My girlfriend isn't as cute as me.

The police officer who was questioning the man slowly raised his eyebrows, checked the man's ID card again, and carefully read through the information on it.

Lin Jiu, male, Han ethnicity. This name and gender match the information on the ID card, but... the police officer looked up at the delicate beauty sitting at the table and couldn't tell from any angle that she was a man.

Lin Jiu was wearing a women's uniform that looked like it belonged to some school, and the middle-aged policeman couldn't identify the name of the clothes at all.

Beneath the short sleeves, her arms were as white as freshly peeled water chestnuts, her slender hands as smooth as jade. The rose gold handcuffs, half soft pink and half milky white, shimmered with a dreamlike, moonlit glow under the light. The intense restraint against her hands forced the handcuffed suspect to abandon any desire to resist, making her appear incredibly docile.

Lin Jiu seemed to notice the police officer's gaze and quickly placed her hand on her blue uniform skirt above her knees, offering an awkward yet polite, ingratiating smile. Her clear, bright eyes were like amber, honey-colored, and wax-shine. A tiny beauty mark under her left eye added to her charm. Her jet-black hair cascaded down her shoulders like a waterfall, the ends slightly upturned, clearly not a wig.

Even without makeup, she possesses unparalleled beauty.

The police officer rubbed his temples, checked the ID card, and asked again, "What's your age?"

"Seventeen."

"Oh, he's still a minor."

The police officer placed his ID card on the table and said earnestly, "Do you know that according to national law, if a minor is over seventeen years old and earns their main source of income through their own labor, they are considered to have full civil capacity, which means they are considered an adult? Adults who break the law will go to jail, do you know that?"

"I know, I know."

Lin Jiu nodded, obedient and docile, not daring to argue.

In particular, he discovered that the new handcuffs featured a three-row anti-pull design, with an independent spring inside the static arm and an isolation plate, making them virtually impossible to unlock. Aside from a special handcuff key, the only way to forcibly break free was to use large hydraulic shears to cut along the edges of the handcuffs; it was nearly impossible to escape by individual strength.

Seeing Lin Jiu's sincerity, the police officer's tense expression relaxed slightly, and he asked, "How long have you known those people?"

Lin Jiu pursed her lips and said sincerely, "I ran into them after school. They asked if I wanted to do a part-time job, saying that I could get a lot of money for taking ten photos, so I went with them. When I got to the room, they told me to change clothes to prepare for the photoshoot. I had just changed into this outfit when you guys arrived..."

The police officer neither refuted nor agreed with what he said, but instead took a statement on the spot, keeping it low-key and unassuming. That's what you call professional.

After taking notes in less than a minute, he thought for a moment and then asked, "Do you know what they do?"

Lin Jiu blinked and asked innocently, "Isn't it just taking photos?"

"Slap your head, my foot!"

The police officer couldn't help but swear, which really startled Lin Jiu, causing his shoulders to tremble.

"What am I supposed to say to you?"

Looking at the incredibly handsome young man in front of him, the nearly forty-year-old police officer scolded him with exasperation, "You have hands and feet, what kind of part-time job couldn't you do? Even handing out flyers would be fine! If we hadn't taken down this group today, do you know what would have happened to you? They're a criminal gang! Aren't you afraid of being sold out and still helping them count the money?"

The policeman started laughing as he spoke.

I laughed out of anger.

These despicable guys use the guise of hiring female students to take photos for magazines as part-time jobs, but in reality, they're doing illegal things.

The first payment was exceptionally large. Later, they would filter students based on their group, fully exploiting the excessive spending habits of contemporary female students. Initially, it involved taking professionally formatted photos, followed by nude photos, and then coercion and inducement to film short videos. These videos were then used to blackmail people into keeping quiet, threatening to spread them throughout the entire school and let everyone know. Ultimately, they squeezed every last drop of value from these girls, completely ruining them.

