"Of course, of course!"
Tang Ming hurriedly raised his glass and clinked it with Lin Xue’s.
They each took a sip of wine, just as a gesture of politeness.
"Since you know my big brother, you must be from Songlan City. So why are you here?"
After setting down his glass, Tang Ming looked at Lin Xue in confusion.
"I’m only working in Songlan City; my family is from the Capital City. It’s the New Year’s holiday, so I ca ho to celebrate."
Lin Xue smiled and took the glass Tang Ming had used.
"What are you doing?"
Tang Ming looked at Lin Xue with suspicion, feeling a sense of unease.
"Nothing, really. It’s just a habit from work, don’t mind ."
Lin Xue held the glass up to her eyes and took out a mini toolkit from her handbag.
"What’s all this for? I have a bad feeling about this."
Tang Ming swallowed nervously, glancing at Su Xiaoxi who was also paying attention to the situation, with a look of soone about to cry.
Su Xiaoxi watched Tang Ming and Lin Xue while dancing with soone else. She knew Lin Xue was a cop and was worried Tang Ming might expose his identity.
Lin Xue placed the toolkit on the table, took out a small box of white powder, and then a small brush. She dipped the brush in the powder and started brushing the glass that Tang Ming had used.
"You even carry this stuff around?"
Tang Ming’s mouth twitched, realizing what Lin Xue was about to do.
"Forgot to tell you, I’m a police officer, so I always carry so cri-solving tools with ."
Lin Xue stared at the glass as the fingerprints erged, smiling as she said, "Even though your work ID is real, I don’t believe your story unless I verify it myself."
"How do you plan to verify it?"
Tang Ming watched Lin Xue, thinking that even if she got the fingerprints off the glass, it wouldn’t prove he was Tang Ming.
"Naturally, by comparing fingerprints. Also, I forgot to ntion that Tang Ming was my major surveillance target before, so I stored his fingerprint photos on my phone. Now I just need to compare the fingerprints on the glass with Tang Ming’s to see if you’re Tang Ming."
Lin Xue explained with professional confidence.
"Ahem, it’s not only my fingerprints on this glass. Isn’t it a bit rash to verify like this?"
Tang Ming coughed slightly, protesting with mock calmness.
"Haha, didn’t you see that all the waiters at the party are wearing gloves? This ans the only fingerprints on the glass are yours and mine. And I’m looking for a match with Tang Ming’s fingerprints. No matter how many fingerprints there are, if there’s a match, it proves you’re Tang Ming."
Lin Xue continued comparing the glass with her phone, glancing triumphantly at Tang Ming: "Don’t tell you brought this glass from Songlan City, hence Tang Ming’s fingerprints. That would be too boring."
"Stop comparing."
Seeing this situation, Tang Ming knew he was completely exposed to Lin Xue. He quietly said, "I am Tang Ming; Tang Xin is another identity my brother arranged for ."
"Hmph! You finally confessed, didn’t I say I wasn’t wrong about you?"
Seeing Tang Ming confess, Lin Xue snorted discontentedly.
"Sis, I haven’t done anything wrong. Is it necessary to use the word ’confession’?"
Tang Ming rolled his eyes, complaining, "This is such bad luck, running into you here, sigh!"
"Finally got you once, now tell , why are you impersonating Tang Xin, what exactly are you doing here?"
Lin Xue set down the glass and stared at Tang Ming with a serious expression.
"I wasn’t impersonating him; Tang Xin’s identity was arranged by your brother. As for why I’m here..."
Tang Ming, utterly helpless, briefly explained how he was acting as a shield for Su Xiaoxi.
"I see."
Lin Xue suddenly realized, feeling a sense of achievent after contending with Tang Ming for so long and finally winning this ti.
"In the Imperial City, only your brother, you, and Su Xiaoxi know about this. You have to keep it secret for ."
After his honest confession, Tang Ming soberly reminded her.
"Don’t worry, as long as you don’t break the law, I couldn’t care less about your affairs."
Lin Xue nodded. She was just interested in knowing the truth. Since Tang Ming had laid it out, she wouldn’t be so bored as to expose the truth, otherwise, it would trouble the Su Family and Su Xiaoxi.
"You’re quite sothing, carrying forensic tools while wearing an evening gown."
Tang Ming rolled his eyes at Lin Xue in disbelief, then praised, "But you do look really nice in that evening gown, it’s the first ti I’ve seen it, quite rare indeed."
"There’s sothing even better under my gown, but I’m not showing it to a pervert like you!"
Lin Xue rolled her eyes at Tang Ming, smiling mischievously, "Carrying tools is just my occupational habit, but there’s sothing I have to tell you. Don’t cry now!"
"What is it?"
Tang Ming chuckled, doubting anything could be more frustrating than running into Lin Xue here.
"Haha, the truth is, I don’t have your fingerprint photo in my phone at all; your fingerprint data is at the police station."
Lin Xue laughed triumphantly.
"Y-you tricked ?"
Tang Ming’s eyes widened, staring at Lin Xue incredulously, realizing he’d been played the whole ti.
"So what? Who asked you to act all guilty and confess without pressing?"
Lin Xue lifted her chin smugly, saying, "This is called an investigative technique; it works wonders against guilty suspects."
"Alright, you win!"
Tang Ming shook his head in resignation; no wonder she’s a cop. A lifeti playing the predator, today a sparrow pecked his eyes; indeed frustrating.
"Okay, no need to feel down. I just wanted to know the truth, and besides..." Seeing Tang Ming really getting upset, Lin Xue pretended to comfort him.
"Xue’er, I was just looking everywhere for you. Why are you over here chatting with soone of questionable origin?"
At this mont, an abrupt voice interrupted Lin Xue’s words.
Turning around, they saw a handso young man in a white suit walking over with a few other young n in suits.
"It’s this annoying guy again."
Upon seeing the newcor, Lin Xue cursed under her breath and quickly looked at Tang Ming: "Since you’re helping Su Xiaoxi as a shield, you also have to help deal with this pest."
"Why should I? I got paid to help Su Xiaoxi, are you going to pay too?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Ming was reluctant. Does she really think I’m a professional decoy?
"Hehe, just because I know your secret. If you don’t help , I’ll tell everyone your Tang Xin identity is fake."
Lin Xue chuckled mischievously, confidently staring at Tang Ming.
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