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Texas replied calmly, "Penguin Logistics doesn't handle that. The client at the time was very adamant and didn't allow us to conduct any inspections, and we've already paid extra."

"It's that same old story again." Chen looked helpless. They hadn't caught the goods again, and two of the three members of the Penguin Logistics team in front of him were notorious for being ruthless. Clearly, they hadn't caught anything this time either.

"Alright, Chen, calm down." Hoshiguma patted Chen on the shoulder, then turned to the three of them and said, "Let's go, let's go, wait for the people who called you to take you back."

"Oh, right, and what if something goes wrong because of this?"

Texas nodded: "If this shipment causes any problems in Lungmen, Penguin Logistics will handle everything."

Hoshiguma nodded after hearing Texas's words and told the officers to call it a day.

————City Lord's Mansion————

Snow White climbed in through the window.

"Back so early?" Wen Yue asked, looking up from her desk as she helped her husband who was out working.

"Sorry, I've been found out."

At this moment, the door opened, and Wei Yanwu came in from outside: "It's normal. After all, he's a god. It would be strange if he hadn't been discovered."

"came back."

"Yes, I went to Penguin Logistics and talked to the Emperor and Old Lin about some things to be arranged later. I also took a look around."

For Wen Yue, few things could pique her curiosity, but this was clearly not one of them: "What did you discover?"

Wei Yanwu put down his coat, remained silent for a moment, and then slowly said, "There's nothing there."

"what?"

“Literally, there’s nothing.” Wei Yanwu sat on the sofa, and Wen Yue sat down next to him.

As one of the top martial artists in Yan Kingdom, Wei Yanwu's perception ability may not be able to detect every detail, but there is basically nothing that can escape his perception.

However, he ran into a wall at Penguin Logistics this morning. He could sense Texas and Exusiai, but he couldn't sense Yuuki standing to the side chatting with them.

In Wei Yanwu's perception, there was nothing there, but his eyes clearly saw that person standing there. The emptiness he perceived conflicted with the fact that his eyes definitely saw that person.

“For a god, this situation is unprecedented.” Wei Yanwu was not unfamiliar with giant beasts, but they all had varying degrees of aura, and he had never seen a situation like this where there was nothing at all.

"So what did you talk about?"

Wei Yanwu took out his pipe from the table: "I found a suitable place for the medical activities, gave Lao Lin a heads-up, and made some casual arrangements for her and Xiao Chen to meet."

"Arranged? So fast, how did you do it? I haven't even told Xiao Chen about Xinyi yet."

"It's nothing. I just had Lao Lin's people pretend to be the client and have them deliver a package. Then I called Xiao Chen to report that someone was smuggling dangerous goods. Knowing her personality, she would definitely lead the team herself."

Wen Yue nodded: "So, what did you have them transport? It couldn't possibly be dangerous goods, could it?"

Wei Yanwu tapped his unlit pipe: "It's nothing, just a box of candy."

————Guards Bureau————

"Hey, do you guys have to be so good at going into the cell? That guy didn't even seem to lock the door." Xi Yue watched the two of them enter the cell with practiced ease, while the guy from the Guard Bureau had simply pulled the door open and left.

"Anyway, someone will get us out of here soon, so it doesn't matter. It's not as important as this."

Exusiai skillfully sat down cross-legged, and pulled out a deck of cards from somewhere. It was unclear whether she had hidden it in the cell or carried it with her.

"To kill some time?"

Yuuki watched with a hint of speechlessness as Exusiai skillfully shuffled the deck of cards, while Texas, who was already used to it, simply walked over and sat down cross-legged.

"Oh, don't be nervous, Xiyue. As a member of Penguin Logistics, it's incomplete if you haven't experienced going to jail."

"I really hope you realize how strange your current situation is. What kind of logistics company employee needs to go to jail to be considered complete?"

"Yes, for example, us. Hey, hurry up, two people can't play Dou Dizhu."

After thinking for a moment, Xi Yue realized that there really wasn't anything else to do, so she went over and sat down cross-legged: "Alright, let's kill some time then."

Chapter 26: Long-Term Commission

———Longmen Guard Bureau - Temporary Prison Area———

The three were originally just sitting there playing cards to pass the time, but for some reason, Texas and Exusiai's expressions became unusually serious.

“…5.” Exusiai slammed down the card in her hand with a heavy expression.

"Yes 9."

Xi Yue casually tossed down the cards in her hand: "A pair of 10s."

Exusiai gripped her cards tightly, hesitating to play: "I...I pass!"

"Can't even afford a pair of 10s? Exusiai." Texas said this, but after glancing down at her cards, she silently raised her hand and chose to fold.

"Ah, Texas said those things, but isn't it the same?"

"You already owe me 20 Lungmen Dollars."

Yuzuki shook her head, looking at the two people in front of her. She hadn't planned to spend money at first, but it was Exusiai who suggested it after they played two rounds. However, since it was just for fun, the amount wasn't large.

Then the nightmare began. No matter how they shuffled or played the cards, they never won again. Once, when they put their cards together, their highest card was only a terrifying Queen of Hearts.

