This Has to Be My Call

Outside a restaurant on Yunsheng Road in Jiacheng District, a man kept peering inside.

A waitress came out to greet him. "Boss, care for something to eat? Come on in and have a look."

The man shook his head. He did not want to eat; he kept looking into the restaurant, making the waitress thoroughly awkward. He was neatly dressed and well groomed, not like a beggar at all. What exactly was he looking at? From a temporary prefab by the roadside, Tangyuan confirmed the man's identity through the surveillance feed. "Target has appeared. Squad Two, move out immediately!"

At the command, a group rushed out and pinned the man down. Startled, he said, "Tangyuan, what are you trying to do?"

Tangyuan lowered her voice. "We are carrying out a mission. Director Shen, come with us." Tangyuan's judgment had been spot-on. The man was Shen Jingye.

He had spent half a month in Gourd Village before ultimately choosing to return to Yuezhou.

This restaurant on Yunsheng Road in Jiacheng District was the entrance through which Shen Jingye had entered Gourd Village. By Gourd Village's rules, one had to leave from wherever one entered. Li Qi had assigned Public Security Team members to take shifts watching the place. The moment Shen Jingye emerged, he had even wanted to turn back for one last look at Gourd Village.

While Shen Jingye was still lost in melancholy, the Public Security Team agents seized him.

Shen Jingye was furious. No matter what had happened, he was still the director of the Dark Star Bureau. How could people from the bureau lay hands on him? With Shen Jingye's cultivation, these few Public Security Team agents could not restrain him at all. Escaping would not have been difficult.

But Tangyuan reminded him, "Director Shen, come with