Roses in Flames

Xiao Lin had just come out of the interrogation room. He was wearing a police uniform shirt with the sleeves rolled up a bit, revealing his strong and muscular forearms.

The shirt hem was neatly tucked into the police trousers, and the matte black leather belt accentuated his lean and taut waist.

Tall and imposing, with a cool and rugged handsomeness, exuding a strong sense of masculine hormones.

"Sister Yuntang, her name is Su Qingran. She works at the intelligence center. Before you came, she was the most beautiful policewoman in our district. Now that you're here, the position of most beautiful policewoman is definitely yours."

Recently, Cheng Lei has become familiar with Ye Yuntang, and in private he no longer calls her Forensic Doctor Ye, but Sister Yuntang.

"Don't engage in female competition; girls are beautiful in their own way, so there's no need to compare them."

Cheng Lei smiled and nodded, "Sister Yuntang is right."

Ye Yuntang saw Su Qingran follow Xiao Lin into his office.

"Our boss is really popular. I don't know what kind of spell his fiancée cast on him. Out of so many suitors, he only loves his vain fiancée who looks down on him."

Ye Yuntang looked at Cheng Lei and asked curiously, "Does your boss have a lot of suitors?"

"Yeah, needless to say, there's Officer Su Qingran. Every time she sees our boss, her eyes light up with pink bubbles." Cheng Lei lowered his voice and gossiped, "There was also a super rich woman who was kidnapped. Our boss rescued her, and afterwards she wanted to repay him with her body. She sent ninety-nine roses to us every day and treated everyone in our office to lavish meals. Our boss warned her directly that if she dared to come looking for him again, he would report her for harassment."

Ye Yuntang imagined that scene.

These are indeed words that someone as cold and ruthless as Xiao Lin would say.

"Lei Zi, don't envy your eldest son. You're quite handsome too. I'll introduce you to some beautiful girls sometime."

Cheng Lei's dark face flushed instantly, and he scratched his head shyly, "Then I'll thank Sister Yuntang in advance."

After clocking out of get off work, Ye Yuntang went to the supermarket.

I've been too busy lately and moved to a rented apartment, so I haven't cooked a single meal myself.

She carried the bag and entered the elevator.

Just as the elevator doors were about to close, someone pressed a button from the outside.

The elevator doors reopened.

A tall, upright figure walked in.

Xiao Lin.

The moment she saw him appear, a look of surprise flashed in Ye Yuntang's beautiful eyes.

Why is he here?

Besides Ye Yuntang, there were other residents in the elevator.

Seeing that Xiao Lin didn't even glance at her, Ye Yuntang had no choice but to pretend she didn't know him.

Out of the corner of her eye, she couldn't help but glance at him.

He had one hand in his pocket, his features were cold and sharp, and he exuded an aura that kept strangers at bay.

He didn't even press the elevator button after he came in.

Could it be that he knew she lived here and came looking for her?

Didn't you say you wouldn't have sex with your colleagues?

Dead Man Pretender.

A man who is secretly passionate but actually secretly horny.

Ye Yuntang's lips curled into a smile that even she herself didn't realize.

Her rented apartment was on the sixth floor.

When the elevator arrived, she was the first to step out.

Out of the corner of her eye, she kept an eye on the man's movements.

Sure enough, he followed him out.

After taking a few steps into the corridor, Ye Yuntang suddenly turned to face the man.

The man probably didn't expect her to turn around. Before he could stop, her body bumped into his chest.

Xiao Lin's facial features were taut, and his tall body quickly took a few steps back.

Seeing how he avoided her like the plague, Ye Yuntang was both angry and amused.

She put down the bag in her hand, took a few steps forward, and moved closer to him.

Xiao Lin didn't back down any further. He stared intently at Ye Yuntang with his dark eyes. "What are you doing?"

Ye Yuntang looked up at him.

Sunlight streamed in through the window, falling on his cold, gaunt face. His features were sharp and distinct, as if carved by a knife. His nose was high and straight like a mountain, and his thin, rosy lips were sharply defined. He had a remarkably handsome and upright face.

It would be even better if his aura wasn't so cold and indifferent.

Her gaze swept from his face to his prominent Adam's apple.

Recalling the experience of filming together that night, she lightly licked her lips with the tip of her tongue.

Seeing her lick her lips, he frowned almost imperceptibly. "Ye Yuntang, be serious."

Looking into the man's deep, dark, narrow eyes, which seemed to hold some turbulent undercurrent, Ye Yuntang couldn't help but smile. "Excuse me, I was reminded of the scene of you eating cherries."

She raised her head, revealing a beautiful, fair neck. At such close range, the bluish veins beneath her delicate white skin were clearly visible.

He pressed his tongue against his cheek, his ears burning, and moved his dark, narrow eyes away from her. "Get to the point."

Cold and dignified, serious and solemn.

She was a completely different person from the man who had grabbed her waist and forcibly kissed her that night.

If he didn't look exactly the same as her, she would have suspected that he had a split personality.

