Chapter 77 A Mug Of Ginger Tea (2/2)

She looked terrible. Her hair and clothes were wet. For some reason, she was wearing the uniform of an office lady. Her white shirt and figure-hugging black skirt were plastered on her, putting her slender figure on display.

Li Du’s eyes widened. He stared, then shook his head in disappointment. The shirt material was too thick. He couldn’t see anything.

True to her profession, Rose’s senses were very sharp. Even though he hadn’t looked at her for more than two seconds, Rose caught him immediately. She raged, ”What are you looking at? Shaking your head? Now I suspect that you’ve been on ecstasy pills. Behave yourself!”

Li Du’s mouth twitched. He decided to ignore her. Now, he was sure that his landlady was a real tomboy, and one always on her period at that. Rude and negative every day, she never seemed to be in a good mood.

After entering the house, Rose kicked off her high heels. Her black stockings had become translucent after being drenched by the rain. Her small feet stepped on the floor, leaving puddles wherever she went.

Finally, Li Du had a comeback. ”I’m shaking my head because you’re giving me more work. Look, the floor is so wet. And you don’t do any housework—won’t I be the one cleaning it up?”

Rose sniffed. She bent over, intending to take off the stockings. Catching sight of Li Du, she stopped herself. Putting on a pair of slippers, she padded over to the fridge to look for a drink.

She was surprised to see the plum juice. ”Where did you buy this? There’s ice here too. You really know how to enjoy yourself.”

”I didn’t buy it. I made it.” Li Du walked over and closed the fridge. He chopped some ginger and boiled it with brown sugar.

Seeing him close the fridge door, Rose said contemptuously, ”How stingy of you—don’t worry, I didn’t plan on drinking your plum juice.”

Li Du passed her a mug of ginger tea. ”Please, my dear landlady, it’s not that I don’t want you to drink my plum juice. But do you really want to drink something cold after just getting out of the rain? Do you think that your stomach and your immune system are invincible? Here, have a hot drink.”

Rose held the mug. She opened her mouth to retort, then closed it again and started sipping the tea.

It was a little awkward. Li Du said, ”Do you want to go and change your clothes? Don’t catch a cold.”

Rose said stiffly, ”I’m not a fragile little miss. I don’t need to change my clothes. We have work later. Even if I put on fresh clothes, they’ll get wet again.”

Li Du was appalled. ”You need to work in weather like this? You American cops are really devoted.”

Sensing the ridicule in his voice, Rose glowered at him. ”We’ve always been devoted. We’re looking for two robbers right now. They robbed a jewelry store in LA. Someone saw them in a suburb nearby. We need to catch them fast.”

”Then go and search their houses,” Li Du suggested.

Rose seemed to deflate. ”We can’t. We don’t have a warrant. Because the witness wasn’t 100 percent sure that it was them.”

”And why are you dressed like this?”

”Because I’m undercover as a salesperson selling financial services. I’m supposed to knock on their door, and try to look for them.”

”That’s such a stupid idea!” said Li Du. ”Who came up with it? What salesperson works in such weather? It’s ridiculous!”

Rose seemed quite calm. ”There’s no other way. They’re a threat to society. We need to catch them as fast as we can.”

Just then, her phone rang. A loud female voice said, ”Hey, Rose. Have you changed your tampon yet? The rain will be much heavier tonight. We need to get those sons of b*tches this evening!”

Rose blushed. Putting down her cup, she hurried away.

Li Du blinked. He had wronged her. The landlady was having her period.