Ms. Xu

Ms. Xu looked at Li Xingzang who came in with surprise, "Zangzang, why didn't you tell me you were coming? Sister Ma! Quickly ask Lao Wang to take you shopping and make a delicious meal for Zangzang tonight!"

"Auntie, don't be busy for now." Li Xingzang hurriedly stopped her, "Aren't Mr. Yu and Miss Yu at home?"

Ms. Xu was stunned for a moment. Why did she suddenly ask this? But seeing that Li Xingzang was still looking at her inquiringly, she slowly said, "They...will take a while. They will probably be back in the afternoon."

Li Xingzang nodded, "Auntie, do you mind if I wait for them here?"

"Of course not!" Ms. Xu said hurriedly, but then she thought about what had happened before, when Old Yu and Yu Sishi had a big fight. She still had to wait for him today, would she...

"Zang Zang, is something wrong with Yu Sishi?" she asked in a trembling voice.

Li Xingzang looked up in surprise, "Why do you think so?"

"He—he hasn't spoken to me much since the Lantern Festival, only once or twice. Before, when he hadn't heard from me, he'd at least check in with Yu Zhaoqing, but now he hasn't even replied to this child." The more Ms. Xu thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, and her voice gradually choked. "Zangzang, did something really happen to Yu Sishi?"

Li Xingzang really didn't know about this. It turned out that Yu Shishi hadn't sent her a message for a long time?

She smiled as usual, "Yu Sishi is fine. He's on a mission in another province."

"...You are not lying to me, are you?" Ms. Xu was a little unconvinced. People are like this. Once they have doubts in their hearts, it is difficult to dispel them no matter what others say.

"Of course not." Li Xingzang's brows were filled with worry. "You know his job is always dangerous. He doesn't have many vacations like the one he had in the Northeast some time ago. He didn't reply to you often, right?"

It wasn't what Yu Shishi said to him, but her speculation based on facts.

Yu Sishi was a deeply conflicted individual. Given his original appearance, abilities, and family background, even without the mutation, he would have undoubtedly been exceptional. However, a childhood accident left him unable to live by the standards of ordinary people, forcing him to seek solace in another world. The Special Investigations Office was one such place, where he found companionship, friendship, and a sense of accomplishment. He harbored both pride and low self-esteem, but as he claimed, he was the strongest wolf king. How could he possibly discuss the Special Investigations Office with the very source of his low self-esteem?

Ms. Xu observed her expression and saw that although there was worry in it, it was not serious. She must have known something about Yu Sishi's situation. Her suspicion gradually eased. Then she heard her ask, "...Yes, he is like that. He is like a workaholic. He doesn't care about anything else when he is working on a case. He doesn't even talk to us about his work troubles." Ms. Xu pretended to complain, then looked at Li Xingzang with some relief, "Thank goodness you are here. He is willing to talk to you about these things."

She sighed, "I wanted to tell you about him last time, but from what you said before, you already knew about him, so I won't say more. But there is one thing," she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "he is different from ordinary people, you... you don't have to be afraid of him..."

Li Xingzang was a little puzzled, and looked at Ms. Xu with a strange look in his eyes.

"Uh...Auntie..." She was about to say something when her ears twitched and she turned to look outside the door.

Ms. Xu followed her gaze and waited for a while, and actually saw Yu Jingtao and Yu Siqing.

"You're back!" Ms. Xu said in surprise, "I was wondering why Zang Zang was looking at the door. Zang Zang, you guessed it right." She smiled and patted Li Xingzang's hand.

Yu Siqing didn't say much, but looked at Li Xingzang with some questions. Why was this girl here? Where was Yu Sishi?

Yu Jingtao, however, looked at her with a complicated expression. Li Xingzang looked at him and suddenly realized that Yu Jingtao hadn't told anyone else about her. As one of the interviewers, he certainly had access to her file!

"Come quickly, Zang Zang has been waiting for you for a long time." Ms. Xu hurriedly greeted the two of them.

Yu Siqing sat down, puzzled. Why was she waiting for them? What? To help Yu Sishi find trouble? No way. He was such a big head, and he was still a powerful demon after all. Letting a little girl slap him in the face was really a piece of shit!

"Zang Zang, everyone is here, just say whatever you want to say." Since Yu Sishi was fine, she might have come here to discuss their future. Ms. Xu was both happy and worried.

"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point." Li Xingzang didn't want to waste any more time. "Captain Yu is currently carrying out a very important mission in another province. Because it's so serious and involves so many people, the Special Intelligence Bureau is worried that it will affect you, so they sent me to protect you."

"Will Yu Sishi be okay?" Yu Jingtao and Yu Siqing looked at Li Xingzang anxiously. She shook her head and said, "He will be fine." Her tone was firm. Others did not understand what she really meant and thought that Yu Sishi was not in danger.

"Wait a minute, Zang Zang!" Ms. Xu looked at her puzzledly, "What do you mean by sending you to protect?" It is normal for the family members of important figures to hide. After all, no one knows what kind of enemies will come. But Yu Shishi himself is not an ordinary person, and his enemies are not criminals under normal standards. Why would he let Li Xingzang come?

Li Xingzang glanced at Yu Jingtao, "Uh... didn't Mr. Yu tell you?"

