Ya Ya looked at the man standing in front of her—she recognized the clothes he was wearing from television. They looked like those of a "police officer." Chen Xiao had said that police officers were there to catch bad guys.
"Excuse me... you..." Ya Ya hesitated for a moment before speaking. Chen Xiao had warned her not to open the door to strangers, worried that there might be bad people, but she saw through the peephole that the person was a "police officer"—police officers shouldn't be bad people, right?
"Is this Chen Xiao's home?" After all, he was an experienced veteran police officer, and Officer Xu quickly calmed down.
“Chen Xiao…yes, this is Chen Xiao’s home.” Ya Ya’s big blue eyes blinked: “But he’s not home.”
"May I come in?" Officer Xu smiled. "I'm his friend."
Although she hesitated a bit, Ya Ya obediently opened the door... What an innocent little girl.
I went inside and looked at the layout of the house.
It's clear that the house is very simple; there are no extravagant decorations, everything is quite modest, but it's very clean. The tables, chairs, and sofas in the living room seem to be new.
Ya Ya thought for a moment, then turned and ran into the kitchen. A moment later, she brought out a cup of tea and placed it on the table, smiling sweetly: "I'm sorry, it seems we should serve tea when guests come over." — Hmm, I learned that from TV and books, so it should be correct.
Officer Xu sat down and looked at the somewhat shy Ya Ya standing in front of him.
"Excuse me, what is your relationship with Chen Xiao? Who are you to him?"
Ya Ya paused for a moment, seemingly unsure how to answer. After thinking for a while, she finally said, "Uh...me? I...I guess I can be considered one of his people."
puff!
Whether it was because the tea was too hot or because he was shocked by that sentence, Officer Xu spat out the tea after taking only one sip!
Young people these days...they really dare to speak so boldly!
Ya Ya looked at the "police officer" in front of her with some curiosity.
Officer Xu coughed and said, "Um, you're his... uh, his girlfriend?"
Ya Ya thought for a moment… girlfriend. She seemed to have seen this word in a book before, though she didn't know its exact meaning. However, in books and on TV, a "girlfriend" was always a girl the boy was very close to and familiar with. The most prominent characteristics Ya Ya remembered were: cooking for her and sleeping together…
I seem to possess both of these qualities...
So Ya Ya nodded and happily replied, "Yes. I'm Chen Xiao's girlfriend."
Officer Xu sighed and couldn't help but glance at the pretty and cute blonde girl again—well, she seems quite young. Could this kid Chen Xiao be trying to seduce an underage girl?
However, the purpose of my trip was not these kinds of messy things.
Then, Officer Xu took a deep breath, his face serious: "Young lady, please sit down. Uh... I have some bad news. Please don't get agitated or anxious after hearing it. Our police force is handling this case with all its might. So... please don't get upset. Understand?"
Ya Ya obediently said "Oh," and continued to blink her big eyes, curiously looking at the "police officer" in front of her—this was so much fun! Apart from what you see on TV, this police officer was actually alive and well.
"Uh... here's what happened, Chen Xiao, unfortunately, he was... um, kidnapped by a group of people!"
After saying this in a somber tone, Officer Xu immediately looked at Ya Ya nervously, waiting for her reaction.
A colleague went to the home of a girl named Baicai to inform her parents. Apparently, the parents were devastated upon hearing the news, and Baicai's mother even fainted.
I watched Ya Ya nervously, waiting for the girl's reaction... Would she cry? Would she faint from excitement?
Officer Xu even had a pack of tissues in his pocket.
But……
Five seconds passed... ten seconds passed... twenty seconds passed...
Ya Ya didn't react, still looking at Officer Xu innocently, her expression unchanged.
Uh... I hope she wasn't too traumatized and has lost consciousness.
Finally, Ya Ya spoke, but after saying just one sentence... it wasn't Ya Ya who fainted, but Officer Xu who almost did!
"Um...sir, may I ask...what is kidnapping?"
"Hey, it's almost dawn, can't you get me something to eat?"
Xu Ershao seemed completely unfazed, tapping the wooden box with his hand. In his other hand, he held a cigarette and a lighter—both given to him by Qiu Yun. Qiu Yun seemed to genuinely treat his three hostages well. When Xu Ershao asked for a cigarette, Qiu Yun promptly tossed him a pack of cigarettes and a lighter—after all, Qiu Yun seemed to have plenty of lighters on him.
"We're starving... We're hostages, after all. If you let us starve to death, how will you extort money from my dad?" Young Master Xu casually exhaled a puff of smoke.
Bai Cai, standing to the side, gave Xu Ershao a speechless glare.
Chen Xiao kept his head down, his hands outstretched in front of him, his eyes fixed on his hands as if there was something particularly interesting about them. He sat on a wooden box, leaning against the wall, and had been sitting like that for the entire night, his head down, so no one could see his expression.
During this time, Bai Cai and Xu Ershao spoke to Chen Xiao, but Chen Xiao remained unmoved. The two were even a little worried that Chen Xiao might have suffered brain damage from fighting that monster Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"Oh, little brother, are you hungry?" Alice swayed gracefully as she walked over, carrying two instant noodle cups in her hands. "This is all we have. Do you want some?"
Chen Xiao suddenly raised his head: "Who would dare to eat what a viper has in his hand?"
A flash of anger crossed Alice's eyes, but her face still wore a charming smile: "Little ones, are you really that afraid I'll poison you? Don't worry, you're such cute kids, I couldn't bear to do that. Besides, if I wanted to poison you, do you really think you could protect yourselves by just not eating?"
Chen Xiao smiled, but his smile was tinged with pain and exhaustion. After all, he had suffered many injuries during the fierce battle with the Tyrannosaurus Rex last night, and even just smiling made the muscles on his face ache slightly.
"May I ask, what methods do you use to poison people?" Chen Xiao thought for a moment: "Miss Alice, I have read your information and I am very curious about you. I know that you were born with toxins in your body, and your methods of poisoning are even more ingenious. For example, at the banquet a few days ago, you poisoned Mr. Xu and the other two. I still can't figure out what method you used."
Alice smiled, somewhat smugly, and glanced at Chen Xiao: "You can't figure it out? Hmph, do you think I'll tell you just because you asked?"
Chen Xiao smiled slightly: "Actually, I had guessed a little bit, but I just wanted to confirm it." He paused. He tilted his head, pondering as he slowly said, "Your special ability is poison, and another is imitation. I've thought about what happened that day. Only three people were poisoned. If you poisoned the drinks, then many guests in the venue would have been poisoned. I've thought about it again and again, and I've come to a guess: you probably disguised yourself as one of the guests first, and then... you took your own glass, took a sip, and the rim of your glass was stained with the deadly poison of your saliva! Then you took your glass and chatted with Mr. Xu and Mr. Lu. In that kind of setting, such social conversation is normal. You just need to deliberately clink glasses with them and offer a toast, and with the slightest contact, the deadly saliva on the rim of your glass will transfer to their glasses! Then Mr. Lu, Mr. Xu, and that guy from the European conglomerate. As the three main VIPs, they would definitely clink glasses to each other, and as a result... the rims of all three glasses would be stained with your saliva, even if the amount is very, very small, it's enough, right?"
Alice's eyes lit up: "Kid, you're pretty smart."
Chen Xiao smiled calmly: "I'm ashamed. I'm really curious. May I ask, is the toxin in your blood the same as in your saliva? It seems that in mild cases it can cause unconsciousness or stiffness throughout the body. In severe cases... it can be fatal, right? But how is the degree of poisoning usually controlled?"