A super-rich tycoon? No, just call me the gentlemanly gigolo.

For the rest of the journey, the difficulty of Jiang Ye's "reverse tailing" increased dramatically.

Because of the inexplicable chill that had gripped him before, Zhang Wenhai became suspicious and kept glancing back while following Lin Wanxing.

Jiang Ye almost got exposed several times, only managing to avoid it thanks to parked cars, trash cans, and even an old man passing by.

"What's that idiot looking back at all the time? Is he a spinning top? He'll never stop spinning!"

He "helpfully" helped the old man cross the road, but when he looked back, the old man looked completely bewildered and walked back to the other side on his own. He couldn't help but twitch his lips and mutter a curse under his breath.

Finally, just when Jiang Ye felt his nerves were about to snap, the progress bar in his mind jumped to 99%.

His spirits lifted, and seeing Lin Wanxing turn right at the intersection ahead, Zhang Wenhai immediately followed. Too lazy to pretend anymore, he ran across the street corner.

[Task Progress: 100%]!

"It's done!"

Jiang Ye was overjoyed and immediately stopped, waiting expectantly for the system to announce the completion of the mission.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Nothing happened.

"Huh? System? It's frozen?"

He cried out in his mind, "The mission progress is 100%, where's the reward? Where's my aura?"

The objective for the mission "The Art of Reverse Tailing" is to ensure the target woman safely enters her residence or other safe location. The target has not yet entered the safe zone; the mission is not complete.

Jiang Ye: "..."

Damn, I forgot about that! Luckily it's a corner, or we would have been exposed!

He peeked out and saw Lin Wanxing still walking ahead, with Zhang Wenhai still sneaking behind.

There's no way around it; once the duck is cooked, it can't be let fly away.

Jiang Ye had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue this damned "matryoshka doll" tracking.

Fortunately, Lin Wanxing's place wasn't too far away.

After walking another four or five hundred meters, she stopped at the entrance of a decent-looking residential complex, took out her card from her pocket, swiped it with a "beep" to open the pedestrian passage door, and flashed inside.

Just as the door slammed shut, the notification sound Jiang Ye had been waiting for finally rang:

[Ding! Target has entered a safe area! Monthly mission 'The Art of Reverse Tailing' completed!]

[Mission reward has been issued. Please choose: A. "Presence Reduction Aura" (One-time item) B. 80000 RMB in cash]

"Is there even a choice? Of course, it's A!"

Jiang Ye made his choice without hesitation.

Cash is nice, but this kind of magical item can't be bought with money!

[Reward confirmed! The "Presence Reduction Aura" has been sent to your system space. Simply recite it to activate; the effect lasts for 30 minutes.]

As the notification sound faded, he saw a new storage slot option appear in the system interface. Inside, a halo icon emitting a faint white light lay quietly, with simple instructions below.

"Hahaha! Awesome!"

Jiang Ye was overjoyed, his mind already conjuring up all sorts of application scenarios, each one a jumble of pixels.

This isn't some gentleman's mission, it's clearly Doraemon's magic pocket!

I wonder if there will ever be those little alarm clocks that pause time when you press a button...

He was in a great mood and glanced at the entrance of the residential area.

Because he didn't have an access card, Zhang Wenhai was clinging to the iron gate, craning his neck to look inside, hoping to catch a resident coming in or out, but in the dead of night, it wasn't that easy to find someone.

Jiang Ye looked at his anxious expression and felt a surge of contempt: "Hmph, lost him, huh? Serves you right! With your skills, you dare to try and be a stalker? Maybe in your next life! I'm a perfect guardian knight!"

He felt that his mission was complete, and he prepared to leave this place of trouble, keeping his achievements hidden.

Just as Jiang Ye turned around and hadn't even taken two steps, a police siren suddenly came from a distance, growing louder as it approached!

"Waaaaah—waaaaah—"

The sound drew closer quickly, and a blue and white police car with flashing lights swerved and came to a stop right at the entrance of the residential area.

The car door opened, and three police officers quickly got out and immediately surrounded the bewildered Zhang Wenhai.

"Officer? I... what happened to me?" Zhang Wenhai was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he instinctively raised his hands.

The lead police officer looked him up and down with a serious expression: "We received a report that you are suspected of stalking someone. Please cooperate with the investigation and show your identification."

"Following me? No! Officer, it's a misunderstanding! A huge misunderstanding!"

Zhang Wenhai hurriedly explained, sweat beading on his forehead: "I...I was taking my girlfriend home, but she had a fight with me and went upstairs first. I just...I just forgot my access card!"

Jiang Ye was stunned when he saw this scene, and then he almost clapped and cheered!

