Jian Yao is scared.  She pauses for a second:  “I’ll name a taxi.’  She turns, estimates which path the entrance door is and begins to stroll slowly. 

“Wait Jian Yao , I’ve one thing to say to you.” Pei Ze’s voice is coming nearer in the direction of her.  

Jian Yao:  “What’s it that you just need to inform me?”  

Pei Ze out of the blue laughs: “You’re a courageous woman. Wang Wan Wei, you recognize, your predecessor. The 2 of you look alike, however your character is so totally different.”

Jian Yao’s  coronary heart begins to thump.

“Why are you out of the blue mentioning her?” Jian Yao asks with a relaxed voice, “She was your girlfriend?”

Pei Ze replies: “Nah.  You remind me of her.  That’s all. Wait there, I’ll be out quickly.”

She will hear the sound of one thing being wheeled out. 

“The Pei Ze you often see, that’s not the actual me ……” He says.

Jian Yao’s getting increasingly more nervous: ”Then what’s the actual you want?”

“You’ll discover out.  However now, lets the present start.” He smiles.  “Are you able to not inform, it’s my plan all alongside, that I might have some personal time with you tonight?”

“Do you’ve a torch or some candles at residence?” Jian Yao tries to sound calm.

“No, it’s extra enjoyable this fashion.” Pei Ze is getting nearer and nearer.

Jian Yao begins to run in the direction of the door: “! Do come close to me…… ah”

Abruptly, she journeys over one thing.  Jian Yao loses her steadiness and her physique falls ahead to the bottom.  Within the chaos, the listening system has dropped out.  It solely picks up sound inside a small vary.  Bo Jinyan may not be capable to hear her anymore.  And with no lights, he can’t see what’s occurring. She is totally on her personal now!  

She hears Pei Ze footsteps coming in the direction of her: “.. I instructed you to attend for me.  Come, I’ll pull you up.  Abruptly, she feels one thing falling on high of her. It’s Pei Ze.  They each cry out of ache. 

Jian Yao’s  entire physique tense up and shouts: “Get off me!”

Pei Ze shouldn’t be shifting: “Hey, you tripped me together with your foot.  Come on, give me a kiss first.”

Jian Yao can’t bear it anymore.  She kicks him within the chest.  

– Ouch! He rapidly grabs her foot to cease her from kicking him once more.  Jian Yao tries to interrupt free from him, however he’s stronger than her. 

–

After he has misplaced contact with Jian Yao, Bo Jinyan rapidly will get out of the automotive and rush to the condo.  

“What’s the state of affairs like up there?”  He asks by the walkie talkie.  

“No. 1. 3, 4 and 5 has restricted imaginative and prescient the place they’re positioned.  No.2 can see what’s occurring within the lounge along with his infra crimson night time imaginative and prescient googles and thru the telescope on his sniper gun.Suspect  A is mendacity on high of Chook.  Would you like him to shoot?”  

“Suspect A” is Pei Ze code, “Chook” is the code identify for Jian Yao.

Bo Jinyan is strolling into the elevator.  He ponders: “Be prepared, however don’t shoot but.  Proceed to watch.” 

The elevator has gone up two flooring, sniper speaks once more: “Report: chicken struggled, the suspect has grabbed Chook’s proper leg.  Ought to we…” 

Bo Jinyan stops him in mid sentence: “What are you ready for? Shoot!”

–

Pei Ze’s Penhouse Suite.

Pei Ze remains to be not letting go of her.  However out of the blue he laughs: “Don’t be so tense.  I simply need to offer you a shock.”

He lets go of her leg :”Your pores and skin is so clean …… Stand up!  I ‘ll offer you a hand.  Okay Okay, I’ll flip the lights again on.  Comfortable?”

Jian Yao shouldn’t be certain what he’s as much as.  She simply needs to get out of there as quickly as attainable. 

Simply as she tries to sit down up, she hears a small piercing sound.   “What ……? ” He whispers one thing in his mouth.  Abruptly, Pei Ze’s physique falls on her once more.

