Getting the best from Tarkov

"By the way, Officer Du, you don't seem to be from Shanghai."

"Yeah, I was recently transferred from Yanjing. What's wrong?"

"It's okay, we're just chatting. Is it because of the fire in Antique Street? Didn't I see on the news that it was an accident?"

"Well, right after the Lunar New Year, the bureau notified me to come here on a business trip. As for the fire, I can't tell you in detail. All the details are still confidential for the time being."

"Oh, that was my abruptness. By the way, your colleague called me in for questioning this morning. What happened? Now that I think about it, the whole thing feels so weird."

"He, you misunderstood. He wasn't targeting you. He was just eager to make a name for himself. And when we checked the surveillance footage, we did notice you were around Antique Street quite frequently. We wanted to ask if you saw anything special, but Officer Zhang got sidetracked while asking questions. Hahaha."

"Oh, that's surprising! I thought you were suspicious of me. But speaking of youth, you look quite young too. Are you about 20?"

"Huh~ That's so fake! Don't you know there are qualifications required to be a criminal police officer? Unless you excelled in the police academy, you'd be recruited into the criminal police force. Otherwise, you have to accumulate qualifications bit by bit as a police officer."

"Oh, so it seems like it's really the New Year."

"Okay, I was just kidding. I'm probably a little younger than you. I just graduated last year, and after graduation, I joined the criminal police team directly because of my higher education."

"Oh? So you're quite talented."

"Of course. I took an additional psychology exam when I was in college for my master's degree, and I didn't fall behind when I started my doctorate."

"Doctor... Doctor? Under 27? Come on, how is that possible?"

"Forget it. By the way, I don't know what you do for a living. From your profile, it seems like you work at a private equity firm..."

"assistant"

"Yes, Assistant Director. Can you tell me what this position entails?"

"Hey, let me be honest. I actually have some savings, so I found a few friends and formed a small circle to trade stocks.

As for the company, I'm just a handyman. Even my position is a nominal one. I'm just holding the job for someone else. If someone with connections comes to the company, I'll have to pack up and leave."

"Um, sorry, I don't know much about your industry, but from what you said, it seems that your company is quite profitable. You can even save a lot of money with this nominal position to invest in stocks yourself."

......

Under the bright neon lights, a stylish supercar was speeding around in circles on the quiet streets.

Before they knew it, Liao Fan had been chatting with Du Jie until after 11pm.

After looking at the time, Du Jie felt that it was almost time for today, so she offered to let Liao Fan take her home.

As a result, an embarrassing thing happened. Du Jie's home was in a residential building near the Municipal Bureau. Since she was on a business trip, the bureau temporarily vacated a residential building for her as a dormitory.

When Du Jie got in the car, she was so focused on how to ask questions later that she completely forgot about this matter.

After getting off the car, I looked at the Municipal Bureau parking lot behind me, which was less than 500 meters away from the community gate, and the air gradually became quiet.

Just when Du Jie felt that the toes of her shoes had been worn out, Liao Fan pretended to look at his mobile phone, then pretended to answer the call while saying "Hello, hello" and gestured that he was leaving, completely unaware that the light on his mobile phone screen was on.

Seeing Liao Fan, who was acting a bit funny, driving his car and disappearing quickly from her sight, Du Jie's face no longer showed the embarrassment she had just shown. Her whole temperament changed from that of an intellectual and easy-going white-collar worker to a calm and steady one.

Looking down at the phone that had stopped recording, Du Jie turned around and walked towards her dormitory building.

He opened the door, kicked off his flat shoes, and sat down at the desk without taking off his clothes.

He quickly took out his laptop, opened Quick Transfer, exported the recording in his phone, and then began to listen to everything Liao Fan said that night over and over again.

I repeated one sentence, one word at a time, over and over again until 3 a.m., when I finally closed my laptop with satisfaction.

He put down his pen, stood up and stretched, looked at the time, and without time to clean up the table, he quickly took off his clothes, stood up and washed his face, then dived into bed.

On the table lay a notebook filled with words. Although the handwriting was a bit sloppy and hadn't been sorted out yet, one could still vaguely make out the words "suspected of having illegal income...", "cannot rule out gang involvement...", "appears humble and polite, but in reality lacks reverence for life and has a slight tendency towards violence", "suspected of having suffered from battlefield stress syndrome", and "suspected of having received professional military training"...

After leaving Du Jie's community, Liao Fan also began to review the conversation with the other party tonight in the car.

