Ark Heroine Development Plan

In any case, Chen would not believe that the Guard Bureau did this in order to "cover up its guilt."

That man... Even if Chen didn't like him, he had to admit that everything he did was making this city a better place. He was the person in the world who most wanted Longmen to be better.

How could the organization he founded become so rotten?

"……etc."

Chen has been overlooking one thing.

She has been thinking as a member of the Imperial Guard, trapped in the mindset of "solving the case", trying to solve the problem in the desperate situation with no clues.

But what if... we don't treat this case as a single case?

Identity, position, and intention are elevated to a more vague yet more straightforward level of analysis, rather than who hit someone and how to find the person who hit someone.

Wei Yanwu would never allow the Imperial Guard Bureau to become so corrupt, so the Imperial Guard Bureau's actions could not simply be a cover-up of crimes.

Wei Yanwu did not say anything, which means that he condoned the actions of the Guard Bureau.

He acquiesced...to the Imperial Guard Bureau's attempt to eliminate that man's traces.

In other words, that person means a lot to Wei Yanwu.

Fear, dread, must hide...

"..."

The answer is so clear.

In this city, who else would Wei Yanwu need to go to such great lengths to cover up his tracks?

Who else could it be but the woman whose photo wouldn't last more than ten seconds if it were posted online?

It turns out the answer is... so simple.

Chen smiled self-deprecatingly. She should have thought of it earlier. Wei Yanwu...taught her a good lesson.

If she unreasonably rushed to the leadership office to confront her superiors, asking them why they destroyed all the clues, or if she kept looking for a way out of the situation within the narrow operator's perspective like a headless fly, that sinister man would surely stand behind the scenes and shake his head and sigh.

Chen was very upset, very, very upset, so upset that he wanted to punch his uncle.

But before that...

"It's more important to arrest the criminal." She said to herself.

"...Hmm? Officer Chen already has a target?"

"Yes, thanks to you."

Chen stood up and nodded: "Thank you for your cooperation, Ms. Luo, I will..."

She suddenly paused.

Two seconds later, Chen, who was about to leave, sat down again.

"Can we talk about something else?"

Luo Anran raised an eyebrow: "Of course, what does Officer Chen want to talk about?"

"Why would you do that?"

“…So?”

"Looking for Guan Yueli, even using such extreme means, looking for Guan Yueli."

Luo Anran looked at Chen with a very subtle look. She pondered for a moment, then replied with a smile:

"It may be difficult for you to understand, Officer Chen, but everything I'm about to say is my absolute and most sincere opinion."

"A week ago, the Natural Group fell into bankruptcy. I won't go into the specifics, but anyway... you probably can't imagine how I felt that week. Anxiety, fear... any number of negative emotions could describe me at that time. I was just a hair's breadth away from collapse."

Luo Anran stood up, stroked the transparent glass wall behind him, and said softly: "I have poured everything into the Tianran Group. If it is ruined like this, I will be ruined too."

"As time passed, my options and leeway became fewer and fewer. For the first time... I fell into absolute helplessness and despair."

"That's when I thought of her. Only she could help me."

Chen was stunned for a moment, then nodded in understanding: "If it is her energy, it is indeed..."

"...You seem to have made a mistake, Officer Chen." Luo Anran raised an eyebrow. "I know Li is not simple. All the connections I mobilized fell on deaf ears. In the end, I had to rely on the connections in the Guard Bureau to find her, but I never thought of using her power."

"So what exactly do you want to do..."

"What do you think people need at that moment?" Luo Anran asked with a smile.

Chen didn't say anything.

"Decision, and... courage." She actually ignored Chen, let down her hair, took out a cigarette from her pocket, and lit it quietly.

"She is the only one in the world who can give me these things when I am completely desperate."

There was no trace of Chen in Luo Anran's eyes anymore: "I asked her that night, if I went bankrupt, would you still care about me?"

"Her eyes widened, and she looked completely bewildered – 'Why do you think I slept with you?' was her response."

The woman chuckled. "That's a pretty despicable thing to say, isn't it? But for me at the time... it was the perfect promise."

"'It doesn't matter if you're living on the streets or in a ten-square-meter rented house. If I want you, I'll find you even if I have to dig through the gates of the dragon gate.'"

In the swirling smoke, Luo Anran curled the corners of his mouth: "This is really the most beautiful love words I have ever heard."

But Chen didn't understand, absolutely... didn't understand.

"Just because of her few... trash words, you... reversed the crisis of Tianran Group?"

Are you kidding me? Is this some third-rate romance novel? Even third-rate romance novels have plots about overbearing CEOs!

"Yeah?" Luo Anran said as if it was a matter of course, "Is there any problem?"

