Playboy: Medical and Martial Master

Chapter 148: Chapter 148: Who Is That Man?

Sun Zhe smiled as he looked at Chu Youdie. ”How can you be so sure I’m a good person?”

Chu Youdie met his gaze. ”I told you before... Because Li Changqing trusts you, I trust you too.”

As she spoke, she suddenly let out a lovely laugh. ”Of course, there’s one part of you that isn’t so good.”

Sun Zhe asked curiously, ”Which part?”

Chu Youdie said, ”You like to whore around.”

”Damn it, today I’m gonna...”

Hearing this, Sun Zhe raised a fist the size of a casserole, his face darkening as if he were about to strike her. ”As an officer of the law, you can’t just make baseless accusations. Be careful, or I’ll sue you for defamation!”

”Call me lustful, and I’ll admit it. But say I like to whore around? Not even the King of Heaven himself could make me admit to that!”

Chu Youdie looked at him with disdain. ”And you have the gall to admit you’re lustful.”

Sun Zhe gave a devil-may-care shrug. ”It’s just a man’s nature.”

”I just hope our dear officer finds a husband in the future who’s a true gentleman, the type who isn’t lustful at all.”

At his words, Chu Youdie’s face immediately soured. ”You should go.”

Without another word, Sun Zhe reached out, pulled off his bath towel, and began getting dressed right in front of her.

Chu Youdie’s pretty face flushed red. She quickly turned her head away, muttering, ”Pervert. So shameless.”

As he dressed, Sun Zhe said, ”Actually, I also want to find out what kind of person Leng Yueshuang is and what she’s doing behind the scenes. So, I can infiltrate their ranks and help you gather intelligence and collect evidence.”

Chu Youdie asked, ”And what if she really is that kind of person?”

Her question made Sun Zhe recall his first meeting with Leng Yueshuang—her cold-blooded, ruthless attitude, the way she treated human life as if it were worthless. When facing her, he felt as if he were in the presence of a cold god of death. He had always felt that there was more to this woman than met the eye.

”If Leng Yueshuang is really the big boss behind some of those gangs in Northern Myanmar, then she wouldn’t be a person. She’d be a devil.”

Suddenly, Chu Youdie waved her slender hand, tossing a ring to Sun Zhe.

”Why are you giving me a ring? Are you trying to woo me?”

Chu Youdie smiled indifferently. ”You’re overthinking it. I’d pursue anyone before I’d pursue someone like you. This ring is a miniature camera. The little red dot is the switch.”

Sun Zhe weighed it in his hand. ”It’s quite nice. Made of silver.”

Chu Youdie said, ”Let’s exchange contact information. We need to stay in touch.”

”...”

「In a taxi on a bustling road.」

Sun Zhe looked at the dozen or so missed calls on his phone and the stream of messages from Zhu Yan, and his mood suddenly plummeted.

He gradually recalled the incident at the elevator last night. Not only had he argued with Zhu Yan, but it seemed she had also slapped him.

As the scenes from the previous night replayed in his mind, a nameless rage began to burn in his heart.

I’ve already seen it with my own eyes, yet she’s still putting on an act in front of me.

Stepmom... I never realized you were such a good actress.

If I hadn’t seen it for myself this time, I wonder how long you would have kept up the facade.

”...”

「Yangcheng First-class.」

The moment Sun Zhe stepped into the living room of Villa Number One, Zhu Yan, wearing a long housedress, rushed over and grabbed his hand.

”Where did you go last night? I called you so many times, and you didn’t answer.”

Sun Zhe glanced at her indifferently and shook her hand off. ”My phone was on silent. I didn’t hear it.”

Feeling his coldness, Zhu Yan felt a sharp sting in her heart.

”Have you had breakfast? Stepmom will make you something.”

”No need. I’ll eat out later.”

Zhu Yan bit her lip lightly and lowered her head. ”I’m sorry, Ah Zhe... I shouldn’t have hit you last night. Please don’t be angry, okay?”

