Chapter 201: A Terrifying Background

“L-Little Lu… what on earth did you just… just do?”

Lu Xin felt this banquet was quite successful.

Among all the young core members, he had indeed stood out and gained Deputy General Manager Xiao’s attention.

One thing that occupied his thoughts was that after mimicking Mother’s ability, his mood seemed to have undergone some slight changes.

He remembered back at Drunkard’s home, after borrowing Mother’s ability, he immediately used Father’s ability afterward. As a result, afterward, for that brief moment, he felt entangled by lingering fury and had even nearly scared Little Sister…

However, perhaps because the two abilities overlapped, he didn’t perceive any other emotions.

Only this time did he faintly sense a shift in his state of mind.

It was like… during that time, he became a little more… petty?

In fact, when that Deputy General Manager Xiao fell to the floor, Lu Xin had felt dissatisfied because he hadn’t toasted him…

…Of course, thankfully, the man had still pulled himself together and finished the drink with him!

……

Director Liu, driving Lu Xin home, was nearly scared out of his wits. Sweating profusely and gripping the steering wheel, he stole glances at the rearview mirror. There sat Lu Xin, calm and quiet in the back seat, his face expressionless, his eyes seeming completely unfocused.

At the banquet, no one knew what exactly had happened. They only suddenly heard Deputy General Manager Xiao fall to the floor with a thud. When they rushed over in a panic to help him up, they found that this young but usually extremely composed deputy general manager seemed like a completely different person. Even though he tried hard to act as if nothing was wrong, they could still see his whole body trembling faintly.

Deputy General Manager Xiao apologized to everyone and left very quickly.

The remaining attendees had no heart to carry on eating. They sat around awkwardly for a little while longer and then hastily departed.

Everyone was filled with bafflement.

Many guessed this might be related to Lu Xin, but without Deputy General Manager Xiao saying anything, who could know what had transpired?

“Oh?”

Facing Director Liu’s question, Lu Xin took a moment to react, then smiled and said, “Nothing much, I was just discussing diet with him.”

“Diet?”

Director Liu was momentarily stunned, a chilling sensation creeping over him as he glanced at Lu Xin through the rearview mirror.

“Yes.”

Lu Xin, sitting in the back seat, smiled at the Director. Under the dim light inside the car, his row of teeth looked exceptionally white.

The Director gave a violent shudder and didn’t dare ask any more. He floored the accelerator, speeding towards Moon Terrace.

He really wanted to toss Lu Xin out right there and then, but he didn’t dare…

What kind of person is this?!…

They say in the company he has underworld connections, but how terrifying must those connections be for him to scare Deputy General Manager Xiao like that just by handing him a note?

Deputy General Manager Xiao isn’t simple either. Someone capable of managing a family business as vast as the Xiao’s couldn’t possibly lack some underground connections. He might even have Private Armed Forces Outside the City. How could the eldest son of such a family be so afraid of him…

Director Liu’s mind was in turmoil. Though he was intensely curious, he was already afraid to ask further.

“Thank you, Director. Sorry for the trouble.”

Arriving at Moon Terrace, Lu Xin got out of the car, politely thanking the Director.

Considering the distance, it would have been fine for him to just take the subway back, yet the Director had insisted on driving him all this way. This was really…

“Oh, no need for thanks, absolutely no need for thanks, please don’t thank me…”

Director Liu rushed the words out. He didn’t even stop the car. By the time the last syllable left his mouth, the vehicle was already gliding away.

“Shhhh—”

With a neat handbrake slide, the car vanished from Lu Xin’s sight.

“Didn’t realize the Director, at his age and not being an Ability User, could drive so well…”

Lu Xin couldn’t help but murmur in admiration, shaking his head.

He wasn’t in a hurry to go upstairs. Instead, he pondered carefully for a moment, then took out his phone and made a call.

After handing that note to Deputy General Manager Xiao, his reaction had also surprised Lu Xin. Firstly, the reaction was too big – Lu Xin hadn’t expected that. Secondly, despite such a massive reaction, he immediately pretended nothing was wrong. The note had been clenched tightly in his fist before being stuffed into his pocket. This indicated that the Deputy General Manager had a guilty conscience… his problem was very big…

…Lu Xin couldn’t just stand by; he needed to report this to headquarters.

“Good evening, Mr. Lone Soldier…”

Han Bing’s voice sounded cheerful, but it was a little muffled.

“Good evening… what are you doing?”

“Gurgling… Pfft… I’m brushing my teeth…”

“……”

Lu Xin was taken aback for a moment, quickly apologizing, “Oh, sorry, sorry, it’s so late…”

“Hehe, it’s fine. Mr. Lone Soldier calling at this hour must mean he has something important to ask…”

Han Bing’s voice relaxed again, “That business about the house?”

“Not that important…”

Lu Xin hurriedly denied it, then proceeded to explain the matter concerning this Deputy General Manager Xiao.

After listening, Han Bing’s tone immediately turned more serious, “Is he an Ability User?”

Lu Xin shook his head, “He shouldn’t have abilities.”

