Chapter 35: Encounter on the Street
Lin Guantang:
Hello, I am Wu Youxing, a junior at Quan O College. Like you, I am originally from District 35. I am very happy to learn that classmate Lin is also from District 35. I would like to invite classmate Lin to come to the Hola Hotel to participate in the college student reunion. The participants are all alumni of District 35 of the imperial capital's universities. We just want to get to know each other and help each other in the future. I look forward to your arrival.
PS: My father, Wu Erzhong, also had some friendship with your father, and he also hoped that we, his children, could continue the friendship between our fathers.
—— Wu Youxing
Early on Sunday morning, Lin Guantang received an invitation letter from someone he didn't know. If the inviter was someone who was good friends with his adoptive father, Lao Lin, but he had no impression of him, it was not impossible.
Lin Guantang thought about it and decided to contact Lao Lin first. He learned that Mr. Wu was indeed Lao Lin’s childhood playmate, but he had been working outside for decades and rarely returned to District 35. Of course, if he went back, he would also look for Lao Lin to get together, but the time was short each time, and he would not make time to visit Lin Guantang, the younger generation.
In short, according to Lao Lin's recollection, Mr. Wu seemed to be a pretty good person. If it was a hometown association hosted by him, it would not be a problem to go there. After all, the imperial capital is far away, and it would be good to have someone to help.
The hometown association opened at 7pm, and Lin Guantang arrived at 6pm. He was afraid of being late, so he set out a little earlier, but ended up arriving almost an hour early.
Lin Guantang followed Senior Wu's advice and went to the nearby commercial street to stroll around and kill time.
Then he saw through the glass window of a roadside coffee shop, a woman who was putting on makeup sitting by the window.
Wen Tiange?
Is that Wen Tiange from the group? !
Lin Guantang stood outside the window, looking uncertainly at the curly-haired man inside who was concentrating on applying eyeliner. He lowered his head and took out the terminal, clicked on the group photo saved in the group, and zoomed in on the figure with a sunny smile.
Comparing his features, it seemed like it was really him, but it also seemed like it wasn't. The person sitting in the window now seemed to have more delicate features, but that could also be because of the makeup...
Lin Guantang looked up uncertainly, ready to compare again, but found that there was no one in the seat.
Did I see it wrong?
Lin Guantang retracted his gaze and was about to continue walking forward when he noticed someone seemed to be blocking his way. He looked up and saw the person who had just been sitting in the room standing in front of him with a smile on his face. He then waved and greeted him brightly:
"Haitang classmate? I think I recognized the right person."
A few minutes later, Lin Guantang was invited by him to the third floor of the cafe.
The business on the first floor of the cafe is quite brisk, but there are very few people coming to the second floor. As for the third floor, which requires extra payment to enter, it is even sparsely populated, but it is very suitable for chatting about private topics.
Like tasks and stuff like that.
Lin Guantang sipped his iced latte intermittently, wondering how he had suddenly met up with a group member when he was just passing by, and how he had suddenly been given a task...
While listening to Wen Tiange and Sikong Tan apply for task changes.
"I'm requesting to change the partner for today's joint mission. I want to partner with Haitang for tonight's mission."
"Shao Qingbai, haha, isn't Young Master Shao also very dissatisfied with him having to play the role of a wimp who can't fight back when being scolded? Then let him go directly to the designated location to ambush and enjoy the cold wind. He will definitely like it."
"It's okay, nothing will happen. I can play O and let Haitang be A. That way he only needs to play the poor husband who was cheated on the whole time."
"He agreed!"
…
After hanging up the call with satisfaction, Wen Tiange transferred the joint mission application to Lin Guantang through the mini-game.
In fact, Lin Guantang had already passed the thirteenth level of the game. He was supposed to have completed the tenth level of the real-life mission, but because there was no suitable mission assigned to him at the moment, he skipped it. This time, he stumbled upon it by accident.
After briefly listening to the content of Wen Tiange's mission this time, Lin Guantang felt that it was still within an acceptable range, so he agreed to his proposal.
Wen Tiange's mission this time is to find an alpha who uses pheromones to harm omegas who use their ex-boyfriends to get ahead. Two candidates have been identified so far, but it is still impossible to be completely sure who they are.
Therefore, after learning that these two people would attend the banquet hosted by Wu Erzhong at the Hola Hotel today, he arranged for Wen Tiange and Shao Qingbai to team up and sneak in, and then play the role of the scumbag O who hooked up with the rich and handsome A and then dumped her cheating boyfriend at the banquet, and then lure this person out and arrest him on the spot.
As for Shao Qingbai, he is the poor, abandoned ex-boyfriend.
After Lin Guantang joined in, the mission content was slightly adjusted - Shao Qingbai only needed to wait at the designated location and be ready to take action to catch people at any time, while Lin Guantang replaced him to play the role of the dumped ex-boyfriend.
"In order to make my performance more realistic, I might say some unpleasant things. Please don't take them to heart, Haitang."
Wen Tiange comforted him, looked at the time, and continued to talk about the next arrangements:
"Someone will deliver the imitation A agent in ten minutes. It will be effective for six hours, which is enough time for us to complete the mission. The only problem is that you can't return to O Hospital until the alpha bionic pheromone on your body dissipates after six hours. If O Hospital has access control, it wouldn't be a big deal to arrange a hotel for you to stay for the night."
"Don't worry, that guy doesn't have any hatred or anger towards A who was abandoned, so you don't have to worry about being hurt by him."
