Ruan Xingyao didn’t bother explaining much in the private messages.
Anyway, once the police caught that man, her innocence would naturally be restored.
It was only a matter of time.
She exited the private messages in a relaxed mood, intending to connect to the next caller, when she saw the screen flooded with the words [Refund] in the barrage.
Among them, one particular comment caught her eye:
[Already called the police!]
Ruan Xingyao couldn’t help feeling speechless.
Was trust between people really this fragile?
Just as she was thinking about it, the doorbell rang.
[Here we go, here we go! First time seeing a livestreamer get arrested live!]
[Serves you right! Hope the streamer gets severely punished!]
Seeing the gloating comments scrolling past in the barrage, Ruan Xingyao sighed helplessly and got up to open the door.
She brought her phone with her and even adjusted the camera angle.
She knew exactly what the audience wanted to see, and since she was innocent, she had nothing to fear.
Ever since she had transmigrated into the body of this girl with the same name as her, she had merged with all of the girl’s memories.
Naturally, she understood the survival rules of this world.
One of them was: Even infamy is still fame.
Right now, her livestream had already broken ten thousand viewers.
These people spamming insults in the barrage would, in the future, all be her source of income.
Once the police announced the truth of the case, some of them might even come back to apologize.
That was all streaming traffic—ripe for the taking.
If she didn’t firmly seize it, she’d be the foolish one!
Besides, if she just shut down the stream now, what if people who didn’t know the full story started spreading rumors that she was refusing to cooperate with the police?
She was going to record everything clearly!
Opening the door, the first to get a clear look at the scene outside wasn’t Ruan Xingyao, but the viewers in the livestream.
The comment section went silent for several seconds before suddenly erupting again.
[Holy crap! You’re telling me this sword-browed, star-eyed, refined, tall and upright young man is a police officer? Not letting him enter showbiz is a total waste!]
[Where’s my secretary?! I want a full background check on this guy in three seconds! Hurry up and tell me who he is!]
[As expected! All the good-looking ones have been handed over to the country!]
[For this one moment, I won’t curse out the streamer! Thanks for showing me such a godly face, host!]
Ruan Xingyao was also taken aback by the man before her.
Even though she had seen countless handsome men — whether back when she was in the Beast-Taming Sect or from the original host’s memories — this one was still the best of the best, the most handsome of the handsome!
Especially the aura of righteous integrity radiating from him — it made Ruan Xingyao involuntarily swallow a mouthful of saliva.
Like the original host, she usually just glanced at handsome men and left it at that.
But with this kind of righteousness-so-pure-it-glows-red type of man… her thoughts were far from pure.
Her gaze was far too unrestrained, making Xie Lin’s already poor impression of her — from her “swaggering around and deceiving” in the livestream — drop to rock bottom.
And since she was still streaming, his expression darkened even more.
“Ms. Ruan, please turn off the livestream,” Xie Lin said.
Unhappy as he was, he still maintained basic politeness.
That actually made Ruan Xingyao’s impression of him even better.
She gave him a small smile. “Just a moment.”
Turning the camera back toward herself, Ruan Xingyao addressed her audience:
“Babies, the host is logging off now! See you next time!”
Without bothering with the audience’s pleas or curses in the chat, she directly ended the stream.
Sliding her phone back into her pocket, Ruan Xingyao smiled again at Xie Lin.
“Officer, how should I cooperate?”
Her smile was clean and harmless — the kind of face no one could possibly link with making false police reports or disturbing public order.
And yet, it was precisely such an innocent-looking girl who had done something so unbelievable.
Xie Lin, speaking strictly by the book, said,
“Ms. Ruan, we received a report that you have been swaggering about in a livestream to deceive viewers and spread false information. We now need you to come with us to assist in the investigation.”
Ruan Xingyao listened without the slightest hint of guilt on her face—instead, she stared at Xie Lin with clear interest.
“If I’m being wrongfully accused, Officer, will you compensate me?” Ruan Xingyao asked.
Xie Lin’s gaze sharpened.
In his eyes, Ruan Xingyao was simply refusing to admit defeat until she saw the coffin.
At a time like this, she could still talk back so stubbornly.
He said, “That will depend on whether Ms. Ruan can withstand interrogation.”
Once she was in the station, they had plenty of ways to make her talk.
He wanted to see just what kind of story she could spin next.
Ruan Xingyao was taken to the police station.
The moment she stepped out of the patrol car, she heard a slightly aged voice speak:
[Old meow here, I’ve already got one foot in the grave, not many days left to live, and yet I still have to suffer this inhumane torment! I’m so mad I could hiss!]
[If someone could help old meow send a message to the Bald Master, just tell him—I just want one bite of meat!]
Following the sound, Ruan Xingyao spotted a chubby ginger cat whose fur had faded to white, lying on a windowsill with a look of deep grievance.
She could feel that this fat ginger’s life was truly slipping away.
A wave of compassion rose in her heart before she realized it.
If she were still in the Beast-Taming Sect, she might have been able to extend this cat’s life.
Now…
Ruan Xingyao felt a twinge of sadness, staring at the ginger for quite a while.
Naturally, her behavior fell under the watchful eyes of Xie Lin and the others.
Wei Chuan, who already despised Ruan Xingyao for her flashy livestream scams, was even more infuriated seeing her acting so restless at the police station.
Just as he was about to bark at her, Xie Lin stopped him.
The two of them didn’t rush her—waiting until Ruan Xingyao turned her head back on her own.
Ruan Xingyao pulled herself out of her thoughts, and when she turned around, she was met with two pairs of probing eyes.
Unable to hold back, Wei Chuan directly asked, “Since you say you can understand what animals are saying, then why don’t you tell us—what did our police station’s cat just say?”
He deliberately emphasized that it was the police station’s cat, trying to mislead Ruan Xingyao into thinking it was like a police dog—an official, specially trained animal.
If Ruan Xingyao hadn’t already understood exactly what the orange cat had said earlier, she might really have been bluffed by Wei Chuan’s words.
Unfortunately for him, this kind of childish trick had no effect on her at all.
Ruan Xingyao turned to Xie Lin and asked, “Would this count as attempting to induce a confession?”
She had come to the police station to cooperate with the investigation, but they were actually treating her like a criminal!
This kind of unfair treatment—she wasn’t about to accept it!
Xie Lin gave her a deep look.
Meeting her stubborn and unyielding gaze, he finally said to Wei Chuan, “Write a self-criticism later.”
Wei Chuan: “Captain Xie!”
He was unconvinced!
However, faced with Xie Lin’s darkened expression, Wei Chuan ultimately didn’t say anything more.
He just lowered his head and gave a reluctant “Yes.”
— The end of the Chapter–
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