Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 306 - 200. Don’t Want You to Know: Like You (Second Update)
Outside the door, Guan Liang was still trapped in Tang Yanqing’s puzzle, looking for someone to ask.
——Tang Yanqing successfully used a little trick to keep him outside the door, and then "Yan Zhanlang’s Nest", temporarily stole the small enclosed space that originally belonged to him.
Tang Yanyi returned to her desk in frustration, seemingly busy for a while, and suddenly looked up to find that Tang Yanqing and Shi Nian were gone, which made her frown.
She got up and walked outside, only to run into Guan Liang unavoidably.
Guan Liang approached her and cupped his fists: "Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, a call for help from the martial world. What did your brother mean just now when he said that writing his name would reveal my intentions? What does my heart have to do with his name? Please, please, you’re part of the Tang Family, you must understand his intentions better than anyone."
Tang Yanyi glared at Guan Liang, deeply worried about his intelligence. She really didn’t want to handle this matter, after all, it was a nuisance for her too, but Guan Liang’s last words undoubtedly gave her some goodwill—she indeed wanted to understand her brother’s heart better than anyone else.
She hummed: "Come in with me!"
If you want to reveal the secret, there can’t be a third person around.
Guan Liang happily followed her into the office. Some curious officers also wanted to follow in, but they were all shut out by Guan Liang.
Guan Liang cheerfully moved closer: "Xiao Yi, go ahead and say it."
Tang Yanyi’s gaze was icy as she looked up at him: "Swear that what I say will remain between us and not be told to a third person."
"Is it that serious?" Guan Liang made an expression of terror: "I thought it was my inner world being touched, so I should be the one who’s more nervous. I didn’t expect you, Xiao Yi, to be even more anxious... I’m really happy, hehe."
Tang Yanyi crossed her arms, her eyes colder still: "Have you said enough? Guan Liang, please, don’t get it twisted, I’m not interested in your inner world. The reason I’m asking you to swear is because this deduction involves me."
"Which means I don’t want to connect with your inner world in the slightest, that’s your self-respect, and even more so my dignity, so I hope no third person hears it."
Guan Liang felt a chill in his heart but could only nod: "Ok, I swear. Xiao Yi, don’t be so serious, I’m really scared."
Tang Yanyi frowned impatiently: "Have you laughed enough? Or go out and laugh for a while, come back when you’re done laughing to discuss serious stuff."
Guan Liang shut his mouth tight and vigorously nodded to indicate "enough laughing."
Tang Yanyi sighed slightly, grabbed a ballpoint pen from the pen holder, and tossed it to Guan Liang in mid-air. He caught it, and Tang Yanyi pointed to the blank sheet on the desk: "Write my brother’s name."
Guan Liang, not understanding, lowered his head to write under Tang Yanyi’s cold gaze.
He wrote "Tang, Yan, Qing..." stroke by stroke. When he got to "Tang Yan", he couldn’t help but suddenly look up at Tang Yanyi.
Tang Yanyi wasn’t surprised, crossing her arms, she coldly smiled: "See that? Now that’s the key point! My brother’s name is Tang Yanqing, and my name is Tang Yanyi, the first two characters of our names are exactly the same; and because you have me in your heart, when you write ’Tang Yan’, you’ll subconsciously think of me, and unconsciously feel like you’re writing my name, so when you finish the first two characters, you’ll instinctively pause and look at me, just like you did now."
"Even if I’m not present, you’ll still show it subconsciously—the strokes of your first two characters will be smoother than the strokes of the third character, more sincere. So your secret is as transparent as glass to my brother, someone proficient in behavioral analysis!"
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Guan Liang was thoroughly shocked, as if struck by lightning.
His shock was not just from the revelation of the mystery, but also from the fact that Tang Yanyi knew he had feelings for her!
The situation instantly became delicate, his face flushed like a big boy, yet hers was full of coldness, without a shade of shyness a girl should have, even a bit of impatience.
Guan Liang remembered Tang Yanqing once said that crossing arms in front of others is a defensive stance, expressing [guard] and [rejection].
Without Tang Yanyi having to say a word, he already understood her attitude.
He straightened up, carefully placed the pen back in the pen holder, and awkwardly smiled: "Xiao Yi, I’m really sorry. I know you don’t share the same feelings for me, but—I don’t regret it, nor do I want to take them back."
"I know I’m not worthy of you, whether it’s from family background, career performance, or even personality... I can’t compare with you. It’s just that feelings are really strange things, aren’t they, nobody fully understands why, nor can anyone control them."
