Chapter 17: Pushing Him Away Every Time

“Boss, desperate times call for desperate measures!”

Wu Kairui said righteously, then looked at Lin Moran with a judgmental gaze, “Comrade Lin Moran, confess.”

After understanding their intentions, Lin Moran calmed down, her eyes cold as she looked at the two, “I have nothing to confess.”

“You say I’m selling bronze ware illegally; please show me the evidence.”

Lin Moran said calmly.

During the years Gu Jingyao wasn’t around, she often dealt with the police.

She had indeed sold cultural relics before, but she had her own rules about what she sold and how she sold them.

She absolutely wouldn’t touch nationally protected first-class cultural relics.

Wu Kairui glanced at her room and persuaded her earnestly, “Comrade Lin Moran, we’ve almost caught you red-handed, and you’re still denying it.”

Wu Kairui didn’t want to waste words with her. He went straight to the jade she had brought back, looking at the sturdy burlap sack wrapped around the jade, “If you confess now, we can still give you a chance. You have a child; you should think about him, even if you don’t think about yourself.”

Lin Moran’s lips curled into a cold sneer. She looked calmly at Gu Jingyao and asked, “Do you also think I’m committing a crime?”

“Moran, confess and be lenient; resist and be strict.”

Lin Moran understood.

Good.

Very good.

When she encountered difficulties and troubles, no one was there for her.

Others intentionally framed her, and he told her, “Confess and be lenient; resist and be strict.”

“You clearly lack basic trust in the people. I haven’t said a word, and you’re already condemning me.”

Lin Moran chuckled coldly.

“Investigate. My room is this big; you can look for whatever you want. But I’ll state in advance, if you break any of my bottles and jars, you’ll have to pay for them.”

Lin Moran sat calmly on the stool, drinking water while continuing, “My child is not well and just fell asleep. Please be gentle.”

Gu Jingyao frowned.

Wu Kairui was annoyed; this woman was too arrogant.

They came to investigate a case. The person who should be nervous was clearly her, but she was more relaxed than they were, completely lacking the fear and nervousness that ordinary people would feel when seeing the police.

“This woman won’t admit it until she sees the coffin.”

Wu Kairui didn’t bother to waste words with Lin Moran. He walked to the sack, kicked it, but couldn’t move it.

They had come because of reliable information.

Lin Moran bought a bronze ware at the ghost market in Ningjiayuan, put it in a burlap sack, and carried it back on her bicycle.

Bronze ware is very heavy. This thing couldn’t even be moved by kicking, and she was still denying it.

Taking out his tools, Wu Kairui opened the sack.

When the contents of the sack were revealed, his eyes widened, and he froze.

No!

Shouldn’t this sack contain bronze ware?

Why is it a whole piece of stone?

Lin Moran looked at Wu Kairui’s stunned expression and asked softly, “Officer, is this a bronze ware? Does a bronze ware look like this?”

Wu Kairui’s face was full of embarrassment.

He had come to investigate with great enthusiasm, hoping to achieve great merit, but…

Gu Jingyao’s expression shifted slightly, and his anxious heart settled.

“By the way, this is the bottle I bought today. I want to put it at home to hold wildflowers. Officer, take a good look. Is it illegal to keep this at home?”

Wu Kairui glanced at the dusty porcelain bottle next to the jade and didn’t speak.

While private transactions are illegal, small transactions are generally tolerated. For example, if I like your flowerpot and exchange it for your washbasin, or exchange it for a food coupon, it’s not proper, but it’s understandable.

After the reform and opening up, most of the previous black markets were legalized. People traded and sold their excess goods there. Before, this kind of behavior was defined as speculation, but now it promotes domestic economic development.

Lin Moran buying a porcelain bottle certainly wasn’t illegal.

“Look again, search again, and see if you can find any national first-class cultural relics or things people shouldn’t possess.”

Wu Kairui was unwilling to give up and turned to ask Gu Jingyao’s opinion.

Gu Jingyao’s eyes darkened, and he said coldly, “Comrade Wu, we don’t have a search warrant.”

“Also, without sufficient evidence, you illegally entered a resident’s home and damaged their door.”

Gu Jingyao continued to remind him.

Wu Kairui’s scalp tingled, and he cursed the informant.

Nothing was found.

He wanted to make a merit, but instead, he lost out.

In the next hour, he found nails, a hammer, and a door knocker, and with a sad face, he repaired the door he had kicked down for Lin Moran.

After working for half the night, he finally repaired the door.

“Comrade Lin, I’m sorry, we misunderstood you.”

Wu Kairui apologized sincerely.

Although the officer was a bit reckless at the beginning, his attitude was quite good when he repaired the door. Lin Moran didn’t intend to hold it against him, “It’s alright. Please take care of me in the future. Although I like to find things in the market, I firmly uphold national laws and strive to be a good citizen. If you need my cooperation in the future, just summon me, and I will tell you everything and cooperate fully with your work.”

Wu Kairui was deeply moved.

Listen to Comrade Lin’s awareness!

Not only did she not blame them for disturbing her late at night, but she also said that she would cooperate with them in the future.

