Chapter 650 398 Return_3
Chapter 650: 398, Return_3 Chapter 650: 398, Return_3 Everyone had a fire in their belly, swearing to prove they were more useful than the detectives of Intelligence Department One.
Perhaps this was what internal competition was all about.
And Qing Chen was the one who actively stirred up this internal competition among his intelligence personnel.
The more his subordinates competed, the more secure he felt.
Yan Chunmi parked the car, draped on her mink coat, and swayed her way towards her residence.
Suddenly, Yan Chunmi realized that in this community there were still people guarding silently in the shadows.
She frowned, thankful that Qing Wen was cautious enough to even employ hidden guards.
At that moment, one of the hidden guards became suspicious when he saw her looking around after getting out of the car.
The hidden guard emerged from the shadows and walked straight towards Yan Chunmi.
However, all of this was part of Yan Chunmi’s plan.
She calmly said, “Paparazzi, huh? Could you give me some private space, please? Don’t always hide in the bushes and take photos of me.”
As she spoke, Yan Chunmi took out a business card and handed it over. “This is my agent’s card; if you want to take photos, you can set up an interview with her. If I see you guys here in Blossom Community again, I’m calling the police.”
The hidden guard paused, “You’ve misunderstood, miss. I’m not a paparazzo.”
Yan Chunmi scoffed, “If you’re not a paparazzo, why are you hiding in the bushes? Do you think I’m stupid? Forget it, I won’t waste words on you. I’ll let the PCE handle this.”
As she spoke, she actually took out her phone and dialed a PCE Security Management Committee chief’s number, then cooed, “Detective, I live in Blossom Community and paparazzi have actually come into the community to take photos of me. You said you would protect me a few days ago, didn’t you? Are your words good for anything?”
Within just five minutes, the PCE Security Committee actually arrived with more than ten vehicles, forcibly searched the bushes, and found eight people, taking all the hidden guards away.
Moreover, who knew from where media followed the PCE, apparently to create a story about Yan Chunmi being harassed by paparazzi.
The hidden guards initially wanted to reveal their identities directly to the PCE Investigators, but seeing the camera of the media, they all fell silent, bowing their heads to avoid being captured on film.
All this was Yan Chunmi’s first move.
Her looking around after getting out of the car was nothing but an act, with the purpose of logically calling in the PCE Security Committee to flush out all the hidden guards within the entire Blossom Community.
If the other party admitted to being paparazzi, she would send them away directly, and if not, she would call in the PCE Security Committee to do it. Either way, the result would be the same.
No matter if the new boss planned to move against Qing Xing or not, it was best to send away Qing Xing’s hidden guards first.
Moreover, she intended to do it every time she saw them, just like a celebrity’s normal reaction to paparazzi.
With the least cost, she would clear away the protective forces around Qing Xing.
Of course, Qing Xing would soon respond, likely having the security personnel move in as residents, or maybe even contact the PCE Security Committee directly to reveal their identities.
But no matter what they did, it would bring some minor troubles to Qing Xing.
Yan Chunmi felt that Qing Xing was not that high-profile, so he would probably choose to buy houses and let the security personnel move in.
After returning home, Yan Chunmi gave it some thought and sent a message to another Kite Falcon: “Check out any new residents in Blossom Community, both in the past month and in the coming days. Start from there, and mark all of Qing Xing’s people for me.”
Now was when Yan Chunmi’s advantage came to light—her house had been purchased long ago. If someone used the same method to investigate, it would turn up nothing; they would just assume she had been living there all along.
What she needed to do now was to stir the waters and see clearly how many fish were in it.
Kite Falcon replied to her message: “Do we need to enter Blossom Community to protect you?”
Yan Chunmi smiled and replied, “I’m just a star who likes to stir things up and seek publicity, who would bother me? Perhaps Qing Xing’s people will even come to apologize. That would be gentlemanly, right? The consortium bigwigs are quite polite before they are pushed to the limit.”
Kite Falcon responded, “Today I discovered that it’s not just us watching Qing Xing—others are too, and they’re not from the same group. I suspect they are Kite Falcons from the Shadow Candidates.”
Yan Chunmi furrowed her brows.
What’s the situation?
Could it be that the other Shadow Candidates are also preparing to make a move against Qing Xing?!
Just a few days ago, no one was targeting Qing Xing. How did this Shadow Candidate suddenly make so many enemies, what happened?
At this moment, Yan Chunmi didn’t know that her boss had twice drawn great enmity upon Qing Xing, resulting in neither Qing Wen nor Qing Wu showing any good face to Qing Xing.
Moreover, they were also ready to take action against Qing Xing at any time.
Countdown 1:00:00.
Qing Chen sat in his office and let out a sigh of relief; the long 30 days of travel were finally about to end.
This was the first time since the travel incident that he had longed for the Outer World.
In the past, with no kin in the Outer World, he always looked forward to the next travel, rather than the return.
Because he thrived in the Inner World—although dangerous, it also brought him new friendships and familial bonds.
But this time was different. Having spent too long in the Inner World, he was also curious about what had happened to the other Time Travelers.
Moreover, Qing Chen had important matters to attend to upon his return.
Just then, Yan Chunmi sent over the first batch of surveillance reports on Qing Xing.
The report showed that, within 5 days, Qing Xing had been taken to the rooftop by Qing Wu in Intelligence Department Three and was hung outside the rooftop, where he experienced a vivid ‘educational’ course.
On Qing Wen’s part, there was all sorts of oppression against Qing Xing within Intelligence Department Three.
For a time, the atmosphere in Intelligence Department Three was tense and fraught…
And during the process of monitoring Qing Xing, Yan Chunmi finally confirmed that the previous two groups who had been surveying him were from Qing Wen and Qing Wu.
It seemed that Qing Chen’s framing and blame shifting had succeeded.
Qing Chen logged all the information in his mind, planning to analyze it slowly after returning. He responded to Yan Chunmi with a message, “Be careful not to expose yourself, that’s the first principle.”
Qing Chen had only one goal, which was to silently retrieve Qing Xing’s Taboo.
If successful, he couldn’t let anyone else know that it had been taken by him.
Now that Qing Wen’s and Qing Wu’s people were all eyeing Qing Xing, letting these two take the blame was the best option.
Qing Chen took one last look at the time.
Countdown 00:00:00.
Zero.
The world plunged into darkness.
And then it lit up again.
Qing Chen sat in his room, taking deep breaths of the Outer World’s air, as if there were some difference between the air of the two worlds.
Outside the house, the enthusiastic greetings of Nan Gengchen, Hu Xiaoniu, and others were already sounding, feeling exceptionally warm.
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Five thousand character chapter, another one at 11 PM.