Mr. Su's Love Investigation Report
Chapter 183: Tu Hengsha, Remember

Chapter 183: Chapter 183: Tu Hengsha, Remember

Ning Shiqian let the woman leave after taking her statement, and neither Su Ronggui nor Tu Hengsha spoke much more.

On the way back to the newspaper office, Tu Hengsha was feeling a bit down. Anyone would feel the same after encountering a murder case, right?

He walked beside her, sensing her low mood, and suddenly asked, "Still angry?"

"Huh?" Where did that come from?

"Isn’t it just because I didn’t take a picture of you with the little brother?" he said.

How could it be about that? Yet, she was quite perceptive in this regard. When Mr. Su said that, he was clearly awkward. Those words didn’t fit his style, and he said them because he was feeling what she felt.

She felt a warmth in her heart, and her expression was both coy and annoyed as she turned her head away.

"Alright, alright. How about I make it up to you with a little brother?"

What did he mean?

He opened his phone’s camera, bent his knee slightly, and placed his palm on the back of her head, turning her face toward him. Their selfie appeared on his phone.

He sent it to her, "Much more handsome than that little brother just now, right?"

She looked down at the photo he sent. Clearly, he was someone who’d never taken a selfie before; his expression was awkward, and the angle was clumsy. The only advantage was that they were in the same frame...

She snorted, "Nothing special! But..." She paused and quietly said, "It’s my own little brother; I don’t mind!"

He lightly patted the back of her head, "Let’s go home!"

Back at the newspaper office, they were called into the editor’s office.

"Are both of you working on that murder case?" the chief editor asked them.

"Yes," Su Ronggui replied.

"Director Chen assigned me to it..." Tu Hengsha felt a bit guilty and added.

The chief editor nodded, not minding it, and only asked, "How is it going?"

"The case is still under investigation. The police aren’t giving more detailed information for the time being."

The chief editor nodded again, "I have an idea to do a special feature on criminal psychology. How about you go into the prisons to investigate and interview?"

Tu Hengsha agreed even faster than Su Ronggui, "Sure!"

Su Ronggui was slightly taken aback.

"And you, Ronggui?" Chief Zhou pressed for his opinion.

He nodded slowly, "Alright."

On the way home after work, he said to her, "I’ll handle this investigation on my own. You don’t need to come."

"Why?" she asked him.

"I can handle it alone. You can take care of other things."

She shook her head, "I know you’re doing this for my benefit. You don’t want me to personally dig up those old stories, but this is my right! I have the right to know! I’ve always wanted to know! But my mom won’t tell me; she won’t talk about it. I can’t bear to ask her, can’t bear to see her relive those painful memories. Now there’s a chance to ask him directly, I’m not missing this opportunity! You say life should be lived simply and in accordance with one’s heart, but that doesn’t mean living in a muddle! I want to live clearly and simply!"

She looked at his expression and held his hand, "Don’t worry, I won’t be troubled by it. I got through much tougher times when I was young, so this is nothing! I just want to understand the causes and effects! In my heart, whether I have a father or not doesn’t matter that much. I’ve always just cherished what I have. In the past, it was my mom. Now... there’s someone else..."

As she spoke, her voice became softer and softer, almost inaudible, and her cheeks gradually flushed red.

He took a deep breath, wrapped his arms around her neck, and pulled her into his embrace.

The streetlights twinkled like stars, shimmering in disarray.

He furrowed his eyebrows slightly. Come, what must come will come...

"Tu Hengsha." He always called her by her full name, "Remember, I’m just like you." Just like you, I treasure what I have.

He walked her home, stopping at the street corner of Hongliu Road, and walked back to school with her slowly.

During the journey, they passed Grandpa Pang’s pan-fried bun shop. She pulled him over to buy some, and Grandpa Pang teased, "Yo, girl, is that your boyfriend?"

She smiled and admitted frankly, "Yes!"

"Alright! This pan-fried bun is on me! Congratulations, girl, someone finally wants you!" Grandpa Pang packed a big bag of buns.

She stomped her foot, "Grandpa, what do you mean by finally?!"

Amid Grandpa Pang’s laughter, Su Ronggui carried the pan-fried buns for her, held her hand, and headed home toward the setting sun.

Along the way, familiar people passed by; she no longer hid, cheerfully greeting them. Passing by a small supermarket, she even joked about buying two packs of AD calcium milk, though the arcade on the street was long gone due to changing times. Otherwise, she would have dragged him to play a few rounds. As the smoke from cooking rose in the evening, with the familiar scent of various dishes wafting from someone’s window, she suddenly felt that amidst the bustling noise of the world, she was now a part of it...

"Xiao Xu!" She looked up at him and smiled, wanting to call his name, with nothing else to say.

A name that was enough to fill the empty world.

The sunset that day was dazzling and blinding, obscuring the shadow in his eyes that clashed with the liveliness.

Under her apartment, he held her tightly for a while, unwilling to let go.

"Xiao Xu..." she whispered with closed eyes, intoxicated by the scent of green grass on him, "We’re home now..."

"Mm..." He still did not let go.

"Tu Hengsha!" Suddenly, a loud shout came from upstairs.

She jumped out of his arms, "Oh no! My mom saw us!" She quickly ran upstairs.

He stood in place, watching her deer-like figure, and saluted Shu Hui in the third-floor corridor.

Tu Hengsha had already run upstairs, waving vigorously at him beside Shu Hui on the corridor, "Xiao Xu! See you tomorrow!"

"See you tomorrow." He murmured.

Turning around to walk back, he was alone again.

As the dusk deepened and the setting sun gradually sank, his phone vibrated amid the hustle and bustle of Hongliu Road. He answered it, hearing Su Rongcheng’s voice.

"Ronggui, have you seen Rongxing at the newspaper office? She didn’t return all night yesterday, hasn’t come back by this time today, and her phone is off. What’s she busy with?"

"..." He frowned, "I saw her at the newspaper office this morning."

"Really? Then what is she up to? Why is her phone off for no reason?"

Su Ronggui was silent for a moment, then sincerely said, "I think, maybe I offended her."

"You? How could you offend her?" Su Rongcheng laughed upon hearing this. This sister of his had been bullying Su Ronggui since they were young, and Su Ronggui was almost always compliant to her. How could he have offended her? "Is she trying to buy something again?"

"No." He thought for a moment, "You should go look for her in those bars on the back street."

"Okay, I’ll go now."

At a certain dimly lit bar on the back street, Su Rongxing was holding a glass of wine, drinking slowly by herself. Someone came up to hit on her, "Hey there, drinking alone? Want some company?"

Su Rongxing gave him a contemptuous look, "Scram."

The person, getting angry, tried to make a move but hadn’t even touched her when his wrist was grabbed, and he took a punch to the face. Still, with that word, "Scram," only this time, coming from a man’s mouth, it carried much more menace.

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