At then, Gu Baisheng hadn't realized what a dangerous place she got herself into.

And Qu Xiaobo had rushed to the Beicheng police station where Zhang Kai worked.

Zhang Kai, sitting by the window, stared into the bare branches of the trees in the yard.

Qu Xiaobo gazed at him with her arms crossed in front of her chest.

The staff of the police station came and went. After walking past by poor Zhang Kai for a distance, they would look back at him with gloating.

Zhang Kai looked embarrassed. He quietly mumbled, "Would you please don't make a scene at my workplace?"

When Qu Xiaobo glared at him,

Zhang Kai's voice immediately dropped, "Fine, fine, you can make a scene. But can you hold a better attitude? I just introduced Gu Baisheng to a special job. You made it look like that I cheated on you. Everyone at this station is laughing at me now."

Zhang Kai looked around and felt extremely embarrassed.

"Do you think I'm embarrassing you? Make you lose faces?" Qu Xiaobo's voice was deep, but not with an unreasonable tone. Her words sounded serious.

"I'm a man. When we're outside..."

"When we're outside, I can save you some faces. But what about Baisheng? Huh?" Qu Xiaobo leaned on the chair and glared at him, "Baisheng will be together with those retarded kids. Will she get hurt? Will she be in danger?"

"Those kids have disabilities or mental problems, but they won't..."

"Won't what?"

Qu Xiaobo slapped her phone on the desk in front of Zhang Kai and glared at him, "Do you want to explain this to me?"

On the phone was a piece of news, saying that a teacher of a school couldn't take the torment and had a mental breakdown, and then she jumped off the building.

Even though the suicide picture was blurred.

One could still see that it was very bloody.

And some of the buildings in this school looked identical to the institute Gu Baisheng interviewed today.

Seeing this, Zhang Kai didn't know how to explain, "This..."

"This happened last year." Qu Xiaobo leaned forward and looked at him, "Don't tell me that you don't know about this. Even if this institute buried the news because they want to recruit new students. You have worked here for seven or eight years. How do you not know about this?"

"No, listen to me, Bobo." Zhang Kai felt awkward, "That teacher didn't jump because of what happened in the school."

"Then was the news lying?"

"That's not the real reason."

"Then what is? Tell me."

Zhang Kai's face went pale because of Qu Xiaobo's questioning.

Police station staff around all looked at them.

Zhang Kai felt uncomfortable with all the gazes, so he grabbed Qu Xiaobo's hand and tried to calm her, "Bobo, I'll explain this to you in detail when we get back. Now I..."

"We're done."

Qu Xiaobo suddenly said.

Zhang Kai was dazed. He didn't even comprehend it, "What are you saying?"

"I said." Qu Xiaobo took her hands out of Zhang Kai's. Her look was so serious that no one would think she was joking, "I'm breaking up with you."

"Wait. Just for such a small thing and you're breaking up with me? You..."

Qu Xiaobo picked up her bag by the side and carried it on her shoulder, "It's a small thing for you, but not for me."

Qu Xiaobo stood up and pushed the chair underneath the table. She said to Zhang Kai, "I won't let my Baisheng die again. You try to plot against her, and we're done."

"Qu Xiaobo, you're crazy!"

Qu Xiaobo walked straight ahead.

Zhang Kai chased her from behind. He couldn't control himself and his voice got angry, "I didn't plot against her. Why do you always think I'm so bad? I dated you for ten years and have I done anything to hurt you? Yet you're breaking up with me for such a small thing? What's wrong with you?"

Zhang Kai yelled while chasing her.

A lot of people heard Zhang Kai's voice and all looked at him curiously.

Many senior officers who had seen them a lot were also discussing over tea.

"This is the first time Miss Qu broke up with Zhang Kai, right?"

"Right. Since Zhang Kai came here, they've been bickering a lot. But they never broke up."

"They won't break up this time." A senior officer said with a smile, "Young people just blurt out everything when they're angry. When they calm down, they can talk it out."

"Not necessarily." A female officer who was in her forties put the documents on her table and rolled the chair by half of a circle. She interrupted, "Some women yell about breaking up every day and that is just a way of flirting. Some women would never mention it when they're in a relationship. But if they want to break up, you can't stop them."

"Then, what do you think?" The senior officer asked the female officer.

She shook her head, "I think Miss Qu is not joking this time."

Hearing that, the senior officer started to worry for Zhang Kai.

On the other hand,

Zhang Kai chased Qu Xiaobo by the road and grabbed her arm.

He asked her angrily, "What's wrong with you now?"

Qu Xiaobo was not a person with a good temper. She shook off Zhang Kai's hand and stared at him, "I said we broke up. Are you deaf? Why did you chase me?"

"You can make a scene. I'll always make it up to you. But if you mention breaking up to me..."

Qu Xiaobo looked at Zhang Kai. His good-look face turned green because of anger. She asked, "What? What will you do?"

"Believe it or not, I will..." Zhang Kai was so angry that he was going to say the worst word.

Qu Xiaobo looked at him coldly, "Are you going to kill me or maim me?"

