Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 396 - 275: Aerial Ambush (5 more, 1)

Qi Xiuqi raised an eyebrow at the words, "Why?"

"Uh..." Jia Tianzi was instead caught off guard by the question. As a police officer, no matter the country, there is an innate vigilance. Also, it was his previous deliberate behavior that was to blame. He awkwardly laughed, "I’m a bit tired too, and if I don’t say something interesting, I’d probably fall asleep."

Qi Xiuqi chuckled but shook his head, "It seems that Mr. Jia is very curious about my junior sister and is quite familiar with her. How about Mr. Jia first tell me how you got to know her and why you are so curious about her?"

Jia Tianzi quietly exhaled: Well, Qi Xiuqi was turning the tables and starting to interrogate him.

From China to M Country, it’s a flight of over ten hours and this flight would go overnight. With such a long and grueling journey, they opened up their conversation.

Jia Tianzi recounted to Qi Xiuqi how he got to know Shi Nian and the events surrounding Shi Nian’s divorce, all without touching upon case secrets. Qi Xiuqi held a water cup, but along the way, he didn’t take a sip, just listened intently. Throughout the telling, Qi Xiuqi scarcely interrupted, only occasionally nodding and smiling, his dark pupils sparkling dazzlingly.

With such an audience, Jia Tianzi should naturally be pleased to tell his story, yet... the more he noticed Qi Xiuqi’s reactions, the more alarmed he became?

Qi Xiuqi’s reactions, his gaze, that genuine smile... anyway, Jia Tianzi regretted bringing Qi Xiuqi onto the plane even more.

This segment of the journey had him speaking non-stop, parching his throat, and coupled with the unrest in his heart, it made the feeling of thirst more severe, so he kept drinking water over and over.

He knew if Tang Yanqing were here, he would surely coolly analyze his behavior, saying that his frequent water-drinking was actually a mask for his guilty conscience. It was because he had lost control over his verbal actions, and the words once spoken couldn’t be retracted, leaving him flustered and at a loss.

The plane reached the stopover at midnight, and he finally finished speaking, tilting his head and laughing unreliably at Qi Xiuqi, "I’ve said it all, now it’s your turn."

In fact, when it comes to escorting criminals, it’s generally avoided to have flights that require mid-journey stopovers, as this increases variables en route, and the identity of passengers can’t be controlled at the intermediate stops. But Qing City was ultimately a small city, and most international flights departing from there weren’t direct and required a stopover. Such an objective situation left them without a choice.

So Qi Xiuqi wasn’t in a hurry to respond to Jia Tianzi but first put down his water cup, cautiously got up and went outside the curtain to take a look.

Thankfully, at this midnight hour, there weren’t many choosing to board the plane. Qi Xiuqi made a round of the cabins, chatted with the aircrew, asked who were the new boarders, and checked the passenger records. Finding nothing abnormal, he was then relieved to return to first class.

Just as he was about to re-enter the cabin, he subconsciously looked outside at the flight attendant responsible for first class, only to find that it was no longer the crew from the previous segment of the journey.

In fact, the flight crew’s height, appearance, hairstyle, makeup, and uniform were almost identical, making it hard to distinguish them at a glance. Moreover, Qi Xiuqi had only exchanged a couple of words with the crew before and, out of politeness, didn’t dare stare closely, so even with a detective’s eye, Qi Xiuqi had to look several times to confirm it was a personnel change.

He had already lifted the cabin door curtain but still paused, letting the curtain drop, and with both hands in his pockets, struck up a conversation with the flight attendant.

"Where’s the previous stewardess? She didn’t go to the cabin door to greet passengers, did she?"

The flight attendant gave him a professional smile, "No, sir. She’s off duty."

"Off duty?" Qi Xiuqi frowned, "This is a transit stop. Do the crew also get off duty at a transit stop?"

The flight attendant maintained a professional smile, "Yes, sir."

As they spoke, the plane had already taken off again.

Qi Xiuqi tried to continue the conversation with the flight attendant, but the other party persistently maintained that professional smile, not saying a word more. Qi Xiuqi frowned, lifted the curtain, and returned to the cabin.

Father was already asleep, and even Jia Tianzi couldn’t withstand the drowsiness and had fallen asleep.

Qi Xiuqi sat down, sorted out his thoughts from beginning to end, and suddenly furrowed his brows.

He hurriedly reached over Father to tap Jia Tianzi.

Although he had only been with this colleague from M Country for a few days, Qi Xiuqi could still see that the other was a diligent and dedicated officer. And escorting an important witness on a public transport, with Jia Tianzi’s professional understanding, shouldn’t have had him falling asleep despite being tired, especially when he was alone with the witness!

