About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

Chen Huijie, who was sitting nearby, initially tried to ignore the conversation between the two and take time to handle official business, but before he knew it, Police Officer Long was attracted by the two people's explosive exposure of each other's secrets, and began to listen to Wei Yanwu's negative news with relish.

As for Lin Yuxia, who was sitting next to Chen Huijie, she felt a little uneasy. She originally thought that this was just a "meeting and chat with Orson with her dad as a light bulb present", but after coming over, the little mouse found that not only did she not see Orson, but she also bumped into Uncle Wei and Chen Huijie who appeared here for some unknown reason.

Ever since the last misunderstanding about the relationship between Orson and Chen, Lin Yuxia's attitude towards Chen Huijie has been somewhat awkward.

On the one hand, although the two were playmates before, they had almost no contact after Chen Huijie left Longmen to study in Victoria, and the last time they met was under such delicate circumstances.

On the other hand, although the previous misunderstanding was finally resolved, Lin Yuxia was still a little worried about Chen. Xiao Lao Shu thought that Chen Huijie might not be as "just a colleague and expatriate" as she had said.

"That's enough, Lin! If you keep this up, I'll send Tom over here—Orson?"

When the quarrel between Wei Yanwu and the Rat King was about to escalate, they finally noticed Orson who had arrived late. Wei Yanwu immediately stood up and extended his hand to greet Orson with a smile.

"You're finally here, Orson. Did something happen? Sorry, Dragon Gate may not be familiar to you yet. Come, take a seat."

"Okay, okay, Commander Wei?"

Orson was cordially invited by Wei Yanwu and was led to the dining table to sit down.

—That's great...! I thought they'd be mad because I was late and called the Rat King over, but it turns out Chief Wei is much more approachable than I thought! And Mr. Lin, too. Although he looks nothing like Lin Yuxia, he doesn't have the aura of a gangster boss.

Orson, who was invited to sit between the two, breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. On the way here, he had already prepared himself to be knocked down with a club and fed to the Originium worms.

It turns out that everyone is actually a friendly uncle who is easy to talk to!

As Orson was thinking this, he was suddenly patted on the shoulders by Wei Yanwu and Lin Gerui on the left and right.

"Orson, young people are always ignorant and impulsive, and we understand that. It's always right that young people need more experience."

Wei Yanwu said this earnestly.

"-v-hmm?"

Orson, who was pinned to a chair by the two big guys and unable to move, sensed something was wrong, but it seemed that the dragon and rat people's arm strength was still at the level of being able to kill him.

"Orson, Yuxia has said a lot about your excellent qualities, but from my point of view, at least in the area of 'time management', you still need to learn a lot."

The Rat King sitting on his right also spoke to Orson with a forced smile. His expression was intimidating without anger, as if in the next second four snake-killing boxes, as the painter called them, would come out of the sewer and pin Orson to the ground and beat him up.

"Well, that... Actually, I also have force majeure..."

A few drops of sweat trickled down Orson's forehead. He finally realized what was happening. This wasn't just some amiable chat between an old man and a young man; it was the Hongmen Banquet.

"Force majeure—I don't like that word, Orson. When you're in a position that determines the future of countless people, you want your every move to be predictable. Especially when you've prepared all your plans, only to find that the other party not only doesn't follow your plan, but even cancels it. I think anyone would get a little angry, right?"

"Yeah……"

Orson nodded in agreement. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Wei Yanwu's arm resting on the hilt of a crimson longsword beneath the table. If he was right, this Wei Lao Er was definitely planning to settle both old and new grudges. Chi Xiao would simply draw his sword and chop down the pigeon, erasing his own shameful memory of kneeling on the washboard.

"It's understandable that young people are a little impatient, but I'm even more curious about what you were thinking, calling Wei Yanwu and me here at the same time without informing each other, Orsen?"

The Rat King still put one hand on Orson's shoulder and asked with a smile, but a light sandstorm gradually blew up around him, and it seemed that it was about to pour into his nostrils.

