You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

"Splash—"

The blinding beam of a flashlight tore through the darkness of the second basement level, and the sound of hurried, heavy footsteps grew louder as they approached.

Su Qingge took the lead, rushing over with a team of heavily armed special police officers. Her high-heeled combat boots splashed water as they stepped on the puddled ground.

When the beam of light illuminated the scene at the end of the corridor, she was struck dumb, frozen in place.

Lin Chen leaned against the wall.

He was soaking wet, his clothes were covered in dust and blood, and his face was deathly pale.

The hands that once tore apart steel elevator doors with their bare hands now hung limply at their sides, blood still dripping from them.

At his feet, limp like a dead dog, lay the S-class assassin, "The Joker," who had baffled the entire Jiangcheng police force.

The visual impact of this scene made Su Qingge's heart clench violently, the pain almost making it hard for her to breathe.

This man just jumped down the elevator shaft from the twelfth floor.

For another woman.

"Lin Chen!"

Su Qingge's eyes instantly reddened. All the pretense of being the head of the serious crime unit and the icy policewoman was shattered at this moment.

She rushed over like a madwoman, ignoring Lin Chen's filthy body, and caught his swaying body.

The tentacles were cold and stiff.

"Here, take him."

Lin Chen's lips moved, his voice hoarse like a broken bellows.

He raised his foot and kicked the unconscious clown in front of Su Qingge.

"The rest is up to you."

After saying that, his tense nerves finally relaxed, his vision went black, and his body suddenly fell forward.

"Lin Chen!"

Su Qingge let out a gasp and hugged him tightly with all her might.

The man's weight pressed heavily on her shoulders, and his masculine aura, mixed with the smell of blood and sweat, forcefully entered her nostrils, causing her tears to flow uncontrollably.

Just then.

At the other end of the corridor, the elevator doors opened with a "ding".

Supported by two medical staff, Ye Qingcheng walked out, looking utterly dejected.

As soon as she looked up, she saw that scene.

Su Qingge hugged Lin Chen tightly. The usually aloof and unapproachable policewoman was now crying her eyes out, looking like a helpless child.

The man who jumped into the abyss to save her was now weakly leaning against another woman's arms.

Ye Qingcheng stopped in her tracks.

That embrace should have belonged to her.

The thought popped up without warning, like a poisonous thorn, causing her heart to clench.

For the first time, she realized that her proud business empire was less important than a warm embrace.

Her eyes became incredibly complex in an instant.

There was relief at surviving a disaster, heartfelt gratitude, and a hint of jealousy that she herself was unwilling to admit.

……

Municipal Public Security Bureau, interrogation room.

Under the glaring incandescent light, the clown, strapped to the interrogation chair, slowly awoke.

The excruciating pain in his limbs caused him to groan. He looked up and saw the man he would never forget.

Lin Chen had just received emergency treatment at the police station's medical room and changed into clean clothes.

His hands, a horrific sight, were wrapped in thick bandages, but he refused the suggestion to rest. His eyes were colder and more...inhuman than they had been in the basement.

"I won't say anything."

The clown grinned, revealing a mouthful of blood-stained teeth, his smile maniacal.

"Kill me, this is my last piece of art."

Lin Chen ignored his shouts and simply walked forward slowly.

Outside the one-way glass, Su Qingge and a group of police officers were watching all of this with bated breath.

"Is Consultant Lin any good? He's so badly injured, and people like Joker have extremely high psychological defenses."

"Yes, conventional interrogation is completely ineffective against him."

Su Qingge didn't speak, but just stared intently at Lin Chen's back.

Inside the interrogation room, Lin Chen leaned down and looked directly into the clown's eyes.

His eyes were as deep as two swirling nebulae.

[God-level Hypnosis], activated!

"Look me in the eyes."

Lin Chen's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an irresistible magic that pierced directly through the clown's cerebral cortex and gripped his soul.

"You're not an artist, you're just a piece of trash who gets paid to do things."

"Now tell me, who is your employer? Where is he? All the details of your deal."

The clown's crazed gaze began to glaze over, struggle, and finally vanished into a blank, empty void.

His psychological defenses were utterly crushed in the face of Lin Chen's god-like mental power.

"The employer's surname is... Zhao..."

The clown, like a marionette, mechanically utters everything.

"He posted a 'hero saves the damsel in distress' bounty on the dark web, offering five million... to hire someone to stage a scene and intimidate Ye Qingcheng..."

"The task was subcontracted layer by layer by intermediaries... and finally ended up in my hands..."

"I turned his acting into my magic..."

"All transaction records, order IPs, and transaction history... are on this encrypted USB drive. The password is..."

All clues point to Zhao Tianba!

Outside the one-way glass, everyone was stunned.

So... they confessed everything?

Su Qingge watched Lin Chen's retreating figure, her beautiful eyes sparkling with admiration.

Just how many secrets is this man hiding?

After Su Qingge and others had their USB drive data checked by the technical department and obtained conclusive evidence against the mastermind Zhao Tianba, they immediately picked up the walkie-talkie.

"All officers, take note! Target: St. Mary's Private Hospital! Arrest Zhao Tianba!"

……

St. Mary's Hospital, VIP ward on the top floor.

Zhao Tianba was lying comfortably on the hospital bed, with a bandage wrapped around his head that didn't seem to hurt, pretending to have palpitations because of "excessive worry".

He was even having a wonderful dream.

Although the plan to save the damsel in distress failed, Ye Qingcheng's damned bodyguard also fell into the abyss and was never seen again!

Eliminating a love rival, this is a good deal!

Once he has recovered from his "injury," he can approach Ye Qingcheng under the guise of offering condolences. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Just as he was lost in his fantasies...

"Bang--!!!"

The expensive solid wood door to the hospital room was violently kicked open from the outside!

Amidst the flying sawdust, Su Qingge strode in, exuding a menacing aura.

She held an arrest warrant in her hand, her voice so cold it could chill you to the bone.

"Zhao Tianba! You are under formal arrest for allegedly hiring a hitman to commit murder and endangering public safety!"

Zhao Tianba's mind went blank, and he was completely dumbfounded.

He jumped out of bed and screamed in panic.

"Nonsense! I didn't! I just wanted to put on a show! I didn't intend to kill anyone! What right do you have to arrest me!"

"Based on this!"

Su Qingge threw the printed dark web transaction records hard in his face.

Two fierce-looking criminal police officers rushed forward and forcibly pinned Zhao Tianba to the bed. The cold handcuffs snapped shut on his wrists.

"Let me go! Do you know who I am?! My dad is the chairman of the Zhao Group!!"

Zhao Tianba struggled desperately, like a mad dog.

Just then.

Footsteps sounded at the door.

Lin Chen accompanied Ye Qingcheng, who had changed into clean clothes but whose face was still pale, as they slowly walked in.

Seeing Ye Qingcheng, Zhao Tianba felt as if he had found his last lifeline, and he shouted frantically:

"Qingcheng! Qingcheng, let me explain! I did all this for you! I love you!"

Ye Qingcheng, her face as cold as frost, walked step by step to Zhao Tianba's bedside.

The disgust of the past was gone from her eyes, replaced by a cold indifference as if she were looking at trash.

Zhao Tianba was still hoping for her forgiveness and her pleas for mercy.

however.

He was greeted by Ye Qingcheng's raised hand.

Snapped--! ! !

A crisp, loud slap landed hard on Zhao Tianba's face!