"What are you pretending for?" Ye Yuntang poked the man's hard, muscular arm with her slender white finger. "Didn't you come to see me?"

She tiptoed, her red lips close to his ear, "Didn't you say you wouldn't have casual sex with colleagues? Why did you follow me here?"

Ye Yuntang lightly hooked her fingertips around the man's shirt button, "I didn't expect Captain Xiao to be so flirtatious, even coming to my door..."

Before she could finish speaking, the man coldly and ruthlessly pushed her away.

Ye Yuntang lost her balance and stumbled back several steps.

My back hit the wall, and I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder blade.

She glared at Xiao Lin, both embarrassed and annoyed. "What are you pretending to be so high and mighty for? You followed me here because you wanted to..."

The rest of the conversation ended abruptly.

Because she saw the man walk to the apartment across from hers, enter the password, and go inside.

The door slammed shut.

Ye Yuntang was dumbfounded.

When she realized that Xiao Lin hadn't come with her, but that he had always lived across from her, her mind went blank and her face burned red.

She stood there, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

God.

This is so embarrassing, I really want to wash myself.

After taking a deep breath, Ye Yuntang picked up the bag from the ground and quickly ran back to her apartment.

After putting her things away, she ran into the bathroom and washed her face with cold water.

It took a while for the heat on my face to dissipate.

During the meal, she chatted with her best friend Xia Wan for a while.

Xia Wan: "I've blocked Bai Chuwei. They say loving someone is like growing flowers, but I think Fu Shili is like paraquat; whoever gets involved with him is doomed."

Xia Wan: "Sister, you have to think more positively. Don't let one jerk make you condemn all men in the world."

Ye Yuntang replied, "I'm very open-minded about it. As for men, if they're handsome, you can just look at them and play around with them. Marrying them would only shorten your lifespan."

My mother called and asked me to come home for dinner this weekend.

After finishing the call, I prepared to continue chatting with Xia Wan.

Suddenly, she realized that the message she replied to was no longer in her chat with Xia Wan.

She exited the chat window and found that there were 99+ messages in the work group.

She clicked on it and took a look.

Upon closer inspection, I was stunned.

She mistakenly sent that message to the work group.

When she sent that message, someone else was sending a message in the work group. She didn't see the chat box clearly before she typed out a line of text and sent it.

It's too late to withdraw now.

Her remarks caused an uproar in the group.

Cheng Lei tagged her: "Sister Yuntang, have you broken up with your boyfriend?"

Song Che tagged her: "Sister Yuntang, who hurt you so deeply? You've lost hope in us men!"

Xiao Wei tagged her: "Sister Yuntang, hug."

Even the criminal investigation team's specially hired psychological expert tagged her: "Xiao Ye, come to my office on Monday, I'll give you some psychological counseling."

Ye Yuntang was so embarrassed she wanted to die.

Is it too late for her to leave the group now?

Ye Yuntang scrolled through the chat history.

One of the comments made by a woman named Chu Yu caught her attention.

Chu Yu: "When I saw her say that, was I the only one whose first reaction was that she's a scumbag? I hope she doesn't cause any more scandals and tarnish the reputation of our police station."

Immediately afterwards, Su Qingran replied, "Yu Yu, don't talk nonsense in the group."

Chu Yu: "Our Qingran is still pure and beautiful. Those of you in the criminal investigation group, don't let some filters fool you into being deceived by some scumbag girls."

Ye Yuntang's lips twitched with anger when she saw Chu Yu's two comments.

She has no connection with her at all, so why is she so hostile towards her?

Forget it, she just arrived at this police station, there's no need for her to argue with people in the group chat.

Realizing she had added Cheng Lei and Song Che on WeChat but hadn't added Xiao Lin yet, she found Xiao Lin's WeChat in the group chat.

Xiao Lin's WeChat profile picture is a side profile photo of him wearing a black windbreaker and black sunglasses.

He has a high, straight nose, a hard, angular face, and a sharp jawline.

Even through the screen, he exudes an aloof and cold demeanor.

But it also has an inexplicable air of abstinence and coolness.

No wonder so many women like it; it really is quite alluring.

Xiao Lin's WeChat name was simply "Xiao". After Ye Yuntang wrote her name in the nickname, she requested to add him as a friend.

With WeChat, communication at work will be much easier in the future.

And about the misunderstanding she had with him today, after he accepted her request, she apologized to him on WeChat.

She has always been a person who dares to take responsibility and correct her mistakes.

Ye Yuntang went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. After she finished, she picked up her phone and glanced at it.

Xiao Lin has not yet accepted her friend request.

He might not be looking at his phone; she should wait a little longer.

Ye Yuntang hung the washed clothes on the balcony to dry, and then took a shower.

An hour has passed since she added him as a friend.

She glanced at her phone again.

He still didn't pass.

!!!

She was starting to get a little angry.

What does Xiao Gou mean? Is he deliberately not adding her?

Ye Yuntang didn't want internal strife or wild speculation, so she opened the door and rushed to the opposite side of the apartment building.

Knock, knock, knock!