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Friday, 24. April

Song Ji Yang's POV

It was 10 pm and I was holding my pants in place while walking with hurried steps down the street towards the next Bus stop. With every step, the pants kept sliding down which was no wonder as they belonged to HaoXuan.

Just when I arrived at the bus stop, my bus came and I sat down on one of the seats. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. After I spent a very long time with HaoXuan in bed, while he was showing me just how hungry of a beast he was, I lost consciousness. But despite that ....

... it was amazing.

I slept with a few women, including Tiff. When I slept with them, it was okay and I was satisfied pretty fast.

With HaoXuan I feel really good but I am only satisfied for a short while before I am in need again and want more. Maybe that was the reason why I gave in to him today. The more often I sleep with him, the more I want to be with him. I longed for his touches and his sweet words he would whisper to me.

Just thinking of this wants me to go back to him immediately but I shook my head. I was not in the right condition to think clearly.

'It's the sex. Because I slept with him am I thinking this. I need to calm down first.' I thought and looked up only to meet the eyes of the bus driver. I knew those eyes. HaoXuan was looking at me like that very often and therefore I knew what the bus driver was thinking. I saw him checking me out and I got goosebumps.

When HaoXuan looked at me like this, I seemed to have no problem with that but when the bus driver is doing it ....

Suddenly I felt sick and just wanted to leave this bus as soon as possible. I looked down on myself and understood why I was getting his attention. The pants and the shirt were too big for me. My chest could be seen and it had a lot of love marks. I also was sweaty and knew I was smelling bad as I did not take a shower before I left HaoXuan's house.

Why? Because I was too embarrassed to face HaoXuan once he woke up. It was I who wanted him so much that I gave in to him. I, who always tried to make him let me in alone. I, who told him more than once that he was just a pervert criminal. I said so much to him and today I proved that everything seemed to have been a lie.

So once I woke up in his arms and realized what I have done, I run away. HaoXuan was deeply sleeping so I sneaked out of his arm, left the bed, and walked into the living room, trying to find my clothes. But no matter where I searched for them, I could not find them. I was sure I lost them in the living room but just to be sure, I searched the bedroom as well. I found nothing.

In the end, I borrowed some of his clothes. They were too big but I did not care as long as I could leave while he was still sleeping. Better wearing clothes which are too big than running around naked.

The bus driver was still glancing at me and because I could not stand it anymore, I get off at the next stop. With quick steps, I walked away. My apartment was still far away but Tiff's cafe was close so I decided to go to her.

The cafe was already closed but I could see Tiff inside, washing the tables. I knocked on the door and once she saw me, she widened her eyes and hurried towards the door. Once she opened it she chuckled.

"Go upstairs before one of your colleagues will see you." She said and shook her head in amusement. "And take shower. You smell like sex." I blushed and nodded at her before going up the stairs.

Once I stepped out of the shower I saw HaoXuan's clothes gone and when I walked out of the bedroom, I saw Tiff preparing a new set of clothes for me. I cleared my voice and she turned around only to flinch and roll her eyes.

"Ji Yang, there was a bathrobe in the bathroom. Do you have to walk around naked?"

"It's not as if you never saw me naked," I answered embarrassed.

"Your lover will not like it. Anyway, I found some of your old clothes, even though they are a few years old, they should still fit. By the way, nice hickeys." She said amused and glanced at my bare chest. I covered it, quickly took the clothes, and disappeared into the bathroom to get dressed. Then I walked out again and found Tiff in the kitchen.

"Seeing you wearing them reminds me of the old days. Are you hungry?"

"You make it sound as if we are already very old. Let me remind you that I am just 25 and you 26, okay?" I said and pouted, making her laugh at me. "Anyway, do you have ramen?" I asked hopefully.

"Of course. Sit down, I will prepare it." She smiled and I sat down at the table, watching her.

5 Minutes later she put a bowl of ramen in front of me and I started to eat right away. While doing to Tiff kept on glancing at my neck, where the hickeys could be seen too.

"Yes," I said and she raised her brows. "I did sleep with him. Happy now?"

"I did not ask you. It was not necessary seeing those.... accessories on your skin. What I am more interest in is the fact that this time you did not deny it when I said your lover". She smiled. "So you finally accepted?"

"He is not!" I said and continued eating. "We just slept with each other twice. That does not mean we are lovers. You are doing it often with different men too. Not every one of them is your lover."

"No, but you are not a one-night stand person. Why don't you be honest and tell me what you feel for him? I mean, it's obvious you like him, or else you wouldn't have slept with him twice. And I bet you are thinking about sleeping with him once again."

"Tell you? And then you run straight to him revealing everything? No, thanks." I answered and continued eating. I heard her laughing and frowned. "What?"

"So you do like him! I knew it. Why do you think I would reveal your feelings?"

"You already told him my address and you keep pushing me to him. You are on his side and act as his servant to help him taking control over me."

"Come one, sweetheart. Now you are childish. I admit I did tell him your address and I indeed keep pushing you towards him but I am not on his side but yours. I just want you to find your happiness. I can see that you want him and I am happy to see that he wants you just as much. He likes, no, he loves you, Ji Yang. Open your eyes and see what you are about to miss because of your stubbornness." She said firmly and looked deep into my eyes to show her seriousness.

I chewed on my underlip.

"Moreover, he does not need me to help him taking control over you. He can do that alone just fine. But he is not doing it at all. You are just thinking he is controlling you because you don't want to admit that you like him, that you desire him. But you do, Ji Yang, don't you?"

".... I gave in to him" I mumbled and she moved closer in excitement. "I just .... the urge to kiss him was suddenly there. The desire to touch him appeared out of nowhere and I gave in."

"No, Ji Yang. The desire for him, the urge to kiss him were there all along. You just did not notice them because you were not paying attention."

