Chapter 19 : Do You Want Me to Sleep with You Tonight?

Testimony?

Sun Yang still stupidly held the voice recorder, looking at Song Zhiyi with a confused expression in his eyes.

“It’s about that dismemberment case involving the female university student.”

“!!!”

What?!

Song actually went to collect testimony despite being in danger herself?

Could it be… she’s an undercover reporter?

“Let’s see if anything fell out.” Chen Mo came out of the private room, handing his bag and phone to Song Zhiyi.

Song Zhiyi opened the bag to check.

Sun Yang excitedly picked up the recorder and showed it to Chen Mo. “Captain Chen, Captain Chen, look!”

Chen Mo: “?”

“This is the testimony Xiao Song collected!” Sun Yang felt both heartache and gratitude toward Song Zhiyi.

Actually, it was because this little girl was too beautiful, and always seemed to attract weirdos. If she hadn’t been so smart, she probably would’ve ended up like that university student.

“Xiao Song is so amazing!” Sun Yang started complimenting her. “Where did you hide it? Did they not notice?”

Sun Yang was curious.

After all, her shirt had been torn, and her pants didn’t have pockets—where could she have hidden it?

Song Zhiyi: “…”

There’s no need to ask that, right?

“You talk too much.” Chen Mo kicked him. “Go back to the station.”

“Oh, oh…”

After being scolded by Captain Chen, Sun Yang rubbed his butt, feeling wronged, and hurriedly ran after his teammates.

While running, he suddenly had an epiphany—he… might know where Song Zhiyi hid the recorder!

At that moment, Sun Yang’s dark bronze-colored face flushed with embarrassment, and the recorder in his hand became hot to the touch.

Seeing Sun Yang run off, Song Zhiyi’s wolf friend arrived, and Lin Qiqi, deciding not to be a third wheel, prepared to leave.

“Um… Officer, I’ll head back to the private room now and tell them Zhiyi has gone home.”

Song Zhiyi was here, so Lin Qiqi didn’t dare call him “big brother” anymore.

“Mm.” Chen Mo nodded slightly. “Thank you.”

“?” Lin Qiqi hurriedly waved her hand. “It’s nothing, really…”

Lin Qiqi walked to the corner, then, on an impulse, turned her head to secretly watch the two of them.

She saw Chen Mo take off his police jacket and drape it over Song Zhiyi, then helped her untangle her messy ponytail, leaned down to ask her something, and when Song Zhiyi shook her head, he naturally tied the hair tie around his wrist.

“…”

Damn it!

The thing I fear most is a tough guy being gentle!

Good for you, ship it.

(?ω?)

Loyal dog, forever!

…

Song Zhiyi typically dressed very conservatively. Unless it was extremely hot in summer, she would wear thin long-sleeve shirts.

Now that her shirt had been torn like this, all that remained underneath was a small camisole, and even the rose tattoo on her lower back couldn’t be hidden.

Chen Mo draped the jacket over her and untangled her messy ponytail. “Do you want me to tie it up for you?”

“No, it hurts a bit.” Song Zhiyi shook her head.

Her hair had been yanked by the chubby man earlier, and her scalp still hurt a little.

“…” Chen Mo lowered his head, tying her hair tie around his wrist, hiding the flash of anger in his eyes.

“All my stuff is still here, except it seems some small change was taken.” In her bag, besides a power bank, lip balm, and keys, there was only a little spare change left.

It might have been taken by Chi Lin’s underlings.

“How much? I’ll get it back for you.”

“Just twenty yuan, let it go.” The phone screen was broken, which was a bit unfortunate because screen repairs were expensive.

“No.” Chen Mo’s tone hardened. “It’s your stuff. Why should those scumbags take it? Even if it’s just twenty, I won’t allow it.”

“…”

Wait, are you serious about twenty bucks?

Song Zhiyi, wearing Chen Mo’s oversized police jacket, looked like a child who had borrowed an adult’s clothes. However, it was warm and carried his scent.

After returning the power bank, Song Zhiyi got into the police car to go home.

“Take off your clothes. Let me see if you have any injuries.” When Chen Mo arrived earlier, he saw that half of Song Zhiyi’s face was slightly swollen. Now, after a while, there were also fingerprints showing on her pale face.

“Oh, okay.”

Since Chen Mo had already seen the rose tattoo on her back, Song Zhiyi didn’t hesitate this time.

She obediently took off the jacket and also removed the shirt, which had been torn to the point of being unrecognizable.

Although the girl was a bit thinner, the areas that should have curves were still there.

Chen Mo checked and only found a few bruises on her arms, likely from her trying to pull her clothes tight to prevent them from taking them off.

“Are you afraid?” Chen Mo applied ointment to her arm, gently massaging it.

“Not afraid.”

“Really?”

“…” Song Zhiyi pressed her lips together. “Well, actually, I’m a little scared.”

But what she feared wasn’t being dismembered or killed. What she feared was that if she couldn’t protect her body, she wouldn’t be worthy of being his wife. She wouldn’t even be able to maintain this fake marriage.