What a righteous person!

At that moment, he even thought of a word: thoroughly patriotic and revolutionary.

“Comrade Lin, may I ask, have there been people in your family who served in the army or accepted the beliefs of the motherland?”

Lin Moran glanced faintly at Gu Jingyao and said, “I suppose so.”

“I said, without a good background, how could you cultivate such an aware comrade?”

“Comrade Wu, you’re flattering me. It’s late, Comrade Wu, you’ve worked hard, you should go back and rest.”

Lin Moran sent them off.

“Of course, of course, we’ll leave now.”

Wu Kairui hurried away, but after walking a few steps, he found that Gu Jingyao was still standing in Lin Moran’s room without moving.

“Boss, let’s go back.”

Wu Kairui reminded Gu Jingyao.

Gu Jingyao didn’t move.

Wu Kairui was anxious, “Boss, this isn’t good!”

A man and a woman alone in a room, what would people say?

His leader was very capable, efficient, and decisive. He didn’t want him to fall because of personal conduct issues.

Perhaps realizing that what he said was inappropriate, Wu Kairui said more politely, “Boss, is there anything else you haven’t finished?”

Gu Jingyao finally responded. After glancing at Lin Moran, he nodded to Wu Kairui, “Yes, I haven’t cleaned up the mess in my wife’s room.”

Wu Kairui immediately froze, feeling like his head was a mess, red, purple, black, and all sorts of colors intertwined, and then snapped.

“What? Wife, wife?”

Wu Kairui couldn’t find his voice.

The moonlight fell on Gu Jingyao, half bright and half dark. Then Wu Kairui saw a slight smile on his lips, and heard his voice again, “Yes, exactly what you think.”

Wu Kairui almost wanted to cry. This time he reacted quickly, “Okay, I, I’ll go first. Boss, spend some time with your wife. We’ve made a mistake. Please apologize to your wife for me.”

Wu Kairui walked out of the courtyard and looked up at the night sky.

The stars were twinkling in the sky. They weren’t twinkling; they were laughing at him.

How stupid could one be to search the home of their leader’s wife?

No wonder Gu Jingyao frowned so deeply when he heard him say he was coming to arrest someone.

No wonder Gu Jingyao deliberately sent him away when they arrived at the courtyard, not letting him follow him.

But all these reminders couldn’t stop him from being stupid.

He even said to bring more people to arrest Lin Moran.

He even kicked open the door of his leader’s house.

His leader and his wife were talking, and he thought his wife was evading responsibility and refused to open the door.

Why did his leader clearly remind him?

Wu Kairui scratched his head. His career was going to be darker than the sky tonight.

Lin Moran didn’t close the door. She crossed her arms, leaned slightly against the bed frame, and looked coldly at Gu Jingyao, “No need to explain. Part of the reason for this is my shallow understanding of your work.”

“It’s because I didn’t cooperate that this happened.”

Gu Jingyao suppressed the emotions in his eyes, “Thank you for your cooperation.”

“You’re welcome. This is the responsibility of every citizen.”

“Moran, if you’re angry, you can vent your anger.”

“I’m not angry. This is your job. Comrade Gu, your mission is over, can you go back now?”

Gu Jingyao’s face didn’t show much expression. His dark eyes fixed on her, as if he wanted to see through Lin Moran.

Shen Haoyang wasn’t the child’s father. She could give Shen Haoyang a good look, why couldn’t she give him a good look?

She always treated him with indifference and distance.

And every time she chased him away.

“Lin Moran, is it fun to burn bridges after crossing the river?”

Gu Jingyao’s dark eyes were somewhat deep, and his face was slightly tense as he asked.

“Gu Jingyao, you’re being unreasonable! It was you who kicked my door open in the middle of the night because of a groundless report, and it was you who searched my house for a long time and found nothing. I’m innocent. It’s not because of your help that I’m proven innocent. You haven’t helped me at all, what bridge am I burning?”

Lin Moran suppressed her anger, her voice choked with emotion, “Gu Jingyao, what do you want? We can’t get along, you don’t agree to a divorce, what do you want me to do? I’m raising a child alone, I’m both father and mother to him. I don’t expect you to treat me and my child well, do whatever you want, just don’t bother us, okay?”

“We’re really having a hard time.”

Thinking of the past hardships, the child’s premature birth, being driven out of the Gu family, his betrayal, and the child’s worsening condition, Lin Moran couldn’t hold back her tears.

She felt like a trapped beast, locked in the cage of life, no matter how hard she tried to break free, she couldn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Every hurdle was difficult, but she had to grit her teeth and overcome it. She couldn’t afford to gamble and couldn’t relax for a moment.

Gu Jingyao’s dark eyes fixed on the tears on Lin Moran’s face. His heart felt blocked, his dark eyes full of apology, he reached out and hugged Lin Moran tightly.

Lin Moran was stunned for a moment, then instantly sobered up, excitedly pushing him away, “Gu Jingyao, let me go! Get out!”

Gu Jingyao was pushed far away. His heart felt like it had encountered a cold current, falling to the bottom, his dark eyes full of frustration.