The middle-aged man hurried over, his eyes evasive, and asked, "So it's Captain Qin, how come you have time to come and inspect in person today?"

"We just came to take a look when we had some time. We want to inspect your company. Please let us in." Qin spoke in an official tone, staring at the middle-aged man.

"Oh, so that's how it is! Then... then please come in... please come in, haha~" The middle-aged man waved his hand and welcomed everyone in.

Mo Ran still found a corner and released elemental power, while Qin checked the accounts with several Knights of Favonius.

The members of the newspaper office looked at each other, some avoided eye contact, some broke out in cold sweat, and some seemed to have unsteady legs and pulled up a chair to sit down.

Mo Ran and Qin saw all these behaviors and had already begun to have some doubts in their hearts. Coincidentally, at this moment, Mo Ran found the evidence.

Walking forward and randomly picking up a piece of information, Mo Ran asked, "Who is the boss of the newspaper?"

"It's me, it's me." A young man in his twenties in the crowd shouted.

"Take us to the database."

"This..." The young man hesitated, and the people around him also looked nervous.

Seeing this, Qin Ye said, "Don't worry, if there are no problems, your company can be operated. Please lead the way."

"..Okay." The young man went to the corner of the corridor and opened the door. Qin and Mo Ran walked in with a few Knights of Favonius.

There were old documents covered with dust inside. "These are just some old documents. They haven't been cleaned for a long time. There's nothing to check. Captain Qin, take a look..."

"Whether to check or not, your words don't count." Mo Ran walked to a pile of old documents and pretended to flip through some of them, which made the young man break out in a cold sweat.

After pretending to flip through the documents for a while, Mo Ran put down the information in his hand. When the young man breathed a sigh of relief, he stepped on the partition under the documents.

"Oops, sorry, I slipped just now." Mo Ran lifted his foot. There were quite a few bloody pictures under the partition, not only of Klee, but also many of the famous people in the Knights Templar.

Jean asked the Knight of Favonius to block the door, and then said, "Please come with us!"

The other members of the newspaper office turned pale. The young man who remained laughed disdainfully, "Hahahaha~ Arrest me? It's all because of you Knights that I'm like this today!"

"You always act like you're fair and just, but what's the result? Why? Why?!"

"How come a child can become the Knight of Favonius, but I can't? And... and the Sinner of Lawrence, you are the first in all three."

"Even Noelle became a knight's maid, but I didn't pass any of them. Ah! This is all because of you, because of the knight order's exam questions!"

Qin's eyes narrowed. "So, you use this as an excuse to spread those pictures?"

"That's right." The young man raised his arms and shouted, "This is just the first step of my plan. After this, I will slowly gain people's trust in the Knights."

"Hahaha~ I will create a better Mondstadt than the one managed by the Knights!"

After the young man finished speaking, he took out a ball shaped like the Eye of God from his clothes. It was shining with a strange purple light. It was the evil eye created by the Fatui.

“Hahahaha – as long as I have this, none of you can stop me!” The young man activated the evil eye, and several dazzling bolts of lightning burst out.

Bang-!

The young man holding the evil eye was kicked against the wall by Mo Ran, and the evil eye was knocked off. "I'm sorry, your unrealistic and meaningless great dream has come to an end."

He picked up the evil eye that fell to the ground, signaled several Knights of Favonius to carry the man, and Qin Ye arrested the other members.

"Mo Ran, take them back to the Knights Templar first and interrogate them thoroughly. I always feel that this matter is not that simple." Qin glanced at the newspaper owner who was obviously older.

"Well, being involved with that organization is indeed very troublesome." Mo Ran nodded, and the two of them, together with a group of Favonius Knights, took the members of the newspaper to the Knights' detention room.

"Tie them up and lock them up separately." Mo Ran gave the order, while silently thinking about how to deal with these people.

Qin also nodded, and the Knights of Favonius tied up a dozen people and threw them into a closed room.

"Mo Ran, let's wait until tomorrow to see the results of the interrogation. I want to go and accompany Ke Li first." Qin suggested.

"Okay, let's leave it at that for now. However, these people must not be let off easily. See you tomorrow." Mo Ran said, walked out of the detention room, and sat down in his office.

Not long after, a letter was delivered to Mo Ran's desk. "Assistant Mo Ran, someone outside the Knights Temperance asked me to pass this on to you."

"Got it, thank you." Mo Ran dismissed the knight and opened the letter, which read:

Hello, Mr. Mo Ran.

My name is Canji Sabbi. I am deeply sorry that my subordinate caused you some unhappiness a few days ago. That person has been dismissed by me.

I hope Mr. Mo Ran can understand. I once again invite you to come to the Goethe Hotel to discuss important matters together.

