662: Chapter 658 Are We Even?
662: Chapter 658 Are We Even?
Indeed, when he looked up at Zhao Lina’s pretty face, he clearly saw her beautiful eyes casting a disdainful glance at him.
Even Ye Fan, with his thick face like a city wall, couldn’t help but blush.
“Cough cough,” Ye Fan, feeling guilty, turned his face away and hurriedly thought of a topic to divert attention, “Lina, what are your thoughts on the work arrangements for the Spring Festival?”
“After what happened today, you still want to go home for the New Year?” Zhao Lina said sarcastically, “Not only do you have to stay behind, but I also have to stay!”
“This…” Ye Fan became anxious and defended, “It’s not our fault what happened today.
Those robbers were renting a place; we couldn’t possibly have checked on them.”
Mingde County was just a small county with limited police force.
Additionally, due to the relatively simple environment of the county, there was rarely any inspection of rental housing.
Zhao Lina snorted coldly, “Do you think you can shirk responsibility like that?
Even if it really has nothing to do with us, we still have to significantly strengthen security for this year’s Spring Festival—it’s imperative.
Under such circumstances, do you still think you, as the second-in-command of the police station, can leave your post and go home for the New Year?”
“Ah, that’s true,” Ye Fan sighed in frustration, realizing that going home for the New Year was impossible this year.
Thus, it would be seven consecutive years that he couldn’t go home for the New Year.
Zhao Lina saw Ye Fan sighing with frustration and felt very uncomfortable inside, thinking he was upset about not being able to reunite with Li Zhaojun for the New Year.
She snorted and said, “It’s surprising that you’re a man; it’s just not going home for the New Year, is it worth being so childish?
Li Zhaojun is in Hua Hai city, and it’s not like you can’t visit her for some intimacy on the weekends!”
Upon hearing this, Ye Fan knew Zhao Lina had misunderstood.
However, he did not intend to explain.
“Heh heh, you’re right, I should prioritize my work,” Ye Fan said with a light smile, “I should serve the people wholeheartedly.”
After a silence, Zhao Lina spoke, “Actually, you said you needed to go to Malaysia for some summit on the third day of the New Year, I can approve you to sneak away for two days.”
“Um, thank you,” Ye Fan turned to Zhao Lina and said.
As they spoke, their gazes involuntarily met.
After looking at each other for several seconds, Zhao Lina shifted her gaze away and then stood up.
Ye Fan came back to his senses, thinking Zhao Lina was going to leave.
Just as he was about to stand up to see Zhao Lina off, he least expected Zhao Lina to walk towards him, place her hands on his shoulders, and press him back down onto the sofa.
“Lina…” Ye Fan couldn’t help but cry out, his heartbeat and breathing momentarily stalled.
He saw Zhao Lina stride over him, assertively sit on his lap, and then lean down, her soft, sweet, and moist lips forcefully kissing Ye Fan’s mouth, fervently seeking a kiss.
Ye Fan was powerless to resist, his hands involuntarily wrapping around Zhao Lina’s slender soft waist, kissing her passionately.
After more than ten minutes of intense kissing, the two finally separated.
Now, Zhao Lina’s face was flushed, her beautiful eyes watery like two pools overflowing with autumn water, her chest heaving with warm, fragrant breaths.
Seeing Zhao Lina so enchanting and enticing, Ye Fan became even more uncontrollable, immediately raising his face to continue the passionate kissing.
However, Zhao Lina turned her pretty face away, not allowing Ye Fan to kiss her again.
“Uh?” Ye Fan was momentarily stunned.
By that time, Zhao Lina had already stood up from atop Ye Fan and settled back into the main seat on the sofa.
After sitting down, Zhao Lina smoothed out her long, disheveled hair and clothing while calming her emotions and breathing.
A moment later, she turned her face to look at Ye Fan, her pretty face once again covered with frost, and she said arrogantly, “What just happened was me repaying you for saving me today.
From now on, we owe each other nothing.
Don’t expect me to forgive you!”
After speaking, she did not care about how Ye Fan would react, she proudly stood up and left Ye Fan’s dormitory.
Ye Fan sat on the sofa, watching Zhao Lina leave coldly, a bitter smile formed on his lips, feeling a complex mix of loss, sadness, and relief inside.
“This is good too, isn’t it?
There’s no need to keep clinging on,” he murmured to comfort himself.
The next morning, Zhao Lina submitted the interrogation report for the armed bank robbery case, which she had completed overnight, to the city police, the county committee, and the county government.
The replies from the county committee and the county government came quickly, by noon there was already a response.
There was no criticism of the county police department, but they demanded a thorough check of all rental houses in the urban and suburban areas to ensure that such serious and vile incidents don’t happen again.
At three in the afternoon, the city police bureau also made a written reply, verbally reprimanding Mingde County Police Department, and demanding an immediate, thorough check of all rental houses in the urban and suburban areas of Mingde County, the establishment of case files, and regular inspections from then on.
Additionally, they specifically requested an increase in the level of public security control during the Spring Festival period to offset the negative impact of the armed bank robbery and ensure the people can have a peaceful New Year.
Zhao Lina, Ye Fan, and the other main leaders were well-prepared for the demands from the city bureau, the county committee, and the county government; as a result, all the police officers went to work that day, working overtime day and night to thoroughly investigate all rental houses.
Since it was Friday, Ye Fan’s plans to visit Li Zhaojun and Lu Xiaoman in Hua Hai City naturally fell through.
Busy until Sunday noon, the check of rental houses was finally complete.
Ye Fan finished the investigation report for his responsible area and went to submit it to Zhao Lina.
Zhao Lina received the report with an ice-cold expression on her pretty face, not uttering a word, and continued to work on her documents with her head down.
In these two or three days, Zhao Lina’s attitude towards him was still cold, and she still suppressed him at work, assigning Ye Fan the heaviest tasks.
Xu Xiangli was so angry that she almost confronted Zhao Lina about it.
Seeing Zhao Lina say nothing, Ye Fan didn’t bother her and quietly left her office.
He hadn’t returned to his own office when his mobile phone suddenly rang.
Ye Fan took it out and saw that it was Cui Wenwen calling.
He couldn’t help but smile a little as he answered the call.
“Cousin, have you finished work?
Mum and I are waiting for you to start dinner,” came Cui Wenwen’s crisp, youthful voice from the phone.
It turned out Shangguan Wuqiu felt grateful to Ye Fan for saving her and insisted on inviting him to her house for dinner.
Ye Fan had tried to decline, but then Cui Wenwen called with various pleas and cajoling, and Ye Fan couldn’t refuse, so he agreed.
I’ll drive over to your place right now,” Ye Fan replied with a smile.
“Teehee, hurry up, okay?
I’ve been busy all morning, I’m so hungry I can hardly take it,” Cui Wenwen’s playful laughter rang out from the phone.
Ye Fan felt like the world was a beautiful place as he laughed and agreed to Cui Wenwen’s urging.
Although he hadn’t agreed to be Cui Wenwen’s “cousin,” he already considered her like a cousin in his heart and was more lenient with her.
Back in the office, he quickly tidied up his desk, changed into casual clothes, and then Ye Fan left the office, drove to Shangguan Wuqiu’s home.
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