"Actually... uh..."

Orson's left cheek was pressed against Chixiao, and his right cheek was rubbed by sand and gravel. Trapped in the middle, Orson couldn't even hold his head and squat to defend himself, and could only make hesitant sounds.

After all, I couldn't possibly tell these two people, "I accidentally got drunk so I stood you up for a while, and the text message was a group message so I called you two out."

Answering like this will only make you die faster...

"No answer? Humph... Remember those days when we tortured prisoners, Lao Lin?"

"Ah, that was a long time ago. I still remember the awful sound when you crushed each of that guy's fingers with pliers. But those times are indeed hard to forget - don't be nervous, Orson, Wei Yanwu and I are just reminiscing about the past."

"Yeah, people like to reminisce about the past when they reach middle age. Don't be afraid of Orson. But it's been a long time since I heard the sound of skin being torn apart and turned inside out..."

"Woah woah woah——"

Orson was so scared that he was sweating profusely. It seemed that these two people didn't even intend to kill him.

"Are you shivering, young Orsen? Is it because the air conditioning in the room is too cold? Or is it because you—"

"That's about enough, Commander Wei. Your current actions, in my opinion, are pure intimidation, and they're unauthorized and without any legal basis."

"Officer Chen?"

Maybe he got the fun of bullying Orsen, but Wei Yanwu was about to increase his strength. However, this made Chen Huijie, who had been standing next to him, unhappy. She stood up and walked over to Wei Yanwu and pulled his hand that was on Orsen's shoulder aside.

"Ha, it seems that Officer Chen doesn't agree with your direct and violent methods, Old Wei. Or maybe my teachings to Orson are more—"

"You...you're almost there, Father...!"

The Rat King on the side laughed at the scene of Wei Yanwu being stopped by Chen. However, before he could finish bragging, Lin Yuxia, who had been unable to bear it any longer, stood up and pulled the Rat King aside with some embarrassment but determination.

"He's just late. Orson must have his own reasons. What on earth are you doing here, using threats and inducements, Commander Wei?"

"And Orson might not have intended to invite you in the first place, Father...! I believe Orson must have something he wanted to discuss with us, so he invited everyone at once. It was you who took the initiative to get closer, right?"

Chen Huijie and Lin Yuxia were talking to each other, and at the same time, they did a high-definition replica of what Lin Wei and the others had done before. The two girls dragged the frightened Orson to the other side of the table to create some distance between them and the two "old guys", and then sat down one on the left and one on the right, sandwiching Orson in the middle again.

"Chen Hui...Officer Chen, you seem to have misunderstood something."

"Yuxia, it's not what you think..."

Seeing their daughter/niece talking back to them while protecting this brat who dared to stand them up, and the three of them sitting close together, the two bosses' blood pressure soared instantly.

Originally, both Wei Yanwu and Lin Gerui wanted to personally test whether this guy named "Orson" was really as good as the intelligence and their daughter/niece said. If he was good, they would not refuse him from trying to interact with their baby.

But after the recent turmoil, looking at the "dear child" in front of them who was holding Orson's arms and guarding him, the two who were battling with each other before now just wanted to work together to sink this brat who came out of nowhere into Longmen Bay.

"Ahem, let's put the past behind us for now, Orson. I believe you do have something you have to deal with. So, can you tell me why you called Lin and me here at the same time? I always thought you would choose to talk to one of us first."

Wei Yanwu coughed twice and asked while suppressing his anger when he saw Chen Huijie unconsciously hugging Orsen.

——That’s exactly what I was planning, but I ended up drinking too much and overslept...!

"I... hope to discuss the situation at Longmen with you two."

Although he complained loudly in his heart, Orson could only make up an excuse at the last minute.

The only thing to be thankful for was that he did have something he wanted to talk to Wei Yanwu and the Rat King about, and of course not in this situation where he was caught between two girls.

