Xiao Lan finished speaking, but Su Ze didn't move at all. He stared at her silently, and there seemed to be an unexplainable undercurrent in the depths of his eyes. This look was too strong, and Xiao Lan was actually afraid, and she turned around to leave.

Su Ze reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulling them closer. In this ambiguous position, the two of them were staring at each other and breathing heavily. Xiao Lan couldn't break free and could only curse, "You are a hooligan!"

"Rogue?" Although Su Ze didn't understand what Xiao Lan was saying, he knew it wasn't a nice word. But he didn't care how she scolded him. Anyway, what he was doing now wasn't a good thing. He always felt that he couldn't listen to Xiao Lan's one-sided words. He always felt that Xiao Lan was not that simple to him. He always felt that Xiao Lan's eyes always had deep meaning when she looked at him. He always felt...

Even if that were not the case, he now knew that he had to be with Xiao Lan, and since he had accepted her, he would not give up easily.

Seeing a hint of doubt flash across his face, Xiao Lan realized that perhaps she should change her words and scold him, "Men and women shouldn't touch each other. How dare you, a county magistrate, act like a scoundrel to a woman!"

"How can I..." Su Ze said coldly, but he couldn't finish his words halfway through.

"What can I do? Can I act like a scoundrel? I can't do that at any time!" Xiao Lan felt like the heroine in a domineering CEO novel. She couldn't stand such an awkward position. She wanted to step back and increase the distance between them, but she was standing too close to the chair, and her calf was blocked by it. She lost her balance and fell into the chair. Instinctively, she pulled her arm, but it pulled Su Ze towards her.

What a good move of "playing hard to accept". Xiao Lan felt that her action was simply shameless.

Xiao Lan suddenly fell backwards. Su Ze hurriedly supported himself on the armrest of the chair with one hand, fearing that he would fall down and crush her if he lost his balance. The other hand had been pulled to his chest by Xiao Lan, and the two were closer this time.

Their eyes met with deep affection. Xiao Lan was almost going crazy. She pushed Su Ze away and squatted on the chair, shouting, "Stay away!"

She looked like a frightened cat, with her teeth bared and claws exposed.

"You..." Su Ze couldn't say the more embarrassing words, but he was more certain of his feelings in his heart.

"Su Ze! Don't go too far!" Xiao Lan couldn't believe her heartbeat, she was too shy. She was already a thirty-year-old in the real world, her edges smoothed by society, her expectations worn away by the man before her. Her current reaction was inappropriate, even more inappropriate. She would scold herself for being incompetent, for not having a brain, and she hated herself for blushing and her heart beating fast in front of Su Ze's face!

But she will never admit it!

As Xiao Lan said this, there was a sudden commotion outside the door. Master Cui was just shouting something at the door, and Old Yu's voice was heard, "Hey, don't be reckless!"

"I'm not reckless!"

It was Liu Hu's voice. Even though he didn't say anything reckless, he still pushed the door open. Although he had obviously lost a lot of weight, Master Cui still couldn't stop him. Old Yu cleverly hooked his foot and almost tripped Liu Hu.

"Oh, Mr. Yu!" Liu Hu finally managed to steady himself. He stole a glance at Xiao Lan and Su Ze, feeling embarrassed. He turned around and wanted to say something to Mr. Yu.

Elder Yu clasped his fists and bowed, saying to Xiao Lan, "Madam, it was my fault that this reckless man barged in!"

"Reckless man?"

Liu Hu straightened up, spreading his shoulders. He was dressed differently today. Instead of his usual short coat, he was now dressed in a black, sharp suit, looking quite sharp. He had lost a lot of weight in the past few days, and with his clothes and belt tightened, he no longer looked as burly as before. His figure truly gave him the air of a knight.

Xiao Lan saw that even with his best efforts at dressing up, he couldn't hide the dark circles under his eyes. Yu Lao had long ago told her about Liu Hu's tragic plight that day, how he nearly died among the women, looking like he had kidney deficiency. Suddenly, she remembered a scene from a Stephen Chow movie about a man named "Xu" or something. She couldn't recall the name, but the image was so clear that Xiao Lan couldn't help but curl her lips.

Although Su Ze knew that Xiao Lan asked him to go to Liu Yu for a drink that day just to save Liu Hu, he still felt a tightness in his chest.

Seeing Su Ze and Xiao Lan being so close, Liu Hu was furious. "What are you doing? Stay away!"

Master Cui also hurried forward and blocked Su Ze's way. "How dare you be so disrespectful to Magistrate Su!"

Xiao Lan felt that everything was too chaotic. Su Ze had just told her that she couldn't calm down at all. Liu Hu's appearance also gave her a lot of questions to ask. She was the most confused person right now.

"You just said that you cooked Miweixuan?" Su Ze's face turned cold and he asked Xiao Lan seriously.

Xiao Lan turned to look at him, anxious and angry, "What do you want?"

"Don't slander me!" Liu Hu strode over and stood in front of Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan pushed him away with one hand, frowning, "Stay away!"

Liu Hu was pushed so suddenly that he actually stumbled back two steps. Su Ze didn't even look at Liu Hu, but only stared at Xiao Lan, who was actually saying the same thing to Liu Hu as she was saying to herself.

"Lord Su, are you...targeting me?" Xiao Lan saw that he was speechless, but felt that Su Ze was angry with her.

"I only talk about evidence!"

Xiao Lan was furious when he heard this. "Then go find me! If you find me, just arrest me!"

Su Ze thought of the last time when Sun Jiye was kidnapped, and how anxious and dependent Xiao Lan was on Liu Hu, which made him upset. Suddenly, he remembered Xiao Lan looking at him just now and saying coldly, "No feelings!"

This mess of emotions is called "jealousy." That's why he was angry and brought up this insignificant "evidence" to try to make her sad. This is not right... Su Ze tried to convince himself that this was not right, that he shouldn't do this. He looked at Xiao Lan's extremely angry expression. He didn't like the way she looked at him. She was very distrustful and very...disdainful.

"I'm sorry!" Su Ze's apology was so sudden that everyone was stunned for a moment.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Lan instinctively questioned, but her tone softened. "What do you mean? Who are you saying sorry to?"

Su Ze stepped forward and took Xiao Lan's hand, as if no one was around. Seeing this, Old Yu had already run away, leaving only Master Cui at the door, dumbfounded. Seeing Su Ze's behavior made him feel ashamed.

"I was just extremely angry with you at that moment." Su Ze said sincerely.

Liu Hu just wondered when did Su Ze become so shameless, "Get away from me!" He stepped forward and pulled Xiao Lan's hand away, staring at Su Ze, but he also felt that he was really powerless.

Xiao Lan had never thought that someone could apologize so quickly and directly. She had been feeling awkward just now, but suddenly her feelings changed. She let Liu Hu pull her hand away, but her eyes couldn't help but follow Su Ze's, eager to hear what he had to say.

"I apologize to you. I was saying one thing and thinking another."

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