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

Lin Chen looked at Li Mingyu's face, which was filled with jealousy and contempt, and felt secretly delighted.

Instead of being angry, he found it rather amusing.

He's just a clown jumping around.

He was too lazy to pay attention to the other person anymore, and simply turned his gaze to Su Qingge, his eyes filled with a hint of inquiry.

Su Qingge felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze, and a hint of evasion flashed in her clear eyes, but she quickly returned to her icy demeanor.

She took a business card out of her pocket and handed it to her.

"This is my private phone number."

"Someone will contact you regarding the distribution of the reward for your act of bravery."

"In addition, as a key witness in this case, you may need to cooperate with our investigations several more times."

Her voice was still cool, but compared to the aloofness she exuded in the coffee shop, it seemed to have faded a little.

Lin Chen took the business card, his fingertips accidentally touching her fingertips, which were cool and delicate.

"Ready to cooperate at any time."

He smiled.

After giving his statement, Lin Chen declined the police's offer to send him home and walked out of the city police station alone.

Night had fallen, and the city's neon lights had painted the sky a magnificent purple.

The evening breeze was cool, but it couldn't extinguish the burning passion in his heart.

……

The next morning.

A ray of sunlight shone through the gap in the curtains onto Lin Chen's face.

He opened his eyes, feeling neither the headache of a hangover nor the backache from years of hunching over a desk. Instead, he felt full of boundless energy and refreshed.

He instinctively picked up his phone, opened the bank app, and stared at the glaring balance figure—500,856.32 yuan.

The curve of her lips couldn't be suppressed.

This is just the system's reward.

According to Su Qingge, the police station should also have a substantial reward for her act of bravery.

Double the happiness.

He pulled a clean set of casual clothes from his closet and changed into them, then disgustedly threw the cheap, wrinkled suit stained with blood into the trash can.

The man in the mirror had clear eyes and an upright posture, showing no trace of yesterday's dejection and listlessness.

After breakfast, Lin Chen didn't rush to squeeze onto the subway as usual, but instead strolled leisurely towards the company.

Some accounts just need to be settled.

When Lin Chen appeared at the company entrance, the office area, which had been filled with the clatter of keyboards, instantly fell silent.

Everyone stopped moving, and all eyes, whether of sympathy, schadenfreude, or curiosity, were focused on him.

Whispers rose from the corner like mosquitoes.

"Are you crazy? Yesterday, Zhou Bapi gave him half an hour to submit a proposal, and he just disappeared. And today he dares to be late?"

"I heard he went on a blind date yesterday. If you ask me, he should just quit his job. Why come back and suffer like this?"

"Just wait and see, there's going to be a good show today. Zhou Bapi's office is practically smoking; they'll probably skin him alive."

Before he could finish speaking...

"Bang!"

The door to the director's office was suddenly pushed open with tremendous force, slamming against the wall with a loud bang.

Zhou Tian, ​​the department director with a receding hairline and a beer belly, charged out like an enraged bull, his face trembling with anger.

He spotted Lin Chen in the crowd at a glance, his stubby fingers almost poking Lin Chen's nose, and the spittle he spewed out could have formed a light rain.

"Lin Chen!"

"You dare to come here!"

"Where's the proposal I asked you to submit yesterday!"

"What time is it? Are you late?"

"You're absent from work! Absent from work!"

"Get your ass over here!"

The roar made the entire office area buzz.

Everyone instinctively shrank back, looking on with pity as Lin Chen was being thoroughly berated.

However, Lin Chen just looked at Zhou Tian expressionlessly.

The [Criminal Buster System] will be activated automatically.

In his field of vision, a string of dark yellow numbers slowly appeared on Zhou Tian's shiny bald head.

[Sin Value: 350]

Immediately afterwards, a virtual panel that only Lin Chen could see unfolded beside Zhou Tian.

[Brief Summary of the Crime:]

[1. Tiancheng Trading, a shell company under its name, has evaded taxes totaling 520 million yuan over the past three years. The related falsified accounting books were hidden in a false ceiling layer in its office.]

