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"...Brother, you've been holding me here for a long time, do you have any opinion about me?" Ling Dengxian squatted with a middle-aged dragon man with black and gold scales and many animal features for a long time. The other party held his hand and looked at him for a long time, muttering "What's going on, what's going on, this is not right" without giving any explanation.

"Brother, no, at your age I should call you uncle. Uncle, I have things to do. I'm from the Guard Bureau, and the commander asked me to go back for training..." Ling Dengxian was not lying. Xingxiong wanted to take him to familiarize himself with the patrol route, and the location was arranged at the outer ring of Longmen near the slums that he was more familiar with. It was about time for him to report after lunch.

"Little brother, your hand... has it ever been injured before?" The dragon man stood up, not noticing that Ling Dengxian had misjudged his age. He just stared at him. Only then was Ling Dengxian able to stand up and stretch his body.

"Yes, scratches, scrapes and cracks on the base of the thumb are common." Ling Dengxian nodded, not thinking there was anything strange about it.

"No!" The dragon man suddenly got excited, "It's not that kind of wound. That's not called a wound. I mean the kind that goes through the palm and almost tears the hand apart!"

"No, no." Ling Dengxian was frightened by this somewhat strange dragon man, but he could also feel that he had no ill intentions, and was a little at a loss for a moment.

"...Then I probably recognized the wrong person... I'm sorry for scaring you, little brother, please don't blame me." Seeing that his expression did not seem fake, the man slowly regained his composure, and his original rich and literary talent also revealed itself.

"It's okay. Everyone makes the mistake of someone sometimes. Uncle, you're busy. The scenery at Longmen is pretty good. I'll go eat first." Ling waited for a moment and quickly ran away. He added in his mind, "But who would take so long to make a mistake?"

And he even looked at his hand. Uncle, are you face-blind?

Ling Dengxian ran away quickly. The dragon that stopped in place shook its finned tail and fell into thought for a moment.

"..." When he turned around, he saw another dragon man wearing a hat, whose features and scales were very similar to his own. The two looked at each other in silence.

The person in front of me is exactly what I'm looking for.

"Brother..." The man was younger than Ling Dengxian judged.

"In Longmen, Lao Li is the name that is recognized." The man took off his glasses, wiped them with a cloth, and put them back on. There was no emotion in his eyes. "What's your intention in holding that boy?"

"Brother...is he related to you?" Although he saw the change in Lao Li's eyes, the man still called him that.

"No, we haven't met, but this kid has caused a lot of trouble in the slums recently. Young people are just full of energy." Old Li smiled. His Li Detective Agency also received some news about this newcomer from Penguin Logistics that all citizens in the outer ring of Longmen knew.

"...He... Never mind. His affairs have nothing to do with you, brother. Father is ill."

"Don't lie to me. You are still the same as before. You can deal with anyone but not me. He never came to see me before. I guess this time it's just your wishful thinking." Lao Li waved his hand, seeing through his brother's thoughts. He looked at him again with mixed emotions in his eyes. "If we are on different paths, we cannot make plans together. Father...he understands it all, and you should understand it too."

Then he turned around and said, "Things are different now. I have a few more mouths to feed at home. I'm afraid I can't invite you to my house today... Let's do it another day."

Looking at his brother's departing back, Li Yunyuan finally let out a long sigh. He crossed the copper coins in his hand, threw one up, and took a closer look after it landed in his palm. It was not the side he expected.

"See you someday...brother." After taking another look at Lao Li's back, he turned around and prepared to leave, but he was very confused. The divination he had calculated before leaving was obviously good...it seemed that something had happened.

"I'm afraid this trip to Longmen will not be peaceful..." The copper coins rubbed against each other, and Li Yunyuan paused as he thought of the young man he had accidentally run into.

"What are you following me for, little girl?"

"...I came to look for the person you grabbed before, thinking there was an accident." Rupert found that he was exposed but did not panic. He just glanced at the few places he was concerned about at the moment and said calmly: "The misunderstanding has been resolved. Tell your people not to be so nervous."

Li Yunyuan made a "please" gesture and made way. The black and red Rupert put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist and passed by him without any incident.

"Mr. Li." Two people walked out of the shadows and confessed their crimes to him.

"It's not your problem. She is not weak to begin with." He coughed lightly, a fan flashed in his hand, and he tapped with his fingertips. In the end, he didn't say anything more.

"Right now... I still want to figure out first whether he is... that old guy."

Ling Dengxian certainly didn't know what happened after he left. When he returned to the dormitory, a blue-black object came straight towards him, but it didn't act coquettishly but instead hit him in the face with a claw.

