Heroes Return

"I've decided, from now on we'll call her Lin Mumu," Lin Wan said to Lin Jie, holding the little girl.

"It's not really appropriate for you to name her without my permission," Lin Jie said.

“What’s wrong with it? She can’t remember her old name anyway, we can’t keep calling her little sister.” Lin Wan said to Lin Jie, “Besides, Mu Mu likes this name, doesn’t she?”

"Yes, I'll be called Lin Mumu from now on," the little girl said while eating breakfast.

"Our Mumu is the best! I happen to be off today, so I'll take you to the amusement park later. There are so many fun things to do there," Lin Wan said to the little girl.

"Are there lots of fun things to do? I love you the most, big sister!" the little girl exclaimed excitedly.

"Good girl." Lin Wan rubbed her face against hers.

"You seem like a little kid who just got a new toy," Lin Jie couldn't help but say.

“It’s none of your business,” Lin Wan said.

"It's best not to take Lin Wan out until this matter is resolved," Lin Jie said. "It's not safe to do so. I plan to move her to a safer place today."

"No!" Lin Wan stood in front of Lin Jie like a mother protecting her child: "I don't agree. I must take him out to play today. I already promised her."

"Don't be willful now," Lin Jie said.

"No way, aren't you guys playing superheroes right now?" Lin Wan said to Lin Jie, "Why don't you come with me? Besides, if you don't agree, don't even think about eating my cooking anymore. Go eat your spicy snacks every day."

……

"Is that why you called us all over here?" Xiao Zhan, sporting dark circles under his eyes, looked at Lin Jie and said, "Do you know that bringing that kid out to play right now is a really risky thing to do?"

At this moment, Lin Jie, Xiao Zhan, and the guy with glasses were squatting under a tree in the amusement park.

"There's no way around it, if I don't agree, I'll only be able to eat spicy strips from now on..." Lin Jie changed the subject, saying, "Speaking of which, Glasses, were you attacked last night?"

"I hid last night and didn't go home at all, but when I got home the next day, I did find that my room had been ransacked," the bespectacled man said.

“The attackers last night were probably from Evolution Corporation,” Lin Jie said. “The intelligence I got from the attacker I took down yesterday is exactly what Dong Xue’er said; Evolution Corporation did indeed attack us immediately.”

“There’s something that bothers me,” the bespectacled man said. “We’ve always been dressed as superheroes, with most of our faces covered by large sunglasses. How did those people from Evolution Corporation manage to find our house so accurately? And they even have detailed information about our family.”

"Do you even need to ask? It must have been obtained through that Chairman Ouyang. After all, only he can access the superhero information in H City," Xiao Zhan said. "Now, while being a superhero, I also have to be careful that my hometown isn't raided. But luckily, I don't have any family here."

"The Superhero Registration Act is really..." The bespectacled man stopped halfway through his sentence.

"Forget it, there's no use complaining now," Xiao Zhan said. "Speaking of which, are your family members alright, Glasses?"

"It's alright, they hid with me last night," the bespectacled man said.

"It seems Dong Xue'er was right. Chairman Ouyang is not only connected to that Evolution Company, but he also secretly leaked superhero information to that company," Xiao Zhan said. "No wonder the kidnapping rate of superheroes' families has increased so much in the past two years."

"Alright, let's not think about this anymore," Lin Jie interrupted. "My sister plans to name that little girl Lin Mumu."

"Lin Mumu?" The bespectacled man thought for a moment. "The name is quite nice."

"I don't really care, as long as she's not called Lin Daiyu," Xiao Zhan said. "Once this is over, I'll get her a household registration so she can live like a normal child."

All three of them looked at the little girl and Lin Wan who were queuing to buy ice cream.

“Growing up in those kinds of human experimental tissues, she probably never did any of the things children are supposed to do,” Lin Jie couldn’t help but say.

"Putting that aside for now, is it really okay for the three of us grown men to just squat here and whisper about this?" the bespectacled man asked. "I've noticed quite a few people looking at us with strange eyes."

"Tch, caring about what others think is foolish," Xiao Zhan said.

Just then, a young mother led a little girl past them.

"Mommy! Look!! A panda!!" the little girl exclaimed, pointing at Xiao Zhan.

"Quick, get away from them. They don't look like good people." The young mother quickly pulled her daughter away.

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Chapter 17

"Glasses, go contact Dong Xue'er. Isn't the day after tomorrow the day after tomorrow the day she mentioned the operation? We still don't know the exact location that Ouyang Rui and Evolution Company agreed to," Xiao Zhan said.

“I think I miss Thirteen now. If he were here, things would be much easier. We could just have him sit outside Ouyang Rui’s house for a few days and everything would be settled,” the bespectacled man said. “I heard that even two S-class heroes were mobilized on Paradise Island where he is.”

"Okay, tell me where Ouyang Rui is? I'll just go and kill him," Lin Jie said.

“I want to too,” Xiao Zhan said. “Attacking the president of the Hero Association without evidence, do you want to be wanted nationwide?”

"..."

"Keep an eye on Lin Wan and Mu Mu, I'll go contact Dong Xue'er," the bespectacled man said.

After saying that, the man with glasses got up and disappeared, leaving behind a pair of glasses where he had been standing.

Lin Jie and Xiao Zhan looked at the glasses simultaneously, then at each other, and nodded. Ten minutes later, the glasses left behind by the man with the glasses appeared on the lightning rod of the watchtower.

"Don't forget to take a picture when he gets back," Lin Jie said.

