Chapter 19: Lord of the Sea Abyss x Researcher (19)

Ji Qingzhuo held the milk bottle in her hands, with a trace of protein-rich milk still on her lips, which Shen Rongyu licked away.

At this moment, she was stunned, her eyes wide open, as she contemplated how much protein she would lose by doing this.

There was no one else in the bus, and the scenery outside flew by rapidly. Once they crossed the underwater tunnel, they would reach the city center. The wind blew, but Shen Rongyu blocked it.

Shen Rongyu was not easily satisfied. He kissed Ji Qingzhuo's lips, and his tongue gently explored inside. It was a test, but Ji Qingzhuo didn't stop him. She just sat there blankly, without any reaction.

This was an unexpected kiss for Ji Qingzhuo. She felt as if she had drowned in the deep sea, unable to catch her breath. Clearly... clearly, she was about to break up with him, so why was he still doing this?

Was this right? Did it follow the process?

It didn't seem wrong.

This was just an intimate interaction between lovers.

Ji Qingzhuo heard her own soft gasping. His kiss was aggressive, pressing her into the corner of his embrace, blocking her, not giving her any space to relax.

At the end of the kiss, Shen Rongyu was satisfied. A satisfied smile hung on his lips. He thought, it turns out there is something in this world that can bring even more satisfaction than devouring human souls.

Ji Qingzhuo's face turned red, a slight heat hanging in the air between them, making her cheeks burn. The strands of hair that had fallen on her temples were dampened by sweat, sticking to her face. Shen Rongyu's fingers hooked onto the strands, brushing them behind Ji Qingzhuo's ear.

"Miss Ji, this is a reasonable interaction within the process of love, isn't it?" he then bit her lip again.

Even in this situation, Ji Qingzhuo was still adhering to her so-called "process." She nodded, indicating that it was like this, there was no mistake.

Soon, she hesitated and said, "But..."

Ji Qingzhuo heard her own voice, unexpectedly hoarse, evoking suggestive thoughts, a hint of ambiguity wafting in the air.

Could she stay calm? She couldn't stay calm. In front of Shen Rongyu, she couldn't control her emotions.

He was just too dangerous, with an immense attraction for any normal human woman.

Even Ji Qingzhuo was no exception. They were so close, her body, her skin, when they made contact, she damn... always accurately measured his physical data, beautiful, rhythmic.

Shen Rongyu heard her voice and let out a faint laugh. He let go of her and asked, "But what?"

"But I was about to tell you right away—" Ji Qingzhuo was about to say her planned next step.

Shen Rongyu's voice immediately interrupted her, "Jiujui."

"Who is it?" Ji Qingzhuo continued his words with a question.

"It's you." Shen Rongyu thought he might really be laughed to death by her.

Ji Qingzhuo finally realized, "Jiujui" was a very intimate appellation for her.

Shen Rongyu, how could you?

"Don't you know?" Shen Rongyu began to teach her how to behave in a relationship, "Between lovers, there should be such intimate appellations."

Ji Qingzhuo licked her lips and said, "But... don't you... know?"

In his excitement, Shen Rongyu revealed a small flaw. His current disguise shouldn't know these little details of how couples interact.

"I've been reading some books recently," Shen Rongyu coughed lightly, saying.

"You're lying to me," Ji Qingzhuo said.

"But, looking at you, this kind of appellation naturally comes out," Shen Rongyu called her softly again, "Jiujui."

Ji Qingzhuo blushed at his words. She whispered, "Please don't do this again..."

"What should I call you?" Shen Rongyu successfully interrupted Jiqingzhuo's attempt to break up with him with something else.

"Mr. Shen," Jiqingzhuo said, three words.

"That seems too distant, Jizhuo," Shen Rongyu said.

"Mr. Shen," Jiqingzhuo couldn't think of any other name, she didn't have much creativity in certain aspects.

"If this name is used as a little romantic gesture between lovers, it does feel good," Shen Rongyu replied.

"Shen Rongyu," Jiqingzhuo immediately changed the name.

"Isn't it tiring to have three words?" Shen Rongyu asked.

"I can't think of anything else," Jiqingzhuo said, lowering her head.

"Xiao Yu," he said, there was no other reason, he just really wanted her to call him that.

"Xiao Yu," she repeated, her tone had a strange mechanical feeling.