"He took off our clothes and carried me to the bedroom. He said I could still escape albeit his eyes showed clearly that he would not have let me go at all. Yet, despite the small spark of doubt I felt ... I slept with him. And it was not enough. I still want more. I want him, Tiff. I want him ... I want him inside of me." I said and grabbed my hair in frustration. These urges and feelings were too much. Never did I feel them before. With none of the girls, I fell in love before, not even when I had a crush on MianMian.

'Crush? No, I loved her. I still do, don't I?' I asked myself and looked at Tiff. "What is with MianMian? I can't possibly be together with both of them!"

"Sweetheart, first of all, you could have both when they would agree to that. But I doubt it. HaoXuan wants you all for himself. I still get goosebumps when I remember him looking at me once he found out that I slept with him. Secondly.... forget MianMian already! I doubt that you even truly love her. Be honest to yourself, you just had a crush on her, didn't you? If you compare your feeling for MianMian and your desire for your HaoXuan, which one is stronger?"

"HaoXuan," I answered right away and blushed.

"See!? I knew it." She cheered and looked at me. "Why don't you go to him and tell him about you desire him? Even though I am pretty sure he knows it already, I bet he will delightful hearing you saying it out loud."

"No!" I said firmly. "I need time for myself."

"You sure? Can you hold in the urge to sleep with him again?" She chuckled and I glared at her. I was not sure if I could but I would try. Once I started to think about HaoXuan, my body automatically heated up.

"I am! Moreover, I ... I sneaked out when he was sleeping..." I mumbled and she started laughing.

"I doubt he will like that." She laughed and I huffed before standing up.

"Thanks for the ramen. I will go now." I said and she grinned at me with raised brows. "Home!!" I followed up and left her apartment and the cafe, ignoring her laughter.

Saturday, 25. April

I sat in the car right now driving towards the house of the previous ambassadors. The whole morning was a disaster for me. First I woke up and realized after looking down on me that the dream I had about HaoXuan was more intense than I thought it would be. The last time I had a wet dream was when I was 14 or something. I stayed in the bathroom for more than 40 minutes!

Then, after getting ready for work, I got a message from him. It was a short one and no matter how often I read it, to me it sounded as if I was in trouble. It was just one sentence but with two exclamation marks.

Despite me hiding your clothes you ran away again, my love!!

Reading it again is making me getting goosebumps. That was another fact I realized. Since encountering him I am getting a lot more goosebumps than before but instead of getting annoyed by it, I seemed to find it very exciting.

No matter what I tried to tell myself, I seemed to have fallen for HaoXuan. Or at least I was about to. I thought that maybe staying away from him will help me to prevent this, yet I couldn't stop thinking about him no matter what.

Thirdly, on my way to work, I tried to call my landlord again. I still had the problem with the burst water pipe but now even my heating was broken. Maybe it was an accident or maybe he was in a meeting or something but he rejected my calls. I tried it four times!

Fourth, I encountered the bus driver from last night in Tiff's cafe. He recognized me immediately and when I sat at the counter having my breakfast, he joined me, trying to start a conversation. He was handsome and seemed to be a really friendly and charming person. A few female guests in the cafe were turning to him quite often. But when he started flirting with me and I got annoyed.

When Tiff understood the situation she walked to us and distracted him long enough for me to quickly pay for the breakfast and leave.

Lastly, when I entered the office and walked towards my desk, I saw MianMian's mother talking with the chief outside his office. Once she saw me she smiled brightly and wanted to walk up to me but thankfully the chief stopped her and pulled her into his office. So before she would have a chance to talk to me, I took my files, looked up the previous ambassadors' address, and after telling my colleagues where I was going, I left the police station with hurried steps.

Now I was sitting in the police car and headed towards my destination which would take me three hours. I checked my phone quite often and was disappointed to have no more messages for him or any calls.

Was he angry that I left while he was sleeping? Was he ignoring me now? Did he lose interest in me?

All these questions followed me until I parked my car in front of the house of the first victims of the Halfmoon Thief, the previous ambassadors'.

It was a villa and in my opinion too big for just two people. But rich people tend to live like that, showing off their wealth. Years ago they stepped back from their position as ambassadors but Mr. Xiao Long was still in politics. He was the Minister of Justice and his wife Xiao Yating was the headmistress of a private school.

I did not call before coming here so I hoped both of them would be home. I rang the doorbell and two minutes later the butler opened the door asking who I was, why I was here, and if I had an appointment.

"I am Officer Song Ji Yang and currently working on the case of the Halfmoon Thief. I am here to talk to Mr. and Ms. Xiao about the theft of the chandelier 10 Yeas ago. Are they home? May I speak with them?"

"Come in and please wait a moment, Officer. I will announce your presence right away." The butler said and led me into the living room. "Would you like something to drink?"

"No, thanks. I just had coffee." I answered and he left.

I looked around and could see that the masters of the house seemed to love art a lot. I could see canvases everywhere in the living room and the hall earlier too. They were of different sizes and different motives.

"Officer Song?" I heard a male voice and turned around, facing the Minister of Justice, Xiao Long. Right behind him stood his wife. I bowed and after we sat down I once again explained the reason for my visit.

"It's been 10 years since the theft. I can't believe that thief is still not caught. But why are you here? We have told the police everything back then." Mr. Xiao said.

"You were the first victims. Usually, that would mean something. I believe that the Halfmoon Thief had a reason for choosing you as his victim. Is there someone who you offended back then or someone who had a grudge at you?"

"Officer Song, we are politicians. We have many followers but of course, there are people against us as well. I doubt we made someone angry enough to rob us. I mean, if that was the case and the thief stole from us because of hate, I doubt he would have stolen a chandelier only. There were so many expensive things laying around, yet he just stole one thing." Mr. Xiao answered and I nodded. It made sense.

