Chapter 19: We have undergone professional training; no matter how funny it is, we just hahahaha

"Just kidding, just kidding, Uncle, I'm just livening up the atmosphere." Lin Li just thought the line about hiring a lawyer sounded cool and wanted to say it.

If it weren't for the fact that adding profanity to this sentence wouldn't be appropriate, Lin Li really wanted to replicate Carl from *Shameless*.

"Do you know that my blood pressure has been kept very high by you livening things up all the way here? Are all the kids in your generation this abstract?" Yang Liang really had a headache.

He now wanted to see Lin Li's parents even more to ask for parenting tips so he could completely avoid this minefield.

"That's not it; there are relatively few people as excellent as me." Lin Li shook his head.

The only person around him who could clearly crush him was probably Bai Bufan; otherwise, why would they be such good brothers?

"That's great, the country is still saved." Yang Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Li: "?"

That was a dirty curse.

"Let's stick to me asking and you answering." Yang Liang waved his hand. He had figured it out: if he handed the initiative to Lin Li, the direction and style of things would definitely go off to who knows where.

"First question: how did you know the Qingjue Wellness Club was providing erotic services behind the scenes?"

"A friend told me." When in doubt, blame a friend. "As for the friend's name, it should be fine if I don't say it, right?"

"Actually, even if you said it, we wouldn't investigate him, but we can understand if you don't. It's your freedom." Yang Liang nodded; this was human nature. Then he asked the question he really wanted to know and was most curious about:

"So Little Lin, why didn't you report it to us immediately, but instead went to... experience it yourself before telling us?"

Ask me? Why don't you ask the system?

Do you think I want to sacrifice the small me to achieve the big me?

I didn't want to enter the game with my own body either.

But naturally, he couldn't say that: "First of all, my friend only heard about it; he hadn't actually been there. So, to avoid reporting a false crime, I definitely had to confirm the authenticity of this news and get evidence."

"So I went to investigate on the spot. By the time I called you, I had already confirmed the evidence."

"Secondly, I have to clarify one thing: in reality, I am 'unstained by the mud, unsoiled by the ripples'; I did not lose my innocence..."

"No, Uncle, what does that expression mean? You're laughing, right? I'm being very serious right now."

"We have undergone professional training; no matter how funny it is, we won't laugh." Yang Liang pressed his palm against his mouth and said sincerely.

"Unless you can't help it?" Lin Li's teeth itched.

"It's not that I don't want to believe you, Little Lin, it's just that when I entered your room, you guys hadn't even had time to put your clothes on." Yang Liang recalled the scene and found it hard to keep a straight face.

"No, speaking of this, I get angry. First of all, it wasn't 'us'; only Little Jing wasn't wearing clothes, and only her top was off." Lin Li's voice grew louder. "Secondly, it's a good thing I have a recording to prove my innocence."

Lin Li took out his phone, clicked on the second half of the two extremely long recordings, and started playing it at double speed, occasionally dragging the progress bar.

"..."

"Miss, please have some self-respect!"

"..."

"Listen, listen, Uncle, I really kept myself pure. I even said something as ridiculous as 'Miss, please have some self-respect'!"

"Forty minutes—this is forty hours! I waited for you guys for forty whole days! Officer!! Do you know how I, ignored by everyone, got through these forty years? How painful and agonizing it was!"

Lin Li stood up and shouted at the top of his lungs, his eyes slightly red, a bit too into the role.

Yang Liang didn't speak; he took Lin Li's phone and dragged the progress bar back a bit, and the phone emitted Lin Li's own voice:

"... a little to the left, yes, just press the muscle on the calf, use more strength, yes, yes, yes, yes, damn! Ah~~ so good——*Sugoi*~~~ oh, yes~~"

"In these forty years, were you very painful? Were you very agonizing? How come I didn't hear it?" Yang Liang looked at Lin Li seriously and asked sincerely.

Hearing his own moans was quite shameful. Was he really moaning that loudly? The atmosphere he had worked so hard to build—of a long-term undercover agent furiously questioning his contact—was completely ruined. Lin Li scratched his head, sat back down, and said somewhat sheepishly:

"One thing is one thing. That said, although my body felt comfortable, my spirit was in agony and torture every single moment..."