"Longmen? What do you want to know about this city, Orson?"

Wei Yanwu and the Rat King raised their eyebrows. They were both curious about what this young man, who had just arrived at Longmen not long ago, wanted to say.

As for Lin Yuxia and Chen, who were sitting next to Orsen, they frowned slightly. Although Chen Huijie knew from the beginning that the text message Orsen sent to her was actually submitted to Wei Yanwu, the other party's topic did not involve herself at all, which made the senior superintendent a little unhappy - although she probably didn't know where this unhappiness came from.

The same was true for Lin Yuxia, but the little mouse was somewhat mentally prepared for Orson's "dull" character.

"Longmen is a great city, but... your attitude towards the slums will keep the city in crisis."

“——” “——!”

Orson's words made the two managers widen their eyes at the same time. It seemed that although the young man had not been in Longmen for a long time, he had already noticed the conflict between Longmen and the slums.

The only question is... whose side is this young man on?

Wei Yanwu and Lin Gerui had had disputes over the handling of the slums more than once. This time, the infiltration of the Sicilian Gang temporarily put the dispute on hold.

But the appearance of Orson upset this delicate balance. This unassuming young man, or 'Black Snake's Blade', actually represents a much larger power – Chernobog, the Reunion Movement, the Rhodes Island mentioned in the archives, and even some of the nobles of the Knights of Casimir...

Wei Yanwu stared at Orson with his eyes fixed, even ignoring the strange guy at the edge of his vision who had half of his head sticking out of the door like a red slime.

...No, there's no way to ignore that thing!

"Hello, who are you?"

Wei Yanwu and the Rat King temporarily put away the solemn atmosphere. Wei Yanwu turned around and asked the strange red thing that was frightened at the door.

"Discovered? I...well, I'm Orson's sister, adopted sister."

The red-robed slime, whose whereabouts were exposed, or who seemed to have no intention of hiding his whereabouts from the beginning, took off his hood, revealing his smooth and dazzling golden long hair.

"Jing, Sister Jingzhe!? Why did you follow me...?"

Orson was frightened by Jingzhe. He thought Jingzhe had gone home after the previous mission was completed, but it seemed that she had followed him again in some unknown way.

"Sister? Are you the one that the Angel of Exalt mentioned earlier? Wait... why do I feel like I've seen you somewhere before?"

Chen blinked, and she loosened her arm that she had been unconsciously holding on to Orson. She stood up and looked at the electric unicorn golden lion. She felt that he looked familiar.

"Eh, huh? Oh, you're a friend of Miss Exia, right? Our Orson has received a lot of help from you before, thank you very much."

Jingzhe blinked in confusion and accepted this setting directly. At the same time, Orsen despairedly discovered that this innocent young lady from the Dali Temple seemed to be becoming more and more skilled in "playing her own sister".

"Sister? Woohoo...! Um, I'm Lin Yuxia. Your brother has helped me a lot. Please give me your guidance!"

Lin Yuxia also realized it later and quickly stood up and bowed to Jingzhe.

"Ahaha, it seems like Orson is really a good kid who likes to help others."

“Squeak!?” “Woo——!”

Jingzhe happily rubbed Chen Huijie and Lin Yuxia's heads. The tingling sensation made the two girls utter subtle sounds.

As for Wei Yanwu and the Rat King across the table...

"Hey, Lao Lin... tell me, I'm seeing things."

"I wish you would remind me that this old man has glaucoma."

The two looked at each other, then turned their attention back to the person who claimed to be Orson's sister.

Since there was nothing wrong with his eyes and his brother's, then according to the information, this Kirin who called herself "Orsen's sworn sister"—

In fact, it was a senior inspector sent by the Dali Temple.

"Sister Jingzhe, now is not the time for idle chat...!"

"I, uh... didn't bring a map with me when I left the house, so... well, you should understand, right, Orson?"

"...I'll take you home later, but not now!"