"Ouch!" Chi Yu was not angry about having to stay in the slums for so many days, but about the bastard Ling Dengxian eating good food behind her back!

When Chi Yu returned home today and opened the refrigerator as usual to find a lot more cold dishes and a lot less ingredients, she understood everything. She became more and more angry as she thought about it, and finally decided to wait for Ling Dengxian to come back and give it to him.

"Okay, okay, I can't help it. There are guests in the house and we have to entertain them... Didn't I send you food in the back?" Ling Dengxian felt guilty and had to try to comfort Chi Yu.

"Ahhh!" Chi Yu strongly disagreed. How could they be the same!

And they ate so much... Did you invite more than ten people to eat with you? !

"Okay, okay, it's my fault, it's my fault," Ling Dengxian quickly admitted, "By the way, why are you back? Is the slum intersection stable now?"

"Hmph." Chi Yu shook his head, raised his paws and slapped the ground hard several times.

"...What is White Dove doing? Jumping rope?" Angel Exia was sitting in the office area downstairs, spinning on her swivel chair, waiting for Texas to come back for dinner, and expressed her confusion about the noise upstairs.

"Keep your voice down. Don't you know how strong you are?" Ling Dengxian picked up Chi Yu helplessly. He roughly understood what she meant. She probably helped Jiang Sa, Liu Da Huzi and others to clear out and expel the nearby gangsters. Now she came back to make sure that they would not come back.

"Okay, there are some ingredients left today, I'll start cooking for you." Ling Dengxian touched her head to indicate that she had done a good job. Chi Yu calmed down a little after hearing this.

"Huh? What's going on?" Mostima, who opened the door, raised his eyebrows when he saw this scene, feeling it was very interesting.

"It's nothing, I'm just teaching Chi Yu not to bite, it hurts!" Ling Dengxian quickly freed his hand, but Chi Yu didn't give him any face and turned his back to him angrily.

"You two are really interesting... I'm going out again, won't you see me off?" Blue-haired Sakota showed the suitcase behind him.

"You're in such a hurry? You've only been back for a few days." Although she said so, Ling Dengxian also knew that this was her personality.

"Well, if you don't leave now, the work will pile up like a mountain." The girl smiled and swung the arrow tail.

"Okay, I'll take you there." Ling Dengxian immediately postponed cooking for Chi Yu. Strangely, Chi Yu didn't object, or at least didn't rebel.

Instead, he stood up and hesitated whether to go with them.

"Chi Yu, you are very tired, so take a rest. I will come back to cook for you."

Hearing this, Chi Yu lay back down with peace of mind.

"That supervisor lady, her name seems to be 'If You Are the One'——"

A "click" sound of loading a gun came from behind, and the girl said coldly: "Here, my crossbow and I are here."

Ling Dengxian was ashamed: "I was wrong."

Mostima covered her mouth and snickered, then poked him with her tail: "I've thought about it, do you want to come with me?"

"Go travel, see the scenery of this land, and fulfill the promise you made to Xiaoran."

Ling Dengxian pursed his lips and shook his head. He seemed to be struggling for a moment, but finally smiled with relief:

"No, it's an honor, but I don't think the time is right yet. At least I can't afford the travel expenses right now. Don't even mention you paying for it. I'll feel bad."

"It's at the public expense."

"There are always tasks." Ling Dengxian said with a smile.

Mostima nodded: "I see, you want to get it for free."

"...what you said cannot be refuted...but it would not be convenient for me to follow you. You might even steal my tent." Ling Dengxian tried to scare her.

"I don't mind~" Mostima smiled happily.

"..." Ling Dengxian was unwilling to give up. Everyone knows how to joke. "Mostima, you touched my head last time, can you let me touch it back? Even if it's just for the sake of these few meals... I always feel uncomfortable if this knot in my heart is not resolved."

"...Okay." Mastema nodded and took a step closer.

The girl's breath was very close, closer than ever before. Ling Dengxian couldn't help feeling a little flustered as he looked at those mysterious blue eyes that contained warm emotions. He hastily raised his hand to touch her and was struck by an unimaginable feeling of comfort. His cheeks began to feel hot.

"Well, it's getting late. We should go out first so as not to miss our trip." Ling Dengxian ended the topic by making himself so angry that the tips of his ears turned red.

A certain Li Boli and a certain Xuan Lang on the side said: "Tsk, so useless."

Of course, Chi Yu didn't say anything.

"Okay, let's go. Just drop you off at the door. If you're discovered by the Archangel, you'll be in big trouble. Let's go, Miss 'God's Chosen Supervisor'—"

"Mostima!" Liberi felt that it was necessary for him to defeat these two people together.