He lies immobile.  Nonetheless as a corpse.  

Jian Yao rapidly pushes him away.  She staggers to stand up in opposition to the wall.  

…… What’s occurred to Pei Ze?  As she wonders, the telephone rings.  She reaches for her pocket.  It’s Bo Jinyan.  

She rapidly experiences to him: “Bo Jinyan, Pei Ze is unconscious.  I’m not certain what occurred… ”

“Open the door.” Bo Jinyan interrupts her, “I’m standing outdoors.”

–

“You organized a sniper?” Jian Yao seems at Bo Jinyan.  She is stunned.  Though it’s in an effort to shield her.  But it surely looks like his actions are a bit excessive.

He turns the ability change again on.  He walks over to the place the listening system is and picks it up.  

Bo Jinyan leaps over Pei Ze’s unconscious physique: “It’s simply anaesthetic.  He’ll get up in an hour’s time.”

Jian Yao and Bo Jinyan walks into the following room, the place there’s a trolley on wheels.  There’s a white material overlaying the highest.  That is what Pei Ze was making an attempt to push out simply now. 

Bo Jinyan uncovers the trolley.

A Cake.

It’s truly a fruit mousse cake with the phrases Comfortable Birthday on it.   There are candles on the cake, lined by a plastic lid.  Subsequent to the cake is a plastic knife and a few paper plates. 

Bo Jinyan turns to take a look at her: “It’s your birthday immediately?”

Jian Yao is slightly stunned to see the cake.  She nods.  It’s her birthday, based mostly on the Western calendar.  She often celebrates her birthday in keeping with the lunar calendar, as that’s the custom of her hometown.  .

She seems at Pei Ze, who’s ‘mendacity useless’ on the bottom.  He did all that, simply to shock her with a birthday cake? 

Now looking back, these phrases appears to make sense: Tonight program, all the things is deliberate, needed to shock you ……

As if he may learn minds, Bo Jinyan says coldly: “How are you going to make sure he didn’t produce other motives?”

Jian Yao remembers among the different feedback he made… Good pores and skin… kiss me… 

“What ought to we do now?” She asks.  When Pei Ze wakes up, he will likely be suspicious.  Their identities will berevealed!

Bo Jinyan walks as much as her: “Give me your taser.

Jian Yao arms it over to him.  

Bo Jinyan knees down subsequent to Pei Ze.  He pressed the taser onto his again.  Regardless that Pei Ze has misplaced consciousness, his physique moved slightly when the electrical prices went by his flesh.

Bo Jinyan throws the taser again to her: “Solved.  Simply inform him it was you.” 

Jian Yao : “…… alright.”

Bo Jinyan out of the blue reaches down and pull out a couple of hairs from Pei’s Ze’s head.

Jian Yao:    “What are you doing?”

“DNA testings.” Bo Jinyan replies.   “To check with some DNA outcomes from the soil samples we collected from the resort.”

Jian Yao:  “……Oh.”

–

Bo Jinyan takes a fast go searching his condo, then retreats again to the automotive.

When Pei Ze lastly wakes up, it’s previous 9:00pm. 

Pei Ze rubs his head and again, seems up at Jian Yao:” What did you do to me?” 

Jian Yao seems at him: “ Sorry, I carry a taser for self defence.  Now that you’re okay, I’d higher go.” 

Pei Ze stops her: “A minimum of reduce the cake earlier than you go, I particularly ordered it from one of the best cake store on the town.  Or else I received’t forgive you.”

——

Pei Ze shouldn’t be in one of the best of moods after what occurred.  After consuming the cake, he drives Jian Yao residence. 

Jian Yao : “Nicely, thanks for the experience.  See you tomorrow.”

Abruptly she hears  a “thump” sound, the door is robotically locked. Pei Ze turns to stare at her: “In any case that you’ve put me by, a easy apology shouldn’t be sufficient.”

Jian Yao : “Lunch is on me tomorrow?”

