HBWnovel Chapter 599 Found the right person
Chapter 599 Found the right person
Chapter 599 Found the right person
As the morning sun bathes the earth in golden light, the ginkgo trees cast a golden glow over the entire neighborhood, and the city begins to awaken...
"Hmm~" Lin Haitang moved her delicate eyebrows and gently opened her eyes, and then... met a pair of smiling eyes.
"Ah~" She released her arms from the man's chest, instinctively pulling the blanket tighter to cover her shapely figure, leaving only her blushing head exposed.
"You...are you awake?"
"Hmm! How did you sleep last night?"
"It's fine... why are you looking at me like that?"
"I'm afraid you won't take responsibility and will run away again."
"What are you saying! I'm not that kind of person..."
Lin Haitang, wrapped in a blanket, blushed and tried to grab her nightgown that had been thrown on the floor, but accidentally aggravated her wound.
"Sigh~"
"what happened?"
"You...you get out first!"
"What are you doing? We're an old married couple. Let me help you."
"Smack!" The pillow hit Meng Lang's face.
"Alright, alright! I'll go out, okay?" Seeing that Attorney Lin was showing signs of getting angry, she walked out of the room with a smile.
Lin Haitang finally breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the closed door.
Lifting the blanket, seeing that vibrant color, a blush crept onto my face again...
……
1103.
"Ha~" Xiaoyu, wearing cartoon pajamas, walked out of her room rubbing her sleepy eyes, and bumped into Meng Lang, who was carrying a plate out of the kitchen with a beaming smile.
"Hey, uncle, you're up so early?"
"Good morning, Xiaoyu. The early bird catches the worm. I've already made breakfast. After you eat, I'll take you to school."
As he spoke, Meng Lang picked up the plate and started to walk out.
"Uncle, where are you going?"
Xiaoyu, with her sharp eyes, clearly saw a golden-brown fried egg on the plate. Hmm? It even looks like a heart shape?
"Oh! I'll go eat across the street."
"Huh? Why?"
"Hehe...the view across the street is nice~"
Xiaoyu: "???"
Looking at the closed door, Xiaoyu scratched her head and sat down at the dining table. On the plate were just ordinary fried eggs...
I briefly recalled the uncle's expression from just now.
Hmm... the corners of her eyes naturally wrinkle, the corners of her mouth naturally turn up, the amplitude is just right, and it also affects her cheekbones...
What good thing happened?
……
When the two went downstairs and saw the little boy waiting for them, Meng Lang's smile became even brighter.
"Hey, Xiao Chu Nan, good morning!"
Chu Nan: "..."
I don't know why, but I just felt a little uncomfortable with that greeting...
"Good morning, Uncle Meng; good morning, Xiaoyu."
"Hehe! Haven't had breakfast yet? Here, Uncle brought you some too, don't be shy! It's your Grandpa Hu who asked me to take extra care of you."
We'll be classmates from now on, so if you have any difficulties, just tell Xiaoyu! Got it?
"Uh... thank you, Uncle..."
Chu Nan accepted the breakfast that Meng Lang handed him with a smile, his expression somewhat strange. He was rather unaccustomed to Meng Lang's inexplicable enthusiasm.
Shouldn't a master be aloof and indifferent?
Why does the other person's expression today feel the same as when I attended a wedding and the groom was handing out wedding candy to everyone he met?
Hmm...it must be because Grandpa Hu asked someone for help...
Thinking about this makes me feel a little frustrated.
On his first assignment to carry out an important mission, he performed so incompetently that Grandpa Hu had to personally step in to save the day.
Listen to this! What does it mean to tell Xiaoyu if you have any difficulties?
I'm a bodyguard, okay? Bodyguards only seek help from their protected targets when they're in trouble?
The other person is treating me like a child!
hateful!
To remember this lesson, I'll punish myself by running 20 laps around the neighborhood after school...
"Uncle! Thank you for breakfast, but I will never cause you any trouble!" Chu Nan said solemnly with a determined look on his face.
"Uh..." It's just breakfast, something to increase goodwill towards my future comrade-in-arms.
Did he misunderstand something?
Chu Nan didn't say anything more, but followed beside the two, scanning the surrounding pedestrians for any possible threats, while tearing open the paper bag to reveal the toast and egg sandwich inside...