Indeed, after several taps from Qi Xiuqi, Jia Tianzi hadn’t woken up. Qi Xiuqi was deeply shocked, unbuckled his seatbelt, moved over to Jia Tianzi’s side, and gave a few hard taps, finally waking up Jia Tianzi from his dreamlike sleep, "Mr. Qi, what’s wrong?"

Seeing Qi Xiuqi’s serious expression, Jia Tianzi shivered and sat upright, "Did I fall asleep just now?"

Qi Xiuqi didn’t speak, just nodded briefly, then hurriedly returned to Father’s side.

The dosage for Father is personally controlled by me, so it’s normal for Father to still be unconscious. However, Qi Xiuqi dared not be careless; after checking Father’s breath and carotid pulse, he still lifted Father’s eyelid to check.

Jia Tianzi saw that something was wrong and hurriedly joined in to check together. He looked at his watch while counting Father’s heartbeat.

After a busy moment, Qi Xiuqi and Jia Tianzi’s eyes met, and both saw astonishment in each other’s eyes.

Qi Xiuqi suddenly stood up, lifted the curtain, and walked to the flight attendant: "Inform your captain that the plane needs to make an emergency landing."

The flight attendant looked shocked: "...But sir, the plane is over the open sea, and there’s no suitable landing spot nearby. We can only wait until the plane reaches M Country’s west coast..."

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On such a night, Tang Yan Yi was busy with Guan Liang.

Since the rumors about my brother and Meng Chuyan began, Tang Yan Yi felt constantly under the scrutiny of everyone. Not only at the bureau but also at home, people were quietly observing her reactions.

Even Dad and Mom have been hesitant to speak to her these days.

She understood that everyone knew about her feelings for my brother and worried she might react impulsively upon hearing the rumors between my brother and Meng Chuyan.

Instead, she became calm, showing no reaction at all.

...Though burdened internally, feeling aggrieved and wanting to question my brother about the reasons, she forcibly held back.

She simply sat down and started researching Meng Chuyan’s information.

She wanted to see what made this minor celebrity worth my brother’s sudden interest.

But after days of searching, she found nothing particularly valuable.

The reason is simple; celebrities exposed to the public have little private life available; their birthdays, zodiac signs, hobbies, social network accounts... these are all known to the public. So what she found was almost what all netizens already knew.

Alongside this publicity, while celebrities seem to have publicly disclosed all related information, there is undoubtedly a "shadow behind the light." Whether it’s the celebrities themselves or the agencies, they surely clean up their record before debuting, washing away any shady past; or they reinterpret obscure incidents in another way, glossing over them. Tang Yan Yi knew that Meng Chuyan was likely in the same situation, but she couldn’t find those cleansed or hidden histories through conventional channels.

In this scenario, Guan Liang’s image becomes particularly prominent.

Thus, while Tang Yanqing accompanied Meng Chuyan on an Asia tour, pushing the rumors to the forefront, Tang Yan Yi simply retreated into Guan Liang’s computer room, avoiding the outside world and focusing solely on research with Guan Liang.

In response, Guan Liang secretly communicated with Tang Yanqing via phone. Originally meant as a reminder, not to upset Tang Yanqing upon knowing Tang Yan Yi was investigating Meng Chuyan, unexpectedly, Tang Yanqing laughed instead.

Guan Liang was momentarily startled, thinking Mr. Tang was laughing in anger, quickly pleaded on Tang Yan Yi’s behalf.

Tang Yanqing laughed and said softly: "Don’t worry about Xiao Yi. I won’t be angry with her; instead, I hope she’s the one investigating. Qiao’er, you understand, women are the best detectives in the world when investigating rivals in love. In this aspect, we men have to admire them."

Listening to this, Guan Liang felt somewhat peculiar and tentatively asked: "...From Mr. Qi’s tone, it seems you actually expect Xiao Yi to investigate this Miss Meng?"

Tang Yanqing chuckled, countered with a question: "What do you think?" then hung up the phone.

Though Guan Liang didn’t fully uncover the details, he felt a spark of insight. Thus, he assisted Tang Yan Yi with her investigation into Meng Chuyan completely.

The room was dark, with only the lights from the display screens casting colors across Tang Yan Yi’s face.

She stood up, hugging her arms: "...Still can’t find any information about her before high school? That’s strange; even if the agency cleaned up her past, they wouldn’t have destroyed all her old records, right?"

Guan Liang checked again, still finding nothing.

Tang Yan Yi sat down, closed her eyes for a moment, then suddenly opened them.

"Then we are both wrong. Those records weren’t destroyed; she never had those records."