We offered you a summer job, but you went and became a mercenary?

Su Qingxue quickly answered the phone.

"Qingxue! What are you doing?!"

On the other end of the phone, General Su, the usually composed and unflappable leader of the Jiangcheng Military Region, suddenly broke into a split voice.

"Did you use your privileges to investigate someone named Lin Ye?"

Su Qingxue swallowed.

"Yes, Grandpa, I saw him at the welcome party just now..."

"Shut up!" General Su interrupted her abruptly, his breathing rapid. "Do you know the enormity of your actions?! Just now, an internal call from the National Security Bureau headquarters came directly to my desk!"

Su Qingxue was stunned.

"National Security Bureau headquarters? Just because I looked up the name of a freshman?"

"A freshman?" General Su slammed his fist on the table in anger, making the receiver vibrate loudly. "You're calling a national strategic protection officer with an SSSSS-level security clearance a freshman?"

"Let me tell you, something big happened at Cloud Imperial View last night. 'White Bear,' one of the top ten international drug lords on the dark web, infiltrated Jiangcheng with a dozen men carrying heavy weaponry."

The old general lowered his voice, his tone revealing deep apprehension.

"Before the National Security Bureau's special police even arrived, all of those dozen or so people had their necks snapped. Bai Xiong was nailed alive to the sand table."

"The one who did it was that freshman you investigated!"

Su Qingxue felt a chill run down her spine.

Coming from a military family, she knew all too well the prestige of a transnational drug lord like White Bear.

The crossfire of more than a dozen automatic weapons would be impossible for even the most elite special forces squad in the military region to annihilate without suffering any casualties.

"Grandpa, did he do it all by himself?"

"Don't ask! Don't inquire!" The old general's voice was extremely stern. "Shut down the computer immediately! From now on, absolutely do not provoke this person! Even if he causes a huge uproar at school, pretend you didn't see it! Do you hear me!"

"Okay, Grandpa."

The phone hangs up.

Su Qingxue stared at the black screen of her computer, her heart pounding.

Grandpa's warning did not frighten her; instead, it ignited her competitive spirit.

She trained in military boxing with her bodyguards from a young age, and won the women's championship in the All-Army Combat Competition at the age of sixteen.

Among the younger generation in Jiangcheng, she always felt that no one could meet her standards.

"One person wipes out a transnational drug lord..." Su Qingxue gritted her teeth, "I want to see if you have three heads and six arms or what kind of monster you are."

She picked up her phone and dialed her best friend's number.

"Could you help me find out where that black Knight XVI armored vehicle without license plates ended up? This kind of vehicle is too conspicuous in Jiangcheng; the traffic police must have recorded it on their surveillance cameras."

The next day at 10 a.m.

The top floor of the Cloud Tower, a rare and exclusive king of buildings.

Lin Ye, dressed in a pure black haute couture casual outfit, leaned comfortably back in his gaming chair.

In front of me was a top-of-the-line water-cooled PC worth 500,000 yuan, with light and shadow flickering on its 34-inch ultrawide monitor.

The internet speed provided by the military-grade fiber optic leased line is simply outrageous.

The latency in the upper right corner of the screen remained consistently at 1 millisecond, without even a slight fluctuation.

Lin Ye controlled the game character, and every bullet from his sniper rifle accurately penetrated cover and blew the head off the opposing player.

The working class has finally achieved the perfect life where they don't have to worry about their boss's attitude, receive top salaries every day, and even have paid time off to play games.

Just as he was about to secure a pentakill in this game.

"Ding-dong—"

The crisp sound of the doorbell rang out in the spacious, single-level apartment.

Lin Ye frowned slightly.

This apartment has a private elevator that goes directly to the entrance, and without a high-level access card, you can't even get into the lobby on the first floor.

He reached out and pressed the smart control panel on the table.

The surveillance footage outside the door immediately appeared on the screen.

A girl dressed in white sportswear with her hair in a high ponytail stood outside the door, carrying two exquisite gift boxes in her hands.

Lin Ye recognized her.

Last night on the playground, while he was peeling shrimp, this girl was sitting in the VIP area not far away.

Lin Ye sighed and switched the game to the background.

He walked across the empty living room in his slippers and opened the heavy blast-proof door.

Su Qingxue stood outside the door, looking at Lin Ye as he opened it, and forced what she thought was a perfect smile onto her face.

This morning she went out of her way to buy two boxes of wild ginseng of extremely high age, spending over 300,000 yuan.

"Hello, Lin Ye. I'm Su Qingxue. We met on the playground last night."

Su Qingxue held up the gift box in her hand.

"What happened to Chu Tiankuo last night was partly my fault. I specially bought some tonics today to come and apologize to you."

Lin Ye looked at her, without even fully opening the door.

"Change your shoes." Lin Ye pointed to a pair of disposable slippers in the entryway. "Don't get my three-million-dollar Persian rug dirty. The cleaning lady won't be here until this afternoon; if it gets dirty, I'll have to vacuum it myself."

Su Qingxue's smile froze instantly.

She, the most beautiful girl in the military compound, took the initiative to bring gifts worth 300,000 yuan to their door, and everyone else was already flattered and welcomed her in.

His first words were actually that he was worried she would step on the carpet and get it dirty?

Su Qingxue bit her lip, forced herself to put on those cheap disposable slippers, and walked into this luxurious, one-of-a-kind apartment.

The view is from the floor-to-ceiling windows, offering a panoramic view of the most bustling riverside scenery in the city.

But Lin Ye made no attempt to invite her to sit down, and instead turned and walked towards the computer desk.

"Just leave your things on the table." Lin Ye waved his hand without turning his head. "The door is over there. Close it for me when you leave."

Su Qingxue was completely speechless.

This person is completely unpredictable!

She placed the wild ginseng on the marble coffee table, quickly followed him, and stood directly in front of Lin Ye's computer screen, blocking his view.

"Lin Ye, there's actually another matter I wanted to discuss with you today."

Su Qingxue stared into Lin Ye's eyes.

"I want to fight you."

Lin Ye stopped typing.

He leaned back in his gaming chair and looked Su Qingxue up and down.

The girl has very firm muscles and a standing posture that clearly shows her military bearing, giving her a very stable stance.

But with this level of foundation, compared to Grandmaster-level fighting skills and super serum, they're not even infants.

"I'm busy." Lin Ye refused decisively, reaching out to push Su Qingxue's arm away. "Move aside, I'm playing a promotion match. Going AFK will deduct reputation points."

Su Qingxue pressed down on the edge of the keyboard, her stubbornness rising.

"Just three minutes! We'll go to the school's underground martial arts gym, where there's professional protective gear and space, and no one will bother us."

"I never spar." Lin Ye's tone was flat, carrying the disdain typical of a working-class person. "When I fight, it's a matter of life and death. A pampered young lady like you would probably have millions in medical bills if you took a punch from me. I don't want to cause trouble."

Su Qingxue became anxious.

She's going all out today to find out Lin Ye's secrets.

"You won't have to pay any medical expenses! Sign a waiver!"

Su Qingxue blurted it out.

"I'll pay a million for sparring! Just for three minutes!"