[2. Taking advantage of his position, he embezzled 300 million yuan of public funds for investment and plans to flee to Thailand next Tuesday on flight TG665.]

[3. He repeatedly threatened to give her a permanent position, verbally and physically harassing three female interns at the company.]

4. He kept a mistress in the "Champs-Élysées" villa area in the western suburbs, and they have a three-year-old illegitimate child.

A cold smile curled at the corners of Lin Chen's lips.

Ignoring the stares of those around him, he strode forward and, in the deathly silence of the entire hall, slowly walked towards Zhou Tian.

Step by step, unhurriedly, yet carrying an invisible sense of pressure.

Zhou Tian felt inexplicably uneasy under Lin Chen's calm yet somewhat eerie gaze, as if his entire being had been seen through.

He forcefully suppressed his unease and roared, his voice trembling with fear, "What are you looking at!"

"What kind of look is that! Let me tell you, this isn't over yet!"

"Believe it or not, I'll make sure you can never survive in this industry again!"

Lin Chen stopped in front of him, the two of them no more than half a meter apart.

He didn't say anything, but slowly took a letter out of his pocket.

Resignation letter.

next second.

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound echoed throughout the entire office area.

Lin Chen casually tossed the resignation letter onto Zhou Tian's greasy, fat face.

The sound of keyboard typing stopped abruptly.

The sound of my female colleague gasping for breath could be clearly heard.

All the colleagues were stunned, their jaws nearly dropping, their eyes wide with disbelief.

Lin Chen, who was usually scolded by Zhou Tian to the point of not being able to lift his head... actually dared to slap his boss in the face with his resignation letter?

Is he crazy?

Zhou Tian was completely stunned, and his face was still burning with pain.

He was stunned for a full three seconds before he realized what had happened.

A surge of blood rushed to his head, causing him to lose his mind instantly.

"You fucking want to die!"

He roared and raised his thick palm, slapping Lin Chen hard across the face.

However, that hand was firmly gripped in mid-air by a hand like an iron clamp.

Lin Chen grabbed his wrist.

"ah--!"

Zhou Tian let out a bloodcurdling scream, like a pig being slaughtered.

He felt as if his wrist bones were about to be crushed, and no matter how much he struggled, he couldn't budge them an inch.

Lin Chen's face remained expressionless. He exerted a little force, pulling the screaming Zhou Tian close to him. Leaning forward slightly, he whispered in Zhou Tian's ear in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"Mr. Zhou, are Tiancheng Trading's falsified ledgers still hidden in the ceiling of your office?"

Zhou Tian's pig-like screams came to an abrupt end.

His pupils contracted to the size of pinpoints in an instant.

Cold sweat instantly soaked his back.

Looking at his terrified profile, Lin Chen's smile deepened, and he continued to utter even more deadly words in that calm tone.

"Have you bought your plane ticket to Thailand for next Tuesday?"

"Also, does your wife know about that Xiaoli in the villa in the western suburbs... and your three-year-old son?"

If the first sentence was like a thunderclap, then the following sentences were like plunging him directly into the deepest abyss!

Zhou Tian's legs went weak, and if Lin Chen hadn't been holding his wrist, he probably would have collapsed to the ground.

The look in his eyes as he looked at Lin Chen was no longer one of anger, but of terror and horror.

How did he know?!

These things are the deepest secrets he keeps in his heart, his biggest weakness!

How could Lin Chen possibly know all of this clearly!

"Who...who are you...?"

Zhou Tian's voice trembled uncontrollably, and his teeth were chattering.

Lin Chen released his grip, letting Zhou Tian stagger backward like a rag doll before finally collapsing against the desk.

He looked down at the arrogant man who had just been so domineering, and spoke calmly, his voice not loud, but clearly carrying throughout the entire office.

"I'll round up your salary for this month, plus the N+1 severance pay."

"Thirty thousand yuan."

"Transfer it to me now, immediately."