The Security Bureau's car slowly started.
Han Mo sat in the car, looked at Bai Xi, and after much deliberation, finally gathered the courage to speak, "Xi'er."
Bai Xi merely glanced at him indifferently and said, "Mm."
Han Mo recalled what Han Rui had told him earlier, adjusted his breathing, and said in a small voice, "I was wrong."
Han Rui had said that when a girl is angry, if you don't know why, apologize first. After apologizing and once her emotions stabilized, then discuss other matters.
Bai Xi frowned and instinctively looked at him, "Wrong about what?"
She just felt that there were many things about Han Mo that she couldn't understand, so for a moment, she didn't know how to face him.
She had thought about asking directly, but these questions were all somewhat unbelievable. She planned to ask him when they were alone. Of course, if he was willing to say, then he would, but if not... then she really had no other choice.
Shen Mingxun had investigated Han Mo before. Han Mo's resume, apart from being excellent, was nothing special. But recent events made her feel strange, making her suspect his identity might not be as simple as she thought.
Yet, he was the partner she had chosen. She should have trusted him wholeheartedly.
Han Mo immediately said, "I shouldn't have pulled at that woman's clothes."
As soon as he said this, Deng Liang, who was in the front, was drinking water.
Actually, he was drinking water to cover his embarrassment. Now, it was even better; a mouthful of water got stuck in his throat, and he sputtered it out.
He hadn't expected it, hadn't expected that the Eldest Miss's eyes were so blind that she would fall for such a person! Moreover, this man looked presentable and didn't seem like a scumbag at all.
Bai Xi raised an eyebrow, "Did you already know she had a butterfly-shaped birthmark on her chest?"
Since he mentioned it, she naturally asked directly.
Han Mo hesitated for a moment and said, "Mm."
Deng Liang frowned.
It seemed this wasn't just a moment of being unrestrained and unable to control himself. This guy had probably been colluding with other women already! Bai Xi should just dump a man like this!
Immediately, he was filled with indignation.
Bai Xi frowned, "How did you know?"
A female corpse from three hundred years ago, how could he know? The thought of it was unbelievable.
Could it be... a dream?
But even if it were a dream, shouldn't it be a dream to his own descendants, like... Han Rui?
Han Mo thought for a moment and said seriously, "This is a long story, and you might not believe it even if I told you."
How should he explain? He didn't want to deceive her intentionally. But if he told the truth, it would sound like a wild fantasy, that the corpse was her from three hundred years ago? And that he himself had buried her?
Bai Xi frowned slightly upon hearing him say this.
If he couldn't say it because it wouldn't be believed, did he really mean it was a dream? Or perhaps, he had some connection with that female corpse in his previous life, which was why he found someone who resembled her eight-tenths in this life as his partner?
Although she was an atheist, in the past, she would have scoffed.
But Han Mo's actions towards that female corpse, and the mark on the female corpse's shoulder, forced her to connect the two.
Did she, in Han Mo's eyes, become a substitute for the woman in his dreams? Thinking of this, she inexplicably felt a tightness in her chest.
"If you don't want to say it, then don't."
She hated this feeling of her emotions being manipulated, so... she chose to withdraw from this tedious consumption.
Seeing Bai Xi avert her gaze, Han Mo could only quietly close his mouth and watch her.
Deng Liang silently condemned Han Mo another one hundred and eighty times in his heart: "Damn scumbag."
Shangyang City wasn't small, but the distance from the Security Bureau to the Han family's villa wasn't too far, about a thirty-minute drive.
As soon as the car stopped, Han Mo got out and politely invited Bai Xi to alight.
But at this moment, Deng Liang walked directly to Bai Xi's side, also politely opened the car door for Bai Xi, and with his left hand blocking the top of the door frame, his right hand extended in an invitation gesture, he said with a smile, "Eldest Miss, this way please."
Bai Xi glanced at Han Mo, then at Deng Liang, and finally chose to get out of the car from Deng Liang's side, which was closer to her. Han Mo could only close the car door, watching Bai Xi's receding back, his eyes filled with annoyance at Deng Liang.
Deng Liang's action caused a lot of discussion among the people on the street.
"Isn't that the newly appointed director of the Security Bureau? Why is he personally opening the car door for a young lady?"
"Yes, who is this girl?"
"She must be the Eldest Miss of the Chu family. In all of Shangyang, besides the Chu family, which other aristocratic family could have such prestige?"
"That makes sense."
"But, that's not right. Although I haven't seen the Eldest Miss of the Chu family, I've heard her name so much that my ears have grown calluses. She's spoiled, willful, unreasonable, arrogant, and most importantly, to show everyone her noble distinction, she particularly likes to wear expensive evening gowns. Wasn't there a news report before about her wearing an evening gown to her graduation ceremony?"
"Right, right, I heard about it. Others wore academic robes, but she wore an evening gown, along with various expensive jewelry."
"Those who knew understood it was a graduation celebration; those who didn't would think she was walking a red carpet. Truly attention-seeking."
"So the young lady in a T-shirt and jeans in front of us definitely won't be her."
"Indeed. This young lady has a refined temperament, how could she be that flamboyant peacock?"
"Moreover, I also heard that this new director of the Security Bureau doesn't cater to the aristocratic and wealthy families at all. After he took office, many aristocratic families tried to appease him by sending many gifts and organizing many banquets, all of which he refused. But he... is actually so respectful and gentlemanly towards this girl who dresses very ordinarily... it really makes one's imagination run wild."
"If you ask me, this young lady is not necessarily a high-society lady. She must be very capable herself, which is why she is respected by the new director of the Security Bureau like this."
"I think so too."
"..."
Amidst the messy discussions, Bai Xi and her entourage had already entered the Security Bureau.
Upon entering the Security Bureau, the atmosphere gradually became tense.
Two security guards led the way, and Deng Liang explained, "Since I took over this matter, I've kept these two from the Han family separately imprisoned. They are these two. But this morning, when delivering their meals, we discovered..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but Bai Xi already understood.
The solitary cells in the Security Bureau had doors made of special metal, fastened with a row of special buckles. Above the metal door was a small to medium-sized ventilation window, which was also covered with wire mesh. If the door wasn't opened, not even a rat could crawl in.
And at this moment, even standing outside the metal door, Bai Xi could smell a strong scent of blood emanating from the cell.