Invincible Young Master in the City
Chapter 655 - 655 651 Xu Xiangli Takes the Initiative

655: Chapter 651: Xu Xiangli Takes the Initiative 655: Chapter 651: Xu Xiangli Takes the Initiative Thursday night at eleven, Ye Fan led a team in a sudden raid on a hotel, catching eleven women involved in prostitution and four men who were with them.

In addition, the hotel manager and staff were all taken back to the police station for interrogation.

They were busy up until about one in the morning when they could finally rest.

After having a late-night meal with the police officers on duty, everyone dispersed, either heading home or back to their dormitory to rest.

“Chief Ye, are you going home or staying in the dormitory tonight?” Xu Xiangli asked Ye Fan.

“I’ll be staying in the dormitory,” Ye Fan replied.

“Hehe, I don’t plan on going home either,” Xu Xiangli said with a laugh.

The two of them chatted as they walked toward the dormitory building.

Since Xu Xiangli had been promoted to deputy political commissar and chief of the public security brigade, she was also assigned a dormitory in Area A.

Because it was already past two in the morning, although they went upstairs together, they didn’t speak, so as not to disturb others.

On reaching the fourth floor, Ye Fan went to open his dorm room door and noticed Xu Xiangli was following behind.

“What’s up?” Ye Fan turned back and asked Xu Xiangli.

With a slight tilt of her head and looking into Ye Fan’s eyes, Xu Xiangli smiled and said, “Chief Ye, I have some work matters I’d like to report to you.”

“Aren’t you tired?” Ye Fan asked.

Shaking her head, Xu Xiangli’s eyes sparkled as she said, “Not at all tired, I’m quite energetic!”

“Hehe, it seems you have a lot of energy,” Ye Fan said with light laughter, “However, I’m quite tired.”

Saying that, he deliberately yawned, his voice indistinct, “We’ll talk about work tomorrow.”

“Well…

okay,” Xu Xiangli reluctantly agreed.

“Rest well, we have night patrols for a whole week,” Ye Fan comforted her.

“Mm, Chief Ye, goodnight,” Xu Xiangli said with an awkward smile, then turned and walked toward the stairs.

Ye Fan, with a calm expression, opened his door, entered his dormitory, and then closed the door.

The next morning, because of last night’s raid, Ye Fan got up early.

After washing up and dressing neatly, Ye Fan opened his door, and just then, the door opposite also opened.

He looked over and saw Zhao Lina, dressed in her imposing police uniform, stepping out.

Zhao Lina obviously saw Ye Fan too.

She hesitated momentarily, then her expression turned cold, she averted her gaze, shut her door without saying a word, and turned to go down the stairs.

Ye Fan silently chuckled a helpless laugh; not only did they work in the same department, but they also had doors facing each other—it was difficult not to encounter Zhao Lina.

After closing his door, Ye Fan followed Zhao Lina down to the office, half a flight of stairs behind her.

Although he personally led the team last night for the raid, Ye Fan did not get involved in the detailed interrogation, leaving all of that to Xu Xiangli, and he only wanted the final report of the results.

Since they had routine checks again at eleven that night, Ye Fan went home for dinner and a bath, then drove directly to the police station and rested in the unit dormitory, waiting to gather the team around ten at night.

At eight o’clock, while Ye Fan was watching the news in the small living room, he suddenly heard a knock at the door.

“Is it Lina?” Ye Fan guessed as he got up to open the door.

The door opened to reveal a smiling face, it was Xu Xiangli.

“Director Ye,” Xu Xiangli called out with a radiant smile.

Ye Fan nodded with a smile, pulled the door open to let Xu Xiangli in, and then closed it behind her.

“Have a seat wherever you’d like.” After closing the door, Ye Fan turned and walked back to the coffee table sofa to greet Xu Xiangli.

Xu Xiangli acknowledged him and took a seat on the sofa to the right of the main one, crossing her long legs in a manner that prevented any wardrobe malfunctions.

Xu Xiangli wasn’t wearing a police uniform; her outfit was quite feminine, a beautiful scarf tied around her slender neck, with a black leather mini skirt on the lower half of her body, encasing her long legs in black stockings, paired with brown knee-high leather boots.

“What’s the matter, Xiangli?” Ye Fan asked as he took a seat on the main sofa and casually poured a cup of tea for Xu Xiangli.

Xu Xiangli smiled and said, “Nothing really.

I just saw you were in and thought I’d touch base with you, report my thoughts and life to you as my leader.”

“Oh,” Ye Fan responded.

Xu Xiangli’s gaze wandered over Ye Fan, then settled on the coffee table and noticed a copy of “Seeking Truth,” using this as a topic of conversation, “Director Ye, do you usually read ‘Seeking Truth’?”

Ye Fan didn’t mind Xu Xiangli coming over for a chat at this time and kept the conversation going casually with her.

With Xu Xiangli somewhat playing up to him, Ye Fan found the chat relaxing and enjoyable.

Moreover, through the conversation, he learned quite a few pieces of local gossip concerning the officials of Mingde County.

Xu Xiangli was well-informed, not only about matters within the police station but also regarding many things about the Mingde County officialdom.

Around 9:40 a.m., about to assemble and depart, Xu Xiangli reluctantly ended her chat and left Ye Fan’s quarters to return to her own room, get changed into her police uniform, and go out on duty.

By 10:30, Ye Fan led a team from the police station for a routine check of the hotels.

Since a brothel raid had been conducted the night before, other hotels had already caught wind of it.

Whether they had anything to hide or not, they were all well-prepared, with hotel owners and managers greeting them with smiles.

A night spent in routine checks across four or five hotels went smoothly without incident.

During the entire process, Ye Fan found himself pondering the words Tang Xianlong had once said to him.

“When the water is too clear, there are no fish, and when people are too scrupulous, there are no followers.”

“Perhaps the attitude toward enemies in the military truly can’t be the same as the attitude toward the public in the police force,” he thought to himself.

Busy until past 1:00 a.m., they finally returned to the police station.

Around 1:30 a.m., Ye Fan and Xu Xiangli headed toward their dormitories.

As they climbed the stairs, Xu Xiangli did not trail a step behind Ye Fan; instead, she walked beside him, slightly closer to him, and conversed with him in a low voice.

During the climb, her shoulder occasionally brushed against Ye Fan’s arm.

Upon reaching the fourth floor, Xu Xiangli stopped, lifted her fair, delicate hand gently waving it, and sweetly said, “Director Ye, good night.”

“Uh, good night,” Ye Fan nodded calmly in response and then turned toward his dormitory door.

As Ye Fan opened the door, he suddenly remembered encountering Zhao Lina the morning before.

He couldn’t help but turn his head to look at the door across the hall.

However, Xu Xiangli hadn’t walked away yet.

Seeing him turn his head, she thought Ye Fan was looking at her.

“Hehe, Director Ye, do you have any other instructions?” Xu Xiangli immediately asked with a bright-eyed expression.

Ye Fan’s gaze fell on Xu Xiangli’s pretty face, and he shook his head slightly, “Nothing.

You go and rest.”

“Oh,” Xu Xiangli responded with a slightly restrained smile, “Director Ye, goodbye.”

Ye Fan nodded slightly, entered his dormitory, and closed the door.

Xu Xiangli looked at Ye Fan’s door for a few seconds, then her lips curled into a smile, and she turned, her hips swaying seductively, to go up the staircase.