Wan Yunting didn't say much to Ling Wei, as their paths differed. Seeing his genuine refusal, Ling Wei felt a bit disappointed and didn't linger. She stood up, bid farewell to Kuang Long and Han Duo'er, and then left.
"Why is she here?"
As Ling Wei and her companions turned a corner and disappeared down the hotel corridor, Niu Qiuling, who was staying in the adjacent room, emerged. Wan Yunting glanced at her and turned back to sit on the living room sofa, lighting a cigarette.
Niu Qiuling followed him in and closed the door. Seeing him leisurely puffing on his cigarette, she fanned the smoke away from her nose with disdain. "I'm asking you a question."
"She came to have a few drinks with me, alright?"
Wan Yunting flicked a glance at her and continued watching television, smoking, his mind preoccupied.
Niu Qiuling walked over and sat down, rolling her eyes at him. "She's Ling Xianzhong's daughter, not a good person. I advise you to stay far away from her."
Her words made Wan Yunting turn his head, looking at her with a peculiar expression. Niu Qiuling huffed, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Hmm, do you smell something?"
"Smell? What smell? Isn't it the smoke? Stop smoking..." Niu Qiuling reached out to snatch the cigarette from his hand and stub it out, but Wan Yunting moved away, looking at her with amusement and teasingly asked, "I say, Officer Niu, are you jealous?"
"Jealous? I'm not."
Niu Qiuling innocently replied that she wasn't jealous, only realizing Wan Yunting's meaning when she saw his playful, roguish grin. She glared at him, annoyed, "Pah, who's jealous of you? I was just kindly reminding you, to prevent that woman from screwing you over..."
"Is that so?"
Suddenly, Wan Yunting leaned closer. Niu Qiuling's face flushed, and she quickly shifted away, huffing, "What do you want? Wan Yunting, I'm warning you, I'm not that kind of person..."
"What kind of person?"
Wan Yunting continued to move closer. Niu Qiuling had already retreated to the armrest of the sofa, with no way to escape. Facing the man's teasing smile and intense gaze, Niu Qiuling's pretty face was flushed, her heart pounding wildly. In a flustered voice, she stammered, "You know, that kind of person, not just anyone..."
"Hahaha."
Before she could finish, Wan Yunting burst into laughter, stubbed out his cigarette, and stood up. He smiled at Niu Qiuling, "Officer Niu, it's getting late. Hurry back and get ready for bed. We have a flight back tomorrow morning."
Niu Qiuling froze. Watching him head to the bathroom, she realized Wan Yunting had been teasing her. Enraged, she stood up and yelled indignantly, "Wan Yunting, you bastard, how dare you make fun of me..."
"Heh heh, serves you right for being a simpleton."
Wan Yunting stood at the bathroom door, tilting his head and giving her a teasing, roguish grin.
"You scoundrel, I'll beat you to death..."
Furious, Niu Qiuling lunged forward. Wan Yunting dodged into the bathroom, stripping off his shirt. He smirked at the charging Niu Qiuling, "Come on, Officer Niu, let's shower together..."
Seeing him take off his shirt, revealing his perfect chest, Niu Qiuling's face instantly turned red. She looked incredibly cute, her eyes wide, teeth gritted, stomping her foot in embarrassed indignation, "You pervert, I'll deal with you later..."
Watching Niu Qiuling stomp away, Wan Yunting found it amusing. Teasing this innocent girl was quite fun...
The next morning at eight o'clock, Wan Yunting was already up, as their flight back was at ten.
As he stepped out of his room, Niu Qiuling from the next room also emerged. She snorted at him, causing Wu Qing to look at them curiously. Niu Qiuling then huffed, "What are you looking at? Let's check out."
Wu Qing took their room cards and headed downstairs, scratching his head, wondering why Officer Niu was so ill-tempered this early in the morning, as if she had eaten gunpowder.
"I say, Officer Niu, we were just joking. Why are you so angry?"
