It took two seconds for her to remember who this four-eyed guy was. He seemed to be the commissioner who worked with Dong Youer.
Jiang Sui turned her head upon hearing this: “Why are you wandering around here?”
Commissioner Wang wore a serious expression and was caught off guard upon seeing her: “Miss.”
“Ah, sorry, I got a bit lost. I’m looking for my young master.”
Jiang Sui’s eyes had already returned to normal. She casually hid the strand of hair, then lowered her head and hurried past him. A glimmer of thought flickered in her eyes. It was precisely this action that made her stop in her tracks shortly after.
“Wait a moment.”
Commissioner Wang called out to her again and even circled around to stand in front of Jiang Sui.
He scrutinized this maid, his expression quite earnest.
Jiang Sui turned her head away. Her fists had been clenched, but because of what she saw, her hostility loosened.
“I thought all the servants of the Luo Family were ugly middle-aged women. I didn’t expect someone as young and pretty as you to be among them.”
“Nobody said young people can’t be maids, right?” Jiang Sui glanced at him sideways.
“Don’t you think it’s a waste for someone so young to be doing this kind of work?”
Commissioner Wang chuckled: “Do you have some kind of leverage in the Luo Family’s hands? You’re willingly serving them as an underling.”
“Oh my, how did you know? I do have a reason I have to bow my head to them.”
“Then that’s easy to talk about. Come on, tell me about it. I’ll definitely have the Execution Division seek justice for you.”
“But what does this have to do with you?”
“See, once you tell me, it’ll have something to do with me.”
Commissioner Wang said this while extending his hand toward her. The previously fake serious expression even revealed a hint of a smug smile.
Just before his fingers could touch Jiang Sui, hurried footsteps could no longer wait and rushed forward directly.
“What are you doing?”
Commissioner Wang’s hand was immediately blocked by a tall figure standing in front of Jiang Sui. In front of him, the little maid even seemed petite and adorable.
Lu Yunze’s expression was extremely stern. He directly slapped away Commissioner Wang’s hand.
Behind him, Jiang Sui quietly let out a breath and thought, ‘Finally, he came. He really knows how to hold his patience.’
Though if Lu Yunze hadn’t come, Jiang Sui would have considered stopping his hand too.
“Are you alright? Did he scare you?”
The moment Lu Yunze turned around, she put on an innocent and adorable expression.
“I’m fine. I was just looking for the young master.”
Lu Yunze nodded slightly.
“This is my family’s maid. Mr. Wang, does the Execution Division snatch maids from other families now?”
“What’s it to you? Do I look like that kind of person?”
The interrupted Commissioner Wang was furious, but he still pretended to straighten his clothes.
“The Execution Division’s duty isn’t just handling cases. You secret arts practitioner families who act recklessly because of your wealth are also key surveillance targets of ours.”
“Then go ahead and watch slowly. Jiang Sui, let’s go.”
“Yes, young master.”
Seeing how easily Jiang Sui followed his orders, Commissioner Wang stared intently at their retreating backs.
“I see now.”
He spoke up again, making both of them stop in their tracks.
“So this is the leverage this maid was talking about. No wonder someone so young and pretty would willingly serve as a servant. They say young people these days play dirty, and now I’ve seen it with my own eyes.”
Jiang Sui frowned. She saw Lu Yunze turn around, but he didn’t speak.
Such a low-level provocation. She never cared about that kind of thing. After making her plan, she had already swept it into the sewer.
“All glossy on the surface, but in reality, she’s been played with long ago. Walking around in something as shameful as a maid uniform without any embarrassment. At home, she probably dresses even more outrageously.”
‘What an annoying mosquito. Maybe I should find a way to shut him up.’
Jiang Sui was still picking out a death for him when Lu Yunze took a deep breath, turned around, and strode toward him.
“I’ll give you three seconds. Take back what you said right now.”
Lu Yunze’s shout thundered, his brows sharp as swords, every step feeling like it stomped on Commissioner Wang’s heart.
Lu Yunze’s aura was terrifying, but Commissioner Wang only froze for a moment before becoming even more arrogant:
“What, did I hit the mark and make you fly into a rage? That’s why I said you rich kids should go home. This is the first time I’ve seen a rich man get angry over a woman who’s been used…”
Commissioner Wang was betting that he wouldn’t dare throw a punch. He had seen plenty of young masters and misses from wealthy families. Usually, the only thing hard about them was their mouths.
But one thing he overlooked was that Lu Yunze wasn’t an ordinary rich kid.
“Lu Yunze, you—”
The punch whistled through the air, and Commissioner Wang’s vision was instantly filled by a fist the size of a sandbag.
At the moment the face contacted the fist, Jiang Sui even averted her gaze slightly out of reluctance to watch.
She heard the sound of something cracking, followed by a delayed scream.
Commissioner Wang was sent flying, soaring across most of the corridor about to crash into the closed door.
But just then, that door suddenly opened.
Lu Yunze had actually used a force accumulation anchor to blast Commissioner Wang out.
“Minister Lu, you really didn’t need to come in person.”
“Minister, you really didn’t—”
Dong Youer was speechless.
“Didn’t you see all these guards behind me?” Lu Zheng Hao snorted. “This is still a police station. Surely no one would come here to assassinate—”
Before he could finish his sentence, Minister Lu was slammed into by the flying Commissioner Wang, and both of them tumbled backward together.
“Minister? Minister!”
“There’s an assassin!”
“Everyone, fall back!”
“Wait, isn’t that Wang?”
