After Mu Lingshan made the phone call, it wasn't long before the police arrived, arrested all the criminals, and rescued several young women who were locked in the basement.

This time, Mu Lingshan had no doubt that, whether it was the hook-nosed man or this gang of eight, they would all face legal trial and punishment in the face of irrefutable evidence.

However, while Mu Lingshan was pleased about cracking the case, her mood was still somewhat heavy. All the young women who were rescued were previously registered missing persons, all had their kidneys removed, and all suffered gang rape.

What concerned Mu Lingshan even more was that this case was not actually solved by her.

If it weren't for the masked man appearing in time, let alone bringing these criminals to justice, she herself might have already been locked in the basement of this two-story building, suffering inhuman humiliation and abuse.

Sitting in the police car with sirens blaring, Mu Lingshan was overwhelmed with thoughts, her mind filled with the image of the man wearing a black top hat, silver mask, and white gloves, feeling a sense of loss.

If before today, someone asked her to imagine a man dressed like that standing under the moon, she would surely find it very childish and laughable, and would definitely scoff at it.

But at this moment, recalling the scenes that just happened, she felt they were incredibly strange and romantic.

At the same time, she strongly suspected that the person who had knocked out the hook-nosed man and two others, leaving them in the van for the police to pick up, was the same mysterious person who saved her life today.

After all, today, she witnessed firsthand that mysterious person's incredibly precise stone-throwing skills, and the last time she caught the hook-nosed group, one had a stone mark on his forehead and another on the back of his head.

"Are they the same person? Sigh..."

Unknowingly, Mu Lingshan's cheeks flushed with a faint red. Although she was still very eager to know the true identity of this mysterious man, her feelings were completely different from last time.

At that time, she felt like the other person was accusing the police of incompetence with his actions, deliberately embarrassing the police, and she was filled with anger. But this time, she felt that he was kind-hearted, chivalrous, and enigmatic.

Unfortunately, just now, she was too nervous. Apart from remembering the top hat, mask, and gloves of the mysterious person, she couldn't remember at all what kind of clothes he was wearing.

This means, with just these clues, no matter how much she wants to find this mysterious person, it would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.

"Xiao Mu, you did a great job today! Hahaha, you're really a blessing to our station!" In the police car, a burst of excited laughter interrupted Mu Lingshan's thoughts.

Looking at the beaming face of the station chief, Mu Lingshan shook her head, "Chief, today's credit is not mine, it's from an expert who didn't want to show his true face. He's the one who took down all the criminals and guided me to find the basement."

"Hmm? What happened?"

Mu Lingshan detailed the previous events, but omitted the part where they worked together, thinking it should remain a secret between the two of them.

The chief pinched his chin, "Xiao Mu, since he doesn't want to show his true face, it means he doesn't care for the credit. Let's just say you solved the case yourself. When others ask, don't mention this mysterious person."

"Chief, how can that be?"

"What I say goes unless you can find this mysterious person. Otherwise, how do we explain this to the public? Do you want the general public to think that our police are so incompetent that we need some random hero to solve cases?"

Mu Lingshan was at a loss for words, hesitated for a long time, sighed, and reluctantly nodded.

At the same time, the mysterious hero in Mu Lingshan's heart, Chu Ge, had already returned home and was fast asleep.

As for the attire he had just used, he had thrown it all into the community trash bin.

The next day, news of the police cracking a major kidnapping case spread throughout Lidu City, prominently featured in newspaper headlines and Lidu TV Station news programs.

The newspaper even featured a heroic close-up photo of Mu Lingshan, but it was clear from the picture that her smile was somewhat forced.

During the interview with reporters, her smile was even more awkward, and she only said, "This is our police duty and obligation," and refused to answer any further questions.

Yet, this awkward smile and simple statement completely captured the attention of the public.

To the public, Mu Lingshan appeared to be acting out of humility and low profile, unwilling to boast after achieving success.

Originally, there weren't many young, beautiful female cops like Mu Lingshan, and with her humble and low-key demeanor, she quickly shot to fame.

That day, a steady stream of people visited the Xinghe Police Station, bringing so many commendatory banners that there was almost no place to hang them.

The city public security bureau even awarded Mu Lingshan a personal second-class merit, which was an extraordinary honor for a young police officer who had just started her career.