Xiao Zhan, who was standing next to him, gave him a reassuring gesture.

Meanwhile, the bespectacled guy was in an awkward situation. He was in an office, lying face down on the floor, with a petite body lying beneath him.

"Sorry! I did it on purpose. I don't know why I bumped into you after teleporting here..." the bespectacled man hurriedly explained.

"You pervert, get off me right now!" The petite girl beneath him was also flushed red.

"Oh dear. Doing this kind of thing in the office in broad daylight?" Dong Xue'er suddenly appeared in the office, holding a mobile phone and taking pictures non-stop.

"Get up right now!" The girl kicked the bespectacled man hard in the stomach, sending him flying.

The girl jumped up from the ground: "Delete those photos right now!"

"How could I possibly delete such a rare photo of my lovely little sister being pushed down? I'm going to post it online and share it on my WeChat Moments!" Dong Xue'er said.

"Excuse me, why are the glasses I gave you for tracking this girl on her?" The man with glasses struggled to his feet.

"Oh!" The girl made a look of sudden realization: "No wonder you were so kind as to give me a pair of glasses, it turns out you did it on purpose."

"So what if it is?" Dong Xue'er said with a smug smile.

"Damn it! Tell me your conditions, what do you want for me to delete those photos?" the girl said angrily.

Dong Xue'er smiled faintly and said, "It's the thing I told you before."

"Impossible!" the girl replied decisively. "The Ouyang family and our Dong family are now partners! If you do this, your family will definitely be angry. I advise you not to do such a thing."

"Really? That's a pity... But I heard you have quite a few enthusiastic supporters in City B, Xiao Ye. I wonder what will happen if these photos get leaked? I'm really looking forward to it," Dong Xue'er said with a smile.

"..." After what seemed like an internal struggle, the girl gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, you win. I'll help you, but I need to make this clear: what you're going to do will definitely anger your family. Don't say I was involved."

“I care more about the justice in my heart than the anger of my family,” the girl said.

"But doing this won't bring you any benefit or advantage," the girl persisted in trying to persuade him.

"This is my responsibility as a revered superhero, not for personal gain." Dong Xue'er's expression turned serious. "Do you know how many children Ouyang Rui has secretly supported human experimentation that has killed? Do you know the tragic consequences of him leaking the private information of righteous superheroes to criminals?"

"..." The girl fell into a brief silence: "But you should know that the reason our families have become the largest families in District C is not because of a sense of justice, but because of the continuous accumulation of interests. The reason why the organizations in District C, including the eight major families in District C, have become heroic families is simply because this can bring greater benefits. But if you do something that harms the interests of your family at this critical juncture... you may never be able to be a hero again."

“That’s why I hate families like that,” Dong Xue’er said.

"Fine, do as you like."

……

And so it went until the afternoon.

Lin Jie and Xiao Zhan were in a deserted alley, facing two men dressed in strange clothes.

“Bomb brothers! Both of you are C-level heroes,” Xiao Zhan said to Lin Jie.

"Is that the two bomber brothers who've been making headlines lately?" Lin Jie muttered quietly to himself.

"Have you two finished discussing this? Are you coming back with us for questioning or are we going to arrest you? Also, where is that little girl?" one of the Explosives Brothers said impatiently.

"Lin Jie, it's up to you now," Xiao Zhan said from the side.

"Hey, this is already the fourth wave of people today. Why am I always the one doing the fighting? What's the point of having you then?" Lin Jie said with dissatisfaction.

"I'll cover you," Xiao Zhan said. "Isn't that how it's always done in war?"

……

At the same time, on the lightning rod of the amusement park's observation tower, the bespectacled man was trembling as he clung to the lightning rod.

"Those two scoundrels actually hung my glasses here!!" the bespectacled man roared, as a large crowd had already gathered at his feet. Just as he was pondering how to leave without sacrificing his glasses, a huge explosion rang out in the amusement park plaza.

"Oh no, that's the direction Lin Wan and Xiao Mumu are going." The bespectacled man didn't care about anything else at this point; his body vanished instantly. The next moment, he appeared in his usual little shop.

"Sir, you're here to buy something again." The waiter greeted the man with glasses warmly.

However, the guy with glasses suddenly turned into a gust of wind and ran past the waiter.

Go out, take a taxi...

Lin Jie and Xiao Zhan had just come out of the alley when they heard an explosion coming from the square.

"Oh no! Lin Wan and Mu Mu are still there!"

The two of them ran towards the amusement park plaza as fast as they could.

Just after the two left, a person happened to pass by the alley. When he saw what was inside, he was so frightened that he dropped what he was holding.

A small mountain of superheroes has appeared in the alley, each one a rising star with immense popularity.

This person could already foresee tomorrow's front-page news headline: "Superhero Killer Appears in H City!"

……

Just as Lin Jie and Xiao Zhan ran to the square, they saw a large crowd gathered around. Xiao Zhan keenly spotted Lin Wan and the little girl Lin Mumu in the crowd.

"Are you alright?" the two people quickly stepped forward and asked.

“It’s nothing,” Lin Wan replied. “The Hunters are fighting a group of terrorists here.”

"The Hunter?" Xiao Zhan said in surprise, "We should definitely check that out. After all, the Hunter is the only A-level superhero in H City."

By the time Xiao Zhan and Lin Jie arrived in front of the crowd, the battle was already over. A man in camouflage, holding a sniper rifle, was seen tying up several disheveled figures.

“It’s over. You will be punished by justice,” the Hunter said to the terrorists.