Roses in Flames

The lights were turned off, plunging the room into darkness.

The air was eerily quiet.

Ye Yuntang buried his face in the blanket, and a refreshing and pleasant masculine scent wafted into his nose.

It's Xiao Lin's scent.

She thought he was too busy with work to pay much attention to personal hygiene.

Surprisingly, his bedding was clean and fresh, and even smelled faintly of laundry detergent.

Thunderclaps erupted outside, one after another.

Ye Yuntang's fingers, which were gripping the blanket, tightened slightly.

The man sleeping on the floor, whether asleep or not, Ye Yuntang peeked her face out from under the covers. "Captain Xiao, I want to hold you. Can you come sleep on the bed?"

The man on the floor said, "Shut up and go to sleep."

The room was quiet for a while.

But soon, the woman got off the bed and went straight to his makeshift bed on the floor.

She crawled into his blanket.

Just as Xiao Lin was about to reach out and lift the woman out, she wrapped her arms around his lean waist.

Don't push me away.

Ye Yuntang's lips trembled slightly. "Two years ago, my sister secretly returned to attend my wedding, but she was accidentally followed by criminals who suspected her identity. They raped her and dumped her body in the wilderness like garbage."

Ye Yuntang buried her face in the man's chest, her voice trembling slightly in the darkness, "My sister is an undercover police officer. If she hadn't come back to deliver my wedding gift, she wouldn't have been targeted. Those vicious people would rather kill the innocent than let the guilty go free—"

Xiao Lin felt a warm, damp sensation seeping into his chest.

The hand that had been raised to push the woman away was now gently patted on her shoulder.

"That criminal organization hasn't been eradicated yet. Actually, I applied for an undercover mission a year ago, but I wasn't qualified enough. My superiors said I needed to gain more experience for another year or two before participating in specialized undercover training."

Xiao Lin lowered his eyes to look at the woman in his arms.

In the darkness, he could only vaguely make out a slender outline.

A complex look appeared in his eyes. "You're braver than I thought."

Ye Yuntang's long eyelashes trembled slightly. "When life is peaceful, someone always has to be on the front lines. My sister is my role model. I hope that one day I can personally catch the criminals who killed my sister."

Xiao Lin gave a soft "hmm".

Ye Yuntang raised her long eyelashes and looked at the man, "Captain Xiao, what about you? Why did you become a policeman?"

Xiao Lin stared intently at the ceiling with his dark eyes, his thin lips pressed tightly together, and he remained silent.

Ye Yuntang sensed a heavy aura emanating from him.

"Don't say things you're not comfortable saying."

Xiao Lin closed his eyes briefly, concealing the emotions within them. "For someone very important."

Ye Yuntang immediately perked up her ears.

She sensed there was a story behind it.

After waiting for a long time, he still didn't continue speaking.

Ye Yuntang reached out and poked his pectoral muscle. "Nothing more?"

Xiao Lin grasped her fingers that were poking around, "Don't touch me like that."

"You have a great figure but you won't let me touch you? Or, how about you touch mine?"

Xiao Lin's breathing became heavier.

This woman can't be serious for more than a few minutes.

He tightened his grip on her fingers, his large hand squeezing them. "Is this how you treat all handsome men with good bodies?"

Ye Yuntang tilted her head back, her red lips close to his Adam's apple, "Of course not, I also want someone who is good at it."

Xiao Lin, "..."

Ye Yuntang withdrew her fingertips from his large hand, and slowly stroked along his strong, muscular chest to his well-defined abs. "Did you let Bai Chuwei touch you?"

Whether it was the touch of her fingertips or the stimulation of her words, the man's abdominal muscles suddenly tensed.

The outline of his eight-pack abs is even more defined.

Her fingers were once again grasped by the man's large hand.

This time, the temperature of his palm was even hotter.

He looked down at her, his breathing noticeably heavier, his low, husky voice carrying a dangerous and chilling tone, "Ye Yuntang, that night at the bar was just an accident. I won't sleep with you again. You'd better give up on that idea of ​​playing with me."

play?

Which eye of hers saw that she only wanted to play with people?

Suddenly remembering the message she had mistakenly sent to the work group, a smile involuntarily crept onto her lips. "So, do you like being played with and manipulated by me?"

As she spoke, her breath touched his neck.

It felt like a tiny electric current passing through me, both tingling and numb.

