"The air at home is still better!" Zhang Lei stood on the land of his motherland, his hands flat on the ground, taking a deep breath. Only when his feet touched the ground did he feel a sense of having narrowly escaped death.
"Zhang Lei, right? I'm from the National Security Bureau, sent here specifically to welcome you. Welcome back!" A middle-aged man in a black suit, who looked like a secret agent, extended his hand to Zhang Lei.
However, his face was so infuriating that even Andy Lau would probably be ashamed and walk away if he saw him, let alone Zhang Lei.
"Oh, hello!" Zhang Lei couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. Look at them, the Bureau of Foreign Affairs is also part of the National Security Bureau, but his image is so different from theirs.
“But I earn more than him!” Zhang Lei still found something to be proud of.
"Get in the car first!" The handsome middle-aged man led Zhang Lei to the car that had come to pick him up. "Because you are on an overseas mission, according to our regulations, especially since you will be able to carry out the mission alone for a long period of time, there will be a short period of review after you return to China. This is standard procedure and it is not targeting you. I hope you can understand!"
As soon as Zhang Lei got on the bus, two guys wearing sunglasses and trying to look cool squeezed onto the bus from either side of him, as if they were trying to make him into a sandwich.
"Alright, don't be so tense. I didn't do anything, I won't run away!" Zhang Lei glanced at the two guys. Neither of them were anything special. In the common parlance of superhumans, they were just guys without any skills. Against an ordinary superhuman, the poison darts in their pockets might be a threat at this distance, but against Zhang Lei, even if they had poison darts, they wouldn't be much more of a threat than two rats.
Zhang Lei initially thought that Li Yang was deliberately trying to make things difficult for him, and he was even prepared to engage in armed confrontation at any time. However, as it turned out, that was not the case!
Perhaps Li Yang was already satisfied with eliminating Liu Yun, or perhaps his power was far from sufficient.
The investigators from the National Security Bureau were very polite. Zhang Lei was, after all, an insider, and this was just a necessary procedure for someone returning from a mission. They weren't interrogating a prisoner. After the formal cultural questioning, they also mentioned some changes that had occurred in China recently.
Before Li Yang left, he was just an acting deputy captain. He only got this crucial mission by going through the connections of his grandfather's old subordinates.
However, although the action team suffered some losses upon his return, those losses were negligible compared to his achievements, so his position as acting deputy commander was naturally removed.
Moreover, it is very likely that he will be promoted further in recognition of his merits.
"Damn!" That was the only word Zhang Lei could say to that!
"But your future is also bright. You bravely covered the rear, and although you were the only one who came back, your merit cannot be denied!" A national security officer said to Zhang Lei with envy. Of course, he didn't know how Zhang Lei was able to come back.
The Mei Chuan family of three also obtained Chinese ID cards and were protected like national treasures. It can be said that the Japanese would not even be able to make an appearance unless they sent two army groups of special forces.
In order to better integrate into the Chinese nation, this family of three changed their surname, Meichuan, finally changing their original ridiculous name. They didn't make the change too complicated; they simply changed Meichuan to "Mei".
The old man's name became Meneku, and his two daughters became Meneku Xiaoku and Meneyi. This makes perfect sense; what would they wear if they were gone?
Episode 3: The Bloody Path to Growth, Chapter 68: Return Home (Part 2)
Everything seemed to have returned to the way it was before Zhang Lei left, except that the homeroom teacher had spoken to Zhang Lei a few times. Although Zhang Lei's vacation was directly approved by the school, such a long absence still made Teacher Wu uneasy, wondering if her new class representative's grades would drop.
In addition, things haven't been very peaceful in this area lately. A pervert has recently appeared here. Although it's not a rape and murder, he basically knocks girls unconscious and then rapes them, causing widespread panic.
In the past, Liu Ning had no choice but to go home early by himself and try to walk home with his classmates. Now that Zhang Lei is back, of course he has to walk home with his brother.
Tianxiao was very unhappy with the way she was intimate with Zhang Lei. In Tianxiao's eyes, Zhang Lei should now be her private property.
However, if no force is used, Tianxiao really can't win an argument with Liu Ning just by talking. Liu Ning has been raised with much better upbringing than her.
As a result, Tianxiao often sulked and brooded on the sidelines. But the little girl was easy to coax; as long as Zhang Lei spent some time with her, she would be fine in a little while.
Although every man hopes to be his girlfriend's first love, first love girls are actually the most difficult to please. They are too idealistic and often imagine their boyfriends as omnipotent and all-knowing prince charmings. Once there is any discrepancy, they will throw a tantrum. Moreover, most of them have not yet learned to think about others. It can be said that first love girls are perfectionists, and the object of their demands is their poor boyfriends.