Shen Rongyu leaned his elbow on the car window and responded, "Alright."

The car continued to drive forward, after entering the city area, some people got on the car one after another. The two of them didn't seem like they were going to the Public Security Bureau for interrogation.

But in the car, Jiqingzhuo felt like she had forgotten something amidst Shen Rongyu's repeated calls of "Jizhuo".

After getting off the car, the police officer who had called Jiqingzhuo last night was waiting for them at the gate of the Public Security Bureau, not far from the bus station.

He was a tall and handsome man, wearing the uniform of the Public Security Bureau, which complimented his good physique.

"If you don't have transportation and it's inconvenient for you to travel, the Public Security Bureau can send a car to pick you up," the police officer approached them and said.

"Lin Zhen," he introduced himself, "in charge of the East District of the independent city, currently the leader of the investigation team for the attack on the chairman of Ankun Group."

Perhaps because of Ankun's importance, the Public Security Bureau sent such a high-ranking police officer to handle this case, Ankun's accusations were also of high level within the Public Security Bureau.

Jiqingzhuo nodded, unsure of what to say.

On the other hand, Lin Zhen glanced at Shen Rongyu, curious about what kind of person could have beaten him like that under the heavily armed guards of Ankun.

Lin Zhen didn't think Jiqingzhuo had such capabilities, otherwise... Ankun would have met with such misfortune on the day when they acquired Lanhai Company.

"Your identity card," Jiqingzhuo handed over her ID card, and Lin Zhen reached out his hand to Shen Rongyu.

Shen Rongyu handed over the ID card he had just modified on the car, and Jiqingzhuo felt a bit nervous, not knowing that he had used his incomprehensible powers to modify the photo on the ID card, and was also a bit nervous.

The photo of Shen Rongyu on the ID card was taken by himself just now in the car, with a proper posture, but on his face, there was an undeniable smile - because not long ago, he had just kissed Jiqingzhuo.

"You seem quite happy in the photo," Lin Zhen recognized the ID card and returned it to Shen Rongyu.

Shen Rongyu smiled again, "Of course."

The two of them were brought to different interrogation rooms, and Jiqingzhuo was interrogated by Lin Zhen himself. He had already collected information about Jiqingzhuo before, and she was also well-known in the independent city.

A rumored highly intelligent chief researcher, it might be difficult to interrogate her, as Lin Zhen had already witnessed her sharpness last night.

However, when they came face to face in the interrogation room, Jiqingzhuo seemed particularly uncomfortable.

Last night, they didn't have face-to-face communication, so she could still organize her words and counterattack. But now that she really saw another person, being in the same space with someone, she became nervous again.

"Miss Ji," Lin Zhen turned on the video recording device and asked, "Can we begin?"

"It... hasn't started yet?" Jiqingzhuo was eager to end this interrogation.

"Now, let's begin," Lin Zhen opened the folder, "Please retell what happened that day."

"An Kun led a whaling ship and the security team to illegally invade Night Ripple Sea and kill the whales in it. The injured whales were numbered s-009 and s-772," Ji Qingzhuo said.

"They blocked the surveillance in the area, trying to erase their illegal actions in Night Ripple Sea."

"I arrived and stopped this illegal invasion."

Ji Qingzhuo finished speaking, and at this point, she did not continue.

"How did you stop it, Miss Ji?" Lin Zhen asked.

"I cut the high molecular weight rope that was dragging the whales. The gun I used was the registered Shadow-73 second generation obtained through online channels, with order number xxxxxx-xxx," Ji Qingzhuo calmly recounted, "I used six bullets from the magazine to puncture six ropes on the whaling ship."

Lin Zhen glanced down at the material images on the screen in front of him, and all the evidence showed that Ji Qingzhuo was not lying.

"By doing this, An Kun won't easily let go of your personality," Lin Zhen curled his fingers and tapped the table, exerting great pressure, and said to Ji Qingzhuo.

"He encountered an accident, so he gave up the illegal invasion," Ji Qingzhuo said.

"An accident..." Lin Zhen said, "You witnessed all of this."

"Yes, I wasn't able to stop it," Ji Qingzhuo took a deep breath. She decided to reveal some unbelievable but... not entirely false truth.

