Pokémon: Having just completed the Pokédex, I'm now traversing the world of Beast Taming.

"Let's go to Yanjing!"

"But... Chi Hong didn't go, Chi Hong did!"

Having made up his mind, Chi Hong turned and left. A wave of energy flashed across Lucario's body, and the bloodstains on his body disappeared.

He returned to his hotel.

The next day, Chi Hong continued his daily university life as usual, but he seemed very indifferent.

Those who occasionally spoke to him were answered on his behalf by the cat-like pets he kept with him.

Moreover, Professor Yan granted him a separate cultivation room, where the new student Chi Hong spent most of his time.

Some speculated that freshman Chi Hong might have a relationship with Professor Yan, and this speculation was quickly confirmed...

"You're really something, aren't you? You're using a pet to impersonate you, making sure it clocks in for you at 8 AM every day, right?"

"Wait a minute, it seems like you didn't even go to 8 AM! Tell me honestly what's going on with you. Why didn't you take me with you if you didn't have to go to 8 AM?"

On the phone screen, Lu Yao launched into a barrage of criticism at Chi Hong, who, wearing headphones, only occasionally replied with a word or two, seemingly distracted.

"Anyway, be careful. I've already accepted an assassination mission for Lin Xia."

"The employer seems to be a big shot in Jinling, and of course, Lin Xia has also included this big shot in his profile!"

In the video, Lu Yao spoke while putting on makeup.

Because Chi Hong was wearing headphones, he didn't care whether anyone could hear him, and besides him, there was only the driver in the car.

He was wearing a mask and a baseball cap, and hailed a taxi to go directly to Yanjing!

"Oh, and there's more."

"This Lin Xia is definitely something else. He's had a lot of assassination missions posted to him over the years, but he hasn't been taken down yet."

"suffice it to say....."

"That's enough to show that the conditions offered weren't enough to sway even more powerful experts," Chi Hong interjected.

"What I mean is that he might be very strong." Lu Yao said with a sullen face, looking helpless.

"It has nothing to do with that, it's just that the benefits aren't enough."

"Coincidentally, his death is the greatest benefit to me..."

"This assassination organization does whatever it takes for money. Many innocent people have died at their hands. Have you considered taking it down?"

These words somewhat revealed intelligence, so Chi Hong sent them via text without speaking.

"Innocent."

"If we could bring him down, would we need me? Law enforcement would have brought him down already!"

"That criminal gang, although I still make money from it, let's leave that aside for now."

"The law enforcement agencies are much larger than him and should have been taken down long ago, but haven't you noticed? Cases involving assassins are very difficult to investigate, and many are even simply dropped."

"Unless it's at the scene of an assassination, once arrested on the spot, it becomes extremely difficult to catch them afterwards."

Lu Yao poked her chin with one finger, her brows furrowed.

She sometimes makes very strange guesses, which is...

Law enforcement officers and assassins might have conflicting interests; she even speculated that the leaders of these two opposing organizations might be the same person!

"I see."

"Alright, I'll hang up now. I need to rest for a while. When you've made some money, help me pick out a house near the university."

Chi Hong spoke softly, and the driver listened without a second thought, unconcerned.

"Okay, be careful, rich man, bye~"

Lu Yao hung up the video call, finished her makeup, stood up, and glanced at the time.

"I have to get up at 7 AM, fully made up, and be there by 8 AM!"

"I'm talented too! Why does this awful life have to torment a beautiful young girl like me in the prime of her life?!"

Lu Yao sighed and then left her rented room. She, Lu Yao, didn't live in the dormitory!

"I'll take a nap at noon. I'll check some information about President Lin today."

"This guy... seems perfect on the surface, just an ordinary billionaire..."

Lu Yao slung her backpack over her shoulder and walked towards the school, fiddling with it as she went.

That evening, in a high-end hotel in Yanjing.

Asagiri sat at the dining table with a cold expression; candles were still burning on the table, making it clear that this was a candlelight dinner.

"There's really no need for a meal; Mr. Lin should prioritize his work."

Asagiri glanced at the wine glass in front of her, which contained the red wine that Lin Xia had poured for her.

"Why didn't I see Chaoxia? You brought her here to register; you didn't just leave her at the gate of Yanjing Beast Tamer University and then ignore her, did you?"

Lin Xia joked.

"If you hadn't contacted me, given the relationship between our two families, do you think I'd be having dinner with my mother and sister right now?"

Asagiri's tone was far from friendly; in fact, it could be described as utterly disrespectful.

But Lin Xia seemed completely unconcerned, perhaps she had already gotten used to it.

"I've heard that your mother is also in Yanjing. How about this, I'll treat everyone to a get-together tomorrow?"

"We'll be family sooner or later anyway."

Lin Xia politely asked Chao Wu for his opinion; he seemed very gentlemanly.

Asagiri looked at Lin Xia with a cold gaze, and after a few seconds of silence, she said, "I have no interest in the Chao family's wealth. I have things I want to do."

"There is only one heir to the Chaoyang Group: Chaoxia."

Asagiri's words were quite clear: it was impossible to obtain the Asagiri family's wealth by marrying her.

Of course, that's what she's always thought too.

Lin Xia smiled and prepared to begin his strategy, gradually dispelling Chao Wu's wariness of him.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, his phone rang. This was his personal phone, and unless something very important happened, no one would normally call him.

Especially the person calling, their own secretary.

He came to discuss business this time, and he didn't bring a secretary, only a driver. This is why outsiders commented that Lin Xia was low-key and composed.

"Excuse me... excuse me for a moment."

Lin Xia apologized to Chao Wu, then stood up and walked to the side.

About five minutes later, Lin Xia returned to his seat with a gloomy expression.

"Do you know Crimson Assassin?" Lin Xia asked in a low voice.

"What's wrong with you?" Asagiri asked instead of answering. "I answered a phone call, and my eyes are bloodshot."

"Your brother had an accident?"

Asagiri's tone remained indifferent.

"He's dead."

Lin Xia's voice was still not loud, but the bulging veins on his forehead revealed that he was in a very bad mood.

"Dead?" Asagiri frowned, wondering why she was asking about both Akane and Lin Zhou's death.

Did Chi Hong kill Lin Zhou?

"He died in the middle of last night, in the Lin family's factory."

"It was staged as a suicide."

"I have intelligence, though it's disorganized, but I'm certain of it!"

Lin Xia gritted his teeth and spat out, "Chi Hong, you killed my brother Lin Zhou."

"And crimson, that is Chi Hong."

"Such simple reasoning, such an obvious answer, I don't believe you couldn't see it!"

Lin Xia braced his hands on the table, staring at Chao Wu with bloodshot eyes.

Asagiri picked up her wine glass and took a sip of red wine, her expression unchanged; she remained indifferent.

"I can tell."

"So what if they can tell?"

"Assassins, unless they are caught on the spot or there is evidence of them being killed."

"Even law enforcement can't do anything; any action would only alert the enemy, and coincidentally..."

"I have absolutely no evidence to prove that Chi Hong is Chi Hong."

Asagiri placed the wine glass on the table, speaking calmly: "It was his brother who died, not my own brother!"

"How can you say that? It was my brother who died..."

"So what?" Asagiri interrupted coldly. "When you sent people to assassinate Chi Hong, I never told you that Chi Hong was my brother!"

Lin Xia's eyes were bloodshot, like a ferocious beast ready to devour its prey.

Asagiri's eyes were calm, like a block of ice that had never melted.

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