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

Thirty thousand?

Zhou Tian was stunned, almost thinking he had misheard.

He had assumed that since Lin Chen knew so many of his secrets, he would surely make exorbitant demands, extorting hundreds of thousands or even millions.

But he only wants 30,000?

This is not extortion at all; it's just him getting back the wages and compensation he's owed!

Fear and absurdity intertwined in his mind.

This young man doesn't want money.

What he wanted was an attitude, a resolution.

Zhou Tian dared not hesitate any longer. With trembling hands, he pulled out his phone from his pocket and frantically opened the bank's app.

Due to excessive nervousness, he entered the wrong password twice, and large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

He had never found the money transfer interface so complicated, nor had he ever felt time passing so slowly.

The office was deathly silent, save for Zhou Tian's heavy breathing and the faint clicking of his phone.

All the colleagues held their breath, watching this surreal scene unfold.

The director, who was all swagger just a second ago, now looked like a schoolboy who had made a mistake, obediently transferring money to Lin Chen, whom they had always thought was an easy target.

"Buzzing—"

Lin Chen's phone vibrated in his pocket.

He took it out, glanced at the payment notification displayed on the screen, and then put the phone back in his pocket.

Throughout the entire process, the expression on his face remained unchanged.

He didn't glance at Zhou Tian, ​​who was slumped on the ground, nor did he pay any attention to his stunned colleagues. He turned around, took long strides, and strode towards the company gate.

Only after Lin Chen's figure completely disappeared through the doorway did the invisible aura that had been pressing down on everyone's heads quietly dissipate.

"Gulp."

Zhou Tian's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. The back of his shirt was already soaked with cold sweat.

My colleagues in the office looked at each other, their eyes filled with undisguised shock.

……

Stepping out of the office building, the midday sun felt warm and comforting on my skin.

Lin Chen let out a long breath, feeling the frustration and resentment that had been building up in his chest for days vanish with the resignation letter he had just slapped in Zhou Tian's face.

He looked up at the azure sky, feeling a sense of joy he had never experienced before.

Just then, the cell phone rang.

It was an unfamiliar number.

Lin Chen answered the phone.

"Hello, are you Mr. Lin Chen?"

A steady male voice came from the other end of the phone.

"it's me."

"Hello Mr. Lin, I'm from the Publicity Department of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. I'm calling to thank you again for your heroic act of assisting us in capturing Wang Hu, an A-level wanted criminal, yesterday."

"In accordance with the 'Regulations on Rewarding and Protecting Individuals Who Act Righteously and Courageously in Jiangcheng City,' we have applied for the highest level of reward for you, with a bonus of 100,000 yuan."

"Would it be convenient for you to come to the Municipal Bureau now to complete the collection procedures?"

100,000!

Another huge sum of money!

Lin Chen couldn't help but smile.

With the 500,000 given by the system, plus this 100,000, I made a net profit of 600,000 in one day!

This is more than he earned in ten years of working!

"Sure, I'll be right there."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Chen hailed a taxi.

"Master, the Municipal Public Security Bureau."

Half an hour later, the taxi stopped in front of the solemn and imposing office building of the Municipal Bureau.

Lin Chen had just paid and gotten out of the car when he heard a screeching sound of tires behind him.

A black police SUV came to an abrupt stop at the bottom of the steps, its body still carrying a slight drifting momentum.

The car door was suddenly pushed open, and a familiar, tall figure jumped out of the driver's seat.

It's Su Qingge.

She changed out of her casual clothes from yesterday and put on a smart duty uniform, but it still couldn't hide her amazing figure.

She just didn't look well today.

That already aloof face was now shrouded in an unyielding weariness, with obvious dark circles under her beautiful eyes and pale lips, and she exuded a sense of defeat.

The two police officers behind her, one with his shoulders slumped and the other walking with his eyes fixed on his toes, were a meter apart and remained silent as if they didn't know each other.

The atmosphere in the entire squad was extremely tense.

Su Qingge rubbed her temples in frustration, and when she looked up, she saw Lin Chen standing not far away.

She was stunned.

A hint of undisguised surprise flashed across those previously dim eyes.

How did he end up here?

Su Qingge subconsciously stopped and looked at Lin Chen, her voice slightly hoarse.

"Why are you here?"

Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat when he saw her haggard appearance, but he still maintained his nonchalant tone.

"Come and collect the 100,000 yuan bonus."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over her tired face, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"By the way, let's see who my blind date is."

Upon hearing this somewhat teasing remark, Su Qingge's tense facial features seemed to soften slightly.

She forced a smile, a bitter one that looked more like a grimace than a cry.

"I'm sorry you had to see this."

She sighed, seemingly pushed to her limit by the mental stress of continuous high-intensity work, and couldn't help but mutter a complaint to this man she had only met once.

"We're currently struggling with a series of burglaries. The habitual criminal, codenamed 'Ghost,' is extremely skilled and never leaves any useful traces."

"We finally identified the suspect, but that guy was as stubborn as an iron man. We interrogated him all night, and he wouldn't utter a single word."

"The chain of evidence isn't strong enough. In a few hours, we'll just have to watch him swagger out!"

A series of thefts? A "ghost"?

As Lin Chen listened, he unconsciously narrowed his eyes.

The next second, the [Master-level Micro-expression Analysis] quietly activated.

In his view, countless details about Su Qingge were instantly captured, analyzed, and interpreted.

He noticed that when Su Qingge mentioned the word "headache," she subconsciously raised her right hand and unconsciously rubbed her nose with her fingertips—a typical sign of extreme anxiety and an attempt to relieve stress through small actions.

He noticed that although she was standing upright, her entire weight was clearly on her right leg, and her left heel was slightly off the ground at one point—this was to reduce the load on her left ankle, indicating that she had an injury to her left ankle.

He also noticed a tiny, almost invisible, pale grayish-white powder on the left cuff of her duty uniform.

Grayish-white powder... cuffs... is lime powder commonly found on construction sites.

My weight is shifted to the right... I'm consciously reducing the weight on my left ankle... It's a sprain.

The construction site and the sprained ankle—two pieces of information collided and merged in his mind in an instant.

He looked at the woman in front of him who was still putting on a brave face for the case, and suddenly spoke, his voice calm and resolute.

"Officer Su, you've sprained your left ankle. You should apply ice to it as soon as possible."

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Qingge's bitter smile froze.

Lin Chen didn't stop, continuing in his calm tone:

"Also, avoid going to construction sites recently, especially dusty places like construction sites where the roads are difficult to walk on, as it could worsen your injuries."

Su Qingge's beautiful phoenix eyes widened suddenly, the weariness in her eyes replaced by an overwhelming shock.

She looked at Lin Chen as if he were a monster.

She sprained her ankle early this morning while following a false lead at an abandoned construction site.

She didn't tell anyone about this, not even her closest teammates; she just silently endured it.

he……

How did he know?!

And she even knew exactly where she had been to the construction site!

The immense shock caused her mind to go blank for a moment. She subconsciously asked a question, her voice trembling slightly.

"How...how did you know?!"