Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 101: Pei Jin

Gu Shenghui, full of perplexity, followed Mei Simiao into the elevator, passed through the underground investigation bureau office lobby, and entered the winding Mysterious Tracing Tower to arrive at his office.

When the office door was pushed open, Gu Shenghui was momentarily stunned because the new Acting Director Cen Xiaoran, Elder Lin, and a military officer in a vice admiral’s uniform were already inside waiting for some time.

"This is General Zhang," Mei Simiao introduced, pointing to the leader sitting to the side.

"Hello, Commander!" Gu Shenghui saluted, yet the doubt in his heart did not dissipate, for he had not seen this general among the army representatives during the conference.

General Zhang nodded back to Gu Shenghui and then turned to Mei Simiao, saying, "Please, have a seat, Gu Chu, Xiaomei, let’s begin!"

"Yes!" Following the order, Mei Simiao looked around at everyone present, finally fixing his gaze on Gu Shenghui, and stated solemnly, "Today, we invited Gu Chu mainly to have a briefing on Pei Yan’s sister, Pei Jin’s abilities."

"What?" Gu Shenghui had just sat down but before he was fully seated upon hearing this, he sprang back to his feet. Only when Elder Lin beside him coughed lightly did he realize his reaction was a bit inappropriate, but he couldn’t suppress his excitement as he asked, "Did you examine Pei Yan’s sister? Is she an ability user? Who else knows about this? Did you intentionally conceal it during the meeting?"

Sitting behind the office desk, Cen Xiaoran waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Xiaogu, don’t get excited! Simiao, explain everything from the beginning to Xiaogu and General Zhang."

Upon receiving the order, Mei Simiao looked at the two without referring to any documents and recited like an expert: "Pei Jin, twenty-four years old, female, from Northeast Harbin, excelled in her studies since childhood, attended Fudan University in Shanghai for biological sciences, and currently interns at a private synthetic biology laboratory in Shanghai."

"Her academic performance is completely opposite to her brother’s, and she seems quieter in character, although there’s some resemblance in appearance, ah!" Vice Admiral Zhang remarked thoughtfully as he compared the photos of the siblings in his file, then handed them over to Cen Xiaoran across the desk.

Cen Xiaoran took the photos, examining them closely: "The Dragon has nine sons, each different if the children in a household can excel in various ways, that indeed shows remarkable family upbringing and ancestral virtue. Simiao, go on."

Mei Simiao coughed twice and continued: "After Pei Yan entered the investigation bureau, the surveillance personnel assigned found nothing abnormal in Pei Jin’s daily life. We also conducted a very covert physical examination on her, which revealed no internal energy source in her body, but I still harbor doubts about her."

"Why is that?" Gu Shenghui asked with a frown.

"Because after Pei Yan’s file arrived at our intelligence unit, we started investigating the origin of his powers. We reviewed Pei Yan and his family’s life trajectory over the past decade, comparing it with paranormal crimes and dimension incursions occurring nearby their living areas, trying to find overlaps between these incidents," Mei Simiao patiently explained.

"Did you find anything?" Vice Admiral Zhang raised his eyebrows with interest; tracking a person’s growth trajectory over a decade to find points linking it to alternate dimension events is an overwhelming task, yet the intelligence unit actually attempted it.

Mei Simiao first shook his head regretfully, then revealed a wry smile: "While we couldn’t find connections between Pei Yan and these incidents, we unexpectedly discovered his sister Pei Jin, this young lady appeared at the scene of alternate dimension events twice. One incident occurred near her rented apartment in Shanghai, and during another, site staff mistakenly captured her figure amidst the crowd on camera, archived. I am never one to believe in coincidences, once is enough to warrant my attention; moreover, once I heard this...."

He walked to the desk, took out an old-style MP3 player, and pressed play, broadcasting recordings of two phone calls between Pei Yan and his family after arriving at the investigation bureau.

After playing it three times, Mei Simiao turned off the MP3 player.

"This sister seems particularly concerned about her brother’s military training content!" Vice Admiral Zhang said, taking off his military cap and placing it on his chest, speaking with a profound expression.

Gu Shenghui bit his lip and murmured, "Yes, back then I didn’t pay it much mind, assuming it was sibling affection, but according to the current analysis, indeed some of the questions she asked sound quite peculiar."

"Such monitoring methods should not be used again. During the last two times, Pei Yan didn’t detect the presence of the monitoring devices; however, from today’s incident, we discovered that now he is capable of controlling surrounding electronic devices more deeply, and he concealed this from us—a sign that high-tech monitoring should no longer be conducted on him. This is also the last sample recorded by Simiao, everyone should listen and then forget about it," Elder Lin stated, rising to crush the MP3 into fragments with two fingers and tossing them into the trash.

Gu Shenghui clasped his hands together and hesitated before speaking: "Since you’ve already suspected her, what do you plan to do? I advise you to be cautious; Pei Yan values his family greatly. According to the report from Shangxing, a person in Shenyu was severely tormented by him because they verbally threatened his family; we are currently addressing the rifts with Pei Yan and are repairing the relationship, don’t overstep."

"We have already made contact with Pei Jin, and she is currently in the investigation bureau!" Mei Simiao announced in a shocking manner that left Gu and Zhang quite stunned.

Gu Shenghui furrowed his eyebrows and whispered in displeasure, "What have you done to her?"

"Gu Chu, calm down, calm down! We haven’t done anything excessive. Actually, not much at all! After the festival, I flew to Harbin personally to meet her privately, and we had a good talk," Mei Simiao replied, gesturing to Gu Shenghui not to get agitated, speaking in a lighthearted tone.

"Talk? How did you talk?" General Zhang, representing the military’s highest authority, was immediately intrigued and pressed for more details.

"Very straightforward. After employing some minor tactics to invite her to a teahouse, I straightforwardly spoke with her in my capacity as an investigation bureau leader about everything her brother went through, only exaggerating his current health condition slightly to prepare her mentally."

General Zhang leaned forward in curiosity and pursued, "Oh, how did she react?"

"Very calmly. After perusing the series of training materials and current hospital photos I brought concerning her brother and repeatedly confirming my identity, she agreed to visit the capital after Spring Festival to explain clearly what happened between her and her brother."