Zhang Kai gritted his teeth, "You..."

"If you don't dare to do either, then I'm leaving."

Qu Xiaobo opened the door of the taxi waiting by the road. She didn't wait for Zhang Kai's response and went in.

The taxi driver asked Qu Xiaobo for the destination and drove off into the traffic.

Zhang Kai was left raging by the road.

After getting on the taxi, Qu Xiaobo felt silent for a while. Then she suddenly raised her hand and wiped the tears off her face quietly.

But when she wiped those away, more kept coming down.

In the end, she couldn't help but started weeping.

The taxi driver saw she was so sad, so he took out a tissue to her.

Qu Xiaobo was choking with sobs but she still thanked him, "Thank… Thank you."

The driver also felt sorry for her and persuaded her, "Stop crying. The next one will be better."

Qu Xiaobo nodded.

But she was thinking, "Is there a better man than Zhang Kai in this world, except for Song Shuang?"

...

Gu Baisheng went home and called Qu Xiaobo several times. She didn't answer.

She then called Zhang Kai.

Zhang Kai also didn't answer.

Gu Baisheng thought about it for a while and felt something was wrong.

So she went over to Qu Xiaobo's place to find her.

She rang the bells a couple of times and no one opened the door.

She waited by the door for almost an hour. Then the neighbor across the door saw her squatting there, so she asked Gu Baisheng tentatively, "Are you here for Qu Xiaobo?"

"Yes, auntie."

Gu Baisheng stood up.

That auntie said kindly while carrying a shopping bag, "I saw her leaving two hours ago. She said she had an emergency and went on a business trip."

"A business trip..."

A gynecologist going on a business trip?

Gu Baisheng frowned. She felt that this was just an excuse Qu Xiaobo used to stall off her neighbor.

But she still nodded to that auntie and thanked her. Then she left.

On the way home, she kept calling Qu Xiaobo.

But Qu Xiaobo's phone was always off and couldn't get through.

Qu Xiaobo's father already passed away. Her mother was not in Beicheng. She only had a grandmother who was far away in C City.

If Qu Xiaobo had gone to her grandmother, then she probably would be on the plane and couldn't answer these phone calls.

But Qu Xiaobo didn't have any reason to go back to C City without telling anyone.

Did something happen to her grandmother?

But Gu Baisheng couldn't get in touch with Qu Xiaobo's grandmother, so she could only be anxious.

On her way home, Gu Baisheng tried her best to get in touch with Qu Xiaobo and Zhang Kai.

She couldn't get hold of either.

The police station staff said Zhang Kai went off early and didn't know where he went.

Gu Baisheng was getting increasingly worried. When she got home, she couldn't calm down.

She then called Hu Hui.

After hearing it, Hu Hui said, "Maybe they just had a quarrel. It's fine. If it was not, Zhang Kai would have called me earlier."

It was like that in the past. Every time when Zhang Kai pissed off Qu Xiaobo, Qu Xiaobo would disappear.

When Zhang Kai couldn't find her, he would call Gu Baisheng and Hu Hui and ask them to persuade Qu Xiaobo.

As long as they were willing to help, the problem would be solved.

The little disagreements between Qu Xiaobo and Zhang Kai would disappear.

But it was unusual this time.

Hu Hui asked Gu Baisheng to stay put and do whatever she needed to do.

If they had asked help from her, she would have helped to solve this.

Gu Baisheng nodded and felt more relieved.

Song Shuang was working overtime late again this night.

He came home at around nine.

When he came back, Gu Baisheng smelt light alcohol on Song Shuang.

So she asked, "Did you drink?"

"It is none of your business."

Song Shuang replied.

Gu Baisheng moved her lips firstly and finally decided to shut up.

Song Shuang told her it was none of her business.

So she shouldn't meddle with it.

Anyway, Song Shuang knew what he was doing.

Song Shuang took off his coat.

Gu Baisheng naturally took it over and hanged it up.

She sniffed the smell on his coat and said, "There is also a smell of cigarettes. Did your department have dinner together?

Song Shuang didn't reply. He just stared with his black eye at her hand grabbing the collar of the coat.

Gu Baisheng blinked. When she couldn't get his reply, she said, "Leave this coat at home tomorrow. It smells like cigarettes. I'll wash it. Do you want to wear the dark grey one tomorrow?"

"Whatever."

Song Shuang looked down and supported his head that was hurting.

Gu Baisheng shook her head, "I'll make you some sober-up tea. The water is warm. Go take a shower."

Gu Baisheng had begun to get used to living with Song Shuang.

Looking at her going into the kitchen, Song Shuang remembered how she was sniffing his coat when she hanged it up. He felt like he had seen Gu Baisheng again.

He thought he was drunk.

He shook his head and went to take a shower.

Halfway through, he heard a drunk man's voice coming from outside, "Do you know how long we have been together? I like you so much. How can you just leave me alone?"

Song Shuang suddenly frowned.

He was no longer in the mood to take this shower leisurely.

Hastily rinsing off and putting on some clothes, he then walked out, "Didn't I tell you to break up with your boyfriends? Do you never take my words seriously?"