Chapter 50 (1/2)

The Grand Cherokee is moving at a high speed on the empty highway.  They pa.s.s by fields on either side of the road.  Occasionally, one can spot lights from houses located near the highway, but they are few and far between.

The crime scene is in Hongyun Village in Daxin District, about an hour’s drive from B City centre.

Bo Jinyan hasn't told Jian Yao much about the phone conversation.  She only knows it’s an urgent case, and that they have very little information on it at the moment.

Jian Yao is sitting in the pa.s.senger seat next to the driver.  Bo Jinyan looks calm and collected as usual.  Her mind is still thinking about what happened in her room less than an hour ago.

The incoming call was like a bucket of ice water that poured over them.  They are completed cooled down after the phone call.

The events of the last few days had been a rollercoaster ride of epic proportions for Jian Yao -

Three days ago, he was still the aloof professor.  He didn’t know a thing about love.  Suddenly, he started pursuing her relentlessly.  He successfully captivated her heart, which was already leaning towards him in the first place.

Her brain has been in a state of drowsiness since their….proper first kiss.  Then he proceeds, with lightning speed to lead her from her first kiss to her 'first night'...

(NOTE from TB:  'First night' in chinese is often the term use for the day one loses their virginity.)

They’ve only been together for three days, and she ends up in bed with the guy!  Bo Jinyan is definitely a ‘bad influence’.  She never imagined that she will behave this way.

It’s hard to imagine this prim and proper man driving next to her is the same hot and pa.s.sionate man that was on lying on top of her just a while ago.

Jian Yao blushes.  The pace of their development is too fast for her to handle.

So, the phone call came at a timely moment.  They would take things a little more slowly, to make sure they are building a relations.h.i.+p that will lasts.

Perhaps she has been quiet for too long.  Bo Jinyan says in a cold tone: “I will make the murderer regret what he did.”

Jian Yao: “Huh?”

Bo Jinyan says with a cold smile: “He chose to kill during such an important moment for me.”

- Important moment?

She laughs.  He is still angry.

She recalls.  After the phone call, they quickly got dressed.  When he came out of his room, his handsome face was still red, and there was still an obvious bulge in his trousers….

He turns to look at her: “I won’t make you wait too long.” He said in a low voice.

Jian Yao: “…. It’s ok.  There’s no hurry.”

Bo Jinyan pauses.  He notices a micro-expression on her face.

He asks: “Do you regret it?”

Jian Yao retorts “No… it’s just that…”

“Is it me?  Is there something I’ve done that’s not good enough?” He asks in an incredibly pompous tone.

Jian Yao answers immediately: “Of course not.  You are great.”

He sweeps her a look: “I thought so.  Then what is the reason?”

Jian Yao thinks for a while, then holds his hand on the steering wheel.

“It’s not that I am unwilling.” She laughs uncomfortably. “It’s just that… it seems unreal.”

We are finally together.  And tonight… you almost…

This is how she feels in her heart.  There’s no other meaning to it.  But to her surprise, Bo Jinyan looks dumbfounded.

“Oh..”

He gives a little sigh of disappointment.

Jian Yao doesn’t understand why he gave such a response.  But there’s no time to ask.  The phone rings again.  She picks it up.

Bo Jinyan is driving, but his heart is covered by a layer of melancholy.

She said it felt unreal.

His techniques are not good enough?

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His moods plunges after Jian Yao’s comments.  When the team leader gets a ‘more cold than usual’ reception from Bo Jinyan, he more or less guessed what they were doing when he called them earlier.  He thought it would be wise to keep to the topic: “Let’s have a look at the crime scene.”

And Bo Jinyan’s response is ….