”It was actually my first time going to a place like that, but I was really there for business entertainment. It was for work, I swear. I really didn’t lie to you.”

Hearing this, Sun Zhe let out a dry chuckle. A consultant needs to go out for business entertainment? Even if she did, did that mean she had to be all over some man? She’s still acting, even now!

He couldn’t be bothered with her. Not wanting to say another word, he went straight upstairs.

Watching Sun Zhe’s cold, retreating back, Zhu Yan’s eyes gradually turned red as she sighed helplessly.

”Ah Zhe, what is wrong with you? I’ve already explained everything.”

”...”

「A short while later.」

Sun Zhe came downstairs after changing his clothes, and Zhu Yan approached him again.

”Ah Zhe, Stepmom made you break—”

Sun Zhe cut her off. ”I already told you I don’t need any. I have to get to work; there’s no time to eat.”

Patiently, she offered a gentle smile. ”Then let me drive you to the hospital. It just so happens I have the day off today.”

Sun Zhe glanced at her but said nothing, heading straight for the door.

”Ah Zhe, wait! I’ll be right there, just let me change my shoes.”

”...”

「In the garage.」

Sun Zhe pulled open the car door and sat in the back seat. He suddenly felt something hard digging into his hip. Reaching down, he pulled it out. It was a watch.

Moreover, it was a man’s watch.

He gripped it tightly, his entire body trembling.

Suddenly, his gaze narrowed. He looked down at the seat next to him and saw a single stocking. It was half-rolled down, as if it had been stripped off in a hurry.

”Heh...”

Leaving a watch in the car, not even bothering to clean up the stocking she took off... Were they in that much of a hurry?

Sun Zhe sneered coldly as a storm of conflicting emotions brewed in his heart. Imagining Zhu Yan in the car with another man felt like needles pricking his soul.

Just then, he heard Zhu Yan’s footsteps outside the car.

Sun Zhe gathered his thoughts, casually tossed the watch onto the stocking, then pulled out his phone and started playing with it, pretending nothing had happened.

He desperately wanted to confront her, but for some reason, he lacked the courage. He was afraid that if he asked, he and Zhu Yan would never be able to go back to how they were.

「A moment later.」

Zhu Yan opened the car door and sat in the driver’s seat. When she saw Sun Zhe sitting in the back instead of the front passenger seat, her heart suddenly felt hollow.

She concealed her feelings, however, and spoke gently, ”Ah Zhe, Qiaoqiao has the day off, so she’ll be back today too. What do you two want for dinner? I’ll go to the market to buy groceries later.”

Sun Zhe continued to play on his phone, saying faintly, ”There’s no need. I probably won’t be back tonight.”

”Alright...” Zhu Yan sighed softly. He’s definitely still angry.

Suddenly, her brow furrowed. Staring at the ring on Sun Zhe’s finger, she asked, ”Where did you get that ring?”

Sun Zhe glanced at the ring on his hand. ”A friend gave it to me.”

A sharp, sour pain pierced Zhu Yan’s heart. In a trembling voice, she asked, ”Was it... from that person last night?”

Sun Zhe put down his phone and met her gaze. ”It’s just a ring. What’s so strange about it? Aren’t you wearing a wedding ring yourself?”

”I... This is...”

Zhu Yan instinctively covered the ring on her hand.

Sun Zhe’s face darkened. ”Are you going to drive me or not? If not, I’ll just get a cab.”

Zhu Yan said no more and quickly started the car.

Leaning back against the seat, Sun Zhe watched her aggrieved expression in the rearview mirror, and a bitter feeling welled up inside him.

He couldn’t help but remember the first time he had met his stepmom—her gentle and graceful demeanor. When he first came to this home, he’d been worried he would be looked down upon, especially since he came from the mountains. But not only did Stepmom not look down on him, she treated him like family. She washed his clothes, cooked his meals, and even cleaned his room every day...

Recalling these bits and pieces from their time together, his heart ached more and more. He suddenly opened his mouth and asked, ”Who is that man? What is your relationship with him?”

”...”