"His actions angered Night Ripple Sea, and an incarnation of the sea emerged from it, stopping him and resorting to violence against him," Ji Qingzhuo said.

"Miss Ji, this is an interrogation. Please don't talk nonsense," Lin Zhen couldn't believe these words could come from a rigorous researcher.

What incarnation of the sea, why didn't she say sea god?

"Oh, right, that bad guy An Kun was punished by the Sea God," Shen Rongyu said, "It's great."

"Mr. Shen, please don't evade your violent actions," another interrogator said.

"I'm not evading. Do you want me to admit it? Besides, I haven't done anything like that," Shen Rongyu stared at the interrogator in front of him with his deep eyes, "I've always been friendly to him."

He smiled, not feeling like he was lying. After all, he only broke a finger, kicked him, and shot him. For him, that was indeed considered "friendly."

"Then where did the injuries on An Kun come from?" the interrogator grasped the key question.

"Seagod did it," Shen Rongyu answered confidently.

"Why were you at the scene?" the interrogator asked.

"I went to find Miss Ji, I am her boyfriend," Shen Rongyu leaned back in the chair and announced this proudly.

"We are not interested in your love life," the interrogator tapped the table.

"Sir, wasn't it you who asked me?" Shen Rongyu asked back.

He had always followed the rules of humans because he knew he was playing a very fun game. The person he had to deceive was a law-abiding person.

"Please describe the appearance of the Seagod," the interrogator attempted to dig from another angle.

"Oh, he's very handsome, with a long silver dragon tail," Shen Rongyu said.

In another interrogation room, Ji Qingzhuo's voice sounded faintly, "Mr. Lin, did you ask about the appearance of the 'sea incarnation'? He has a long dragon tail, and the number of scales... the part that is broken at the end, according to the ratio of the broken parts, two pieces count as one. I don't deny that his tail is really nice."

"..." Lin Zhen.

At this moment, he received a call from another interrogation room.

After answering the call, a weary voice came from the other interrogator, "Sir, he has declared himself Miss Ji's boyfriend in thirty-seven different ways. He's cunning, and I might not be able to handle him..."

"Send me the results of this stage of interrogation," Lin Zhen calmly said.

Shortly after, he compared the testimonies of the two individuals and looked up, staring at Ji Qingzhuo with burning eyes. "Are you colluding in your testimonies?"

"What?" Ji Qingzhuo had no idea what Shen Rongyu had said, and she hadn't done anything that violated the principles of interrogation.

Moreover, in both interrogation rooms, the lie detector devices were continuously working and had not detected any lies in their statements.

"I'm asking you, is this so-called 'incarnation of the sea' in your words actually Shen Rongyu?" Lin Zhen, experienced in investigations, quickly grasped the key point.

Ji Qingzhuo tightened her grip on her hands.

Yes, of course it was, she couldn't deceive herself or lie about it.

Silence was an affirmation, and Lin Zhen recorded this outcome.

"Miss Ji, it's better for you to tell the truth. If you choose to protect him, you will also be subject to control," Lin Zhen said.

Ji Qingzhuo pursed her lips, and her fingers lightly touched the back of her other hand. She said, "The truth is, as I've said, even if something happened, our actions were in self-defense within our private domain."

"Did you both selectively ignore the acts he committed against the creatures in Night Ripple Sea, my possessions?" Ji Qingzhuo enunciated each word clearly.

"The surveillance devices didn't record it," Lin Zhen said.

"The surveillance devices also didn't record what happened on the whaling ship," Ji Qingzhuo raised her gaze and looked at the shoulder insignia on Lin Zhen's shoulder.

"An Kun's injuries have been verified," Lin Zhen's tone was stern.

"S-009 and s-772 also have injuries," Ji Qingzhuo's voice was faint.

"Whales don't have human rights."

"But I have ownership over them."

"Miss Ji, I'm sorry. I know it goes against morals, but An Kun has prepared the best legal team. If the Security Department doesn't give him the result he wants, even the Security Department could be sued for 'inaction,'" Lin Zhen sighed and said.

"It's ridiculous," Ji Qingzhuo said.

"Starting today, we will implement control over your actions," Lin Zhen said.

"The interrogation has yielded no results, and you don't have evidence to do this to us," Ji Qingzhuo said.

