Detective Su Xiao (Part 1)

　　Su Xiao covered his mouth after what he blurted and revealed a fearful gaze.

　　"Lord San Shen? How did that leak?" I wondered, conjuring countless possibilities in the process.

　　Kong Duan's face came to mind. I did knock him out at Feiyun Hall after he overheard Guardian Long's conversation with me, deleting two hours' worth of his memories, but… I missed out what he said before that because I was busy engaging General Manager Bai in a verbal spar. If my memory did me justice… Su Xiao was standing over Kong Duan after I knocked the latter out. Su Xiao was commended and promoted thanks to that.

　　I contemplated if Kong Duan told Su Xiao about Lord San Shen before he pa.s.sed out. I was on the edge of my seat, but I didn't know how much Su Xiao knew or if he told anybody else. It was too dangerous on many levels; hence, I wore on an aggressive expression and tried to pry it out of him: "What do you know?!"

　　Su Xiao stubbornly argued, "I don't know! I have nothing to say!"

　　Su Xiao tried kicking me, biting me and clawing me fruitlessly because calling it ticklish would be exaggerating. I pinned his hands down and moved on to pinning other limbs until he behaved. I demanded, "Speak! I just heard you mention Lord San Shen! Speak!"

　　"Wh-Wh-What are you talking about? I said I don't know. Release me now!" Su Xiao started fighting back again. His face was red as a result of his painstaking effort. Failing over and over, he began to pant. He brayed, "Ming Feizhen, I'm reporting you to His Majesty for bullying me and reporting you to Vice-Captain to cut your salary!"

　　'This kid is more and more audacious by the day!'

　　"Spill it if you don't want to suffer!"

　　Su Xiao puffed his cheeks and looked away: "Hmph! I don't know anything! I… I refuse to speak!"

　　Su Xiao annoyed me, but his mistake was funny.

　　"You slipped up. If you don't know anything, what are you refusing to speak about?"

　　Su Xiao had no response. Thus, he resorted to shutting his eyes. Seeing the view of his calm expression, I had to repeatedly remind myself he wasn't a girl. Since I couldn't pry the information out of him, he smirked: "How useless can you be? You can't force me to speak. You're only good at one thing: blowing your trumpet!"

　　'You would've pulled a funny face if I didn't have you restrained, huh? You think closing your eyes will save you?! La.s.s, you're too naïve!'

　　I forced Su Xiao's thin forearms together and restrained his wrists with a single hand. His arms were long, but his wrist circ.u.mference was so tiny n.o.body would believe he was a male. I commented, "No masculinity at all."

　　Su Xiao shot me a glare: "Big Brother Ming! Prank me if you will, but don't insult me!"

　　"You think this is a joke?! Either spill it or you can suffer!"

　　Scared, Su Xiao began to struggle again to no avail. To add, the narrow s.p.a.ce of my one hand meant it would hurt when he tried to wriggle inside. A red circle was visible on his wrists from all the friction. Meanwhile, I was oblivious to Zha Pi's approaching footsteps outside the window.