Special Incident Handling Bureau

Hearing Wei Dengke's words, Zhong Lichun glanced at him sidelong. He had to admit that with her sprawled-out posture and slightly languid gaze, any man who didn't know she was violent would probably have his soul hooked away. Unfortunately, Wei Dengke clearly knew Zhong Lichun well. The moment he saw that look in her eyes, he subconsciously shuddered, then turned his head away just like Mo Li.

"Um... Tomboy... no! Zhong Lichun, could you put your clothes on? You really are a little too..." Mo Li kept his head turned away, not daring to look back, and spoke in an extremely awkward tone.

Hearing Mo Li's words, Zhong Lichun first froze, then suddenly burst into laughter. She sat up and deliberately moved closer to Mo Li before asking, "I didn't expect you to be so innocent. I looked at your file. You should be thirty-one already, right? Don't tell me you're still a virgin?"

Mo Li was genuinely rather inept when it came to matters between men and women. Otherwise, he wouldn't have dated Mei Duo for half a year without daring to do anything. At most, they had only held hands. Now that Zhong Lichun had moved close to him, his incurable straight-man awkwardness flared up again, and his face instantly reddened.

Seeing Mo Li's flushed earlobes, Zhong Lichun's smile grew even more wicked. She actually brought her face right beside Mo Li's ear and whispered, "I don't mind. How about I help you experience that little bit of pleasure between men and women?"

"This... um... I..." Feeling the faint breath brushing his ear as Zhong Lichun spoke, Mo Li's heart began racing uncontrollably, and he stammered over his words.

"Tomboy, if Old Cat saw you acting like this, he'd probably get so excited he'd die. But who in our bureau would dare touch you? Do they have a death wish?" Watching Zhong Lichun grin wickedly while Mo Li blushed, Wei Dengke couldn't help bursting into laughter as he joked.

"A girl should have some self-respect!" Mo Li wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into. To ease his embarrassment, he stood up, walked to the cave wall to get away from Zhong Lichun, and said with a perfectly serious expression.

"Hahaha! Glasses, this guy's pretty interesting!" Seeing Mo Li's reaction, Zhong Lichun finally couldn't hold back her laughter.

"How can a girl be so shameless? She doesn't even know to be embarrassed, dressing like that in front of a man..." Being mocked was certainly unpleasant. Perhaps to vent his dissatisfaction, Mo Li muttered under his breath.

"You're a grown man. Why are you acting like some little maiden? You were the one who took off my clothes!" Zhong Lichun heard Mo Li's mutter, curled her lips, and spoke in an exaggeratedly sarcastic tone.

Hearing Zhong Lichun's words, Mo Li immediately grew anxious. "Don't make things up! I was trying to save you all. The situation left me no choice."

"All right! I'm a woman, and I don't care, so why are you so hung up on it? On the battlefield, gender is meaningless. Men and women have to eat, drink, relieve themselves, and even bathe together. Do you think the enemy will go easy on you because you're a woman? Besides, it's not that I don't want to get dressed. All my clothes are completely soaked. I have to wait for them to dry before I can put them back on!" Zhong Lichun knew that continuing the joke would leave Mo Li with no way to save face, so she stopped smiling and spoke earnestly.

Mo Li was simple-minded, but he wasn't stubborn. He could understand what Zhong Lichun meant. So once Zhong Lichun stopped teasing him, he said nothing more and sat down again, only this time with his back to her.

Sensing the awkward atmosphere, Wei Dengke hurriedly changed the subject. "Do you think those three foreign travelers entered this place too? Could they be inside the Underground Cavity? If so, then they might have already been..."

"Shut your pessimistic mouth. Although this mission was arranged at short notice, the lives of those three people concern the international situation. We can't give up until the very end." Zhong Lichun cut Wei Dengke off before he could finish, reprimanding him coldly. The playfulness she had shown earlier had vanished without a trace.

After being reprimanded by Zhong Lichun, Wei Dengke unhappily pursed his lips, but he didn't say anything else.

In any case, Mo Li had been through life and death with the two of them. However, he still didn't know what exactly they did. From their manner of speaking and behavior, they didn't seem to be soldiers, yet their identification cards were military credentials. Driven by curiosity, Mo Li asked, "I'm really curious. What department do you two belong to? How were you able to recruit me to help without submitting any application?"

"Since we don't even know whether we'll make it back alive, and since you asked so sincerely, I'll show you mercy and tell you. Our department is called the Special Incident Handling Bureau. It's a special department independent of the military, directly under the State Council. It's also a secret department, so ordinary people generally don't know it exists." Wei Dengke was quick with his answer. He responded without even asking Zhong Lichun's opinion.

Zhong Lichun glared at Wei Dengke in exasperation, clearly blaming him for talking too much. Wei Dengke, however, looked completely unconcerned. "Why are you glaring at me? If we make it out alive, the higher-ups will definitely erase this guy's memories. He'll forget even who we are by then, so what's the harm in explaining things to him now?"

"If we make it out alive? Indeed. We were too reckless this time. We should have waited for reinforcements from above before exploring. Since you've already told him, it doesn't matter now. Mo Li, ask whatever you want." Zhong Lichun sighed helplessly, then turned to Mo Li.

Wei Dengke had explained it simply, but his words only stirred up Mo Li's curiosity. At that moment, Mo Li even forgot his embarrassment. He turned around and stared at Wei Dengke and Zhong Lichun inquisitively. "What exactly is this Special Incident Handling Bureau you mentioned? How come I've never heard of it?"

"Are you a little slow in the head? The Special Incident Handling Bureau is obviously a department that handles special incidents! And I already told you that it's highly secretive. Ordinary people don't know about it." Wei Dengke looked at Mo Li as though he were an idiot and explained it again.

"You're the one with something wrong in the head! I just don't understand what you mean by 'special incidents.' What kind of incidents are you talking about? Are you referring to rescuing foreign friends like this?" Naturally, Mo Li was displeased at being called stupid. After glaring at Wei Dengke, he turned to Zhong Lichun and pressed her for an answer.

"Before I give you a detailed explanation, I have a few questions for you. Do you believe in aliens? Do you believe that ghosts exist in this world? Do you believe that the mythical divine beasts and demon beasts from legend really exist? Do you believe that a prehistoric civilization existed hundreds of millions of years ago?" Zhong Lichun didn't answer Mo Li's question. Instead, she fired off a string of rhetorical questions.