Xia Miaoyan looked embarrassed, and Zhang Tian'ai could guess why.
After finishing the statements, Lin Chen prepared to leave and asked, "Officer Zhang, can we go now?"
"Yes, but you two are witnesses. I might still need to ask you more about this case," Zhang Tian'ai said.
Lin Chen nodded, "Understood. I'll go first."
He turned and walked off in one direction. Xia Miaoyan smiled and waved goodbye to Zhang Tian'ai, then followed Lin Chen.
Zhang Tian'ai watched them leave, her brows furrowed slightly as she murmured, "A pretty young girl trailing him — is she Lin Chen's girlfriend?"
...
After crossing the street, Xia Miaoyan pouted and called, "Master."
Lin Chen ignored her, eyes fixed ahead as if he hadn't heard.
"Master, when that policewoman asked if you took apprentices, why did you say that? Saying I'm nagging you to call you Master really embarrassed me..." Xia Miaoyan mumbled, feeling Lin Chen hadn't saved her face.
"You call me Master as soon as you see me, barge into my house and clean, and refuse to leave. Then I treat you to dinner but you still don't go back to school. You've got a thick skin; why care about embarrassment?"
Lin Chen smiled teasingly at Xia Miaoyan.
Her cheeks flushed red, and she confidently said, "That's not thick-skinned, that's determination. Besides, I want to learn your detective skills and become a good cop — that's not bad."
Lin Chen shook his head, silent.
Seeing this, Xia Miaoyan changed the subject: "Master, you're really a Great Detective. Yesterday you solved our university's dismemberment case, and today you cracked the fall-from-building case — and caught the suspect."
"Who told you the suspect was caught?" Lin Chen asked with a smile.
"That guy just now — isn't he the suspect? If not, why did he run away as soon as he saw you?"
"According to my judgment, he's probably the killer."
"Your judgment?" Lin Chen laughed. "You still haven't observed carefully."
"Not observed carefully? What did I miss?" Xia Miaoyan asked.
"Yes."
Lin Chen explained, "That suspicious man appeared about thirty seconds after the victim fell. Judging by the dent on his face and his weight, the victim fell from the top floor of the building — which has no elevator, eight floors plus the rooftop as the ninth."
"If someone ran full speed from the ninth floor to the first, including the time taken to push the victim, it would take about thirty seconds."
"But he came out looking calm, clearly walking slowly. Walking from the ninth to first floor would take longer than thirty seconds."
"Also, he weighs 83 kg, and is 162 cm tall. You can tell he's overweight, so he'd walk slower. So he's suspicious, but not necessarily the killer."
Xia Miaoyan listened dumbfounded, then looked at Lin Chen admiringly.
"Master, how do you even know his exact height and weight?"
Lin Chen rolled his eyes. "Height's visual estimate. Weight, because I dragged him out of the alley — what else?"
"Wow… Lin Chen Master, you're amazing. Your analysis is flawless. I really admire you..."
Xia Miaoyan was about to praise more but was cut off by Lin Chen.
He gave her a look and said, "Don't flatter me. I'm not buying it. It's late. You'd better get a taxi back to school."
"Master, look at the time — our dorms would have locked hours ago. Besides, after that terrible case, how could I dare walk alone on campus so late?" Xia Miaoyan said with a frown.
Then, hopefully, "Master, since your place has so many rooms, why don't I just stay at your place?"
Lin Chen thought it wasn't good for her to take a late taxi alone and nodded in agreement.
Soon they returned to 168 Changpo R
There were three rooms on the second floor. Lin Chen pointed to one and said, "Make your bed and sleep in that room."
"Okay." A strand of her hair gently moved as she agreed, looking cute and charming.
After settling Xia Miaoyan, Lin Chen went to the bathroom to shower.
While drying off, he suddenly remembered something.
He was used to living alone and didn't bring extra clothes into the bathroom; the clothes he just changed out were tossed into the washer.
There was only one towel in the bathroom, no bath towel.
So he called Xia Miaoyan over.
She came to the bathroom door, curious: "Master, why did you call me?"
"No embarrassment — just a favor. Go to my wardrobe and get my underwear."
Xia Miaoyan bit her lip hesitantly but went to Lin Chen's room and fetched a pair of underwear.
She returned to the bathroom door and slipped it through the crack.
Lin Chen took it, closed the door, and thanked her.
Weakly, Xia Miaoyan said, "Lin Chen Master, I only got it for you because you're my Master. I've never gotten underwear for a boy before."
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