vstars Chapter 244 Is your friend male or female?
Chapter 244 Is your friend male or female?
Fang Li was caught off guard and was startled.
When she looked up in astonishment, she was met with a stern and serious face.
"you......."
"What, don't you recognize me?"
"Third Brother!"
Fang Li never expected to run into her cousin here.
Seeing that Xu Chengchuan's serious expression had disappeared and he was smiling as he opened his arms to her.
Fang Li's eyes welled up with tears, and she rushed into his arms.
She didn't cry when Yan Haoyu's mother chased her, and she didn't cry when she saw a living person turn into a fireball. Now, feeling the unique warmth of her family, Fang Li couldn't help but sniffle.
"Do you know you're afraid now?"
"..." Fang Li buried her head in his chest and didn't say anything.
Feeling his T-shirt getting soaked little by little, Xu Chengchuan sighed helplessly and gently patted Fang Li's head.
"Go ahead and cry. You're allowed to cry for a minute."
The sniffling sound suddenly turned into a low sob.
The next moment, Xu Chengchuan said, "However, you must explain to me properly what happened in a minute."
The sobbing in her arms stopped abruptly.
Fang Li raised her head slightly, looking at the large wet patch on her gray T-shirt, her eyes darting around quickly.
"Are you done crying?"
"......"
Xu Chengchuan let go of her. "Let's start after you've finished crying."
Looking at her cousin, who had once again distanced himself, arms crossed, and a serious expression on his face, Fang Li's face remained stiff.
After several seconds of silence, she tried to force a smile, "Actually..."
"Think it over before you speak. Do you know what I do? Confess and you'll be treated leniently, but lying will be punished severely."
Fang Li's heart tightened involuntarily.
Her fingers, hanging down to her lower abdomen, twisted incessantly. After thinking for a long time, she finally took a deep breath, raised her eyes, and said, "Actually, it was just an accident. I was just helping a friend pick up his niece when I unexpectedly encountered something like this."
"My friend's niece?"
"Yes, she was badly frightened and is still in the hospital."
Meeting her sincere gaze, Xu Chengchuan raised an eyebrow and asked coldly, "What kind of friend?"
Fang Li: "......Huh?"
"What kind of friend would ask you to pick up their child? Boyfriend? Or girlfriend? The child is so big, how old is your friend?"
Faced with Xu Chengchuan's series of questions, Fang Li moved her lips but didn't say a word.
Xu Chengchuan stared at her knowingly and said, "I went home a while ago and my grandfather said you broke up with your ex-boyfriend and are now starting a business in Beijing. I didn't expect your business to include helping people pick up their kids?"
Fang Li frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about? It really was just a coincidence. My friend happened to have something to do these past few days, so I..."
"So, you still haven't said whether your friend is male or female, or how old they are?"
"I..." Fang Li choked.
The two siblings faced each other, staring wide-eyed at each other.
After a long pause, seeing Xu Chengchuan's sharp and unyielding gaze, Fang Li gritted her teeth and raised her chin, "Why should I tell you? Even Grandpa doesn't care about me!"
"Hey, I'm here... are you going to talk or not?!" Xu Chengchuan pretended to be fierce.
Fang Li: "I won't say."
"You won't talk, huh?" Xu Chengchuan looked around, couldn't find a suitable tool, and simply rolled up his sleeves and raised his hand towards Fang Li. "If you don't talk, I'll beat you up, you believe me!"
"you dare!"
"Provoke me? Fine, let's see if I dare!"
Seeing that Xu Chengchuan was really about to swing his hand down, Fang Li seized the opportunity and turned to run away.
"Dare to run!"
"If you dare hit me, I'll tell Grandpa right now!"
As Fang Li ran, she took out her phone, pretending to make a call.
Xu Chengchuan chased after him at a leisurely pace, saying, "Fine, go ahead and hit me if you dare. Let's see how you explain today's events to Grandpa!"
"You told Grandpa about what happened today?!" Fang Li suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked at Xu Chengchuan behind her with a serious expression.
Xu Chengchuan's expression froze for a moment, then he raised an eyebrow. "Scared now?"
Fang Li's face fell, and she immediately gritted her teeth and came over, "Who told you to tell Grandpa! He's so old, and you're making him worry for no reason. What kind of grandson are you?!"
"Now you know your family is worried because something happened to you? Why were you so stubborn just now!"
"I..." Fang Li was both angry and indignant, "Did you tell Grandpa about it or not?"
Xu Chengchuan looked down at her, noticing the anxiety on her face, and pursed his lips, "No."
Fang Li immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
He turned cold again and said, "However, you know how serious this matter is. I can keep it from Grandpa, but you must tell me everything in detail. Otherwise, I can't handle you and I'll have to ask Grandpa to make the decision!"
"As long as you don't tell Grandpa, everything else is negotiable."
Xu Chengchuan's expression softened slightly, and Fang Li seized the opportunity to adopt a flattering demeanor, leaning closer to ask, "You still haven't told me how you ended up here? I heard from my brother that you went to Kuncheng on some secret mission?"
"I'll come back when the mission is over."
"Shouldn't you have stayed in Haicheng after you came back? Why did you come to the capital?"
"Are you sure I can still do my job properly if I stay in Haicheng? With Grandpa's controlling nature, if I occasionally go back covered in injuries, will he still let me continue working?"
A sly glint flashed in Fang Li's eyes. "So you also came to the capital without Grandpa's knowledge?"
"I..." Xu Chengchuan suddenly paused, then belatedly realized, "Oh, you cunning devil, you were trying to trick me into telling you something!"
Fang Li immediately stepped back, arms crossed, a smug look on her face: "Third brother, now we're even. You'd better keep my affairs a secret, or I'll tell Grandpa about your trip to the capital!"
"Xu Fangli, are you threatening me?"
"Yes."
"......Ha!" Xu Chengchuan was so angry that he laughed.
This is what Deng Xiulin saw when he came out of the interrogation room.
Fang Li and a man were facing each other, both looking at each other and smiling softly.
He frowned slightly, thinking of his good brother who was rushing back, and stepped towards the two of them.
"Miss Xu."
"Attorney Deng, is everything alright?"
Deng Xiulin nodded, "We can just wait for Yang Miao to take another statement."
Mentioning Yang Miao, Fang Li instinctively worried: "Although Yang Miao has woken up, her emotions are still quite unstable. I'm afraid that taking her statement now..."
Deng Xiulin smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've already spoken to the police. Everything depends on Yang Miao's recovery. We can take her statement later, once she's recovered."
"That would be perfect." Fang Li breathed a slight sigh of relief and looked at Deng Xiulin with some gratitude. "Thank you for your help today. You're so busy, yet you still made the trip."
Deng Xiulin: "Miss Xu, you're being too polite."
Fang Li smiled and said, "That's true. I won't bother with formalities then. How about I treat you to a meal sometime?"
"Okay."
Unexpectedly, Deng Xiulin agreed immediately.
Fang Li thought that given his personality, he would refuse.
However, she said that inviting someone to dinner is not something to be said casually; once you've made the offer, you naturally have to keep your word.
Fang Li smiled faintly, "How about you set the time and I'll book the restaurant?"
Deng Xiulin glanced at Xu Chengchuan next to Fang Li as if he were not paying attention, "Since that's the case, why don't we do it now?"
"Huh? Now, now?"