As soon as the words left his mouth, Chu Ge regretted it, because he suddenly remembered something. On the night he helped Mu Lingshan fight the murderer, he had said the same thing.

Although there was a slight difference in wording, the tone was the same, and the meaning was exactly the same.

Initially, Chu Ge held onto a bit of luck, thinking that Mu Lingshan might not notice this point. But looking at Mu Lingshan's expression at this moment, it seemed... No, she definitely had realized it.

While Chu Ge was pondering how to change the subject, Mu Lingshan suddenly pressed his shoulder with an undeniably determined tone and said four words.

"It really is you!"

Chu Ge grimaced and inhaled sharply, "Ouch, ouch, hey, be gentle."

Mu Lingshan's body trembled slightly and she hurriedly removed her hands from Chu Ge's shoulder, checking the cut there to make sure it wasn't bleeding. She hadn't even touched the wound, and instantly she was more annoyed.

With mixed emotions, she glared at Chu Ge, then immediately placed her hands back. Overly excited, she almost articulated each word, "Chu Ge, I'm warning you, don't try to change the subject. I will definitely not fall for it again. Why have you been hiding this from me all along?"

Chu Ge secretly rolled his eyes. This time he was really careless, and seeing Mu Lingshan's stance, trying to fool her seems not so easy anymore.

"What have I hidden from you? What have I hidden from you?"

Facing Mu Lingshan's excited gaze, Chu Ge mumbled helplessly, deliberately giving a silly grin, "I'm such an honest person and we're friends. How could I possibly hide something from you, right?"

Mu Lingshan laughed a bit helplessly, then lightly sighed, retracting her hands from his shoulder and sitting next to him on the sofa, raising a hand to gently rub her forehead.

Chu Ge was a bit baffled, eh? What's the situation? He had just intentionally said that to divert Mu Lingshan's attention. What did such a reaction from Mu Lingshan mean?

"Chu Ge, I found out—just like you said—I'm really so stupid. I didn't realize until now that he really was you. With your mischievous personality, I should have realized it much earlier."

Chu Ge continued to play dumb, rolling his eyes dramatically, "Hey, do you have a problem? What nonsense are you talking about?"

"At this point, are you still trying to deny?" Mu Lingshan turned to look at Chu Ge, her brows showing a mix of displeasure and joy, along with some helplessness and grievance.

Chu Ge blinked, foolishly scratching his head, as if he truly couldn't understand what Mu Lingshan was saying.

Mu Lingshan raised her hand and pinched her eyebrows, giving him a complex, gentle smile before suddenly leaning in to headbutt him fiercely.

Chu Ge was caught off guard, and his forehead resounded with a dull "thud." Being headbutted by Mu Lingshan made him feel both amused and helpless. This move, which should have been used in fights, seemed to have become their unique way of greeting each other.

While Chu Ge was full of speechlessness, his shoulder suddenly ached again, and he saw Mu Lingshan lift her head, giving him a smile that closely resembled his signature grin.

Chu Ge raised his hand to touch the right shoulder that had been bitten hard, looking at Mu Lingshan who was slowly standing up, feeling increasingly amused and helpless.

Mu Lingshan leaned over to look at Chu Ge, brushing back a strand of hair that had fallen in front of her forehead. Her delicate face looked both slyly pleased and full of profound meaning.

Mu Lingshan's gaze fell on the teeth mark she had left, "This time, it's because you've lied to me for so long."

What could Chu Ge say? He couldn't say anything.

Mu Lingshan sighed lightly again, "Does it hurt?"

Staring into those eyes filled with complexity, Chu Ge gently shook his head.

Mu Lingshan gave a slight smile that was rare and extremely gentle for her, tender as water, soft and enduring.

Yet, just over ten seconds later, his shoulder suddenly throbbed with a pain more intense than before.

Mu Lingshan slowly lifted her head, her pretty face showing a shallow mischievousness again, with a hint of almost imperceptible grievance.

"This time, do you know why?"

Chu Ge gave a wry smile and shook his head.

"Then you can guess. If you guess wrong, there's a penalty; guess right, no reward."

Chu Ge felt more and more amused and helpless. It was the first time he realized Mu Lingshan had such a side. Actually... it's no wonder; after all, she's also a woman.

"Because... I ran off leaving you behind yesterday?"

Mu Lingshan smiled lightly at Chu Ge and said nothing.

"Because... you couldn't reach me on the phone today?"

Mu Lingshan's lips curled up slightly, "Keep going, is there more?"

Chu Ge gave several more answers, and Mu Lingshan kept the same expression, until he really couldn't come up with anything else. She then lightly laughed, saying, "Turns out I have so many reasons to bite you. Actually... I didn't even really know why. I just wanted to bite you, so I did."

