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

A Class A wanted criminal?

What a joke!

In the entire city of Jiangcheng, and even the entire province, there are only a handful of registered Class A wanted criminals, each of whom is a vicious and ruthless bandit with several lives on their hands.

How could she possibly end up in such a bourgeois café, and how could she possibly be so easily subdued by her seemingly frail blind date?

"You'd better not move or say anything."

With sharp eyes, Su Qingge warned Lin Chen while maintaining a shooting stance, carefully moving towards the man lying in a pool of blood.

Every movement she made met textbook standards; her steps were light and steady, and the muzzle of her gun was always locked on any potential threat.

The customers in the café were terrified, huddled in a corner, trembling and not daring to breathe.

The only sounds in the space were Su Qingge's cautious footsteps and the man's faint twitches and groans.

The distance is getting closer and closer.

Su Qingge's breathing also became heavy.

She stretched out her tactical boot and flicked the man's face, which was contorted in pain, back over.

The moment that face was fully exposed to the light.

Su Qingge's pupils suddenly contracted to the size of a pinhead!

That face!

A hideous scar, resembling a centipede, runs from his left brow bone to the corner of his mouth, disrupting the structure of his entire face.

His pair of sinister triangular eyes, even though they were half-closed due to the excruciating pain, still exuded a chilling ferocity.

She's been looking at this face dozens of times every day during the task force meetings for the past two weeks!

A buzzing sound went through Su Qingge's mind, as if a thunderclap had exploded.

A high-resolution electronic wanted poster instantly overlapped perfectly with the bloodied and mangled face in front of him!

[Level A Wanted Notice]

[Suspect: Wang Hu, male, 38 years old...]

[Special features: Long scar on the left cheek, triangular eyes, approximately 1.8 meters tall...]

[Suspected crimes: Principal suspect in three murder cases, a series of armed robberies...]

Confirmed!

It's really him!

Wang Hu, the cunning and ruthless serial killer who caused headaches for the entire Jiangnan Province police force!

Su Qingge's brain completely shut down.

She felt that the whole world had become absurd and unreal.

The elite members of the Major Crimes Unit deployed their best resources and laid a massive dragnet for half a month, but they didn't even manage to catch a glimpse of the A-level wanted criminal...

And so, she was taken in by her blind date—who seemed harmless, wore an inexpensive suit, had a vacant look in his eyes, and whom she had judged to be "unmotivated and listless"...

He could be knocked out in no time with just an ashtray.

Is this fucking reasonable?!

The overwhelming sense of absurdity and shock caused her hand holding the gun to momentarily loosen.

But her strong professional skills brought her back to her senses quickly.

"Whoosh!"

Su Qingge deftly put away her sidearm and pulled out a pair of gleaming handcuffs from her waist.

With a "click," the cold metal handcuffs locked Wang Hu's intact hand and severed wrist tightly.

She didn't look at Wang Hu on the ground again, but suddenly stood up. Her sharp and complex eyes seemed glued to Lin Chen.

Her brow furrowed in confusion, while her lips parted slightly in shock. The two contrasting expressions clashed on her face, causing a crack to appear on her icy countenance for the first time.

Then, she shook her head to clear her mind of the jumbled thoughts, took out her phone, and quickly dialed the branch's number.

"I am Su Qingge!"

"Immediately dispatch a heavily armed team to the 'Afternoon Sunshine' café in the commercial district!"

"Repeating, it's a heavily armed squad!"

"Target... Target A-level wanted criminal Wang Hu has been apprehended!"

"The situation is under control, but we need support on site!"

The operator on the other end of the phone was clearly stunned for a long time before repeating the confirmation in a tone as if she had seen a ghost.

After hanging up the phone, Su Qingge took a deep breath, trying to calm her wildly beating heart.

Less than five minutes.

"Waaah—waaah—"

The sharp, piercing sound of police sirens shattered the afternoon tranquility of the commercial street as they approached.

Several police cars came to an abrupt stop in front of the coffee shop with a neat drift.

The car door was suddenly pushed open, and more than a dozen fully armed special police officers wearing helmets, bulletproof vests, and carrying submachine guns filed in. Their tactical movements were fluid and seamless, instantly forming a crossfire network and controlling all exits.

"Don't move! Police!"

"Everyone down!"

A somber atmosphere instantly enveloped the entire coffee shop.

The team leader was a tall, handsome young police officer.

He is Li Mingyu, the deputy captain of the Jiangcheng Criminal Police Detachment.

Li Mingyu was the first to rush in, and immediately saw Su Qingge safe and sound. His heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was instantly relieved.

But when his gaze fell upon the horrific scene on the ground, and the mangled, bloodied figure chained to the floor, his expression changed drastically.

"Qingge! Are you alright?"

"What's going on? Wang Hu?!"

As the deputy head of the task force, he naturally recognized Wang Hu at a glance.

"I'm fine."

Su Qingge shook her head, but her gaze involuntarily drifted to the man beside her who had remained remarkably calm throughout.

Li Mingyu followed her gaze and then noticed Lin Chen.

A young man wearing an inexpensive suit, with a few specks of blood on his face, looked somewhat refined yet strange.