However, faced with all these honors, Mu Lingshan couldn't find any happiness and could only respond with a helpless bitter smile.

First, she knew in her heart that these honors shouldn't belong to her at all.

Second, she had a vague feeling that there must be more unknown, hidden crimes behind this matter, but unfortunately, the city bureau had already announced the case as closed, and as a small officer at Xinghe Police Station, she was simply unable to shake the city bureau's decision.

While Mu Lingshan was filled with helplessness, Long Kun's heart was filled with shock and anger.

In the kidnapping business, he had just begun to taste a bit of success, and then this kind of thing happened, he was truly unwilling to accept it.

However, no matter how unwilling he was, he knew he had to restrain himself for a while and couldn't continue this business; otherwise, it would be too easy to provoke trouble.

Apart from his unwillingness, Long Kun also realized something: it seemed like that person named Chu Ge was far more difficult to deal with than he had imagined.

He had sent out a full eight experts to teach Chu Ge a lesson, yet those eight had failed.

Even more exaggerated was that those eight people not only didn't touch a hair on Chu Ge's head, but were instead injured by their own people, with six of them getting hurt!

Just this alone made Long Kun find it unbelievable, yet it wasn't over; just a few hours after these eight experts went to find Chu Ge, they somehow got raided by the police?

This, isn't it too much of a coincidence?

Although Long Kun had no evidence, it was really hard for him to believe that this had nothing to do with Chu Ge.

He even suspected that this might be Chu Ge's way of giving him a warning and a lesson in return.

After thinking it over, Long Kun decided to lie low for a while and find someone to investigate Chu Ge's background later.

Of course, what Long Kun could think of, Mu Lingshan could think of too, once she calmed down, though she found it really hard to connect that creepy guy Chu Ge with the mysterious figure who seemed like a prince.

Either way, Mu Lingshan decided to meet Chu Ge first before saying anything else.

After work, Mu Lingshan went to Chu Ge's house and knocked on the door.

After just a few knocks, Chu Ge, wearing an apron and carrying a slight smell of cooking oil, opened the door.

"Officer Mu? Rare guest, rare guest? I'm over there cooking, come in if you have something to say." Chu Ge greeted with a smile and turned back into the house.

While Chu Ge was speaking, Mu Lingshan stared closely into his eyes, and to her slight disappointment and relief, there wasn't a trace of dodging in Chu Ge's eyes, remaining with that creepy smile on his face that made her uncomfortable.

In fact, Chu Ge wasn't surprised at all that Mu Lingshan would come looking for him. Besides, if she could discern anything from his face, then he might as well have been mixing in the organization for nothing.

This time, to confirm whether Chu Ge was the mysterious figure or not, Mu Lingshan didn't stand at the door anymore but put on a pair of Chu Ge's slippers and walked inside, then stood by the kitchen door to observe.

In her view, Chu Ge was skillfully stir-frying the dish, looking just like an ordinary house husband, except that his physique was similar to that mysterious figure from yesterday; she really couldn't see even a hint of that mysterious aura.

"Officer Mu, I know I look handsome while cooking, but you don't have to stare at me the whole time, do you?" Chu Ge chuckled as he stir-fried and turned his head to smile.

"Narcissist, who cares to watch you cook? Where were you yesterday between six and seven in the evening?"

"Officer Mu, what's with your memory? Around six, didn't you take me to the police station for a statement?"

"And then? Where did you go after you finished your statement?"

"Home, eat, sleep. I mean, you can't be seriously suspecting me of something again, right?"

Looking at Chu Ge's genuinely puzzled face, Mu Lingshan couldn't see a trace of pretense no matter how she looked.

Without continuing this topic, Mu Lingshan shook her head, sighed with an unknown feeling, then left the kitchen door and sat by the dining table in the living room, resting her hand on her cheek, staring blankly in a daze.

It wasn't until Chu Ge came out of the kitchen and placed two dishes on the table that Mu Lingshan snapped out of it, "Life seems pretty cozy, making two dishes just for yourself?"

Chu Ge chuckled, "Isn't it because I saw you coming? Want to stay and have some?"

Mu Lingshan instinctively wanted to refuse, but as soon as the words reached her lips, she suddenly remembered the time when Shu Lulu and Chu Ge had a big feast here while she stood at the door watching, which suddenly irked her.

So, Mu Lingshan swallowed the words back, nodded.

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