When leveraging Mother’s Perspective, Lu Xin could see many things. Although he hadn’t carefully compared the differences between Ability Users and ordinary people, he felt that this Deputy Manager Xiao looked just like any other ordinary person in every way, nothing special.

Han Bing was silent for a moment, “In that case, the problem becomes a bit troublesome. If Mr. Lone Soldier only observed that he has a desire to eat people, well… such a criminal case… to be precise, a potential criminal case that hasn’t actually occurred yet… doesn’t fall under our Special Clean-up Department’s jurisdiction. I can only relay this matter to the Guard Bureau and ask them to pay close attention. However…” She paused, “If the person hasn’t done anything yet, the Guard Bureau probably won’t be able to intervene easily either.”

Lu Xin thought carefully about the logic involved and nodded, “I understand.”

“But rest assured, Mr. Lone Soldier. I’ll emphasize this to the Guard Bureau and have them check if he has any other issues. Especially tonight, no matter what, they’ll find some excuse to question him. That way, even if he truly has a problem, he won’t dare to act immediately.”

“At the very least, this should guarantee that the two young ones won’t be harmed.”

Han Bing quickly sorted through her thoughts and replied softly.

Lu Xin did feel a bit more reassured. Han Bing’s consideration was indeed more thorough than his own.

He hadn’t even considered whether something might happen tonight.

“Also…”

Han Bing said softly, “Mr. Lone Soldier, you need to be careful too…”

“Careful?”

Lu Xin was momentarily startled, somewhat not understanding.

Han Bing said, “If… if that person truly is abnormal, and Mr. Lone Soldier has already alerted him… I’m worried he might…”

Only then did Lu Xin react, “Oh, oh, I see. I’ll be careful.”

“Alright, Mr. Lone Soldier, goodnight…”

Lu Xin heard the sound of a faucet being turned on, filling a bathtub, coming from the other end of the phone.

“Alright, goodnight…”

After hanging up, Lu Xin let out a silent sigh.

His current self seemed different from before. Here he was, potentially having encountered a cannibalistic serial killer, a killer who knew that Lu Xin knew his secret. Yet, when Han Bing warned him, he hadn’t even realized it. As if facing such a terrifying individual, he felt absolutely no sense of threat at all…

“Huh, seems I forgot to ask her again whether she might go to the Advanced Talent Training Conference…”

This thought crossed Lu Xin’s mind, but thinking that she was probably already lying in the bathtub now, he decided not to call back.

…

Arriving at the company the next day, Lu Xin could clearly feel his colleagues becoming visibly more nervous upon seeing him.

A young woman eating a rolled pancake with egg and sausage almost offered it to him with a pitiful scowl after just one glance from him… Lu Xin, of course, didn’t accept it. How could he take something she’d already half-finished?

What did they take him for?

Just after settling down in his cubicle before starting work, Lu Xin suddenly heard a commotion.

Turning his head, he saw the Director looking extremely nervous, escorting a young man inside. It was the Deputy Manager Xiao. He wore a well-tailored black suit and sunglasses. He seemed to be alone this time, without even the female secretary who was with him yesterday.

The Director flusteredly called out to the office staff, “Everyone, stop what you’re doing for a moment! Deputy General Manager Xiao from the Group is here to visit us!”

“Welcome! Welcome!”

“…”

“Shua”

The entire office was stunned, dumbly staring at Deputy Manager Xiao.

It took a long moment before someone snapped out of it and started clapping hurriedly, Clap, clap, clap, clap.

Lu Xin also started clapping along, Clap, clap, clap!

“Alright, alright, it’s fine. Don’t interrupt everyone’s work. Let’s talk in the office…”

The young Deputy Manager Xiao quickly waved aside the applause. His shaded eyes scanned the room, finally settling on Lu Xin. He didn’t say anything, maintaining a smile on his face as he followed Director Liu into the inner office. All around, the colleagues’ expressions still lingered between shock and excitement, staring dumbfounded.

Quite a few gazes secretly drifted towards Lu Xin.

Rumors had spread already about yesterday’s banquet – how Lu Xin said something that seemingly frightened the Deputy Manager into collapsing. Many now believed Lu Xin’s underworld connections surpassed even Deputy Manager Xiao’s family background.

“Lit…tle Lu…”

Not long after, Director Liu suddenly rushed out of the inner office again, face tense. Under the collective gaze of the entire office staff, he scurried up to Lu Xin’s desk, sweat beading on his forehead. “Deputy General Manager Xiao… wants to see you.”The ears of the surrounding colleagues perked up as their attention “shua” snapped over. But their hands kept busy—some typing, others rapidly sorting files, backs ramrod straight.

“See me?”

Hearing this, Lu Xin felt a slight sense of strangeness.

He had only just warned him yesterday, and today he suddenly appeared at the company specifically asking to see him? What was this about?

Considering Deputy Manager Xiao’s particular preferences, Lu Xin pondered it seriously.

Matters concerning psychotic killers weren’t under his department’s purview, so there was no need to call Little Sister over.

So then…

He formed an idea. Standing right in front of Director Liu, he took out his Revolver, checked the rounds, and reloaded it.

Then, with a completely calm expression said to the Director, “Let’s go.”