"Holy crap! Justice has fallen from the sky! Look at the efficiency of our Shengtian's law enforcement! The pervert has nowhere to hide! You dared to cause trouble! Feeling better now?"

He was watching the spectacle with schadenfreude, thinking that tonight's drama was finally going to end with a satisfying conclusion, when a familiar figure came running breathlessly from the direction the police car had come from—it was the righteous man he had just met at the convenience store entrance.

The older brother ran to the police, pointed at Zhang Wenhai who was surrounded, and shouted, "Yes! Officer, it's him! I saw it with my own eyes. He started following that girl in the long down jacket from Jinqiao Road, following her all the way, acting suspiciously. He was definitely stalking her!"

Zhang Wenhai was almost in tears: "Brother! Which eye of yours saw me following her? That really is my girlfriend!"

The convenience store clerk snorted, clearly not believing his nonsense.

Then, as if he had completed his primary task, he began to fulfill his second duty as an "outstanding citizen".

His gaze swept around like a searchlight, and he quickly locked onto Jiang Ye, who was trying to sneak away along the wall when he sensed something was wrong!

"And him too!"

The older brother's voice suddenly rose, and his finger pointed at Jiang Ye without hesitation: "Officer! And this guy too! He's been following that sleazy guy the whole way! He's been hiding and acting suspiciously, even more so than the first one! And most importantly—"

He paused, as if recalling a horrifying scene, his tone turning chilling: "He was hiding in that corner just now, thinking about something wonderful, grinning like an idiot with his head down! That smile was incredibly creepy! Absolutely perverted! I suspect they're in cahoots, or... or maybe he's an even more perverted one, trying to mess with this sleazy guy!"

Swish swish!

In an instant, all the police officers' eyes, along with the gazes of several passersby who had been drawn by the police car, focused on Jiang Ye, who was trying to shrink himself into the crack in the wall.

That look was full of scrutiny, vigilance, and the feeling of "I've finally got you."

Jiang Ye's heart skipped a beat, his vision went black, and he felt as if his life had suddenly turned bleak.

……

Half an hour later, in the mediation room of a nearby police station.

The atmosphere was a little awkward.

After initial questioning, verification, and a phone call with Lin Wanxing, the "truth" of the matter became clear.

Zhang Wenhai did indeed stalk his girlfriend Lin Wanxing, and his motives were impure. He was severely criticized and educated, and wrote a guarantee on the spot, promising not to make similar mistakes again.

And Jiang Ye...

The officer in charge of handling the matter, Officer An, was a young policeman in his thirties. He held a notebook, tapped the table with his pen, and looked at him with a complicated expression.

"Jiang Ye, right? You said you... were you doing something like... 'reverse tailing'? Was it to protect that Ms. Lin?"

Jiang Ye braced himself and tried his best to make his expression appear extremely sincere:

"Yes, Officer An! I swear! I saw Zhang Wenhai acting strangely as soon as I entered the bar, following Miss Lin suspiciously. I was worried something might happen to her, so I... I followed him, thinking that if he had any ill intentions, I could intervene or call the police!"

Officer An raised an eyebrow and pointed to another entry in the statement: "The person who called the police said you 'looked away,' 'behaved suspiciously,' and 'stared at Zhang Wenhai with a lewd laugh.' How do you explain that?"

Jiang Ye looked utterly wronged: "Officer An, this is a huge injustice! I was observing the surroundings, looking for a suitable hiding place so as not to alert Zhang Wenhai! As for the smile... it was... it was the thought of being able to help others soon, and my heart was filled with the joy of justice, which involuntarily revealed... a smile of satisfaction! Yes, satisfaction!"

Officer An's lips twitched slightly, clearly not believing the story, but unable to find any evidence to refute it.

After all, the surveillance footage showed that Jiang Ye did indeed follow Zhang Wenhai the whole time, without making any direct contact or threatening moves towards Lin Wanxing.

He closed the notebook and sighed, "Young man, it's good to be a good Samaritan, but you have to be careful about how you do it. In your situation, it's easy to cause misunderstandings! Let it go this time, but in the future, if you encounter a similar situation, the best thing to do is to call the police immediately, or, if it doesn't endanger your own safety, approach the victim to warn them, instead of secretly following them, understand?"

"I understand! You're right! I'll definitely pay attention to my approach next time!"

Jiang Ye nodded frantically, letting out a long sigh of relief, and quickly offered his assistance: "Officer An, have you eaten? I'm so sorry to trouble you so late at night. I just saw a dumpling restaurant that's still open, shall I buy you two boxes?"

Officer An: "..."