The Master's Mask Unveiled Again

Chapter 353: Chapter 352: The Guardian God of Wucheng Appears Once Again!

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Why investigate?

Xiao Qimo moved his lips, his pupils beneath the gold-rimmed glasses carried a depth and sadness, followed by a prolonged silence.

Seeing this, Ye Jinwen quickly cleared his throat, “Little Mianmian, you should go to class now!”

Lu Mian pursed her lips, understanding, “If you find anything, let me know right away.”

Among adults, refusal often comes with a mere glance. It was clear that Xiao Qimo and Ye Jinwen didn’t want to talk, and she had no need to press further.

After Lu Mian left, Ye Jinwen came over worriedly.

“Qimo, it’s been so long, are you still brooding over that matter?”

Xiao Qimo pushed his glasses up but didn’t speak, simply freeing one hand to gently touch the scar on his chest.

“Moreover, Qimo, why didn’t you continue to ask Little Mianmian where ‘Number Thirteen’ actually is? Now, in investigating the kidnapping case, if we had ‘Number Thirteen’s’ help, our efforts would be doubled.”

Xiao Qimo gave him a deep look, faintly withdrew his gaze, and continued staring at his phone.

Ye Jinwen: What does this complicated look mean?

Not understanding, he kept pestering Xiao Qimo.

“You have been reading for quite a while, what legal provision are you actually looking at…” Ye Jinwen thought Xiao Qimo was silently reciting lawyer-related material and leaned over to discover—

The aloof Xiao Qimo, ‘Gangster Mo’, was clicking through a series of group photos.

Open, long press, save.

And those photos…

Rolling his eyes sarcastically, Ye Jinwen scoffed, “Qimo, who was it that said they were going to report that CP group the other day?”

Oh, how delicious!

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Late at night.

Lu Mian donned black clothing and hurriedly left her room.

Her black slim-fit pants paired with a short, sharp-cut black leather jacket, she braved the chilly winds as she wove through the streets of Wucheng.

In the daytime, she had roughly deduced the general vicinity in which the robbery suspects operated, based on descriptions from Fat Hao.

When she zeroed in on this particular neighborhood, she realized it was an old complex with less than stellar security.

At this time, each household had turned off their lights to sleep, with only a few stubborn lights still shining through, signaling either students burning the midnight oil or office workers toiling away overtime.

She strolled nonchalantly down the street.

The dim, yellowish lights stretched her shadow on the ground, making her look frail and lonely.

She walked quietly for a while, until she heard a sharp scream from a girl nearby. Narrowing her eyes, Lu Mian hurried towards the source of the sound.

In a residential unit on the first floor.

By the time Lu Mian arrived, the security door had already been pried open. She didn’t even need to take out her phone; just by scanning the scene a few times with the electronic watch on her wrist, she preserved the evidence.

She stepped lightly into the room, where in the pitch darkness she could sense a girl trembling in a panicked breakdown, and the heavy, startled, somewhat frenzied breaths of two men.

Clearly, these two men were the thieves who had broken in.

Her movements were decisive. Before the men could detect anything, she took them down with a swift leg sweep.

The assailants fell to the floor with a thud.

Lu Mian acted swiftly, her hand chopping like a blade, striking each man in the back of the neck. Both men dropped to the ground without getting a clear look at their assailant, their knives clattering to the floor.

Two dull thumps, and they hit the ground.

“Ah—” The girl’s scream pierced the air once again.

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Lu Mian kicked the thief on the ground and, seeing no response, finally said softly in the darkness.

“Don’t be afraid, I won’t hurt you.”

The girl’s terrified and trembling voice struggled to ask, “Who… who are you?”

“I’m going to take them away now; you should call the police first, then call your family.”

“Sister…” The other party could recognize Lu Mian’s voice, but because the girl was so frightened after discovering burglars in her home, she couldn’t help but scream out, not in the state of mind to go turn on the light.

The thieves certainly had no intention of turning on the light either.

She couldn’t see what Lu Mian looked like and could only tremble and call out ‘sister’.

“Sister, are you the Guardian God of Wucheng?” She gulped, trying to calm herself down, “Everyone says that only the Guardian God of Wucheng appears in the dead of night, helping everyone punish the wicked…”

Feeling that the girl needed some comfort, Lu Mian gently made an affirmative sound, “Just think of me as that.”

“Thank you, sister! You really are a good person!” The tightly wound string in the girl finally relaxed.

The words Guardian God of Wucheng had successfully comforted her.

In the darkness, Lu Mian shook her head helplessly and, grabbing one thief by the foot with each hand, took them out of the residence.

Ya Ling and Dongyang were already waiting outside with a car ready.

Dongyang put the thieves into the van.

“Boss, we can handle this kind of thing, you didn’t need to take action personally!”

“Ah, just bored,” she said casually, “Let’s go, deliver them to Chief Guo.”

Dongyang joked, “Chief Guo has to take the blame again.”

Ya Ling laughed heartily, “I really wonder what the people of Wucheng would think if they knew their Guardian God is Brother Mian. It would probably be quite fantastical…”

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The girl quickly reported the crime; the police and her parents arrived at the same time.

Zhang Wenqiang was initially worried something had happened at home, but after seeing the pried-open door lock, she rushed into the room and hugged her daughter.

“Lele, are you okay? How are you feeling?”

“Mom…” Sun Lele, Zhang Wenqiang’s daughter, was in her first year of junior high. Under the light, her face was still pale, with tear stains on her youthful cheeks, “I nearly didn’t get to see you again. They found me, and they all pulled out knives; I was scared stiff…”

“Don’t be scared, the police will surely catch the thieves for us!”

That’s what she said, but Zhang Wenqiang was terrified inside.

She had gone to the airport to drop off her husband tonight and had to leave home so late out of necessity. She thought it would be just a two-hour round trip and didn’t expect any accidents, but accidents can happen so unexpectedly.

If the thieves had been even more ruthless, perhaps…

She had just heard at school during the day that another student’s home had been burglarized; she had been so careless, it scared her to death!

“Mom, I’m fine; the Guardian God of Wucheng saved me.” Sun Lele’s emotions had improved significantly.

“The Guardian God of Wucheng?”

Zhang Wenqiang was surprised, as were the police officers who followed with curiosity, “The Guardian God of Wucheng has appeared again?”

“Yes! And, she’s a girl, a young sister! She had a very nice voice!”

“A girl?”

Zhang Wenqiang gaped, with no time to think so much, “As long as you’re okay, that’s all that matters…”

The police officer also heaved a sigh of relief; there had been no loss of life. If the situations had escalated, this family could have been destroyed.

The Guardian God of Wucheng was indeed silently protecting this city.

“Just who is she?”

“And a young girl at that?”