Chapter 35: Follow the Rule if You Want to Take Him Away (1/2)

Xu Cheng shook his head. “It’s fine, it’s been a long time already. I will go to the bank tomorrow to pay you back.”

“All good.” Shen Yao replied, “That amount isn’t much to me. At first, I was going to lend it to you on usury, but seeing the situation of this family, just take it as me helping the family out.”

Shen Yao then continued as she glanced at Xu Cheng, “But I’m not doing you this favor for nothing in return though. Can you at least not give us trouble as the landlord in the future? Especially towards Ran Jing.”

“I’m not trying to give anyone a hard time, I just thought that you two both take advantage of other men just because you are beautiful. But it is my mistake for misunderstanding you two, it was my bad,” Xu Cheng replied.

Shen Yao said indifferently, “No, you are right, beautiful girls always think that men should pay for the beauty they get to look at, that’s why almost every woman will go through all the trouble to present their most beautiful side, and those that weren’t born with beauty will get some surgery. But you did remind me and made me realize that I was being a bit spoiled.”

Speaking of this, Shen Yao was a bit puzzled as she tilted her cute face towards Xu Cheng and asked, “Tell me the truth, are you not attracted to me? At all?”

Xu Cheng replied awkwardly, “Uh… How should I put this… It’s not that you are not pretty, you are just not my type.”

Shen Yao snorted, “Then why did you get a boner earlier.”

Xu Cheng could only laugh. “Uh… Well, now this is awkward.”

Shen Yao snorted again, “Even if you like me, you are not my type.”

But right after she finished, she asked Xu Cheng in curiosity, “Do you have a girlfriend or someone you like?”

Xu Cheng could only smile but didn’t go deep into that topic.

At that moment, the phone in his pants pocket rang. After he picked it up, an anxious voice was heard on the other end, “Xu Cheng? Zhang Ruian’s in trouble.”

“What kind of trouble?” Xu Cheng frowned.

“He got set up.” The colleague on the other end of the phone sighed. “He saw a wallet while he was on his shift, and… I don’t know how to explain it, but I feel like it was a set-up. The people that took him away said they were from West Gate. You should get back to the bureau and help us figure out a way to deal with this.”

“Okay, I’ll be right there.” Xu Cheng hung up and was able to go downstairs when Shen Yao chased after him and asked, “Where are you going?”

“Back to the bureau,” he replied.

Seeing how anxiously Xu Cheng was waiting for a taxi on the side of the road, Shen Yao said, “Not many taxis are around at this time in this area; I will go get my car and just drive you.”

Xu Cheng didn’t reject the offer. When he went back to the bureau, his three colleagues that were also on the night shift were pacing back and forth anxiously. Seeing Xu Cheng arrive, they all rushed up to him.

“What happened? Why did West Gate take him? Are they provoking the police force?” Xu Cheng spoke in a deep voice.

The colleague that called him earlier frowned and answered, “To be honest, Zhang couldn’t explain for himself too.”

The other two nodded and sighed, “He picked up a wallet during his shift, and there was a lot of cash. We didn’t know about it at first as well. Zhang didn’t tell us, nor did he turn it in. As a result, he was caught by some people and was taken away. How should we deal with this? Zhang was in the wrong as well.”

Xu Cheng frowned. “Are you guys sure that it was someone from West Gate?”

The three nodded. “We all went there and confirmed it.”