Chapter 45

"Ha ha, thank you for your kindness, Sister Lan. Don't look at me as if I don't talk much, but actually, I have a rather impulsive nature. Being a police officer isn't suitable for me." Xia Yunjie couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time when Qin Lan tried to persuade him to become a police officer again.

If he really wanted to make a living using his superpower, what was a police officer to him?

Seeing that Xia Yunjie really didn't want to be a police officer, Qin Lan could only sigh regretfully, "What a pity for your talents."

Xia Yunjie smiled at her words without refuting them.

After Ye Tianlong's interruption, Qin Lan lost her interest in drinking. The two of them finished the remaining half bottle of beer, ate some food, and then paid and left.

Qin Lan paid the bill, which made Xia Yunjie feel a bit uncomfortable. However, she had a higher position, a higher income, and was older than him. When Qin Lan insisted on paying as an older sister, Xia Yunjie could only comply.

After leaving the food stall, the two of them walked barefoot on the fine sand, enjoying the cool sea breeze, side by side along the beach.

The horizon was still dark, but there was a faint red glow beginning to appear, indicating that the night was about to end and the day was about to begin.

The night was quiet, with only the sound of the waves gently lapping against the shore.

As they walked, they unknowingly moved away from the food stall area and the most beautiful and bustling part of Silver Beach, reaching a place with rocky cliffs.

"Shall we climb that rock and watch the sunrise together?" Qin Lan, seeing the rock standing above the sea with the top dry and the bottom being hit by waves, became interested and suggested.

"Sure." Xia Yunjie smiled and nodded, then, with a running start, leaped onto the rock like an agile antelope, making Qin Lan's eyes sparkle with admiration, wondering how he could be so skilled.

Poor Qin Lan didn't know that Xia Yunjie was actually holding back. Otherwise, with his current abilities, he could easily jump up without a running start.

Perhaps it was Xia Yunjie's agile movements that sparked Qin Lan's competitive spirit. She also took a few steps back and then ran toward the rock with her long, shapely legs.

Qin Lan was dressed casually today, wearing a white T-shirt and tight jeans. The jeans hugged her round, firm buttocks tightly, and when she ran, they swayed up and down, looking particularly sexy.

Qin Lan, a graduate of a police academy, was quite agile. With a running start, she managed to climb up the rock without using her hands.

However, when she reached the top, she didn't expect the landing spot to be a bit slippery. She slipped and fell backward.

"Be careful!" Xia Yunjie, seeing this, was startled and quickly reached out to grab her hand, pulling her toward him.

In her panic, Qin Lan, following Xia Yunjie's pull, couldn't help but fall into his arms and instinctively hugged him tightly.

The two bodies, one male and one female, were thus unexpectedly tightly embraced. Two full, elastic mounds pressed against his steel-like chest, and their hearts beat violently in unison.

For a moment, both felt as if time had stopped!

Both realized they should push each other away, but their bodies betrayed their thoughts, and neither did so, remaining in a tight embrace.

"Hey, brat, are you done hugging?" After a while, Qin Lan blushed and pushed Xia Yunjie away, deliberately using a light, teasing tone.

"Cough, cough! Sister Lan, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have..." Xia Yunjie didn't dare to look at Qin Lan. When he hugged her, the full, sexy body gave him an unprecedented sensory impact. If Qin Lan hadn't pushed him away in time, his hand would have already slid down her smooth, soft back to her sexy, firm buttocks.

This made Xia Yunjie, who had just regained his senses, feel guilty. She trusted him and considered him a friend, inviting him to walk here in the middle of the night when she was troubled, but he had taken advantage of the situation!

"Little fool, is this your first time hugging a woman?" Qin Lan, seeing Xia Yunjie's guilty expression, couldn't help but tap his head with her finger, scolding him.

At that moment, she had also been moved and felt a surge of excitement. But she didn't expect that despite his impressive skills, Xia Yunjie's thoughts were still so innocent, feeling guilty over this.

"Yes!" Xia Yunjie felt both guilty and embarrassed.