In recent years, campus loans have proliferated, many of them illegitimate, leading countless students astray and forcing them to take desperate measures to repay their debts. Little do they know that these schemes involve collusion; campus loans sell student information to illegal organizations, which then target students desperate for money, creating a vicious cycle. These naive students are thus pushed step by step into the abyss, and by the time they try to turn back, it's too late.

Not long ago, a girl was driven to suicide by jumping off a building, which caused a great uproar in the city and was widely discussed by the media.

Because of this incident, these criminals went into hiding as soon as they heard the news, causing the police to lose all leads. If it weren't for a tip-off from an informant today, allowing them to quickly tighten the encirclement and arrest them all, who knows how much manpower and effort would have been needed to investigate them one by one. Everyone was afraid that during the thorough search, these people would escape. If even one villain got away, who knows how many more young people would be harmed in the future.

The veteran police officer put himself in the shoes of his own daughter and wondered if he could still remain rational if she were the one who was deceived.

"Give me your parents' contact information so they can come and pick you up."

The police officer had barely finished speaking when he noticed that the air currents seemed to have changed.

"—?!"

He instinctively gripped the pen tighter and looked at Lin Jiu warily.

However, this oppressive feeling was only fleeting.

Lin Jiu's expression seemed to never change. He smiled bitterly, slowly lowered his head, and the smile gradually disappeared.

After about sixty seconds of silence, he took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, and let out a trembling voice.

"I have no parents."

"I see..." The policeman nodded thoughtfully, picked up his pen and paper, and got up to leave, heading towards the door. Before closing the door, he didn't forget to tell him, "Sit here for a while, I'll get you a glass of water."

Lin Jiu did not respond, but simply nodded slightly and said no more.

After closing the door, the veteran police officer went directly to the archives room and entered Lin Jiu's ID number into the computer.

We live in a data-driven information age. We no longer need to search through countless files like in the past. If we want to know something, we can just look it up in the archive system.

If this young person lied about their parents' absence to evade responsibility, then the parents have an obligation to criticize and educate them. Parents also bear responsibility when their children make mistakes; age is never an excuse to shirk responsibility, but rather an opportunity to change.

If not...

The veteran police officer's hand holding the mouse trembled slightly.

He had already developed the skill of speed reading, able to read ten lines at a glance, and the information on it was clear and concise.

"Ugh."

The veteran police officer sighed softly.

What you hate most is what you're most likely to encounter.

He shut down the computer's file system, got a glass of water, and returned to his room.

Hearing the door open, Lin Jiu instinctively straightened up; he had just been resting on the table.

"Don't be nervous." The veteran officer smiled kindly and placed the cup on the table. "I'll ask you a few more questions, and then you can go back."

"Ok."

Lin Jiu nodded obediently.

The veteran officer then asked him some questions about his life and school. After getting a general understanding, he left the interrogation room again. The veteran officer and his colleagues confirmed whether Lin Jiu had any connection with this criminal gang, exchanged interrogation records, and repeatedly checked the confiscated camera and storage disk for any explicit photos or videos of Lin Jiu. The answer was no.

The veteran officer returned indoors, had Lin Jiu fill out a form, and that was the end of the matter.

Because Lin Jiu had a good attitude and no criminal record, and due to some special circumstances, the police did not notify the school or register it in his personal file. This would be a stain on his record for life. The veteran officer put the form in the archives. If Lin Jiu makes the same mistake again in the future, he must be severely punished.

"If you have any problems in the future, remember to call the police. If you encounter any inconveniences in your life, you can also go to the community neighborhood committee. There are plenty of part-time jobs available in this society now. As long as you abide by the law, you won't starve." The veteran police officer rarely rambled on like this.

"Thank you."

Lin Jiu retrieved his personal belongings that had been confiscated by the police on the spot. He picked up his briefcase and nodded his thanks to the veteran officer.

The veteran police officer watched Lin Jiu's departing figure and sighed again.

What a fine child, how could he have encountered such a thing?

Ok?

He suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something, turned around to look, and found that Lin Jiu was nowhere to be seen.

