"Constable Qin?"
Ye Zhinan quickly put away her dagger.
She didn't want to accidentally hurt someone if her hand slipped.
"Where are you going so late at night, Miss Ye?"
Qin Yihuai's deep, dark eyes were fixed on her, making her shiver involuntarily.
"The weather is nice. I'm just going out for a stroll," Ye Zhinan said, her eyes flickering as she tried to avoid his probing gaze.
"Then let's go together!"
Qin Yihuai didn't seem to intend to give up.
Ye Zhinan looked embarrassed. "Constable Qin, it's not appropriate for a single man and a single woman to be out together at night, is it?"
"You're right. But is it appropriate for you to be out wandering around in the middle of the night? I'm just doing my duty as a constable to protect innocent civilians."
Seeing that Qin Yihuai was so insistent, Ye Zhinan stopped arguing. She turned around and left, muttering under her breath.
"Fine. If you want to follow, go ahead. I'll just consider it as hiring a free bodyguard."
Ye Zhinan walked in front, and Qin Yihuai followed behind. She no longer tried to hide her destination and walked straight to the Chen family's house. Just as she was about to climb over the wall, she was grabbed by Qin Yihuai. She glared at his hand that was holding her.
"Constable Qin, this is inappropriate, both morally and logically!"
Qin Yihuai's cheeks flushed, and he quickly let go of her hand. "Come this way."
Without waiting for her response, he walked around to the back of the house and pointed.
It turned out that there was a gap in the back yard of the Chen family's house, but it was very well hidden.
Ye Zhinan gave him a thumbs - up in admiration.
"I never knew you were such a constable, Constable Qin. I'm truly impressed!"
After saying that, she turned around and was about to climb in, but was pulled down again.
"What's wrong with you? Do you want to be a monster on the way to the Western Paradise like in the story of Tang Sanzang? Why do you keep stopping me?!"
Ye Zhinan suppressed her anger and whispered angrily.
"Here you are!"
Qin Yihuai calmly handed her something. Ye Zhinan took a closer look.
It was a mask!
She just wanted to go in and see what tricks the Chen brothers, Chen Sheng and Chen Li, were up to. Now it felt like she was a secret agent.
"Better safe than sorry."
Qin Yihuai seemed to have a monitor installed in her mind. He put on his own mask and then pointed at the one in her hand.
Ye Zhinan had no choice but to put on the mask. After adjusting it, she pulled it twice in front of him to show that it was okay. Then the two of them climbed over the wall.
The Chen family's yard was small. There was one room for their mother and one for the two brothers. They sneaked up to the door of the brothers' room. Ye Zhinan put her finger in her mouth, wet it with saliva, and was about to poke a hole in the window paper when she met Qin Yihuai's disgusted look.
Wasn't this how it was always done in the movies?
She gave him a look with her dagger - like eyes. To her surprise, Qin Yihuai had already pushed open the door and swaggered in.
...
Ye Zhinan quickly followed. As soon as she entered the room, she found that there was no one there.
"Where are they?"
"Chen Li has gone to the town to look for work," Qin Yihuai said coldly, his eyes constantly scanning the room.
There was nothing in the room except a big bed and a shabby cabinet.
This seemed to conflict with Ye Zhinan's memory.
It seemed that the two brothers were really having a hard time. Even though they had the technology of the automatic wheelchair, it hadn't made them rich.
"Chen Sheng was too arrogant, which ended up hurting his family," Qin Yihuai seemed to see through Ye Zhinan's thoughts and explained.
Their misfortune had nothing to do with her, a good - hearted person.
Ye Zhinan felt a little better after hearing this. She had originally wanted to help, but unexpectedly, she had harmed them instead.
"Where's Chen Sheng?"
Only then did she realize that this guy wasn't sleeping at this late hour. What was he doing?
Suddenly, Qin Yihuai covered her mouth with his hand and pulled her behind the cabinet.
There was a space about one - and - a - half - person wide between the cabinet and the wall, which was a dark corner. Without a lamp at night, it was impossible to tell that there were people hiding inside.
The two of them were pressed tightly together. Ye Zhinan deeply experienced what it meant to have butterflies in her stomach.
There were rustling sounds of footsteps outside, but it seemed that there was more than one person.
Please don't come in, please don't come in.
This was Ye Zhinan's first time sneaking into someone else's house, and she was extremely nervous.
"I've done what you asked. The Ye family is still fine!"
It was Chen Sheng's voice.
The two of them pressed themselves closer to the wall. Qin Yihuai's breath came from behind Ye Zhinan's ear, making the butterflies in her stomach go crazy, fluttering wildly.
"What? What do you mean?"
Then Chen Sheng's voice disappeared, followed by another series of footsteps.
After a while, the people had left. Qin Yihuai pushed Ye Zhinan's shoulder, signaling her to come out.
It turned out that Ye Zhinan was so nervous that she had pressed herself tightly against Qin Yihuai, pinning him down completely.
Ye Zhinan brushed her hair, trying to hide her blushing face. But the more she tried to hide it, the more obvious it became.
"Are you okay?"
Qin Yihuai's gentle voice came. Ye Zhinan just wanted to catch the butterflies in her stomach and eat them, whether it was braised, stewed, or roasted, just to stop them from causing trouble.
Not getting a response, Qin Yihuai seemed a little worried.
"I'm really sorry if I hurt you just now. It was an emergency!"
What?
Ye Zhinan glared at him and walked out.
Fortunately, Chen Sheng didn't come back.
Qin Yihuai let out a long sigh of relief and quickly followed.
But not far ahead, they saw a dark figure curled up on the ground.
It was Chen Sheng!
The two of them rushed over quickly and saw that Chen Sheng's face was ashen. He was holding his arm painfully and his body was still trembling. Taking a closer look, they found that his right hand was broken and his whole arm was covered in blood.
"Save me!"
After saying this, Chen Sheng fainted.
"Quick, save him!"
Ye Zhinan took a quick look and knew that this arm might not be saved.
"He must have an amputation immediately!"
Qin Yihuai nodded without hesitation.
The two of them laid Chen Sheng flat.
"Go and boil some hot water. There's a river not far away."
There was a flash of surprise in Qin Yihuai's eyes under his long eyelashes.
This woman knew the terrain here quite well.
Although he was puzzled, he still obediently went to boil water.
Ye Zhinan got rid of him and quickly took out things from her space.
The environment for this operation was really bad. She originally wanted to take the person into the space, but since there was another person, she couldn't stay in there for a long time, so she had to take out all the tools.
When Qin Yihuai came back with the hot water, she had already completed the most important part of the operation and was starting to sew up the wound.
"Stand back a bit. Don't let the blood splash on you."
...
Ye Zhinan blocked Qin Yihuai's view with her body to prevent him from seeing her advanced equipment.
"Okay, you can clean him up now!"
After saying that, Ye Zhinan plopped down on the ground.
She hadn't performed an operation for a long time, and her hands were still shaking.
"Did you use a lot of anesthetic?"
Seeing that Chen Sheng still hadn't woken up, Qin Yihuai would have thought that Ye Zhinan had killed him if he hadn't seen the breathing.
"Um, yeah, I guess so!"
Ye Zhinan stammered. "Be careful with his wound."
"This wound~"
"Right, I also think the person who did this was too cruel. This is not just disabling a hand. It's almost like killing him!"
Ye Zhinan quickly interrupted him. She had treated the wound too neatly and was afraid of being exposed.