Chapter 27 The Relationship Between Police and Suspects

  "I bought a cake and just ran into him outside, he asked how our relationship was going? When are we getting engaged? He said that Chairman Bai already knew about us and didn't seem to object." Yuen Yi-chin finished speaking and observed Bei Nan's expression.

  She slightly furrowed her brow, a hint of sarcasm flashing in her brown eyes.

  That sarcasm wasn't directed at him, but rather at those people from the Bai family.

  "What's your answer then?" Benan asked somewhat absent-mindedly, picking up a spoon and directly poking the buttercream topper that resembled her, and ate it.

  Yuan Yi Qin hesitated for a moment, then replied: "I said it quickly, the engagement can be considered, as for the marriage, let's wait until you finish your studies. Bei Huan Yan didn't say anything either, I felt like he wanted to ask me something but stopped himself, his expression was somewhat strange."

  "He's always been a weirdo, don't think too much about it. Since Baiyan Hua didn't say anything, I guess he doesn't dislike you that much. Looks like they've investigated you already." Bei Nan said slowly while eating his cake.

  It's been so long since then, and there hasn't even been a phone call from Bai's side asking about it.

  "Come on, didn't you say earlier at the police station that there was an unmentionable secret? What is it?" Benan looked up at him with some puzzlement.

  At that time, she had no mood to listen to him talk about his unmentionable secrets, but now she was somewhat interested.

  Her relationship with Bei's family has always been lukewarm, to be exact, it was very bad, but that was just on the surface.

  Even if she was an unloved daughter of the Bai family, her fiancé's father, Bai Yanhua, would not be too casual with her.

  The identity of Deputy Captain of the Second Criminal Investigation Brigade is really not good, Yuan Yiqin must have some other identity, and this identity makes the Bai family feel okay.

  A faint smile appeared on his cold face: "Are you interested now?"

  "Yes, will you tell me?" replied Benan honestly.

  "Sure thing, when we're both free, let's go on a date and I'll tell you all about it then." Yuan Yi Qin said, taking the opportunity.

  Her mouth twitched and her face fell: "You're threatening me again."

  "I said if you can catch my handle, I'll let you threaten me as much as you want." However, she couldn't grasp any information about his handle, and for now, she could only be suppressed by him, who had the intelligence she wanted in his hands.

  Bei Nan's expression turned slightly unpleasant, then he raised an eyebrow as if thinking of something, and a brilliant smile appeared on his face. Seeing this, Yuan Yi Qin suddenly felt a bad premonition rising in his heart.

  "I'm saying, Bei Tongxue, can't you just maintain the same emotional frequency for once? One second you're expressionless and icy cold, the next second you're laughing so innocently and naively, it's like you have a split personality." Yuan Yiqin said with a frown.

  Perhaps... it's also possible that Benan has a split personality, and so far they haven't checked whether his mind is normal.

  Watching and getting along is quite normal, but sometimes the emotional changes of being cold and hot are too intense, which makes Yuan Yiqin suspect that she has some mental illness.

  "Then just think I have a split personality." Bei Nan put a small piece of cake into his mouth and ate it, seemingly indifferent.

  "What's wrong with being treated as a neurosis?"

  "All these years, no one has ever truly treated me as a normal person, I've gotten used to it."

  Looking at the sadness that flashed in her eyes, Yuan Yiqin felt a pang of heartache: "Every day holding that gloomy doll, everyone's heart will be somewhat afraid and suspicious."

  What on earth has made her have such a complex and extreme personality? She shouldn't be like this. What exactly happened in the past?

  He opened his mouth to ask, but ultimately held back, while other book friends were watching.

  Even if he asked, Benan might not tell him anyway.

  "It's settled then, we'll go on a date this week." He suddenly changed the subject and brought up this matter.

  "Are you serious? A real date?" Benan asked, looking up at him seriously.

  Dating can be real or fake, it has many meanings. She asked if it was a real date, going on a date as a couple.

  Yuan Yi Qin looked up at her with a gentle smile: "Standing by your side, you won't lose out. I won't embarrass you. Although we're pretending to be a couple, I'm not sure why you said that to Bei Huan Yan that day in the police station building. But after thinking about it carefully, I think you must have liked me, otherwise you wouldn't have said something like that. Maybe you were too shy to confess your feelings to me, so you took this opportunity to confirm our relationship. It's undeniable that it's a pretty good method."

  "I'm not that kind of man without demeanor, you like me and I'll consider liking you too. At first, I said we could pretend to be real, this month's interaction must have made you understand me quite a bit, I think we're quite suitable." He smiled lightly, seemingly teasing, but his eyes didn't have a hint of joking.

  Benan silently looked at the sincerity in his eyes.

  It is undeniable that they have come to understand each other quite well over the past month; living under the same roof, it would be impossible not to.

  She to him...

  It's just barely tolerable.

  Because she never thought about making fake moves real, sometimes when joking with Yuan Yiqin, it was just a joke and never seriously considered.

  "He looks okay, his abilities are okay, his personality... is also okay, everything about him is just okay." She carefully looked at him and muttered this comment.

  Yuan Yiqin's face sank: "Why hesitate when talking about personality? Is my personality bad?"

  Bei Nan raised an eyebrow in disdain and looked at him: "You think you have a good personality, but you didn't know that before when you suspected me of being the murderer, you were yelling and throwing a tantrum at me."

  Yuan Yi Qin was speechless at that time because he was too angry and indeed yelled at her, which he did not deny.

  But it's different now, okay?

  "That was a relationship between police and suspect, different from our current relationship. And I haven't bullied you in this month."

  This month has not only been non-violent but also much gentler.

  "Now our relationship is still that of a policeman and a suspect, only with an additional layer of fake lovers. As long as you are suspicious of me and Xiao Xi for one day, our relationship will always be that of a policeman and a suspect." Bei Nan said in a low voice.

  That is the gap between them that cannot be crossed for now.

  Even if sparks fly during this period of interaction, their relationship will always be that of a policeman and a suspect until the suspicion is removed.

  "Can't you just be honest with me? Let me meet Xiao Xi in person, I don't want to suspect you like this, Bei Nan. I'd rather it was someone else who killed Shao Yiya than suspect you, but everything is connected to your doll, I have no choice." Yuan Yiqin looked at her somewhat helplessly.

  "It's not Xiao Xi's fault." Benan said firmly, his expression unshakeable.

  "I hope so."