While out picking up trash, I was forcefully pushed around by a beautiful female CEO.

"Yes, brother-in-law, otherwise the Zhang family wouldn't have been able to develop so quickly. That's why I always say Zhang Hao has a great older sister."

Meng Bufan drove out of the Meng family villa, but he felt a little strange about Lin Feng's attitude. Why did Lin Feng speak as if he was very familiar with that Young Master Qin?

However, when he thought about how the young master of the Qin family had just sent Secretary Liu to invite Lin Feng and his second sister to dinner that evening, Meng Bufan's strange feeling dissipated.

"Xiao Feng, what's wrong?"

Sitting next to Lin Feng, Li Zhiheng couldn't help but speak up.

When Meng Bufan said that Zhang Hao was the brother-in-law of the young master of the Qin family, Li Zhiheng saw the surprise on Lin Feng's face.

"It's nothing, I just think it's such a coincidence!"

Lin Feng smiled and said.

"It's quite a coincidence. We really have a connection with the Qin family. Young Master Qin just sent someone to deliver a congratulatory gift, and now we're heading to his brother-in-law's newly opened bar! But Young Master Qin really helped us a lot today, so we can't be stingy at the bar tonight; we have to show our support!"

Meng Bufan said with a sigh.

"We definitely have to show our support!"

Lin Feng nodded. Even if Qin Xiao didn't help him tonight, he would still show his support because of their past relationship.

Immediately afterwards, in silence, Meng Bufan drove straight to the Enchanting Night Bar.

……

On the other side, Li Zuwang was driving the same car that Su Mingxuan and Chen Zongwen had used when they came to the Meng family. On the back seat were the two corpses.

After so many years of military service, Li Zuwang had long since lost any fear of the dead.

But his expression remained extremely serious, and he kept glancing at his phone.

Just twenty minutes ago, when he left the Meng family, he sent another message to the comrade-in-arms he had contacted during the day.

The question he asked was quite simple: it was about the pendant around Su Mingxuan's neck. He felt that he had seen it once before, but he couldn't remember it.

Especially when Meng Bufan mentioned the words "dragon-shaped badge," he was even more certain that he had seen this thing before, and it must have been a long time ago, otherwise he would have remembered it!

Li Zuwang reflected on his life experiences, noting that he had spent almost the first half of his life in the military. Therefore, if he had seen that dragon-shaped badge, it must have been while he was in the military.

However, his rank in the army was not high, so he had limited access to information. His comrade-in-arms, with whom he had shared life and death, was different; he had risen to the position of major staff officer in the southeastern war zone of Kyoto.

Therefore, if I ask this comrade-in-arms, perhaps he can provide me with some information.

Once we figure out the origin of that dragon-shaped badge, we might be able to guess Lin Feng's identity.

However, twenty minutes have passed since the message was sent, and the other party has still not replied.

Li Zuwang was somewhat disappointed. Although he had a life-or-death bond with this comrade-in-arms, human relationships are something that are used up and then diminished. He wasn't sure if the other party would reveal his secrets to him.

Dudu!

Just as they were passing an intersection, Li Zuwang's phone suddenly vibrated.

Li Zuwang quickly pulled the car over to the side of the road and turned on his phone. The message contained only four words: "Let's talk on the phone."

Just those four words sent a tidal wave of shock through Li Zuwang's heart.

This means that the dragon-shaped badge must have extraordinary significance; otherwise, the other party would not have been so cautious.

The phone rang within half a minute.

"Old Li, tell me honestly, why did you suddenly start asking about this?"

The call connected, and a calm and serious middle-aged male voice came through.

"Junzi, I was just asking casually, why are you being so secretive?"

Li Zuwang suppressed his inner turmoil and smiled casually.

His comrade-in-arms was named Wang Jun, who was half a year younger than him. He had been transferred to Kyoto three years ago, and the two addressed each other as equals.

"Just asking? Hey, Old Li, do you think I don't know you? Back when you retired, I wanted to use my connections to get you transferred to Kyoto for a quiet job, but you didn't want to owe me a favor and insisted on going back to that little place, Minghai! If this matter wasn't very important to you, you wouldn't have bothered me at all!"

Wang Jun chuckled softly and said to Li Zuwang.

"You can't hide anything from me!"

Li Zuwang gave a wry smile and then said, "Actually, it's nothing much. There's a Su family in Minghai City, and I saw this badge on one of their young masters. I feel like I've seen it somewhere before, but I can't remember where. It's making me uneasy, so I asked you!"

"Is that so..."

Wang Jun on the phone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but this was followed by a brief silence.

"Junzi, what's wrong? Is it involving some secret? I know the rules; if that's the case, I won't ask!"

Li Zuwang vaguely sensed something and spoke again directly.

He had important business to attend to and couldn't waste too much time on the phone.

"It does involve some secrets! However, that's all in the past. People with connections in Kyoto are generally aware of this, but they just don't talk about it openly. So, strictly speaking, it's not exactly a secret. I won't hurt to tell you."

After considering his options for a moment, Wang Jun spoke slowly over the phone.

Li Zuwang raised an eyebrow sharply, remaining silent and waiting for the other party to continue.

"You must have seen that dragon-shaped badge before! Have you forgotten? Seven years ago, when we led a team on a mission, we encountered an extremely difficult and terrifying opponent. He came to Blackwater Town on the border alone and, within three days, raped and murdered six women, including two officers on duty at a local police station."

Wang Jun's voice came again.

"You mean that assassin ranked nineteenth on the foreign leaderboard, codenamed Blood Bat?"

Li Zuwang's expression changed slightly. The so-called Earth Ranking was a list compiled by an assassin organization on the foreign dark web for well-known foreign assassins. It was divided into two lists, Heaven and Earth, based on the strength of the assassins. There were 81 people on the Heaven Ranking and 108 people on the Earth Ranking. The assassins who could enter these two lists were all extremely powerful.

Seven years ago, he and Wang Jun led a special operations team from their military region to Heishui Town to track down this person, but instead encountered an unprecedented crisis.

"That's right, it was that time! The two of us led the team, using every trick in the book, and it took us two days to finally track down this person's whereabouts. In the end, even with the loss of five men, he still managed to escape."

Wang Jun's words were somewhat heavy.

"Yes, the opponent's strength was terrifying, something we've never seen before. Afterwards, that assassin even posted on the dark web mocking that China had no one. Such a provocative attitude enraged our superiors. You and I were almost completely disgraced and had no face to go back. We were both prepared to die there."

Li Zuwang was also deeply moved. As he was speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and his breathing became extremely rapid: "I remember now, that badge..."

When he said the second half of the sentence, Li Zuwang's voice trembled.