"But we are the Security Department," Lin Zhen said softly. "I'm sorry, Miss Ji."

"So, when you can't get results and can't stand in a favorable position, you resort to these tactics?" Shen Rongyu's voice was calm. "Humans... are indeed humans."

"The driving force behind all this is not humans themselves." Lin Zhen walked to the door of his interrogation room and knocked on it.

"I know," Shen Rongyu spread his hands. "No one wants to admit their desires and weaknesses."

He walked out of the interrogation room, and Ji Qingzhuo sat on the chair outside. Her large bag was placed on her lap, and she clenched her hands, seeming a bit nervous.

Shen Rongyu extended his hand towards her. "Ji Ji."

Ji Qingzhuo looked up at him, without saying a word.

"Let's go," he said.

"Okay." Ji Qingzhuo stood up.

"Are you very angry?" Shen Rongyu asked her under the streetlight outside the Security Department.

"Um..." It was now nighttime, and Ji Qingzhuo looked at the nearby lights and responded with a muted tone.

From the very beginning, she didn't like it, but she had no choice.

After returning, Shen Rongyu said to her, "I will leave first tonight."

Ji Qingzhuo asked nervously, "You won't... do anything, right?"

"You're really smart, Qingqing," Shen Rongyu said softly, leaning against the small flower bed in her courtyard.

"Oh," Ji Qingzhuo responded.

"I know you don't like this," Shen Rongyu knew that if she liked it, she would be much better off.

A strange human.

"I can't constrain your actions," Ji Qingzhuo admitted frankly.

"You didn't seem to have any objections when you did this to me before," Shen Rongyu recalled Ji Qingzhuo's reaction when he boarded the whaling ship.

At that time, she even helped him destroy the surveillance.

"But I..." Ji Qingzhuo started, admitting something, "I just wanted to protect you."

"If I were to be charged and imprisoned, would you still think that way?" Shen Rongyu asked.

Ji Qingzhuo took out a map of the prison in the independent city from her bag and narrowed her eyes, saying, "They have a total of twenty-three security measures, and I have cracked twenty of them. Among them, the universal passwords and codes they use internally are..."

Shen Rongyu: "..." Oh my god, she's serious.

He lowered his head and lightly touched her lips again.

This reminded Ji Qingzhuo of something, so she folded the map, "By the way, I wanted to talk about breaking up--"

"Let's talk about it later," Shen Rongyu said, "I think, since you have already given up certain principles for me, I can give up some principles for you."

"What are your principles?" Ji Qingzhuo forgot about breaking up again.

"Oh, I originally planned to kill An Kun," Shen Rongyu said casually.

Ji Qingzhuo's breathing paused.

"But now I've decided to find an acceptable way to kill him... indirectly," Shen Rongyu kissed her forehead as usual, "Qingqing, good night."

Ji Qingzhuo watched him leave and thought for a moment before returning to her own room.

She lay on the sofa and sent a message to Shen Rongyu, the content was simple.

[Ji Qingzhuo: Be careful.]

Along with this message, she sent all the information about An Kun's security guards.

Shen Rongyu, upon receiving the message: "..." You know about this too, we're both villains, right?

[Shen Rongyu: Now we're conspirators, huh?]

[Ji Qingzhuo: I said I will take responsibility for you.]

[Shen Rongyu: Get some rest, Qingqing.]

[Ji Qingzhuo: ...]

She turned off the screen of her electronic device and took a shower in the bathroom. She thought that she had made too many exceptions for Shen Rongyu.

For herself, she didn't want to do certain things, but... for others, she felt that she should do them.

It was strange, but that's just the kind of person she was.

Ji Qingzhuo placed a warm towel on her face, smelling the scent of jasmine, which was sweet.

Finally, she came to a conclusion: Shen Rongyu had corrupted her.

That cunning guy.

--

In the special ward on the top floor of the hospital, An Kun raised his bandaged index finger and picked up a fresh piece of fruit to put in his mouth.

"I guess he will seek revenge on me after today's interrogation. Make sure the brainwave surveillance by the security team is in place. If you can capture evidence, report it to the Public Security Bureau," An Kun ordered his subordinates.

"As for Miss Ji, let her guard the boring Night Wave Sea for now. Remember to inform Chief Lin Zhen to treat her well. I want her to come to me intact," An Kun added.