“So, Xiao Qi, you really did promise your mom yesterday. Do you need me to see you home?”
After confirming Yan Qi’s words were true, Zhao Liang, unsure if she needed his help, asked her this.
“No need, Brother Zhao Liang. I can take the bus back by myself. Thank you for your kindness. Please continue with your own work, I’ll head off first.”
Hearing Zhao Liang’s offer, Yan Qi shook her head, declining his help. After thanking him, she left the place.
Watching Yan Qi leave, Zhao Liang remembered her current capabilities. Feeling he had done something unnecessary, he didn’t follow her. Instead, he obediently sat back in his chair and continued working on his tasks.
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Back at her own home, after chatting with her parents about their day, Yan Qi learned they had already obtained the cultivation methods from the Daoist Empress Daoyan. They would soon become supernatural beings like her. She deliberately put on a surprised expression.
After some more small talk, confirming they had nothing else to tell her, she quickly returned to her room to change her clothes.
Changing into clean clothes, Yan Qi felt quite happy knowing her parents had gained the supernatural power to protect themselves.
Then, humming a little tune under her breath, she went back downstairs to the living room and had dinner with her parents.
After dinner, having done a lot and gone through quite some trouble today, Yan Qi felt physically and mentally tired. Unlike usual, she didn’t cultivate before bed. Instead, she just lay down in her bed and obediently went to sleep, waiting for tomorrow to come.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, three days went by.
Looking out the car window at the streets bustling with people, no different from usual, Yan Qi, who was assigned with Shen An’an today to surveil a suspect suspected of using supernatural power to kill someone, couldn’t help but open her mouth and yawn.
“Such a boring mission. I thought all the missions from your Anomaly Affairs Bureau were exciting. Sister Shen, how much longer do we have to watch this guy?”
Finding today’s task utterly dull and really not wanting to keep watching the person standing by the street, apparently waiting to meet someone, Yan Qi couldn’t help but complain to Shen An’an in a whining tone.
Hearing this, Shen An’an knew someone Yan Qi’s age would naturally find this uninteresting. Glancing at the suspect standing not far away and confirming he showed no intention of fleeing, she comforted Yan Qi.
“Don’t worry, Xiao Qi. Once the person he’s meeting shows up, we won’t have to watch him anymore.”
“When exactly will the person he’s meeting get here?”
Although comforted by Shen An’an’s words, Yan Qi, who really disliked this kind of uncertain answer, couldn’t help but ask.
“That person should be here soon.”
Hearing Yan Qi’s question, Shen An’an, who actually wasn’t very sure either when the contact would arrive, frowned in thought for a moment. Unable to find a definite answer, she could only give an ambiguous reply.
Hearing Shen An’an’s answer and seeing her expression, Yan Qi knew she wasn’t sure either. She couldn’t be bothered to ask further and simply closed her eyes, leaning back against the seat to sleep.
Seeing Yan Qi actually start sleeping in her car, Shen An’an, aware that having her do this kind of task was practically torture for her, already felt a bit guilty. So, she didn’t disturb her and continued keeping her eyes on the suspect.
After watching for over ten minutes and seeing the contact still hadn’t appeared, Shen An’an couldn’t help but frown, wondering if she had failed to conceal herself properly somewhere.
Just as Shen An’an was getting restless about this…
Suddenly, Yan Qi, who had been sleeping with her eyes closed in the passenger seat, opened her eyes and looked outside the car.
Noticing Yan Qi’s movement, Shen An’an turned to ask her, “What’s wrong, Xiao Qi?”
“Sister Shen, the person meeting the suspect has appeared.”
Hearing Shen An’an’s question, Yan Qi quickly pointed at a shifty-looking middle-aged man not far away and spoke simultaneously.
Hearing Yan Qi’s words, Shen An’an was stunned for a second, then also looked in the direction she pointed.
Then she saw that middle-aged man walking leisurely towards the suspect.
“Target has appeared. All teams, attention.”
Confirming the newcomer’s appearance matched the description in their intel, Shen An’an, though unclear how Yan Qi, who had her eyes closed, spotted this person, had no time to ponder that question. She quickly used the radio to notify her Anomaly Affairs Bureau colleagues nearby, telling them to get ready.
Hearing Shen An’an’s notification, her colleagues, also members of the Bureau, quickly stood up from their ambush positions as inconspicuously as possible, preparing to arrest the middle-aged man who had appeared next to the suspect.
At this moment, the rather seedy-looking middle-aged man, eyeing his surroundings warily as if guarding against a sneak attack, finally reached the suspect’s side.
After confirming no immediate danger around, he began exchanging code phrases with the suspect.
Watching the suspect and the middle-aged man successfully exchange code phrases not far away, Shen An’an naturally couldn’t just watch them proceed.
She immediately gave the order to her ambush colleagues to begin the operation.
Receiving Shen An’an’s command, as part of the Anomaly Affairs Bureau, they sprang into action.
Seeing people rushing towards him, the middle-aged man talking to the suspect suddenly had a bad feeling.
But unfortunately, it was too late to react now.
Accompanied by the sudden sounds of an arrest that soon faded, the middle-aged man and the suspect were completely subdued by today’s special joint task force.
“Excellent, both the suspect and his contact are now in our custody. That means we can head back and rest early today.”
After confirming the mission targets were correctly apprehended, Shen An’an said this to Yan Qi, who had been sitting in the driver’s seat of her vehicle and hadn’t done much.