How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!-Chapter 246: An Unexpected Visitor from the Strange Realm

Chapter 246: Chapter 246: An Unexpected Visitor from the Strange Realm

"Oh? Which transactions?"

"The 101 Company transferred 3 million!"

"3 million? Shouldn’t it be 2.5 million?" Lin Xiaosu was slightly stunned.

This was his agreement with the Blood Trace.

Hunting the White clothed King was an SSS-level mission, the highest level task in Qianlong.

The highest-level task reward also reached the Qianlong’s maximum bonus of 5 million.

He wasn’t acting alone; he was in cooperation with the Blood Trace King, so they split the reward, each taking 2.5 million.

How did it become 3 million?

"It was transferred in two payments, 2.5 million at first, then 500,000. The 2.5 million was paid the day before yesterday, and the 500,000 came today."

Lin Xiaosu understood.

These were two separate missions.

The payment from the day before yesterday was the reward for the White clothed King mission.

The payment that came today was the reward for last night’s operation.

Yesterday, at a wedding banquet, he had an excellent performance.

He took out two internal pests.

Captured He Jiang.

Found a hideout at Chuyuan Temple, and cleared out the dangerous Ghost Rope from the basement.

More importantly, according to He Jiang’s confession, he arrested more than eighty die-hard members of the Li Tian Clan hidden among the populace, clinging to their dream of "restoring the homeland".

This achievement was actually astonishing.

Even though Qianlong was as stingy as it gets, they had to reward him with 500,000...

Lin Xiaosu laughed, "There’s only a month left until the New Year, our detective agency’s little year-end review, our earnings have been quite good, Ruolan, let’s give Zhou Xi a year-end bonus."

"Okay!" Miao Ruolan immediately agreed, "How much do you think we should give? I’ll transfer it to her right away."

"100,000? How about that?"

"Sure!"

Miao Ruolan started the transfer on the spot...

Zhou Xi stood beside them, her mouth half open, "What did I do? You guys... You guys just give out money so freely..."

She thought she was already getting too much.

$10,000 a month along with various overtime bonuses, topped off with a $100,000 year-end bonus.

Oh, this year Lin Xiaosu had privately given her something else, a bracelet worth $200,000...

In half a year, she had actually collected $400,000!

Is this even a job?

This is like winning the lottery...

Even so, Miao Ruolan felt somewhat embarrassed.

She was doing the same job as Zhou Xi.

She was earning significantly more than Zhou Xi...

Oh, she was doing a little bit more than Zhou Xi at the moment, just being with him...

But being with him, from Miao Ruolan’s perspective, was actually a benefit for herself—being with the man she loved couldn’t count as overtime, right?

As time went on.

Lin Xiaosu seemed not to have any plans for stirring up any trouble.

After a year of action, he deserved some rest.

What rest could be more comfortable than surpassing your expected earnings and then stretching out your legs and waiting for the New Year?

If there had to be something, it would be the games he played with Miao Ruolan every evening.

He was sure that Zhou Xi knew about it.

Because whenever he stayed at the detective agency, Zhou Xi’s friend, Li Fang, always took her out...

Miao Ruolan was relaxed and joyful, seemingly celebrating the New Year every day...

Lin Xiaosu also took a trip back home.

He gave his mother a card worth 500,000.

His mom held onto the card tightly, completely overwhelmed, trembling as she asked him, "Little Su, did you really make several hundred thousand this year?"

"Yes!"

"Make sure you don’t do anything illegal..."

"Of course not, am I that kind of person?"

"That’s great, really great. Little Ye, you keep this card, and you two can have a good life together in the future."

Little Ye, clutching the corner of her clothes, felt a bit lost.

She was a robot.

Her programming didn’t account for this.

Lin Xiaosu declined on her behalf, explaining for quite a while before his mother finally put the card away happily at the bottom of a box.

She didn’t know that since the detective agency had opened up in the first half of the year, Lin Xiaosu had earned nearly 2 million—after splitting it fifty-fifty with Ruolan.

Lin Xiaosu didn’t dare to give her all of it, fearing he might scare her.

So he only gave her 500,000.

Joyful and full days passed by, one after another...

Until the last month...

As it entered the final month, Fengcheng truly experienced the bleakness of winter.

The leaves on the street trees had fallen.

Thin ice started to form along the Yishui River.

Passersby were dressed in thick down jackets.

But this didn’t include the two people in the detective agency.

Miao Ruolan and Zhou Xi were only wearing tight-fitting inner layers and trench coats over them.

After they had practiced Ancient Martial Arts, poetically speaking: when spring drills into your bones, who needs down jackets?

"Sister Lan, Brother Lin went to the library again. You say he has defeated everyone on the detective path, but why is he still so hardworking?" Zhou Xi asked.

Miao Ruolan smiled gently, "You should think about it in reverse; is it not because he works so hard that no one can keep up with him?"

"Makes sense. We should probably set some New Year’s resolutions as well. Brother Lin is taking larger and larger steps outward each year; he’ll probably be away from home for most of the next year. We’ll have to take care of things at home..."

Zhou Xi did not even notice that she said "home" very naturally...

Suddenly, the front door swung open.

Zhou Xi and Miao Ruolan raised their eyes and were taken aback.

