Ye Xiao approached the interrogation room doorway and noticed Officer Feng Jiao, who was also looking at him. He grinned slightly and said, "Officer Feng, I'm sure you really want this."

As he spoke, Ye Xiao picked up the photograph. Feng Jiao was indeed curious to see what the photo was about.

At that moment, Xia Mingyue spoke to Ye Xiao in a cold voice, "Are you leaving or not?"

Ye Xiao chuckled and then handed the photo to Feng Jiao before walking out of the interrogation room with Xia Mingyue, Jiang Miaoke, and Fang Jing.

Feng Jiao looked at the photo, frowning immediately because it was a photo of her changing clothes in the dressing room, at the time wearing lingerie.

Witnessing this, Feng Jiao felt a flame of nameless anger surge from deep within her.

Here, it should be noted that Feng Jiao had also graduated from a police academy and was somewhat shy due to her young age. However, this didn't change the fact that she had been practicing Taekwondo since childhood and had learned various fighting techniques during her time at the academy, so if Feng Jiao really lost her temper, the average person would find it difficult to withstand her onslaught.

And at that moment, Feng Jiao was truly incensed; she didn't care whether Li Zhi was present or not, she quickly advanced towards Zhang Youchen.

A one-sided beatdown ensued. Not many knew what happened afterward, but from then on, no one in the Guard Bureau dared to do anything inappropriate to Feng Jiao, not even take a photo with her without asking for her consent multiple times.

Seeing Ye Xiao still looking at her, Jiang Miaoke felt embarrassed and said, "Don't look at me like that, I didn't do it on purpose."

At that time, Ye Xiao's clothes were covered with shoe prints. Although the prints were the doing of Zhang Youchen, if it weren't for Jiang Miaoke's baseless report, Ye Xiao wouldn't have been mistaken for a thief. Therefore, Jiang Miaoke certainly bore direct responsibility. Now Jiang Miaoke realized she had done wrong, and since it involved Ye Xiao, her act could really be considered a case of repaying kindness with ingratitude.

"Ye Xiao, Coco didn't do it on purpose. Please forgive her," Fang Jing said with a smile, looking at Ye Xiao. "Besides, getting beaten up got you an easy thousand bucks, right? I'd say that's a good thing."

"A good thing?" Ye Xiao looked straight at Fang Jing and replied, "If I beat and kick you, then give you a thousand bucks, would you be willing?"

Ye Xiao thought Fang Jing would surely shut up immediately, but to his surprise, she proudly puffed up her already impressive chest and said, "Sure, if you can bring yourself to do it, then go ahead and hit me. I don't mind; I could just stay in the hospital for a few days if needed!"

"I..." Ye Xiao looked at Fang Jing's undulating chest and then at her proud face, his eyes involuntarily shifting back to her chest.

"What are you looking at?" Fang Jing sensed Ye Xiao's impure gaze on her chest and quickly said, "Hit me if you're going to."

"Miss Fang, there's something I want to tell you, but I'm afraid you'll scold me," Ye Xiao said to Fang Jing with some difficulty.

Listening to Ye Xiao, Fang Jing became puzzled but then immediately retorted, "Let me tell you, don't think too much. I, the great beauty Fang Jing, may still be single, but I did not fall for you!"

"Miss Fang, you're thinking too much. I don't have such filthy thoughts," Ye Xiao said intentionally, feigning confusion. "What I meant to say is, your second button is undone. Don't you feel rather breezy right now?"

Hearing Ye Xiao's words, Miaoke, the curious young girl, immediately peered over to check Fang Jing's front and then looked at Fang Jing with a surprised face, saying, "Oh my, Sister Fang Jing, your button is really undone, and you can see the pink bra inside!"

Miaoke's voice was not quiet, drawing the attention of several nearby officers towards Fang Jing. Although Fang Jing was usually very confident and could maintain her composure under normal circumstances, today she was truly bested, oh no, more precisely by the live-wire Miaoke.

Fang Jing quickly crossed her arms over her chest and glared at Ye Xiao with fury in her eyes, clearly indicating that Ye Xiao had known about the undone button from the start yet hadn't mentioned it immediately, instead preferring to watch. Such shameless behavior!

"You hooligan!" Fang Jing said through gritted teeth.

Ye Xiao looked innocent as he replied to Fang Jing, "Great beauty Fang, I really am innocent. Do you know when your button came undone? It was just when you were puffing out your chest proudly."

Ye Xiao's words only incensed Fang Jing further, although it seemed Ye Xiao had more to say.

"Shut your mouth; I don't want to see you today. If you dare let me catch sight of you again, I'll castrate you!" Fang Jing threatened angrily.

