"Captain Zhang, the two shooting cases that occurred tonight are extremely serious! Besides Li Dabiao, six other gangsters were reportedly killed."
At the Dark Night Bar.
A police officer reported to Captain Zhang.
Zhang frowned - of course he knew this was a major case.
But he was in an awkward position.
This case shouldn't have been under his jurisdiction in the first place.
They were just patrolling nearby tonight.
When they heard about the shooting.
Yang Jingxuan had asked them to bring the police over quickly.
Zhang was helpless.
Who could say no to the Han Family's second princess?
But Zhang wasn't worried at all.
Because cases like this involving family interests would always be taken over by higher-ranking officers.
Sure enough, soon several officers with ranks much higher than Zhang's walked in.
Zhang smiled and exchanged greetings with these old acquaintances, making some small talk.
Then he gathered his team to leave.
"Officer Yang, Officer Yang, specialized personnel have taken over this case, let's head back," Zhang called out.
At this moment, Yang Jingxuan was examining Li Dabiao's corpse.
She felt somewhat nauseated.
But she managed to control herself.
Not long ago, news came from Golden Edge that six gang members had died.
Yang Jingxuan immediately concluded that the Han Family was behind this.
Only the Han Family's forces had the capability to kill people during normal business hours.
But knowing was one thing - she lacked evidence to accuse the Han Family!
"Captain, I want to investigate with them."
Yang Jingxuan said seriously.
Zhang's eyelid twitched.
Foolish girl, the higher-ups won't even let us investigate.
Yet you still insist on getting involved in this mess.
Can't you see they intend to downplay this whole thing?
"Officer Yang, I hope you'll follow orders!"
Zhang put on a stern face, like a strict father.
But Yang Jingxuan refused to back down, being extremely stubborn.
For a moment, the two remained at a standstill.
The lead investigator who came to handle the case pulled out officially stamped investigation documents.
"Officer Yang, we're also enforcing the law fairly. Please don't make this difficult for us."
Yang Jingxuan's status was quite special in the department.
Everyone knew about her.
They had met several times before.
"You people haven't changed at all!"
"Last time you made the same promises, and what happened? Those shooting cases were left unresolved. Did the innocent families affected by the gang warfare ever get the closure they deserved?"
"You don't deserve to wear that uniform!"
Yang Jingxuan reacted very intensely.
Then she stormed off angrily.
Zhang gave an awkward smile to the officer.
The officer smiled back.
"Her world is so pure! Like a glass of clear water."
Zhang took a deep drag of his cigarette, "Weren't we all like that once?"
"Many outcomes aren't what we originally intended, but we're caught in the middle, with no choice."
The officer laughed awkwardly.
They chatted a bit more.
Then left.
At the Shen Family Villa.
At the dining table.
Two large bowls of hand-pulled noodles were set out.
The noodles were topped with fried eggs that were oily but not greasy.
Xu Mo used special cooking techniques to ensure it wouldn't be too heavy.
The broth was milky white, and the flavor was incredible.
Besides the fried eggs, there were some green onions as garnish.
It was perfect in appearance, aroma, and taste.
Shen Manni felt she had shown enough restraint.
She couldn't hold back anymore.
She said.
"Let's eat!"
Then she quickly slurped up some noodles.
Since they had just come off the stove, they were still quite hot.
Shen Manni spat the delicious noodles back out.
"Ouch... so hot."
She stuck out her pink tongue awkwardly.
This reminded Xu Mo of his high school family dog, Big Yellow.
In summer when it was too hot, Big Yellow would stick out his tongue under the shade to cool off.
Pfft----
Shen Manni couldn't help but spray a bit into her bowl.
Fortunately, they were sitting far apart.
This time Xu Mo didn't have to taste this silly woman's saliva.
[Damn? Isn't that a bit excessive?]
[I still have plenty here! It's not like I've resorted to stealing your food]
[Silly woman, you've gone too far!]
"Manni, are you okay?"
Xu Mo smiled awkwardly.
Shen Manni glared at him.
Then went back to bowing her head.
Blowing gently on the soup in her bowl.
Slurp, she took a small sip of the rich broth.
It made Shen Manni's eyes light up.
The hour spent making bone broth really made a difference.
The milky white soup.
Was absolutely irresistible.
Words couldn't describe the value of these noodles.
Shen Manni could only show it through actions.
In the next moment, she became a dedicated eater.
Eating with soul, eating with passion, dedicated eaters are the best.
She looked like she hadn't eaten for days.
Just slurping away at the noodles.
Xu Mo tried a taste.
Not bad, much better than what he made before.
But after gaining so many culinary memories.
Xu Mo felt this barely passed.
It wasn't particularly delicious.
If he were to make something truly tasty.
It would probably take three times longer than making these noodles.
But he didn't have that much time to cook for Shen Manni.
As for why he put in so much effort.
Xu Mo just wanted to test out his newly acquired cooking skills.
And the results were pretty good.
Soon, they both finished their noodles almost simultaneously.
Xu Mo hadn't expected the noodles to be this good---
He had only made a normal portion when cooking.
There was still a small portion left in the kitchen.
At this moment, his thoughts aligned perfectly with Shen Manni's.
Xu Mo didn't care about novel plots or main characters right now.
In front of noodles, nothing else mattered!
Shen Manni suddenly said shamelessly: "Xu Mo, if you love me, let me have all the remaining noodles!"
After speaking, she stood up and ran towards the kitchen.
Xu Mo also stood up, but he seemed frozen for a moment.
After a brief hesitation.
He made a decision that temporarily went against the original story.
The noodles were too good----
Nothing could stop him from having more.
They ran to the kitchen one after another.
Xu Mo was still a step behind Shen Manni.
Bang----
Before he could enter the kitchen.
The sound of something falling came from inside.
Xu Mo's expression was priceless, "Damn, you've got to be kidding? Did that silly woman fall?"