"Can you explain to me once again what happened back then?"

"We already explained. It was during the night when he broke into our house. My wife and I were still at a meeting and not at home. He used this chance to steal the chandelier. We came back around 1 am and went to bed right away. Only in the morning when we were getting ready for the birthday party of the president we were invited to did we realize that it was gone. The chandelier was supposed to be a gift to the president. Most of the people, including the president, already knew about this gift and therefore it was quite an embarrassment to announce that it was stolen from us."

"You said you did not notice anything until the next day. Did he not send you an announcement two days ahead? Do you know how he entered the house? An open window maybe?"

"There was no announcement and we don't know how he came in here either. No window was open and all doors were locked. As we were quite rich, we had an alarm system and would always turn it on after locking the doors. As the police did not find any traces of a forced entry, they suspected our servants to be the thief or at least to have let him in. But after a thorough investigation it was proven that except one servant, everyone had an alibi."

"And the one who had none?" I asked a little excited.

"It was the head butler who worked for us back then. He lived in our house together with his 14 years old granddaughter. We gave him a high salary and even paid for his granddaughter's school. They belonged to the family and had no reason to rob us. If they really would have had such intentions, he would have stolen much more things than just this one chandelier. But never before was something stolen. The police suspected him nonetheless but as there was no proof the police could not do anything. The CCTV showed us that he never left his room."

"What happened to him?" I wanted to know.

"We fired him." This time it was Ms. Xiao who answered. "He had to leave with his granddaughter. Even if he did not steal the chandelier or helped the thief in any way, he was present at that time. It was his job to look after the house when we were not at home yet he did not realize that someone broke in."

"Do you know where he lives? I would like to question him too."

"That will be impossible. He died six months after we fired him. He had cancer...."

"And the granddaughter?" I asked. I thought that maybe she saw something back then and could help me but Mr. Xiao's next words were disappointing.

"We don't know. We wanted to take her in after she lost her grandfather. She was just 14 and had no more family left but we couldn't find her. We even asked the police for help but that did not help either."

"Maybe she was the one letting the thief in..." I mumbled.

"Maybe, maybe not. We will never know." Mr. Xiao answered.

"Was there no other way inside this house? All windows and doors were closed?" I asked them.

"Everything was closed and locked. The only way inside would be with the keys but like my husband already said, all servants had alibis and the keys were with them. So it can only be that someone let him in." Ms. Xiao said but it was Mr. Xiao who suddenly frowned.

"Well, that is not entirely true. There was, and still is, a spare key hidden in the bird box in the garden. But only a few people know of it."

"Who are these people?" I wanted to know. I bet with that spare key the Halfmoon Thief came in. Either that or the granddaughter let the thief in. But I doubt that as she did not have a reason for that. At least that was what I thought.

"My wife, our two secretaries, our son, his friend, and I." Mr. Xiao answered and I raised my brows.

"I heard your son was kidnapped and the negotiations with the kidnapped failed. Is that true?"

It was quiet for a while but then Mr. Xiao answered. "That is right. The kidnapper kidnapped our son around two weeks before the theft. He called us often but ... we could not find an agreement."

"Why not? I doubt you did not have the money..." I asked and he sighed.

"He wanted the chandelier."

"The-? Then why did you not gave it to him?" I asked confused.

"We couldn't. It was the gift for the president." The minister of justice said and I first thought I misheard. Their son was kidnapped but they ignored the demands of the kidnapper?

"It was just a chandelier. What is a chandelier compared to human life? Your son's life even!?" I asked shocked but only looked into embarrassed faces. I shook my head.

'They cared more for the chandelier than for their son.... How can they think that a chandelier is more important- Wait! They did not want to give up the chandelier and even gave up on their son. The Halfmoon Thief only steals the what is most important for his victims.' I thought and concentrated.

Mr. and Mr. Xiao were his first victims. But he did not send them an announcement as he did with everyone else. Its as if he wanted to give his victims a chance to protect what was dear to them. But when he stole the chandelier .... maybe ... maybe he did not want them to have a chance. Maybe he already decided to steal it no matter what. Then that would mean... the thief could be the kidnapper!

But he could not have known of the hidden spare key unless ... unless someone told him. The son for example! Or the kidnapper too knew where the key was and that would mean the kidnapper could have been the son's friend. He was missing around the same time...

"What about your son's friend? The orphan who went missing as well?" I asked the couple in front of me.

"It's as you said. He went missing too. We already suspected that he might be the one who kidnapped our son but ... he had no reason to. Indeed, we did not like it a lot that he and our son were friends but we accepted it. If he was the kidnapper and was after the chandelier, he could have stolen it easily without the kidnapping. He was able to enter the house as he wanted."

"That is true too...." I mumbled. "Both were never be seen again? What about the kidnapper?"

"We never heard of him again after the negotiations failed. Our son stayed missing as well as his friend. The police searched for them without any success."

"I heard they declared both of them dead?"

"No!" Ms. Xiao answered firmly. "The police did suggest that but that is ridiculous. Why should we? How can you declare someone dead when his body was not found? We decided against it. Our son is not dead until the opposite is proven!"

I raised my brows and nodded. "Could it be that your son ... that he faked the kidnapping? I read that he was a difficult teenager?"

"He was difficult to handle. We send him to a military academy and later we even thought about sending him to a military school. But despite all that, there is no chance that he would fake his kidnapping! We talked with the kidnapper on the phone. It was a man around.... maybe 40 or something. It was not our son." Mr. Xiao said and I nodded again.

"Excuse me, Ms. Xiao?" A servant came. "The new pieces arrived."

"Great! Tell them to follow me and to be careful not to destroy them!" Ms. Xiao said and turned to me. "I have important things to do. Please excuse me." She said and left. I could see her walking up the stairs with a few people following her with slow steps, carrying canvases.

