To be honest, this policewoman in front of me has a pretty solid foundation—not in terms of her work style, but her personal qualities. She fits the standard of a beauty: oval face, big eyes, long eyelashes—basically, she has all the features a beautiful woman should have. What attracts Brian Carter the most is that her figure matches his aesthetic standards. Her chest isn’t very big, but it’s there; Brian Carter doesn’t like those D-cup types, he thinks that’s just a burden. The best is a healthy figure, nothing too excessive anywhere—proportion is most important.

Based on his memory just now, she’s also quite tall. Even though she’s wearing those baggy police pants, they can’t hide her long legs—in fact, it makes them even more alluring. If there’s any flaw in her looks, it’s that her skin isn’t very fair. That might be from years of training under the sun, or maybe it’s just natural. But in Brian Carter’s eyes, this so-called flaw is actually a plus. The ancients were wrong this time—“fair skin covers a hundred flaws” is total nonsense. Skin that’s too pale looks unhealthy. He doesn’t care what others think; Brian Carter himself actually prefers this slightly darker complexion.

But no matter how Brian Carter looks at her face, he can’t shake the feeling that she looks familiar, though he can’t recall where he’s seen her before. He doesn’t dare to ask outright if they’ve met somewhere—that would make him seem too cliché, just making conversation for the sake of it, which wouldn’t help their interaction move forward.

“Is your ear injured?” The policewoman didn’t dwell on the name issue with Brian Carter. While Brian Carter was observing her, she wasn’t idle either—she was observing Brian Carter as well, staring at him very directly and intently. Women have the advantage here; if a man stared at a woman like this, he’d be labeled a creep, but women get away with it—especially if they’re not unattractive. The man being stared at not only doesn’t mind, he even feels a bit flattered.

“…My ear? Oh, right, I got injured at work…” But Brian Carter didn’t feel honored at all. He thought the policewoman’s expression as she looked at him was a bit odd, like she was looking at a plate of badly cooked food—doesn’t want to eat it, but can’t bear to throw it away; wants to eat it, but can’t bring herself to take a bite. What the hell does that mean? Sure, he’s not exactly handsome, but he’s not so bad as to be disgusting. Besides, this isn’t a date—why does she care if he’s good-looking or not? Normally, if anyone dared to look at him like this, Brian Carter would have flipped out, but right now he just has to endure it.

“Don’t move, let me see… Was this a bite?” The policewoman suddenly reached out, turned Brian Carter’s head to the side, and leaned in to examine his injured ear closely—so close that Brian Carter could feel her breath.

The wound on Brian Carter’s ear had already been treated simply at the dormitory hospital in Jiugong—he’d gotten a tetanus shot and the wound was disinfected. The male doctor who treated him also said it looked like a bite, but wasn’t sure. Now this policewoman said the same thing, which made Brian Carter feel a bit uneasy.

The place where he was fishing was a small bay by the reservoir, several hundred meters from the road, surrounded by woods, with not even a path—he’d found this hidden fishing spot himself, there was never anyone around. But since everyone kept saying this, even if he stubbornly denied it, he couldn’t help but wonder if maybe something unclean had come around at night. Anyway, he’d already decided that next time he’d have to find a different fishing spot—no matter how many fish there were, he couldn’t risk it again.

“No way… There’s no one around there. Maybe it was some other animal. There are wild boars, and maybe badgers too. Have you ever eaten badger meat? How about I catch one for you to try someday? It tastes really good, kind of like pork, but more tender. By the way, do you work at the Xicheng sub-bureau or the police station? I have family in the public security system too—both in the city bureau and the sub-bureau’s criminal police team. Even if we’re not colleagues, we’re at least police family.” But now wasn’t the time to worry about fishing spots. Since he’d already struck up a conversation with the policewoman, he might as well take the opportunity to get a bit closer. There were too many people around earlier to get chummy, but now the timing was just right.

“Officer, he’s the one who attacked me…” At this point, the thief sitting in the front passenger seat couldn’t hold back anymore. Great, he’d basically fallen into a den of police—his fate was looking grim.

“Shut up!” The policewoman seemed a bit irritated now, no longer as righteous and imposing as before. Instead, she frowned and snapped sharply.

“Yeah, shut up! Listen, if you don’t want trouble, you’d better think hard about what to do when we get to the hospital. You won’t get any sympathy at the police station either. As soon as they check your address, I don’t believe you’ve always been innocent. All it takes is one call to your local police station, and they’ll know exactly what kind of person you are.” At this point, Brian Carter had figured it out—there was no need to be afraid of this thief trying to frame him. Judging by his shameless attitude, he was probably no stranger to trouble and definitely had a record at the local police station. As long as they got to the station and Brian Carter insisted he was a thief, a quick call would reveal his true colors. Of course, it was a big mistake on Brian Carter’s part to injure him without catching him in the act, but the thief might not even want to go to the station himself.