Lin Guantang was very grateful for his comprehensive care for his safety, and then refused this unnecessary arrangement:
"Since you're A and I'm O, why don't we just go in as A and B? Why bother with each of us using bionics? And since you've accepted this mission, you should be aware of Mr. Wu's purpose in hosting the banquet at the Hola Hotel."
Wen Tiange looked at him calmly, but he was a little confused as to why Lin Guantang asked this question:
"Isn't it just a hometown association for students from District 35 who attend school in the Imperial Capital?"
Lin Guantang said helplessly:
"So guess what I'm doing here? Did I take the bus for nearly an hour just to go shopping? Wake up, I'm here to attend a hometown reunion."
"Oh, now I remember, you're from District 35 too."
Wen Tiange's eyes lit up, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and said thoughtfully:
"That way, I don't have to pretend to be from Area 35. I can just play the scumbag partner you dragged me here to introduce to everyone. I even urgently memorized a hundred phrases of Area 35 speedrun dialect, but it's useless."
At the end, there was still a hint of regret in his tone...
What's so sad about this! Speedrunning dialects just sound unreliable.
Lin Guantang patiently said:
"So, should I just play O's role directly? Or is it actually you who can't stand being scolded?"
Wen Tiange looked at the beautiful omega sitting across from him. No matter how he looked at her, she didn't seem like the kind of ungrateful scumbag.
"Rather, Haitang is gentle and cute both in the group and in real life. Can she really play the role of a scumbag?"
Lin Guantang thought about the scene when the neighbors were engaged in a quarrel, and felt that if he borrowed a little from it, he would be able to handle what happened tonight.
“That’s the least of your worries.”
After saying this, Lin Guantang's eyes flashed, he raised his neck, and looked down at the alpha opposite him with a condescending look, sneered, and said in a very sarcastic tone:
"Are you a masochist? A dog on the street has more sense than you. They know their owner is living a good life and won't bother them anymore. But you, on the other hand, are like duckweed that gets tangled up in a drowning person, a disgusting water ghost that you don't realize you can't get rid of."
Wen Tiange: ...
Isn't this a bit too aggressive...
Wen Tiange looked at him with his full aura, his eyes revealing complete disgust, and unexpectedly he felt that he was very domineering.
Wait, wait—that’s not the point!
Wen Tiange withdrew his gaze and lowered his head to support his forehead.
Lin Guantang also showed an apologetic expression and asked cautiously:
"Is this okay? Can you accept it if it causes anger in others?"
I feel like it will induce some weird masochistic tendencies... This kind of thinking is too impure!
Wen Tiange shook his head, threw the strange thoughts out of his mind, looked up at him, and said:
"This isn't a question of whether I can accept it or not. Didn't I tell you that the suspect we're luring out will launch a pheromone attack on O, which is dangerous for you? Although Shao Qingbai is there to support you and I'll be following behind, if something goes wrong, it won't be solved by just saying sorry."
It was a sudden idea to let Lin Guantang participate in the mission. I thought since we had run into each other, it would be okay to take him along for a bit of fun. But now I have to give the most dangerous part to Lin Guantang. What's going on?
Lin Guantang thought about it and asked the most crucial question:
"What are the pheromone ratings of those two suspects?"
Wen Tiange pulled up the relevant content and enlarged it for him to see:
"The assessment result is A-grade, but this is most likely a sudden onset, perhaps even the effect of a drug. The daily average should be in the B+ range. However, you should also understand that for someone who commits serial crimes like this, your daily behavior can't be used to infer their behavior during the crimes."
"That's okay, I have a way to deal with it."
Lin Guantang squeezed the electric shock bracelet on his wrist. After the last mission, this thing was not taken back by Senior Sikong, but was directly given to him for daily self-defense. He was also given several sets of traceless isolation stickers that could deal with A-level pheromones.
Lin Guantang always remembers to wear a wristband every time he goes out. He also put on the sticker in advance when he went out to attend the banquet this time.
So even if any danger really happens, he will be able to deal with it completely.
Wen Tiange wanted to say something, but was stopped by Lin Guantang's words:
"Or is it that even with you two S-rank alphas from the cadet school here, you still can't handle a B-rank alpha? Then I think it would be best for you to drop out of school."
Wen Tiange: ...
What's with this sarcastic tone? Hasn't he recovered from the role-playing he just did?
Besides, how could a top A be unable to deal with a B+ suspect? If so, not only would he be laughed at by other students, he would also be given extra training by the department boss, and he might even be hung on the military academy's pillar of shame and passed down for generations of military academy students to admire.
Just think about that kind of scenario, it's more than just social death.
Wen Tiange's gaze gradually became firm, and he said solemnly:
"That won't happen. If you're sure you can face the crisis tonight, I can also guarantee your safety and that you won't be seriously hurt."
Lin Guantang curled his eyes, finished the last sip of ice latte, stretched out his hand to him, and said with a smile:
"Then it's a pleasure to work with you. I hope our first joint mission can be successfully concluded."
After a pause, Lin Guantang whispered again:
"But I think you should wash off your makeup first. Your eyeliner looks smudged."
Wen Tiange: ...
That was because I saw Lin Guantang outside the window while applying the makeup, so I accidentally applied it crookedly.
If that's the case, then he's been wearing bad makeup since a while ago...
Well, he hasn’t died socially in the military academy because of a mission gone wrong, but he has already died socially in front of the public.
However, between being questioned about the quality of the cosmetics he used and being questioned about his technique and mentality, Wen Tiange chose the former without hesitation and quickly stood up to remove his makeup.
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