"My wife and I love art. We buy new pieces whenever we see something we like." Mr. Xiao explained and I nodded for the third time.

"I can see that. I bet half the house is filled with them." I answered and pointed at different canvases inside the living room and in the hall.

"Not that many yet." Mr. Xiao smiled and I frowned. 'We just talked about his son's kidnapping but he and his wife are not even worried about what might have happened to him. But after getting to know that they rather wanted to keep the chandelier than saving their son I shouldn't be surprised.'

I thanked them for their time and left the villa. I climbed into the car and drove back to the station. I parked the car but did not climb out of it yet in fear I might bump into MianMian's mother. I made notes of my conversation with the previous ambassadors and thought about the case.

'I am sure the Halfmoon Thief is connected with the first victims....' I thought and read over my notes. 'Why did he choose them and who could it be?'

Whereas I had no clue when I started this case, I know was sure to have at least a list of suspects. Yet it would not be easy to track them down. There are not many people who could have stolen the chandelier.

There was the head butler. But he could have stolen everything he wanted for years but never did that happen. Why should he steal the chandelier out of nowhere? On the other hand, he could have let the thief in but why would he do that? The only reason could be he knew the thief. But the CCTV showed clearly that he never left his room...

It could have been the granddaughter too. Maybe she let the thief in or maybe she saw him during the act. She disappeared after her grandfather's death and no one could find her. Did she go with the thief or did she just run away?

There is still a possibility that the son faked his kidnapping to get attention. He was a difficult teenager after all. After he realized that his parents would not give away the chandelier, he stole it. His friend could have helped with that too. Both disappeared without a trace.

Another possibility was that the kidnapper was the thief. He wanted the chandelier and kidnapped the son. When he did not get what he wanted, he stole it. The hiding place of the key he could have found out after questioning the son. Did he kill him? Or is his friend the kidnapper maybe? He too knew of the spare key.

That would make 5 suspects.

No, that is not quite right. The head butler is dead, so he can't be the Halfmoon Thief. As the thief was a man, it couldn't be the granddaughter either. So the only suspects I have are the kidnapper, the son, or the son's friend. That is if there was even a kidnapper.

I ruffled through my hair in frustration. 'I have three suspects but how am I going to find them? It's been 10 years already!' I thought and closed my eyes. 'The only possibility is to catch him during his next act in a few days. But how!?'

I sat in the car for another hour trying to figure out my next steps. Unfortunately, there was nothing I could do except waiting for his next appearance.

It was 4 pm when I entered the police station. My colleagues asked me if I found something out and I denied it. Maybe I was paranoid but I wanted to keep my discovering if I could call it like that, a secret.

My colleagues tried to cheer me up and I nodded as thanks before sitting back at my desk. I tried to ignore my disappointment about the fact that this time I was not greeted by a bouquet. My phone too showed no missed calls or any messages.

"Ji Yang! The chief is calling for you." Someone shouted and I flinched before looking up in shock. My colleague looked at me in amusement before shaking his head and going back to work. As I did not want to let the chief wait for too long I knocked at his door.

"Come in!"

I followed his order. The chief was currently signing some papers and next to him stood Officer Wang. He looked at me and nodded slightly before ignoring me again. Seeing him standing in the chief's office made me remembering what Tiff told me recently.

'We couldn't wait so we did it at the police station on the desk in one of the offices. God, this was so exciting. The thought that we could get caught anytime and had to try to keep our voices down. It was amazing.'

I quickly looked at the desk and examined it. When I could not find anything, I sighed in relief but when I looked back at Officer Wang he smirked at me. I blushed and hoped they did not do it on the chief's desk.

 "Officer Song, sorry to disturb you from your work. I have to sign a few more papers so I will make it short. My wife invited you to our house for dinner on Monday at 6 pm. She will cook the dinner and in the meantime, you could talk with MianMian. I will be home at 7 pm too in time for dinner.

Before you say something, my wife already told me about you and my daughter. I am surprised because I did not expect that but as I already knew my daughter fell in love with a colleague of hers, I am not too surprised. I am even happy that she is dating you and not one of the other chaots working here. No offense, Officer Wang." The chief said and after Officer Wang nodded in understanding he glanced at me.

'What is going on? Since when am I dating MianMian?' I thought appalled before remembering MianMian's mother who saw us kissing. 'She thinks I am dating her daughter and told the chief?'

Just as I wanted to deny that I was dating his daughter, the phone rang and the chief sighed.

"I am signing already as fast as I can." He mumbled and looked at me and Officer Wang. "It's the police president. I need to answer that. Officer Wang, I will bring you the documents later. Officer Song, as I know that you have your day off, tomorrow, I will see you on Monday. In the evening, the latest. Please excuse me now." He said and after signaling us to leave, he answered the phone.

"Yes, Sir?"

In front of the chief's office, I tried to think of a way to cancel that stupid dinner. I was not dating MianMian at all! I chewed on my underlip when I heard Officer Wang's voice.

"You are dating the chief's daughter? Your lover will not like this..." He said and walked away before I could deny it.

"Can this day get even worse!?" I asked myself in frustration and sat in front of the chief's office to wait for him to come out. I need to clarify this mistake.

He came out 30 minutes later and it seemed he was in a hurry.

"Officer Song? You are still here? Your workday ended 20 minutes ago, right? Go home and rest."

"Chief! Officer Wang called because of the papers?" A colleague said and the Chief frowned.

"Right! Almost forgot." He said and disappeared into his office. He came out with a bunch of papers and handed them to my colleague. "Here. Give them to him. I need to go to the police president now!" He said and run up the stairs not giving me any time to talk to him.

I looked for MianMian but the others told me she already went home so I called her. I did not expect her to accept my call but surprisingly she did.

