Chapter Ninety-Six: Help! I’m Being Molested!

Shen Xinyi stared at Xue Tianai sprawled on the floor like a heap of rotten mud and was completely bewildered. Had her strength suddenly leaped forward by bounds and leaps? Or had she, in a flash of inspiration, inherited the true teachings of Lord Guan, the Martial Sage? How could a single, so casual a punch have flattened Xue Tianai so easily?

“Ah! ... Ah! I... I can’t take it anymore. How could you be so vicious? Ah! ...” Xue Tianai clutched his chest, his face as pale as paper, and let out weak, pitiful groans.

Seeing that bloodless, helpless expression, Shen Xinyi only grew more confused. Could it really be that she had inherited some wondrous legacy? Or that some dormant bloodline within her had awakened? Or that she had become the heroine of some fantastical tale? She had not even used much force just now. She had not even struck any especially sensitive spot.

“Hey, Xue Tianai, are you all right? Don’t scare me!” Shen Xinyi asked with concern. Although she and Xue Tianai had clashed a little before, that had only been personal grudge. Today he had come merely to give a statement as a good citizen who had done the right thing...

And now she had beaten him into this state... That seemed rather bad... If Director Xia or the old stubborn folks in her family found out...

“I can’t take it... I really can’t take it... I said it three times because the important thing must be stressed three times. I only came to make a statement, and you beat me into this state. Ah, snow in the middle of spring, I am truly wronged!” Xue Tianai said, his voice trembling with grievance, almost on the verge of tears.

Hearing that and looking at him again, Shen Xinyi’s worried expression darkened at once. “Xue Tianai, you bastard, you’re actually tricking me!”

She had never seen a person who supposedly could not go on talking so much. Nor had she ever heard of someone so utterly unable to go on yet still able to spout nonsense so naturally. Shen Xinyi was not a fool, and after a moment’s thought, she naturally understood.

This bastard was absolutely fine! He was putting on an act, pretending to be injured and pretending to be stupid!

But at this moment, after hearing Shen Xinyi’s words, Xue Tianai simply closed his eyes, tilted his neck to the right, and began playing dead.

Seeing that Xue Tianai had no intention at all of feeling ashamed for fooling her, and instead had gone even further and started pretending to be dead, the fire in Shen Xinyi’s chest burned up again. She strode straight over to him, then lifted her foot and prepared to stomp down on his family jewels.

Fine, so you want to keep acting here, do you? Go on, then! Let’s see who can be crueler!

At that moment, Xue Tianai felt a cool breeze sweep under him, and he hurriedly opened his eyes just in time to see Shen Xinyi’s foot coming down.

In an instant, Xue Tianai sprang up with a sudden burst of energy, then rolled away and dodged her stomp. “Damn, do you have to be this狠?”

“Who told you to fake being dead in front of me!” Shen Xinyi’s foot naturally came down on empty air. “If you’re going to play dead, then I’ll ruin that thing of yours! I’ll make you the glorious last eunuch in all of China!”

“Heh heh heh, that was you who said it!” Xue Tianai chuckled, pulled his phone from his pocket, tapped the screen lightly, and at once a crisp, fierce female voice rang out from the phone.

“I’ll ruin that thing of yours! I’ll make you the glorious last eunuch in all of China!”

Those were clearly Shen Xinyi’s very own words from just moments ago.

The moment she heard that voice, her face turned green. “Y-you... you recorded it?”

“Don’t rush, Miss Shen. There’s more!” Xue Tianai lightly fiddled with the screen, turned it toward her, and pressed play again.

“Xue Tianai, if I don’t give you a good beating today, my surname won’t be Shen!” ... “Xue Tianai, as long as you stand there obediently and let me hit you, I definitely won’t kick that thing of yours!” ... “Cut the nonsense. Today I’m definitely going to seal your mouth shut!”

Every word Shen Xinyi had said before came pouring out of the phone’s speaker. And once Xue Tianai turned the screen toward her, her face became even uglier, as though she had swallowed a fly.

On the screen, his phone was still playing the footage of her just now, chasing after Xue Tianai with that fierce expression on her face, along with the movements of her pursuit.

That bastard had not merely recorded audio just now, but video too. He had done it without her having the slightest idea!

“You bastard, delete those videos right now!” Shen Xinyi lunged at Xue Tianai again, but this time her aim was different from before. Now she wanted to snatch the phone from his hand!

“Miss Shen, tell me, if I posted these videos online and then twisted the facts just a little, do you think you’d become an internet celebrity?” Xue Tianai laughed with the smug air of a man who had already won, while sidestepping neatly and making her miss completely.

