Luu Qi subconsciously wanted to refuse. "No... there's no need."
Unfortunately, Qingxue didn't give her a chance. "It's fine. You must eat breakfast, or you'll get stomach problems later." With that, she looked at Xia Liang. "Are you going too?"
"?" Xia Liang quickly waved his hands, as he was already stuffed. "No thanks, I've eaten my fill. You two go ahead. I should get to work."
"Well, alright then." Qingxue didn't insist, but she did caution him, "Be careful on your way."
"I will."
The three of them left the building together, and Xia Liang waved goodbye. Then, with a look of silent grievance, Luu Qi was dragged off to breakfast by Qingxue.
Having returned the BMW keys to Qingxue, Xia Liang naturally took his Lamborghini Poison to make deliveries. He opened the food delivery app, and a mont later, a notification chid.
[You have a new delivery order. Please check it.]
Xia Liang glanced at it. Seeing no strange requests, he drove toward the pickup location.
「anwhile.」
In an interrogation room at the Qingyun Security Bureau, Yun Bing was questioning a suspect with a frosty expression.
"I advise you to tell exactly where your hideout is. Where are the children you kidnapped being held?"
In front of her sat a middle-aged woman of about forty. Her skin was extrely coarse, and she wore clothes covered in patches.
"Madam Protector... you mustn't make such wild accusations. When have I ever trafficked children? I just mistook that child for my own, that's all. She looked a bit like my daughter!"
"You!" Seeing the woman still resisting so stubbornly, Yun Bing was fuming with frustration.
In just fifteen days, the Qingyun Security Bureau had received over twenty reports of missing children and six reports of vanished teenage girls. The youngest victim was only three years old, and the oldest was twenty-three. Following the leads, they discovered that a human trafficking ring had recently erged in Qingyun City.
This middle-aged woman was caught today, but her accomplices, sensing sothing was amiss, had already fled. Only the woman was apprehended. Originally, Yun Bing planned to use her as a breakthrough to trace the criminal gang behind her, but the woman was intractable, refusing to let slip a single word. Though Yun Bing was angry, she felt even more helpless.
At that mont, she suddenly thought of the young man nad Xia Liang. If only he could co, she thought. With his miraculous ability, I'm sure I could crack this case.
At the thought, Yun Bing's eyes lit up. Not long ago, she had found Xia Liang's license plate number from video footage. She could simply use the Security Bureau's System to look up his registered phone number.
Yes! I'll call him over!
Yun Bing slamd the table, startling the middle-aged woman. Assuming Yun Bing was about to resort to harsh thods, the woman braced herself, though she was terrified. Still, compared to those people… no, those things that can't even be called human… the Security Bureau's thods are more bearable.
She puffed out her chest as if to psych herself up and slamd her own hands on the interrogation table, feigning victimhood. "She's hitting ! A Protector is about to beat a confession out of ! Co look, everyone! They arrested even though I did nothing! Is there no law?"
Looking at the shrewish woman, Yun Bing was filled with revulsion. People like this were simply nauseating. She shot the woman a fierce glare and walked out of the interrogation room, leaving the woman staring after her warily.
「Elsewhere, in the old district of Qingyun City.」
Carrying a takeout order, Xia Liang was at a loss for words. What the hell is this? Forget not being able to drive in, but damn, one person ordered all these dishes and this much rice? Can they even finish it all?
Following his GPS, Xia Liang wound his way to the entrance of a large courtyard. This should be the place.
He nodded to himself and knocked on the door. "Anybody ho?" He held the food up toward the surveillance cara in the top-right corner. "Mr. Liu? I have your delivery. I need you to sign for it."
Inside the house, a fierce-looking man in his thirties glanced at the computer monitor. "Ah Cai, go tell him to leave the food by the door. We'll grab it in five minutes."
"Yes, Ninth Brother." The man called Ah Cai stood up, but just as he was about to head out, he was stopped.
"Wait!" Ninth Brother's eyes suddenly glead as he stared at Xia Liang on the screen.
Ah Cai turned back, confused. "Hm? Ninth Brother, is sothing wrong?"
Ninth Brother licked his lips. "Bring him in too."
"What?" Ah Cai jumped, his eyes darting back to the monitor. He asked hesitantly, "But Ninth Brother, he's a man. Could it be...?"
As if realizing sothing, Ah Cai shivered and began muttering to himself. No wonder! No wonder Ninth Brother always looks at so strangely!
Ninth Brother saw the look in Ah Cai's eyes and knew exactly what he was thinking. He imdiately grabbed a bottle of Farr's Three Punches from the table and threw it at him. "Get your mind out of the gutter! What the hell are you thinking?"
Ah Cai caught the bottle and chuckled sheepishly.
Ninth Brother shot him a disdainful glance and pointed at the screen. "I just saw him. This kid is really good-looking. If we catch him, those rich won in Harbor City will love him. rchandise like this has to be worth a few Yuan."
"No way," Ah Cai said, looking at Xia Liang on the screen in disbelief. "Him? A few Yuan? You know, even the prettiest of those won we grabbed was only worth 0.8 Yuan."
Hearing this, Ninth Brother looked down on him. "That's what you don't understand. This is a pri good! Forget won, even I have to admit he's handso. Those rich won in Harbor City..."
As Ninth Brother rambled on, Ah Cai couldn't help but interrupt. "Wait... Ninth... Ninth Brother..."
"What now?" Ninth Brother glared at him, annoyed at being cut off.
Ah Cai pointed at the monitor. "Ninth Brother, the pri good is about to leave."
"Huh?" Ninth Brother froze, then whipped his head around. Sure enough, Xia Liang was putting down the takeout, preparing to leave.
Fuck! A duck delivered right to my door, and I'm going to let it fly away?
Ninth Brother shot to his feet and rushed out of the room. He arrived at the back courtyard where a dozen or so n were playing cards. Seeing him, they all stood up respectfully.
"Ninth Brother!"
Ninth Brother nodded. He had been planning to go with just Ah Cai, but since this was their first ti capturing a man—and a pri one at that—he decided it would be safer to bring two more people.
"Scorpion, Stone, you two co with and Ah Cai. The rest of you, keep watching them."
"Yes!"
The two who were called stood up. Stone was a man in his early twenties, strongly built, though he didn't seem very bright. Scorpion, on the other hand, was a woman with a sowhat delicate appearance. However, contrary to her looks, she possessed a particularly venomous heart.
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