AMMIH Chapter 3.2 -- Xiao Yang to the Rescue ~ Mirai's Saesang

Sparks flashed before her eyes as the gunshot from behind ended everything.

Qiao Yin's legs gave away and she fell to her knees in front of Yan Cong. Heart still racing, she turned her head and saw the scene of Xiao Yang putting away his gun as he walked forward to Li Cheng, who was now on the ground with a gunshot shot wound on his chest forming a pool of blood under his body. Xiao Yang knelt at his side and checked for a pulse. After confirming that he was dead, he took out his radio and notified the police squad outside, "The suspect has been shot dead, the area is now safe."

Three minutes earlier, he had arrived outside the restaurant and immediately found the owner of the restaurant to locate the back entrance. He then snuck into the restaurant through the back and arrived behind Li Cheng, opening fire at that critical moment.

Yan Cong pat Qiao Yin's shoulder in an attempt to comfort her as the paramedics rushed in and quickly dealt with Yan Cong's hand. One of them then helped Qiao Yin to her feet, asking her if she was injured in any way. It was only as she was being helped up that Qiao Yin regained her senses, although her eyes remained fixed on Li Cheng's corpse, still in shock.

Twenty minutes later, she was helped into the police vehicle as she needed to go to the station to give her statement. The reporters who had arrived late on the scene surrounded the police vehicles taking pictures. Xiao Yang glanced at the car she was in and saw Qiao Yin using her hands to cover her face, so he decided to roll down his window. He cleared his throat and then expressionlessly said, "No matter which news company or agency you represent, if you leak a photo of me or expose my identity, then be prepared to receive a lawsuit. I will make sure to get to the bottom of it."

Without waiting for their reaction, he once again rolled up the window.

Xiao Yang then lowered his head as he began flipping through Li JianHui's case file. He did not think there really was a CD, so his eyebrows slightly raised in surprise when he saw it there.

He raised his head and glanced towards the police car that was now driving off to the police station. And subconsciously he recalled the expression she had on when she was answering the questions of the reporters earlier.

By the time Qiao Yin had finished with her statement at the police station, it was already 5pm. She stood at the entrance of the police station and notified her coworkers that she was safe. She also warned them not to mention today's incident to Shen YanFang, it was only after that that she finally felt relieved. She also sent a message to Xiao Yang simply telling him not to let Shen YanFang know about the event of the last few hours.

Only, as soon as the message sent out, she heard the sound of a message arriving ding not far behind her. She turned around and saw Xiao Yang casually walking towards her while taking out his phone to check the message, reading the message with a raised eyebrow.

"There is nothing else, right?" He asked as he stopped in front of her. He simply motioned to the side, hinting for her to walk and decidedly said, "Get in the car tomorrow, I will drive you home."

Qiao Yin had not completely recovered from her fright and simply blinked at him, but after thinking for a bit, she nodded her head in agreement.

Thus, Xiao Yang drove his Volvo out of the parking lot with Qiao Yin in tow. Qiao Yin was quite relieved that Xiao Yang did not plan on driving her home in a police car, otherwise news about her going to the police station would definitely spread throughout the entire neighborhood.

The drive home was quiet as neither of them spoke right up until the car arrived in the parking lot of their complex. When Qiao Yin got out of the car, she also heard Xiao Yang get out of the car, she quickly turned around and forced a smile, "I can go up by myself, thank you, Xiao Yang."

He turned a deaf ear and walked over to her side of the car with his brows slightly knit, "Let's go, I still have to go back to work later."

Since it was hard to come by this caring side of his character, Qiao Yin did not dare to protest and so without another word she went upstairs with him. He walked her to her apartment door and without much of an expression, he said, "Take a shower and sleep. If you feel scared, then call a friend to come over. If there is anything you need, you can also contact me, but I can't promise I will reply right away."

"Mmm, thank you." She said with a nod. Then she tilted to the side, her big eyes had finally recovered some of its usual liveliness, "When you have time, get some rest as well, you worked hard."

Xiao Yang nodded, he didn't stay any longer, after seeing her enter her apartment, he left.

At night, Qiao Yin curled up on her sofa as she towel-dried her hair while watching the TV. Incidentally, she remembered something and quickly grabbed her phone and sent a message to Xiao Yang: 'Already recovered. I can't thank you enough for this life-saving grace, I will treat you to a big meal another day, as a small thank you. It seems that you have not slept properly in the last few days, so after this case ends you have to rest well. Good night! --- Qiao Yin'

She originally thought that she would not receive a reply from this busy person even up until the morning. However, about thirty seconds later, she received Xiao Yang's reply, 'Mmm, good night.'

A very simple reply, just like the person, not distasteful but not warm either.

The only great thing was that when Qiao Yin read this message, the last bit of uneasiness dissipated.

She lazily laid on her sofa, thinking that she would not lose any sleep tonight.

(end of Chapter 3 raw)