Although those who have retired from the army have never been to the battlefield, they have heard of Mr. He's name. As fellow soldiers, their eyes are full of admiration and respect.

"Why don't you all just rest here today? There are dormitories in the institute. I'll have someone clean it up right away and it will be ready soon." The director looked at Mr. He with an eager expression.

"No need, the hotel has been booked, so I won't bother you anymore." Mr. He pondered, leaning on his cane.

"Then shall I send a few men over to stand guard for you?"

"No need, they're just a few scoundrels. Didn't you just say you didn't have enough manpower?"

"But……"

"Alright, the people's money is for you to do your job, not just stand guard for me."

"Yes, Mr. He."

The director no longer insisted and told his men to start taking statements. It was late at night when the group left the police station.

"What do you think?"

Wen Xi deliberately slowed down her pace and fell behind, looking at He Tingyan beside her and whispered.

"They shouldn't be the same group of people." He Tingyan said with a gloomy look in his eyes.

"Yeah." Wen Xi nodded in agreement, "When we fought, I felt that these guys' techniques were different from ordinary people."

"It is truly extraordinary to be able to shake off the secret guards."

"You sent people after him? When you lost him?"

"Um."

Wen Xi frowned slightly: "Could it be Lao Ya's people?"

Previously, using Wen Yin to follow the clues, he almost caught all of his minions, but Lao Ya slipped through the net. With him around, the problem is endless. As long as there are tempting enough benefits, there will always be people willing to work for him.

"I can't confirm it yet." He Tingyan shook his head. "Before I could confirm it, the fake police showed up."

Wen Xi raised his eyebrows slightly.

What a coincidence.

"He Tingyan..."

"Um?"

"You said... Is there really someone in this world who would sacrifice his life for Nuo?" Wen Xi frowned slightly when he recalled Gou Qing's actions just now.

"certainly."

He Tingyan said it almost without hesitation.

Wen Xi was stunned for a moment and looked up at him.

The man's obsidian eyes were surprisingly bright at this moment, as dazzling as if they were filled with starlight, and his eyes were full of determination and doting.

"Don't worry, I will protect you for the rest of my life. I will keep my promise."

The blatant swearing look in his eyes was just like his straight man temperament, without any concealment.

When their eyes met, time seemed to stop, and the originally serious atmosphere gave rise to an indescribable charming feeling.

It took Wen Xi a while to come back to his senses.

Who can withstand such an affectionate gaze?

She quickly looked away and calmed her pounding heart.

"Uh... He Tingyan, you misunderstood. That's not what I wanted to say."

He Tingyan glanced at the person walking in front of him, his expression slightly restrained: "Are you talking about Gou Qing?"

Wen Xi nodded. "I think something's amiss. He should have known in his heart that we couldn't possibly abandon him and run away, but he still lunged at them. This act of 'walking into a trap' only put everyone on the defensive. Before luring them over, I quietly gestured to the back, telling everyone not to act rashly. He was standing next to my mom and the others, so there's no way he didn't see it."

"Two possibilities. One, he's truly selfless, foolish enough to sacrifice himself rather than risk everyone else's life. Two, he has ulterior motives."

"How could someone like him, a geologist of international renown, be so foolish as to not understand that his actions are not helping but only causing trouble?"

"It's hard to say for sure. Someone with a high IQ doesn't necessarily have a high EQ, but we still need to be more careful with this person. After all, whether it was intentional or not, it was Luo Hong and him who leaked the treasure map."