Chapter 15 A Lifesaving Straw
The car was moving on the road, and Li Xia watched the scenery outside the window recede. The silky touch of flesh-colored stockings on the back of his hand no longer felt pleasant. Kirigiri Shimizu's thighs were actually very soft, and even through the stockings, he could still feel their warmth. But all Li felt was cold, as if trapped in an ice cave, not knowing what this woman really wanted to do.
If she had claimed to be attracted to his beauty, Li Xia would not have been so afraid as long as there was a reason. But now she called herself his mother, and her behavior made no logical sense at all.
Even if she were a genuine beauty, and had even made intimate gestures towards him on multiple occasions, Li Xia felt no hint of ambiguity. There was only fear of the unknown, a fear that was instinctual to humans.
"I can't just sit and wait to die," Li Xia maintained a calm expression on his face, and with his left hand in his pocket, he pressed a shortcut on his phone. After exchanging phones with Chen Huijie, this thigh became his lifesaving straw.
In preparation for emergencies, he had set her number as a shortcut. Otherwise, if he really encountered an incident, he would have to unlock the phone to make a call. Wouldn't that be too late? What if he couldn't unlock it with a mask on?
But he just didn't expect to use it so soon.
Now, the phone was quickly answered, and Chen Huijie held her phone, as an experienced senior police officer, she did not speak first, carefully listening to the voice on the other end of the phone.
There was only the sound of a car driving on the other end of the phone. Chen Huijie instantly judged Li Xia's current situation, that he was on a fast-moving car, not restricted in freedom, but there were people he considered dangerous beside him.
Just now, he was taken away by that OL woman, which means he is currently in her car. Li Xia suddenly called her, indicating that he judged his current situation to be dangerous.
Excluding the possibility of dialing the wrong number, Chen Huijie took her phone and went to another room.
It was an archive room with dozens of computers emitting light. A young man was quickly searching for information in front of a computer. She pressed the speakerphone button and covered the microphone with her hand so that she could hear the voice on the other end of the phone without letting her own voice pass over.
She walked up to the young person and whispered, "Have you found the identity of the suspect?"
There was a photo placed on the young person's desk, and the woman in the photo was Komachi Akane, who came to pick up Li Xia. Chen Huijie had secretly taken a photo of her at some point.
The young man saw her actions and also lowered his voice, whispering, "Senior, we've found it, but not completely."
After saying that, he opened a file on the desktop, and the profile picture on it was none other than Komachi Akane.
However, unlike other people's files, her file was encrypted except for her name and gender.
"Our police system doesn't have enough authority," the young man shook his head. "I just applied for it earlier and was denied without any reason given. It proves that her confidentiality level is terrifyingly high."
"Is that so," Chen Huijie squinted her eyes. She felt that she had really stumbled upon something significant and continued to ask, "What about the license plate number?"
As an experienced detective, she would not let go of any clues. When Komachi Akane took Li Xia away, she took a picture of the license plate number of that black car.
"That's an internal license plate of the Police Headquarters," the young man said. "But we can't find out who is using it."
"The higher-ups at the Police Headquarters, huh?" Chen Huijie squinted her eyes. Every time she investigated a crucial point, her actions failed because someone leaked information. She had long suspected collusion between the police internal system and the criminal organization.
She didn't know if that woman was related to this incident, but even if there was only a slight possibility of solving the case, she would not let it go. That's Chen Huijie.
Just then, the sound of the car driving on the other end of the phone in her hand stopped, and then the call was disconnected.
"Check the phone that I was talking to, and find out the location of the last call," Chen Huijie's gaze sharpened, there were no other unusual sounds before the call was disconnected, indicating that Li Xia hung up after reaching the destination.
"Okay," the young man responded and quickly typed on the keyboard.
Li Xia did hang up the phone because they had already reached the destination. He didn't know that the phone was not working, but in such an uncertain situation, making a phone call was always a backup plan.
"Captain, I..." Komachi Akane was about to speak.
"You should rest first," Kirigiri Shimizu said, then took Li Xia's hand and led him out of the car.
Komachi Akane looked at Li Xia with a resentful gaze. It seemed that she had overthought things yesterday. It was probably just a coincidence that the captain fell last night.
Her mood was complicated. Although she didn't have to worry about being taken advantage of by her boss, it was a waste of time to spend so long in the bathroom yesterday using a razor.
She sighed, thinking of going home to power up. Starting the car, she drove away.
Now, Li Xia was led upstairs by Kirigiri Shimizu, her fingers were slender and as white as jade. Due to long-term combat with knives, her hands were slightly rougher than those of ordinary girls.
He never expected that the first time he would be truly led by a girl would be to her house to take a bath, which he found absurd.
While riding the elevator, he felt an unusually awkward atmosphere, but Kirigiri Shimizu stood there coldly, showing no intention of speaking.
Following Kirigiri Shimizu into the apartment, he was amazed by the decorations in the room. In a place like Tokyo where every inch of land is valuable, it was surprising to find such a spacious duplex apartment. Poverty had limited his imagination.
"Go take a bath," Kirigiri Shimizu pointed directly to the second-floor bathroom and said coldly, "Mom will bring you a towel."
Li Xia felt uncomfortable under her gaze and stole a glance at the floor-to-ceiling window on the windowsill. He was just an ordinary person, and it was impossible to escape from this height.
His gaze quickly noticed some plants on the balcony, obviously meticulously arranged. There were no traces of anyone else living in the room. The person carefully examining these plants seemed to be the ice-sculpture-like Kirigiri Shimizu.
"Any other questions?" Kirigiri Shimizu, seeing he remained silent, took the initiative to speak. Although it seemed like a question, her tone carried an unmistakable sense of certainty.
There was still an hour and a half left for the task, which seemed ample, but Kirigiri Shimizu didn't want any accidents. It directly affected whether she could once again receive rewards from the system.
"Yeah," Li Xia nodded. With his back against the wall, he had no choice but to head towards the second-floor bathroom.
Kirigiri Shimizu didn't follow, making him breathe a sigh of relief. He closed the bathroom door, took out his phone, and found a call log with Chen Huijie. He didn't know if this mysterious policewoman could help him.
But now, he couldn't call the police. He couldn't say he was being held captive by a beautiful woman who claimed to be his mother. It wouldn't help, and if he angered Kirigiri Shimizu, she could deal with him too easily.
After double-checking that there are no cameras in the bathroom, he began undressing, turned on the shower, and prepared to take a bath.
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