Heroes Return

"..." DouDou showed absolutely no expression when she saw Lin Jie like this.

Pulling a sled? Are you kidding me! After all this time, does Lin Jie still think of him as a silly husky? Dou Dou glanced at Lin Jie with some disdain. It's a dog with advanced intelligence that has transcended low-level interests!

As an elegant gentleman dog who understands even quantum mechanics and possesses a higher level of education than Lin Jie, how could he possibly do things that only sled dogs would do?

DouDou turned to look at Lin Jie sitting above, but at that moment, DouDou's primal instincts were suddenly triggered. It felt a sudden, inexplicable restlessness emanating from its body.

As if tempted by some terrifying magic, DouDou unconsciously took two steps forward. Then it immediately restrained itself. As a gentleman dog who understood elegance and possessed a mind that normal dogs didn't have, DouDou absolutely wouldn't allow itself to do anything that only a husky would do.

But for some reason, DouDou's body became increasingly restless. Ever since DouDou got this big potty, he hadn't been jumping around like a normal husky. But today, it was as if his long-suppressed husky spirit had suddenly erupted.

Meanwhile, Lin Jie was still shouting to Dou Dou, "Dou Dou, run!"

These words were like a bewitching spell, enticing DouDou until reason ultimately succumbed to instinct. DouDou grabbed the three-year-old Lin Jie and started running wildly. For DouDou, being dragged along by this human was somewhat humiliating, but for some reason, she felt an inexplicable sense of comfort throughout her body.

And so, the man and the dog began their frantic drive through the streets of H City. And it was at this moment that DouDou finally realized something: he was a husky!

The two of them caused a lot of trouble for the gods as they ran along the way, and of course, they took photos by the roadside even more.

Meanwhile, Mu Mu, who was on her way to school, happily jumped on Lin Jie and Dou Dou when she saw them. And so, the two mischievous kids began playing dog sledding in H City.

DouDou ran for the entire morning, until she was so tired that she could no longer run and was sticking out her tongue.

That evening, Lin Jie faced a scolding from Lin Wan, as if she were criticizing a child.

"You're not doing your job as a hero! You're riding a dog in the street!" Lin Wan said angrily to Lin Jie. "Do you think you're some kind of seasoned driver?"

"That's right! It's dog sledding, not riding dogs," Lin Jie weakly corrected.

"And do you know what kind of call I got? Mu Mu's teacher called to ask why Mu Mu didn't come to class this morning. Do you know how worried I was?" Lin Wan said, annoyed, as she pulled out a handheld computer. A video was playing on it, showing Lin Jie and Mu Mu having sex in the street. "Until I saw this! Do you know how ashamed I was? My own brother doing such a childish thing in the street!"

"Well, actually I was trying to see if I could get DouDou to join my hero activities. I think DouDou could be a good mode of transportation," Lin Jie explained somewhat timidly.

"Speaking of which, isn't it more than just your body that has degenerated? Why do I feel like your intelligence has also regressed?" Lin Wan looked at Lin Jie with displeasure: "It's one thing for you to be courting death on the street, but you even took Mu Mu to skip class!"

"Um, actually I..."

"What do you mean, 'actually'? You're a grown man, for goodness' sake...blah blah blah..."

In the end, Lin Jie, Dou Dou, Mu Mu, and their dog were all severely criticized by Lin Wan.

Besides Lin Wan, there was another person who wasn't in a good mood today. That person was the assassin from the dark world, codenamed "Undead."

He had already prepared a plan to assassinate Dou Dou, and he had also figured out Dou Dou's habits over the past few days. But to the ghost's surprise, just when he was all ready, Dou Dou left the building on her own and started running down the street with two children in tow.

And it was precisely for this reason that the undead's meticulously planned dog-killing scheme could not be carried out. His plan only had a chance of success when DouDou was inside the building.

Actually, when DouDou was running in the street, the undead could have easily found an opportunity to attack her. However, the undead gave up that opportunity because it was an extremely dedicated person with high professional ethics. Killing its target through mere coincidence was something the undead would absolutely not allow; that would be far too unskilled.

He couldn't rely on luck and coincidence to complete every mission, so the Undead had always held himself to high standards. His target had to die according to his own plan! Otherwise, not only would his experience and skills not improve, but he also wouldn't be able to demonstrate his superiority over other assassins. Even if his target was just a dog! But he still maintained this strict self-discipline.

