) waiting.

Before long, the sound of Liu Jianming and his group talking could be heard from outside.

Li Kaixin was about to get up to open the door.

Just then, a clear, cold female voice suddenly rang out, instantly freezing him in place.

Li Kaixin was very familiar with the owner of that voice; the person had cursed him for over an hour in the early hours of yesterday morning.

More importantly, Liu Jianming seemed to have mentioned yesterday that he was pursuing a girl. Could it be her?

Thinking of this, Li Kaixin took a deep breath and quickly went through the process in his mind.

After confirming that he hadn't left any clues that morning, he picked up his gun and walked towards the door.

Outside the door, Liu Jianming had already led Zhou Anran and Chen Kun and the others outside.

He had just raised his hand to knock when the door opened from the inside.

Li Kaixin came out, greeting everyone with a big smile: "Good morning, Jianming!"

As he finished speaking, his gaze swept over the short-haired girl behind Liu Jianming, and sure enough, it was Zhou Anran.

"Hey, Kaixin, you're all ready and geared up!" Liu Jianming said with a smile, looking at his neat outfit.

"Of course! You've personally asked, how could I not be enthusiastic!"

As Li Kaixin spoke, he pointed to Zhou Anran behind him and deliberately said, "Brother Jianming, isn't this the sister-in-law you were talking about?"

Zhou Anran, who was still curiously observing Li Kaixin, blushed immediately upon hearing these words.

Liu Jianming was no better; he quickly waved his hand and explained:

"Kaixin, don't talk nonsense! Zhou Anran and I are just ordinary colleagues."

However, the panicked expression on Liu Jianming's face had already betrayed his little scheme.

"Oh, it seems I misunderstood." Li Kaixin feigned realization and looked around. "Jianming, where's your wife? Didn't you say she was coming today?"

"Kaixin, when did I say that?!" Liu Jianming frantically winked at Li Kaixin, wishing he could shut him up immediately.

Chen Kun and the other three police officers standing nearby couldn't hold back their laughter any longer.

"Really? Then I must have remembered it wrong yesterday."

Li Kaixin stopped there and looked at Zhou Anran behind him: "Comrade Zhou, don't be angry. I was just joking with Brother Jianming."

"N-nothing, Comrade Li." Zhou Anran pursed her lips and glanced at Liu Jianming subconsciously.

However, her little tricks could not escape Li Kaixin's eyes.

It seems that Zhou Anran also has feelings for Liu Jianming, but it's unknown whether Liu Jianming himself has noticed.

At this moment, Liu Jianming quickly interrupted the two:

"Alright, Kaixin, let's stop chatting here and get going."

As soon as he finished speaking, fearing that Li Kaixin might say something embarrassing, he turned around and quickly walked towards the courtyard gate.

Seeing this, Li Kaixin exchanged glances with Zhou Anran and Chen Kun, and then they followed.

Outside the courtyard, the car was parked quietly at the entrance of the alley.

Because it was just dawn, there were only a few people walking around outside.

After leaving the courtyard, Liu Jianming went around to the passenger seat.

He then opened the car door and turned to call out to Li Kaixin, "Kaixin, come sit here!"

"Brother Jianming, I won't sit here. Please let Comrade Zhou sit here instead." Li Kaixin walked up with a smile.

"Thanks, bro!"

Liu Jianming didn't insist. He turned around and went to Zhou Anran, saying gently, "Anran, you can sit in the passenger seat."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Anran quickly shook her head: "Captain Liu, that won't do. I'll sit in the back!"

"Comrade Zhou, please don't refuse," Li Kaixin said with a smile.

"This car is full of men, it's not convenient for you, a woman, to sit in the back. Besides, I haven't seen Jianming for a while, so we can sit together and catch up."

"This, this..." Zhou Anran was still somewhat hesitant.

Chen Kun and three other police officers standing nearby exchanged glances and immediately began offering their own advice:

"Yes, Sister Zhou, Comrade Kaixin is right. You can't let us grown men squeeze in like this."

"Comrade Anran, please don't refuse."

Seeing that everyone had said so, Zhou Anran couldn't refuse any longer: "Okay, thank you all."

After saying that, he got into the passenger seat.

Li Kaixin, Liu Jianming, and Chen Kun didn't linger any longer; everyone except Chen Kun got into the back of the car.

The car then slowly started moving and soon drove out of the alley.

In the back of the car, Li Kaixin sat next to Liu Jian and was the first to speak:

"Brother Jianming, you have a good eye. Comrade Zhou Anran looks like the kind of person who knows how to manage a household."

Although, judging from our contact early yesterday morning, Anran's temper hasn't been very good this week.

But since his brother liked it, he had no choice but to offer a few words of praise against his conscience.

Upon hearing this, Liu Jianming turned and glared at Li Kaixin: "Kaixin, you have the nerve to say that? Just now in the yard, you almost made me lose face in front of Anran."

"Brother Jianming, I was just helping you out, why aren't you appreciating it!"

Li Kaixin looked innocent, then leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Also, I think Comrade Zhou is obviously interested in you, so you should be brave."

"Really? How did you figure that out?" Liu Jianming suppressed his anger, somewhat incredulous.

"Of course, Jianming-ge, it's so obvious, didn't you see it?"

Li Kaixin really didn't expect Liu Jianming to be so slow on the uptake; it seems he'll have to help his brother out.

So he cleared his throat and shouted directly to the other three policemen in the back of the carriage:

"Brothers, tell me, does Comrade Zhou have those kinds of feelings for your Captain Liu?"

"Kaixin, what are you saying!" Liu Jianming panicked and quickly covered his mouth.

But the words had already been spoken, and at that moment the three policemen in the back of the car also perked up and started making a fuss.

"Comrade Li, is that even a question? Sister Zhou definitely has feelings for Brother Liu!"

"Yes, we all saw Comrade An Ran steal a glance at Brother Liu in the courtyard just now."

"Exactly, exactly! I don't know what Brother Liu is still dawdling about!"

Li Kaixin listened to these words and winked at Liu Jianming with a smile:

"Did you hear that, Jianming? Everyone's saying that, shouldn't you take action?"

"Go away, if you keep doing this, believe me, I'll beat you up." Liu Jianming pretended to be very angry.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help but glance at the passenger seat.

Seeing that there was no movement from the other side, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

What Liu Jianming didn't know was that Zhou Anran, sitting in the passenger seat, was already blushing furiously.

Li Kaixin had deliberately raised her voice when she said those words, so how could she not have heard them?

Chen Kun, who was driving the car, also secretly glanced at Zhou Anran. Seeing her expression, he wisely kept quiet.