Chuuni’s ears twitched, he lowered his head and said: "The phone call just now was actually unrelated to Bureau Chief Li. I have very sharp ears, I heard the voice through the receiver."

Shen Jingye took a deep breath and forced himself to suppress his anger. This young man always speaks so directly.

He couldn’t continue arguing with him; convincing him wasn’t important. The key was that arguing with an agent was beneath his dignity.

"Xiao Qin, we each have different positions, different duties, facing different pressures and challenges. In the face of pressure, whether we can correctly fulfill our duties becomes particularly important,

as a young member of the Public Security Team, your duty is..."

Just as Shen Jingye found his rhythm in speaking, the phone rang again.

"You see, this is my duty, this is the pressure I’m facing. In the face of difficulties and pressure, what kind of decisions should I make? This is what you need to ponder!"

Shen Jingye picked up the phone: "Director Du, we can make some modifications on the details, right away..."

"It’s me." The voice on the phone was not Director Du.

Shen Jingye shivered.

"Little Shen, come to my office for a moment."

The call was disconnected.

Shen Jingye looked at Chuuni with a pale face.

Chuuni’s ears were sharp, he recognized the voice on the phone: "Li Qi is back?"

Shen Jingye nodded: "Yes, he’s back, he asked me to go to his office, do you want to come with me?"

Chuuni thought for a moment and said: "Director, we each have different positions, different duties, and face different pressures and challenges,

this is your duty and pressure, I must place myself correctly, I’m not going."

After saying this, Chuuni got up, saluted Shen Jingye, and left the office.

Shen Jingye wiped the sweat from his forehead; he managed to remain calm.

This matter must be reported immediately. Li Qi might be in great danger now, possibly threatening the entire Dark Star Bureau’s safety.

He opened the phone book and was about to pick up the landline when the phone rang again.

It was still Li Qi.

Shen Jingye answered the phone.

"Little Shen, hurry up, if you don’t come, I’ll be over."

Shen Jingye shivered again and stood up from his desk.

...

Upon entering Li Qi’s office, Shen Jingye carefully confirmed twice by looking at Li Qi.

Li Qi smiled as he looked at Shen Jingye: "Little Shen, sit down."

"Alright." Shen Jingye sat on the chair, legs together, leaning forward.

It was him, indeed Li Qi.

He’s still alive.

Survived encountering Green Flower, he’s still alive.

Li Qi smiled and said: "Isn’t it quite a surprise?"

"Surprise? No, how could this be a surprise?" Shen Jingye tried to keep it natural.

Li Qi asked in surprise: "Is there not a bit of joy?" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"What’s there to be joyful about..."

"Think again?"

"Joy!" Shen Jingye hurriedly corrected himself, "I’m very joyful, Director Li, you don’t know how many days we’ve been searching for you, I really thought..."

"Really thought I was eaten by the Straw Moth Lady?" Li Qi laughed, "Director Shen, have you seen the Straw Moth Lady?"

"I haven’t." Shen Jingye shook his head repeatedly.

"I’ve seen her," Li Banfeng leaned back in his chair, reminiscing about the appearance of the Straw Moth Lady, "Straw Moth Lady is a bug with a human face, her face is round and quite pretty,

when I saw the Straw Moth Lady on Sui Chen Road, her face wasn’t round at all, wasn’t pretty, a long face full of pustules, dressed in tatters, not like a bug, more like a beggar."

Shen Jingye said: "Maybe it’s the different environment, causing biological mutation."

Li Qi was surprised: "Mutated that severely? Should I take you to see her again? To see if she is truly the Straw Moth Lady?"

Shen Jingye couldn’t withstand the pressure anymore and stopped dancing around the topic with Li Banfeng: "Director Li, I haven’t been on site, I’m not very informed about the situation there. When I received orders from the higher-ups, they mentioned the Straw Moth Lady, but regarding the actual situation there, I’m really unclear..."

Li Qi looked at Shen Jingye and said: "Then shall we find someone clear on the situation to have a good chat? How about the Director Du you mentioned earlier?"

"Right now going to find Director Du might not be fitting, we need to ensure full communication between us first." Shen Jingye had already contacted Director Du, who ordered him to first stabilize Li Qi.

Li Qi smiled and said: "We do need communication, proper communication."

Shen Jingye was sweating profusely: "Let’s discuss the matter of the Straw Moth Lady, that night..."

"Stop talking about Straw Moth Lady!" Li Banfeng lowered his face and said, "That was Greenwater Beggar, if you don’t know who Greenwater Beggar is, I’ll take you to meet him right now!"

"No need," Shen Jingye shook his head repeatedly, "I’ve looked over Greenwater Beggar’s information, and I’ve heard quite a bit about him, is he still in Yuezhou?"

Li Banfeng shook his head: "He returned to Puluo State, I sent him back."

This was indeed the truth.

Shen Jingye said in surprise: "You went to Puluo State?"

"Yes," Li Banfeng nodded, "I also visited Soda Kiln by the way, checked out the situation there."

Upon hearing Soda Kiln, Shen Jingye became even more tense: "How’s the situation over there?"

"Not too good," Li Banfeng said gravely, "Your people turned the Gatekeeper at the Inner State entrance into a skeleton. With such a serious provocation, Inner State likely won’t take this lying down."

Shen Jingye widened his eyes and said: "We didn’t do that!"

"How do you know it wasn’t your doing?" Li Qi frowned and said, "I asked you before, didn’t you claim that you knew nothing?"

Shen Jingye quickly explained: "I’ve understood the situation better these days, and indeed, there was a misunderstanding in this matter."