My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 26 Filial Son of Bamboo

"I understand!" Li Kang chuckled wryly, tapping his temples. "You're truly something else, Mr. Zhu. You're like an old sow wearing a bra, one outfit after another!"

As he spoke, Li Kang inexplicably recalled the adjective he had heard when inquiring about Chu Zhu's situation in the past—"complete and thorough."

“I’ll go back and ask Lao Lu, maybe he can open a door for you in that area!” Li Kang said, but the police siren rang again in the distance.

"The patrol officers are here!" Ning Linglong breathed a sigh of relief, then said indignantly, "This is too slow! We've been here for so long! Is it like in those movies, where the patrol officers only come out to clean up the mess after everything is already resolved?"

"Big sister," Bi Xuan finally couldn't hold back any longer, "we're patrol officers too!"

Even if it's a little special, it's still something.

"Ah...is that so?" Ning Linglong looked confused.

Bi Xuan was so angry that her lips twitched, but she could only continue working in silence.

Li Kang watched with a subtle expression as Bi Xuan dragged several unconscious robbers toward the patrol officers in the distance to communicate and hand them over.

Li Kang actually wanted to interrogate these guys directly, but the sensitive nature of the Duwei Division prevented him from simply dragging them back. At most, he could have the Police Superintendent's Office supervise the interrogation process, with someone present to oversee it, and perhaps add some extra methods as well…

After confirming that everything was alright over there, Li Kang turned his head, his gaze shifting back and forth between Chu Zhu and Lu Muxue, and said meaningfully, "Although there's still a lot I want to talk to you about... it seems you have some urgent matters to attend to right now!"

Then, he withdrew and left.

The scene fell silent.

"You..." Lu Muxue opened her mouth several times, but what should she say?

This was the first time Lu Muxue had encountered such a situation—in the past, it was always high-quality men who would appear out of nowhere and strike up conversations with her under various pretexts.

"Go back and talk to your dad, put in a good word for me! Try to talk to that stubborn old man in your family." Chu Zhu pointed and said, "I'm not saying this to be mean, but if it weren't for your old man's feudalistic patriarchal style that made you run away from home, would you have had to sneak around to find your mom and meet her to unlock your black card and withdraw a large sum of money? Would you have ended up in this mess?"

"From this perspective, your trouble this time was caused by your father! Aren't you going back to confront him about it?"

Chu Zhu knew Lu Muxue quite well. Despite being older than him, she still retained a naive and innocent quality, much like a college student from his previous life, perhaps because she was spoiled by her family. In fact, she had already entered her rebellious phase.

Yeah... it's that kind of naive thought like, "I'm going to run away from home. If something happens to me, my father will definitely regret the emotional abuse he gave me!"
“…That makes sense!” Lu Muxue clenched her left fist, clapped her hands, and suddenly realized, then looked at Chu Zhu approvingly. This interruption dispelled her embarrassment and restraint, revealing her adorable and somewhat silly nature. She casually stepped forward and patted Chu Zhu on the shoulder, “I didn’t expect you to understand me so well!”

"Hmm, how about coming to work for me... uh, no, I mean, like in those popular kung fu novels, like that one called 'The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard'! I'm not exactly a female CEO yet, but I should be in the future, how about it..."

"The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard is not as good as The Dragon King's Son-in-Law!" Chu Zhu recommended with a serious expression. Inwardly, she was furious. While both novels were kung fu novels, they were actually variations of the genre… a very niche one. Moreover, in the current middle-class and upper-class circles, these kinds of novels were actually a hobby at the bottom of the cultural consumption food chain… similar to anime and manga around 2010? Not universally condemned, but certainly…

"You're a fellow book lover?" Lu Muxue's eyes lit up, and she became even more excited. "Wow, I thought I was the only one who liked this type of book... I always had to sneak around when I went to buy books..."

Chu Zhu: "..."

No, no, no, there are actually quite a few people who like to read this kind of book! But, given your status and gender, among the people you meet and make friends with, those who like to read this kind of book are extremely rare, if not a few.

Your situation means you've been a man for several lifetimes before being reborn as a woman! Otherwise, why would you have this kind of hobby?

……

"Deputy Captain Ning!" Li Kang watched with great interest from the side. His hearing was naturally sharp, but he consciously didn't listen attentively. He treated it purely as a silent film, while also making sarcastic remarks. "I may have left, but why did you leave? Why aren't you going up? That's the blind date your father arranged for you. After seeing this, don't you feel even a little bit bitter?"

"..." Ning Linglong remained expressionless, suppressing the urge to curse. "Have you been watching too many 8 PM melodramas?"

"That's amazing!" Bi Xuan looked at Chu Zhu with envy, pouting. "It doesn't make sense! How did they get so close so quickly after just a few words? No, how is that possible..."

"Shut up!" Guan Fei's expression changed instantly upon hearing this. He clenched his fists and pressed them against Bi Xuan's temples, unleashing a double-strike attack, and roared furiously, "I won't allow you to speak ill of my father, Zhu!"

"Ah?! Ugh! Brother Guan, spare me! Brother Guan, spare me!!!"

Li Kang's smile faded, his expression turning serious; he was starting to lose his composure. This team was truly difficult to manage.

In the team, there is either the loyal "Zhu Xiaozi", or "Ning Fengxian" who wants to push him down to become the captain himself, and there is also a clueless newbie who is always out of the loop and asks "What happened?" and "Why did you leave me behind again?" every day.

Suddenly, the alarm on Li Kang's body went off. His expression changed slightly, and he shouted to Chu Zhu in the distance, "I have something to do, so I'll leave for now! If you need anything, you can go directly to the Third District Police Station! We should be back in a while... You can wait for us there..."

Ning Linglong was even faster; the moment the alarm sounded, she jumped into the steam car and stepped on the steam accelerator.

Li Kang moved with incredible speed, and Guan Fei, despite his enormous size, displayed a remarkable agility. In the end, only…

"Wait for me! I haven't gotten on the train yet!" Bi Xuan only managed to grab the door handle before the steam engine roared to life. He screamed as he was dragged forward.

"Pfft!" Lu Muxue watched the group leave, and although she tried her best to hold back, she finally burst out laughing. "Are these guys joking?"

(End of this chapter)