Lin Mucí's mind was in turmoil.
Her fingertips pressed against his chest, and he lowered his head to look at her, a smug and wicked smile playing on his lips.
The moment he leaned in towards her lips, Lin Mucí's heart seemed to skip a beat.
But then, a knocking sound suddenly echoed from above.
Lin Mucí looked at Ling Qianhe.
"Who's looking for you?"
Ling Qianhe's eyes seemed to ripple with tiny waves of starlight.
"I don't know."
He stood up, looking at Lin Mucí. Hearing her voice, he felt a sense of relief.
"It must be Uncle Li! He probably came to knock because I haven't gone out for so long! Yes, it must be him."
"If you don't let me go, with Uncle Li's temper and personality, he might really call the police!"
Ling Qianhe chuckled deeply.
"Oh?"
"I'll go take a look."
...
Ling Qianhe opened the door.
"Hello, Mr. Ling. We are police officers from the station, and this is our work identification. Someone has reported you for illegal confinement. So, we'd like to search your villa, is that convenient?"
Ling Qianhe's eyelashes fluttered, and a peculiar glint flashed in his pupils.
"Of course."
"I never do anything illegal."
"As you know, I'm a celebrity. If I break the law, the social impact would be terrible."
Ling Qianhe said, stepping aside.
The police officers filed in. In the distance, a black car was parked outside his house, and Ling Qianhe's lips pressed together slightly. He looked at the Rolls-Royce—he knew who was behind this.
Feng Yuting, was it?
He still hadn't given up?
He thought he had hidden Mu Ci sister.
Coupled with the land plot completely losing its commercial development prospects, although he had cut his losses decisively, channeling most of the damage to Ling Wanli, he himself still lost over a billion.
So, his resentment festered, leading him to report him?
Ling Qianhe stood there as the police searched his house from top to bottom, then asked.
"The basement..."
Ling Qianhe replied.
"Certainly."
As he went to open the door, a figure gracefully emerged from the basement.
"Search all you want, no one is down there."
The young girl's lips held a hint of a smile.
She stood there, looking exquisite, her features as beautiful as a painting.
The lead police officer frowned as he looked at her.
This was—
He seemed to recognize her.
He had handled a case of school bullying before, and this young girl appeared to be the victim, but she was so timid that she dared not give her statement and chose to settle out of court.
Her name was Lin Mucí. Because of this, he had paid particular attention to her.
Later, she seemed to have registered for a talent show and debuted as the winner.
However, why would she be in Ling Qianhe's villa?
This young police officer, Bai Jian, looked at Lin Mucí!
Lin Mucí then realized that the other person was very young, probably around twenty-five years old, and also very handsome, the healthy and sunny type of handsome.
A prompt from the little system sounded in Lin Mucí's mind.
【Potential target, Officer Bai Jian.】
【A double S-level upgradeable character.】
【Due to changes in this world's storyline, he is the character who replaces Ling Qianhe's police function. According to the original plot, Ling Qianhe was supposed to become a police officer, solve many major cases, and then be framed and imprisoned by Madam Ling, suffering greatly in prison. However, due to the host's influence, Ling Qianhe did not become a police officer. The world's main will automatically repaired the world's storyline, so Ling Qianhe's police identity was taken over by Bai Jian.】
【He is an elite backbone of the police force. However, due to his involvement in a major smuggling case, he accidentally injured a criminal and was imprisoned, suffering greatly in prison. Many of the inmates were criminals he himself had arrested. He was disfigured, and after coming out, developed an anti-social personality and sought revenge on society.】
【Increase his favorability to over 80%.】
【Preventing his blackening will greatly increase the world line progress!】
After the system provided new prompts, it whispered to Lin Mucí.
"Host, this is the fifth wild man!"
"And he's related to you. His initial favorability is already at 30%. The school bullying case you were involved in was handled by him!"
"He's always been concerned about you, worried you'd be bullied. He just didn't have time to visit you because the police station was too busy!"
The fifth wild man?
Ling Qianhe, of course.
Feng Yuting, Yang Lanyan, plus Zhou Yuan'an—and now Officer Bai Jian.
She had unknowingly attracted so many people?
And four out of the five had the possibility of blackening.
Oh, wait, Ling Qianhe and Feng Yuting had already blackened.
Lin Mucí felt like crying.
The young police officer looked at Lin Mucí, his eyes full of confusion.
But when he turned to look at Ling Qianhe, his expression became much more serious.
"Mr. Ling Qianhe, this girl is still a student. It's not appropriate for you to bring her to your villa late at night, is it?"
His colleagues indicated that there was no one else in Ling Qianhe's villa.
He looked deeply at Ling Qianhe.
"If you've locked Lin Mucí in the villa, do you believe I'll sue you for illegal confinement?"
Ling Qianhe smiled, still maintaining his composed demeanor.
"I was just discussing some very important matters with her."
Lin Mucí felt a headache coming on.
"We were discussing a script."
Bai Jian gazed intently at Lin Mucí. He knew about the girl's timidity and the darkness of the entertainment industry.
He feared that the girl might be bullied, and his gaze lingered on her lips, which were unnaturally red and swollen!
Being looked at by him.
Lin Mucí began to feel nervous.
"There were mosquitoes in the basement just now."
In the middle of winter, where could there be mosquitoes?
In other words, it was incredibly awkward.
Lin Mucí regretted speaking the moment she said it, her toes could have practically dug out a three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment—Bai Jian looked at Ling Qianhe's profile and said.
"Some things should not be done. I will keep a close eye on you. Don't think you can escape just because you have power and influence."
He turned to look at Lin Mucí.
"I'll take you home."