"MianMian, I need to-"

"I know and I am sorry." She interrupted me right away. "I was drunk and ... well, I guess I lost control over myself for a minute. I shouldn't have kissed you without your permission. I wanted to apologize earlier already but... I was too embarrassed to face you so I avoided you. I hope that we can still talk with each other and behave normally despite that incident. I am really sorry, Ji Yang."

I smiled. "Deal. You should work on your alcohol tolerance, MianMian. But this was not the actual reason I called you. It's about the dinner."

"Dinner? What dinner? I know I was pretty drunk but I still can remember everything I said and did. I am sure I did not invite you for dinner..... but if I did so then please forget it. Just pretend I never asked you out, okay?" She said and I could not only hear how embarrassed she was, but she also sounded sincere.

'So it is her mother's doing.' I thought.

"Don't worry, you did not ask me out. I think you mother-" In the middle of the sentence I heard a loud peep and when I looked at my phone the display was black. "What the...?" I tipped on the screen and realized that my phone's battery died. I remembered that I did not charge my phone the night before as I was busy with something else.

I sighed in frustration and decided to talk to MianMian once I charged my phone. Then I took my things, left the police station, and walked towards the next bus stop.

I hated it that I could not afford my own car and had to use the bus or taxi.

'I will save up money and buy a used car. That should be enough.' I thought and waited for the bus.

The moment I stepped into my apartment I noticed that the buckets were empty. It was still dropping water from the ceiling but strangely the buckets were empty. I knelt and touched the floor, it was wet.

I frowned and decided to quickly charge my phone to call my landlord. It was slowly time that the water pipe gets fixed! And my heating too! And the floor too. The water seeped into the floor and there was a slightly putrid smell.

Just when I plugged in my phone and put it on the coffee table, blackness covered my eyes. I flinched in shock and tried to move away, yet the person behind me held me in place while covering my eyes with something soft.

"What the hell! Who are you and how did you come into my house, you son of a bitch!!?" I yelled and fought against that person's grip. To be honest I was scared as hell but I did not want the assailant to realize that.

"I really love with when you use foul language, my love. And I love it even more that you did not change the code of the door." I heard HaoXuan's voice and calmed down instantly. It was not an assailant... well, technically it was but not the kind I should be scared of... I think.

I heard him chuckling before turning me around and pressing his lips on mine for a hungry kiss. I couldn't see anything but blackness. My hands were bound by his own behind my back so I could not even push him away. Not that I thought about doing that when he was kissing me this hungrily.

He sucked my bottom lip between his teeth and nipped erotically. He wasn't gentle. His touch was demanding. My breath came in ragged spurts as his mouth left mine. He burned a trail down my neck and sank his teeth in my neck.

"My love, I warned you multiple times. How dare you run away again? Do you know how it feels to wake up in the morning and realize that my boyfriend is not sleeping next to me?" He mumbled against my lips and bit them hard. I winced and moved my lips out of his reach.

"Who is your boyfriend?" I asked out of breath and felt him pulling me closer.

"After all that happened yesterday you are still being stubborn? I guess I have to punish you for running away once again." He said and tugged on my uniform. "This time I will make sure you can't run away, my love."

With quick movements he opened my pants and pulled them down my legs, my briefs following right away. Then his hands wrapped around my member and started to stroke me to wake it up. I bit my lips to prevent any noises from coming out of my mouth.

With his teeth he opened the buttons on my uniform and licked over my chest multiple times, nibbling softly on my skin. I shuddered and felt my nipples hardening.

"You are ten times more sensitive when your eyes are covered, my love. I like this...." HaoXuan said amused and kept nibbling my chest. He let go of my hands and moved his left one towards my butt. I grabbed his shoulders and my breath caught up in my throat when he thumbed my nipple. The pleasure was radiating in all directions and my member was rising in his right hand. Then he let go of my front part and started kneading my ass with both his hands. His hot breath blew over my nipple tightening it unbearably. I dug my nails into his shoulder in anticipation but still, he didn't suck it into his mouth.

Before I could stop myself I moaned in frustration. "Please...." I gasped out and moved my chest closer to where I believed his mouth was.

I could hear him laughing in amusement about my reaction to his touches and it annoyed me. I gritted my teeth. Hell, I was annoyed about myself. How could I fall so low and beg him to touch me?

"Please what? Tell me what you want, my love." He said in a hoarse voice.

"You asshole...." I cursed and he squeezed my butt hard. "Angh..." I moaned. I couldn't stand it anymore and raised my hands to take off the blindfold. I was not even close to it when he stopped me by grabbing my wrist. He then turned me around and a few seconds later my back gently hit a wall. Before I would say something, he turned me around again and took off the shirt of my uniform to tie my hands up behind my back. My pants as well as my briefs were long gone. When I heard a satisfied grunt he turned me back.

He blew over my nipple and I could feel them hardening much more.

"HaoXuan! Please...." I moaned, begging him to stop teasing me.

"Please what, my love? You have to tell me or else I don't know what you mean."

I closed my eyes and forgot about everything else but the desire I had. "Your mouth. Please... I want your mouth there!"

"Here?" He asked and kissed the middle of my chest. "Or here?" He kissed the area right above my nipple.

Losing my patience I shoved my chest forward and my nipple bumped against his lips.

"Oh, you mean here." He finally started sucking my nipple into his mouth and Pleasure was running through my body. I moaned.

Currents of fire streaked down my belly and into my pelvis. 'How!? How can I be so close to coming when he had only sucked my nipple?' I thought desperately and when he squeezed my member in the same rhythm as he sucked on my nipple, I came into his hand. I managed to keep standing but mostly because of HaoXuan holding me.

