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

In the dark corner of the alley, the evening breeze carried a hint of coolness.

A moment later, a series of hurried yet steady footsteps approached from afar, breaking the deathly silence.

Su Qingge led several elite plainclothes officers and silently surrounded them.

When she saw the two assassins that Lin Chen had thrown on the ground like trash, and the open toolbox filled with high-energy plastic explosives at their feet, even though she was used to seeing life and death, a chill instantly ran down her spine.

Cold sweat seeped from her smooth forehead.

The amount of explosives was enough to level the entire building and half a street!

She couldn't imagine what a tragedy would have happened if Lin Chen had arrived even a moment later.

The thought that Lin Chen's parents had just been separated from this pile of dead things by only one wall made Su Qingge's heart feel like it was being squeezed by an invisible hand. She was both angry and terrified!

"Captain Wang, immediately take these two scumbags and these explosives away, seal off the area, and don't alert any residents!"

Su Qingge lowered her voice, her tone filled with barely suppressed anger.

"yes!"

Several plainclothes officers quickly stepped forward, deftly put hoods on the two unconscious assassins, handcuffed them, and then carefully disposed of the box of deadly explosives.

Just then.

Lin Chen, who had been silent and standing in the shadows, suddenly raised his hand and covered his ear.

That was the miniature earpiece he had previously hidden under his collar.

At this moment, it was connected to the eavesdropping locator that he had secretly attached to the "director's" watch.

A burst of noise clearly reached his ears.

"Hahaha! Director, you really found the right person this time! That 'Poisonous Bee' is simply a born killing machine!"

It was a slightly aged but powerful voice, full of smugness and ruthlessness.

Zhao Tailong!

Immediately following was the "director's" refined yet sinister voice.

"Mr. Zhao, you flatter us. It is our honor to serve such a distinguished guest as you."

"Come, let me toast you! Wishing Jiangcheng a spectacular fireworks display tonight!"

"Haha, great! Congratulations to you too!"

The clinking of glasses, the sloshing of liquid in the glasses, and the unrestrained laughter of that group of scum were all transmitted through the headset without missing a single word.

They were celebrating their victory.

Celebrating an impending bloody massacre of their own parents!

In that instant, Lin Chen's eyes completely lost their warmth.

It was a deathly stillness, deeper than an abyss and colder than the glaciers of the far north.

Su Qingge keenly sensed the change in Lin Chen's aura. Her heart tightened, and she quickly walked over.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Chen didn't say anything, but simply took off one of the earpieces and handed it to her.

Su Qingge took it with a puzzled look and put it in her ear.

When Zhao Tailong's disgusting conversation with the "director" came through clearly, her already cold and pretty face was instantly covered with a deadly aura!

"Zhao Tailong!"

Su Qingge practically spat out the name through gritted teeth, her knuckles turning white from gripping the gun so tightly.

"They're together right now! That's irrefutable evidence! I'll report to the bureau immediately, apply for an emergency search warrant, and mobilize the SWAT team to completely surround Zhao Tailong's private estate!"

Her expression turned serious as she turned to take out her phone.

This is the most correct and procedurally sound approach.

With witness testimonies, physical evidence, and wiretapped recordings, the chain of evidence is complete.

However, a hand pressed down on her shoulder.

"It's too late."

Lin Chen's voice was eerily calm.

"Zhao Tailong has been operating in Jiangcheng for decades, with a complex and intricate network of connections, including people in both the legitimate and criminal worlds."

"Before your application report even reached the director's desk, he had already gotten wind of it and fled."

"By then, the place will be deserted, and all our efforts today will have been in vain."

Su Qingge was shocked; she knew, of course, that what Lin Chen said was true.

Can……

"So what do we do?"

She said urgently.

"Are we just going to stand by and watch these beasts get away with it?"

Lin Chen slowly turned around.

He looked into Su Qingge's phoenix eyes, which were filled with anxiety and anger, but his face remained expressionless.

He simply raised his hand and slowly straightened his slightly disheveled collar, his movements elegant yet carrying an oppressive sense of impending storm.

"No."

He uttered a single word.

"Tonight, I will make them vomit back every drop of alcohol they've drunk, with interest, in their own blood."

As soon as he finished speaking, the frozen Dead Sea in his eyes suddenly surged with towering waves, and his killing intent boiled over!

He's going to the meeting alone!

