Ruan Xingyao returned to the police station together with Xie Lin.
The lights inside the station were still brightly lit.
Zhou Zelu happened to be walking out.
Seeing Ruan Xingyao getting out of Xie Lin’s car, he stopped in his tracks.
When Ruan Xingyao and Xie Lin came closer, Zhou Zelu was just about to tease them, but his gaze landed on something wrapped around Ruan Xingyao’s wrist.
At first, Zhou Zelu even thought he was seeing things.
It wasn’t until Ruan Xingyao walked even closer that he was so shocked he took a step back.
“Expert Ruan! You—!” Zhou Zelu’s voice even trembled a little.
“What’s wrong?” Ruan Xingyao, seeing his reaction, couldn’t help but want to tease him.
She deliberately moved a bit closer to Zhou Zelu, pretending to casually tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, and with a face clean and innocent as could be, she asked, “Officer Zhou, do you not want to see me? The way you’re stepping back half a pace is so hurtful!”
Zhou Zelu looked a little helpless.
He tried to look past Ruan Xingyao’s face to Xie Lin behind her, locking eyes with him.
His eyes seemed to ask: You’re not going to do anything about her?
Xie Lin ignored Zhou Zelu’s look.
Zhou Zelu: Heh, men!
When he shifted his gaze back, he saw that right next to Ruan Xingyao’s cheek, that unbelievable little black snake was flicking its tongue toward her porcelain-like face.
The sight was simply too unsettling.
“Expert Ruan, don’t tell me… this is real?” Zhou Zelu asked, his tone incredulous.
He honestly didn’t know how to describe what he was feeling anymore.
Ruan Xingyao was just too surprising.
First it was a little mouse, and now a little black snake—he didn’t even dare to imagine what else she might bring next that would make his scalp tingle.
Just as Zhou Zelu finished speaking, the little black snake, as if understanding his doubt, turned its head and flicked its tongue toward him.
This made Zhou Zelu instinctively take another step back.
“Expert Ruan, I’m begging you!” Zhou Zelu blurted, “I’m really scared!”
Although he had gone through rigorous training at the police academy, all it allowed him to do was not run away at the sight of such creatures—but the fear in his bones was real.
Overcoming it was truly killing him.
Ruan Xingyao blinked, raised her hand to look at it, and said regretfully, “I see… but it’s so cute. What a shame you don’t like it.”
As she spoke, Ruan Xingyao even reached out and stroked the little black snake’s head.
Zhou Zelu: “Alright, alright! You win! You’re my living father! No—my living ancestor from now on, okay?”
Ever since graduating from the police academy, this was the first time Xie Lin had seen Zhou Zelu scared like this.
He couldn’t deny there was a hint of mischief in him—after all, this guy Zhou Zelu was usually impossible to catch in such a state.
Xie Lin raised his hand and patted Ruan Xingyao on the shoulder. “Alright, stop scaring him. I’ll take you to an empty meeting room—you can livestream there.”
Ruan Xingyao nodded, waved to Zhou Zelu, and said, “Okay, Captain Xie! Thank you, thank you, Captain!”
Soon, Ruan Xingyao started that day’s livestream.
This was something she and Xie Lin had already discussed on the way to the police station.
However, the moment the stream started and Ruan Xingyao saw the background behind her on the screen, she couldn’t help but feel a little exasperated.
[Whoa! Am I seeing things? The background behind the streamer is… the police station?]
[No way, no way, no way… She’s not seriously doing some scam livestream right in the police station, is she?]
[Ugh, here come the haters again—where’d you sniff this out from? Our streamer is already an official staff member! What’s wrong with streaming at the station? This just proves she’s got real skills!]
[Well, now I’m even more curious about what today’s stream will be! I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be amazing!]
Seeing the lively reaction in the barrage of comments, Ruan Xingyao smiled brightly.
“Good evening, everyone! Today, as always, we’ll be doing three viewer connections—let’s start with our first lucky participant.”
[Pick me, pick me, pick me! Streamer, pick me!]
The entire screen was flooded with messages like that.
After all, viewers had noticed before that if someone typed something like this in the chat, Ruan Xingyao would connect to the first person who sent it.
Now, everyone wanted to try their luck.
However, Ruan Xingyao hadn’t seen who sent it first today.
So instead, she flashed a sly smile.
She casually sent out a lucky bag and smiled at everyone. “Everyone, today we’re trying a new rule — the first person to draw the lucky bag will be our lucky one!”
【Streamer! You’re playing tricks on me! I’ve trained my reaction speed for so long just to grab first place, and now you hurt me like this!】
【Streamer is no longer our pure and adorable streamer!】
【My heart is shattered — streamer, please gather the pieces for me, and piece them into the shape of someone who loves you!】
When Ruan Xingyao saw this comment, she almost grimaced.
This kind of line was terrifying!
“Alright, now let’s connect with a family member named ‘Wishing you peace and safety’ and see what they want me to do for their little darling!”
Once the connection went through, on the other end was a pale-faced woman with messy hair and sweat all over her face.
“Hello, “Wishing you peace and safety”, is there anything I can help you with?” Ruan Xingyao asked.
“Wishing you peace and safety” seemed stunned that she had actually connected with Ruan Xingyao.
She froze for quite a while, and only after Ruan Xingyao asked again did she finally open her mouth.
However, before she could speak, her tears began to fall.
“Streamer, I’m begging you! Please! Can you ask what happened to my Xueqiu? Please!”
The image on “Wishing you peace and safety”’s side shook, and with a loud clang, the picture stabilized again — revealing her kneeling in front of the camera.
Ruan Xingyao was startled by this.
She quickly said, “”Wishing you peace and safety”, if you want to know something, I can ask for you — you don’t need to do this.”
She almost felt like kneeling in front of the camera herself, otherwise she feared she was about to experience a wave of online backlash.
Sure enough, the live chat had already begun scolding her.
【What’s going on? Is the streamer sick in the head? Making someone kneel during a call? Who do you think you are!】
【Why hasn’t this kind of streamer been banned yet? Totally polluting the internet environment!】
【Too much! Such a humiliation — absolutely shameless!】
But “Wishing you peace and safety” just shook her head hard, tears streaming down her face, and said to Ruan Xingyao, “Streamer, I beg you, my Xueqiu doesn’t have long to live. Please help me find out what happened to it! It’s only three years old — who could have hurt it like this?!”
Ruan Xingyao said, “Alright, bring Xueqiu to the camera, and I’ll ask it.”
However, “Wishing you peace and safety” remained motionless for quite some time.
She merely turned her gaze toward something outside the camera, her eyes full of pleading.
It wasn’t until two minutes later that a voice was heard.
In the frame appeared a figure in a purple uniform from the pet hospital, cradling a snow-white bundle in their arms, and carefully handing it over to “Wishing you peace and safety”.
“Xueqiu, my Xueqiu…”
— The end of the Chapter–
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