He turned, and Lin Mucí obediently followed him, not daring to speak again. The situation was truly awkward, and saying more would only lead to more mistakes. Ling Qianhe watched her retreating figure, rubbing his fingers, and said meaningfully.
"See you next time."
Next time we meet, I won't let you off so easily.
My... Mu Ci sister.
Lin Mucí, dejected, followed the police officer. After leaving the villa, the young police officer asked her.
"Did that man bully you?"
"If he did, you must tell me."
Lin Mucí didn't know how to explain.
The story of her tormenting Ling Qianhe, Ling Qianhe retaliating and tormenting her, and then her tormenting him back—and now her foolishness in being caught by Ling Qianhe was too complex. It involved incredibly intricate elements like an animated doll coming to life, confinement, a comatose person waking up, and various other unbelievable supernatural events.
To be honest.
Let alone Ling Qianhe.
She herself would have been dissected at a research institute.
So, she sniffled and said softly.
"He didn't bully me."
"If I have to say... maybe I bullied him."
Officer Bai Jian was taken aback. He knew this girl didn't lie.
But precisely because she didn't lie, it made him feel a bit incredulous. What did she mean by possibly bullying Ling Qianhe? Ling Qianhe was so famous that everyone knew him, how could she possibly bully him?
Or perhaps.
This top-tier celebrity.
Had some little-known kinks?
As a police officer, he had seen a lot.
He had indeed seen some cases.
Boys who liked to be abused by girls.
Was Ling Qianhe such a person?
Lin Mucí obediently waved to the police officer.
"My driver is over there. I'm going home."
She thought for a moment, then hesitated and looked up.
"Officer Bai, um... if you encounter any difficulties, call me. I can help you."
The girl's expression was quite sincere.
Bai Jian found it amusing.
This girl could barely protect herself, could she?
After saying this, Lin Mucí nodded to Bai Jian. Bai Jian raised his eyebrows, and his colleague came over.
"Chief, we didn't find his missing assistant in Ling Qianhe's villa. What should we do? How do we report to our superiors?"
Bai Jian snorted.
"How do we report? We report the truth. Two men fighting over a woman, it's a waste of police resources. Ling Qianhe is an international superstar, after all. If he really dared to do anything, it would be international headline news."
"Let's withdraw."
The colleague said "oh" but sighed with a "tsk tsk."
"Their celebrity lives are so decadent. Such a beautiful young girl, tsk tsk tsk, actively covering for him. Her lips are still swollen from being kissed... I don't believe there's nothing going on. They all claim to be single, but behind closed doors, it's definitely all about romance..."
Bai Jian directly kicked the brat.
"Why so much nonsense?"
"You're meddling in other people's business. Besides, I know this girl; she's not someone who climbs the social ladder."
"If people want to date properly, no one can interfere. But I'm just worried she's being bullied. Forget it, I'll ask her at her house later. Oh, right, how's the investigation into that smuggling case coming along?"
"The informant is winding down tonight, right? Let's go, we'll head over."
"If it weren't for the need to mislead the criminals, we wouldn't have bothered coming to Ling Qianhe's house. What problem could there be in his house? We checked before when Feng Yuting reported Ling Qianhe's assistant missing, and there were no problems."
"It's this guy Feng Yuting, relying on his power and influence, insisted he didn't believe it and said Ling Qianhe was hiding someone... What a problem."
"Let's go, let's get to work. That smuggling case is more important. If the criminals get away, none of us can afford to take responsibility!"
Bai Jian turned and got into the police car.
...
After Lin Mucí bid him farewell, she got into Uncle Li's car. She heard the system sigh in her ear.
"This police officer is going to have terrible luck tonight."
"He's going to take the blame tonight and be imprisoned for manslaughter."
Lin Mucí's eyes widened.
"Why didn't you say so sooner!"
She turned to yell at Uncle Li to stop the car, but the system said.
"You can't save him—the world line is difficult to defy. Even if it's not tonight, it will happen sooner or later, tomorrow or the day after."
"And he'll go to prison, be disfigured in prison, it's all predetermined."
Lin Mucí's heart thumped wildly.
"Is it because I changed Ling Qianhe's fate? So the world line pulled someone in to replace him? This police officer Bai Jian?"
"So, have I indirectly pushed him into the fire pit?"
The system explained to her.
"It's not like that. It actually has little to do with you, host. He just happened to be unlucky and got caught in the crossfire... Even without Ling Qianhe, he wouldn't have escaped disaster."
Lin Mucí immediately asked the system.
"How can I save him?"
"How can I stop him from blackening?"
"Don't be coy, hurry up and tell me."
The cold wind blew against her cheeks, her heart was in turmoil. Originally, today had been turbulent enough because of Ling Qianhe, and hearing the system say that the young police officer Bai Jian was going to prison.
Her heart began to beat even more frantically.
The system hummed, calculating the feasibility of various plans.
"First, the key witness cannot die, but that's very difficult. There's going to be a shootout there, and the host can't interfere."
"Then, Bai Jian cannot be framed and become the scapegoat."
"If all else fails, when he's in prison, he absolutely cannot be brutally abused by those inmates, thus completely shattering his sense of fairness and justice."
"Each condition is more difficult than the last. Host, I think you should give up."
Lin Mucí's face turned cold.
She absolutely would not give up!
She could change Ms. Lin Cuiping's fate, change her grandfather's fate, change Yang Weiyang's fate.
She didn't believe she couldn't change the fate of a small police officer!
The system murmured.
"By the way, I can secretly tell the host another little secret: the real mastermind behind this smuggling case is Ling Qianhe's enemy, Madam Ling!"
If the key witness died, the matter would be without proof.
She could then calmly send this young police officer to prison and let the case be buried.
Then Lin Mucí had to save him even more.
For public and private reasons, she could not give up saving this police officer who was about to blacken!