AITAMITB Chapter 17

Zhang Hongyi immediately gave the order, “Early tomorrow morning, take a few people and go talk to two individuals. Also, pay special attention to Shen Zhifei. Try to approach her when she goes to the company, be gentle, and, to maintain cover, she won’t easily confront us.”

The next day, after getting Zhao Xiaokui, who had been soaking in the bathtub, to come out and have breakfast, Shen Zhifei went to the company early.

Although Shen Entertainment was affiliated with the Shen Group, it was a company she had personally established. Therefore, many matters required her personal attention and couldn’t be entirely delegated to others.

“Someone will come to cook for you at noon. Remember to come out and eat. Don’t forget.”

Zhao Xiaokui waved her hand without turning her head, playing with her phone in the bathtub. “Okay, okay, enough talking. Bye-bye!”

Shen Zhifei, feeling somewhat rejected, pursed her lips, reaching over to gently rub Zhao Xiaokui’s seaweed-like long hair. “Play less with your phone, read more books. My study is on the second floor, and you can read any books in there.”

Without looking back, Zhao Xiaokui waved her hand dismissively.

Shen Zhifei couldn’t help but mutter, “Little brat.”

Zhao Xiaokui, who had no secrets in front of her, had completely revealed her otaku nature. When Shen Zhifei came over in the morning, Zhao Xiaokui was lying in the bathtub, with one hand outside, and on the shelf not far from the bathtub was a phone that was being charged with a power bank.

Lifting her lips, she took out the almost depleted power bank and charged it in the living room before leaving.

In front of Shen Zhifei, Zhao Xiaokui, who had no secrets, had completely revealed her otaku nature. When Shen Zhifei came over in the morning, Zhao Xiaokui was lying in the bathtub, with one hand outside, and on the shelf not far from the bathtub was a phone that was being charged with a power bank.

Lifting her lips, she took out the almost depleted power bank and charged it in the living room before leaving.

Alone in the villa, Zhao Xiaokui became more relaxed and carefree, engrossed in swiping through her phone.

Supernatural powers, advancement? What was that? Where’s the joy in swiping through your phone?

Netizens these days were becoming more and more absurd, one generation more amusing than the last. Zhao Xiaokui couldn’t stop herself from laughing at these meaningless but funny messages.

If her phone hadn’t run out of battery last night, and if she didn’t want to charge her phone while playing in the water, she could easily have spent the whole night swiping. With her constitution, staying up all night was no big deal.

Her livestream yesterday had a great impact. Even her newly registered Weibo account gained millions of followers in just one night. The number was still steadily increasing, indicating that the repercussions of the livestream were still unfolding. Qian Wenyi, who had been implicated by her, was quickly ostracized, and numerous artists who had once worked under him came forward to accuse him of wrongdoing. Some even directly sent legal complaints to him.

Zhao Xiaokui’s “frankness” received heaps of gratitude.

She couldn’t be bothered to interact with these uncertain expressions of gratitude, choosing not to respond. Apart from Shen Zhifei, the only followers on her Weibo were a group of comedic bloggers.

Fans who had spent the night consoling her gradually realized something – Zhao Xiaokui and Qian Wenyi had terminated their contract. But who was she currently signed with? Her current demeanor clearly showed signs of someone about to retire.

Zhao Xiaokui, acting like a lazy fish, watched her fans wail. She laughed at silly news and the waves of her body caused ripples in the bathtub water, creating concentric circles of milky-white patterns. Yes, after learning that she could directly absorb the nutritional components in the water, Shen Zhifei had poured several boxes of milk into it.

Today’s Zhao Xiaokui was a fish soaking in a milk bath.

Playing with her phone, Zhao Xiaokui’s ears suddenly twitched, and she turned to look toward the direction of the villa’s main entrance.

“Is this the place?”

“Yes, the surveillance shows she hasn’t left today.”

After listening for a while, Zhao Xiaokui realized that the two outside were here to see her.

After the doorbell rang, she stood up from the water, allowing the snow-white milk to slide off her skin, and she put on the silk robe hanging on the shelf. She ran her fingers through her hair, drying it.

The robe was bought by Shen Zhifei, considering her pain sensitivity. It was made of silk, soft and delicate, like a second layer of skin on her body.

Different from the strap nightdress she wore when she went to the parking lot to save someone, the robe Shen Zhifei bought covered her from neck to ankles, resembling a nun’s attire. It was as secure as it could be, concealing even her neck.

After pressing the doorbell, Lin Bai put away his tablet, took out his work ID, and stood outside expressionlessly.

Standing beside him, Su Mingyue swept her long hair behind her ears and flashed a friendly smile at the camera at the entrance.

Zhao Xiaokui immediately recognized the credentials Lin Bai was holding. “Police? May I ask what this is about?”

“Is Miss Zhao Xiaokui present? We are here to conduct some follow-up interviews regarding the previous incident of a woman falling into West River.”

Zhao Xiaokui raised an eyebrow at the doorbell’s speaker, remaining noncommittal about the woman’s words.

She couldn’t believe that an ordinary drowning incident warranted the involvement of two individuals with traces of extraordinary abilities. They must have had ulterior motives…

After briefly considering the events at the Xinde Building parking lot, Zhao Xiaokui, harboring suspicions, did not reveal them on her face. Instead, she responded with a casual “Oh, okay” before opening the door.

Hearing footsteps, Lin Bai put away his credentials, and Su Mingyue also turned her gaze toward the entrance.