Yang Liang: "..."

You've said all the good and bad things, haven't you?

However, he did believe that Lin Li hadn't accepted the gray services. Thinking about it, that was correct—even if he were abstract, he wouldn't jump into a fire pit knowing that they were coming soon.

Dragging the recording to the end, to the stage where he was being forcibly serviced by Little Jing, Lin Li said:

"Hear that? I didn't even know she had taken off her clothes. If you guys had come any later, I would have been forced! I wouldn't be clean anymore! Forty minutes—how can you be so slow? I'm going to report you for passive work when I get back!" Lin Li's tone was resentful.

Clearly, the professional training Yang Liang received wasn't enough; he laughed very happily.

Lin Li looked over with an even more resentful gaze: "No explanation?"

Yang Liang explained: "My teeth were too hot, so I took them out to air them."

"That's not the explanation I wanted!"

Yang Liang then answered Lin Li's previous question: "Cough, cough, regarding what you just said, we need to clarify. We received the notification immediately and didn't waste any time throughout the process. But such places are cautious and will even leave people at several intersections to tip them off."

"To ensure the success of the operation, you saw it yourself—we all traveled in plain clothes, and the vehicles we drove were our own. At the same time, we had to mobilize manpower; these things all take time. In fact, being able to arrive in forty minutes was already very fast. You really can't blame us."

"And in your situation, even if something had really happened, after we exercised discretion, we wouldn't have held you responsible."

"Ah? Why didn't you say so earlier? You ruined me!"

Yang Liang: "?"

Looking at the regretful Lin Li, Yang Liang shook his head with a laugh. This kid really would climb up any pole he was given.

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"I was wondering why you were so arrogant after being caught, even wanting to wear handcuffs and ride in a police car. So it turns out you were fearless because you knew you would be fine and wanted to experience all of this, right?" Yang Liang confirmed with some amusement.

Now he had reacted to it all.

"You could say that. And I really couldn't acknowledge you on the spot; those people who were arrested were still there. What if I was retaliated against afterward?" Lin Li nodded.

"You were right to consider that; caution is necessary. Alright, this information is enough for me to write the report. You're fine now; you can go. I'll send you home."

"If you still want to take a group photo at the door, you can go take it now. I can drive a police car to send you back; it can be considered fulfilling your final regret." Yang Liang put away his paper and pen and then said.

"That works, but Uncle, I have one more thing."

"What thing? Tell me."

"It's just... for the sake of this undercover mission, I paid an extremely expensive price of 399. You know, I'm still a student, and this is very important to me. You don't need to reimburse me, but giving it back to me shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Lin Li said cautiously.

This was 399! 798 packs of spicy strips! 133 bottles of iced 'Lao Da' tea! 1 Spring Breeze Elf (Zhang Fei mold)!

You could even ride a rocking car for a whole damn day.

If he couldn't get this money back, Lin Li would be miserable to death.

"Didn't you get a massage?" Now it was Yang Liang's turn to tease Lin Li.

"That was at most a 99 service! I righteously refused the most important premium! How about this, Uncle, refund me 200, and the rest can be considered a kickback for you guys." Lin Li argued reasonably.

"Kickback your head!" Yang Liang laughed and scolded. "This money can definitely be refunded to you, and if nothing goes wrong, as the informant, you should also be able to apply for a certain bonus."

"But it's illegal to transfer money directly from her phone now, and I can't do that. We definitely have to go through the process step by step. If you're short on money, Uncle can transfer my money to you first, and you can pay me back when the money hits your card."

"That's not urgent; I can wait."

Lin Li waved his hand indifferently. He still had plenty of living expenses on hand; as long as the money could come back, everything was fine.

"Anything else?" Yang Liang asked.

"Yes." Lin Li thought for a moment and nodded again.

"What is it?"

"Can you let Little Jing go out with me alone for 20 minutes? Ten minutes is fine, five minutes... five minutes is not enough, five minutes is too short."

Looking at the high-spirited Lin Li, Yang Liang: "?"

"I have important things to ask her. By the way, prepare a 1.8*2 meter big bed for me, must come with a Simmons mattress, and also jelly, popping candy, ice cre—"

"Shut up, get home."

"Alright, Uncle!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 20 =====