"That was fast. We just did it yesterday and yet you were already missing me this much? "

He was right. The need I had for him, his touches and kisses... they would grow with each hour I was not with him. I did not know when it happened but to be honest, right now I did not care. All I wanted was for him to touch me, to kiss me, to extinguish the fire in me.

"Do you want me, my love?" He asked with a hoarse voice. I shuddered and suddenly I felt the room getting hot. I nodded, waited in anticipation. For a while, it was quiet before I felt a cool breeze gracing my body. 'Did he open the window?'

Suddenly I felt his hand on my shoulder, pressing me down until I knelt on the floor. He grasped the back of my head and with an urgent push he guided his cock into my mouth. I let out a harsh groan as he slid it into my throat.

I was shocked. Never in my life did I expect this to happen. I never did something like this before but despite the shock I felt, I was strangely fascinated. His hand at the back of my head pushed forward, sliding his erection deeper inside

He smelled musky and wild, tasted erotic. I could feel the excitement running through my body and I asked myself just what happened to me for being like this.

I did not know what to do. I had no references, nothing. So I just did what my feeling told me to do. My tongue slid down his length, circling for while, and then I sucked on it. As if it were his lips. I knew I was leaking at my front but I ignored it.

"Goddamn," he mumbled as he got even harder.

This encouraged me so I did not wait for him to set the pace. Somehow I was eager to explore him on my own. I made light sucking noises as I took him deeper into my mouth.

But there was a limit. He was big and hard and therefore I couldn't take him all. He rocked his hips forward and thrust with more urgency.

"You still need to learn a lot but despite that ... you feel so damn good." He said and slid rapidly back on forth until I heard his tortured whisper. "Oh, my love... I am close..."

I felt it too and wanted to move back, yet he did not let go of me and so I felt the light seep of fluid in the back of my throat seconds later. As there was no way to retreat, I had to swallow it and once I did, he pulled away.

I cough. He held my chin and moved my head up for a deep kiss. His tongue war roaming through my mouth. Once he had enough he moved away and pulled me up. Before I could even fully understand what just happened, he untied me and I felt his hands on my thighs. He lifted me up and after a few steps, I felt my back hitting something smooth, something cold. I couldn't see anything. I only felt the cold breeze hitting my naked body and when I tried to find something to hold onto, my hand knocked against the wall behind.

Only that it was not a wall but a window, the big window in my living room he opened not long ago. I was horrified.

"No, HaoXuan! Not here! They will see-"

It was too late. I had no time to finish the sentence as the moment I opened my mouth, he had sunk his arousal deep inside me. I shouted out his name while wrapping my arms around his neck. His palms cupped my butt, squeezing, lifting as he plunged deeper.

"HaoXu-... neighbor... see us...." I couldn't even form a sentence, too hard was he plunging into me. I wasn't going to last. I was too aroused by what happened since the moment I stepped into my apartment.

"Let them see you, my love. Let them see how beautiful and arousing you are. Let them see what they will never have." He said and moved faster.

I moaned, bit my lips to keep the cries of pleasure as low as possible. I gripped his shoulder harder as he hit my weak spot multiple times. I couldn't hold on any longer. My stomach tightened and every muscle in me exploded in pleasure. I came onto his chest, yet he ignored it. He rocked me against the window, driving harder until he came as well.

He pulled out and turned me around. My forehead leaned against the glass, his hands roaming over my chest.

"My love, I am not sure if I should feel proud that someone is checking you out or if I should kill him for daring to set his eyes on you. Tell me, do your neighbors usually look at you as if they want to eat you up?" HaoXuan whispered against my ear.

"No!" I cried out, wanted to move away from the window. "Please...." I begged him but he showed no mercy. How should I ever face my neighbors again if they saw me like this?

"The guy living on the ground floor looks like as if he is already in his fifties.... what a pervert old man. And both, the woman living in the apartment next to him as well as the man who lives across from you. They are looking at you way too greedy...." HaoXuan said in a dangerously low voice.

"HaoXuan...." I pleaded and I heard him growling seconds later.

"What do you think about giving them a show they will not forget anytime soon, Officer? They already saw us anyway."

'He can't be serious!' I thought but I had no time to answer as he already entered me again. He pressed me against the glass and sucked on my back while he kept plunging deeper and deeper. With one hand he held me in place, the other was stroking my front with fast movements.

I pressed my mouth close, I bit my lips, I even covered my mouth with my hand yet nothing worked. The more I tried to prevent any noises to come out, the faster he would move, hitting my sweet spot over and over again.

The fact that I could not see anything but having to know that I was watched by my neighbors.... It was just too much to handle.

"Ji Yang, my love. How come you are even more aroused than before? Can it be .... that you like it when someone watches us?" He asked me amused.

"S-hut the f-fuck u-up." I answered and moaned loudly feeling him getting even harder inside me.

"I wish to hear your foul language more often, Ji Yang. It turns me on."He moaned, grabbed my hips tightly, and hit my spot hardly multiple times until we both came at the same time. I fell directly into his arms. I was dead tired but when he laid me on the floor I knew he was not done yet.

"HaoXuan, wha- Ahng!!" I arched my back when I felt him wrapping his mouth around my tail. I wanted to tear down the damn blindfold but he prevented that my holding my wrist tightly against my stomach. His other hand he used to enter my hole with his fingers and when he started to nibble at the tip of my cock while hitting my sweet spot with his fingers, I lost it.

I arched my back and came into his mouth right before I must have fallen asleep.

Monday, 27. April

I woke up with an aching body. I couldn't move at all. I noticed that he finally took off the blindfold and when I looked to my side, I found no traces of HaoXuan.

'Don't tell me he left after torturing me!?' I thought angrily.

I barely could remember anything else than him filling me up. Seriously. All I did was sleeping, eating and getting fucked by him. Excuse my language.

Whenever I lost conscious he must have left to buy food because once I woke up, he would always feed me. Not because my body was in pain but also because that freak tied me on the bed.

