"Then you should go to the checkpoint and stand on duty, it's so cold out here."

Lin Feifei glanced at the booth behind Li Xiang, then looked at him standing in the cold wind on duty, thinking he had no laziness to steal, clearly he could warm up by staying in the booth, but chose to stand foolishly in the cold wind.

"It's okay, it's not cold at all." He did want to avoid the cold wind, but there was no reward for slacking off!

"Your ears are already red from the cold, and you say it's not cold. Here, borrow my scarf for now."

Seeing his ears red from the cold, still stubbornly denying it, Lin Feifei proactively took off her scarf, tiptoed, and wound it around Li Xiang's neck.

Li Xiang's heartbeat quickened, feeling even his breathing becoming rapid.

The faint fragrance kept invading his nostrils, making his mind sluggish.

He even forgot to refuse.

It seemed Li Xiang's breath brushed her earlobe, Lin Feifei hurriedly wrapped the scarf around him and stepped back a safe distance.

She felt her cheeks getting hot, knowing her face must be flushed, so she didn't dare to look up at Li Xiang.

To avoid awkwardness, she quickly said, "I'll go first, see you in a bit."

"See you in a bit~"

Li Xiang watched Lin Feifei flee and suddenly realized she also had a cute side.

Not at all like their first meeting, when she donned sunglasses and loved no one.

Feeling the remaining warmth of the scarf, Li Xiang felt warm inside.

This was what it felt like to be cared for, something he had never experienced before.

An hour and a half flew by.

[Ding, task completed, rewards: experience +50, diamonds +100]

Just as Li Xiang changed out of his uniform, Lin Feifei appeared right on time, worried he'd run off without a word.

"What do you want to eat tonight?"

"Let's have hotpot."

Seeing her face flushed from the cold without her scarf, Li Xiang took it off and put it back on her: "Better you wear it, I'm not cold, look your face is all red."

Lin Feifei rolled her eyes and thought to herself: What a straightforward guy.

She couldn't understand how a straightforward guy like Li Xiang found a girlfriend.

Was it his personal charm?

That seemed the only explanation, as each time they met, she was attracted to what he did.

A boy with personal charm.

"Alright, I'm not very familiar with Jinghai City, not sure which hotpot places are good, you must know, right?"

"Yes, that revolving hotpot place we went to that day is nice. Last time, you ran into a thief, so you didn't really get to enjoy it, let's go there today!"

"You don't have to save money for me, though I've had some troubles recently, I can still afford a nice meal."

Lin Feifei thought he was trying to save her money, so she explained.

"No, really, it's just that I like their hotpot, as for other places, I really don't know."

"Alright then, since I'm treating, you choose the place."

The two went to the skewer hotpot restaurant, maybe because it's New Year's Eve, everyone went home to have dinner with their family, or out to a big restaurant, so places like this weren't very crowded.

As they approached, the lady boss saw Li Xiang: "Ah, Li Xiang, bringing a girlfriend for a meal today? Let me get you two seats."

"Boss, don't misunderstand, she's not my girlfriend yet." Li Xiang explained quickly, then glanced at Lin Feifei. She's a star, how could she fancy someone like me, a community patrol officer?

Although with this opportunity, his future potential is limitless, and he didn't think himself unworthy of her.

But that's the future, others don't know his potential yet.

"Not yet? Then soon, right? This girl looks familiar, wasn't she the one who lost her phone the other day?"

The lady boss thought she looked familiar, having put her meal bill on Li Xiang's tab unknowingly strengthened their connection. If Li Xiang could take this chance to find a girlfriend, she thought she deserved some credit.

"Yes, it's me, last time I couldn't pay, so it was on Li Xiang's tab, today I'll repay him." Lin Feifei stood confident in front of outsiders.

Indeed, the boss lady gave a meaningful look at Li Xiang: "You sit here, it's good, what style of hotpot do you want? I'll prepare it for you."

"Spicy."

The two both ordered a spicy hotpot at the same time and smiled at each other: "Didn't expect we have the same taste."

"Yes, next time we don't need to order a split pot."

Two lonely people, in a small hotpot restaurant, enjoying hotpot and beer, chatting happily, as if finding a release for long-repressed emotions.

"Li Xiang, Happy New Year's Eve!"

"Happy New Year's Eve! Cheers!"

Just then, Lin Feifei's phone rang, her smile from moments ago vanished when she saw the caller ID.

"Why not answer the phone?"

"It's from the task force." Lin Feifei replied uncheerfully, not even during New Year's Eve could they leave her alone.

"Answer it, see what they have to say, could be good news?"

Lin Feifei nodded, answered, and put it on speaker:

"Hello Miss Lin, I'm Zhao Yin from the task force, happy New Year's Eve, just wanted to confirm, are you still in Jinghai City?"

"New Year's Eve was pleasant until now, any new clues in the case? When can I leave Jinghai?"

"Don't worry, our task force is giving it our all, even working overtime now without rest, I'm sure the case will be solved soon."

"I don't care if you're working overtime, get someone with the capability, do I have to stay in Jinghai my whole life if the case never gets solved?"

Lin Feifei got more agitated, angrily hung up, calmed herself, forced a smile at Li Xiang: "Sorry, that was embarrassing!"

"It's okay, but you should trust the police, the task force is taking this case very seriously, it'll be resolved soon for sure."

"If every police was as dedicated and capable as you, I'd trust them." She implied she only trusted Li Xiang now.

From several police conversations, she realized they had categorized her as a prime suspect. Even calling today, New Year's Eve, was just to confirm she hadn't fled from guilt.

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