Chapter 100: Scorching and Familiar

Lu Chen wore sunglasses, his steps steady.

When the four were face to face, it was fortunate that Lu Chen wore sunglasses; otherwise, with such identical faces, Xie Wantang would again think Lu Chen was Lu Yanshen.

"Lu Zong." Xu Yanqiu greeted proactively.

"Miss Xu, hello, what's the entry code for your home?" Lu Chen asked.

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Xu Yanqiu looked at Xie Wantang; Xie Wantang's reaction was the same as hers, both a bit dazed.

Lu Chen took off his sunglasses, casually placed them on his head, and explained to them: "Team Shen called me, saying you might have run into some trouble here, so have me contact Su Yang."

"Su Yang told me what happened; we suspect someone did it on purpose, so I came to install some equipment."

Lu Chen continued: "This contains LC Technology's newly developed photographic equipment, not for public release, only supplied to special departments for dedicated use."

"Is it the kind that can shoot through walls?" Xie Wantang asked softly.

She had only heard of such high‑tech gear before; this was her first time seeing it, and she hadn't expected it to be in the toolbag Lu Chen brought.

"Yes, Miss Xie, you know quite a bit."

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There's no way around it; she has many senior brothers, and when they chat idly she always picks up a bit, but she's never actually handled this stuff.

And she is precisely interested in the things she cannot get her hands on.

"Professor Lu, may I follow you?" Xie Wantang said eagerly; she simply wanted to broaden her horizons.

"Sure," Lu Chen replied readily.

"Thank you, Professor Lu."

Afterward, Xie Wantang said to Su Yang and Xu Yanqiu: "Qiqi, let Su Yang take you home first; later Professor Lu will take me, thanks, Su Yang."

"No problem," Su Yang said.

Lu Chen is his boss; the boss's skill is profound and unfathomable, no one can discern his true capabilities.

Thus, having Lu Chen by Xie Wantang's side feels safer than having him as a blatant bodyguard.

Su Yang had no worries.

He naturally agreed readily.

Su Yang's excessive readiness made Xie Wantang feel a slight suspicion.

After all, he is the bodyguard Shen Ye hired to protect her; now she is going with Lu Chen, she thought Su Yang would object, and even if he didn't, he shouldn't have agreed so readily.

Yet Su Yang agreed very readily.

More swiftly than Xu Yanqiu turning around.

Before getting in the car, Xu Yanqiu reminded her to return early.

She agreed.

After seeing them off, Xie Wantang walked side by side with Lu Chen back into the residential complex.

The guard, seeing Lu Chen's credentials, let them in directly without registration, not even asking.

"What kind of credentials do you have? They're so powerful," Xie Wantang wondered.

"Just an ordinary work ID," Lu Chen produced, showing it to Xie Wantang.

Xie Wantang glanced at it; the badge prominently displayed three large characters: "Work ID."

Xie Wantang couldn't see how it differed from an ordinary work ID, but in fact it was different, not an ordinary work ID.

Lu Chen saw she didn't ask, so he didn't elaborate.

Entering the surveillance zone, Lu Chen gave Xie Wantang a silent look; she instantly understood—aside from breathing, she made no other sound.

The elevator quickly rose to the tenth floor.

This apartment building has ten units per floor, with completely different layouts and orientations.

Odd and even numbers are separated.

Xu Yanqiu's side is 1001, next door is 1003.

When passing 1003, Lu Chen glanced twice; Xie Wantang did the same.

The two, in perfect sync, said nothing, entered the code Xu Yanqiu gave, and entered her apartment.

Lu Chen took a pair of glasses from the toolbag, put them on, and began inspecting the whole room; after walking around, he found no cameras, not even pinhole ones.

No covert filming devices, no eavesdropping equipment—indicating the landlord who rented the apartment to Xu Yanqiu likely has no issues.

That would be the neighboring unit.

Su Yang's current conclusion is that the neighbor's owner is temporarily cleared of suspicion, but further investigation is needed to know for sure.

As for the man resembling Lu Yanshen who appeared today, Su Yang asked the property management; they said the building's surveillance is all broken, and it suddenly stopped working last night.

It went straight to a black screen; the monitoring room staff tried their usual fixes, to no avail, and are now seeking experts in this area.

However, the experts' time requires an appointment.

So we must wait.

After the inspection, Lu Chen handed the glasses to Xie Wantang: "Want to try? Wearing these lets you check whether the room has cameras."

"Really? Is this also your company's product?" Xie Wantang took it with both hands.

"Yes, but this is the latest model; there are only two pairs—one with me for personal use, one at the company, and employees must apply to use it when needed."

"How high is the accuracy?"

"What do you think?"

As soon as Xie Wantang put them on, she sensed their effect.

The visual effect is completely different from naked‑eye vision; the room looks the same, but the space seen through the glasses is quite different.

Xie Wantang also didn't know how to describe it; only those who have worn these glasses can know how good they are.

Lu Chen began installing surveillance equipment.

At the four corners of the wall adjoining the opposite side, he drilled four small holes each, then inserted something similar to a pinhole camera.

Immediately afterward, Lu Chen measured the distance on the wall surface, then, at that distance, drilled several more small holes; the openings were tiny and did not affect the wall's structure at all.

Xie Wantang quietly watched from the side.

When Lu Chen worked seriously, he was handsome and pleasing to the eye.

The longer she spent with him, the more Xie Wantang understood that Lu Chen was Lu Chen, a person completely different from Lu Yanshen.

Lu Chen's personal charm is indeed boundless.

Even she began to admire him more and more.

No wonder he has the ability to make her senior martial brother and her older brother look at him with new eyes.

Even she has already looked at him with new eyes.

A pair of high-tech glasses can check whether a room has cameras; if such glasses could go on the market, consumers would surely snap them up eagerly.

What a pity—Lu Chen actually has no plans to go public.

For something that would benefit society, why doesn't he do it?

Lu Chen didn't know what Xie Wantang was thinking; he had just taken one fewer card, and now the camera's position was set—if he moved it, he'd have to readjust.

Lu Chen had no choice but to ask Xie Wantang for help: "Xie Wantang, get me a card, a white one."

"Oh, okay."

Xie Wantang didn't notice that the tools for Lu Chen's drilling were at her feet; as she walked past, she tripped on the winding cables.

Seeing this, Lu Chen didn't hesitate—he immediately let go of the camera in his hand, turned around, and quickly and steadily steadied Xie Wantang's waist.

"Be careful."

Lu Chen's voice was low and tense.

Fortunately, it was a scare without harm.

But that scorching, familiar sensation and breath once again made Xie Wantang suspicious.