He pressed her head into his chest, then slapped her buttocks hard with his large hand, showing no mercy. "Shut up and go to sleep."

Ye Yuntang, "..."

overbearing.

autocratic.

You jerk.

She had thought she wouldn't be able to sleep tonight, but as the man's long, strong arms held her tightly, and she leaned against his broad, muscular chest, inhaling his incredibly reassuring scent, her eyelids slowly grew heavy.

When she woke up in the morning, the man was no longer beside her.

Ye Yuntang folded the blanket for the man, then hugged her own pillow and left the room.

As I passed by the kitchen, I saw a tall, long-legged man standing in front of the counter, making breakfast.

Ye Yuntang quietly walked over, tiptoed, and peeked at the man from behind.

"Wow~ Captain Xiao can even make breakfast?"

He cooked noodles and fried eggs, and it looked quite professional.

Xiao Lin turned to look at Ye Yuntang, then pointed to one of the bowls of noodles, "Take it back to your apartment and eat it."

Ye Yuntang raised an eyebrow. "Can't I eat here with you?"

"Can't."

Ye Yuntang, "You hate me that much?"

The man's cold, hard lips tightened. "Ye Yuntang, do you think you're so charming that every man you flirt with will succumb to your allure?"

Ye Yuntang wondered what was wrong with him again. Had he taken some kind of poison this morning?

He had stirred her emotions; she raised her chin, her red lips curving into a slight smile, "If you weren't tempted, why did you sleep with me that night? Did I force you?"

The veins on Xiao Lin's forehead bulged slightly, and he clenched his large hand, which was hanging at his side, into a fist. "If you're so confident, how come your ex-husband still cheated on you?"

The air fell silent instantly.

Ye Yuntang never expected that Xiao Lin would reopen her wounds.

Her blood boiled, and she glared at him fiercely with her beautiful eyes. "You're no different, poor and useless. That's why your fiancée became my ex-husband's mistress."

Sparks flew in the air, and the atmosphere between the two was like a bowstring stretched to its limit, tense and ready to burst at any moment.

Xiao Lin's fists clenched and cracked.

Ye Yuntang even thought he wanted to beat her up.

His jawline was taut as if carved by a knife, his eyes sharp and cold. He pointed to the door, "Get out!"

"Fine, I'll leave then. You think I care about you that much?"

If he weren't the captain of the criminal investigation team in her new unit, she wouldn't bother with him anymore.

Ye Yuntang tossed her long hair and stormed off.

Xiao Lin watched the woman's departing figure, suppressing the dark fire surging in his long, slender eyes.

God knows he didn't sleep a wink last night.

The woman was restless in her sleep; one moment she would slip her hand into his robe, the next she would drape her long legs over his waist.

They tormented him terribly.

Since I don't have much contact with her now, I should draw a clear line as soon as possible.

Otherwise, he'll suffer later.

The message she accidentally sent in the group yesterday also revealed her mindset.

She only played around with men.

……

Last night, the man took her in and even let her sleep in his arms all night.

Ye Yuntang had originally planned to invite him to dinner.

After arguing this morning, all she wants now is for him to eat shit.

Does he really think he's so charming that she has no choice but to seduce him?

Damn it, she was furious.

Aside from work-related interactions, she didn't want to look at him again.

After taking a shower, Ye Yuntang composed herself and went to work with her bag.

She was about to be late, so after entering the office building, she quickly walked to the elevator.

I pressed the button, and the elevator doors, which were about to close, reopened.

There were quite a few people standing in the elevator.

Among them was the scoundrel who had argued with her that morning.

He was dressed casually today, with one hand in his pocket, his profile sharp and cold.

He didn't even glance at her out of the corner of his eye when he saw her enter the elevator.

Ye Yuntang also didn't look at him.

Today she wore a beige chiffon blouse, matching wide-leg pants, and a thin choker around her neck, giving her a cool and elegant look.

Her long hair was tied in a low ponytail, and thin-rimmed glasses perched on her elegant nose, making her look noble, aloof, and charming.

Cheng Lei, standing in the corner of the elevator, waved to Ye Yuntang and said, "Sister Yuntang, you look beautiful today."

Ye Yuntang nodded. "Thank you. I've ordered coffee. I'll treat you to some later."

When they got off the elevator, neither she nor Xiao Lin looked at each other.

Not long after, the coffee Ye Yuntang bought arrived.

Everyone in the forensic department and the criminal investigation team office has one, except for Xiao Lin.