Seeing Mu Lingshan nod, Chu Ge scratched his nose. "Oh, Officer Mu, actually, I was just being polite to you. You don't have to take it seriously."

Mu Lingshan raised her eyebrows. "What? Are you so unwelcoming of me having dinner at your house?"

"Uh, you're a police officer, I'm a civilian. You're always suspecting me of something. Of course, I feel pressured eating with you."

"But what if I insist on having dinner here?"

Chu Ge scratched his head helplessly and said, "Uh, since you've put it that way, I wouldn't dare to kick you out. It seems all I can do is get a set of dishes for you."

Seeing Chu Ge look so unwilling, Mu Lingshan couldn't help but laugh angrily. Was she so terrifying? As if dining with her was such an ordeal.

In fact, Chu Ge had no resistance to having dinner with Mu Lingshan. Compared to eating alone at home, it's definitely more interesting to have a beautiful officer in uniform at the table.

As Chu Ge forced a smile and turned towards the kitchen, Mu Lingshan's gaze shifted to the two dishes on the table. She quietly sniffed and secretly marveled, "It smells so good! I wonder how a crazy bastard and playboy like him has such good cooking skills?"

Soon, Chu Ge returned from the kitchen with two sets of dishes. Hearing footsteps, Mu Lingshan quickly moved her gaze away from the dishes and put on a stern face again.

"Officer Mu, enjoy your meal. Once you're done, I'll keep the bowl and chopsticks you used. When you become a hero of the people and a model in the police force, I'll auction them as items touched by your saliva. Maybe I'll get rich instantly."

Placing a set of dishes in front of Mu Lingshan, Chu Ge scooped himself a bowl of rice and smiled back as he spoke.

Seeing Chu Ge's unserious demeanor, Mu Lingshan was amused and annoyed. She glared, "Can you be any less proper?"

Chu Ge took a big bite of rice and mumbled, "How am I improper? Don't you think my idea is great? A young, beautiful, humble, and skilled officer like you can't be found anywhere else. After dinner, how about giving me a couple of autographed photos?"

Unexpectedly, rather than being upset by his teasing, Mu Lingshan put down her chopsticks, sighed, and showed a self-deprecating bitter smile.

"What's wrong? Officer Mu, why are you sighing?"

"Me? Skilled? Humble? Haha... Stop flattering me. I probably can't even beat you."

Hearing Mu Lingshan admit this, Chu Ge found it amusing, thinking Mu Lingshan was finally a bit self-aware.

On the outside, however, he put on a puzzled expression and wondered aloud, "I'm wrong? I saw in the newspaper today your achievements in a case, taking down nine criminals alone. You're practically a heroine, a champion among women! But I noticed you don't photograph well. Your smile seems too unnatural."

Mu Lingshan shook her head, "The criminals weren't taken down by me, nor was the case solved by me. If it weren't for a mysterious expert appearing, I might be suffering right now. Do you think I could smile?"

Chu Ge pretended to be shocked, "A mysterious expert?"

Mu Lingshan replied with a "Hmm," and recounted yesterday's events to Chu Ge.

As she recounted, she secretly observed Chu Ge's eyes. Although she felt Chu Ge probably wasn't the mysterious person, she wanted to use the opportunity for final confirmation.

After all, eyes are the windows to the soul; any slight change represents a person's psychological state and emotional fluctuation.

Yet, even after recounting, she couldn't discern anything unusual in Chu Ge's eyes. He seemed completely unaware of the incident.

In fact, Mu Lingshan's testing method was very correct and effective. Unfortunately, she was facing Chu Ge, who was expertly trained.

Chu Ge could easily fool even someone of Qin Yan's level, an old detective, let alone a newbie like Mu Lingshan.

After Mu Lingshan finished, Chu Ge laughed. "What a hero rescuing a beauty! But that mysterious expert has no sense of romance. He rescued such a beautiful policewoman, achieved so much, yet just left. What a missed opportunity to shine!"

Mu Lingshan glared at Chu Ge, grumbling, "That's what it means to have integrity, to have depth. It's pointless to explain to you; someone like you wouldn't understand."

Chu Ge smiled and nodded, "Yeah, I'm just a commoner, okay?"

Mu Lingshan sighed again, "Actually, I'm not much better than you, still just a commoner. Even though I didn't want this credit, I had to hide about the mysterious person due to pressure from above and to maintain the police's image."

"If you ask me, you shouldn't worry too much. If that expert doesn't want to show up, there's nothing wrong with what you're doing."

"Ah! But I feel bad! I took advantage of someone else's accomplishments! You don't know, when citizens came to the station with banners for me, I just wanted to dig a hole and hide! I'm so undeserving!"