"But I can at least promise you: I won’t add to your troubles, won’t force you to accept. If you don’t like it, I’ll never express it, even if Mr. Tang can see it, I won’t admit it no matter what."
He forced a smile: "Actually, you know what, if it weren’t for today’s unexpected turn of events, I also thought of never speaking out... I didn’t mean to cause you trouble, I just wanted to consider these feelings as my own."
He crumpled the paper in his hand awkwardly: "I didn’t expect today to turn out like this... It’s my fault; I’m the one who owes you."
"If I could be a little smarter, if I could learn even a fraction of Mr. Tang’s skills, I’d understand his meaning, I wouldn’t foolishly ask around everyone."
He thought of Shi Nian’s warning and could only smile bitterly, shaking his head: "Shi Nian already figured it out and warned me not to fall into the trap, but I still stumbled right in, I deserve this for hitting my head against the wall."
Tang Yanyi shifted her gaze, coldly landing it on his face.
"Alright, stop being emotional, can you? Didn’t expect tech guys who play with computers to be so sentimental, huh? Is it because you usually just fiddle with computers and are too much of a homebody that you all become effeminate? If you have time, you should go play ball with my little brother and Jia Tianzi more often, get some sun and calcium, and you won’t be so full of emotions."
She finished speaking and coldly turned towards the office door. Abruptly pulling it open, several members of Old Qiao’s group almost stumbled in. She let out a cold laugh: "Want to listen so badly? Come in and listen!"
Those officers felt a bit embarrassed. She couldn’t help but glance around: "No wonder the clown case that your group was supposed to handle ended up being solved by my little brother. Your group really has too much time on their hands!"
Tang Yanyi’s words made the officers a little displeased.
The officers in the police station were divided into several groups, and Tang Yanqing’s group was a rival to Old Qiao’s group, with neither side liking the other.
"Miss Tang, that’s not right. We admit that Mr. Tang is remarkable, but it’s not that we couldn’t solve the case; it’s that Mr. Tang crossed the line!"
Tang Yanyi sneered at the words. She was filled with anger and had nowhere to release it, and instead of staying out of her way, these people deliberately ran into her line of fire, so they couldn’t blame her!
"Crossed the line? In the police force, solving cases is the paramount duty, and promptly capturing criminals is what every officer should do. As for what ’line,’ who drew it? Should we let the capable stay idle, and the incompetent waste taxpayers’ money and delay solving cases in the name of some so-called ’line’?"
The officers were rendered speechless by her questioning. Though they felt indignant, they couldn’t argue.
In the end, they could only leave in a huff: "Fine, you’re from the Tang Family, your dad’s the Chief of Police, we little officers can’t afford to provoke you, okay?!"
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Rosa’s car accident case came to a partial conclusion, and Shi Nian returned to the company to write an article.
The article wasn’t difficult to write, but she was deeply regretful that the car accident had no direct connection to the case of Rosa’s abduction years ago. Initially, by intuition, she had thought it was the clown from back then reappearing, and she could solve the old case along with the car accident case. But since Wang Chuan was just using the old incident as a pretext, the old case once again sank into silence.
After sending the article to the boss, she tilted her head and instructed Ye He: "Let me see all the articles Xiong Jie has written in the past few days."
Ye He awkwardly spread her hands: "There aren’t any."
"None?" Shi Nian stood up from her seat: "What do you mean by none?"
Ye He, unsure why the boss suddenly became so serious, carefully explained: "I haven’t seen her articles these days, of any category."
Shi Nian squinted: "Could it be that she’s changed her pen name?"
Ye He blinked: "That would be the only explanation."
But Shi Nian decisively shook her head: "No, that’s not her style. Besides, she was enjoying the success of that article she insinuated me with. How could she change her pen name at this time? It doesn’t make sense."
Ye He laughed: "Boss, why do you care about her? If it were me, I would hope she never appears again. After all, what could it be? At most, she’s sick, or like Rosa, got into a car accident or something. Someone like her, in no time, will be bouncing around again."
Shi Nian said nothing, stood up, and went out. She bought a prepaid disposable phone outside and called The Black Curtain, looking for Xiong Jie.
The person on the other end said Xiong Jie wasn’t in the office.
Shi Nian pursued, "Has she gone out for an interview, or is she on leave?"
The other side hesitated for a moment before saying, "...We don’t know where she went. She hasn’t shown up for work for a few days."
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