Years of criminal investigation experience made the veteran officer increasingly uneasy. He returned to the interrogation room, glanced at Lin Jiu's original seat, and then looked at the surveillance footage. As if remembering something, he quickly retrieved the footage, skipping back to the beginning, and carefully reviewed it again.

"Stop! This is it!"

The veteran police officer recalled feeling a chill run down his spine when he tried to ask for Lin Jiu's parents' contact information.

Sure enough, this was not an illusion.

Slowed down by a factor of 0.5, the veteran police officer saw the cold look in Lin Jiu's eyes for a fleeting moment in the surveillance footage.

Even after so many years, the veteran police officer had only ever seen the same expression in the eyes of a few extremists.

The scariest thing is...

After noticing the old police officer's actions, Lin Jiu regained his composure in a very brief moment, as if nothing had happened.

The veteran police officer gasped.

The surveillance footage continued to play. When he left the interrogation room, Lin Jiu slowly slumped onto the table, looking as if she were resting.

The veteran police officer focused intently on the surveillance footage, and he discovered that Lin Jiu had easily unlocked the handcuffs under the table.

Is this even possible?!

The veteran officer removed the handcuffs from his belt and examined them carefully.

Each pair of rose gold handcuffs has a unique number and belongs to a specific police officer. These are indeed his handcuffs.

In the surveillance footage, when the veteran officer returned to the interrogation room, Lin Jiu subtly put the handcuffs back on, behaving as obediently as ever.

If Lin Jiu were to suddenly attack someone at this moment, the veteran police officer, who was in a state of mental relaxation, would actually be in a very dangerous situation.

Such incidents have occurred before within the police station. There was one case where a suspect, under immense pressure, suddenly went berserk and nearly bit off two of an officer's fingers. This incident was later used as a cautionary tale to remind every officer to maintain the highest level of vigilance when dealing with suspects.

The old police officer sat in the chair, slowly raised his head, and fell into deep thought.

He wondered what Lin Jiu's motives were in doing this; it wasn't something to be laughed at. Surely it wasn't to expose this illegal organization so the police could take it down? How could such a thing be possible? Ahahaha…

The veteran police officer suddenly stopped laughing.

He picked up his phone and dialed the informant's number back, but the number was not in service and no one answered.

No, that's not right.

This is not the phone number!

The veteran officer took a closer look, flipped through his notebook, and realized that this was not his informant's number.

He quickly dialed the number, and after about six rings, the lazy voice on the other end finally came through.

"Hey? Old Li? What's up?"

"...Did you just wake up?"

"Of course, you know I haven't had any work lately. What else am I supposed to do if I don't sleep?" A yawning voice came from the other end of the phone. The man mumbled sleepily, "It's all that girl's fault for jumping off a building. She ruined my two-month relationship. All my efforts have gone to waste. Now I spend all my time downstairs at the restaurant drinking and watching football all night. I don't sleep until the moon does. Hey, Brother Li, any work recommendations? Huh? Brother Li? Where are you? Don't just stay silent."

Officer Li was silent for a few seconds before he realized what was happening and smiled, "It's nothing, really nothing. I was just worried about you."

"What's going on?" The informant knew something was wrong as soon as he heard this. His drunkenness subsided, and he trembled, saying in a shaky voice, "Brother Li, you're my brother, my own brother! Don't scare me! I've been so scared lately, afraid that someone will pack me up in a sack and throw me into the sea. I can't sleep a wink until those guys are caught. Brother Li, you have to think of something!"

Old Li chuckled: "You seem to be sleeping quite soundly."

The informant sighed, "Sigh, if we could really get a good night's sleep, who would want to drink until the sun is high in the sky every day?"

"Alright, I won't argue with you anymore. It's good that you're alright. Go back to sleep. I'll let you know if there's anything I need to do."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Li!"

After hanging up the phone, Officer Li's cheerful smile vanished instantly.

He placed his phone directly on the table, and a muffled thud was heard.