“You son of a gun, how could you—”
This blew things way out of proportion.
Watching the corridor descend into chaos, Jiang Sui blinked and thought, ‘Well, this kind of thing, naturally, he’d be furious.’ Lu Zheng Hao finally managed to go out again, only to run into this kind of trouble once more.
Both Lu Yunze and Commissioner Wang were detained at the police station for questioning.
“Yes, but I was telling the truth.”
Commissioner Wang’s nose was crooked, but his eyes remained defiant.
“Did you provoke him first?” a colleague from the Execution Division asked.
“Picking fights and injuring a superior. We’ll file this in your record. And by the way, your year-end bonus is gone.”
Commissioner Wang’s eyes nearly bulged out. He didn’t need to think to know his chances of promotion in the coming years were hopeless. His fists clenched tightly, veins bulging.
“As for you, Lu Yunze. Did you throw the punch?”
“Yes, it was me.”
Lu Yunze, in contrast, looked much more obedient.
“Alright. Commissioner Wang’s medical expenses and Minister Lu’s compensation will all be covered by you,” the Execution Division colleague said. “As for whether this goes on your record, that depends on your next performance—whether you can find the culprit behind the poisoning murder.”
“What? Why? That’s not fair!” Commissioner Wang immediately grew anxious.
“Alright, let’s end it here.”
To him, money was never the issue. Compared to the frantic Commissioner Wang, Lu Yunze was relieved instead.
Still, after something like this happened, returning home, Lu Yunze couldn’t help but feel depressed, especially when facing the questions of others.
Luo Qiaoying, Luo Yao, and Luo Heng all showed varying degrees of reaction to the incident, but no matter who spoke in his ear, Lu Yunze felt nothing but impatience.
“I’m full.”
Lu Yunze set down his chopsticks and left the dining table, heading to the courtyard in front of the estate.
Breathing in the air laced with the scent of flowers, Lu Yunze immediately felt his mood lighten, yet there was still a stone weighing on his heart.
“Young master, why are you here?”
Jiang Sui had come looking for him.
“I waited in your room for a long time but never saw you.”
“Heh.”
Lu Yunze wasn’t in the mood for her jokes: “Um, about what happened this afternoon, I hope you don’t mind.”
At that moment, Lu Yunze had only felt a surge of anger and charged forward without thinking.
He regretted it a bit afterward—not because he provoked Commissioner Wang and Lu Zheng Hao, but because he worried Jiang Sui’s attitude toward him might have changed.
They both knew Commissioner Wang was spouting nonsense, but Lu Yunze’s actions would probably deepen that man’s conviction and make him spread rumors, affecting Jiang Sui’s daily life.
Jiang Sui pouted, as if she could see right through his thoughts at a glance.
“I do mind.”
“Ah, sorry.” Lu Yunze hung his head even lower.
“What I mind is, why does the young master not take better care of himself?”
The girl’s fragrance drew close, and Lu Yunze’s hand was gently taken.
“Does your hand hurt?”
“No, it doesn’t.”
Lu Yunze was still a bit dazed.
“That’s good.”
Jiang Sui seemed relieved: “I hope in the future, the young master can use a safer approach and not hurt himself over something like that. I—”
“You’re not angry?”
“I am angry. I’m angry that the young master dirtied his hands because of a man like that.”
Lu Yunze couldn’t help but laugh at those words. What on earth was all this?
The two of them laughed together. Under the moonlight, the girl seemed draped in a thin veil, beautiful and moving.
The next day, they went to the police station as usual to investigate the poisoning case.
Jiang Sui once again took on the responsibility of delivering meals to Lu Yunze. After all, who else but her, with her silver tongue, could reassure Luo Yao and get herself sent to watch over Lu Yunze?
This time, she walked down a corridor where no one passed, her little leather shoes clicking against the floor.
Before long, the sound of extra footsteps arose behind her.
Reaching the end of the corridor, Jiang Sui stopped. Ahead were the stairs leading to the rooftop.
She stopped, and the footsteps behind her stopped too.
Jiang Sui turned around and saw Commissioner Wang not far away.
His face was wrapped in bandages, his glasses sitting crookedly on his nose bridge, looking quite comical.
“May I ask what you need?”
“How much did the Luo Family pay you to wag your tail for them so willingly?”
“And what if I said it’s a lot?”
“Then I can give you more—enough for you to enjoy a lifetime of wealth and luxury.”
Commissioner Wang walked up to her excitedly.
“Being this good to me means you must have a request, right?”
“Of course.”
Commissioner Wang narrowed his eyes slightly: “You’ll stay in the Luo Family, act as my informant, and find evidence against them.”
“Really? I’ve always wanted to do something like that.”
Jiang Sui looked quite delighted: “I never thought you’d be just like me, planted inside the Luo Family too.”
“What? So you’re just a fox spirit with too many schemes.”
Commissioner Wang laughed.
“Isn’t it a bit much to call someone a fox spirit?”
Jiang Sui twirled a strand of hair, her expression laden with meaning.
“Your tail is showing, Mr. Fox Spirit.”
The moment she finished speaking, Commissioner Wang smelled a fragrance wafting from her, and suddenly felt dizzy.
Not good!
Commissioner Wang seemed to see Jiang Sui walking toward him, carrying extreme danger.
With the situation urgent, he transformed directly into a fox and slipped through beneath Jiang Sui’s legs.
“Finally showing your true form.”
By the time he heard Jiang Sui’s voice, Commissioner Wang realized she had never walked toward him at all. She was still standing right where she had been.
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