Role-Playing

Gao Teng is too despicable!

Zhang Meizhu felt like she was having a breakdown; she had never encountered such an annoying guy in her life.

She had only spoken her mind, hadn't she? Was it really necessary to keep bringing it up over and over again?

She became completely exasperated. "Are you done mocking me yet? Do you think your mouth is just too good at running? Will you ever stop?"

Gao Teng chuckled, shaking his head with a smug look. "I like what you said way too much. I'm planning on nagging you about it for the rest of my life."

"You!!!"

Zhang Meizhu instantly bristled, her eyes turning incredibly fierce. "Gao Teng, stop being so despicable!"

"Blehh..."

"I..."

Zhang Meizhu's chest heaved violently. Just as she was about to throw a few punches at Gao Teng, the door was suddenly knocked upon.

The two of them exchanged a glance.

Zhang Meizhu walked toward the security door, feeling somewhat puzzled as she looked at the image on the video monitor.

In the surveillance footage, Ma Wei waved his hand and greeted them with a smile.

Zhang Meizhu frowned tightly, turning her head to say to Gao Teng, "It's that captain from the Public Security Bureau."

Gao Teng clutched his forehead, feeling a sudden headache.

Ma Wei's language system was just too outrageous; he had no idea how to communicate with this person.

"Should I open the door?"

Zhang Meizhu hesitated; she was actually a bit afraid of Ma Wei, terrified of hearing something else explosive.

Gao Teng scratched his forehead. "He probably has something to tell us, right?"

Zhang Meizhu closed her eyes. After a few seconds of internal struggle, she opened the security door with the air of someone facing their own execution.

"Why'd it take so long to open the door? Were you busy?"

Ma Wei said with a chuckle, quickly sweeping his gaze over Gao Teng and the girl.

"Yo!"

"Role-playing, you two really know how to have fun."

He stroked his mustache, looking Gao Teng up and down. "Let me guess, are you playing the part of a pervert who steals undergarments?"

Gao Teng: "..."

Ma Wei snapped his fingers. "Silence means consent."

Following that, he shifted his gaze to Zhang Meizhu. "Then you must be playing the part of a sexually frustrated officer? You caught the pervert but didn't send him to prison, instead choosing to use extrajudicial punishment—if he satisfies your demands, you'll consider letting him go."

Zhang Meizhu: "..."

"Oh my, how spectacular."

Ma Wei wiped away a bit of drool, countless salacious images appearing in his mind.

Zhang Meizhu's face turned black as coal, and she squeezed a sentence through her teeth: "Do you believe I'll file a complaint against you?"

Ma Wei gave a light cough and straightened his collar. "I am the deputy director of the Linshan City Public Security Bureau; your complaint must be approved by me before it can take effect."

Zhang Meizhu was stunned, shocked beyond measure.

Ma Wei was actually the deputy director?

Was there no justice left in the world?

Ma Wei smiled slightly. "I'm just joking with you, why take it so seriously?

I know you're just ordinary friends; I can tell that you two..."

"Captain Ma, what exactly do you need?"

Gao Teng walked over, shielding Zhang Meizhu behind him.

Although he could sense that Ma Wei didn't have malicious intent and just liked making inappropriate jokes, Zhang Meizhu was a girl after all, and it was truly awkward to let her listen to such nonsense.

Ma Wei pursed his lips, stopping his joking.

He said, "I'm preparing to pack up and head back, so I came over to let you know that the bounty for killing the monster will be deposited into your bank accounts.

That Green Snake had Tier 3 physical strength, so you'll each receive eight thousand yuan. You should get the money in about two or three business days."

"..."

The air fell into silence.

Ma Wei spread his hands. "Aren't you going to thank me?"

"...Thank you."

Ma Wei curled his lips: "Then it's settled, you two carry on."

He grabbed the doorknob and said while closing the door: "Do continue your roleplay, just don't go too overboard."

Gao Teng: "..."

Zhang Meizhu: "..."

As the door slammed shut with a "bang," Zhang Meizhu gritted her teeth and spat out three words: "Psychopath!"

"Why is a person like that the deputy director? The Public Security Bureau of our city is completely rotten!"

Gao Teng didn't think so. Although Ma Wei liked to say strange things, he was quite responsible at work and didn't have that condescending attitude.

"Forget about him."

Gao Teng said: "I need to go home to change my clothes and then find my bicycle."

"Although your clothes smell intoxicatingly good, the size is too small; it's so uncomfortable to wear."

Zhang Meizhu pulled a long face and gave Gao Teng a deep look: "Have you been infected by Ma Wei? Why is your head full of trash too?"

Gao Teng laughed out loud: "Shall we meet at the sewer? Or..."

"Don't be so troublesome. I'll go with you and take a look at where you live while I'm at it."

"Fine then."

"However..." Gao Teng scratched his head, "The place I live is very, very dilapidated. Are you sure you want to go?"

Zhang Meizhu raised an eyebrow, showing an interested expression: "The more you say that, the more I want to go to your place and see."

"Just don't regret it."

Gao Teng stopped talking nonsense, opened the door, and walked out.

The two took the elevator together and found the bicycle downstairs.

Gao Teng didn't stand on ceremony at all; he straddled the back seat and patted the front saddle: "You ride, I'll give you directions."

"?"

A question mark appeared over Zhang Meizhu's head.

"Is this right?"

"You're letting a girl ride and carry you?"

"Do you have no shame?"

Gao Teng said as a matter of course: "Your cultivation has already reached Level 4, you're full of strength, and I'm delicate and pitiful. Isn't it only right that you take care of me?"

"Heh."

Zhang Meizhu sneered.

Gao Teng tilted his head: "What are you giggling at? Ride."

The two stared at each other for a while, and in the end, Zhang Meizhu chose to compromise.

She got on the bicycle and asked irritably: "Which way?"

"Head..."

Gao Teng gave a detailed route.

Zhang Meizhu snorted coldly and pedaled the bicycle with her long, straight, beautiful legs.

After nearly half an hour, the two arrived at their destination.

Riding into the narrow, intestine-like alleyway, looking at the old, leaning high-rises, the sewage-strewn broken roads, and the power lines tangled like spider webs, Zhang Meizhu's expression changed completely.

She truly hadn't expected Gao Teng's living environment to be this terrible.

It was just so oppressive!

"How could you live in a place like this?"

"I like it."

Gao Teng said: "I just like this feeling of a hard life where you can't see any hope for the future."

Zhang Meizhu couldn't help but look back.

"How hilarious." Gao Teng rolled his eyes, "I live in a place like this, of course, because I'm poor. I can't believe you even had the nerve to ask."

Zhang Meizhu was instantly choked up, finding herself speechless for a moment.

"Stop at that building ahead, we've arrived at my place."

Hearing this, Zhang Meizhu looked in the direction Gao Teng was pointing. This building was about ten stories tall, already severely tilted, with large areas of cement falling off the walls, exposing rusted steel bars.

Yet even so, people lived on every floor, and the rusted security windows were covered in drying clothes, crowded and messy enough to make one struggle to breathe.