As Chu Ge flashed his trademark mischievous smile, Mu Lingshan's heart instantly began to race, her body tensing slightly. However, her gaze did not waver as she continued to meet Chu Ge's eyes, waiting for his response.
Yet, Chu Ge didn't speak, just smirked and strolled towards her with a smile as warm as a spring breeze.
As Chu Ge drew closer step by step, Mu Lingshan grew increasingly anxious, feeling an overwhelming pressure as if the very air around Chu Ge condensed into an invisible wall, closing in on her, causing her to subconsciously slow her breathing.
"What... what do you want?"
With only one step between them, Mu Lingshan finally couldn't hold back any longer. She glared with wide eyes, pretending to be fierce, demanding, afraid that if she stayed silent, she'd completely lose her composure.
Mu Lingshan hadn't just met Chu Ge; however, only this time did he bring such tremendous pressure. She knew full well that it was because she hadn't previously done any investigation on Chu Ge. Now, after uncovering so many mysteries about him, her feelings towards him were not the same as before.
Chu Ge raised his hand, and Mu Lingshan's pupils shrank as she instinctively assumed a combat stance.
However, Chu Ge then scratched his head, casually picked up a pair of slippers from the shoe rack, tossed them in front of Mu Lingshan, and grinned, "What do you think I'm going to do? You've been standing at the door forever; aren't you going to change your shoes and come in?"
Poised and ready for action, Mu Lingshan was dumbfounded by Chu Ge's words, and a sudden surge of anger rose from within her, making her feel like a complete fool.
She glanced at the slippers at her feet, then at Chu Ge, retracting her fighting stance, she furiously said, "Chu Ge, what do you mean, aren't you going to give me an explanation?"
"What's there to explain? Haven't you already investigated everything thoroughly? I mean, you're so concerned about me, do you have some sort of agenda?"
Chu Ge shrugged amusedly. He wasn't surprised that Mu Lingshan could dig up that information. After all, Mu Lingshan was a police officer; such things couldn't stump her. He just hadn't expected her to start investigating until now.
Hearing Chu Ge's words, Mu Lingshan was truly infuriated. She pointed at herself, then at Chu Ge, and angrily said, "Me? Having an agenda with you?"
Chu Ge nodded matter-of-factly, "Yeah, if you weren't interested in me, why go to the trouble to investigate me and even come to my house to say these things?"
In truth, Chu Ge's words weren't entirely off the mark. From childhood, Mu Lingshan had only ever admired one man—the mysterious master who'd saved her twice. Little did she know, the man she'd longed for day and night was right under her nose.
Mu Lingshan's anger flared even more, but before she could say anything, Chu Ge grinned and continued, "Officer Mu, don't be embarrassed to admit it. After all, I'm so outstanding; it's quite normal for you to like me, and I won't blame you for it."
Looking at Chu Ge's smug smile, Mu Lingshan was nearly driven mad, forgetting the original reason she came to Chu Ge. How could there be such a shameless person in this world?
However, Chu Ge wasn't finished speaking. Ignoring Mu Lingshan's incredulous look and the fire blazing in her eyes, he rubbed his chin and smacked his lips.
"To be honest, Officer Mu, you do look very good, and I'm quite fond of those long legs of yours. But your temper is really quite bad. If you want to pursue me, it would be challenging. Why not work on your temper first? Once you can be a bit more gentle, you can try to pursue me again?"
"You! You're shameless!"
With these words, Mu Lingshan's face flushed with anger, her teeth clenched as her eyes seemed ready to shoot flames and burn Chu Ge to ashes.
Seeing Mu Lingshan growing even angrier, Chu Ge sighed and shook his head, "Officer Mu, I already said I don't like aggressive girls. Why are you starting to scold people now? That won't help you in pursuing me at all."
"Pursue you, my foot! I think you just need a good beating!"
Feeling Chu Ge's unscrupulous gaze, Mu Lingshan finally lost patience, throwing a punch at Chu Ge.
Initially, Chu Ge just wanted to change the subject and tease Mu Lingshan a bit. He didn't expect her to be so easily provoked and actually start throwing punches.
However, Chu Ge's playful spirit was entirely ignited. With a laugh, he dodged her punch, shaking his head, "The world is so wonderful, yet you're so irritable. That's not good, not good. No man can tolerate that, let alone this handsome guy."
"Chu Ge! You bastard! Where do you think you're running off to!"
