The Devil Doctor's Spicy Love
Chapter 227: The devil’s way of gratitude (1)

Chapter 227: The devil’s way of gratitude (1)

Mingshen frowned. "You know."

Jia glared at him. "I don’t know and that is why I am asking you. If I knew, then I wouldn’t have asked, right?"

He stared at her.

"What?"

"...You really don’t know?"

She folded her arms and just gave him a look which was enough of an answer.

He looked away and felt like an ’Oh Shit’ moment dawning upon him. It wasn’t something that he wanted her to realize.

"You are not very smart, you know?"

She was left dumbfounded. "Is there a course on mind reading I don’t know about but which I should definitely attend? I cannot understand you unless you use your words, Mingshen."

"I thought it was pretty obvious."

She smiled. "I am so sorry you have to be so specific for my sake. I caused you a lot of trouble, didn’t I?"

"Definitely."

"..."

She released a helpless sigh. "Can you please tell me? It is my humble request."

Mingshen scrunched his eyebrows in confusion. "It’s that thing you people do."

"What thing?"

"Saying warm and fuzzy stuff that usually makes me puke."

Jia recalled his question from a minute ago and asked, "Saying thank you?"

He scoffed in disgust. "Yes, that one."

Jia was taken aback and failed to understand the context. "What is it about a thank you?"

"I have given you enough clues now."

"We have barely started talking."

"How did you become a police officer? You don’t seem very bright. Did I misunderstand your intelligence?"

She was speechless. But in the back of her mind, she was wondering where he was coming from.

"...Do you want to say thank you?"

Mingshen casually shrugged as if it had nothing to do with him. "Not me, but perhaps a person like me."

Her brows raised. "There is another one of you?"

"Who knows."

"Is this world going to end?"

He sneered. "If you don’t get your intelligence back, then definitely yes."

Jia’s lips parted slightly. "It’s definitely you. But why do you want to thank me?"

Mingshen frowned and turned. "We are done with the necklace set. Now ontowards your shoes."

Jia rushed in front of him and blocked his way. "We are not done talking."

"I am."

"I haven’t gotten any answers yet."

"That’s because your brain is lagging today. A lot. Should I do an MRI?" He smiled.

Jia was thinking about the recent events but nowhere did she particularly feel she did him any favor or helped him. "I don’t really recall any particular event-"

She thought back to the day outside the Medical Association when Mingshen was exhibiting similar behavior.

But I just got out of custody that day...

Jia gave up. "I am sorry. I really don’t know."

His gaze darkened. "Well, this is the last clue! This is the last chance to redeem yourself so hold your breath."

Her brow twitched. "S-sure."

"You did a nice thing," Mingshen smirked.

"...And?"

"That’s all."

"..."

"Y-you know Mingshen," she tried hard to smile, "I am a cop. I want to believe and I hope that I am doing nice things for the people of our country. Nice things like catching criminals, giving justice to the innocent people who have suffered and trying my best for Beijing to be safe and peaceful. I also personally try to do nice things as a human being. A nice thing encompasses a lot of things. So..."

"So?"

"A little more hint would be nice."

"You are losing your game, Spicy."

"You know, even a crime scene gives a lot of clues compared to you."

Mingshen gritted his teeth and apparently lost his patience with her. He took out his phone, dialed a number and shoved it into Jia’s hand. "Talk to your boyfriend!"

Saying that, Mingshen left in a huff.

Huh? What boyfriend?

Jia didn’t see any name on outgoing call but it was written - Spicy’s ok ok boyfriend.

"..."

Seriously, with what names does he save numbers!

"Mingshen?"

"Huojin?" Jia was surprised.

"Jia? Hey, what’s up? Why are you calling from Mingshen’s phone?"

Her brow twitched. "Do you know that he has saved your number as Spicy’s ok ok boyfriend?"

"He thinks I am your boyfriend? Not a bad idea. But what the hell is ok ok? He didn’t need to add that."

"Is that your problem? You don’t mind about the misunderstanding?"

Huojin took a deep breath. "Jia. I had something I wanted to tell you for a long time. I love you. Will you go out with me?"

"Shut up."

"You are so cruelly dismissing my confession? That’s heartless."

"Can you please tell me the deal with Mingshen?"

He gasped. "He is confessing too? What about my heart?"

"I am going to puncture it soon enough if you don’t get to the point."

He chuckled. "How would I know? Isn’t he your buddy?"

"Apparently, this buddy doesn’t understand why he wants to thank her."

"Thank you? For what?"

"He told me to ask you after he gave up hope on my intelligence. He has been acting strange ever since I got out of custody. Did something happen?"

"Ah..." Huojin understood.

"You know something."

"Did you not understand when he personally handed you back your badge?"

Jia furrowed her brows.

"Do you know that he practically stole it after he met you? He almost cost me my job," he said bitterly.

"But why?"

"To thank you silly, what else? You protected him by confessing it to be your decision to go ahead with the surgery. It cost your badge and could have cost your job too - permanently, if the judge hadn’t dismissed it. I won’t get into the causal relationship about his actions and what happened later with his family. But what you did meant a lot to him. You understand, right? I do too. Our licenses are extremely important to us and despite seemingly being his enemy, you didn’t hesitate to protect him."

Jia was at a loss. "...I...I just did-"

"It’s a huge thing Jia because it is not easy to put our careers on the line, much less for a person you apparently hate. He values your sacrifice a lot. I saw him when he took your badge that day. He was determined as hell to get you out of that messy case no matter what it took. You saved his license so personally returning your badge was probably his way of thanking you."

Huojin smiled. "It’s just his way of expressing his gratitude because it seems like the great Yang Mingshen is not good at atleast something. Saying a simple thank you."

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