Zhou Quan and Au Wing-yan left the banquet hall side by side and strolled toward the small garden inside Lee Garden.
His eldest senior brother had told him to show Au Wing-yan around Lee Garden, so that was what he would do.
The atmosphere between Zhou Quan and Au Wing-yan was decidedly strange along the way. Neither of them spoke.
It was not that they felt any resistance toward each other, but that neither knew how to start a conversation.
After all, this was only their second meeting.
Although Sergeant Zhou did not deny that he was attracted to the lovely young woman before him, he really had no idea how to express it.
In all his experiences across his previous life and this one, Sergeant Zhou had never been involved in anything like dating.
As far as he was concerned, this question was simply too difficult, thousands upon thousands of times harder than tutoring Chow Sing Sing.
"Bella, how have your studies been lately?"
After walking side by side in silence for quite some time, Sergeant Zhou, normally so decisive in criminal investigations, finally squeezed out this pointless question.
It prompted Au Wing-yan, who had been keeping close beside Zhou Quan with the tips of her ears flushed, to cast him a reproachful look.
She was still a Form Seven student, even if her grades were excellent.
But it was simply in a student's nature to dislike being asked about schoolwork and grades.
"My studies are going pretty well!"
Secretly rolling her eyes, Au Wing-yan said in a clear voice, "I'm planning to apply to CUHK in the second half of the year and study law, just like Uncle."
Ever since Oswald's small Christmas Eve gathering, he had frequently praised his junior brother in front of his cherished girl.