Fortunately, strictly speaking, Zhang Lei wasn't Tian Xiao's first love. Tian Xiao's first love was Liu Yun, whom she had a crush on, but that first love never officially started. So, Zhang Lei essentially got a great deal: a pure girl who wasn't her first love, which is why she was so easy to please.
"Ningning, let me take you home first, and then I'll take your sister Tianxiao home, okay?" Zhang Lei stroked Liu Ning's head. It's hard to be a man between two women, no matter what their relationship is.
"You've been out playing together for so long and you're still not done playing?" Liu Ning pouted, her lips so high that they could hold an oil bottle, or even a liquefied gas cylinder.
Of course, Zhang Lei and his team couldn't tell everyone they were on a mission, especially not a little girl who liked to show off. Ever since Zhang Lei brought this girl home, she'd been talking about him all the time. In her eyes, Zhang Lei was the most capable older brother. If she found out what kind of mission it was, she'd tell everyone at Zhiguang Middle School, from junior high to senior high, the very next day.
Therefore, the official reason given was a trip. Zhang Lei and Tian Xiao happened to be a couple, and their intimacy upon their return indirectly confirmed that they had made some progress during their trip.
Because of the recent pervert incident, Zhang Lei always takes Xiao Liu Ning home first before going out with Tian Xiao, or going to Tian Xiao's house for "that" activity. They do "that" more often; young people are always quite enthusiastic about such activities when they first encounter them, and both of them have plenty of stamina.
"Ningning, stay home and don't open the door to just anyone!" Once you're home, there's nothing to worry about. The nanny is here, and the neighbors are all formidable. For an ordinary pervert, it's a miracle if they don't get their bag snatched here, let alone commit a crime.
If there were any tools for committing crimes in the bag, and the thugs reported it to their superiors, then the recent serial sex crime case that has caused widespread panic would be solved. That would be such a great injustice. You know, these thugs are very happy to leave a good impression on the police. If they get into trouble and go to jail, the police will give such meritorious thugs some preferential treatment.
"I want to buy another house. I always feel a little unsafe for a little girl to live here!" Zhang Lei held Tianxiao's little hand and swayed it slowly. The two of them walked along like this, not knowing when they would reach Tianxiao's house.
"Hehe, now you're worried about that little girl. You've been gone for so long, why didn't you worry about her?" Tianxiao brought his slender fingers over and gently pinched Zhang Lei's nose.
"You came back a few days earlier than me. Do you have any leads on this case?" Having this lovely little girl by my side makes me worry easily.
"You only know how to worry about her, when have you ever worried about me!" Tianxiao pouted, looking incredibly cute with his puffed-up cheeks.
"Hehe, if a pervert comes looking for you, he's just walking into a trap!" Zhang Lei squeezed the air out of her cheeks. This was Zhang Lei's favorite thing to do lately, and Tian Xiao knew that this was exactly what she wanted Zhang Lei to do.
The two of them were intimately flirting on the street, oblivious to everyone else. Their boisterous laughter made many men on the roadside drool. The girl's face and super figure were indeed incredibly attractive to men.
"Has Liu Yun's sister still not been found?" The topic suddenly turned serious. Although more than half a month had passed, Zhang Lei still felt uneasy when talking about Liu Yun.
"Not yet, there's no record of him having a younger sister on those household registration records!" Tianxiao stopped laughing. Liu Yun was dead, and although she had already fallen for someone else, she still felt terrible, even though it didn't feel like a piece of her heart had been ripped out.
That feeling belonged to Zuo Ying. Now, Zuo Ying's current state made Tian Xiao completely lose interest in going against her. She was absent-minded all day long, which made Tian Xiao somewhat glad that he had fallen for her, otherwise he would have become her role model.
As soon as Zhang Lei returned, even before the investigation was over, he asked his colleagues at the National Security Bureau to help find Liu Yun's sister. However, he never expected that this seemingly simple matter would be so troublesome.
"Maybe the sister he's talking about isn't his biological sister, maybe it's a cousin? Or perhaps, like Ningning, she's an adopted sister?" Tianxiao reminded Zhang Lei.
Zhang Lei rubbed his temples. "Maybe. I'll go myself sometime. You've already gone for me several times already!"
"Let's change the subject. Your dress is beautiful today..."
"Ugh, does that mean I'm not pretty normally?"
Episode 3: The Bloody Road to Adulthood, Chapter 69: BT Zhang (Part 1)
Never underestimate the capabilities of the Chinese police. Very few cases that have been assigned to special task forces remain unsolved. The numerous unsolved and shelved cases are often due to insufficient police resources or external interference.