“I would like this.” Pei Ze out of the blue leans over towards her and pulls out a couple of strains of her hair. 

Jian Yao:   “…..??” 

Ze Pei smiles: “I feel essentially the most stunning a part of a girl’s physique is her hair. That is mine to maintain, as compensation.  And we’re going for lunch tomorrow too.” 

Whereas within the elevator, Jian Yao thinks to herself…. Bo Jinyan took Pei Ze’s hair.  Now Pei Ze takes her hair.  What is that this all about?

–

Bo Jinyan must debrief his particular pressure.  He instructed Jian Yao he received’t be residence for one more two hours.  Jian Yao takes a bathe and get become her pyjamas.   She is exhausted.  

She plans to attend up for him, however unwittingly falls asleep.

And he or she has a dream.  

Within the dream, a person is urgent down her limbs to limit her actions.  She struggles desperately, however shouldn’t be capable of break free.  The person is laughing. “Hello Jenny.”  He says. 

Jenny is her English identify.

Jian Yao  wakes up in a chilly sweat.  She instantly switches on her bedside lamp.  

Should be as a result of  all the strain from immediately.  

The doorbell rings. She seems on the clock.  1:00am.

She opens the door.  Bo Jinyan is standing outdoors.  

He glances at her. His eyes are clear and sharp as ever: “All the things is again to regular.  Goodbye.”

He turns round, able to go. Jian Yao says to him: “Wait.”

He turns again to take a look at her.

Jian Yao steps ahead, tiptoes, reaches out and hugs him.

Her coronary heart remains to be beating very quick.

She will really feel her arms trembling.  

He simply stands nonetheless for her to hug him.

Jian Yao says softly: “I used to be actually scared immediately.”

Jian Yao is about to launch him, and he or she feels his arms round her waist.  He takes a small step ahead.  Now their our bodies are touching.  She will really feel the  heat of his embrace.

Jian Yao relaxes in his arms. 

She hears his deep voice: “3 snipers, 5 particular pressure brokers.  It’s sufficient to destroy a complete triad gang.  What’s there to be afraid of?”

Jian Yao can’t assist laughing.

Jian Yao lets go of him.  Her face is flushing, however she tries to sound calm: “Good night time.” 

Bo Jinyan smiles: “Goodnight.”

He walks to the elevator.  Simply earlier than the carry doorways closed, he pressed the ‘open’ button.  He seems out and says to Jian Yao: “Comfortable birthday.  I hope you may be… smarter… subsequent 12 months.”

Jian Yao: “What kind of birthday greeting is that?”

——-

All the things was regular the following day.  Jian Yao took Pei Ze out for lunch.  However a lot to Pei Ze’s disappointment, She additionally known as all the opposite colleagues to affix them. 

After lunch.  In Director Bo ’s workplace.  

There are some paperwork on Bo Jinyan’s desk that Jian Yao has not seen earlier than.  

Jian Yao instantly asks: “Are the end result again but?”

“Learn it your self”  Bo Jinyan says with a smile. 

Jian Yao  picks up the file and reads rigorously.

“1. In Zhou Qin’s yard, they discovered a pearl earring;

2. Strains of Wang Wan Wei’s hair are discovered on the cracks of the entrance steps of Lin Yu Xuan and Shen Dan Wei’s residence. 

Jian Yao seems at Bo Jinyan : “How are these evidences useful?  Have you ever already guessed who’s the assassin?”

Bo Jinyan walks as much as her, with a teapot in his hand.  He pours her a cup of tea.   That’s is so out of his character.  He should be actually excited. 

He replies to Jian Yao confidently: “Sure, I’ve figured it out. I must confirm a couple of issues first.  After that, I’ll let you know.”

Jian Yao needs to ask one other query.  However he continues :” Inform Yin Ziqi to rearrange one other assembly for the Buyer 3 Division on the resort.  I would like them to have the identical room association as final time.  And be sure you choose a wet day.” 

“What do you need to do?”

Bo Jinyan seems down at her: “I’ll do a replay of what occurred that night time.”