As a female scientist, although she was a technical personnel like Lin Bai, Su Mingyue had not awakened any extraordinary abilities. Therefore, she was just an ordinary Night Guardian, not a Nightguard.

This time, joining Lin Bai on an external mission was due to Hong Ying, the only female in their team, accompanying Zhang Hongyi and others to the Xinde Building. She was used as a detector, so Su Mingyue was temporarily borrowed for this task.

Even if this was just a simple follow-up investigation, the first field mission for Su Mingyue since joining the Nightwalkers, she still felt a slight excitement as she was about to meet her first subject.

Under the gaze of the two, the door opened with a light click.

The moment Zhao Xiaokui looked up, Su Mingyue held her breath.

It wasn’t because of nervousness in meeting the subject for the first time but because she suddenly understood why so many people online, when mentioning Zhao Xiaokui, focused not on her music but on her face.

She had a face that was unforgettable at first glance.

Everyone’s aesthetic preferences differ, and styles they appreciate vary, but upon seeing Zhao Xiaokui’s face, everyone felt the impact of what beauty truly meant.

She looked much better than in the photos, and no meticulously edited and vibrant picture could match one-billionth of her actual beauty.

Lin Bai’s pupils also contracted upon seeing Zhao Xiaokui.

He moved his lips and whispered to his companion beside him, “Golden ratio, perfect symmetry.”

In that instant of seeing Zhao Xiaokui, countless numbers leaped out from his eyes. The two words he used were a complete description of her.

Even after more than ten years in the Nightwalker team and experiencing over a thousand extraordinary events, Lin Bai couldn’t help but be amazed by what he saw.

While humans are considered symmetrical beings, in reality, almost no one achieves complete symmetry. Some have different-sized eyes, some have varying degrees of upturned corners of the mouth, and some have different bone structures on both sides of their cheeks… not to mention fingers of different lengths, slightly different arms and legs, and various areas that seem symmetrical but actually have differences.

A perfectly symmetrical human body is considered a false proposition in the scientific community.

However, the closer a person’s facial features and body approach perfect symmetry, the stronger the aesthetic appeal, and this is beyond doubt.

During missions, Lin Bai had seen many celebrities, and the praised faces among them generally had higher symmetry than ordinary people. But someone like Zhao Xiaokui, who almost reached perfect symmetry, he had never seen.

His current gaze on Zhao Xiaokui was like a hungry wolf spotting a lamb, almost emitting a green glow.

What an excellent subject for research… How did she manage to make herself look like this?

Su Mingyue also whispered, “No makeup, completely bare-faced.”

The condition of Zhao Xiaokui’s skin also surprised her.

She had seen people with good skin before, but none had left her feeling that the phrase “as delicate as condensed fat, fragile as a blown bubble” was as appropriate as it was for Zhao Xiaokui.

Fortunately, both of them were individuals with strong control abilities. After a momentary distraction, they quickly returned to normal.

Su Mingyue extended her hand to Zhao Xiaokui voluntarily. “Hello, Ms. Zhao, I am Su Mingyue, and this is my companion, Police Officer Lin Bai.”

“Hello, Officer Su, hello, Officer Lin.” Zhao Xiaokui shook hands with both of them, getting straight to the point, “I heard you’re investigating the drowning incident. What happened?”

“The girl who fell into the water reported it to the police, planning to accuse her boyfriend of attempted murder. We are searching for eyewitness testimonies and also came to commend you for bravely saving a life.” The excuse had been prepared in advance. The girl who fell into the water did indeed report the incident to the police. Su Mingyue smiled gently, “Don’t be nervous; can we come in and talk?”

“Oh, sorry, sorry.”

Zhao Xiaokui stepped aside.

The two put on shoe covers at the entrance and walked in.

Su Mingyue subtly scanned the scene inside without leaving a trace.

A person’s residence is the most likely to expose certain traits of that person.

Shen Zhifei’s house was decorated in a standard model house style. There was almost nothing haphazardly placed on any surface, making it as desolate as if it could be shown to a group of people at any time.

However, from what she knew, this was the place Shen Zhifei most frequently lived.

In her mind, she vaguely formed a vague concept of Shen Zhifei.

Leading them into the living room, Zhao Xiaokui only then noticed her snacks still piled on the coffee table.

These snacks, stacked like a small mountain, occupied the coffee table like an invasion, squeezing Shen Zhifei’s tea set under the glass.

“Sorry, a bit messy, haven’t tidied up yet.”

Su Mingyue easily understood what she meant by a bit messy. In the entire desolate living room, only the coffee table was filled with snacks, making it look like someone lived there.

After asking them to sit on the sofa first, Zhao Xiaokui wiped her slippers and opened the refrigerator, asking, “Do you want drinks? There’s cola, milk tea, green tea, herbal tea, and coffee.”

“Cola?”

Su Mingyue was surprised that there would be something as high in calories as cola in Shen Zhifei’s house. After all, in their investigation, Shen Zhifei was someone who wouldn’t even take a third bite of meat, abstaining from any snacks, a self-discipline that even Nightwalkers admired.

Thinking she wanted cola, Zhao Xiaokui directly took out two cans of cola and opened one for herself.

With the ice-cold carbonated beverage down her throat, she couldn’t help but let out a comfortable sigh.

Watching a female celebrity gulping down a bottle of otaku happiness water, Su Mingyue: “…”

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