Chapter 78: Split Personality (2/2)

We went to the police station by Xiaotao’s car. I noticed that Xiaotao didn’t have to ask Captain Lin to transfer some of the staff to this case and set up a task force. Perhaps she now had the authority to do those things herself now that her rank was Supervisor.

At that point, there was nothing much to discuss about the case. Mainly all the facts collected were briefly summarized and the officers were assigned to their specific tasks. We utilized a carpet-bomb type of strategy for this case, where a large number of officers were assigned to search an area all around the city, and everyone would gather their findings in the next forty-eight hours. She also stressed the importance of being as covert as possible in order to avoid alarming the criminals and giving away what the police had found out.

Then, Xiaotao clapped her hands and coolly proclaimed, “Dismissed!” And all the officers each went about their respective tasks.

She then came to us and said, “You can go back to your dorm and stand by for now, Song Yang. I’ll inform you when we find a body.”

“Let me know when the DNA test results are ready,” I reminded her.

“Roger!” she replied.

“Xiaotao-jiejie looks so cool and commanding while ordering everyone around!” praised Dali.

“It probably comes with being a police officer for many years,” I commented.

Seeing that Xiaotao was in a good mood, Dali got cheeky and asked, “Would you treat us to dinner tonight? I braved through the peak-hour crowd to get here and I’m so hungry now!”

Xiaotao’s face turned sickly at the mention of food.

“Not tonight, I’m afraid,” she muttered. “I lost all my appetite because of this case. I’ll probably won’t touch any food until tomorrow. But if you guys are hungry, you can grab something to eat downstairs. I’ll pay for it.”

“No, no, it’s fine,” I quickly refused. “We’ll be going back to our dorm straight away.”

Dali didn’t know that I had spent the whole day alone with Xiaotao, and I was not ready to tell him yet. I felt that my relationship with Xiaotao was still in its early stage, and I didn’t want to jinx it by telling anyone.

Once we returned to our dorm, I asked my classmates for the lecture notes of the classes that I skipped today and then read some books. Then I received a WeChat message from Xiaotao that said, “The DNA test results are out. It is indeed human tissue.”

“Roger,” I replied simply.

I wanted to say something else, but just couldn’t think of the right words. Should I ask her if she had fun today? I typed it out, but after some consideration, I deleted it as I thought it wouldn’t be appropriate considering what happened. I then typed out a message telling her to get some rest and sleep early tonight since she’s been so busy lately, but deleted it again.

Just as I was still in a dilemma thinking about what to say, Xiaotao sent me another message.

“Wanna come over to my house tonight?”

I was flabbergasted. It felt as if I was struck by lightning!

Before I could react, I received yet another message.

“Don’t misunderstand. It’s just that I was hungry. I cooked a big pot of fresh dumplings, but I can’t finish them all. So, I thought you might be able to help me not waste the food.”

“Didn’t you say you had no appetite?” I replied. “Why did you cook a pot of dumplings all of a sudden? Don’t you think that the dumplings are a lot like steamed buns?”

She replied with a laughing emoji.

“Buns and dumplings aren’t the same thing, idiot! You’d better come soon. There won’t be any taxis later in the night.”

“But Dali is still in the room...”

She shot back with a quick reply, “Is Dali your wife?”

My face reddened. I was ashamed at how pathetic I was. Xiaotao wasn’t even in the room, yet here I was blushing on my own.

“Are you coming or not?” she asked impatiently. “If you’re not coming then I’ll feed the dumplings to the dogs downstairs! You’ve got three seconds to answer. Three…”

“Two…”

“One!”

I gritted my teeth and replied with two words: “Coming now!”

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