Although he knew very well that the other party's purpose was to trick him into telling him something, so was he.

Although he didn't understand psychology, after a night of chatting, Liao Fan still managed to find out some of the information he wanted.

Now he is very sure that he has become the most important suspect of the task force, and at the same time, he is also clear that the other party does not have any meaningful evidence, not even indirect evidence.

So he was not worried about anything for the time being.

Although he knew that the other party would still find out some of his secrets.

But Liao Fan believed that no matter how smart the other party was, he would never be able to guess his true identity.

After returning home, Liao Fan pushed open the door and looked at the still closed bedroom door. After confirming that Yang Xue had not gotten up yet, he went into the bedroom alone, took a shower, and prepared to go back to bed.

However, just as he passed by Yang Xue's bedroom, he vaguely heard some movement in the room.

Worried that he and Okatani Aoi had bullied her too much today, he quickly opened the door.

But when he saw the scene in the room, his spirit, which had been somewhat exhausted from dealing with Du Jie, immediately perked up.

In the room, I saw a naked figure standing quietly in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with no curtains drawn.

The cold moonlight gently shines into the house, making the figure in front of the window look a little hazy and dreamy.

Yang Xue, who was standing in front of the window, did not turn around after hearing the sound of the door opening. She continued to face the floor-to-ceiling window motionless until she felt herself being embraced in a hot embrace, and then she leaned back slightly.

At this moment, Yang Xue was leaning naked in the arms of Liao Fan, who had just taken a shower and was also naked.

Neither of them spoke for a moment.

It wasn't until she felt something pressing against her butt that she said slowly, "Fan, do you know why I've always refused to be your girlfriend?"

When Liao Fan heard Yang Xue's question, he did not answer, but rested his chin lightly on the top of Yang Xue's head, using his actions to tell the other party that he was listening.

Yang Xue obviously understood what Liao Fan meant and continued, "My parents divorced when I was a child, and not long after, they both started new families.

At that time, I felt that I was redundant.

I once thought about ending my life, but when I stood on the rooftop, I hesitated.

It’s not because I’m attached to this world, but because I’m afraid.

Thinking about it now, it was really ridiculous back then.

When I entered high school, I became more and more beautiful and my figure became better and better. Gradually, I began to receive love letters frequently.

At that time, I thought that I would find a prince charming and have a passionate and happy love affair just like what was portrayed in TV dramas.

But when I got my first boyfriend, I found out that he was still a little boy with childish ideas, so I became disappointed in him.

Not long after, we broke up. This was my first love, but I didn't expect that he actually wanted to rape me. Fortunately, we were still young at that time, and he backed off as soon as I threatened him.

After the breakup, I was also in pain for a while, but because of my parents at that time, I was always skeptical about love, so I recovered quickly.

Next, I rejected all pursuits in high school until the end of the college entrance examination, when I met a man while working part-time.

A very good man.

Both the family and oneself are excellent.

At that time, I was fascinated by his maturity and quickly agreed to his pursuit.

But I didn't expect that the man just wanted to get my body.

Just like that, on a very ordinary night, I lost my virginity.

As a result, not many days later, the man disappeared, just as without any warning as he appeared.

Since then, I have been completely disappointed in love.

During college, I had no shortage of suitors because of my looks and figure, but I didn't agree to any of them, but I also never actively rejected any of them.

Because I know that they, like that man, just want to sleep with me.

But I can't let them do what they want.

Because as long as I agree to sleep with one of them, I will lose most of the others at the same time, and the person I choose is likely to leave me soon, which is not worth it.

On the contrary, as long as I don't make it clear who I choose, they will always think that they still have hope.

You know, in order to pursue me, those boys can do everything to please me

Some people buy things for me, some people accompany me to read in the library, some people accompany me shopping, and some people accompany me to the movies and eat.

During my four years of college and three years of graduate school, I spent almost no money except tuition.

It was not until after graduation and coming to this company that I discovered that I seemed to have a special talent for finance.

In that complicated curve chart, I could always accurately spot details that others had never noticed. As a result, I was quickly converted to a regular employee and started to place orders continuously. At that time, I discovered that I could get the life I wanted by relying on myself.

So I rejected all my previous suitors at once and devoted myself to my career.

Until that night after the party.

Do you know how I felt when I heard your words "you will be responsible for me"?

At this time, Liao Fan had already hugged Yang Xue tightly in his arms. He had a feeling that after tonight, he might never see this woman again.

ps: There will be another chapter later.