Well, at least he did not keep doing me in front of the window. I still couldn't believe that my neighbors saw me in this situation. It were only three of them but still... how am I supposed to face them again? How!?

Despite the pain, I tried to get up but I gave up once I realized that I was still tied up. 'I will kill him! I am so going to kill him! How dare he leave me here without untying me!?'

Just as I wanted to scream in anger I heard the door open and a fully clothed Haoxuan entered my bedroom.

"Good morning, my love. Did you sleep well?" He asked, sat next to me on the bed, and finally untied me. Despite the pain, I jumped up and wanted to hit him but he must have seen this coming as he dodged my hand. "It seems you have enough energy for another round." He stated amused and I paled.

"W-hat are you? A monster?" I asked and he laughed.

"No. I am in love." He answered and pecked my lips softly. "Hungry? I brought breakfast."

My stomach answered with a loud growl and I blushed in embarrassment.

"We did so many naughty and dirty things the last two days and yet you get embarrassed over something like this? You are so cute." He chuckled and I widened my eyes in horror.

"T-t-two days?"

"It's Monday, my love. 5 pm." He answered and I wanted to scream at him but he stopped me with a long and gentle kiss.

"Don't worry, Ji Yang. Your colleagues already know you will not come today. I let someone deliver the message that you are sick." He said and lifted me. "Before we eat, let's take a shower. A bath would have been better but as you don't have a bathtub, a shower will have to do."

I struggled in his arms. "HaoXuan, no!"

"I will not touch you, my love. I just don't want you to slip or something and I believe you will need my help. I know I might have overdone it the last days." He said as he carried me into the small bathroom. I glared at him but did not say anything.

He kept his promise and did not erotically touch me. As I barely could stand, he held me tightly while helping me to shower.

After the shower, he left me sitting in the bathroom to change the bedsheets before carrying me back to bed. He gave me the breakfast and as I was really hungry, I dug in while he watched me satisfied.

'I can't believe we did it for two days... No wonder my body hurts like this.' I thought but couldn't ignore the feeling of satisfaction and happiness. I couldn't stop myself from suspecting that I might have started to have feelings for this criminal. Stupid, isn't it?

"Why did you do it?!" I asked him after breakfast without specifying my question. He should know what I mean.

"You mean letting your neighbors watch us? Call it punishment, if you want. But for real, how can you have such pervert neighbors? That woman even pleasured herself!" He said and shook his head. I paled.

"And you are not a pervert?" I asked in him and he winked at me.

"I guess I am. But only with you, my love." He kissed my lips softly and I noticed how I closed my eyes. When he wanted to move away, I chased after his lips, carving for another kiss. He granted my wish.

We kissed for a long time. It was not a hungry kiss but a very soft one. His hands were gently stroking my cheeks and mine were holding the back of his head.

"Song Ji Yang.... I love you so damn much...." He mumbled against my lips.

I didn't think about anything when I blurted out my answer. "I love you too."

He stopped kissing me and I widened my eyes in shock. Even wider than his.

I pushed him away, tried to leave the bed to hide in the bathroom or something but he did not let me go. I tried to hide under the blanket but he pulled it away. So I quickly took my pillow and covered my face in shock and embarrassment.

'Why did I say that? He is a criminal! A pervert one who stalked me and harassed me! Why would I fell for him!? It must be a mistake! Surely it is.' I thought to myself but my heart kept telling me that I was lying.

"Say that again, Ji Yang. I want to hear it again, please." HaoXuan begged me and tried to remove the pillow.

"I did not say anything!" I answered.

"You said you love me."

"That was a lie!" I said and heard him chuckling.

"No, that was a lie. You love me, my cute Officer." He answered and tugged on the pillow.

"No! I don't love you!" I insisted.

"My love, look at me. You said you love me. If you don't, then why did you say it?"

"It's the sex! Yes, the sex! I love the sex with you! Just the sex, nothing more." I said and thought that I sounded logical.

"Really? Then how about you take the pillow away and say this once again from face to face?" HaoXuan demanded, hovered above me, and tore away the pillow. "Say it again, my love."

I stared into his beautiful eyes. He was waiting for my answer but I did not dare to my mouth, scared I might say the wrong thing.

"Ji Yang, do you love me? Or do you love the sex?" He asked seriously.

'The latter! It was definitely the latter!' I thought determined but my lips betrayed me.

"You..." I answered silently. He smirked at me before kissing me again, this time more passionately.

After we kissed for a long time, he laid on top of me and closed his eyes. We stayed like this for a while and I kept trying to figure out when it happened. When the hell fell I in love with him?

"Ji Yang, my love..." I heard him calling me,

"Hm?" I asked.

"I will not let you leave this house today." He said and I widened my eyes.

"Was the last two days not enough!!" I shouted and he laughed.

"Who is the one thinking about sex all the time!?" He asked me amused before looking at me seriously. "You said you love me! So break up with her!" He demanded and I frowned.

"Huh? With whom?"

"Don't you dare to cheat on me, Officer. I will find out and the punishment I will give you will be very bad for you."

"What punishment? What the hell are you talking about? I am not dating anyone right now!"

"I am talking about that witch called MianMian. You will call her and break up with her immediately. I also will not allow you to attend the dinner with her and her parents. Remember one thing, Song Ji Yang. You! Are! Mine!" He said and looked straight into my eyes.

I blinked in confusion. 'How did he know about the dinner?' I glared at him.

"Firstly, I am not dating her! The dinner was a misinterpretation of MianMian's mother! Secondly, she is not a witch but my colleague and thirdly! Stop stalking me, goddammit!! How did you know about the dinner?"

He looked at me searchingly and when he realized that I was not lying he smiled and kissed me. I turned away in annoyance.