"Who is this person?"

Li Mingyu frowned and asked.

Su Qingge's expression became even more complicated. She was silent for two seconds before slowly speaking: "He... is the one who subdued Wang Hu."

"What?!"

Li Mingyu's voice suddenly rose eight octaves, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

He looked Lin Chen up and down carefully, his eyes filled with disbelief and absurdity.

Just him?

This pretty boy looks like he could be blown away by a gust of wind?

They subdued Wang Hu, the ruthless Class A wanted criminal.

Are you kidding me!

He preferred to believe that Wang Hu had tripped and fallen while walking and fainted!

The subsequent procedures proceeded smoothly.

Wang Hu was carefully lifted onto a stretcher by special police officers and sent to an ambulance, with heavy guards protecting him throughout the process.

Lin Chen, as the only "eyewitness" and "person in charge," was also "invited" back to the city police station to give a detailed statement.

……

Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau, Criminal Investigation Detachment.

In an observation room, the old captain Zhang Zheng stood with his hands behind his back, squinting at the young man on the monitor screen in the interrogation room.

In the scene, Lin Chen is holding a cup of hot tea, drinking it leisurely. There is no trace of the tension or unease one would expect when first entering a police station. Instead, he appears as calm and collected as if he were in his own living room.

"Old Zhang, look at this kid, isn't he a bit strange?"

Li Mingyu stood to the side, his expression somewhat unpleasant.

"Strange?"

A glint of light flashed in Zhang Zheng's eyes, and a wide smile spread across his face.

"I think he's a promising talent! He's born for this line of work!"

"Look at his skills! Clean! Efficient! Ruthless! A single strike is fatal! Not a single unnecessary movement!"

"This courage, this mental fortitude—even among the veteran detectives in the team, how many can match it?"

"Well... that might just be good luck, like a blind cat catching a dead mouse."

Li Mingyu said dismissively.

He had been pursuing Su Qingge for quite some time, and today, upon hearing that she had gone on a blind date, he was already furious.

The result was quite unexpected. Not only was his blind date not scared away, but she also performed such an incredible service. How could he be happy about that?

Zhang Zheng glanced at him, said nothing more, but the admiration in his eyes grew stronger.

At this moment, Lin Chen calmly drank his tea, but his mind was already filled with a completely different scene.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing the random mission: Sin Cleanup!]

[Mission Evaluation: Perfect! The target was subdued with lightning speed, without causing any civilian casualties!]

[The task reward has been issued!]

[Reward 1: 500,000 RMB in cash (already converted into a "Good Samaritan Award" through a completely legal source, and will be credited to your account soon)!]

[Bonus 2: Master-level micro-expression analysis!]

[Master-level micro-expression analysis: Your eyes will become the most precise lie detector. You can capture the subtle, subconscious expressions that flash across anyone's face within 0.2 seconds, instantly deciphering the truest emotions and intentions behind them. Lies, pretense, hostility, affection... In your presence, no secret will remain in the human heart!]

Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat.

Five hundred thousand!

And this amazing skill!

"receive!"

He silently recited it in his heart without hesitation.

The next second, a cool stream of information flooded into his brain, and countless pieces of knowledge about human expressions and psychology were instantly integrated into his understanding.

The whole world seems to have changed again.

"Buzzing—"

Just then, his phone vibrated in his pocket.

Lin Chen took it out and saw that it was a bank message.

【尊敬的客户，您尾号8888的储蓄卡帐户于17时32分到帐人民币500,000.00元，交易备注：见义勇为奖金。您当前的帐户余额为500,856.32元。】

Looking at that long string of zeros, Lin Chen's smile was harder to suppress than an AK.

Cool!

This is the best I've ever felt!

The interrogation room door was pushed open, and Su Qingge walked in. She had changed out of her casual clothes and put on a smart police uniform, which made her look even more upright and cold.

However, the look in her eyes as she looked at Lin Chen was filled with complex and unfathomable emotions.

Li Mingyu followed him in, cleared his throat, and spoke to Lin Chen in a businesslike tone.

"Mr. Lin, you were lucky this time. You happened to subdue the criminal. Our police will apply for a commendation for your act of bravery."

"But you must also understand that this behavior is very dangerous and not recommended."

"Next time you encounter a similar situation, be sure to call the police immediately, instead of trying to be a hero, understand?"

"Professional matters should be left to professionals; we can't always be so lucky."

His words, ostensibly out of concern, were actually a veiled attempt to belittle Lin Chen, attributing his achievements to "luck" and "recklessness."

Lin Chen raised his head and looked at Li Mingyu.

At that very moment, the [Master-Level Micro-Expression Analysis] automatically activated!

He clearly saw that when Li Mingyu said the word "lucky", there was an extremely slight twitch of the corner of his mouth to one side, lasting no more than 0.15 seconds - this was typical, heartfelt contempt.

When he mentioned "playing the hero," he glanced at Su Qingge out of the corner of his eye, his brow furrowed slightly, and his orbicularis oculi muscle contracted slightly—a standard sign of jealousy and hostility.

The source of this emotion—Su Qingge!

It turned out to be the case.

Lin Chen understood, and the smile on his lips became playful.