Falling Heart

Chapter 35
"Shen Qing, come here."

Xie Mingchao's voice was still as cool as ever, but to Shen Qing's ears it sounded like salvation.

Regardless of the pain in her feet, she immediately turned around and stumbled towards him.

Shen Qing knew that she must be in a panic now, but when she thought of how many times she had lost face in front of him, her psychological burden was completely removed.

"You can beat..."

Before the question could be fully uttered, her body soared into the air, her heartbeat stagnated, and she subconsciously grabbed his clothes.

Xie Mingchao turned around and glanced at the three who were chasing after them from embarrassment, "I can't beat them, so run quickly."

Shen Qing looked tall, but very thin, and it weighed almost nothing when hugged, so he easily threw away a distance.

She poked her head out carefully and looked back. The three of them were still chasing after each other. The leader was still cursing, and could vaguely hear dirty words.

"Xie Mingchao, this is a straight road, you can't get rid of it."

After running for a while, his voice was still steady, "I know."

The three turned a corner, but they were nowhere to be seen.

The man in the lead spat on the ground irritably, "Separate and look elsewhere."

Three figures passed by the alley, Shen Qing leaned against the wall, and could clearly hear the beating of a drum.

With a trembling voice, she called him: "Xie Mingchao..."

"Don't talk, they haven't gone far yet."

Shen Qing was glad that there were no lights in this alley, and she couldn't see her embarrassed expression, "But...it's too close..."

Xie Mingchao took her to hide in the alley, but the gap between the two buildings was not a sidewalk, and it could barely accommodate the two thin people.

The two were almost standing close to each other. Shen Qing clasped the edge of the wall tightly with both hands, trying to create an excessively close distance, but the faint pain in her ankle made her stand unsteadily.

"Don't move around," Xie Mingchao held her down, and through the material of the clothes, he could still clearly feel the faint trembling of the delicate shoulders under his palm, "They haven't gone far yet."

Her voice was as thin as a mosquito, "You... have been following me?"

"Well, I'm worried," he replied truthfully, unable to see the emotion in his eyes clearly in the dim light, "You are so daring to walk on the path when you are so lame."

Shen Qing hung her head guiltyly, "I just want to go home quickly."

The siren sounded from far to near, and the two walked out at the same time, bumping into each other just right.

Shen Qing's hand touched Xie Mingchao's, and the hot and cold touch made her heart tremble, she couldn't help raising her volume, and said in a shy tone, "Xie Mingchao, take it away!"

Xie Mingchao's voice is different from the usual low hoarse voice, "You hit it first, you move away first."

During the dispute, a bright light shone on the two men, followed by the deafening siren.

The leading policeman yelled, "Hey, what are you doing!"

In the police station, Xie Mingchao and Shen Qing sat across the bench from each other, with a male and a female policeman standing in front of them.

The male policeman held a notebook and asked, "Did you report the case?"

"Yes."

"Tell me what happened."

After finishing the notes, Xie Mingchao took back the picked up backpack.

The two left the police station one after the other. Xie Mingchao took two steps and realized that Shen Qing hadn't followed.

When she turned around, Shen Qing limped forward while leaning on the wall. After the experience just now, her feet hurt even more.

Sensing his gaze, she stopped immediately and stared at him in embarrassment: "Don't look, turn around."

Xie Mingchao squatted down in front of her, "Come up."

Shen Qing froze hesitantly, "Do...what?"

"How long will you be limping like this? I'll take you back on the way."

She turned around him, "It's okay, I will take the big road this time, don't exaggerate."

He got up and grabbed her hand, with a firm attitude, "I'll carry you back, or you come up, choose one."

Shen Qing was in a dilemma, and even wanted to go back to the prison to ask for help, her cheeks were blushing.

She doesn't want to choose either!

"What's the matter, the young couple are still arguing?"

When the police station came off duty, the policeman who had just interrogated them came out. Seeing the two people in a stalemate, they smiled gossipingly.

"Uncle policeman, you misunderstood." Shen Qing pointed to the school badge on the chest of the school uniform, "We are students of Yunhe, we only study."

The corner of the male policeman's mouth twitched slightly, "I'm 25 this year, I'm not old enough to be called an uncle, am I?"

Shen Qing recalled the last time when the young traffic policeman was called uncle, he also had the expression of wanting to cry, so he twitched the corner of his mouth in embarrassment, "Sorry, I'm used to it."

The female policeman saw her embarrassment, and said loudly: "You two stop arguing, I will send this little girl back."

Shen Qing breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you sister."

"See, people can distinguish seniority," the female policeman raised her eyebrows proudly at the male policeman, "You just look too old."

She looked at Xie Mingchao, "Little handsome guy, do you want to go together?"

He picked up the backpack and put it on his shoulder, "No need, since the police will deliver it, it's safer than going back by herself."

"Hey little girl," the policewoman touched Shen Qing and smiled maliciously, "Does he like you?"

Shen Qing was startled when she heard that, her heart skipped a beat subconsciously, "Sister, don't talk nonsense."

"The authorities are fascinated, but the bystanders are clear," the female policeman turned the car key and led her to the parking lot. "He looks quite cold-tempered, but he is very special to you."

"Probably because of guilt." Shen Qing didn't believe that Xie Mingchao was such a superficial person, "The injury on my leg was caused indirectly by him."

The policewoman sighed regretfully, "Oh, that's such a pity."

Before Shen Qing got into the car, she subconsciously touched her pocket. The buttons were loosened at some point, and the photos in the pocket disappeared.

She patted the driver's seat in panic, "Sister, can you go to that small road just now?"

"What's the matter, is something missing?" The female policeman turned the steering wheel while asking, "We picked up that handsome guy's bag, but we didn't find anything else nearby."

Shen Qing spoke at the fastest speed in history, "Maybe it was lost on the way to escape, it is a photo, it is very important to me!"

"Don't worry, my sister will look for it with you."

The car stopped at the intersection, and the female policeman held down the door, "Just wait until you get in the car with your foot injured. I'll help you find it. Describe what kind of photo it is."

Shen Qing remembered Xie Mingchao's advice not to let others see, and insisted on going down to find it by herself.

"As the police, our professional ethics is to protect the privacy of citizens," the female policeman calmed her emotions softly, "I promise not to mention it to anyone."

"Okay," Shen Qing still let go, "It's a group photo, a young woman and a child, I passed by..."

The policewoman came back not long after, holding the photo in her hand.

Shen Qing sat up straight and watched her coming nervously.

"Fortunately, it hasn't rained these days, and it fell near the trash can, but it wasn't dirty," the policewoman said with a complicated expression, "This woman..."

Remembering the promise she made just now, she didn't go any further.

　I won’t change the text anymore, the amount of work is really too big, I can’t bear it hahahaha let’s continue with the previous plot

　　
　
(End of this chapter)