A super-rich tycoon? No, just call me the gentlemanly gigolo.

Upon hearing Jiang Ye mention delivering dumplings, Officer An raised an eyebrow, clearly annoyed: "Playing a joke, huh? Am I supposed to be hanging around your fish stall again in a couple of days?"

Jiang Ye quickly waved his hand, his face sincere: "I misunderstood, Officer An. I just felt really bad for disturbing your rest in the middle of the night with something so small. You've worked so hard, really."

Officer An glanced at him, too lazy to argue with him anymore, and tapped the table:

"Alright, stop with the nonsense. Call your friend and have them come pick you up."

"what?"

Jiang Ye was stunned for a moment, a little dumbfounded: "Officer An, I... I wasn't arrested for prostitution, do I need to notify my family? I can go back by myself."

Officer An chuckled, leaned back, reopened his notebook, and picked up a pen: "Oh? From what you're saying, it involves prostitution? Come on, let's have a proper chat. Are you the buyer... or the seller?"

"No, no, no!"

Jiang Ye was speechless: "I was just giving an example! I'm a law-abiding citizen, I don't know anything about those things! What I mean is, my matter... isn't that serious, is it?"

Whether it's serious or not is another matter.

Officer An waved his hand, interrupting him: "It's mainly because it's too late, almost 1 a.m. If you go back alone, and something happens on the way, or you get cornered by that Zhang Wenhai, it'll be troublesome. For safety's sake, it's better to have a friend pick you up, then we'll feel at ease. No need to call family members, a friend will do."

After saying that, without giving Jiang Ye any further chance to bargain, he got up and left the interrogation room, closing the door behind him.

Jiang Ye was left sitting alone in the chair, looking at the phone that had just been returned to him, feeling a bit lost.

It's the middle of the night...who should I call to pick me up?

Those guys in my dorm?

They're all interning at Dajing, but a few from the same department are doing independent internships at Shengtian. How do you explain that?

If they find out he's in jail, who knows what outrageous stories they might come up with? Tomorrow the whole school will be buzzing with the rumor that he was "detained for a dispute over prostitution fees."

Mom? Absolutely not. If she knew, she'd be frantic with worry.

He scrolled through his WeChat friend list, his gaze finally settling on an orange profile picture—Ye Cheng.

It seems... she's the only one left.

Although they'll likely be looked down upon, well... they're a couple, so what?

Jiang Ye cleared his throat and dialed Ye Cheng's voice call.

The phone rang for a long time, and just when he thought the other party had muted it, it was finally answered, and Ye Cheng's sleepy voice came through:

"Feed... Jiang Ye? What are you doing in the middle of the night?"

"Um... well, Chengcheng... I've run into a little problem here."

"What's going on? Don't tell me you can't hold it in anymore!"

"What are you saying... cough, I'm at the police station right now."

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, followed by Ye Cheng's speechless voice: "Arrested for soliciting prostitution?! I knew it! You were bound to get into trouble sooner or later!"

"Damn it! How dare you talk like that?! Do you think I can get arrested?...No! Do you think I can solicit prostitutes?"

"and you......"

"I was... acting as a hero! Yes, acting as a hero! There was a small misunderstanding during the process..."

"An act of heroism?"

Ye Cheng's voice was full of doubt: "Who would get themselves into the police station for doing a good deed? You're kidding me! What exactly happened?"

Jiang Ye had no choice but to quickly recount how he had encountered Lin Wanxing and Zhang Wenhai arguing outside the bar that night, how he had followed them out of a sense of justice, and how he had been reported by a concerned citizen and taken to the police station.

A longer silence followed on the other end of the phone.

Jiang Ye thought the signal had been cut off and couldn't help but "feed" twice.

"So, you mean... you stayed up late at night, went to a bar to watch the commotion, and then, to protect a girl being followed by a pervert, bravely chose to follow that pervert, only to be arrested by the police as an even bigger pervert?"

"Hmm... the word 'brave' is well used, but I can't agree with the term 'utter pervert'."

"..."

"......"

Send me the address.

"OK, I'll send it to you right away."

......

About an hour later, in the reception hall of the police station.

Jiang Ye was sitting on the bench, picking at his fingers, when he heard a noise coming from the doorway.

Looking up, I saw Ye Cheng, wrapped up like a rice dumpling, being led in by the police officer on duty.

She had never experienced such a grand reception before, and looked around with curiosity.

Officer An also came out upon hearing the commotion. Seeing Ye Cheng, he looked her up and down, nudged Jiang Ye beside him with his elbow, and whispered, "Girlfriend?"

Jiang Ye hummed in agreement: "Yes, my girlfriend."

Officer An nodded thoughtfully, his last remaining doubts dispelled.

Actually, for such a minor matter, a simple registration would have been enough to let the person go. However, the "reverse tailing" that this kid had come up with was a bit too abstract, so he felt that he should give Jiang Ye a slight warning to teach him a lesson.

But now that I think about it, this guy has such a beautiful and seemingly normal girlfriend, so he probably isn't the kind of pervert with weird fetishes... right?

Ye Cheng approached Officer An and bowed repeatedly, saying, "I'm so sorry, Officer, for causing you trouble! It's the middle of the night, thank you for your hard work!"

Officer An waved his hand with a smile, his attitude becoming much more amiable: "It's alright, it's alright. Young people have a sense of justice, that's a good thing, just be careful about your methods. Just sign here and you can go. Don't be so 'heroic' in the future."

"Yes, yes, don't worry, it definitely won't happen again!"

As Ye Cheng made her promise, she signed her name in the duty log and turned to glare at Jiang Ye with a disgruntled look.

Jiang Ye touched his nose, quickly got up, and followed her outside.

As soon as Ye Cheng stepped out of the police station, a cold night wind blew, and she immediately shivered, pulling her down jacket even tighter.

She stopped, turned around, and angrily pinched Jiang Ye's arm:

"Staying up in the middle of the night instead of sleeping, following a pervert? I'm speechless. That's incredibly dangerous!"

Jiang Ye rubbed his arm and grimaced as he explained, "I already said it was an act of heroism! I couldn't just pretend I didn't see it... Hey? Right, I forgot about the phone call earlier. Your dorm building must be locked up by now, right? What did you tell the dorm supervisor? Did she let you out?"

"What else can I say?"

Ye Cheng snorted, took out her phone and waved it: "Call the counselor, make up an excuse, say my boyfriend was in a car accident and is in the hospital, and wants to see me one last time before his cremation."

Jiang Ye: "..."

His lips twitched slightly: "Isn't your reason... a bit too harsh?"

"Otherwise what?"

Ye Cheng retorted irritably, "It's the middle of the night, and it has to be me, what can I say?"

Jiang Ye looked at the girl's charming appearance under the streetlight, coughed lightly, and began to implement the second layer of his plan to turn the tables on her.

"Um... Chengcheng, look how late it is, you definitely can't get back to school. It's so cold outside, how about we... find somewhere to make do?"