Chapter 12: My Lady, I Have Come to Rescue You

At the entrance to the police interrogation room, the officer standing before me looked as if I owed him a fortune, his face dark and sour enough to squeeze water from.

“Stone Brother! Big Brother Shi! I’m begging you, please don’t stir up trouble, alright? Luckily, the other party was magnanimous and didn’t press charges, or this would have gotten serious...”

I snapped back angrily, “Magnanimous? That’s just guilt! That old Bi Deng seduced my friend’s girlfriend—how could I just tolerate that?

Black Brother kicking him was already restraint! Officer Yang, Black Brother really doesn’t want this to escalate...”

Officer Yang cut me off sharply, “Are they married? Do they have a marriage certificate? Are they protected by law?

This is just a matter of morals. If you insist on turning it into bodily harm, aren’t you just bringing trouble to me?

Tell me honestly, how many times has this happened before?

I’m too tired to argue. Just take him away quickly!

And tell Yan Zi to focus on running her matchmaking business properly and stop meddling in these petty matters!”

I turned and looked at him seriously. “Officer Yang, please watch your words!

We operate Yan Hui Service Consulting Co., not a matchmaking agency.

Although my sister introduced your wife to you, and you can consider my sister a matchmaker,

you absolutely cannot treat our company as a matchmaking service!

Catching cheaters is our business—we are bona fide urban infidelity investigators!”

“Get lost!” Officer Yang snarled, lifting his pant leg and delivering a flying kick, which I dodged with a grin.

His name was Yang Xincheng, a friend of mine with whom I often dealt, so there was no need for formality.

After handling Black Brother’s paperwork, I took him out of the police station.

Seeing him with an unkempt beard overnight and a defeated expression made my heart ache.

I patted his shoulder and sighed, “Black Brother, there are plenty of fish in the sea. No need to pine for just one flower!”

Black Brother turned to me, puzzled. “What do you mean?”

“Oh...” I scratched my head and said, “It means you can find a better girlfriend!”

He turned back seriously and said, “Stone, Kiki really is a good girl! Even though she wronged me, I believe she didn’t do it willingly!”

I pushed my sunglasses up, looking at him. “Black Brother, you’re not going to forgive her just like that, right? Still hoping to patch things up?”

He shook his head. “I’m not getting back with her, but I don’t hate her. I’m just the one without money or ability.”

I was speechless.

But as long as Black Brother agreed to break up and wouldn’t be deceived again, that was enough.

I hailed a taxi and got in with Black Brother.

He was holding his head, clearly in pain.

I sighed and patted his shoulder. “First heartbreak is always like this—really painful. Black Brother, if you can’t get over it, come to my place tonight and we’ll have a drink!”

He rubbed his head hard. “No! Master hates us going inside. If we do, we’ll definitely get scolded when we get back!”

I shrugged helplessly. I knew Third Master’s temper well; this was beyond my help.

The taxi stopped at Wanxiang Street intersection. I got out, paid the fare, and told the driver to take Black Brother to the scrap yard in the east of the city.

I turned and walked into the pedestrian street. Just as I reached the door of Yan Hui’s company, I heard a woman’s cheerful laughter and paused.

How many years had it been since I last heard Sister Yan so happy?

I gently pushed open the glass door. Sister Yan stood behind the reception desk but was partly obscured by a man in white sitting just a table away.

The man had his back to the door, so I couldn’t see his face—only his youthful voice.

“Hormones decide love at first sight, dopamine decides the long haul, adrenaline decides whether to act, and pride decides who speaks first. In the end, lifespan and reality decide who leaves first. Love in this world comes in two forms: one is enduring hardship together but growing weary until old age; the other is gazing at each other from afar, yearning until tears fall.”

“Beautiful lady, I’m glad to meet you. I’m Chen Yinan. Looking at you, I feel my hormones stirring!”

“You’re happy a little too soon!” I entered with a dark face, grabbed his shirt, and dragged him aside, shooting him a glance.

Sure enough, this was the guy with the exposed butt I ran into in the elevator last night.

“One-eyed Dragon brother!” This Chen Yinan also recognized me and spread his arms as if to hug.

I have no patience for these overly familiar social butterflies, so I pushed him away rudely and frowned. “What are you doing here? I warn you, stay away from my sister!”

From the short-haired woman’s call last night, it was clear this guy was cheating with her in a hotel.

And when things got risky, this jerk left the woman behind and sneaked away naked!

Such a man without any sense of responsibility—I truly despised him.

My first impression of him was terrible, so I had no reason to be polite.

Chen Yinan looked at me with a pained expression. “One-eyed Dragon brother...”

“My brother’s name is Stone!” Sister Yan said sternly, correcting him.

The guy obediently changed his words. “Big brother Stone, I’m here to rescue you all!”

I asked confusedly, “Rescue me from what?”

Chen Yinan pointed at Sister Yan. “More precisely, not to rescue you, but to rescue this beautiful lady... Hey, hey, hey, big brother, don’t get angry. Hear me out!”

Seeing me ball my fist ready to strike, his expression changed immediately.

Sister Yan smiled and said to me, “Stone, don’t hit him.”

She turned to the man. “Chen Yinan, I’ve already notified Su Huishan. She should be here soon!”

I recalled the bold female client I met yesterday. So the job she gave my sister was to investigate this guy?

No wonder my sister acted strangely when the short-haired woman was on the phone with this guy last night—she hadn’t expected such a coincidence, running into her client checking into the next room.

After Black Brother kicked that balding old man Liao Guofu last night, the ambulance and police came.

Sister Yan and I were also taken to the police station for questioning. When we left, I saw Chen Yinan had returned to his room on the fifteenth floor wrapped in a bath towel.

Sister Yan hadn’t gone with me to bail Black Brother out this morning; she must have returned to the Tiger Hotel to confront Chen Yinan.

It seemed she had obtained evidence of Chen Yinan’s infidelity and could now report back to Su Huishan.

But I didn’t expect this Chen Yinan to chase all the way to our office. What was he planning?

When he heard Su Huishan was coming, Chen Yinan’s face showed a flicker of panic, but he quickly masked it and shook his head. “Beautiful lady, no matter who comes, it won’t change the fact that you’ve already made a mistake. It’s not too late if you realize your error now!”

I snapped at him angrily, “Are you crazy? What mistake has my sister made?”

Chen Yinan sighed and pointed at Sister Yan. “She violated my right to privacy!

According to Article 1032 of the Civil Code, natural persons enjoy the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe upon another’s privacy by spying, disturbing, disclosing, or publicizing.

Article 1033 stipulates that, except as otherwise provided by law or with the rights holder’s explicit consent, no organization or individual shall:

Disturb another’s private life by phone, text, instant messaging, email, flyers, or other means;

Enter, film, or spy on another’s private spaces such as residences or hotel rooms;

Photograph or spy on another’s intimate body parts;

Handle another’s private information;

Or otherwise infringe upon another’s privacy rights.”

Chen Yinan curled his lips and smiled at Sister Yan. “I won’t recite every article, but I want to tell you, beautiful lady, you’ve already broken the law!

So tell me, am I not here to rescue you?”