Chapter 317: Chapter 252: What Goes Around, Comes Around

As a result, he stepped in a puddle of liquid they themselves had just expelled from their bodies. His foot slipped, and he fell flat on the ground.

It was a perfect case of what goes around, comes around. Not long after committing such an uncivilized act, he got his just desserts.

"Damn."

A curse filled with resentment echoed from within the dim alley.

A short while later, the underling emerged from the alley, still carrying his boss on his back.

They waited by the roadside for a long time but couldn’t hail a taxi.

The taxi drivers saw the two of them covered in some unknown liquid and had no intention of stopping for them. They just pretended not to see them and sped away.

"Damn it..." Unable to get a taxi, the underling let out another furious curse.

...

"Move with me now! One, two, three, four! Two, two, three, four..."

In the living room, Su Yue, dressed in a pink yoga outfit, followed the fitness instructor on TV, performing the aerobic exercises in perfect sync.

Kicking her legs, raising her arms, bending at the waist... Su Yue went through several sets of movements, leaving her drenched in sweat. Large patches on the front and back of her clothes were soaked through.

"Whew..."

Finishing her workout, Su Yue let out a soft breath. She picked up the towel she’d prepared, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and turned to the coffee table, where she picked up a glass and took a large gulp of water.

After rehydrating, she put down the glass and patted her slender, fat-free waist, murmuring to herself.

"All this consistent exercise lately finally got rid of that extra pound or so. Now when we go to Qiong City and hit the beach, hehe..."

Just as Su Yue was imagining herself in a beautiful swimsuit, causing a certain someone to stare wide-eyed with a dumbfounded look on his face, her phone, which was on the sofa, started ringing.

DRING DRING DRING...

She walked around the coffee table to the sofa, picked up her phone, and saw that the call was from Lin Li.

"Hello?"

"Su Yue, I found a new milk tea shop. They’re having a grand opening special today, buy one get one free.

I can’t finish two cups by myself. Do you want the extra one?

I’m at the entrance to the district right now. If you want it, come down and get it. If not, I’ll just take it home."

At that moment, at the entrance to the Happiness Garden District, Lin Li was sitting on a shared bike, holding his phone and asking Su Yue if she wanted milk tea.

"Uhm..." Having just finished her workout, Su Yue pursed her lips, a conflicted look appearing on her pretty face.

’A single cup of milk tea is packed with calories. If I drink Lin Li’s milk tea, all that hard work from my workout just now will have been for nothing.’

’But he’s already brought the milk tea all the way to the entrance. If I say no, that would be a huge slap in the face.’

’What if he gets angry because I rejected his gesture and decides not to go to Qiong City tomorrow? That would be terrible... Right, I have to accept this milk tea, no matter what!’

Su Yue, who desperately wanted the milk tea, agonized internally for a few seconds before finding herself a seemingly reasonable and undeniable excuse. Then, she quickly said to Lin Li,

"Yes, I want it! Wait for me, I’ll change and be right down."

"Okay, be quick."

After hanging up, Su Yue ran back to her bedroom to change. A moment later, dressed in a black t-shirt and a short skirt, she left her apartment, keys in hand.

At the district entrance, having finished his call, Lin Li leaned against a tree by the road. While waiting for Su Yue, he picked up one of the milk teas and started drinking it leisurely.

After a few minutes, a graceful figure appeared at the district entrance.

"I’m over here..." Lin Li waved and called out to Su Yue, who was looking around for him.

TAP, TAP, TAP...

Su Yue, wearing low-heeled sandals, walked up to Lin Li. She held out a fair-skinned hand and demanded with a smile, "How could you start drinking without me? Hand it over!"

"Here." Lin Li took the free milk tea from the shared bike’s basket and handed it to Su Yue.

"This milk tea is pretty good. Where’d you buy it?" Su Yue took the drink from Lin Li, grabbed a straw, and immediately took a sip. Finding it quite tasty, she asked.

Lin Li gave her the address of the milk tea shop, and Su Yue asked, "That place is pretty far from here! Did you have something to do over there?"

’Someone treated me to a meal. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have gone to such a remote place...’ Lin Li said to himself.

He definitely couldn’t tell her he was eating with an Investigator. After all, in Su Yue’s eyes, he was just an ordinary person. Getting involved with Investigators would be impossible to explain.

"I felt like going for a walk after dinner, so I just grabbed a shared bike and rode around. I ended up there before I knew it," Lin Li said, casually making up a plausible excuse, his expression unchanged.

Su Yue didn’t seem to suspect anything. She nodded, then asked Lin Li, "Don’t stay up too late playing games tonight. We have to get up early tomorrow to catch our flight at the airport."

"Don’t worry! I won’t oversleep..." Lin Li said, taking a sip of his milk tea.

"Have you packed your bags and everything?" asked Su Yue, who had already finished packing for the trip that afternoon.

"..." Lin Li scratched his head. "I haven’t packed yet! I’ll do it when I get home... Actually, there isn’t much to pack. I’ll just bring a few changes of clothes."

"Besides clothes, you have to remember things like your phone charger, your razor, and your ID card! Don’t forget." Su Yue ticked the items off on her fingers, reminding Lin Li of everything he needed to bring.

"Hey, why are you acting like a mother hen... Alright, I get it. I’ll remember to bring all that stuff..." Lin Li retorted.

"What’s that supposed to mean? How am I like a mother hen? Have you ever seen a mother hen as pretty as me?"

Su Yue, stung by Lin Li’s comment, instantly bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, firing a barrage of questions at him.

"Never mind, I’m going home to pack. See you tomorrow." Seeing Su Yue fly off the handle, Lin Li beat a hasty retreat. He hopped on the shared bike, pushed off with his foot, and shot away.

"Hmph, he sure ran away fast..." Su Yue put her left hand on her hip, holding the milk tea in her right, and snorted softly as she watched Lin Li speed off into the distance.

She didn’t look away until Lin Li turned a corner on the bike and disappeared from sight. Only then did she turn and head back into the district.

...

Superpower Administration Bureau.

In the parking lot, the doors of several transport vans opened after they had parked. Inside, sitting on the benches, were burly men in handcuffs, their faces ashen.

"We’re here. Everyone out!" an Investigator with glasses said to the Canglan Society members in the van.

Under the watchful eyes of the Investigators, the members of the Canglan Society obediently disembarked and lined up, heading toward the interrogation rooms.

Next, each of the Canglan Society members would face an Investigator specializing in interrogation. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

As the team leader of this arrest operation, Wang Jing had successfully brought the Canglan Society members back to the Superpower Administration Bureau. Her mission was complete, and there was nothing left for her to do.

Just as she was about to return to her office to write the report on the operation, a car with a familiar license plate drove up and parked in the space next to her.

CLICK.

After the car was parked, the person in the driver’s seat opened the door and got out. Wang Jing smiled and asked the familiar face,

"Liu Jialin, aren’t you off duty tonight? Why are you back at this hour?"

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