Another point is that, despite roaming the assassin world for so many years, no one has ever seen him in person. If he had simply rushed out and shot the dog, it might have been easy, but he would have faced the possibility of being seen in his true form. Because the incident happened suddenly, and he initially thought killing a dog wouldn't be difficult, he hadn't prepared any disguise.

Therefore, he gave up the opportunity to kill DouDou.

For him, the failure of one operation didn't mean the failure of his assassination target; there was still plenty of time. Even if his target was a dog! He would treat it like a human being, investigating diligently while simultaneously devising a plan to kill it—that was his professional ethics. Moreover, according to the information he had gathered, this dog possessed intelligence comparable to that of a human.

"Why did this dog named DouDou suddenly leave Xiao Zhan's building?" The ghost looked back at the video before DouDou left the room, and then his gaze was fixed on the scene of Lin Jie's communication.

At that moment, Lin Jie's communicator displayed two women and a naked body, while Dou Dou was beside him staring at the 3D image on the communicator. The camera zoomed in, finally focusing on Dou Dou's expression.

"That look in his eyes, there's no mistake!" After carefully examining DouDou's eyes, the undead finally confirmed: "That's the expression a single guy makes when he sees his goddess! That means it's because of this **!"

As he spoke, the undead began operating the workbench. Lin Jie's identity information appeared in the undead's eyes: "So he's an A-rank hero? Looks like a troublesome one."

As he spoke, the necromancer began to operate once again: "Those two people are his classmates?"

Immediately afterward, Lin Jie and Tian Xiaoshu's conversation began to play in the spirit's room. After it played, the spirit began to think carefully: "A class reunion? In that case, I can take this opportunity to kill that dog. Now I know why people are willing to spend so much money to take Xiao Zhan's life! This dog always seems to have heroes around him."

As he spoke, the undead began using his hacking skills to investigate the information of Lin Jie's other classmates. Finally, he focused his attention on a man who had just checked into a hotel in H City.

“This person is definitely here for the party.” With that, the spirit walked out of his room.

Just a few hours later, in a hotel in H city, the undead threw one of the unconscious creatures directly into the toilet.

“This kind of ** will allow him to sleep for seven days, while also ensuring he doesn’t die. That should be enough time.” The undead said, closing the toilet door.

The reason he chose to only knock the man unconscious instead of killing him outright was also due to his professional ethics. An undead person would never kill anyone outside their assigned mission, nor would they allow anyone to discover they were the murderer.

The spirit then walked to a mirror and casually applied some special cosmetics to its face. Its face then became identical to the man's.

After paying seven days' rent upfront and stating that he did not wish anyone to enter his room in case his valuables were stolen, the spirit walked out of the hotel. He was now dressed in the man's clothes and had a stack of documents about the man in his hand.

"Xiao Zhan's life is mine!"

Meanwhile, Lin Jie's dog, Dou Dou, was completely unaware that its life had been targeted by a killer with a serious professional obsession. At that moment, it was enjoying the privilege of bathing with Lin Wan Mu Mu, while fantasizing about meeting its goddess.

chapter Five

Lin Jie arrived early at a small pier on the coast of H City. Not because he planned to arrive early, but because of Dou Dou.

Ever since that one time the dog pulled the cart, it was as if some kind of twisted switch had been flipped. Whenever it started pulling the cart, the dog would turn into a mad dog. Because of this, Lin Jie was dragged by Dou Dou early in the morning and managed to arrive at the designated meeting place ahead of everyone else.

"Lin Jie!" Just as Lin Jie and Dou Dou were standing there like brothers, being stared at by passersby, a woman's voice rang in Lin Jie's ears. It was Liu Ying's voice from yesterday. Immediately afterward, Lin Jie saw a high-end hovercar driving towards them. Liu Ying was calling out to Lin Jie through the car window.

A short while later, the high-end hovercar stopped in front of Lin Jie and Dou Dou.

Liu Ying and Tian Xiaoshu got out of the car first, while a tall, handsome man got out of the driver's seat on the other side. He looked like a male star from a movie.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, little guy! Haha, you look really cute right now!" Liu Ying stepped forward and picked up Lin Jie, then held him in mid-air.

