The Sudden Visit

Li Qian was still sitting in her room, somewhat lost in thought on the sofa chair, not knowing what was on her mind.

If one moved closer, one could even hear her soft murmuring.

"Leo is a superhuman? How could Leo be a superhuman?"

"But that's what Dad said. How did Dad become an agent? It turns out there was another side to Mom's death too. Why? Why has everything changed?"

"Dad actually risked his life to go to the Black Prison Tower just for information about that superhuman. So now, are they going to do something to Leo?"

"Could it be that we're going back home now? Although I'd had that thought for a long time, I haven't properly said goodbye to my classmates yet. And Leo—what exactly is going on with him? Why is everyone hiding it from me?"

Perhaps learning all that information in a single day had been too great a shock for Li Qian, leaving her in a state of questioning the meaning of life.

Li Haiyang was also pressed for time. He had no time to sit around chatting with Li Qian.

That left Li Qian, who had only just reached adulthood, alone in her room to ponder the meaning of life.

'Bzzzt.'

The phone she had been holding all along suddenly vibrated and fell from her hand, startling Li Qian.

She hurriedly picked it up from the floor, but when she saw the name displayed on the screen, she froze. Her finger hovered over the answer button, and she didn't know whether she should press it.

"Leo? Why is Leo calling me?"

If not for what her father had told her, Li Qian would have felt only delight and anticipation at this call.

But now, after the shock of her father's words, she felt somewhat lost.

Watching the phone vibrate incessantly in her hand, Li Qian hesitated for a few seconds before answering decisively.

It's just a phone call. It's not like Leo is coming over. There are still some things I want to ask him about.

"Hello?"

"Li Qian, can we talk? I think you have some things you want to ask me." Leo spoke openly.

"Ah... yes. Leo, I never thought... I never thought you'd call me."

Li Qian spoke to Leo somewhat incoherently, her expression flustered.

"I'm at your front door. Could you come open it?"

"Ah!"

Hearing Leo's words, Li Qian couldn't help letting out a startled cry.

"What's wrong? Is that not okay?"

"No, no... it's fine. I'll come open the door."

Li Qian hung up in a panic and walked to the window, involuntarily poking her head out to look downstairs.

Under the blurry streetlights, she could make out a familiar, handsome young man standing not far from the front door. He seemed to notice Li Qian's gaze and waved at her with the hand holding his phone, a faint smile always on his face.

When Li Qian saw him, she couldn't help pressing both hands against her chest, doing her best to calm her agitated emotions. At the same time, her eyes instinctively swept the surroundings.

At least within Li Qian's field of vision, there was only Leo. She saw no sign of anyone else.

After thinking it over, she rushed downstairs alone and opened the front door.

Bright lights spilled out from the room, bringing Leo's previously blurry figure into clear view.

A tall, handsome young man appeared before Li Qian's eyes.

But at this moment, Leo seemed somehow different in Li Qian's eyes.

"Leo, why did you come over at this hour? And how did you know my family lived here? I don't think I ever told you."

Only then did Li Qian remember this issue. Although the place was only a few hundred meters from Ocean Chinese Restaurant, it was still a rather hidden residence.

Leo walked inside. He raised his right hand slightly, and the door behind him closed gently on its own without making a sound.

"Sorry. I tracked your location and found this place myself. There are some things I thought it would be better to tell you in person."

Leo glanced at Li Qian, who was wearing only pajamas, lowered his head slightly, and spoke in a low voice. There was a hint of apology in his words.

Li Qian looked at Leo standing before her and lightly licked her lips.

"Leo, do you know something?"

Perhaps because Leo had always left such a good impression on her, Li Qian's first reaction to him coming here was not fear but curiosity.

"I know roughly what happened. Things were somewhat different from what I'd originally thought, so I came to explain everything to you. I don't think there's any conflict between us."

Leo smiled at Li Qian and sat down on the sofa on the first floor. Li Qian sat down beside him.

"My dad said... you're... you're a superhuman?" The last three words emerged from Li Qian's mouth so quietly they were almost inaudible.

If Leo hadn't possessed extraordinary Physical Fitness, he truly wouldn't have been able to hear that faint voice rising from her throat.

Leo gently patted Li Qian on the shoulder. "That isn't an accurate way to put it. Or rather, there are major problems with the current definition of superhumans. But in the broad sense, yes, I do possess an ability ordinary people don't have."

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. My purpose in coming today is to clear up this misunderstanding. I don't want to cause any more unnecessary trouble or disputes."

"I also don't want anyone to keep disturbing our lives in the future."

Li Qian hadn't expected Leo to admit it so openly. Even now, she still looked somewhat dazed, and her body had gone a little limp.

Leo placed a hand on Li Qian's shoulder, and waves of Golden Light surged into her body.

Her originally listless spirit eased, and her fatigued body regained its energy.

"Then who were those people we ran into when we were out shopping a few days ago? And what about those punks when we first met? Was I just interfering for no reason?"

Li Qian perked up again. Her eyes shone as she stared straight at Leo and questioned him.

Seeing this, Leo smiled helplessly. "No. I'm very grateful to you. It was only because of that incident that I realized my strength alone was still insufficient. I might be able to guarantee temporary peace, but I can't protect the peace of this area forever."

"It was also then that I realized I needed a force to clear out the trash in this area and maintain its peace. So from that moment on, I began thinking about organizing such a force."

Li Qian listened blankly to Leo and couldn't help murmuring, "So Black Prison was founded by you?"

"Mm, you could put it that way."

Just after Leo finished speaking, a figure leaped down from the second floor and charged toward him.

No matter how Li Haiyang explained and tried to persuade Li Ye, Li Ye simply refused to speak.

It seemed that Leo had frightened him too deeply. Whenever Li Haiyang brought up the matter, his face would turn deathly pale, but he kept his mouth clamped shut, as though he would rather die than say a word.

Seeing this, Li Haiyang had no choice but to wait until Li Ye returned home before making further plans.

Who could have guessed that the moment he stepped out of his room, he would see that figure sitting with Xixi in the first-floor hall?

That was the very figure he had been trying to investigate!