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When Bai Hen took the cigarette,
Chen An looked to Qiu Si—who didn’t even spare him a glance.
Receiving no response,
Chen An circulated his Qi right in front of Lu Ding and asked, “Can I fight back?”
Hearing that, Bai Hen pulled a crooked smile, picked up the cigarette, and mimicked a puff.
Ptooey!
Choked on the first drag.
Then ca a dull thud.
BOOM!!!!
Chen An’s chest caved in. He flew back, crashed through the wall, and landed in the hallway.
One solid front kick—wall shattered, dignity shattered, sternum shattered.
Blood gushed from his mouth.
Lu Ding stepped through the hole.
Grabbed Chen An by the ankle, yanked him through the gap, and slamd him back into the private room.
The hole was already pretty big.
With that slam, Chen An’s head widened the gap in the wall.
He landed face-down on the floor.
THUD!!!
Cracks snaked across the ground, the floor tiles crushed to dust.
Blood sprayed from Chen An’s mouth, dyeing the gray-white cent under the tiles bright red.
Lu Ding crouched down, raised his hand—Bai Hen handed the cigarette back into his fingers.
Then reached again.
The hard cent floor—now had a soft cigarette butt jamd deep into it.
Chen An’s eyes stared blankly at the barely-ash-tipped cigarette.
It wasn’t even tilted enough for the ash to fall.
Then Lu Ding said: “You know why she didn’t like you?”
Right now, with who knows how many bones broken, only Chen An’s eyeballs could still move.
Lu Ding explained, “Because you’re dumb as hl, talk too much, don’t know the bigger picture, don’t understand how to carry yourself, can’t asure your own worth, and don’t know your place.”
Qiu Si stepped over.
“Understand that?”
Chen An’s dazed look said it all.
Qiu Si pointed at him, “Soone hits you, and you still ask if you’re allowed to fight back—that’s just dumb!!”
“Dumb and talky!!”
“Who the hl stands there and takes a hit without swinging back?!”
“You’re a 749 investigator. Her situation—was already reported. Secret dealings with the Tianli Cult. I personally oversaw and commanded that operation.”
“And we didn’t even call you in.”
“At that point, you should’ve figured it out. You’re wearing 749’s uniform, and now you show up to question a colleague—over a Tianli Cult mber. That’s a total lack of perspective!”
“She turned you down when you confessed. Said ‘we’re just friends, let’s talk about the future later.’”
“That was her letting you keep face. When a girl doesn’t say she likes you—she fing doesn’t like you.”
“That day was your big mont. With so many people watching, she didn’t want to embarrass you, didn’t want you to lose face!!”
“She was also thinking of 749’s reputation. And you still don’t get it—that’s dumb on top of dumb!!”
“I don’t believe you don’t know about Lu Ding’s reputation lately. Just yesterday, he killed Ruan Kong. You really don’t know this stuff?”
“If you knew, you should’ve thought twice. Can you even handle Ruan Kong? And you co picking a fight with him—don’t you know your own damn limits?!”
“I was sitting right here, telling you to go write a self-criticism. That was your last fing chance, and you still didn’t get the hint.”
“That’s not knowing who’s who!!”
Qiu Si’s chest rose and fell as he spoke, his face red with fury.
Looked like he was on the verge of a heart attack.
Hands on his hips, pacing, pointing again at Chen An on the floor.
Smacking his own face.
With loud smack smack sounds,
he spoke with bitter disappointnt, “You’re about to ruin Yunng 749’s entire reputation!!”
“I told you to leave and you didn’t. Well don’t bother now—I’m issuing the punishnt right here!”
“Senior Investigator Chen An of Yunng 749.”
“For violating internal bureau regulations, your status as Senior Investigator is revoked. You’re demoted to Intern Investigator, all benefits canceled, and sentenced to one year in confinent!!”
“And!! F*** it—the damage fees for this place co out of your cut!!”
The title part of the punishnt wasn’t even the worst of it.
The real kicker was the confinent sentence.
To give a real-world example—
Bai Hen.
Take Bai Hen.
As ruthless as he is, after a stint in confinent, he ca out wilted like a frostbitten eggplant.
And 749 confinent isn’t just “sit in a room” kind of deal.
There’s punishnt involved.
Back then, Bai Hen took a whole set of it, which triggered a congenital dark ailnt in his body.
If Xie Shunan hadn’t accidentally discovered the Yimu Knot,
there’s no telling when Bai Hen’s injuries would’ve healed.
So yeah—Chen An’s in for a ride this ti.
As Qiu Si kept yelling at Chen An like a scolded son,
Lu Ding and Bai Hen quietly walked out.
After all, he wasn’t a Yunng 749 investigator.
No need to listen in on other people’s family drama.
At the door,
Bai Hen folded his arms: “Why don’t we leave? This place doesn’t feel right. Gives the creeps.”
Lu Ding felt it too.
He had a weird sense that wherever he went, st hit the fan.
It was fine at first.
Then he showed up—boom, instant chaos.
Besides, it was already getting late.
They’d only stay at Yunng 749 for a few hours before leaving at dawn.
And the next location—the Golden Toad Nesting on an Egg Formation—was out in the remote northwest mountains.
No planes or trains go there.
So whether they left early or late didn’t really matter. He already got what he needed from the Qu Family.
The contribution points would take a while to arrive.
In the anti,
sitting around doing nothing made Lu Ding feel itchy.
Restless.
He nodded: “Alright.”
Pulled out his phone and sent a ssage to Qiu Si, still yelling in the room:
【Director Qiu, sorry for the disturbance tonight. Thanks for hosting us. We’ll co back another ti.】
ssage sent. Pulled up the map.
Checked direction.
Lu Ding raised a finger: “Let’s go!”
One flew, one vanished.
One soared skyward, the other slipped into stealth.
After a while—
Back in the room.
Qiu Si had just stuffed a pill into Chen An’s mouth.
Sighed with aning: “You—seriously need to start learning from people like him.”
He got up, pulled out his phone, intending to ask where Lu Ding had gone—
and saw the ssage.
Qiu Si turned red with rage again, leaned down, and slapped Chen An’s head with a loud crack.
Smack!
“You fer—after this one-year confinent, either get your act together or get lost. Just looking at you pisses off more than anyone else.”
He’d originally planned to keep Lu Ding around to say a few words, maybe set an example for the Yunng 749 team.
But the guy was gone!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He added one more line:
“Crawl yourself the f** back!!”
Barely recovered a bit of strength, Chen An was confused as hell.
Wait, what did I do? I already got beaten half to death, didn’t say anything just now—
How is this my fault again?!
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