Sneaking shots and surreptitious recordings had been Xue Tianai’s game ten years ago. Back when phones were still those little handheld pagers and Nokia bricks, he had already been able to obtain useful information without a soul noticing. Let alone now, in the age of smartphones, when everything was so convenient.

“Xue Tianai, you bastard, if you’ve got the guts, delete those videos and then let’s fight one-on-one!” Shen Xinyi said angrily, hands on her hips, glaring at him.

Those videos recorded how Xue Tianai had flirted with her, provoking her anger and making her want to settle matters with him. But even so, video editing existed! If Xue Tianai maliciously cut and spliced the footage and then posted it online...

Shen Xinyi felt that by morning she might become a nationally famous internet “beater.”

“Impossible. Not happening. Don’t even think about it. Besides, you wouldn’t beat me in a one-on-one fight anyway, whether it’s pounding each other into the ground or in bed—”

“That disgusting stuff need not be spoken aloud.”

“How exactly will you delete the videos?” Shen Xinyi asked through clenched teeth, enunciating each word one by one.

“Well, let me think about that carefully...” Xue Tianai put his phone back in his pocket, stroked his chin as though pondering deeply, then gave Shen Xinyi a shameless look and said, “Unless...”

“Don’t even think about it! I’d rather fight you to the death!” Sensing the roving, improper look in his eyes, Shen Xinyi hurriedly hugged herself and stepped back, shouting.

“Miss Shen, what are you thinking about? I was going to say, unless you apologize to me. Otherwise, I will absolutely not delete the videos!”

“Apologize?” Shen Xinyi froze for a moment, then raised a brow. “Fine, if it’s an apology you want, then I’ll apologize. Sorry! I was wrong!”

“No, no, no. I want a sincere apology, not this fake one.” Xue Tianai shook his head.

“Sorry, Sir Xue, I was wrong! Please, as a gentleman, don’t quarrel with a woman and delete the videos!” Shen Xinyi’s eyes were practically spitting fire.

“No, still no. Sincerity, you understand...” Xue Tianai puckered his mouth, still looking dissatisfied.

“Then you...” Shen Xinyi was about to flare up again, but she suddenly seemed to think of something. A smile abruptly surfaced on her sullen face.

“Tianai, then why don’t you go sit on the chair first?”

Her voice was no longer as aggressive as before. Instead, it had become soft and pleasant.

“What are you making me sit on the chair for?” Xue Tianai was startled by her sudden change, and so was the way she had just addressed him. Tianai? He did not think they were that close.

“Tianai, didn’t you want Xinyi to give you a proper, sincere apology? So Xinyi has thought of a very sincere way to do it.” Shen Xinyi looked at him gently, her pretty face tender and charming, disarmingly lovely.

Hearing her sweet, almost coquettish voice, Xue Tianai felt his whole body go weak. What was the most seductive thing? This kind of adorable contrast was the most seductive of all. In the blink of an eye, she had gone from a cold, furious police beauty to a flirtatious, enchanting girl-next-door.

“Fine, then let me see just how sincere your apology is.” Xue Tianai nodded and returned to his seat.

Shen Xinyi also came to stand beside him. She lightly rested her slender jade hand on his shoulder, then leaned her body close. Instantly, a marvelous fragrance drifted into Xue Tianai’s nostrils. Within that scent were the perfume of a woman, the fresh aroma of a virgin, and perhaps even the faintest trace of sweat. In any case, it smelled especially good.

“Tianai, Xinyi was only confused for a moment just now. I didn’t mean it on purpose. Could you delete the videos?” Shen Xinyi said with lowered, coquettish eyes, her expression soft and tender.

“This is the kind of apology I like. I’m deleting it right now! Heh heh heh!” Xue Tianai still wore that lecherous expression, pulled out his phone with one hand, and busied himself on the screen deleting the videos. His other hand, however, remained on Shen Xinyi’s ample backside.

Seeing that Xue Tianai really had deleted the videos, Shen Xinyi’s lips suddenly curved. At the same time, she reached out with both hands and wrapped them around his waist. “Tianai, you’re so good~”

But at that very moment, the door to the interrogation room was suddenly pushed open from outside without warning!

When Shen Xinyi caught sight of the three people outside the door from the corner of her eye, a triumphant smile flashed across her lips. At the same time, a piercing scream burst from her mouth.

“Help! I’m being molested!”

I should apologize here as well. I know perfectly well that updating only once a day is not fair to those who are following this book, but I am truly a complete beginner at writing, and I am writing and posting everything as I go each day. With my current ability, it is very hard for me to manage two updates a day, let alone three, but I will do my best to adapt and strive to reach two daily updates as soon as possible, and even three if I can. In the end, thank you all for staying with me.