Chapter 172

Lu Gui and Mingmei didn't wait long in the Security Office lobby. Soon, Mu Chen was released. At the same time, Mingmei and Lu Gui also saw the dispirited Zhen Hu trailing behind Mu Chen.

"I was right, wasn't I?"

Mingmei was momentarily speechless at Lu Gui's words. She could see that Mu Chen's being taken in had something to do with him, but—

Mingmei watched Mu Chen walking ahead, his steps light and his expression relaxed, while Zhen Hu behind him showed the exact opposite attitude. He looked aggrieved, his accusing eyes making the back of Mu Chen's head ache.

"A-Chen, are you alright?" Mingmei stepped forward, her eyes meeting Zhen Hu's behind him. As a result, Zhen Hu choked instantly under Mingmei's gaze.

Her look was too obvious.

It was as if she was directly asking what stupid thing Zhen Hu had done.

Therefore, Zhen Hu, who was already half self-destructing, now lowered his head guiltily and said nothing.

This matter was indeed caused by him, but he hadn't expected Mu Chen to get away so easily.

Mu Chen's easy escape made him look like a complete idiot for what he had done.

So foolish, he took the bait as soon as someone bluffed him.

"It's late, let's go back and rest first." Mu Chen stopped, turned his head, and said a word to Zhen Hu, incidentally telling him where he was currently staying.

Hearing Mu Chen's words, Lu Gui, who was also listening, raised his eyebrows and said, "I have a day off tomorrow. Can I visit?"

Hearing Lu Gui's words, Mu Chen and Zhen Hu naturally saw Lu Gui as well. Seeing that Lu Gui wasn't asking him, but Mingmei beside him, Mu Chen's face instantly turned cold. In the end, he didn't say anything, just grabbed Mingmei's hand and left, adding, "If you have time, you can send this guy back."

After speaking, he left the two of them behind, and Mu Chen left with Mingmei.

Mingmei didn't forget to turn back and wave goodbye to them, and happened to see Zhen Hu standing there looking bewildered, while Lu Gui beside him was whispering something to him. Neither of them noticed Mingmei's actions.

"What's wrong?"

Mu Chen noticed Mingmei turning her body and her half-raised hand.

"They seemed to be talking and didn't notice me." Mingmei didn't take it to heart. She was more curious. "Why did you ask Lu Gui to send Zhen Hu back?"

"I'm worried that Zhen Hu might be silenced."

"What?!" Mingmei was surprised. Only now did she remember that she hadn't asked what exactly had happened.

However, Mu Chen didn't seem to be in a hurry. He didn't say anything about it while taking Mingmei back to the capital, only muttering, "It's very late, it's time to rest."

Mingmei: "..."

Suddenly, she realized that a single man and a single woman were actually in the same room at this moment?

...

[Guigui, I can't sleep.]

Guigui: [I can see that, Host. Your eyes haven't been closed at all. In the dark night, your eyes seem to rival the sun.]

Mingmei: ???

What kind of strange metaphor is this?

Mingmei sighed softly and turned over on her side, only to see that Mu Chen on the opposite bed also didn't seem to be asleep. The two of them were looking at each other face to face.

"What a coincidence."

The small night light on the table was still emitting a faint glow. The two of them facing each other with their eyes open was a little awkward.

"About tonight... I can't figure it out."

Mingmei replied dryly about the reason for her insomnia, even though this reason elicited a contemptuous snort from Guigui.

[Isn't it because you're thinking about some dirty things?]

Mingmei: [...]

For a moment, Mingmei wanted to silence Guigui.

"So, Meimei can't sleep because of that~"

For some reason, Mingmei felt that there was some melancholy and some resentment in Mu Chen's words.

"What about you? It's so late, and after so many things happened tonight, you're still not asleep?"

"Ah, I was thinking that Meimei might not be able to sleep because she didn't hear me tell her what happened tonight, so she couldn't sleep."

Mingmei felt that Mu Chen was doing a Russian doll routine.

Then, after Guigui sarcastically finished with Mingmei in her mind, she started to mock Mu Chen again.

[Hmph, I bet he has the same thoughts as you!]

Mingmei: [Guigui, do you artificial intelligences have some strange cycles?]

Guigui: [What?]

Mingmei: [Like menopause or something.]

Guigui: [...]

"Then... are you going to tell me?"

After shutting Guigui up, Mingmei remembered where her conversation with Mu Chen had left off.

"Alright, if I don't tell you, I think you won't be able to sleep all night." Mu Chen seemed helpless, but his tone was doting as he said, "When I was taken in for questioning today, they finally said that my employer had been caught, and that he had confessed everything he had done, and asked me to tell the truth."

"They were bluffing you, right?"

Mingmei immediately sensed the trickery in it. If he had really confessed, why would they only say this after asking so many questions?

"Yeah." Mu Chen chuckled upon hearing this. "So I still didn't admit anything, and then they brought Zhen Hu over, saying that he admitted that he had hired me to kill someone."

"Your employer is Zhen Hu?"

The little bit of sleepiness that Mingmei had just mustered was disturbed again and disappeared.

"No." Mu Chen shook his head, and after thinking for a while, he said, "However, there are indeed many people in the dark web who want to get rid of that fighter, and Zhen Hu is just one of the people who found me. However, it was the first time that the other party had hired a killer on the dark web, and he didn't understand the whole process. He didn't spend the money, and he didn't find a killer, but he revealed his tracks."

When Zhen Hu appeared, Mu Chen was already slightly calm in his heart. He could be completely sure that the other party was not that employer.

"How did you recognize it? Have you seen your employer's appearance?"

Mingmei was also a little curious when she heard Mu Chen say that he knew it was fake when he saw Zhen Hu.

"I don't know. My character memory doesn't have all the information about this person, but—" Mu Chen smiled mysteriously, "Because of the chat history they mentioned, I was sure that he wasn't my real employer.

I received a deposit from my employer, and after receiving the deposit, I cleared all the conversations between me and him. Even when I decided that you would be browsing the internet in the future, I used the optical brain to clear all the previous information on the dark web. It's more convenient for you to use."

"How disreputable is your account? You deleted your account for me?" Mingmei's focus was once again diverted to another place.

Mu Chen: "..."

He simply felt that the original character was buying and selling news, assassinating and robbing in the dark web. There were too many records, too many things, and he was just afraid that Mingmei would not be able to get started easily.

"There's a lot of activity and clutter in my account, which will affect your browsing and information collection."

Hearing Mu Chen's explanation, Mingmei immediately pulled the quilt over her face, revealing a pair of harmless, gentle eyes as she looked at him.

"Really?"

"Well, this guy didn't do anything good in the first place, but because he wasn't skilled enough, he was always unknown." Mu Chen thought for a while, then said, "So I think the direction he's engaged in is wrong, and I'll take this opportunity to change the direction of development, and cut off the past completely. It just happened to coincide."

It happened to coincide with finishing this last mission and sweeping up the mess for himself, and even the people in the Security Office couldn't do anything about him.

However, after Mingmei lay in the quilt and listened to the information that Mu Chen said, a muffled voice came from the quilt as she said, "Then how was Zhen Hu targeted?"

"That's why I said~ The person who hired me is not a simple character, and he has already found a scapegoat. Whether I succeed or not, do you believe that the guy Zhen Hu is impersonating will be caught?"