Xiao Feng saw Song Keren staring at him suspiciously and couldn't help but laugh: "You don't think I was the one who shot at you, do you?"

Song Keren's face looked a little pale due to blood loss, but she still managed to say firmly: "Then please explain why you showed up at such a convenient time?"

In the end, it was because Song Keren didn't know that Xiao Feng lived next door. If she had known, everything would make sense.

Xiao Feng looked at Song Keren's gunshot arm, which had stopped bleeding, and sighed, "You should worry about yourself first. After the wound scabs over, you'll suffer again, and if it's not treated in time, an infection would only make things worse."

"At that point, you won't be able to avoid going to the hospital, unless you really want to die."

His words immediately brought Song Keren back to reality. Figuring out why Xiao Feng appeared so promptly was less important than dealing with her gunshot wound right now.

"Do you have a solution?" Song Keren grit out through clenched teeth.

It's said that one can hear the implication in someone's words, and Song Keren, being smart, caught the meaning in Xiao Feng's words.

"I do, but think it over. Getting the bullet out without anesthesia isn't as simple as it looks in the movies," Xiao Feng said seriously.

"I can endure it!" Song Keren said firmly, her words strong and powerful.

"Alright then." Xiao Feng nodded, "If you're willing to die, I'm willing to bury you."

With that, he left the room to gather tools.

Song Keren was so angry she could die—could this guy not talk properly?!

Despite her anger, she still felt a bit grateful to Xiao Feng.

If he hadn't shown up in time, she wouldn't know what to do alone and unable to go to the hospital.

Though she had learned how to handle emergencies in police school, theory and practice are entirely different, let alone performing surgery on herself to remove a bullet, which is a psychological burden not everyone can bear.

While thinking this, Xiao Feng returned, holding a fruit knife, a bottle of white liquor, and a towel.

Xiao Feng placed the items on the ground, took out a lighter from his pocket, heated the knife to sterilize it, and then sprayed the knife with a mouthful of white liquor.

"Bite down," Xiao Feng instructed, handing the towel to Song Keren.

"This... is the towel I use for wiping my feet," Song Keren said awkwardly.

Xiao Feng was speechless. Of all the towels lying around, he casually picked one meant for feet! What luck.

"Bite it or don't, it's up to you," Xiao Feng replied, then undid the bedsheet on Song Keren's arm and cut a large hole in her clothes with the knife.

Song Keren knew that now wasn't the time for squeamishness. Steeling her heart, she bit the towel, bracing for the pain.

Xiao Feng remained composed, his hand steady as ever, showing no signs of tension.

He had been through similar situations countless times, and he had cut into himself many times too, so he was more than skilled.

Xiao Feng deftly made the incision. After slicing the wound open, he found the right angle, poked, and flicked, and a bullet casing fell to the floor with a crisp sound.

Song Keren groaned in pain, her whole body reflexively tensed, and the sudden pain almost made her faint.

Unbeknownst to her, even a top expert seeing Xiao Feng's handiwork would be astonished!

This precise control and the deftness of movement are not skills that can be acquired overnight.

After a while, having simply bandaged Song Keren, Xiao Feng asked, "Do you know who attacked you?"

Song Keren shook her head. She also realized that Xiao Feng had almost no reason to be suspected of shooting her.

Without motive or reason, he could temporarily be ruled out as a suspect.

After pondering for a moment, Song Keren, with a somewhat weak voice, said, "I haven't been in Jiangcheng long, and including tonight, I've only handled three cases."

"However, I suspect this has something to do with Deputy Director Miao Youmin."

"Why do you think so?" Xiao Feng asked.

"Since your case started, I've noticed Miao Youmin acting suspiciously, and during my interrogations with Zhou Dong, Miao Youmin often interrupted or coughed intentionally when Zhou Dong was reaching key points," Song Keren said.

"His behavior naturally increased my suspicion of him. This time, you had me investigate Liao Qianying, which probably crossed his line."

Admittedly, this deduction is remarkably accurate, showing Song Keren's capability, although she's yet unable to fully utilize it.

"If that's the case, are you still going to continue investigating?" Xiao Feng thought for a moment and asked.

"Investigate!" Song Keren replied without hesitation, "No matter the danger, I will investigate to the end. That is my dignity and bottom line as a police officer!"

Xiao Feng mused for a moment and then said, "Then I wish you good luck!"

With that, he prepared to leave.

Every person has their own beliefs and choices. It is a basic right, irrelevant to right or wrong, and Xiao Feng naturally would not interfere.

However, just as he was about to step out the door, Song Keren asked, "You still haven't answered me, why did you show up so coincidentally?"

Xiao Feng was a bit speechless. This girl was quite stubborn, wasn't she, hung up on this issue?

Since that's the case...

Xiao Feng turned back, his eyes looking deeply affectionate, and said something quite poetic: "There are no coincidences in the world; behind every coincidence lies inevitability—it all depends on how you perceive it."

Song Keren was stunned. She had expected that Xiao Feng was unlikely to tell the truth, but she hadn't expected such an ambiguous answer.

"Behind every coincidence lies inevitability..." Song Keren muttered to herself, and a thought suddenly crossed her mind.

Could it be that he's been secretly protecting me all along?

Song Keren squeezed her eyes shut, feeling that this seemed to be the only explanation because it couldn't be explained otherwise why he appeared so timely.

But the question is, why would he do it?

At this point, the answer seemed obvious, yet when she came to, the figure at the door had already disappeared.

If not for the pain in her arm and the broken glass on the floor, Song Keren would have thought she was dreaming.

As to whether it was a sweet dream or a nightmare, she couldn't quite say. However, Xiao Feng's departing figure was already etched deeply in her mind...

On the other side, back at No. 9 Courtyard, Xiao Feng had no idea about the impact his words had caused.

Little did he realize that such a joking, impromptu comment had quietly shifted the course of fate, leading it down a completely different path.

Tonight, the moon was bright and the stars sparse.

Lying in bed, Xiao Feng soon drifted into slumber, while Song Keren remained awake all night...

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