"Um... I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Lin Jie." Tian Xiaoshu also came over and said to Lin Jie.

"Could you put me down first?" Lin Jie, who had been lifted high up, felt quite uncomfortable and struggled for a moment before jumping to the ground. Only then did Lin Jie look at Tian Xiaoshu beside him: "Oh, speaking of which, it's been years since we went out together."

"Is this little guy your classmate? A dwarf?" The tall, handsome man stepped forward, looking down at Lin Jie with a hint of coldness in his expression.

"Ugh! How can you say that about him!" Liu Ying punched the man in the chest with her elbow. "Lin Jie wasn't originally like this. He was actually cursed and turned into this during that incident with Ivan! He was injured while upholding justice. And can you change your attitude? He's still my old classmate!"

However, Lin Jie didn't care at all what the two were talking about. Instead, he quickly gleaned a key point from their conversation. He realized that he didn't know the guy who looked like a rich and handsome man at all; in other words, this guy wasn't his classmate.

After criticizing the handsome guy, Liu Ying realized her mistake and immediately took his arm, saying to Lin Jie, "I forgot to introduce you, this is my boyfriend. His name is Shangguan Ming."

"Shangguan? Come to think of it, I feel like I vaguely recognize that surname." When Lin Jie heard the surname Shangguan, he couldn't help but feel a little familiar with it.

"He's from the Shangguan family, one of the eight great families in District C! Of course I'd remember him!" Liu Ying introduced her boyfriend's identity to Lin Jie as if showing off: "You're an A-level hero, don't you even know this?"

"The Shangguan family! Oh, I remember now." Hearing Liu Ying say this, Lin Jie remembered that when he was at the Ouyang family, Glasses seemed to have had a conflict with someone named Shangguan Shuai because of Dong Xue'er.

"By the way, my boyfriend has prepared all the supplies and necessities for us on that island this time!" Liu Ying continued to Lin Jie, "Actually, you two should have a lot in common, right? After all, the superheroes in Area C are basically under the jurisdiction of the eight major families, aren't they?"

"I rarely have anything in common with A-level heroes," Shangguan Ming suddenly said at this moment. "I only have something in common with those who are strong."

"Honestly!" Liu Ying glared at Shangguan Ming with displeasure, then turned to Lin Jie and whispered, "Ignore him, that's just his temper. By the way, if you can really get me to approve of your relationship with Xiaoshu, then I'll consider asking my boyfriend to arrange a better job for you."

"Our business? What business?" Lin Jie didn't quite understand for a moment, but the next second he thought of the past, when Tian Xiaoshu knew his identity as Zero: "Damn! You know everything? Can you please keep it a secret?"

"What's there to keep secret about this? Aren't you ashamed?"

"But it's just too much trouble, so I'd like to ask you to keep it a secret." At this moment, Lin Jie was completely unaware that the two of them were not even thinking about the same thing.

"But that makes sense. After all, Xiaoshu is so beautiful, there will definitely be a lot of people who won't like her..."

"???" Just as Lin Jie was wondering what this had to do with Tian Xiaoshu's appearance, another girl who also looked very pure and lovely walked directly towards the group.

When Liu Ying and Tian Xiaoshu saw the girl, they immediately went to greet her happily. The three pretty girls instantly became a beautiful sight in front of the small harbor.

Meanwhile, DouDou, who was beside Lin Jie, was searching for something. Finally, it found its goddess on the high-end hovercar.

However, when DouDou was looking at the **, the ** wasn't looking in her direction at all.

"Lin Jie, it's been a long time! I'm Bai Ruofei! You look so cute now." The new girl appeared next to Lin Jie and greeted him. Lin Jie then looked at Shangguan Ming beside him, striking a playful and adorable pose.

"You must be Liu Ying's amazing boyfriend, right? I'm Liu Ying's best friend, my name is Bai Ruofei."

"Hello, my name is Shangguan Ming." With the beautiful woman before him, Shangguan Ming immediately put on a smiling face. He shook hands with Bai Ruofei in a friendly manner, and then the two of them gazed at each other amicably for a moment in front of Lin Jie…

Now Lin Jie was completely certain: this man wasn't the naturally cold and domineering CEO type like Young Master Long from H City at all. That guy only had that cold expression towards Lin Jie.

