Chapter 379

The moment the door was pushed open, Zhao Xue screamed in a panic, "Ah!" She hurriedly clenched her long legs, used one jade arm to protect the spring light on her chest, and used one hand to hook the bath towel on the rack. This brief moment was enough for Zhao Desan to have already seen her body completely.

Zhao Desan was drooling, while Zhao Xue was panicked. While pulling the bath towel to wrap around her jade body, she scolded him shyly, "What are you looking at! Why don't you close the door and get out!"

Zhao Desan then left somewhat reluctantly, sat in the living room, lit a cigarette, glanced at the black bra and panties on the bed, and while smoking, savored the scene he had just seen.

After a while, Zhao Xue came out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel. Her face was a bit flushed, and she looked extremely shy. She only looked at him once before lowering her head and walking to the bed, whispering, "Zhao Desan, turn around! I'm getting dressed!"

"Oh." Zhao Desan stood up obediently and walked to the window.

Zhao Xue saw Zhao Desan standing with his back to her honestly, so she undid the bath towel and ordered again, "Don't you dare peek! I'll tell you when to turn around!"

"What's there to peek at? I saw everything just now." Zhao Desan looked out the window and chuckled.

Zhao Xue was so angry that she glared and pouted, "Zhao Desan, you!" She pulled off the bath towel angrily, hurriedly grabbed the black lace-trimmed bra on the bed, put it on, fastened it, and quickly put on her panties.

Zhao Desan scanned Zhao Xue, who was wearing a bikini, with the corner of his eye. Knowing she hadn't put on her jacket and pants yet, he asked intentionally, "Are you dressed? I'm turning around."

Zhao Xue hurriedly grabbed her police uniform to cover her body and said, "Not yet! Don't turn!" While saying this, she quickly put on her jacket, buttoned it one by one, then pulled up her pants, put her two long, jade-white legs into them, pulled them up, fastened her belt, and only after tidying up did she say, "Alright, you can turn around."

Zhao Desan turned around and saw she was dressed neatly. Only then did he walk towards her and say with a wicked smile, "Your figure is really good."

What girl doesn't like others praising her figure? But Zhao Xue was a police officer, and deep in her bones, there was something different from other women. She blushed and glared at him, "Who told you to come in just now! You didn't even knock!"

Zhao Desan walked up to her and said innocently, "When I came in and saw you weren't there, I thought you had been kidnapped. How did I know you were taking a bath inside!"

Since this guy was concerned about her and had rushed into the bathroom out of anxiety and recklessness, Zhao Xue wasn't angry anymore. She pouted and asked him slightly, "Where did you run off to all afternoon? Did you get news about my Uncle Zhao?"

When it came to business, Zhao Desan said, "Yes. Didn't you say Zhao Jiping was running a night market here? There are only two places in the provincial capital with night markets, one on Binhe Road and one on Huzhu Road."

"Then let's go find him quickly?" Zhao Xue said anxiously.

"That's fine, and we can eat some barbecue at the night market while we're at it. I haven't eaten barbecue for a long time."

When leaving the hotel, Zhao Desan was more vigilant. He let Zhao Xue stay in the lobby and not come out, while he looked around at the hotel entrance to see if anyone was following them. Only after confirming no one was following did he let her come out, hail a car, and go straight to Binhe Road.

After searching on Binhe Road, they were a bit disappointed and didn't find Zhao Jiping. So, without caring about eating, they went straight to Huzhu Road, walking along the night market street from one end to the other, looking as they went.

Just as they were about to reach the end and felt hopeless, Zhao Xue suddenly discovered Zhao Jiping, who was grilling meat skewers at the entrance of a snack shop. Zhao Xue, in her surprise, tugged at Zhao Desan's arm and said happily, "Found him, found him."

"Where?" Zhao Desan asked hurriedly.

"There." Zhao Xue pointed not far away, pulled Zhao Desan, and ran straight to Zhao Jiping.

"Sit inside, what would you like to eat?" Zhao Jiping said enthusiastically while lowering his head and flipping the meat skewers over the charcoal fire.

Zhao Xue called out "Uncle Zhao." Zhao Jiping raised his head, frowned slightly, and asked, "You... are?"

"Uncle Zhao, it's me, Little Xue. Don't you recognize me?" Zhao Xue said with a face full of joy.

The man before them, whose hair was a bit gray but who had an extraordinary aura, pondered for a moment, then his brows relaxed with joy: "Little Xue, Zhao Xue."

"Yes, Uncle Zhao."

"You've grown so big?" Zhao Jiping looked her up and down happily, "You've become a police officer?"

Zhao Xue nodded: "Yes."

A look of worry suddenly appeared on Zhao Jiping's face, and he said, "Why did you become a police officer too? Sigh!"

"Uncle Zhao, can we find a place to talk properly? I came here specifically to find you today, and I have something to tell you."

"Alright." Zhao Jiping said, leading them into the small shop, going up to the room where he lived on the second floor, pulling up chairs for them to sit down. Before they could speak, he sighed with emotion: "Sigh, I didn't expect you to have grown so big, Little Xue. Seeing you reminds me of your father. I've felt guilty all these years. If it weren't for him standing up for me, he wouldn't have ended up like that and carried such a reputation. I feel guilty in my heart... sigh..."

"Uncle Zhao, I came to find you today because of this. I hope you can come forward to clear my father's name and bring Gao Husheng and Ma Dengke to justice."

"Me?" Zhao Jiping asked rhetorically, then shook his head helplessly: "Little Xue, you're a police officer now. You know that behind that incident was Ma Dengke, the director of the Yuxia District Public Security Bureau. What can we do!"

"Uncle Zhao, don't be discouraged yet. The fact that Little Xue could come to find you today shows that there has already been a turning point." Zhao Desan interrupted impatiently.

"Yes, Uncle Zhao, we came to find you because there is a turning point." Zhao Xue followed.

Zhao Jiping looked at the two and said, "What do you mean by that?"

Zhao Desan was about to tell him that the vice mayor had intervened, but Zhao Xue didn't wait for him to speak and said eagerly, "Uncle Zhao, the vice mayor of our Yuyang City knows about this matter and said he wants to take care of it and investigate it to the end."

"Heh, I was a coal boss before, too. Leaders above say one thing and do another. Besides, Gao Husheng has great power, and there are such big officials in the public security system supporting him. It's useless." Zhao Jiping said with a bitter smile, looking hopeless and discouraged.