When Did Lu Chengze...

Half an hour later, the Range Rover pulled up with an outrageously flashy maneuver, stopping steadily and precisely in front of Huo Jinnian and Ming Junqing, who were standing at the villa entrance.

Lu Chengze got out of the car with a flourish and waved at the two men by the door. "Yo! You're both here! Were you waiting especially for me?"

As he spoke, he deliberately leaned his face close to them so they could clearly see his "injured" mouth.

If Lu Chengze still knew to restrain himself somewhat around Bai Jin, keeping his flashiness subtle—

Then in front of Huo Jinnian and Ming Junqing, the two friends he had grown up with, he was openly and shamelessly flamboyant.

The moment he opened his mouth, he carried an inherently punchable tone.

Ming Junqing ground his molars. "That tiny injury is worth coming all the way back for me to put medicine on?"

"Good thing the trip back was short. Give it another half hour, and it'll have scabbed over," Huo Jinnian added irritably.

Lu Chengze did not care about their mockery at all. With both hands in his pockets, he swaggered between them. "What do you know? This is a mark of love."

"Since it's a mark of love, poke it with your finger every day. Make sure it never heals," Ming Junqing suggested.

"That won't do. If it doesn't heal, how am I supposed to kiss my little one?" Lu Chengze had already settled onto the sofa. "Hurry up and put some medicine on it. I still have things to do later."

Ming Junqing: "..."

Huo Jinnian chose the sofa farthest from Lu Chengze and sat down. "Did Bai Jin ditch you, so you came here to show off in front of us?"

As the captain of a special operations team, he was hard all over.

Lu Chengze said, "How could that be? I came back to ask you two for a favor."

"Wait, hold on. You're an all-powerful soldier king who can do anything under the sun. What could you possibly need our help with?" Sensing that Lu Chengze was not about to say anything pleasant, Huo Jinnian cut him off and refused to listen.

Lu Chengze pretended not to hear and continued, "I can only find my little one's movements after he returned to A Country. The more than ten years he spent overseas are completely untraceable. You two should place an order with the Hacker Alliance and have them investigate what happened to him during those years abroad."

Ming Junqing raised his voice in disbelief. "For something this small, you want to place an order with the Hacker Alliance? Do you know their minimum starting price is ten million?"

The Hacker Alliance was the business of Tang Ran, the wife of Fu Jingshen, the mysterious Ninth Master of the capital's circle.

As long as the price was right, they could really find out anything!

It was just that the price was fucking expensive.

Lu Chengze said that the first dozen or so years of Bai Jin's records were blank. There were only two possible explanations for that. One was that Bai Jin's scientific research abilities were so exceptional that the state had concealed his files for his protection.

But ordinary detectives might not be able to uncover that, while Lu Chengze's people certainly could.

Which meant there was only the other possibility.

Like Lu Chengze, Bai Jin had ties to a special organization. To ensure Bai Jin's safety, someone had deliberately erased his records.

Huo Jinnian propped his head on his index finger and tilted his head at Lu Chengze. "Chengze, you aren't afraid your little one will find out, so you deliberately dumped such a wonderful task on the two of us, are you?"

Lu Chengze lifted a brow. "We've been brothers since childhood. How could you think that of me? Am I that kind of person?"

Ming Junqing nodded very seriously. "You are."

Lu Chengze: "..."

"So, are you helping or not?" Lu Chengze glared at them, looking ready to start throwing hands if Huo Jinnian and Ming Junqing refused.

Huo Jinnian said irritably, "We'll help!"

Ming Junqing was even more speechless. "You shameless bastard who forgets his brothers the moment he sees a pretty face—can't you find something more reliable for your two brothers to help with?"

The moment Lu Chengze heard them agree, he stood up and prepared to leave. "Alright, then get on it. I'll wait for your good news."

And just like that, he came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

Huo Jinnian said, "...Why did we come to Xu City with him in the first place?"

Ming Junqing sighed. "He said he wanted to show us the strength of a special operations team captain."

"His strength is chasing his wife? Then force-feeding dog food to two single men?" Huo Jinnian sincerely felt that he must have been out of his mind to put aside so much company work and come here to waste his time.

Ming Junqing asked darkly, "So... are we still going to have the Hacker Alliance investigate Bai Jin?"

Huo Jinnian said, "Of course. If we don't, will that guy ever let us have peace?"

"Fine, I'll place the order..."

The laboratory.

Bai Jin, dressed in a white lab coat, stood before a rack, carefully observing the reactions of the white mice in the glass jars after being administered the drug.

"Bzz, bzz, bzzz—"

Suddenly, the phone in Bai Jin's pocket vibrated three times long and once short.

This was not the phone Bai Jin normally used. It was the War Wolf Base's internal communication device.

Bai Jin's expression did not change. Taking advantage of no one paying attention, he quietly left the laboratory and went to the break room. As he poured himself some water, he opened the base's small group chat.

The group had only four members, but its messages had already reached 99+. The latest one was Black Wolf's frantic message: [@White Wolf, damn it! I'm leaving for A Country tonight to protect you personally!]

White Wolf: [???]

Seeing that the person in question had appeared, Red Wolf wrote: [White Wolf, someone placed an order with the Hacker Alliance for fifty million to investigate you...]

White Wolf: [Who placed the order?]

Gray Wolf: [No idea! You know the Hacker Alliance has always had the best client privacy protection in the world.]

White Wolf: [What are they investigating?]

Red Wolf: [Your blank records from those years overseas. If the Hacker Alliance really takes this order, your identity may truly be dug up.]

Bai Jin frowned.

The boss of the Hacker Alliance seemed to be named Tang Ran, right?

His man seemed to be that mysterious Ninth Master Fu of the capital... Wait?!

Ninth Master Fu and Lu Chengze were both from the capital, and both were young masters from its upper circles...

Bai Jin pressed his tongue against his cheek, seeming to realize who had secretly placed the order with the Hacker Alliance.

White Wolf: [Don't worry about it. I know who placed the order with the Hacker Alliance.]

Black Wolf: [Who? White Wolf, tell me! I'll go smash that bastard's head in tomorrow morning!]

White Wolf: [You can't beat him. Don't come here to die. Stay overseas and do your mission properly.]

Gray Wolf and Red Wolf were curious too. [Who is it? Anyone who can make our White Wolf rate them so highly isn't simple. Hurry up and tell us!]

White Wolf: [If my guess is right, it's Lu Chengze.]

Black Wolf exploded immediately and blurted out: [Fuck! Is Lu Chengze sick? Why is he investigating you for no reason? Didn't he already eat you clean?]

White Wolf: [???]

[When did Lu Chengze ever eat me clean? Where did you hear that?]

The group instantly went silent. No matter how Bai Jin asked, no one dared make a sound.