"Orson, why didn't you introduce Sister Jingzhe earlier? Do you think the atmosphere between me and Tallulah was awkward, so you presume that I'd be hard to connect with any 'sister' type people? Answer my question, Orson!"

"Well, um... Orson's sister, if it's convenient, would you like to come to my house later? By the way, just by the way, bring Orson along too? (After all, even if this idiot comes to my house, he will just think he's going to be a butler...)"

What started as two breads with cheese became three breads.

The two old seniors, Wei Lin, sighed in unison as they looked at Orson, who was surrounded by the 'Dali Temple Supervisory Office', the 'designated heir to the slums', and the 'designated heir to the Imperial Guards', and who was also having an affair with 'Black Snake/Tallulah'.

It seems that this is not a question of advising the daughter/niece and son-in-law, but how to make them rush forward slowly and give it away for free.

57. Parents, please do not rush ahead on your child’s behalf

Because of the arrival of Jingzhe, the room that had been barely maintaining a delicate balance was instantly changed.

"..."

Wei Yanwu, founder of the Longmen Guards, and Lin Gerui, protector of the slums, two heavyweights, sat silently at one side of the table. Opposite them sat Chen Huijie, Ao Sen, Lin Yuxia, and the newly arrived young lady from the Dali Temple Supervisory Department.

Old Wei looked at Jingzhe calmly, while constantly thinking in his mind what the other party's action meant.

Although on the surface, as long as it is on the territory of Yan Country, the Supervisory Department can act without notifying anyone, that is, it can carry out its tasks without anyone knowing.

But in fact, except for those remote areas that really have no intelligence channels, most managers have a tacit understanding with the Supervisory Department.

The rulers will be the first to know about the arrival of the Supervisory Department and may even be able to obtain some intelligence about the Supervisory Department itself. However, in order to comply with the laws of Yan Country, these rulers will not take the initiative to contact these Supervisory Departments. Correspondingly, the Supervisory Department will not take the initiative to contact the rulers before gathering intelligence and executing their tasks to a certain stage.

Normally, this should be the relationship. The fact that Jingzhe, the Supervisory Department, came here on his own initiative really confused Old Wei.

Just when Wei Yanwu was wondering what Jingzhe's purpose was in coming over and revealing his identity as "Black Snake's Sharp Blade Sister" and quickly getting along with the two girls who were destined to be his successors, Jingzhe took the initiative to introduce himself.

"Come to think of it, I haven't introduced myself yet. That's too rude. You can just call me Jingzhe. I'm a scribe from Dali... Da, Dalian Avalon."

Jingzhe, not realizing that his identity had been exposed a few minutes ago, almost revealed his identity again in the middle of his speech. He quickly changed the place name and brought up the position that Orson had used to fool the Archangel Texas last time.

——You’re kidding!

Of course, Jingzhe was more than capable of fooling Penguin Logistics, which had no idea about this matter, but when facing a big shot of Wei Yanwu, the Rat King, it was completely taken for granted.

The two of them saw through Jingzhe's nonsense in an instant, but they couldn't tear off this "disguise" on the spot, so Lao Wei could only keep smiling and think about what he should do next.

He knew Jingzhe's identity, but that was all he knew. Wei Yanwu had no idea about the young Inspector in front of him. Perhaps this was all because the new Inspector was fearless and wanted to break the "balance" that had been maintained for a long time?

After careful consideration, Wei Yanwu decided to quietly test the young Inspector.

"Miss Jingzhe, is that you? It seems you have the blood of the Qilin clan of Yan Nation in your veins. Are you here in Longmen for a trip, a vacation, or simply to meet your 'brother'? Whatever the reason, the city of Longmen is always open to anyone."

Wei Yanwu used his usual rhetoric. The bait had been thrown out, and all he had to do now was wait for the young Qilin to take the bait.

Although the idea was good, Wei Yanwu forgot one thing, that is, Chen Huijie was right next to Jingzhe at this time.