Daddy Always Gets Jealous

She nodded, ”Is that so?”

What was five hundred yuan to Gu Jizhou?

Huo Jinnan watched her expression carefully, ”You’re not regretting it now, are you?”

Che Huan, ”How could that be!”

As the words fell, she felt something was off. He had asked, but why had she answered?

Qin Shaojin glanced at the two, looked in Huo Jinnan’s direction with a smile playing at his lips, and changed the subject, ”Brother Huo, the case from last time has been negotiated. Tomorrow’s trial will see those two thugs sentenced to ten years for armed robbery and attempted rape. Officer Zhang and other personnel involved have been dismissed from their positions for dereliction of duty and bribery and will be criminally detained.”

He paused, his long fingers caressing the stem of a wine glass, lifted it, took a sip, his voice gravelly, ”I didn’t expect that no sooner had one issue been resolved than someone else would dare to stir up trouble—it’s like they’re asking for punishment.”

Such arrogance!

But it seemed both of them had the capital to back it up!

Che Huan glanced at Huo Jinnan, so Qin Shaojin’s appearance at the police station that day was because of him?

Huo Jinnan lit a cigarette.

Qin Shaojin looked at Che Huan, ”Thankfully, the team leader rushed out in the middle of the night to inform us in time, otherwise you might have suffered.”

Che Huan looked at Huo Jinnan and forced out a ”Thank you,” then turned to Qin Shaojin, ”Thank you, Lawyer Qin.”

Qin Shaojin was in high spirits, ”Thank Brother Huo. If it weren’t for his call, I would never have caught a flight back from out of town.”

Caught a flight back from out of town?

Che Huan looked at Huo Jinnan, not understanding why he was doing this, why he repeatedly helped her.

Huo Jinnan glanced at Che Huan, ”The team leader is an accomplice.”

Che Huan’s face flushed, ”I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to implicate the team leader.”

Huo Jinnan remained silent, standing there, leaning over to tap his cigarette ash into the ashtray on the coffee table.

Qin Shaojin, sensing the tension between the two, said, ”Miss Che, it seems your mother-in-law doesn’t like you much, otherwise she wouldn’t have sent people to deal with you like that.”

Madam Gu! Was it her?

She had spoken up and talked back to Madam Gu that day; Madam Gu must have been quite upset. But she hadn’t expected her to send thugs to bully her!

Che Huan bit her lip, remembering the purpose of her visit today, ”I’m not sure what matter Lawyer Qin wanted to confirm with me?”

Qin Shaojin stood up, his form elegant, and gentlemanly sought her opinion, ”I had a few drinks with someone this evening and my head is a bit sore. Can we talk about it tomorrow morning, OK?”

”...”

Che Huan couldn’t say more. Remembering that Jizhou was waiting outside, she couldn’t go back, ”Then good night, Lawyer Qin.”

”Good night.” Qin Shaojin rubbed his temples, and when Che Huan couldn’t see, he glanced at Huo Jinnan before heading upstairs.

Che Huan stood up and followed upstairs.

Back in the guest room, she drew the curtains, lay on the bed, and holding the quilt, she and the team leader stared at each other with wide eyes.

The team leader still ignored her.

Remembering how the team leader had saved her from Jizhou’s slap and how she would not have evaded the police search without him, she reached out and tousled the team leader’s fur into a matted mess, ”So melodramatic!”

The team leader gave Che Huan a sidelong glance and pushed her hand away with a paw.

”Thank you for today. It was wrong of me to lock you out. But, I don’t want any more ties with your owner,” Che Huan said to the team leader with a smile.

The team leader lazily looked at Che Huan, grudgingly crawled under the covers, and nestled beside her.

Che Huan looked at the team leader and her thoughts drifted to that night five years ago...

Could it really have been Huo Jinnan?