It was at this moment that the policewoman finally realized what had happened. I arrested the wrong person. The one I just caught wasn't the culprit, and I let the real one get away. For a split second, she stood frozen on the spot, completely at a loss.

Seeing this, Liu Ergou stamped his feet in frustration. How can she be spacing out at such a critical moment?

With this thought, Liu Ergou gritted his teeth and exerted force with both hands. With a loud SNAP, the silver handcuffs he was wearing were forcibly broken! Picking up the broken handcuffs, Liu Ergou hurled them toward the man.

WHOOSH.

The next second, the handcuffs struck the man squarely on the back of his head. With a thud, the man's eyes rolled back in his head and he collapsed right in front of Orange Bear. Only then did the dazed policewoman snap back to her senses. She hurried forward, retrieved her handcuffs, and re-cuffed the unconscious man.

At the same time, two other officers quickly rushed onto the stage. One of them looked at the policewoman and said in annoyance, "Seriously, what were you doing! How could you let the culprit escape and arrest the person who was helping us? Tell me, what was going through your head?"

Facing the reprimand, the policewoman couldn't help but lower her head, saying in a wronged tone, "I saw him holding a dagger... I thought he had taken someone hostage and was making threats, so I..."

Hearing this, Liu Ergou was at a loss, unsure whether to laugh or cry. My goodness, I've been terribly wronged. So it was all because of the dagger that I was mistaken for the culprit. In reality, I only picked it up because I was afraid the man would snatch it, so I was planning to throw it far away. And because of that... If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have bothered!

Upon hearing her explanation, the other two officers couldn't help but facepalm. The one who had been speaking continued, "I'm speechless! Regardless of who the culprit is, our first priority upon arriving at a scene is to get it under control! Not for you to act so recklessly!

"Do you have any idea what will happen if word of this gets out? Your career would be over! You could go straight into early retirement!"

Hearing this, the policewoman didn't dare utter another word. She could only stand there with her head bowed, listening to the scolding.

Seeing things escalating, Liu Ergou hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over. "Um, could I say something? This isn't entirely her fault. It was mainly my fault for picking up the dagger, which caused the misunderstanding. How about we just let this matter go?"

After hearing this, the other two officers dropped the issue. They and the policewoman hauled the unconscious man away and left the stage.

It was only after the police had left that Orange Bear, who had been in a daze this whole time, finally snapped out of it. The moment she did, she could no longer hold back her emotions, collapsing to the ground and bursting into a wail. Seeing this, Liu Ergou shook his head and stepped forward to help her up. He was about to ask her if she knew the man, but before he could, the moment Orange Bear was on her feet, she threw her arms around him and began sobbing uncontrollably. Her cries were absolutely heart-wrenching.

With no other choice, Liu Ergou could only gently pat her on the shoulder to comfort her. However, he never could have anticipated that this very act would bring a tidal wave of trouble down upon him.

Upon seeing this, the surrounding fans all whipped out their phones in unison and began a 360-degree, no-blind-spot photoshoot of Orange Bear and Liu Ergou, shouting as they filmed.

"Holy crap, this fan meet-up was totally worth it! We even get to see Orange Bear's boyfriend!"

"Exactly! If this hadn't happened, we never would've known Orange Bear had a boyfriend!"

"Quick, take more photos! Someone will definitely want to buy these!"

Liu Ergou, who was in the middle of comforting Orange Bear, was dumbfounded by the fans' shouting. No, no! What the hell is happening? I was just comforting her, how did that make me her boyfriend? These people are blatantly lying through their teeth. They don't even blink when they spread rumors. Don't they know that rumors like this can be devastating? This is going to cause me so much trouble!

Just as Liu Ergou was about to explain, someone in the crowd shouted a challenge.

"Orange Bear, you hid him pretty deep! Didn't you always have a 'single' persona? How come a boyfriend suddenly popped up?"

"Yeah, yeah! And you two look so close, you must have been dating for a long time!"

"Wow, so Orange Bear has a boyfriend!"

Hearing the crowd's questions, Liu Ergou felt like he was about to cry. "I'm telling you, don't talk nonsense! Didn't you see what just happened? It's perfectly normal for a girl to be scared and cry after an ordeal like that! Don't spread wild rumors. Orange Bear is not my girlfriend; I have a girlfriend!"

However, Liu Ergou's words had no effect, completely drowned out by the crowd. Instead, even more people started shouting questions at the pair. Hearing their questions, Liu Ergou couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "Stop spreading rumors! If you keep it up, Orange Bear is going to send out a lawyer's letter, and you'll all have to bear legal responsibility!"

Liu Ergou had assumed this would make the crowd back off a little. But to his utter disbelief, some smart aleck in the crowd suddenly yelled back.

"A lawyer's letter? That just proves you're flustered! See? You're panicking! We don't need to say anything else, you're definitely her boyfriend!"

This comment almost made Liu Ergou spit out a mouthful of blood.

Holy shit! If I'd known this would happen, I never would have said that. This is going to be the death of me. These people are unbelievable.

Liu Ergou found himself at a loss for words. They would only believe what they wanted to believe. Realizing this, he heaved a long sigh, knowing that no explanation he gave today would work. It seemed that even if his entire body were covered in mouths, it wouldn't be enough to explain his way out of this.

Helpless, Liu Ergou could only lead Orange Bear backstage first. As for this whole boyfriend business, he'd just let her clarify it herself later. With that thought, Liu Ergou held onto Orange Bear and forced his way through the crowd to get backstage.

The moment they got backstage, an unexpected person appeared.

It was the policewoman who had left earlier.

Seeing the policewoman standing in front of him, Liu Ergou couldn't help but gulp.

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