"My love, if it's about you, there is nothing I don't know. My eyes and ears are everywhere. I am sorry when I hurt your feelings but it is obvious that this woman has feelings for you...." He did not finish his sentence but kissed my neck instead. "I just love you so much."

I did not react to that. I still was too embarrassed with the recent discovering of my feelings for him. Was it even a recent discovering? I was not sure....

 After a few hours, the pain subsided and I sighed in relief. I closed my eyes and almost drifted into sleep when I heard HaoXuan calling me.

"Are you still in pain?"

"Now you are worrying? Why the hell did you have to be so aggressive then?" I asked and he smiled.

"You were looking so delicious and when I started, I couldn't stop. I am happy you decided to keep the code for the door." He smirked and I looked away.

"I just forget to change it," I said and tried to figure out how I could forget something this important.

"If you say so...." He answered amused. "But Ji Yang, since when did you have the problem with the burst water pipe?"

"A few days. The landlord promised to send someone over but no one came yet."

"How about you call your landlord again?"

"He is not picking up. Probably busy. I am sure someone will come in the next few days."

"Something has to be done immediately, my love. I wouldn't be surprised if mold has formed already. Don't you smell the notice the putrid smell in your living room? How about you hire someone and send an invoice to your landlord."

"I did smell it but it is not that bad yet. I don't have money for that but I am sure someone will come soon." I insisted and heard him sighing.

"I don't like it when you live here in this rotten apartment... How about you move in with me?" He asked and I looked at him in disbelieve.

"Are you crazy? Why should I? There is no need to. I lived here for over 4 years and it is not that bad. It's just a burst water pipe."

"Ji Yang, please. Be reasonable. You will get sick sooner or later if nothing happens."

"I am reasonable. I will call the landlord tomorrow again and ask him when someone will come. There is no reason for me to move in with you."

"There is. You are my boyfriend and we will move in together in the future anyway. So why not right away? You know how big the house I live in is and I am pretty sure my friend has nothing against it when you move in. Please, my love. Let's move together. Move-in with me..."

"Who said I am yo-"

"Don't you dare to finish that sentence, Officer! Or do you want me to show you all over again that you are my boyfriend?" He asked me in a dangerously low voice while his eyes were eyeing me hungrily. I gulped and shook my head.

"You beast..." I mumbled and saw him grinning. "Fine, we are boyfriends but I will not move in with you! I like to live here!" I said, even if that was partly a lie. It was not the best place to live in but it was the cheapest I could afford.

"Oh? You like it here? Even now after your neighbors saw you naked and being fucked by me?"

My face turned red and I glared at him. "WHOSE FAULT IS IT, YOU ASSHOLE!!" I yelled at him in anger and embarrassment.

HaoXuan laughed and jumped out of the bed when I tried to hit him.

"I will go now, my love. I mean it when I said I want you to move in with me. If you changed your mind, call me. Anytime." He said and left with a smile.

I waited until he was gone before I cursed at him loudly. I decided to try my best to not meet my neighbors at any cost.

Tuesday, 28. April

Thankfully my body did not hurt anymore and I jumped out of my bed, run towards the bathroom, and climbed into the shower.

Once I was done, I got dressed and packed my things. Then I dialed the number of the landlord who did not accept it. I frowned and tried it again and again until I finally heard his voice.

He was not happy that I called him so often but I did not care and reminded him about the burst water pipe. I could hear how annoyed he was but he promised to send someone over the next day before cutting the call.

He was probably the most annoying landlord but I had no other way than to wait for his people to come. Just as I wanted to leave, someone rang my doorbell. When I looked through the peephole I flinched seeing the old neighbor, who lives on the ground floor, in front of my door. I carefully stepped away and waited for him to leave.

Once he has gone I quickly sneaked out of my apartment and the building and run towards the next bus stop while inwardly cursing at my newly appointed boyfriend.

Duo to my neighbor I had no time to get a quick breakfast at Tiff's Cafe and went directly towards the police station. To my surprise, MianMian waited for me at the front door.

"Are you better?" She asked worriedly and I nodded.

"All is good. Thanks." I answered and saw her smiling in relief.

"Good to hear. Listen, I figured out yesterday what you mean with dinner when we talked on the phone on Saturday. I am sorry. My mother somehow started to believed we were a couple. I didn't know about the dinner until yesterday evening. I already told my mother that were are not dating but you know how stubborn she is. When she comes to you, call me immediately. I will handle her. I am really sorry for the misunderstanding." She said and I smiled.

"It's okay. As long as she knows the truth now. But do me a favor, please... Don't let me alone with her..." I said and she giggled.

"Promise. For the next three days, she is on a business trip so rest assured. Now we better go in."

"Did something happen?" I asked when I heard the worry in her voice.

"Yes. In case you forgot, in two days is Halfmoon. The thief announced his next victim this morning."

I widened my eyes and run inside the police station where the chief and my colleagues were waiting for me already.

To be continued...

That's it again. I will upload a mini-chapter tomorrow ... well, later today. It's going to be really short and will be about the Halfmoon Thief and his decision on who the next victim will be. 

I hope this chapter was acceptable after I used some strong vocabulary. I found it weird to repeat the words "member" or "arousal" too often. ^^ 

Now we know a little bit more about the Halfmoon Thief's first victims and what might have happened back then. 

The next (big) chapter will be about Yibo again and like I already said, I will not go too much into the details about his stay in Myanmar. I doubt it will be interesting having the princess clinging onto Yibo all day long.

And .... as you probably realized already, this book is slowly reaching its end. I guess up to 10 more chapters, probably even less. But definitely not more than 10. 

A short chapter is coming out in a few hours and the next big chapter will be next Saturday. I hope to see you there again <3 <3 <3

Now I am going to sleep. It's almost 1 am here ^^

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