Wan Yunting reached out to put his arm around Niu Qiuling's shoulder, but she grabbed his arm and flung it away. Tilting her head, she glared and snorted, "Who's angry? Are we close?"
Wan Yunting found it amusing and was about to say something when Zhu Xiangwen, Zhou Maoxue, and Director Wang, along with Kang Nuolan and Ye Zhengyang and a group of students, came out of their rooms. They all greeted him...
"Everyone's here. Then let's go down for breakfast and head to the airport."
With that, Wan Yunting and Niu Qiuling, along with Wu Qing and Zhu Xiangwen, Kang Nuolan and the other students, went downstairs for breakfast. They even ran into Ling Wei and Han Duo'er. Kuang Long asked, "Boss Wan, are you returning to the country today?"
"Yes."
Wan Yunting nodded. Ling Wei, sitting opposite him, smiled, "What a shame we can't go back with you. I have to go and collect my father's body later!"
Wan Yunting looked up and smiled, "Then come back early, and I'll give you your final acupuncture treatment."
"Okay."
Ling Wei smiled and nodded, then seemed to notice something. Her alluring eyes shifted to Niu Qiuling, who was sitting next to Wan Yunting. Seeing Niu Qiuling's gaze on her, Ling Wei smiled, "Officer, are you jealous?"
Niu Qiuling froze and then became agitated, shouting, "Who's jealous? You're jealous, and your whole family is jealous..."
Immediately, Zhu Xiangwen, Kang Nuolan, and the others around them turned to look at the vehemently reacting Niu Qiuling, confused by her outburst.
Only Wan Yunting shook his head with a wry smile...
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the plane slowly landed at Huadu International Airport.
Wan Yunting, Niu Qiuling, and Wu Qing, along with Zhu Xiangwen, Zhou Maoxue, Director Wang, and Kang Nuolan, Ye Zhengyang, and the group of students, emerged from the airport to find three groups of people waiting to pick them up.
One group was naturally the vehicles from Wu Bochaos' police team, another was from the school, and the third was the secretary of Lin Gaofeng, who had come with Zhou Caihong to pick up their daughter. Seeing Kang Nuolan, Zhou Caihong and the others rushed forward. "Nuolan, let Mom have a look..."
Seeing her mother's anxious and worried eyes, Kang Nuolan smiled, "Mom, I'm fine."
"You're a girl. You refused the people your father arranged to accompany you earlier. Fortunately, you're alright now, otherwise, your father and I wouldn't know what to do." Zhou Caihong finally relaxed upon seeing her daughter unharmed and grumbled.
Regarding yesterday's events, after explanations from Director Wang and Kang Nuolan, Zhou Caihong and Kang Hongwen were mostly aware of what had happened.
So she walked over to Wan Yunting, who was chatting with Wu Bochaos. Seeing Zhou Caihong approach, he smiled, "Aunt Zhou."
"Xiao Wan, we really owe you a lot."
Zhou Caihong held Wan Yunting's hand, her face filled with gratitude. "If you hadn't helped Nuolan, your father and I wouldn't have known who to turn to for her rescue."
"You're too kind, Aunt Zhou. Nuolan is also my student. If she's in trouble, of course, I'll help," Wan Yunting said, waving his hand with a smile.
"Okay, Auntie won't be polite with you then. Come over for dinner at our house later. Your Uncle Kang wants to have a few drinks with you."
Zhou Caihong nodded and smiled. She was already quite familiar with Wan Yunting and saw no need for excessive politeness.
"Alright, Aunt Zhou, you take care,"
Wan Yunting nodded, waved to Kang Nuolan and Lin Gaofeng, and watched their car drive away.
Wu Bochaos then said, "Brother Wan, shall we head back?"
"Okay."
Wan Yunting nodded, knowing that Director Pang and the others were waiting for his report.
The group returned to the police station and went directly to Pang Yuan's office.
Ma Zhendong was also present, so Wan Yunting gave them a detailed account of what had happened in country H...