"He he, no wonder your hands were so restless!" Qin Lan, seeing his reaction, pretended to be experienced and laughed, though in her heart, she knew this was also her first time hugging a man so tightly. As the deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and being about ten years older than Xia Yunjie, she was unwilling to admit that she had never truly been with a man, making her a "nun-like" virgin.

"Cough, cough, I'm sorry, Sister Lan. I didn't mean to, I..." Seeing Qin Lan tease him and point out his restlessness, Xia Yunjie felt even more embarrassed and guilty, trying to explain but unable to finish. What else could it be if not unintentional?

Qin Lan, seeing Xia Yunjie's stammering, for some reason liked this boy who was about ten years younger than her even more. She reached out and pulled his hand, rolling her eyes, "Alright, I'm not blaming you. Why are you explaining so much? Let's sit and wait for the sunrise together."

Holding a woman's hand for the first time, and especially a mature and sexy female director's hand, Xia Yunjie felt a tingling sensation and sat down with her.

"But this time, no more wild thoughts, and no more moving around!" As she pulled Xia Yunjie to sit down, Qin Lan leaned against him, resting her head on his shoulder, warning him.

"Cough, cough, I won't," Xia Yunjie quickly sat up straight. The sea breeze blew, and a few strands of hair brushed against his face and neck, along with the faint, pleasant scent from Qin Lan, making his heart quickly flutter.

"Yunjie, do you sometimes feel that life is tiring?" Qin Lan, gazing at the vast, dark sea, said wistfully.

"I don't really feel tired, but sometimes I think it's not easy for ordinary people to live in this world," Xia Yunjie responded, feeling quite touched.

"He he, I didn't expect you to have such insights at your young age. Actually, it's not easy for anyone to live in this world. Like me, everyone thinks I'm lucky and powerful to be the deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau at a young age, and they envy me. But who knows, I'd rather not be this deputy director," Qin Lan sighed.

"If you don't want to be, then don't be," Xia Yunjie said.

"He he, if only life were that simple," Qin Lan said sarcastically.

"Sister Lan, if you have any troubles, just tell me. Maybe I can help," Xia Yunjie, sensing Qin Lan's mood becoming low again, said with concern.

"You help me? He he, little fool!" Qin Lan, hearing Xia Yunjie offer to help, couldn't help but laugh, then gently tapped his forehead, her eyes showing gratitude and affection.

"Actually..." Xia Yunjie, seeing Qin Lan tease him, felt a surge of youthful impulsiveness and defiance, thinking that a bar worker like him couldn't help her.

"Alright, I know you're good at fighting, but in the political arena, fists can't solve problems," Qin Lan, seeing Xia Yunjie's "naive and innocent" attitude, felt both warmth and amusement, rolling her eyes and then leaning her head on his shoulder again.

"Anyway, if you really encounter any difficulties, just come to me. I'll do my best to help," Xia Yunjie, seeing Qin Lan's words, couldn't insist further. He knew he couldn't really help with political matters and shouldn't get involved, so he said helplessly.

"Alright, I know, little fool! Let's not talk about these things now. Just stay with me quietly like before," Qin Lan, though knowing that Xia Yunjie couldn't help with her problems, felt a warm current in her heart and subconsciously hugged his arm tighter, as if finding a strong shoulder to lean on.

Seeing Qin Lan call him a "little fool" again and hug his arm, with her full, soft mounds pressing against his arm, Xia Yunjie's heart couldn't help but flutter, and he nodded without saying anything.

The two, with a ten-year age gap and vastly different social statuses, sat side by side on the rock by the sea, tightly leaning against each other. To an outsider, they would surely look like a loving couple, but only they knew they weren't.

As for what they were, even they didn't know. They just naturally leaned against each other, perhaps like many others seeking beautiful encounters at Silver Beach. For them, tonight was just a beautiful encounter, and after tonight, they would return to their respective lives. One would still be a bar waiter, and the other would still be the beautiful and cold deputy director of the Public Security Bureau.