Chapter 76: Human Flesh Buns (1/2)

I picked up Xiaotao’s bag, looked at it, and shouted, “You can come out now! I know you’re behind the bushes!”

A bush nearby rustled, and out came Xiaotao wiping her butt with her hands.

“Geez!” she exclaimed with a playful grin. “How did you figure it out? I was sure you’d fall for it.”

“Well,” I began to explain, “first of all, you carry your handbag by slinging it across your body, but the strap is very thin, so it definitely won’t still be intact if it had been forcefully pulled down. Besides, you’re a police officer. With your instinct and strength, there’s no way you’d get kidnapped without putting up a fight. And lastly, the most important clue is your…”

I paused, realizing what I was about to say.

“Um… your fragrance from behind the bushes.”

“Fragrance?” Xiaotao sniffed her own body. “But I never used any perfume. What fragrance are you talking about?”

“Your scent! I meant your scent!” I hurriedly explained.

While Xiaotao teased and mocked me, we found a bench in the park to sit down and take a rest. After a few minutes, Xiaotao yawned and stretched and said, “This past week has been so exhausting! We’re honing in on a black underground organization, and I’ve been on stakeout for four nights in a row! I probably had less than twenty hours of sleep in the last week!”

“But you’re a captain in the criminal division now,” I pointed out. “Do you still need to do all that?”

“That’s exactly what police officers do most of the time,” she replied. “The life of a police officer mainly consists trivial cases and paperwork, not high-profile murder mysteries. I do envy a special consultant like you. It’s only when there’s a big case going on that you’ll be invited out of your cave to help us. You know, when you asked me out last night, I’d planned to catch up on sleep today. But it’s my fault for saying yes to you!”

No wonder she seemed a little weak and out of spirits today. I noticed that she was even wearing some light makeup too, probably to conceal her tiredness. With a very heavy heart, I suggested, “Why don’t you go home and rest up?”

“Idiot! How dare you ask me out and then tell me to go home like that!” she jeered with a smile. “A more cunning man would’ve said, ‘Why don’t we book a room and rest for a while?’”

Color rose to my cheeks even though I knew full well that she was just teasing me again.

Xiaotao waved her hand and said, “Ah, forget it. I’ll just take a nap here.”

“Right here?” I asked with alarm. “But you might catch a cold…”

But before I could finish my sentence, Xiaotao was already lying down on the bench. She then rested her head on my lap. I was so shocked I didn’t know how to react—this was all too sudden!

“Don’t you dare take advantage of me while I sleep, okay?” she said with her eyes closed.

“I-I’d never do that!”

In no time at all, Xiaotao began to snore lightly. It was obvious that she was considerably fatigued.

Just as Xiaotao fell asleep, my legs which she used as a pillow soon went to sleep too. Still, she looked so peaceful and precious that I dared not move at all, for fear of waking her up. It was incredibly boring, though, since I couldn’t even play with my phone since it was in the pocket of my jeans. All I could do was sit there and admire the birdsongs and the flowers in the park.

Xiaotao slept for two whole hours. During that time, an old geezer who went to the park to jog passed by and saw us. He smiled knowingly and even raised a thumb at me. I had to restrain myself from cursing at him.

At about four o’clock, Xiaotao woke up and stretched her whole body out.

“Ahh, that was the most restful sleep I’ve had in weeks! Thank you!”

“You’re welcome,” I replied, barely able to move my numb legs.

Xiaotao checked her clothes then smiled and said, “You really are a trustable gentleman. It reminds me of an old joke.”

“What joke?” I asked.

Xiaotao said there was a man and a woman sleeping on the same bed. The woman drew a line in the middle and said to the man, “If you dare to cross the line at night, you are an animal. Then the next morning, the woman found that the man didn’t cross the line at all, so she told him, “You are less than an animal!”

I had heard of this joke before, and with a red face I remarked, “He must’ve tried very hard to do the right thing but was instead mocked for it!”

“Hahaha. Seeing how honorable you are, why don’t you spend the night at my place? I can make you omelet and rice for dinner if you like!”

I narrowed my eyes at her. “No… I’ve got class tomorrow morning.”

“Oh, do you? Then why are you blushing again? Deep down you really want to come back with me, don’t you?” She teased me in a naughty tone. Her eyes were fixed on mine, and it made me so embarrassed I had to look away. She then waved her hand and said, “Okay, okay, I’m done messing with you. I’m hungry now. Let’s find a place to eat!”