【Only by leading the Special Abnormal Affairs Bureau agents away will Yuansou send more people to Jiangcheng.】
【When that happens, I can follow the trail to find the truth I'm looking for.】
Liu Junnan didn't hesitate. 【Yes, Master.】
Su Wan thought of Qin Zhong’an.
She had browsed through his memories.
This man's life was simple, pure, and unremarkable.
He had followed Qian Musheng since he was ten years old and had worked in the Hunter Nest branch's communication system for nearly thirty years.
He had no abilities, no special talents, and no ambition. He barely even had independent thoughts.
He was a perfect executor, a dutiful liaison, a tool that treated the organization's orders as his life's creed.
If such a person were abandoned by the organization...
【Having Qin Zhong’an with you will only hinder your movements. Tell him to go to Jinxiu Garden; I will find a place for him.】
Liu Junnan's voice immediately responded, 【Understood, Master.】
Su Wan nodded.
【Be careful yourself. If you encounter danger, contact me immediately. No matter how far away you are, I will come.】
【Yes, Master.】
...
The speeding car came to a stop.
Qin Zhong’an looked at Liu Junnan, his eyes filled with disbelief.
“What? You want me to go to Jinxiu Garden to find Su Wan? The eldest daughter of the bankrupt Su family?”
Liu Junnan nodded expressionlessly.
“The Bureau agents have already locked onto me; they'll catch up sooner or later.”
“You don't have an ability. Being with me will only drag me down.”
“When that happens, we'll both be caught...”
“We've already been abandoned by the organization. Do I even need to tell you what our fate will be if we're captured?”
“Qin Zhong’an, you're different from me.”
“You're an ordinary person. You have a chance to start over and live a normal life.”
“Fortunately, their target is me...”
In all their years working together, this was the kindest Liu Junnan had ever been to Qin Zhong’an.
Qin Zhong’an lowered his head, looking at the terminal in his hand that had turned into a brick. He stared at the blank screen where data no longer pulsed.
He thought about everything he had done for the organization over the past thirty years.
Every contact made, every report submitted, every order executed, every time he put the organization's interests first.
But now, they were abandoned.
Both he and Liu Junnan were tools to be discarded after use.
Qin Zhong’an’s eyes suddenly felt a bit stung.
Both he and Liu Junnan understood the reality.
Liu Junnan was a core member of the Yuansou Hunter Nest branch, a Sensory-type Ability User, a “special talent” the organization had spent over twenty years cultivating.
A person like that could never live a normal life, no matter where he went.
The Bureau would watch him, Yuansou would hunt him, and other factions would covet him.
His fate had been sealed from the day he was brought into the organization at the age of five.
He looked at Liu Junnan, his voice sounding fragile. “Fine, I'll go find the eldest Miss Su.”
Liu Junnan gave Qin Zhong’an a faint glance before pushing the door open to get out.
He tilted his head, his gaze falling on Qin Zhong’an’s face, a strange curve pulling at the corner of his mouth.
“The Bureau agents are still chasing us. The car is yours.”
With that, Liu Junnan turned and left, his figure quickly vanishing into the night.
Qin Zhong’an sat alone in the driver's seat, his hands gripping the steering wheel so hard his knuckles turned white.
Only after Liu Junnan's figure had completely disappeared did he take a deep breath, shift gears, turn the wheel, and drive toward Jinxiu Garden.
Meanwhile, Su Wan stood by the window of Room 102. Her consciousness sank into the hyper-dimensional communicator, and a line of text appeared silently in Liu Junnan's mind:
【I have lifted the cloaking on your energy fluctuations.】
【Those two Bureau agents will quickly re-establish your location.】
【Leave Jiangcheng and find a way to buy more time. Don't let them catch you too quickly.】
Liu Junnan's voice soon came back, 【Understood, Master.】
Su Wan quietly perceived everything.
A minute after she lifted the cloaking, the car belonging to the two Bureau agents started up again and gave chase in the direction Liu Junnan had gone.
To Su Wan, Liu Junnan had already been abandoned by Yuansou, and his existence no longer held much value.
The only thing he could do for her now was act as “bait” to lure the Special Abnormal Affairs Bureau away.
Only when the Bureau agents left would Yuansou feel safe enough to send more people to Jiangcheng.
Su Wan’s gaze fell on the dark, heavy horizon as she began to organize the clues in her mind.
That piece of land belonging to her family was now in the hands of the Gu family.
If Yuansou sent people to Jiangcheng for that project, they would inevitably contact the Gu family.
Therefore, as long as she kept an eye on the Gu family, she would be the first to notice the appearance of Yuansou members...
Just as this thought occurred to her, her phone suddenly vibrated.
Su Wan picked up the phone and saw that it was actually Gu Huaiyu calling.
It was truly perfect timing; this call couldn't have come at a better moment.
Su Wan pressed the answer button.
“Wanwan...” Gu Huaiyu's voice came through the receiver, raspy and exhausted, carrying a hint of cautious humility.
“You're finally willing to answer the phone...”
“I know it's late and I'm disturbing your rest, but I... I just wanted to hear your voice.”
Su Wan didn't speak.
Gu Huaiyu seemed long accustomed to her silence and continued on his own.
“I've been wanting to see you for a while now, but you said you weren't feeling well and needed quiet rest. I didn't dare disturb you, so I had to hold back.”
“But Wanwan, I really miss you.”
“I know I don't have the right to say these things now, but I can't help myself...”
His voice grew lower. “Are you willing to see me? Even if it's just to sit and talk.”
Su Wan remained silent for two seconds.
“How is the matter with my brother going?”
Hearing Su Wan’s words, Gu Huaiyu was clearly excited.
“Wanwan, I was just about to tell you about that!” His voice rose several notches, filled with irrepressible excitement.
“I've been working on it this whole time. The legal team has finished organizing the materials. I've used every connection I have and hired two senior lawyers from the province who specialize in criminal wrongful convictions. They've repeatedly studied Su Zhuo's case files, and the conclusion is clear—there is significant room to overturn this case.”
He took a deep breath, his speech becoming faster, as if he were reporting his work or seeking credit.
“After Xu Tianlin's crimes came to light, the tide of public opinion has completely shifted! When Su Zhuo was sentenced to six years, the core evidence was Xu Tianlin's level two minor injury assessment.”
“Now that Xu Tianlin is behind bars himself, all the things he did have been exposed! Illegal detention, assault, sexual assault—every one of them is ten times more serious than taking a single punch from Su Zhuo!”
“In this context, Su Zhuo’s actions to protect his sister can be completely reclassified from intentional assault to legitimate self-defense or even acting for a just cause.”
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