Dark Light Chaser.

Chapter 559 Farewell
With the start of winter break at Qianhua Experimental Middle School, everything changed.

The Countermeasures Bureau, the Sea Heart Society, and Lydia's group of defectors.

At some point, everyone suddenly ceased all public activities and disappeared completely.

It was as if the previous undercurrents were just an illusion.

Zhu Lan and Du Wei have been investigating Lydia's whereabouts recently, but to no avail.

Dewey tried to pinpoint the other party's location using the number Lydia had left behind.

Cordelia seemed certain that Dewey and she were not on the same side, and completely ignored his calls.

Or perhaps they were wary of Dewey's fighting prowess?
Compared to Zhu Lan and DX818A, who, despite their strength, did not utilize it, Dewey, a combatant in the same field operations team, posed a significantly greater threat, and ignoring him was perfectly reasonable.

The days passed like this.

Zhu Lan handled the supermarket handover matters, but did not rush to hand over the contract documents to the other party, instead keeping them in her hand.

Zhu Lan was unaware that anyone around her was spying on her, but she was certain that Lydia had someone watching her every move.

Holding the document in your hand can at least serve as some form of deception.

Even if it can't confuse Lydia, it can still cause the monitors to misjudge.

Investigation and tracing may seem similar, but their focuses are actually completely different.

One focuses on observation and summarization, while the other focuses on inference and tracking of clues.

It's roughly similar to having two different playstyles within the same class in a game.

As a former field operative of the Sea Heart Society, Lydia is very good at following clues to hunt down and investigate certain individuals.

However, if you're asking her to monitor someone's every move for an extended period of time, no private investigator can do it any better.

This kind of delicate work is not something Lady Dia can do, and if she does it herself, Zhu Lan is likely to notice.

Therefore, whether it's to conceal herself or to gather more intelligence, Lydia would inevitably find someone to carry out surveillance activities on her behalf.

After all, Zhu Lan wasn't the only person she needed to monitor.

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Ai Liang put down her book and looked at Ye Qing, who was staring absentmindedly at her phone.

She flipped through the two news articles dozens of times, ever since she finished washing the dishes.

Incidentally, Yi Wenna has gone home temporarily because she has some family matters to attend to.

I heard it's about the course arrangements for tutors during the winter break.

The tutors Yi Zhiwei hired were not just tutors for academic subjects.

There are also various art and outdoor sports courses such as guqin, pipa, piano, equestrian, and dance.

Yi Zhiwei doesn't expect his daughter to be an expert in everything, but she must have some understanding of everything.

It would be even better if one could discover one or two skills they excel at from this.

This kind of family education will continue until university graduation.

As a result, Yi Wenna only came over a few times during the entire winter break.

Seeing Ai Liang looking at her, Ye Qing also put away her phone and looked at Ai Liang with a hesitant expression.

"Is there something you want to say?"

Ai Liang asked softly.

Ye Qing nodded, then began to move closer to Ai Liang.

It stopped a few centimeters away from Ai Liang's shoulder.

Ai Liang didn't urge her, waiting for Ye Qing to get into the right mood on her own.

After a long silence, Ye Qing took a deep breath: "Actually, I've encountered some things recently."

"Ah."

Ai Liang responded, indicating that she was listening.

"You might find this a bit outrageous, but my biological parents' people found me not long ago."

Ye Qing bit her lip and continued, "They found me through the orphanage and planned to take me to live in Europe."

"Then do you want to go?"

Ai Liang asked.

Ye Qing shook her head: "I don't want to. I'm doing fine now. Going to Europe would mean adapting to a completely unfamiliar environment and dealing with a bunch of strangers..."

“Then you should just refuse,” Ai Liang said.

Ye Qing raised her head and opened her mouth.

But he didn't say anything.

After a long pause, she said, "But they've spent so much effort and resources searching for me for so many years, I... I can't refuse."

To make her story more convincing, Ye Qing told the story she had prepared in advance: "I heard that back then there was a group of people who didn't get along with my family."

In retaliation against my parents and relatives, they deliberately took me away from the delivery room, brought me to Asia Union, and abandoned me at the gate of the orphanage.

Just recently, my family found the group of people who took me away, and then followed the clues to find me and confirm our blood relationship..."

Ye Qing lowered her head and recounted a version of the story adapted from the true events.

Looking at the whole process, there's nothing wrong with these descriptions; only some words have been replaced.

“I don’t want to go back, but for my own sake and for the sake of others, I have to go back.”

Ye Qing seemed to be convincing herself to predetermine the outcome of the matter.

She looked up at Ai Liang, but couldn't see any expression on Ai Liang's face.

The other person remained expressionless and calm, just like always.

This made Ye Qing's heart tighten slightly: "Aren't you going to say anything?"

"What did you say?" Ai Liang retorted.

Ye Qing pinched Ai Liang's waist and forced a smile, saying, "At a time like this, you should at least say a few words of comfort... Why keep giving me that cold look..."

"I prefer concrete actions to comforting words that say nothing can be changed."

Ai Liang pressed down on Ye Qing's hand, which was clutching her clothes: "Didn't I tell you before that you can come to me if you run into trouble?"

Ye Qing was startled by Ai Liang's idea.

If it were really just some household chores as they made it up, that would be fine.

But this involves another aspect of the world, and it's not a problem that money can solve.

She hurriedly raised her arm and waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "No! No! How can you get involved in something like this!"

Ai Liang explained, "If you're afraid of being alone, I can go to Europe with you. I'm planning to travel during my winter break anyway."

"But...but..."

Ye Qing was in a dilemma.

She couldn't explicitly state the danger of the situation.

He was not facing his biological parents, but a bizarre organization that treated human life like dirt.

If I don't refuse Ai Liang, and let an ordinary person follow me, I can hardly guarantee his safety.

But if you refuse too harshly, wouldn't that be implying that you're resisting Ai Liang's involvement in family matters and treating her as an outsider?

Neither of these outcomes is what Ye Qing wants.

"Well, to put it simply, my biological parents are quite hostile towards outsiders, so..."

Ye Qing gave a vague explanation.

Ai Liang looked at Ye Qing: "Then why did you want to chat with me?"

Upon hearing this question, Ye Qing fell silent.

Yes, so why would you want to find Ai Liang at this time?

Seeking comfort?

No, it's a farewell.

Long time no see... I'm back.

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(End of this chapter)