The punch missed, and Chu Ge's mischievous smile only infuriated Mu Lingshan further. Refusing to let it go, she marched in with her shoes on and kicked towards Chu Ge.
"Hey, hey! Change your shoes! Didn't you notice how clean my place is? You're leaving footprints all over; are you going to clean them up?"
Thinking Mu Lingshan would give up after one punch, Chu Ge didn't expect her to persist so much. Dodging her kick, he said, exasperated and amused.
"Damn you!" Mu Lingshan shouted in anger, kicking out again,
"I don't need you to wipe my head, just wipe the floor, isn't that enough? Can we just talk this out properly?" Chu Ge reached out swiftly, firmly catching Mu Lingshan's raised right leg, and said helplessly.
With Mu Lingshan's skills, Chu Ge wasn't bothered at all. Her punches and kicks in his eyes seemed like the playful squabbles of children.
While Chu Ge was relaxed, Mu Lingshan's anger flared even more. She glared fiercely and shouted angrily, "Let go of me!"
Chu Ge asked cheerfully, "Are you sure you're not going to kick me anymore?"
"Enough with the nonsense, let go!"
With her right leg restrained and her hands unable to reach Chu Ge, Mu Lingshan could only glare and struggle while confronting Chu Ge.
Seeing Mu Lingshan's furious expression, Chu Ge slowly opened his right hand. No matter if she would attack again, he couldn't just keep holding onto Mu Lingshan like that.
However, Mu Lingshan didn't seem to expect him to let go so easily, and she was still struggling violently. Her right leg suddenly retracted.
Due to the fast speed and strong force, her right shoe instantly got stuck on Chu Ge's right hand, while her foot slipped out of the shoe.
Immediately, Mu Lingshan unavoidably fell backward, her view turned to the ceiling, and she inadvertently let out a cry, having lost all balance.
Seeing this, Chu Ge rushed forward like an arrow. Without intervening, Mu Lingshan could have banged her head hard on the floor. At the lightest, she could have gotten a concussion, and at worst, she might have been killed.
Fortunately, they were quite close to each other, and with Chu Ge's incredibly quick reflexes, he managed to grab her hand just before her head hit the ground, catching her just in time.
Breathing a sigh of relief with a heart full of helplessness, Chu Ge was about to help Mu Lingshan up when Mu Lingshan suddenly kicked his leg with the side of her foot.
Watching her kick coming, Chu Ge felt a wave of exasperation, "Do you really hate me that much? I've treated you well, haven't I? Seeing you almost fall, I came over to help you. Being a good guy…"
Chu Ge muttered with resignation, spinning his body to dodge Mu Lingshan's kick. However, he still couldn't let go of her hand, or she would likely fall to the ground again due to inertia.
At this moment, Chu Ge suddenly felt a sharp pain between his fingers and inhaled sharply before he could speak further.
Mu Lingshan was also shocked just now. Both the side kick and the later pinch were instinctive reactions. Hearing Chu Ge's sentence suddenly cut off with a hissing sound, and seeing his odd expression, she froze for a moment.
Looking at her right hand, Mu Lingshan suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.
Her fingernails were actually digging tightly into the gap between Chu Ge's fingers.
Unintentionally, Mu Lingshan instinctively let go of her right hand immediately.
Although the pain in his hand hadn't subsided, at least it wasn't being pinched anymore, and Chu Ge's expression eased a little. Mu Lingshan's pinch really hurt him.
However, just as Chu Ge was about to rub the gap between his fingers, Mu Lingshan's expression froze, as if she suddenly thought of something. Taking advantage of Chu Ge's surprise from the pinch and before he recovered from the pain, she suddenly attacked Chu Ge again.
"Officer Mu, what are you doing again? Didn't you have enou…ugh…"
Chu Ge's words got cut off again with a sharp intake of breath because Mu Lingshan's right hand dug back into the gap between his fingers, and this time even more heavily.
The previous pinch was instinctive, while this one was deliberate, inspired by the earlier incident.
Because at that moment, she remembered why she came to Chu Ge in the first place, which was to find out who he really was.
However, she knew that Chu Ge had good skills, and with her skills, she probably couldn't overpower Chu Ge. But securing this spot meant he wouldn't refuse to answer her questions.
In fact, the previous Mu Lingshan, even if she realized Chu Ge's weak spot, would never have done such a thing.
After all, for a police officer, such methods were truly disgraceful, not to mention pinching someone's finger gaps was a bit nasty.
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