Take her as my wife

In order to find evidence of Du Yucheng's drug-impaired driving, Jiang Ni turned her attention back to checking his medical records from the day of the car accident.

Because of this, she kept her promise to treat Wang Xiang to dinner. By then, Wang Xiang already knew about her job from Jiang Fengyu, and before accepting the invitation, she specifically asked, "You're not going to lie to me again, are you?"

Jiang Ni replied frankly, "No."

Then Wang Xiang happily went to the agreed restaurant.

When he arrived, he was quite surprised to find that Jiang Ni was alone, and blurted out, "Your boyfriend didn't come?"

After pretending to be Tan Wen's "girlfriend" a few times, Jiang Ni had gotten used to it. She was just wondering how Wang Xiang knew she had a "boyfriend," but she still explained, "He's at work."

"What do you do?" Wang Xiang asked purely out of curiosity.

Jiang Ni didn't go into too much detail, vaguely saying, "Police."

"Oh, you two, one a lawyer and the other a policeman, are a perfect match," Wang Xiang thought to himself. No wonder he was so wary, questioning me like I was a criminal.

Jiang Ni didn't continue the conversation. She handed the menu to Wang Xiang and said, "Order whatever you want."

Wang Xiang didn't stand on ceremony with her; instead, he became distant and took the order to choose a few dishes.

While waiting for the food, Jiang Ni gradually brought up the topic: "The family I visited told me that Du Yucheng was not seriously injured on the day of the car accident, and did not need to be in intensive care for several days."

"Oh? So that's just false information spread by the Du family," Wang Xiang casually remarked. "Anyway, in that situation, his father would definitely transfer him to one of his own hospitals. Whether it's serious or not is up to them to decide."

"A hospital run by our own people? It seems Tianheng doesn't own any medical institutions."

"His uncle's family has one, it's that well-known private hospital on Jichang Street," Wang Xiang thought for a moment, "It's called... Kesheng Medical Center."

Coincidentally, Jichang Street falls within the jurisdiction of the police district where Tan Wen works.

Jiang Ni seemed to be deep in thought.

Midway through the meal, Jiang Ni's phone rang.

It was Tan Wen calling.

"Sister, I think I see you."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ni subconsciously looked up and glanced around: "What are you doing here? Have you had lunch?"

No sooner had I asked than I saw Tan Wen's figure. He wasn't alone; Feng Yin was standing next to him.

Tan noticed she had been noticed and waved, "Not yet, we have some things to do, you eat by yourself—is that your sister's colleague?"

"No." With Wang Xiang right in front of her, she didn't say much and didn't give Tan a proper "introduction".

Just then, Wang Xiang used serving chopsticks to put a dish on Jiang Ni's plate—Tan Wen frowned, unable to suppress his irritation.

"You have to eat this while it's hot, otherwise it won't taste right," Wang Xiang whispered a reminder.

At the same time, Jiang Ni heard Tan Wen say, "Sister, I'm leaving first. You guys, take your time eating."

Jiang Ni had just said "okay" when the call ended. She saw Tan Wen put away his phone and quickly disappear with Feng Yin.

Wang Xiang jokingly asked, "Is your boyfriend checking up on you?"

"He said he just happened to be passing by and saw us eating here." Jiang Ni didn't take it to heart.

Wang Xiang then said, "That's terrible! I just put food on your plate; won't he misunderstand?"

Jiang Ni paused, looked up at him, a hint of doubt in her eyes: "?"

Wang Xiang said with a smile, "We men are actually quite jealous too—but someone like Attorney Jiang probably isn't very jealous."

In reality, Jiang Ni had never experienced this feeling.

In matters of love, she witnessed a girl confessing her feelings to Tan Yan, but she didn't think anything of it; in matters of family, she saw Jiang Qiaonan showing great affection for her younger siblings, but she didn't think anything of it either.

In her view, the former was due to trust, while the latter was due to indifference.

As for Tan Wen... Tan Wen doesn't have such a narrow mind. Besides, they're not even a couple. Why would Tan Wen be jealous?

That doesn't make sense.

*

As Feng Yin walked alongside Tan Wen, she realized that she was falling behind Tan Wen's pace.

"Brother Wen," he said with concern, taking a few steps over his shoulder, "you just got stitches, don't walk so fast, be careful the wound opens up."

Tan Wen ignored him; he was practically soaking in the vinegar from that overturned bottle by now. If he were truly Jiang Ni's boyfriend, he would have openly walked in and sat down with her, instead of making that pathetic, pointless phone call.

Unable to persuade him otherwise, Feng had no choice but to follow him forward.

After crossing another street, Tan Wen led Feng Yin into a residential area.

"This is my friend's house. It's very convenient to take the subway to the police station from here; the commute is only about 20 minutes. Once your internship ends during the holidays, you can just settle the water and electricity bills."

Knowing he wouldn't accept her rent, Feng clenched her fingers a few times and thanked him earnestly, "Thank you, Brother Wen... I'm sorry for troubling you."

Tan Wen opened the door and came in, making way for him: "This is no trouble. This matter isn't over today. We'll go find Senior Brother Xie this afternoon."

"I... I'll go by myself. I'm afraid I'll drag you down with me," Feng Yin said, her head bowed. "Luo Fan has his father protecting him."

Otherwise, he wouldn't have tolerated Luo Fan's刁难 (difficulties/challenges) in the first place. He knew Tan Wen was capable, but in society, even if you're capable, you can't withstand being bullied.

Tan had his own methods, only asking, "You can't just let him bully you for so many days, can you?"

Feng Yin adjusted his glasses: "Of course not."

He pulled up a video on his phone: "The second time he targeted me, I recorded it."

Tan Wen knew he was smart, not as dull and honest as he seemed, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Come on, let's go back and teach him and his father a lesson."

The two returned to the police station and found Xie Tao.

"Senior brother, take a look at this." Tan Wen handed Xie Tao the video from Feng Yin's phone and the recording from his own phone.

Feng Yin lived in a dormitory provided by her work unit, which was supposed to be shared by four people, but in reality only two people lived there: Feng Yin and Luo Fan.

Luo Fan's father is a veteran police officer who is about to retire. His son followed in his footsteps. Luo Fan has only been working here for a little over half a year. He is still quite polite to everyone else. He probably looks down on Feng Yin because of his poor family background and the fact that he comes from a rural area. However, he is also jealous of the fact that Feng Yin got into a good school and had the opportunity to do an internship in his second year of college. So he has been targeting Feng Yin.

They didn't physically assault me ​​often, but their verbal abuse was extremely offensive.

He always uses the term "country bumpkin".

Tan Wen lifted his shirt to show Xie Tao his injury: "I went to talk to Luo Fan about this this morning, and this afternoon he sent people to ambush us. They even brought knives."

In fact, given Tan Wen's skills, those thugs couldn't have hurt him at all. The reason Tan Wen took that knife was simply to make the matter bigger and escalate it to a more serious level.

Therefore, it won't be so easy for Luo Fan's father to protect him.