Chapter 80 - It’s A Moral to Show Respect (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Buying a couple of mock exams in the city? Staying in the town for the night and coming back tomorrow afternoon? Wasn’t this a bit exaggerated?

Most importantly, she didn’t want to travel with Xia Jinyuan at all.

She was exerting all her might to turn him down. Of course, Xia Jinyuan, who had always been keen and sensitive, had noticed her reluctance.

Nevertheless, it was necessary for them to go to the city because he had to take her to the police station to identify the suspects.

“I have been driving for nine years since I was eleven years old. So, you can trust me, Ye Jian.” Raising his eyebrows slightly, he showed a bit of a mischievous smile. But as he turned to talk to Princ.i.p.al Chen, he replaced his playful look with a serious one. “Uncle Chen, rest a.s.sured, I promise that I will send Ye Jian back safe and sound tomorrow afternoon.”

The car had been driving for tens of kilometers, but Ye Jian was still angry.

Sitting in her seat indifferently, she didn’t glance at Xia Jinyuan at all. But Xia Jinyuan was not upset. Instead, he looked at her from time to time.

The car drove out of the national road meandering in the deep mountains. Xia Jinyuan didn’t speak until he had driven onto the highway leading to the city, “Looks like I have offended you again. Your face is as tense as a bullet chain.”

“I’m not upset. I just don’t want to talk to you,” said Ye Jian with a cold look on her face, rubbing her forehead and leaning against the back cus.h.i.+on. “Here is the pistol. Why do you have to take me to the city? And you didn’t ask me whether I agreed to this or not.”

That’s why she was unhappy. Xia Jinyuan apologized to her, “I need to take you to the city in the first place. I am very sorry that I didn’t tell you in advance. But…”

“Captain Xia, I don’t like anyone making decisions for me while I am being kept in the dark,” Ye Jian interrupted him bluntly. She tilted her head, looking at him coldly. “I hate it very much!”

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