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Ahead, not far away on the pipe wall, a huge hole was densely packed with rats.

Hundreds, even thousands, a dark mass, surging like a tide, making one nauseous.

There were also a few dead rats nearby.

One of them was particularly enormous, its head burst open, clearly having died not long ago.

"Damn it, did Lin Tianhao and the others kill the Rat King or Queen? They're treating us like enemies."

Li Wei cursed under his breath.

Behind him, Qin Bing's body visibly stiffened the moment she saw the horde of rats, her face growing even paler.

Li Wei was just about to suggest going around when a rat, similar in size to the dead one, suddenly darted out from the swarm.

Without deviation, it precisely scurried up Qin Bing's pant leg and disappeared inside!

"Ah—!!!"

A ear-piercing scream suddenly exploded in the narrow sewer.

Officer Qin, who had been so brave just moments ago, kicking open the car trunk.

Now she was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, completely falling apart.

She shrieked, jumping up like a madwoman, wildly slapping her pant legs with both hands.

The next second.

Without thinking, she sprang up and wrapped herself around Li Wei like an octopus, her legs tightly coiled around his waist.

This sudden move caught Li Wei off guard, making him stumble. His hand slipped, and his phone fell to the ground with a 'bang'.

Qin Bing's flashlight had already flown off somewhere during her frantic flailing.

The entire sewer instantly plunged into absolute darkness, where one couldn't see their own hand in front of their face.

In the darkness, Li Wei could only feel a soft, hot body pressed tightly against him, his nostrils filled with her unique scent, a mixture of sweat and fragrance.

"Quick! Li Wei, get it off! Get it off!"

Qin Bing's voice was tense, screaming in his ear, her body trembling violently from fear.

Li Wei was almost choked by her embrace, fumbling desperately over her body.

"Wh-where is it? Don't... move!"

"Also, give me some air."

In the darkness, his hand moved upwards along her taut thigh, slapping wildly.

Suddenly, his palm encountered something astonishingly soft and full.

The sensation was warm and yielding, and even through a thin shirt, he could clearly feel the breathtaking curve and shape.

Li Wei's hand paused.

Th-this... this is... could it be a big rat?

Subconsciously, he gently squeezed twice.

Hmm, it felt really good.

"Slap!!!"

A crisp, loud slap suddenly echoed in the darkness, reverberating endlessly through the narrow pipe.

In the darkness, all was silent.

Li Wei's left cheek burned, and he was a bit stunned.

He could feel the body wrapped around him instantly stiffen like a stone.

The earlier screams and violent trembling had vanished.

In their place was a deathly silence.

And an increasingly scorching body temperature transmitted through her clothes.

"Th-that, the rat seems to have run off."

Li Wei, knowing he was in the wrong, cleared his throat, trying to break the suffocating awkwardness.

No sooner had he spoken than he felt the legs around his waist loosen.

Qin Bing almost scrambled off him, moving so fast it was as if her butt was on fire.

A "thud" sounded as her crowbar dropped into the thick mud.

But she couldn't care less at the moment; she just stood with her back to Li Wei, motionless like a statue.

Li Wei couldn't see her expression, but he could imagine how utterly spectacular her cold, beautiful face must be right now.

Neither of them spoke, and the air seemed to solidify.

Darkness amplified all senses.

Li Wei could even hear Qin Bing's somewhat erratic breathing, and... his own unruly heartbeat.

After a full half-minute, Qin Bing slowly turned around.

She pulled a small, backup tactical flashlight from her pocket and turned it on.

A beam of light, not too bright but enough to clearly illuminate each other, broke the darkness.

In the light, Qin Bing's face, stained with mud and blood, was as cold as ice.

Her lips were pressed into an emotionless line, and her beautiful phoenix eyes were now fixed on Li Wei's face, the chill in her gaze almost enough to freeze the murky air.

Then, her gaze slowly shifted downwards, landing on her own chest.

Li Wei followed her gaze.

On her dark green police shirt, right on the fullest, most prominent part of her left breast, were two incredibly clear... five-fingered handprints.

The handprints were still stained with sewer mud, forming a stark contrast with the surrounding clean fabric. It was irrefutable evidence; there was no denying it.

Li Wei's eye twitched, and he cursed the system a hundred times in his mind.

Why didn't this combat skill come with night vision?

"Li Wei, were you... doing that on purpose?"

Qin Bing's voice was squeezed through clenched teeth, every word laced with icicles.

"Heaven knows! Absolutely not!"

Li Wei immediately raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

"Big Sister, you're the one who jumped on me like a monkey, choking my neck and screaming for help! In the pitch black, how could I tell north from south?

I was helping you get rid of the rat; whatever I touched was whatever it was. It was purely an accident, an accident!"

His explanation sounded very reasonable, but coupled with the innocent expression not yet fully faded from his face and the glaring handprint on her chest, it looked suspiciously like sophistry.

Qin Bing trembled with rage, her chest rising and falling violently, causing the two handprints on her front to sway up and down with her. The scene was, for a moment, quite comical.

In her entire life.

Over twenty years, she hadn't even properly held a boy's hand.

Today, not only was she pinned down by a scoundrel, but her chest was... was even touched twice by him!

What a colossal humiliation!

Truly a colossal humiliation!

"Then, should I... thank you?"

She asked ominously, advancing step by step towards Li Wei.

"No need for that. It was just a small favor, serving the people, you know."

Li Wei replied cheekily, taking two steps back as he did so.

He had figured it out; this little police flower already disliked him.

And now, after what he'd done, she was a powder keg ready to explode. Reasoning with her was futile.

"Li... Wei!"

Qin Bing completely erupted, letting out a furious roar and pouncing on Li Wei like a hunting leopard.

Li Wei was prepared; the moment she moved, he turned and ran.

"Hey, a gentleman uses his words, not his fists! Assaulting an officer is a serious crime! If you keep this up, I'm going to lie down!"

"I'll make you lie down today! And never get up!"

The two, one in front and one behind, began a bizarre chase in the foul-smelling sewer.

Li Wei, relying on his quick reactions and agile movements, always narrowly dodged Qin Bing's grappling hands just as they were about to catch his clothes.

Qin Bing, consumed by rage, unleashed wide, aggressive moves, clearly aiming to cripple Li Wei.

And she was specifically targeting his lower body?

After chasing for about dozens of meters, Qin Bing's stamina gradually began to falter.

After all, she had a head injury and had previously endured the impact of the car crash and explosion, already at her limit.

She was currently running purely on anger, and now that half of that anger had dissipated, her movements naturally slowed down.

She gasped for breath, stopped, hands on her knees, and glared fiercely at Li Wei, who was also panting not far away.

"W-when we get out, I'll deal with you!"

She spat out a harsh threat.

In her heart, she cursed herself for being so stupid with anger.

Now was the time to pursue the suspect, not waste time with him here.

"Anytime."

Li Wei, however, was unfazed, even raising an eyebrow at her.

In his heart, he muttered.

Her temper is a bit explosive, but... the feel was really good.

The spheres were so large, one hand couldn't grasp them.