Ms. Xu and Yu Siqing glanced at the silent Yu Jingtao. "What do you mean?"

"I've mentioned before that I'm a civil servant at the Court Intelligence Agency."

"That's true." Ms. Xu nodded. "But even the Special Intelligence Bureau has many ordinary people. What's the big deal?"

Li Xingzang smiled and said, "Mr. Yu is one of my interviewers. He should know what I am, right?"

The amount of information was a bit overwhelming. Ms. Xu frowned and looked around, not knowing where to start.

"You are...what?" Yu Siqing looked at her, "What are you?"

Li Xingzang took off his contact lenses, and a pair of bright eyes appeared in the villa. "Let me introduce myself again. My name is Li Xingzang, a new member of the Special Investigation Department, and a vampire."

"Of course, you can also call me a vampire."

Snow City

Gao Yuan was alone, cleaning his guitar and other equipment. "Hey, Dad, what's going on?"

"What?!" He stood up from the stool in shock. "Okay, I get it."

There were some other employees in the store preparing for the evening opening. The bartender in a bright yellow dragon robe, the waiter with a banner, and the "little eunuch" cleaning staff all looked at him in surprise, "What's wrong, Brother Yuan'er?"

"Ah?" Gao Yuan glanced around. "Something happened at home. It's okay. Um..." He waved to the palace musician who was adjusting the sound system at the display screen. "You and the others can cover today. I'll go home."

"Don't worry, Brother Yuan'er!" Several people waved their hands. Gao Yuan put down his guitar and was about to leave when he heard someone behind him ask, "Hey, brother, when will the boss be back?"

"Him?" Gao Yuan puffed out his cheek. "He had a blast in the south, hitting every major KTV. He said he was learning about opening a restaurant and wanted to come back and renovate it."

"Ah? How are we going to decorate this place?" Everyone looked at the store in confusion. There are only a few KTVs with this unique style in China. This is what is called a Chinese-style disco.

"Who doesn't want to say it?" Gao Yuan said goodbye to them with a big laugh, and his face became gloomy when he walked out of the store.

"Dad, was what you just said on the phone true?" Gao Yuan asked anxiously after returning home.

"Of course it's true!" Gao's father slammed the table. "Who do you think is so ruthless that he could catch that old zombie?!"

Gao Yuan squatted on the threshold and pondered for a long time, "I guess it's still those idiots."

"Well, you're right." Gao's father looked serious.

"Hey, didn't Yu Sishi leave with our boss? Where's he?"

Gao's father sighed, "He's gone too. He must have been ambushed." "Nothing!" Gao Yuan threw down the weeds in his hand, "He failed at this critical moment!"

He thought for a moment and said, "No, we have to get them out."

"What are you talking about!" Gao's father rolled his eyes. "If it wasn't for this, why would I be so anxious and angry calling you? To ask you to come back for dinner?"

Gao Yuan squatted on the ground, looking at the weeds he had pulled out, and suddenly looked towards the mountain.

"I have a plan."

Imperial Capital

All the members of the Yu family except Yu Jingtao looked at her in shock, "You - you - you are -" She was not as surprised as she was now when her younger brother turned from a fair and tender little baby into a big white dog.

Wow~ cool! Yu Zhaoqing, who was eavesdropping at the door of the greenhouse, opened his mouth silently. He originally thought that his aunt was fierce enough when she was tough with his grandfather before, but he didn't expect her to be even more fierce. She was simply a fierce woman among fierce women!

"So, you and Yu Sishi are quite a good match." Ms. Xu stared into her eyes for a long time and suddenly said, "Since you're with Yu Sishi because of this, I won't worry too much."

"Two lonely souls destined to live for hundreds of years, leaning on each other..." she said with emotion.

Li Xingzang had to interrupt her, "Auntie, I think... you misunderstood something."

Ms. Xu was a little confused. "Misunderstanding? Aren't you with him?"

“…together.”

"What's the misunderstanding?"

"...I'm not with him because I'm lonely." She felt pretentious when she said this.

"...Yu Shishi is quite good-looking." Ms. Xu thought for a while and said again.

Li Xingzang frowned and looked at her. Although it was inappropriate to talk about these romantic matters now, she still asked doubtfully, "Is there no other good thing about your son that I like?"

"Of course!" Ms. Xu retorted, "Yu Sishi has always had good grades. Not only is he good-looking, he can also speak well. In kindergarten, he was the child who received the most red flowers!"

Yu Jingtao and Yu Siqing looked at her with sadness, and Li Xingzang also noticed something was wrong.

"So...what about when he grows up?"

Ms. Xu was stunned for a moment. "Yu Sishi was capable, trustworthy, and responsible." She strained her mind to recall the scene. "Once, I saw him talking to an empty space. A short while later, he put a bowl of meat in the yard and told me there was a puppy there... So, there are so many little feeding houses like this in our garden, all because of him."

Li Xingzang glanced outside the door. Indeed, she had noticed it the last time she came here. There were many exquisite small houses here, which looked like doll houses.

"But..." Ms. Xu changed the subject, "But he's not a normal person, he's a wolf."

Li Xingzang looked at her and finally understood the root cause of her discomfort with the Yu family.

Even if he has many good qualities, he still cannot defeat this sentence: he is a wolf.