————Canji Sabbi

"Really persistent." Mo Ran put down the letter and murmured, "If I don't go once, I guess someone will come to bother me every day!"

Thinking of this, he called a knight and asked for Canji's identity information.

"Assistant Officer Mo Ran doesn't know yet? Master Canji is Takiya's father!" The Knight of Favonius scratched his head, looking puzzled.

"Oh, it's okay, you can go and get busy." Mo Ran left the Knights and walked straight to the Goethe Hotel.

Along the way, he muttered, "So they are father and daughter. No wonder they are equally annoying. It's just right that I can cut off all ties with them this time."

…………

At the entrance of Goethe Hotel, several elegantly dressed people came to greet us, "I guess you must be Mr. Mo Ran?"

"It's me." Mo Ran nodded while observing his surroundings, "Did Master Canji talk to me about something?"

"The master just told us to look for you. He didn't say what it was. Sir, please come this way."

Boom...Boom...Boom

"Master, Mr. Mo Ran is here."

A loud voice came from inside, "Please come in, please come in!"

"Please come in, Mr. Mo Ran. I'll take my leave first." The servant in luxurious clothes retreated.

Mo Ran pushed open the door and walked in. The wealthy middle-aged man sitting in the middle should be Canji. Takiya was also sitting next to him. There were also some people whose identities were unknown at the table. What Mo Ran did not expect was that Wu Chi was also here.

A servant arranged a seat for Mo Ran and leaned next to Takiya, "Please come in, Officer Mo Ran, you look like you are in trouble." Wu Chi said intentionally or unintentionally.

"Does that mean you don't like Miss Takiya?"

Mo Ran glanced at the sneering guy and said slowly, "Whether you like her or not is the second reason. I already have a girlfriend, so I can't get too close to other women."

"Don't let people think they have an opportunity, and then be misunderstood. It's really unnecessary."

Pulling an empty chair at random, Mo Ran sat down far away from Long Ya, and Cang Ji began to introduce: "I'm sure everyone knows this person!"

"Mr. Mo Ran is an assistant officer in the Knights of Favonius. He is young, promising, talented, and possesses the Eye of God. He is a rare figure."

Several people nearby said perfunctorily: "I know, I know."

"I have admired you for a long time."

"Disrespect, disrespect."

Wu Chi laughed secretly, and began to mock and ridicule: "Speaking of Assistant Officer Mo Ran, I am quite familiar with him. Before, a team member went out of the city to clear out monsters, and it was this guy who saved that team member."

"He sent her to the West Wind Church even though he was injured. He is such a kind-hearted person!"

"Oh, by the way! I heard that Officer Mo Ran and Lawrence were very close. Could it be that the current guerrilla team leader is your girlfriend?"

"Am I right, Officer Moran?"

Seeing that the topic returned to himself again, Mo Ran waved his hand and said, "You are basically right, but I was able to save that team member purely because her captain at the time was sick!"

"He actually lied about the number of monsters and almost caused Mond to lose an excellent knight. Fortunately, the captain was later dismissed and put in solitary confinement. I guess he is screaming like crazy somewhere now!"

"Working with such a person would probably make you sleepless and restless. You would have to worry about whether he would stab you in the back even when you walk down a road."

"What do you think?"

"Hehe, Mr. Mo Ran is joking. How can we possibly cooperate with him?" A middle-aged man laughed and pulled Wu Chi to his side and whispered a lesson to him.

Cangji introduced at the right time: "This is Master Bu Yaolian Naozi Youbin, Wu Chi's father."

Mo Ran was drinking water and almost choked to death. He thought to himself: "Who came up with these names and surnames?"

"Ahem...Master Canji, why don't you tell me why you called me here today?"

"Oh, okay, I admire Mr. Mo Ran's style, so I wanted to make friends with him, and..." Canji was about to continue speaking when Takiya next to him tugged at the corner of his clothes.

"..Also, I want my daughter to get engaged to Mr. Mo Ran. What do you think?"

Canji risked his old face by making this request, which even he thought was excessive, but there was nothing he could do if his daughter wanted it.

Mo Ran naturally refused, "I already have a girlfriend, Master Canji, please find someone else! Wu Chi is good, and the Reserve Knight is not bad either."

"Oh, okay." Cangji breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the matter was over, but Longya jumped up again, "No, I don't want anyone else but you, you can only be mine!"

"Takiya!" Canji scolded, looking a little embarrassed, "Father~" Takiya still wanted to get away with it.

"Sit down, don't mention this anymore." Forcing her to sit on the chair, Canji began to apologize to the people around him, "I have spoiled my daughter since she was little, please forgive me!"

The farce just passed like that. Soon after, Mo Ran said goodbye and returned to the hotel, waiting for the arrival of tomorrow.

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