Ye Xiao's expression turned bitter. Where did he go wrong? He seemed to have spoken nothing but the truth.

Not waiting for Ye Xiao's response, Fang Jing directly grabbed her car keys and went straight to her Ferrari, opened the door, and got in, clearly the best way to prevent more people from seeing her embarrassing state.

"Ye Xiao," Xia Mingyue approached him and said, "it seems you're in for some hard times ahead." She had always been cold to Ye Xiao, but after the recent events, she seemed rather amused by the situation, thinking that she wouldn't need to lift a finger as Fang Jing would ensure Ye Xiao got his comeuppance. She almost felt sorry for Ye Xiao, wondering if he might end up suffering too much.

Xia Mingyue had just proceeded towards the Ferrari when she said to Jiang Miaoke, "Coco, let's go. I'm taking you out for a big meal."

Seeing Xia Mingyue leaving, Jiang Miaoke glanced at Ye Xiao and then addressed Xia, "Sister Mingyue, should he come with us too?"

Xia Mingyue immediately turned her head to look at Jiang Miaoke and said, "Do you think it's interesting to have a strange man following us around?"

After giving it some thought, Jiang Miaoke realized that when girls got together, they would inevitably talk about girl things; having a boy around did seem somewhat uncomfortable. So, she turned to Ye Xiao and, with a giggling laugh, said, "Benefactor, goodbye then!"

Afterward, Jiang Miaoke also left!

Ye Xiao was momentarily stunned. He wasn't supposed to be an unemployed chaffeur, right? And more importantly, Xia Mingyue still had his ID card.

Therefore, Ye Xiao hurried in front of the Ferrari before it could speed off.

"What are you doing? Trying to get yourself killed?" Xia Mingyue yelled at him, evidently agitated at finding Ye Xiao in front of her car.

Ye Xiao asked, "Does our company provide food and accommodation?"

"We provide lunch. You'll need to find your own place to stay," Xia Mingyue replied.

Ye Xiao felt it was time to ask for his ID card back, given that a copy of it was generally required for renting an apartment. So, he prepared to ask Xia Mingyue for his ID.

Just then, Xia Mingyue passed a few sheets of paper to Ye Xiao through the car window.

"Take these!" said Xia Mingyue.

Ye Xiao, looking at the papers, was instantly puzzled. What the heck was Xia Mingyue up to?

It was only when he took a closer look that he realized they were copies of his ID card, front and back, totaling ten sheets.

"Here are copies of your ID card. I'm sure these are enough for you to go through the rental procedures. Also, I live in Tulip District Building B, Apartment 702. Be there at 7:30 a.m. sharp tomorrow morning to pick up me and Assistant Fang."

"I don't have a car, and besides, will the security at Tulip District even let someone like me, a stranger, in?" Ye Xiao said with a chuckle, "Do you have any empty rooms there? I can just manage with one for now; renting outside is too expensive."

"Wishful thinking. A driver like you wants to live with the company president? Have you lost your mind?" Xia Mingyue glanced at Ye Xiao with disdain, clearly mistaking him for a creep with ill intentions.

At that moment, a dark shadow was thrown from the car, and Ye Xiao, with his quick reflexes, managed to catch it just before the Ferrari sped away.

It was at that point he saw clearly; the dark object was a phone, and moreover…

"Oh my god, a Nokia brick phone that freezes." Ye Xiao looked at the phone and felt utterly deflated. He had once researched and knew that such a phone was now worth somewhere between 50 and 90 yuan.

Back in Minghai City, Ye Xiao had once played the part of a rich man, using an iPhone 5s; now, it was as though he'd been thrown back to the prehistoric times—no, even they might be better.

Holding the phone and the ID card copies, he suddenly felt a chill in the air, as if to say he'd sunk to a new low.

He left the Guard Bureau with no other choice, earlier feeling as though he should have been able to enjoy a lavish meal with the three beauties while they all talked about everything under the sun.

It was now nearing six o'clock, and darkness had fallen.

Ye Xiao wandered the unfamiliar streets, consumed by a sense of abandonment.

Where to go?

Ye Xiao never expected that his first day in Bird City would turn out like this, filled with such unpredictable events, even ending up at the Guard Bureau and handcuffed.

After much consideration, he decided he needed to find a place to stay first. The night was long, and he couldn't very well sleep on the streets—not after he had just extorted a thousand yuan from a police officer. But where could he find a place to stay?

He did have some cash on him, which he had intended to deposit today, but there had been no time, and now it was dark. Besides, Ye Xiao wasn't familiar with the area and had no idea where an ATM might be, so depositing money would have to wait until tomorrow.

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