"Do you like her?" Xing Yuan suddenly asked.
Xing Can looked at Xing Yuan blankly, as if she was asking a question she already knew the answer to. He let out a cold laugh, not answering directly. "Whether I like her or not isn't important. What's important is that my sister likes her."
"You're pursuing her precisely because I like her, aren't you!" Xing Yuan's voice grew more certain, a flicker of realization in her eyes.
No wonder he had stopped caring about her after he had won his sister over. It turned out he didn't like her at all, and had only done all those excessive things because he had learned somehow that she liked her sister.
Xing Yuan's gaze turned cold, a hint of crimson appearing in her eyes. She stepped forward and punched Xing Can, knocking him to the ground. A large fist print appeared on his face.
"Are you crazy?" Xing Can covered his face in bewilderment and roared at Xing Yuan.
Xing Yuan's face was as cold as frozen ice, showing no emotion. She continued to punch Xing Can's most prized face.
After being hit several times, Xing Can retaliated unwillingly. With Xing Yuan only attacking and not defending, he managed to land two punches.
They fought each other recklessly until the sound of an alarm blared in their ears.
Police officers in uniform took them away.
At the police station, the officer looked from one to the other, his eyes filled with obvious confusion. "Um, who started it?"
Both of them pointed at each other without hesitation.
"Xing Yuan, have you no shame!" Xing Can roared at Xing Yuan in disbelief and anger, accidentally tearing open a wound on his face.
"Hiss!" He clutched his face and complained to the officer, "She started it."
"And you? What do you say?" the officer asked Xing Yuan.
Xing Yuan's face was much less injured than Xing Can's. She was crying silently, a few tears tracing paths down her cheeks onto the floor. She lowered her head, glanced at Xing Can, and then cowered.
She answered softly, "I... I started it."
Xing Can stared at Xing Yuan, dumbfounded. His sister had always been a heroic figure; when had she become so shameless?
Xing Can questioned his reality, but met the officer's suspicious gaze and quickly tried to explain, "She really started it."
"If you don't believe me, check the surveillance footage."
Xing Can's dazed mind came back online. He gave Xing Yuan a provocative glance, only to receive a look of utter disdain.
The officer tapped the table and said sternly, "Silence!"
"We've pulled up the surveillance footage. We'll see who was in the wrong shortly."
As soon as the officer finished speaking, the door to the holding cell opened, and a junior officer walked in. He leaned down and whispered in Li Yan's ear, "Captain Li! The surveillance system for that period is currently malfunctioning and cannot be accessed."
Li Yan: "..." A bit embarrassing, but not a big problem.
Li Yan forced a calm demeanor and patted the table. "Explain yourselves carefully. If we don't have physical evidence, we still have witnesses. Once we investigate, you'll be finished."
Xing Can looked bewildered. Remembering Xing Yuan's earlier look, he shivered and stood up, pointing at Xing Yuan. "Did you know this already? Did you deliberately ask me to meet you at that place just to beat me up!"
Xing Yuan blinked innocently, feigning confusion. "What are you talking about? You were the one who said you wanted to relive our childhood, so I took you there."
That's right, a childhood without being beaten up was incomplete. She was helping him fulfill his wish!
Li Yan was extremely frustrated. Cases where the party at fault was unclear were the most difficult. However, there was a solution: punish both sides equally.
"Alright, you two discuss it. Do you want to settle this officially or privately?"
Xing Can decisively said, "Officially."
Xing Yuan timidly replied, "Whatever the officer decides is fine."
When it came to winning people over, Xing Yuan had rarely lost.
Her thick skin had been honed through countless worlds of pursuing her love interest.
As expected, Li Yan looked at Xing Yuan with approval. He glanced at the small wound on her face, which would heal soon without medical attention, and felt a pang of pity.
These two must be a couple. Perhaps the boy wanted to abuse the girl, but unexpectedly, the girl's combat prowess was even higher than his, leading to the current situation.
"Forget it, both of you are equally at fault. You two write a letter of guarantee here, and then have your families pick you up," Li Yan declared.
In any case, their relationship was definitely over after this incident. And with the young lady's combat ability, there was no need to worry about the scumbag bothering her. This was for the best.
Of course, the most important thing was the lack of evidence. If they couldn't be convicted, they could only be educated. It was better to let the young lady go home early!
The two exchanged glances and, with trepidation, began writing the letters of guarantee.
Both of them were people who could justify their actions after making mistakes. Asking them to write letters of guarantee was indeed an extremely difficult and cruel task.
After a long while, they exchanged glances again and reached a consensus.
They stealthily began to copy each other's work.
An hour later, a letter of guarantee exceeding a thousand words was successfully produced, and the two were on the verge of tears of emotion.
Li Yan read it carefully for a moment, his lips twitching. These two letters of guarantee, apart from the order of sentences, were almost identical!
However, he didn't say much. He calmly nodded and returned the phones to them. "Alright, call your families to pick you up."
Extremely embarrassing!
The two thought in unison. Xing Yuan glanced at Xing Can, then their eyes met again. Two words were written in their eyes: "Help me."
Xing Yuan, leveraging her attractive appearance, put on a bitter smile, looking somewhat pitiful. She said in a low voice, "Officer, my family members are quite far away. The closest one is the person next to me."
"Yes!" Xing Can also sighed sincerely. "My parents work out of town for extended periods. We were just impulsive, which led to us fighting. Could the officer give us another chance?"
Li Yan was speechless. He had always assumed they were a young couple, but now they were suddenly telling him they were siblings.
What kind of siblings would fight so fiercely on the street? Couldn't they discuss things properly at home?
Even if they had to fight, they should do it at home and not come out to disturb others!
Li Yan pondered for a moment and finally nodded.
Alright! Since they were siblings and both adults, mutual bail was acceptable.
Li Yan nodded. "Fine, then you two sign here. After you go back, remember to get along. You're family, why are you doing all this?"
The two nodded in agreement and finally walked out of the police station ten minutes later.