Entering was a young woman draped in a snow-white fur coat, with a tight-fitting pink outfit underneath. Her chest was unparalleled, but that wasn’t the focus. The focus was she was a foreign girl.

Blonde hair, blue eyes, and exquisite features.

A foreign girl?

Even though the modern era of reform and opening up had brought foreigners to large cities everywhere, in Fengcheng, a small eighth-tier county, foreign girls were still quite rare. When they did appear, they were usually married into the county.

And the foreign girl in front of them, as graceful as a princess, could she possibly be someone’s wife in Fengcheng?

If so, that man must have seriously brought glory to the nation...

Zhou Xi and Miao Ruolan both stood up simultaneously.

The foreign girl stepped forward, extending her hand...

Exchanging handshakes with them, speaking a language they didn’t understand...

Miao Ruolan’s foreign language skills were a significant weakness; she didn’t understand a word...

Zhou Xi was a bit better, having studied English, but only to the extent of dealing with high school exam papers. She could barely understand a few words: "The person you’re looking for is... Lin Xiaosu?"

"Yes!" the foreign girl responded in English.

"What’s the matter?"

The foreign girl said a few things; Zhou Xi was stumped and turned her gaze to Miao Ruolan, "Sister Lan, how’s Brother Lin’s English?"

"He should understand some, I’ll call him." Miao Ruolan picked up her phone and called Lin Xiaosu.

Receiving her call, Lin Xiaosu was slightly startled. "A foreigner actually showed up at our detective agency?"

"Yes, and she specifically asked for you."

"Alright, I’m on my way back..."

Exiting the library, crossing the street, Lin Xiaosu stepped into the detective agency.

As soon as he entered, his gaze fell on the foreign girl’s face, and his mind was suddenly in turmoil...

Catherine!

The visitor turned out to be the mysterious lady Catherine, whom he had met in Greece fourteen days ago.

After he and the Blood Trace King had hunted the White clothed King, various forces in Greece made their move. Among the most notable was Duke Narans, and Catherine was his granddaughter.

Duke Narans had entered the study to claim the White clothed King’s relics.

Meanwhile, this lady wasn’t idle either; among the White clothed King’s flesh remnants, she found a mysterious bone artifact, which she hid in her wristband. Lin Xiaosu had a gut feeling of its significance. Following his principle of thwarting the enemy’s plans, he had stolen the artifact using a method that wasn’t exactly honorable but undoubtedly effective...

What method?

Using True Qi to stimulate her sensitive regions, during a moment of mental shock when her attention was completely diverted, he had taken the artifact with a sleight of hand...

This was just a small episode in a foreign land.

Even the Blood Trace King, who had been working with him, didn’t know.

However, only fourteen days later, this lady had come to his detective agency, explicitly stating that she needed him to handle something...

Oh dear!

This was a disaster waiting to happen...

Despite the inner turmoil, Lin Xiaosu’s acting skills were now impeccable.

His face showed no emotion...

"Xiaosu, this lady is here to see you..." Miao Ruolan gently pointed to Catherine on the sofa.

Catherine stood, extending her hand, "Detective Lin, hello! My name is Catherine, from Greece."

"Please have a seat!" Lin Xiaosu pointed to the sofa.

He then dragged a chair, placed it in front of Catherine, and sat down with a smile, "Miss Catherine, coming all this way, what can I do for you?"

He spoke in English, exceptionally fluently...

Miao Ruolan and Zhou Xi were both a little surprised.

Lin Xiaosu’s English was so fluent?

Firstly that, and secondly, wasn’t it rude to decline a handshake and drag a chair instead? Or maybe it was cultural differences? Easterners were accustomed to shaking hands, while Westerners seemed to have different customs—seen on TV, they might hug or kiss on the forehead.

Lin Xiaosu might have opted to skip formalities and get straight to the point?

Catherine was left hanging on the handshake but didn’t dwell on it. She sat down, smiling slightly, "I’ve heard that Detective Lin never fails to solve a case, so I’ve come specifically to ask you to investigate something for me."

"What kind of case?" Lin Xiaosu smiled and asked.

"Fourteen days ago, a man touched my butt, and I want to find him!"

Lin Xiaosu frowned, "This really speaks to the decline of morals. Miss Catherine coming to Daxia as an international friend, and such a scandalous act happens in Daxia, the land of etiquette?"

"Exactly, that’s why I want to find him." Catherine’s eyes glimmered, "Detective Lin will help me, right?"

"Not necessarily," Lin Xiaosu replied, "I have principles when it comes to taking on cases..."

"Principles of a detective, understood!" Catherine lifted her hand slightly, "This is fifty thousand Luo Yuan, which converts to four hundred thousand in Daxia currency! Is that enough?"

As she lifted her hand, five stacks of bills appeared on the coffee table.

Lin Xiaosu was stupefied.

Fifty thousand Luo Yuan, real money!

Is this girl crazy?!

Daring to come into Daxia was already bold enough.

Coming into Daxia with real money, are there any boundaries to your boldness?

Miao Ruolan and Zhou Xi were also stunned.

The entire conversation in English had left them mostly in the dark.

But within moments, the other party had presented such a large sum...

How significant could this case be?

Cross-national, and worth this fifty thousand Luo Yuan...

Obviously, it’s not a trivial matter.

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