Rules of Engagement

Coy followed them out as well. Elsa didn't think too much while rushing to the downtown.

She unfolded the piece of paper in the car. The words on it were scribbled in disorder, but she could tell that it was a stranger's name. She had thought too much. How could it be Soren! She had seen Soren's handwriting before. Although she didn't read it carefully, she had a good impression of him because it's a habit of her job. Soren's handwriting was strong and powerful, but the brushwork also showed his mildness, which gave people a strange sense of harmony. It was just like himself, who was bold in his suit, but was mild in front of Elsa. The only suitable way to describe this feeling of him would be outwardly gentle but inwardly stern.

Soren was just a special being like this, a mixture of these two contradictory temperaments.

Soren, the name haunted Elsa's mind again.

"Are you acquainted with anyone in the army, Zaza?" Johnny asked.

Elsa shook her head, then nodded, but she didn't want to talk about it. Thinking of Jane, she looked out of the window and asked the driver, "When can I get there please?"

"We are almost there."

On the way, Johnny received a call. He lowered his voice but Elsa still could hear the word "Tina". Tina, Tina Zeng, only for a moment of trance, Elsa took her mind back. After finishing the phone call, Johnny apologized, "Sorry, Zaza, I have something urgent to do now, so I can't go with you."

Elsa nodded. She didn't need

Elsa run into the police station. Leaning against the ground, Jane ran to Elsa and hugged her, crying loudly, as soon as she saw her.

worriedly, "Janie, did they

had stolen

she steal? She said to the two policemen beside her,

his eyes at her and said impolitely,

worried about little Bun. My mother doesn't feel well, and little Bun has caught a cold again. I'm

go to your home to look after them later. Now, tell me what had happened, okay?" Her gentle voice calmed Jane down.

with Elsa last time. Then, she wore the key-formed necklace which Elsa had given to her. On the

the event was over, a vice manager said that she had lost her necklace which was very important to her, and she needed to search among all participants for it. Jane didn't take it seriously. She just wanted

called the police. When the police arrived, the vice manager took out a photo of her wearing the necklace, and pointed out an evidence on the necklace, so the police took Jane away in front of everyone of

was the shortened form of her surname. No matter how hard Jane tried to explain that the necklace was borrowed from a friend and there was also an "X" in the friend's name, the police didn't believe her. She had no choice