Seeing Mu Lingshan's angry look, Chu Ge admired her all the more.

In terms of skills, Mu Lingshan was only a newbie officer, but in terms of character, responsibility, and sense of justice, she was undoubtedly a model in the police force. It was definitely worthwhile for him to help her.

Mu Lingshan truly felt bad, and sharing this with Chu Ge made her feel much lighter, as if subconsciously, he wasn't as annoying anymore.

At the very least, his cooking is really delicious, and he's also a pretty good listener.

Just as Mu Lingshan had this thought, the iPhone 5S that Chu Ge left on the table suddenly rang, with Liu Weijiang's name flashing on the screen.

"Hello, Young Master Jiang?" Chu Ge's tone was quite good this time because Liu Weijiang performed well last time.

"Young Master Chu, you'd better just call me by my name. The title 'Young Master Jiang' is something I can't handle when it comes out of your mouth, it feels awkward from head to toe."

"Hehe, what's up?"

"I wanted to ask if Young Master Chu has time tomorrow? Should we get together and hang out at Roman Holiday?"

"How about this, I get off work at five in the evening, can we touch base then?"

"Sure, sure, I'll call you then."

After hanging up, Mu Lingshan, who had just calmed down, put on a stern face again. She placed the chopsticks on the table, her gaze towards him becoming unfriendly once more.

Chu Ge certainly knew why Mu Lingshan's expression had changed. After all, Liu Weijiang was not very respectful to her before, and just seeing those three characters must have filled her with anger.

"Officer Mu, why aren't you eating?" Though Chu Ge knew the reason, he pretended to be casual and asked with a smile.

"Young Master Chu's business seems so busy, how could I, a mere police officer, dare to waste your time here? I think I should be more sensible and leave quickly."

With a belly full of discontent, Mu Lingshan retorted sarcastically, then stood up from the table. Just that one phone call from Liu Weijiang had completely wiped out the little bit of good impression she'd just started to form about Chu Ge.

She certainly knew what kind of place 'Roman Holiday' was and what kind of guy Liu Weijiang was. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together; since Chu Ge was still hanging out with someone like Liu Weijiang, what kind of good person could he be?

Faced with Mu Lingshan's sarcastic remarks, Chu Ge smiled indifferently, "Officer Mu, then I won't keep you. Take care."

Mu Lingshan snorted and walked towards the door, but as she opened it, she saw a youthful and charming woman with a devilish figure standing at the entrance, evidently about to knock.

She frowned instinctively, feeling even more disgusted. She had already seen quite a few women around Chu Ge, and she never expected that during her rare visit to his house, she'd encounter yet another woman she hadn't met before.

This suggested that there could be countless women around Chu Ge.

How could she have viewed such an unreliable guy as someone to confide in? How could she for even a moment think he might actually be decent? How could she sit down and have a meal face to face with him?

The more she thought about it, the angrier Mu Lingshan became. She glanced coldly at the somewhat bewildered Chu Shiyao, then strode out with a stern face.

"Brother Chu? Did I come at a bad time?"

Chu Shiyao, feeling puzzled, glanced at Mu Lingshan's back and then turned her attention to Chu Ge in the living room.

Chu Ge smiled, "No, you're overthinking. Come in, have a seat."

Seeing Chu Ge's face still wearing his usual smile, Chu Shiyao stepped inside, "Brother Chu, I heard some noise from your place, so I came to check it out. I didn't expect you'd really be home. That female officer was so pretty, I hope I didn't mess things up for you!"

"No, really, she's just a community officer who came over for resident registration."

Upon hearing this, Chu Shiyao stuck out her tongue and laughed sheepishly, "Good then. By the way, Brother Chu, when did you come back? Why didn't you tell me? You're being way too inconsiderate."

"I came back just last night, but it was quite late, so I didn't want to disturb you. I was planning to visit you today, and here you are."

"I see, mind if I crash here for dinner tonight?"

Chu Ge chuckled, "Of course not, I was just worried nobody would help me wash the dishes. You sit tight, I'll fry another dish for you."

After reheating the two dishes on the table that hadn't been eaten much, Chu Ge cooked another dish and continued talking with Chu Shiyao over dinner.

While talking, Chu Shiyao brought up He Junming.

"By the way, Brother Chu, He Junming's sister came to see him today. I've never seen such a beautiful woman in my life; she is truly stunning!"

"Is it that exaggerated, even more beautiful than you?"

"It's not exaggerated at all; she's much prettier than I am. But Brother Chu, you'd better avoid the hospital for now since his sister seems to have quite a big grudge against you."

"Hmm?"

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