“However, it wasn’t all in vain. I recorded them admitting to the murder.” Song Zhiyi was still quite relieved about this.

Since reporters often went out for interviews, Song Zhiyi always kept a voice recorder in her bag.

Chi Lin, being a rich second-generation heir, had people at the KTV. If he had simply kidnapped her and bullied her, he could easily deny her one-sided testimony. But recording their confessions was the safest way to gather evidence.

But she didn’t expect that the recording would capture them admitting their crimes.

“Yes, Zhizhi is very good,” Chen Mo said as he reached out to pat her head.

His little girl stayed calm in the face of danger, and with the self-defense techniques he taught her, she handled the situation well.

But the grievance was something only she knew.

“?” Song Zhiyi swatted his hand away. “Don’t talk like my brother!”

It felt like he was treating her like a child.

The nickname “Zhizhi” was only used by Song Qi to call her.

But she hadn’t heard it in four years.

“Didn’t you call me Brother Chen Mo? I’m your brother.”

“…”

She definitely didn’t want him to be her brother.

“The ointment has been applied. Wait a while before you take a shower,” Chen Mo said as he finished applying the ointment to her injuries.

“Got it.”

Chen Mo made them a bowl of noodles. After they finished eating, Chen Mo went to wash the dishes in the kitchen. His phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

It was a call from Sun Yang.

“Shen team, did you send Xiao Song home?” Sun Yang asked.

“Mm.”

“Then why haven’t you returned to the station? You just caught a criminal, aren’t you staying for overtime?”

“I’m already at home.”

Sun Yang: “…”

Damn!

You quietly went home without saying a word?!

“Then…”

“Let’s talk tomorrow. I’m not going to the station tonight.”

How could he leave Song Zhiyi all alone at home after something like this, and go to the station to work overtime?

Does he want to be a husbandless man?

“But…”

“Beep beep beep!” Sun Yang stared at the hung-up phone, scratching his head.

Shen team, you’ve changed!

You’ve become so cruel!

At 10:30 PM, Song Zhiyi finished her shower.

Looking at her red palms, a flash of disgust crossed her eyes. Being grabbed by a pervert, who kissed and sniffed her hands, was really revolting.

She walked out of the bathroom and saw Chen Mo standing in front of her bedroom door, as if waiting for her.

“Brother Chen Mo, aren’t you going to sleep?” They had caught the criminal today. Wasn’t he supposed to be working overtime on the weekend?

“Mm.” Chen Mo glanced at her red hands, his jawline tightening slightly. “Do you want me to sleep with you tonight?”

Song Zhiyi: “???”

“Weren’t you just saying you were scared?”

“Well, it’s not that…” Should she let him sleep with her?

“I’m afraid you’ll have nightmares tonight. Besides,” Chen Mo paused, “it’s not like we haven’t slept together before.”

They had shared a bed at Grandpa’s house once.

Song Zhiyi’s face turned slightly red, her fingers tangled together. She gently nodded and whispered, “Okay, thank you.”

“No need to thank me.”

Chen Mo slipped his hands into his pockets, a smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth.

If she didn’t know that Chen Mo’s appearance was a bit rogue, Song Zhiyi would have suspected he was doing this on purpose.

Song Zhiyi’s room was a bit smaller than Chen Mo’s, but it was tidy. The pink and white bed wasn’t as big as the one in Grandpa’s old house, but it was enough for two people to sleep in.

Song Zhiyi got him a pillow and a thin blanket, while Chen Mo only took the pillow.

With his physique, even a 16°C air-conditioned room would feel warm, let alone sharing a bed with Song Zhiyi. No need for a blanket.

Chen Mo lay down on her bed, and immediately, it was occupied by more than half of the space.

“…”

It seemed like she overestimated her small bed!

“Come here and sleep,” Chen Mo said, noticing her small figure standing at the edge of the bed like a little rabbit. He patted the space in front of him.

“Okay…”

Song Zhiyi carefully climbed onto the bed, lying at the very edge. However, even though she was already on the edge, the bed was so small that she could clearly feel Chen Mo’s breath.

Her little heart began to race again.

Maybe she should play some “Sheep Game” to calm herself down?

Just as she reached for her phone, Chen Mo pressed her down, “Sleep. No playing on your phone.”

“I… I’m just looking…” she protested.

Chen Mo pulled her into his arms along with the blanket, his deep voice ringing in her ear, “If I hold you like this, will you still be scared?”

“…” Song Zhiyi covered her heart that was racing uncontrollably, trembling as she replied, “No, I’m not scared anymore.”

“Then why are you still nervous?” Chen Mo could feel her body stiffen under the blanket.

“It’s just… a bit hot…”

Song Zhiyi’s room was set to 26°C, but Chen Mo lowered the temperature to 16°C. “It’ll cool down in a bit.”

“Okay… okay.”

Can’t he just let go of her to sleep?

She was afraid her little heart would burst out of her mouth!