Chapter 55: Awkward Incidents Happen Again

"Xiaolin, you still don't know the name of my and Qi Yao's father, do you? I'm Shu Xiaohui, her father's name is Qi Zhengwei. And her younger brother, two years younger than her, is this year named Qi Lei."

Qi Yao's mother Shu Xiaohui, while introducing, had Qi Yao's father Qi Zhengwei and her brother Qi Lei come over together.

The two of them greeted Lin Feng.

"Uncle, Qi Lei, hello!" Lin Feng replied with a smile.

Shu Xiaohui asked again, "Xiaolin, has Qi Yao been well-behaved during this period?"

Lin Feng said with a smile, "Qi Yao is usually very well-behaved!"

"That's good!"

Shu Xiaohui nodded and continued, "Xiaolin, let me tell you, although Qi Yao doesn't talk much usually, her heart is like the Flaming Mountain—very passionate. You understand, right?"

"My sister appears cold on the outside but warm inside," Qi Lei added.

"Got it, got it!" Lin Feng nodded repeatedly.

At that moment, Qi Zhengwei also laughed, "Xiaolin, Qi Yao is returning home in August; you should come back with her! The two of us will have a drink!"

"Well... let's see how Qi Yao arranges it!"

Lin Feng hesitated briefly and spoke.

Shu Xiaohui then glanced at Lin Feng's nightgown, chuckled and said, "Are you all going to rest? Sorry for disturbing you! That's it, bye!"

After saying that, she ended the message.

Lin Feng returned the phone to Qi Yao, "Sorry, your family might have misunderstood."

Qi Yao took the phone and said softly, "It's okay."

After tidying the dishes and taking a shower, Qi Yao hung her hair to dry while sitting on the sofa reading.

Seeing Lin Feng asleep, she quietly returned to the bedroom.

As last time, she didn't close the door.

It was around two o'clock in the morning.

Lin Feng began having a nightmare.

He had seen the photos of those deceased during the day and had also gone to someone's house.

Adding the police officers' analysis of the killer's modus operandi…

After falling asleep, his brain combined this information and began a bizarre reenactment.

"Ah! Don't come over…"

In his dream, Lin Feng shouted loudly.

Qi Yao was awakened by the noise.

She quickly threw on an outer garment and ran to the living room.

At that moment she saw Lin Feng lying on the sofa, his hands flailing wildly.

It was clearly a nightmare!

Qi Yao thought for a moment, then sat down beside Lin Feng, thinking that if she hadn't asked Lin Feng to help solve the case, he wouldn't be so frightened.

The students she teaches, most of them on their first field investigation, after seeing the victims' grim scenes, end up having nightmares.

She extended a hand and grasped Lin Feng's hand.

The House Guarding Divine Beast's power is strong.

After Lin Feng held her hand, he instantly calmed down.

A moment later, seeing Lin Feng sleeping soundly, Qi Yao slowly withdrew her hand, preparing to leave.

Sitting like that on the sofa now, she felt quite tired.

However, just as she was about to stand up, Lin Feng grabbed her from behind, pulling her into his arms.

Qi Yao widened her eyes and stared at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng didn't look like he was awake.

And now, if we were to wake Lin Feng, how awkward!

After thinking, she slowly relaxed her body and lay across Lin Feng.

Time passed slowly.

After a day's work, Qi Yao finally couldn't resist; her eyelids began to droop.

Then, at some point,

she fell asleep.

The dream was that strange.

First she dreamed that the dead kept chasing her.

Then she dreamed of a fairy intervening, slaying a fierce ghost.

The fairy was about to depart when Lin Feng shamelessly approached, asking the fairy to teach him a spell.

The fairy refused, and Lin Feng immediately grabbed her.

Later, the fairy wouldn't fly with him.

Finally, after a shiver, Lin Feng woke up.

In Yanjing, dawn came early; before six o'clock it was already bright.

Under the bright light, Lin Feng realized he was holding a fragrant woman.

In a sudden moment, he thought he was holding the fairy from his dream.

But on closer look, it was Qi Yao!

Compared to the dream fairy, Qi Yao was even more beautiful!

He scratched his head, and Lin Feng probably guessed what had happened.

It was probably because of a nightmare last night that woke Qi Yao up.

Then Qi Yao walked over, and he hugged her as if she were a fairy…

At that moment Qi Yao had already been pressed inside by Lin Feng, one foot still resting on the other person's body.

He quickly pulled his leg back, then slowly withdrew his hand.

After leaving the sofa, he hurried into the restroom.

Awkward!

It was really too awkward!

The same thing happened last time at Han Xiang's place, and I didn't expect a similar incident to happen again.

After he took a shower, changed clothes, and even rinsed his shorts at the washbasin, he found that Qi Yao was already awake.

Her face was flushed, and she held an open magazine over her abdomen.

Lin Feng opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Qi Yao stood up and then briskly walked into the restroom.

Now Lin Feng is still a consultant for the police bureau, working together as yesterday.

After breakfast and getting on the bus, the two of them remained silent.

Halfway down the road, Lin Feng spoke, "I'm sorry about that! Last night, I had a nightmare, and then it turned into… a beautiful dream!"

Qi Yao calmly said, "I know, it's a normal physiological reaction; you don't need to mind."

"Oh, okay! That's good!"

Lin Feng let out a sigh of relief in his heart.

Then he asked, "Your father told you to go back in August, what do you think?"

Talking about other topics would make it less awkward.

Qi Yao calmly said, "If you're willing, we'll go back together; if not, never mind."

Lin Feng chuckled, "If we go back together, that would cement the fact that I'm your boyfriend!"

Qi Yao whispered, "Having a boyfriend is pretty good!"

Lin Feng was momentarily stunned and curiously asked, "What kind of relationship between a man and a woman counts as boyfriend and girlfriend?"

Qi Yao turned her head to glance at Lin Feng, "Not disliking each other, eating together, sleeping together."

"Insightful!"

Lin Feng gave Qi Yao a thumbs‑up.

Exactly!

As long as a man and a woman don't dislike each other and live together, isn't that a boyfriend‑girlfriend relationship?

As for love that's passionate, missing each other for a day feels like three years, seeing only each other, that's just the brain's chemicals at work.

Such love usually doesn't last long.

Moreover, during the courting process, a third party often appears, or someone ends up with a terminal illness…

Although Lin Feng provided a direction for solving the case.

But the murderer concealed his movements very well.

Without concrete clues, they could only visit the crime scene for investigation or retrieve the surveillance footage.

At Qi Yao's suggestion, Team Captain assigned Lin Feng another task.

That task was… watching the surveillance!

With Lin Feng's eyesight, he could play the surveillance footage at several times normal speed…

That could be considered making full use of the equipment.

He earns over two hundred bucks a day, so it can't be wasted.

After watching all morning, Lin Feng felt his eyeballs had enlarged.