Chu Ge felt speechless, with a strong sense of being fooled. What's this reason?

"Now, do you... want to bite back as revenge?"

Mu Lingshan looked into Chu Ge's eyes and slightly raised the corners of her mouth.

...

At the same time, not far from the West Forest Hotel, inside a police Iveco.

"Boss, shouldn't we go up yet?"

"Wait a bit longer, no rush."

"Boss, this operation is a bit strange, isn't it...?"

"Why do you have so many questions? Just wait for orders. Is fighting crime something strange?"

"Yes!"

On the sofa in Room 306 of the West Forest Hotel, Mu Lingshan looked at Chu Ge, her eyes filled with both concern and helplessness.

"You guy, even being injured like this, how can you still laugh so carefreely? Well, what should I say to you?"

Chu Ge lay on the sofa, grinning, "I'm laughing because I'm happy. Look, I'm hurt, and yet someone cares for me. How lucky is that? If you don't know what to say, then just say nothing. Why don't we do something instead?"

Mu Lingshan was amused by Chu Ge, "You... don't tell me, in this state, you still want to have an in-depth conversation with me?"

"To be honest, I did think about it. Anyway, these injuries are no big deal." Chu Ge scratched his head and casually removed the two pieces of paper from his chest, "See, the bleeding stopped long ago."

Chu Ge casually tossed the two pieces of paper aside, but Mu Lingshan was startled, "What are you doing? Stop fooling around!"

As she spoke, Mu Lingshan's expression was full of tension, until she saw that the wound was indeed no longer bleeding, then she breathed a sigh of relief and instinctively patted her chest.

"Don't worry, I know my own body. So, ahem, you see, this long night, shouldn't we...?"

Chu Ge deliberately paused here, and Mu Lingshan raised an eyebrow, "Shouldn't we what?"

Chu Ge chuckled, "Shouldn't we have some entertainment program?"

"Like what?"

Chu Ge's smile grew even brighter, "Like... I tell you a joke?"

Mu Lingshan rubbed her forehead, "Alright, tell it, I'm all ears."

"This joke goes, there's this person who's really puzzled by something."

Mu Lingshan was momentarily stunned, was Chu Ge really going to tell her a joke?

"Puzzled by what?"

Nonetheless, she didn't interrupt Chu Ge, asking along with his story, and looked at him with interest, wanting to see what kind of joke Chu Ge could tell.

"Because this person thinks they're really excellent but can't find a partner, so they're puzzled. It's said this person is 190 cm tall, weighs 79 kilograms, has an eight-pack, looks decent, good at basketball, soccer, and table tennis, Dota ranking of two thousand, witty and humorous, and kind-hearted."

Mu Lingshan was speechless, even if Chu Ge wanted to tell her a joke to ease her tension, this joke so far had no punchline, right?

Chu Ge's voice continued.

"One time, a friend weighing over two hundred pounds fainted next to them, and without a word, this person carried them to the hospital. Yet, such a good person could never find a boyfriend."

Mu Lingshan shook her head in disbelief, "Chu Ge, what are you trying to say? Is this even a joke? It's just..."

Halfway through her words, Mu Lingshan suddenly paused, blinked, and said, "Wait, did you just say boyfriend? This person is a woman?"

Chu Ge nodded, "Yeah."

Mu Lingshan finally laughed, in exasperation. She finally got where the joke's punchline was. If a guy were like this, it would indeed be great, but for a woman... it was rather intimidating.

"Funny, right?" Chu Ge saw the corners of Mu Lingshan's mouth lift slightly and laughed along, "You, hey, don't always rely on your fists. You're a woman, you know, if you keep this going, it'd be easy to..."

"Alright, stop the nonsense, or I'll pummel you!"

Before Chu Ge could finish, Mu Lingshan rolled her eyes at him, puffing angrily, raised her fist, then threw the two blood-stained tissues into the wastebasket, turned, and walked towards the bathroom.

She finally understood now, Chu Ge hoped she'd find a boyfriend, she couldn't help but sigh to herself.

Watching Mu Lingshan's retreating figure, Chu Ge also felt quite emotional. Deep down, he didn't want Mu Lingshan to find a boyfriend, but the way they were continuing was not a solution at all.

Chu Ge never thought he was a good person, but he didn't want Mu Lingshan to delay her own happiness because of him.

Chu Ge sighed quietly, and then saw Mu Lingshan come out of the bathroom with a piece of toilet paper soaked in water, approached him, and began to carefully wipe the bloodstains around his wound.

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