Su Qingge instantly understood Lin Chen's thoughts, her heart clenched, and her face turned deathly pale!

Without thinking, she grabbed Lin Chen's arm tightly, her voice trembling slightly.

"Are you crazy?!"

"That's the Zhao family's manor! It's their stronghold! How many bodyguards are there? How many guns? You're going to break in alone? I won't allow it!"

That wasn't an ordinary villa; it was the lair of a criminal gang leader who had been operating for decades—a den of dragons and tigers!

What's the difference between Lin Chen going alone and suicide?!

Lin Chen looked at her trembling hand that was gripping his arm, feeling the coldness and panic in her palm. Finally, a trace of warmth flashed across her icy eyes.

He turned his hand over and gently took her hand in his.

"rest assured."

His voice was no longer cold, but carried a calm and confidence that was enough to reassure people.

"A bunch of worthless scoundrels."

"Killing them is enough for me alone!"

Su Qingge stared at him blankly.

Looking into his deep, seemingly all-consuming eyes, there was no trace of bravado, no trace of fear, only absolute confidence in his complete control.

Her wildly beating heart miraculously calmed down.

The words of refusal were on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't bring myself to say them.

She knew Lin Chen was right.

Following the procedure will only alert the enemy.

She also knew that once this man made a decision, no one could stop him.

In the end, all the worries, anxieties, and reluctance turned into a helpless sigh.

Su Qingge bit her red lips and slowly, bit by bit, loosened her grip.

Her fingertips lingered stubbornly on his arm for one last second.

"I don't care what your plan is."

Her voice was soft, with a hint of pleading that was barely perceptible.

"Come back to me alive."

Lin Chen looked down at her and nodded emphatically.

"You're in charge of cleaning up this mess."

Lin Chen whispered a word of advice.

"I'm going to collect the debts; we'll meet up later."

Before he finished speaking, his figure flickered and disappeared into the darkness at the alley entrance.

Su Qingge stood there, looking in the direction he disappeared. After a long while, she spoke into her earpiece in an almost icy tone, giving the order.

"All units, cancel all leave, and all staff are on standby!"

"Get ready to close the net!"

……

In the dead of night, a torrential downpour began.

Large raindrops pounded against the car window with a loud "pitter-patter" sound, blurring the entire world.

At the end of the winding mountain road in the western suburbs of Jiangcheng.

The Zhao family's private estate was brightly lit and heavily guarded.

The towering electric fence, the thirty-six high-definition cameras with no blind spots, and the dozens of fully armed bodyguards in black, leading fierce wolfhounds, patrolled back and forth in the rain, turning this place into an impenetrable fortress.

At the foot of the mountain, an inconspicuous black sedan sat quietly in the shadows of the trees, blending into the night.

Inside the car, Lin Chen leaned back in the driver's seat, staring blankly at his phone screen.

[God-level hacking skills], activated!

His fingers blurred across the small phone screen, moving so fast that they couldn't be seen with the naked eye.

Lines of complex code, completely incomprehensible to the average person, flowed rapidly like a waterfall.

The manor's security system is military-grade, with an AI alert program even nested behind the firewall. Once an abnormal intrusion is detected, it will immediately trigger a physical alarm and lock down the source of the intrusion.

But in front of Lin Chen, this so-called AI was as slow as a toddler learning to walk.

"Beep".

A red warning box popped up on the phone screen.

[Anti-tracking protocol detected. Activate data decoy?]

Lin Chen's lips curled into a mocking smile as he tapped the screen three times with his finger.

The red warning box shattered instantly, turning into a line of green code.

[AI protocol has taken over; privileges: highest.]

at the same time.

In the central control room deep within the manor.

The two security guards on duty were playing cards and chatting, completely unaware that the images displayed on the dozens of surveillance screens in front of them had quietly frozen.

The next second, all the footage seamlessly transitioned, looping through a recording from ten minutes earlier.

Patrolling bodyguards, swaying tree shadows, splashing rain... everything seemed so normal.

They have become blind and deaf.

After doing all this, Lin Chen put away his phone and opened the car door.

The icy rain instantly soaked his hair and clothes, but he was completely unaware. He simply raised his head and looked at the brightly lit fortress of evil on the mountaintop.

A bolt of lightning ripped through the night sky, illuminating his eyes, now devoid of any emotion, cold and lifeless.

He took a step forward, his figure disappearing into the raging rain.