"Ow~"
Hmm~ Chu Nan's eyes lit up.
The crispy outer layer of toast crumbled lightly, and the bread fibers made a soft, crunching sound between the lips and teeth.
The moment the runny yolk of the fried egg is bitten through, the semi-solid egg liquid slowly overflows like lava, mixing with the aroma of roasted wheat and the spiciness of black pepper, filling the entire taste buds...
An expression of enjoyment couldn't be hidden on his face.
The habits he developed in the military, coupled with his painful past experiences, allowed him to quickly finish the sandwich in just a few bites.
He didn't let a single crumb from the paper bag go to waste, pouring it all into his mouth and licking his lips in a final, savoring taste.
Seeing this scene, Xiaoyu suddenly blurted out a sentence.
"Xiao Nan, did you go hungry a lot recently?"
Chu Nan froze.
Looking back on those days locked in a dark, sunless basement, the most delicious food we ate was the chicken bones that the traffickers had gnawed on and discarded...
To prevent them from having the strength to escape, the traffickers would sometimes only feed them a pitiful little bit of rice gruel a day.
Even now, that unforgettable feeling of hunger still reminds him that he must not waste a single grain of food...
Seeing Xiaoyu still staring at him with a questioning look, Chu Nan felt the same cry that Meng Lang had made not long ago.
Mind reading! This is definitely mind reading!
No! Please stop looking at me!
He dared not speak, fearing that if he opened his mouth, the little witch without a tail would see through more of his secrets.
He could only try his best to suppress all his emotions and the fluctuations in his eyes, staring straight ahead with a blank expression, though his walking movements appeared somewhat stiff.
Meng Lang watched this scene with a smile. The aloof and unsmiling young man in the photo now seemed to overlap with the boy in front of him...
Before, it was only similar in appearance; now it's both similar in appearance and spirit...
Uh... could it be that Xiaoyu forced this guy to have that poker face?
Indeed, the misfortune of youth is encountering someone too amazing in one's youth...
"Brother Meng! Brother Meng!"
Just then, Meng Lang suddenly heard someone calling him from ahead.
Looking up, he saw Wang Zhaoping, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, smiling as he walked towards him from the school gate.
"Brother Meng, I knew you'd be here at this time!"
"Captain Wang? Long time no see!"
"Of course, I've been so busy lately, haha... Xiaoyu, you're still so cute, and this... huh?"
Wang Zhaoping smiled and patted Xiaoyu's head, but when he looked at the little boy next to Xiaoyu, he suddenly froze and stared at him for a moment.
"You're not... Colonel Chu's... Xiao Nan?!"
After thinking for a moment, he finally remembered the boy's name.
After the child trafficking case was solved, Chu Tian, as the biggest contributor in public, brought his wife and children to the police station to thank him. Wang Zhaoping had met Chu Nan once before.
But he never expected to encounter them again under these circumstances, and the other person was dressed...
Is it still the school uniform of Qingsong Elementary School?
What's going on?
If I remember correctly, isn't Colonel Chu's family from Nanjing?
Chu Nan was surprised to suddenly run into Wang Zhaoping here, and even more surprised that the other party seemed to know the expert uncle?
However, he still quickly came up and bowed slightly.
"Uncle Wang, thank you again for saving my life!"
"Uh...no, no need."
The person who saved your life is someone else, and they're right next to you. You've mistaken the person for someone else!
He pointed at Chu Nan, his shocked gaze turning to Meng Lang.
"No, Brother Meng, when you told me last time that you wanted to adopt Xiao Nan as your godson, I thought you were joking."
Adopted son? X2
Chu Nan and Xiao Yu both looked at Meng Lang with surprise.
Chu Nan was even more confused. Last time? When was last time?
He had only met Meng Lang for the first time two days ago...
He wants to adopt me as his godson the moment we meet?
What kind of hobbies are these?
“Uh…” Meng Lang was also stunned.
Did I say that? Oh! Right, I remember now.
He did seem to have said this to Wang Zhaoping before, when he had just learned that one of the children he had saved was actually a potential big shot in the apocalypse.
At the time, I was even thinking of emulating Lü Buwei by hoarding rare goods and getting on his good side...
But this was all happening in front of them, and they heard that he wanted to be their godfather right after meeting them...
