Chapter 756: Hello
Xu Cheng said directly, “This case was not under your control to begin with, but considering that your local police department had been following up on the progress and the effort put into this case, if we snatch away this case directly, then you will be very emotional. That’s why I stepped in to cooperate with you and follow up the case. In fact, this case involves something greater, and you simply can not clean up this mess. Not just your direct superior, but even the provincial head would avoid this case.”
Ran Jing was stunned. “Are they a transnational criminal group?”
Xu Cheng laughed. “Transnational criminal groups would be too low for me to be involved. It’s best for you if you know less about this case. Alright, let’s not talk about the case anymore. Did you call me here to treat me to a meal again?”
Ran Jing looked straight at Xu Cheng and said, “Can you take off your mask and let me take another look?”
Xu Cheng froze.
Ran Jing thought he was angry and hurriedly explained, “Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to look at your scars, I just think you remind me of someone I know. Your figure and your way of going about things are very similar; you’re the one who instructed Li Chao on this case, right?”
Xu Cheng nodded his head.
Ran Jing: “Your methods and style are really like a friend of mine.”
Xu Cheng took off his mask without hesitation as he also wanted to see if Ran Jing could recognize him or not. He wanted to use her as a test to predict how Lin Chuxue might react in the future.
Ran Jing looked at his face for a long time.
Xu Cheng did not know why, but he somewhat feared that he would recognize him so he asked tentatively, “See anything?”
Rab Jing shook her head silently. “No, maybe I’m thinking too much, sorry. By the way, you said you have a wife?”
Xu Cheng nodded his head.
“Then that’s not it,” Ran Jing said.
After wiping his mouth, Xu Cheng put on his mask again and said, “Then thank you again for your hospitality today.”
“No, on the contrary, I want to thank you. If it wasn’t for you taking over this case, I really couldn’t have handled it. But I also can’t let these criminals go free. I think the law should be righteous and not be influenced by certain connections or relationships.”
Xu Cheng: “When you reach that level, then you’ll know how to weigh and balance. Many times, a lot of people don’t care about crimes for the sake of their political performance.”
Having said that, he stood up ready to leave. “Well, thank you for this meal today. You saved me from being pointed at in a public restaurant.”
Ran Jing suddenly said to him, “If you have time, I want to learn more from you.”
Xu Cheng nodded, and without looking back, he pulled open the door and left.
Ran Jing walked him to the elevator, and Xu Cheng stared at the elevator door, waiting for it to open.
The moment the elevator door pulled open, Lin Chuxue’s stunningly beautiful face appeared like rolling open an ancient scroll. Her head was down and her long eyelashes looked gentle like calm water, yet Xu Cheng felt a surging wave inside his heart.
He froze looking at the face that he hadn’t seen for a few days, feeling like it had been a year. She had lost a lot of weight, and the moment she raised her eyes, she looked indifferent as if she had returned to the old Lin Chuxue who was always indifferent to everything.
The moment Lin Chuxue raised her eyes and met with Xu Cheng’s eyes behind his mask, Xu Cheng’s heart started to beat faster and he wanted to call out her name at that moment.
However, Lin Chuxue was just surprised to see a masked man and brushed past him as if he was a stranger.
There was a moment when Xu Cheng wanted to grab her hand and hold her wrist.
But, after leaving a long-lost light fragrance, she brushed past his side.
When she stared at Xu Cheng for that moment, she couldn’t read the tenderness and the thousands of emotions from those eyes as she simply ignored him.
Was he upset?
A little bit. Xu Cheng stood still in front of the elevator door for a long time, even until Lin Chuxue had walked past him for a few meters.
“Little Xue, I missed you so much. It’s been a long time, what have you been doing? Why didn’t you talk to us when something happened?” Ran Jing gave Lin Chuxue a warm hug.
Lin Chuxue made a bitter laugh. “It’s a long story. I’m waiting for Yaoyao to come back. She said she’s going to meet up with me when she returns today.”
Xu Cheng turned his head and stared at Lin Chuxue, he just couldn’t see enough of her. He felt his heart ache, realizing that Lin Chuxue had lost some weight during her charity work.
For a moment, Xu Cheng was stunned looking at her.
Ran Jing saw that Xu Cheng had turned his head and was staring blankly at her best friend, Lin Chuxue, so she smiled and asked him curiously, “You recognize her, right?”
Xu Cheng subconsciously murmured, “Chuxue.”
Both Ran Jing and Lin Chuxue froze.
“What did you call me?” Lin Chuxue thought she had misheard.
Only then did Xu Cheng react and hurriedly explained, “You’re the famous celebrity Lin Chuxue, right?”
Ran Jing laughed. “I was right that he must have guessed your identity when he stared at you like that.”
Lin Chuxue also laughed lightly. “I’ve been out of the circle for a year and a half, and I’ve lost weight. I didn’t think there would be fans who would recognize me, it’s quite touching.”
“Let me introduce you, this is my colleague, Mr. Fang.” Ran Jing walked over to Xu Cheng’s side and smiled at Lin Chuxue.
Lin Chuxue politely extended her hand. “Hello.”
Xu Cheng’s mind immediately recalled the scene when he was a child, he was brought to England by Uncle Lin Guiren to his foster parents’ house, and when he saw Lin Chuxue back then, she already looked beautiful and her smile looked noble and generous.
She had the same smile as she said, “Hello.”
Another scene was when Xu Cheng, Ran Jing, and Shen Yao lived together, she appeared in the apartment as Shen Yao’s best friend, and their first greeting was also: Hello.
“Hello.” Xu Cheng shook hands with her.
Lin Chuxue noticed that his eyes were somewhat red and asked curiously, “Why are you wearing a mask?”
Ran Jing explained, “He has wounds on his face.”
Lin Chuxue nodded, but she looked at Xu Cheng’s eyes and wondered why it looked somewhat similar, but she did think much about it since Shen Yao had said over the phone that she had seen ‘Xu Cheng’ abroad. Thus, even though Lin Chuxue felt something was odd about this person in front of her, she didn’t think much about it.
“Come on, Little Xue, don’t stand outside. Let’s go in, I missed you so much.” Ran Jing pulled Lin Chuxue inside.
Xu Cheng turned around, and the elevator had descended again because of his hesitation. While he waited for the elevator, Lin Chuxue subconsciously turned around to look at his back, and she was stunned.
She didn’t know why but she asked subconsciously, “Mr. Fang, could I see how you look? I heard that the current ‘Revitalization’ series of products can cure such facial scars.”
Xu Cheng’s body shook for a moment.
He could sense Lin Chuxue slowly approaching him from behind.
He also slowly turned his head and glanced at her.
Lin Chuxue stared at his eyes behind the mask with an indescribable longing.
Xu Cheng was a little hesitant to take off his mask.
That was when the elevator came back up and opened. Lin Chuxue rushed over to Shen Yao who came out of the elevator and asked in a hurry, “How was it, Yao Yao, did you see him in person? Is he okay? Is he badly injured? What did the doctor say?”
Shen Yao let out a bitter smile. “Little Xue, you have so many questions and I can’t answer them all at once. Calm down.”
Xu Cheng watched the three of them walk into the apartment with his movement frozen in mid-air as he was about to take off his mask, and finally he disappeared into the elevator.