Of course, they certainly didn't cheat by shuffling the cards; it was just a game to pass the time with a one-dollar bet. But to cheat at this level would be suspicious of being a sore loser.

They were also certain that Yuuki hadn't cheated, since they were the ones who lost afterward, so she didn't have a chance to shuffle the cards at all.

If the cards weren't shuffled, there's no question of cheating.

"Alright, I'm here to pick you up." Croissant's voice came from outside the Heavenly Gate. "Hmm, are you playing cards?"

Yuzuki casually tossed the cards on the ground, then turned to look at Croissant: "Yeah, but why is Croissant taking so long to arrive?"

"After all, I have a stall in Pacific Place. I came to pick you up as soon as I saw the message. I don't know how much business I missed."

Xi Yue stood up and patted her clothes: "Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work."

"That's so perfunctory." Croissant casually complained about Xiyue's eye protection, then looked at the other two people in the room.

"Alright, we should go... Exusiai, why do you look like you've been saved?"

Texas bit off the Pocky she had been holding in her mouth: "It's probably because you came that Exusiai was able to save the little money she had left."

"Oh, you lost badly?" Croissant nodded knowingly. No wonder Exusiai had such a relieved expression just now.

Texas shook the bag in her hand and took out the last Pocky stick inside.

"To be more precise, we were brutally defeated. For example, in the last hand, the biggest pairs in our hands were a pair of 9s and a pair of 7s. The rest were small pairs, or even just single cards, the kind that we couldn't even play in a straight."

"Crushed by luck?"

Texas nodded and casually pulled open the iron gate, which had never been locked.

"Maybe I've done too many good deeds?" Yuuki followed Texas out of the cell, then turned to Exusiai who was following behind her. "Just treat me to breakfast later."

"No problem~"

———Longmen Guard Bureau, Inspection Team Office———

"Those guys left?" Chen pinched the bridge of his nose and glanced at Hoshiguma, who had just come in.

“Yes, they’re gone. Judging from the surveillance video, they really didn’t know.” Hoshiguma placed the USB drive with the surveillance video that Croissant had just given them on the table.

Chen picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip: "Okay, I understand, just put it there."

As for the videos on the USB drive, Chen had already watched similar videos, no less than a hundred, so he didn't even need to watch this one; he already knew what was going on.

It was nothing more than the client forbidding them from viewing the contents of the shipment, and then one of them repeated that if viewing was not allowed, Penguin Logistics would not bear any responsibility, and so on.

To be honest, Chen always wanted to lock those four guys up in jail for a month or two to help maintain order in Longmen.

However, the other party was merely undertaking business, which is a normal commercial activity and therefore does not constitute a violation of Longmen Law. As for Penguin Logistics' shady business? At least procedurally, the other party has given Longmen Law sufficient leeway.

Moreover, even if the goods they delivered really caused any problems in Lungmen...

Penguin Logistics will handle this matter faster than the Guard Bureau, unless the Guard Bureau had already handled it at the time of the incident.

Of course, this is not a reason for Chen to put the matter aside.

Chen put down his coffee cup and picked up the photo on the table. It was one of the photos taken by the police officers at the scene of the arrest.

"Why is there a box of candy there? Are you mocking us?"

Just then, Hoshiguma's phone rang. Hoshiguma took her phone out of her pocket and casually replied, "Maybe it was originally meant to be delivered to this place?"

"How is that possible? It's just a box of candy. The cost of using Penguin Logistics for delivery is much higher than the price of this box of candy, not to mention the extra fees for discreet delivery."

Chen Jianxingxiong had no recollection. He threw the photo in his hand on the table and turned around to find Xingxiong staring at her phone screen.

"what happened?"

Upon hearing this, Hoshiguma casually turned off her phone and shook her head: "No, it's nothing, it's a message from an old friend."

"Ah."

Outside the Imperial Guard headquarters at this moment.

"Speaking of which, Croissant, did you bring the car back?" Texas stopped in her tracks.

Croissant took the car keys out of her pocket and tossed them to Texas: "Of course, otherwise you'd have to take a long detour to bring the car back, and by then the car might not even be there anymore."

"I'm quite surprised that the car is still here after all this time."

"In such a short time, it's unlikely that anyone would target one of our Penguin Logistics vehicles, right?"

"That's true."

Xi Yue shook her head as she watched their conversation.

'They're a bunch of kids who need taking care of themselves; we'll have to keep an eye on them a bit from now on.'

———Penguin Logistics———

"Apple pie, apple pie, delicious apple pie, would you like one, Yuuzuki?"

"Exusiai, you've been muttering about it the whole way."

Croissant patted Yuzuki on the shoulder: "Exusiai's head can't hold any other hobbies besides guns and apple pies. It's a pity that I bought a batch of sugar-free apple pies last time, and half of them were sold out."

As Croissant was speaking, Exusiai turned her face towards her: "Croissant, I'll say it again, sugar-free apple pie is absolute heresy and should never have existed in this world in the first place."

"Dessert?"