She raised her chin slightly, flicked her fingers to shake off the cigarette ash, and answered Chen word by word, her bright red lips in the faint mist... seemed to be burning:

"Don't underestimate the women Guan Yueli has slept with."

"Oh, by the way, there's another reminder. This is for Miss Chen..."

Luo Anran, who had completely transformed into the aura of an older sister, made Chen completely unable to cope. She didn't even realize that she had straightened her back and maintained the appearance of a junior.

"If you hate Li, don't...don't think about hating her forever. You have to forget her and stay away from her—while you really hate her now."

"otherwise……"

She smiled and said, "Well...you definitely don't want to meet the 'otherwise' I'm talking about."

Chen, who didn't quite understand what was going on, refused to give up: "Does that guy really have this kind of magic power?"

Luo Anran looked at Chen, chuckled, and waved her hand, indicating that she could leave.

Chen was still a little confused, just like she didn't understand why she suddenly chose to sit down and ask Luo Anran about Guan Yueli.

But it’s not a big deal. All she has to do now is find Guan Yueli - this must be a simple matter, she can just ask Xingxiong for help.

After that, it’s a matter of arresting the criminal. She wants to see... how Wei Yanwu will end this matter.

Luo Anran looked at Chen's departing back and couldn't help but sigh softly.

"You woman are really..."

"It's a grave sin."

Chapter 19 - As a ghost, it makes sense for me to raise a monster

"…The car accident is related to my sister?"

Xingxiong was stunned for a second after hearing Chen's request, but he quickly figured it out.

"I see... Perhaps only my sister could make the Imperial Guard give in to this extent."

She smiled helplessly: "This is really...Xiao Chen, do you want to get to the bottom of this?"

"Of course." Chen frowned. "I don't care what Guan Yueli's reasons were for doing this. She's a hit-and-run criminal now. Of course I have to bring her to justice."

"That's certainly true from a legal perspective, but..."

Xingxiong hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but finally shook his head and said:

"Anyway, I'm not trying to stop you, Xiao Chen, from capturing Sister. It's just...it's probably not going to go your way in the end."

"You mean the Imperial Guards will definitely not convict her of any crime? I already knew that." Chen snorted unhappily. "I won't doubt that you favor her, Xingxiong. I know you're different from her."

"No... Oh... Never mind. My sister told me this morning that she was going to the fishing spot run by the Tiansheng Group. I'll give you the address."

"Fishing?" Chen paused, "She has this interest?"

"Ajie has a lot of things she likes to do. After all, she's lived for so long... 'Playing' with girls is just her biggest hobby."

"Okay, thanks, Xingxiong. I'll buy you a drink later."

"……Um."

Looking at Chen who ran out in a hurry, Xingxiong sighed softly.

"It won't be what you wish... but it's something even more cruel."

……

Guan Yueli was the only one in the huge fishing ground.

She sat cross-legged carelessly, her eyes closed, the fishing rod in her hand motionless.

——There was not a single fish in the oversized fish bucket next to it.

Look more closely… the fishing rod in this guy’s hand isn’t even connected to the line!

But she just sat there motionless for three hours, as if she was asleep.

Three hours, twelve minutes and four seconds later, ripples appeared on the water surface without any warning.

"……Um?"

The closed eyes opened slightly.

"Little thing, are you losing your patience?"

She curled up the corners of her mouth and tapped the fishing rod rhythmically with her fingers.

An invisible force surged back and forth in the fishing rod, and the ripples on the water surface grew bigger and bigger, and...began to become increasingly outrageous.

It was so outrageous that most of the lake surface was covered by ripples, and the entire lake even began to show signs of churning waves!

However, at this moment, Guan Yueli's fingers that were tapping the fishing rod suddenly stopped, and the turbulent surface of the lake gradually calmed down.

At the same moment, Chen's harsh shout and the chaotic and noisy Dongguo's scolding were heard together -

"Guan Yueli, the Imperial Guard suspects you are involved in a serious car accident. I declare that you are now under arrest!"

"You bastard! Do you know what you're talking about?"

"How dare you disturb Master Guanyue from fishing!?"

"I'm going to chop you up, Kuola!"

"……Ugh."

Guan Yueli put down his fishing rod, stood up, put his hands in his sleeves, and lowered his eyes somewhat listlessly:

"Little Taotie, let them be quiet."

As soon as he finished speaking, the lake surface, which had been gradually returning to calm, suddenly...exploded without any warning.

Literally, it was like something exploded underwater.

A giant, long black shadow, at least fifteen meters long, rushed out of the water, landed heavily on the ground, and then...

"Roar--!"

The roar, which was loud enough to tear an ordinary person's eardrums, made the entire fishing ground tremble. All the Dong people who were chasing Chen knelt down on the spot without saying a word, and even Chen almost couldn't stand still.

"You're louder than them!"