This is a bit embarrassing.
"Cough!" Meng Lang coughed lightly.
"Well, Uncle Wang was just joking with you all. Oh dear, we're almost late! You guys better get to class!"
Meng Lang breathed a sigh of relief after herding the bewildered Chu Nan and Xiao Yu into the school gate.
"No, Brother Meng, what's going on? Why is Xiao Nan here? Did Colonel Chu agree to let you adopt a son?" Wang Zhaoping had just as many questions in his mind as Chu Nan.
And if you're going to adopt a son, why would you send the child to someone else's hands?
Judging from the way Meng Lang is picking up and dropping off his two kids at school, you'd think he'd handed over custody...
What kind of biological father is this?
A small gift carries great meaning; a godson sent from afar?
"This is a long story, but Chu Nan's identity is somewhat special, so please don't spread it around, Brother Wang."
"Oh! I understand, I understand!"
It's understandable that the family member of a special forces colonel has a somewhat sensitive background.
Seeing that Meng Lang didn't intend to explain further, Wang Zhaoping wisely stopped asking.
But I was once again amazed by Brother Meng's ability to build connections; it was truly astounding.
It seems that no matter who he is, whether from the lowest of the low or the highest levels of society, there is no one that Brother Meng cannot get in touch with.
No wonder they make a living from intelligence work.
"By the way, did Captain Wang come all this way to see me today? Is there something you can't say over the phone?"
"There are some things that are not convenient to talk about over the phone... Come on, let's go to your house to talk."
“Uh… this isn’t very convenient either.” Meng Lang quickly pulled Wang Zhaoping back, then pointed to a teahouse not far away.
"Okay, let's go over there and talk."
……
After ordering a pot of pre-Qingming Longjing tea, Wang Zhaoping took a sip before revealing the purpose of his visit...
"Iwasaki Hideyoshi?" Meng Lang's expression was somewhat strange.
"Yes! Logically speaking, this kind of infighting among Japanese conglomerates has nothing to do with us. Let them fight like dogs until they die."
Unfortunately, this case occurred at the Suzhou International Expo Center, which is within our jurisdiction...
The head of the expedition team was hunted down, and the assassins were killed all over the place. As a result, the direct heir just vanished into thin air. To this day, no one can find his body, whether he is dead or alive.
This matter caused quite a stir, even attracting the attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Logically speaking, such an important person should have been dealt with on a higher level.
But I don't know if the higher-ups were also worried about not being able to find the person and getting into trouble, but they actually just dumped the task on our directly subordinate criminal police team..."
Wang Zhaoping looked helpless.
"Who would have thought that not long ago I considered Hideyoshi Iwasaki a suspect in the theft of the Buddha head, and now I have to search the whole world for him..."
When the person first went missing a while ago, things were fine, and there wasn't much of a reaction in Japan.
We'll treat this as a regular missing persons case.
However, I recently heard that Hideyoshi Iwasaki's branch of the family has regained control of the family and won a great victory in the internal power struggle...
Doesn't this suddenly make Iwasaki Hideyoshi, the heir, seem incredibly important?
You wouldn't believe it, but recently Japan has been sending waves of people here, frantically searching for the person near the crime scene.
The bounty has been rising higher and higher, and it's now almost over 300 million US dollars.
It's probably pressure from the other side. The higher-ups are urging us every day to solve the case as soon as possible, and to bring the person back no matter if they're dead or alive.
In the end, won't all the pressure fall on my shoulders?
Wang Zhaoping sighed.
"Sigh! Given the density of surveillance in Suzhou, finding someone shouldn't be difficult."
However, all the surveillance cameras near the crime scene had been hacked by tech experts, making it impossible to find any surveillance footage from that time.
We don't know if the person is dead or alive, whether they're hiding or have fallen into the hands of kidnappers.
I'm completely clueless right now, so I had no choice but to try my luck here with you, Brother Meng..."
Meng Lang's expression grew increasingly strange.
Haha! You've really come to the right person...
From rescuing people to kidnapping, from physical imprisonment to ideological reform, it's all done in one go.
The kidnapper is sitting right across from you...
They've gone so far as to ask the kidnappers for information that they've ended up asking the kidnappers themselves! Look at the mess this has gotten into...
(End of this chapter)