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

Night falls.

In Sanlitun, Beijing, at a high-end bar called "Night Colors".

The heavy metal music was deafening, the dance floor was filled with wild dancing, and colorful spotlights were shining wildly in the air.

Lin Chen sat at the bar, holding a glass of whiskey in his hand.

His collar was slightly open, his tie hung loosely around his neck, and his eyes were glazed over, giving him a颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a state of listlessness, decadence, or dejection) appearance as if he had drunk too much.

Jiang Tingxue sat next to him, wearing a tight black leather jacket, anxiously pulling on his arm.

"Honey, please don't drink anymore!"

Jiang Tingxue shouted loudly, trying to drown out the music in the bar.

Lin Chen abruptly shook off Jiang Tingxue's hand and slammed his wine glass heavily onto the bar.

"Leave me alone!"

Lin Chen shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Qingge has been suspended! The Major Crimes Unit is now under the control of that bastard surnamed Wang!"

"All the clues I painstakingly uncovered have been wasted!"

He deliberately raised his voice, causing several other drinkers around him to turn their heads.

Jiang Tingxue's eyes were red as she played along: "So what do we do now? That old fox Song Qingyun will definitely take the opportunity to destroy the evidence."

"He dares!"

Lin Chen let out a burp and patted his chest.

"Song Qingyun's core ledgers are currently in the safe in my courtyard house!"

"Once tonight is over, the provincial department's special task force will be down first thing tomorrow morning, and I'll hand over the ledgers directly to the provincial department!"

"Then we'll see how Song Qingyun and that guy surnamed Wang die!"

After saying that, Lin Chen picked up his wine glass again and drank it all in one gulp.

At a booth in the corner of the bar.

A man wearing a baseball cap is looking down at his phone.

His fingers flew across the screen, sending out every single word Lin Chen had just said.

……

At the same time.

Inside a high-end villa in Beijing.

After listening to his subordinate's report on his phone, Wang Tao's expression changed drastically.

He immediately dialed Song Qingyun's encrypted number.

"Chairman Song, something's happened!"

Wang Tao lowered his voice, "I just received news that Lin Chen has your core ledger, and it's hidden in his courtyard house!"

On the other end of the phone, Song Qingyun's voice was filled with a hysterical madness.

"It's absolutely true! Lin Chen drank too much at the bar tonight and said it himself," Wang Tao said urgently. "He's handing over the ledgers to the provincial task force first thing tomorrow morning. Once he does, we're all finished!"

Song Qingyun was silent for a few seconds, then let out a chilling laugh.

"What a Lin Chen."

"Since he's courting death, I'll grant his wish."

"Tonight, at all costs, get the ledger back! Leave no one alive, including Lin Chen and his men!"

……

Two o'clock in the morning.

Outside Lin Chen's courtyard house, all was quiet.

Two black, unlicensed vans silently stopped at the entrance of the alley.

The car door opened, and more than a dozen fully armed assassins filed out.

They were dressed in black night clothes, wore night vision goggles, and carried submachine guns equipped with silencers and sharp military daggers.

The lead assassin made a hand gesture.

Everyone immediately dispersed and skillfully scaled the more than two-meter-high outer wall of the courtyard house.

The courtyard was pitch black.

The sound of steady breathing could be faintly heard from the main bedroom.

The lead assassin smiled cruelly, preparing to wave for his men to rush in.

Sudden.

He heard a very faint "click" sound from beneath his feet.

It's like stepping on the trigger of some kind of sophisticated machinery.

Before he could react...

"Whoosh—!"

Suddenly, a sharp, piercing sound of wind breaking came from the night sky overhead!

A giant animal-catching net woven from high-strength titanium alloy steel wire descended from the sky!

"Oh no! An ambush!"

The lead assassin roared and tried to retreat.

But it was too late.

The massive steel mesh instantly enveloped the five or six assassins at the front!

The steel mesh was attached to lead weights weighing hundreds of kilograms, which tightened instantly upon landing, binding the people tightly together.

The sharp steel wire even cut into their flesh, causing them to scream in agony like pigs being slaughtered.

The remaining assassins were terrified and immediately raised their guns, aiming them at their surroundings.

"Smack."

The searchlights in the courtyard instantly turned on, illuminating the entire courtyard as bright as day.

Lin Chen stood on the steps of the main house.

He showed no signs of being drunk at all.

His eyes were clear and bright, like a tiger eyeing its prey.

Jiang Tingxue, Su Ke'er, and the other three women had already been arranged by him to move into the underground safe house.

This courtyard is now his slaughterhouse, specially prepared for these assassins.

[Grandmaster-level combat skills have been unlocked!]

Lin Chen didn't even grab his weapon; he leaped down the steps and charged into the group of assassins!

An assassin raised his submachine gun, about to pull the trigger.

Lin Chen had already moved closer.

His left hand shot out like lightning, grabbed the other man's hot gun barrel, and jerked it upwards!

"Pfft pfft pfft!"

All the bullets hit mid-air.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Chen's right fist, imbued with terrifying hidden force, slammed hard into the assassin's chest.

"Snap!"

The sickening cracking sound of bones breaking was clearly audible.

The assassin's sternum caved in instantly, and he flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing into the wall and vomiting blood.

Lin Chen didn't pause at all, his body moving through the crowd like a ghost.

Every move he made was simple, brutal, and deadly.

He dodged a military dagger aimed at his throat by sidestepping it, grabbed the other man's wrist with his other hand, and twisted it forcefully.

"what!"

The assassin's wrist was twisted into a pretzel, and before he could even let out a scream, Lin Chen delivered a whip kick to his temple, knocking him unconscious on the spot.

Punch to the flesh!

Violent crushing!

In less than three minutes.

There wasn't a single assassin left standing in the courtyard.

The ground was littered with bodies writhing in agony and wailing.

Lin Chen walked up to the leader of the assassins, who was covered by a steel mesh.

He stomped on the other person's face and ground his foot into it.

He took the communicator out of the other person's pocket.

Press the callback button.

The phone was answered after only one ring, and Song Qingyun's anxious voice came through: "Did you succeed?"

Lin Chen grinned.

"Chairman Song, are you still up so late?"

Upon hearing Lin Chen's voice, Song Qingyun, who was on the other end of the phone, instantly stopped breathing.

"Lin Chen?! How could you...?"

"How did I end up with one of your subordinates' phones?"

Lin Chen's tone was full of mockery.

"Chairman Song, the trash you sent isn't even worthy of fertilizing my plants."

"What core ledger, what drunkenness, it was all just me teasing you."

"That old dog of yours hiding in the police station has really screwed you over this time."

There was a deathly silence on the other end of the phone.

A few seconds later.

"Snapped!"

A crisp popping sound rang out.

Song Qingyun smashed the phone to pieces.