However, Lin Jie didn't think much about Shangguan Ming's opinion of him, because he simply didn't care. What was there to care about a grown man's opinion of him, not some beautiful goddess?

Just then, several more men walked towards them. In the end, a total of four boys appeared in front of Lin Jie.

"Lin Jie! You look really funny right now!" A cheerful-looking man said to Lin Jie, "Speaking of which, your videos have already surpassed several million views online."

"My video?" Lin Jie looked at the boy in front of him with some surprise. However, Lin Jie vaguely remembered this boy. His name seemed to be Liu Tao. He used to like to carry his guitar and sing everywhere. "Speaking of which, can you all recognize me with this face?"

"It would be strange if people didn't show up." A bespectacled man in a standard suit walked over. "You're now being hailed as the superhero who sacrificed the most and was the most comical during the Ivan incident."

"Damn it! What do you mean by the superhero who sacrifices the most and is the most hilarious?!" Lin Jie said unhappily. Surprisingly, Lin Jie vaguely remembered this man; his name seemed to be Dong Quan.

“But speaking of curses, the difference is huge!” Liu Tao said to Lin Jie, who was squatting down and looking at him. “The one with you, Ling Yu, is now considered the most enviable beneficiary of the curse. She even has her own dedicated fan group, all hoping she won’t turn back. I heard that a director is planning to cast her in a movie.”

"..." Hearing this, Lin Jie was momentarily speechless. He wondered how Ling Yu would react if he knew he'd gained popularity after the gender swap. Speaking of which, that guy seemed to be already on his way to finding the seven comical balls. He wondered how his fans would react...

Of course, Lin Jie still hoped that Ling Yu could find him, otherwise he would have to rely on drinking that shit-like stuff to last for forty-nine days.

At this moment, two boys from outside the forest walked over. However, these two boys didn't greet Lin Jie directly; instead, they immediately went to ingratiate themselves with Shangguan Ming, who was standing to the side. The two of them flattered Shangguan Ming, making him feel quite comfortable.

After greeting Lin Jie, Dong Quan and Liu Tao went up to Shangguan Ming and started to ingratiate themselves with him, addressing him as "Young Master Ming."

Lin Jie was once again alone. At this moment, when he looked in Dou Dou's direction, Dou Dou was busy fawning over the little dog…

"The world is going to the dogs, and their hearts are no longer what they used to be!" Lin Jie sighed as he looked at Dou Dou's silly, goofy demeanor.

"Um, Lin Jie..." Just as Lin Jie was watching Dou Dou trying to curry favor with the boss, Tian Xiaoshu suddenly walked over and squatted down in front of Lin Jie: "Um... Liu Ying was actually joking, please don't believe what he just said..."

As she spoke to Lin Jie, Tian Xiaoshu's face turned red.

"So much time has passed, but you haven't changed at all," Lin Jie said to Tian Xiaoshu with some emotion.

"You...you haven't changed much either, although you've shrunk a little bit," Tian Xiaoshu said, blushing slightly.

Just as the two were about to say something more, a small cruise ship appeared before them. Although the cruise ship wasn't very large, it looked quite luxurious.

"Alright everyone, let's set off." Shangguan Ming jumped onto the boat first, and then the boat automatically docked at the shore. Liu Ying followed Shangguan Ming and jumped onto the boat.

"Beautiful lady, do you need me to help you?" As soon as Liu Ying boarded the boat, Shangguan Ming immediately flashed a hearty smile at Tian Xiaoshu below. It has to be admitted, Shangguan Ming was very handsome; most girls would find it hard to resist. Bai Ruofei, standing nearby, looked at Shangguan Ming as if she were swooning.

Chapter Six

However, in the end, Tian Xiaoshu didn't let Shangguan Ming help her onto the boat. Instead, she carried her own breasts onto the boat. Bai Ruofei, on the other hand, shyly reached out her hand and let Shangguan Ming help her onto the boat.

The small cruise ship set sail on the sea. Although it wasn't large, it was well-stocked with various cigarettes, alcohol, and snacks. There was also a variety of swimming and diving equipment, and several deck chairs on the deck. You could say this ship was the kind specifically designed for people to enjoy themselves.