Li Lei was terrified as the person kicked the door open and barged in.

"Mr. Deng, what are you doing here?" Li Lei stood up, his face pale with fright.

"If I hadn't come, your trouble would have been sky-high by now," Deng Fan said furiously.

"Trouble? I haven't done anything!" Li Lei looked completely baffled.

"You haven't done anything? Didn't you just arrest someone named Lin Chen?" Deng Fan asked, his expression grim.

"Yes, he's suspected of murder, and we just apprehended him." Li Lei, already feeling guilty, grew even more uneasy at the mention of Lin Chen.

"You idiot!" Deng Fan exploded with anger.

No sooner had Deng Fan's voice faded than Zhou Yunshan had also entered the office, followed by several staff members.

Seeing this, Li Lei's face grew even more unsightly.

"You're coming to inspect the work without giving notice," Li Lei said, his expression sour.

Zhou Yunshan snorted coldly, "Inspect? Li Lei, you've got some nerve."

Then, two disciplinary committee members from behind Zhou Yunshan stepped forward, showing their badges: "Li Lei, based on our investigation, please come with us."

At that moment, Li Lei's legs gave out, and he slumped into his chair.

He never expected that messing with Lin Chen would bring such big trouble; if they started digging, he was truly done for.

At this time, Deng Fan's face grew increasingly ugly; he had never imagined Lin Chen had such a powerful backer.

He stood up, ready to slip away when, accompanied by footfalls, more people entered the office.

Deng Fan nearly burst into tears; these people couldn't all be here for Lin Chen, could they?

Anna swept her icy gaze over Li Lei and Deng Fan and presented a badge: "I'm from the Dragon Group, and Lin Chen is our special consultant. I heard you've taken him into custody."

"Boom!" Hearing Lin Chen's position made Li Lei's legs give way.

He cursed Tang Tianbao and his ancestors in his mind.

What happened to the story of the poor country kid?

What happened to the narrative of the impoverished high school student?

Such a significant background, isn't that a set-up?

Seeing the tide turn against him, Deng Fan wiped the sweat from his brow: "Ladies and gentlemen, since you have official business, I'll be on my way."

"You're not going anywhere!" Anna snorted coldly.

"According to the intelligence we have, come with us!" Hearing Anna's words, he felt as if his soul had fled.

He never expected such an old issue to be unearthed.

"Where is Lin Chen being held?" Anna asked coldly.

At the mention of Lin Chen, Deng Fan's complexion darkened even more.

"He... he might be dead already," Li Lei said, trembling with fear.

"What!" Li Lei's words struck like a thunderbolt, startling everyone.

"Lead the way, if Lin Chen is dead," Anna demanded coldly.

The group walked into the detention center, and Li Lei pointed to the cell at the very end: "It's in there."

Anna quickly took the keys and unlocked the cell door.

"Haha, Lin Chen, you're finally dead by my hands. Even if I die, having you as my cushion makes it worth it," Li Lei laughed triumphantly.

But the moment the door opened, everyone was dumbfounded as they saw Lin Chen and a young man walking out side by side.

"How is this possible, how are you not dead?" Li Lei pointed at Lin Chen as if he had seen a ghost.

"Assassin, why is he still alive? Where is your professionalism? Your credibility?"

At that moment, the assassin's figure transformed into a ghostly shadow in front of Li Lei.

"Slap!" A loud slap resounded.

"Lin Chen is my master. Asking me to kill my own master, are you asking for death?" the assassin said coldly.

"What, your master!" Li Lei was completely dumbfounded.

Seeing Lin Chen unscathed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. If anything had happened to Lin Chen, they all would have been implicated.

Anna's expression changed slightly upon seeing the assassin, but upon hearing that Lin Chen was his master, her face twisted into a strange expression.

The assassin had always been a notorious criminal on the Dragon Group's wanted list, with formidable strength and a ruthlessness that didn't flinch at murder. How could he so easily be tamed by Lin Chen?

Anna pulled Lin Chen aside and said, "This assassin is treacherous. Are you sure you've really subdued him?"

Lin Chen smiled faintly, "Don't worry. He's only treacherous towards my enemies. Towards me, he will be absolutely loyal."

"How did you manage to do that?" Anna asked with a puzzled face.

"Brother is just too handsome, no help for it!" Lin Chen said, brimming with pride.

"Go to hell!" Anna said with an angry cute face.

In DY High School, Liu Bin sat in the classroom, smirking, "See that? That's what happens when you cross me."

"Yeah, this Lin Chen is really courting death, daring to mess with our Young Master Bin." His lackeys were flattering him on the side.

The surrounding classmates all shook their heads secretly. Although many didn't believe Lin Chen was a bad guy, being taken to the police station was definitely a stain.

Just as the classmates were discussing, suddenly the school loudspeakers announced there would be a whole school assembly.

Liu Bin said coldly, "See that? This must be the assembly to deal with Lin Chen."

"Ah, what a pity, just became a top student and now he's going to be expelled."

"Guess he's done for, heading to prison for life."

"To prison, and for murder, he'll be facing the firing squad."

Everyone had almost concluded that Lin Chen's fate would be very tragic.

All the teachers and students were seated on little stools on the sports field when they suddenly realized the Lin Chen who they thought was definitely going to be executed was actually sitting on the stage.

"What the hell is going on? Isn't he a murderer? Shouldn't he be in prison?" Liu Bin, just recently smug, instantly turned stupefied, and the rest of the students were also abuzz with speculation.

At that moment, Principal Yang Bo cleared his throat, "Students, the reason we have convened this assembly today is to commend student Lin Chen!"

"What! Commend!" Everyone under the stage was shocked.

Wasn't Lin Chen a murderer? And now they were commending him for it?

Yang Bo continued, "Student Lin Chen fears no power, dares to struggle against evil forces, and is a role model for all of us to learn from. Now please, take the floor."

Amidst a round of applause, Deng Fan stepped up to the podium and said, "Lin Chen has helped our Public Security Bureau eliminate a scourge from our midst, and aided our police force in solving a murder case from several years ago. The incident this morning was a misunderstanding, and on behalf of the police, I apologize to Lin Chen.

This banner of Good Samaritan bravery is presented to student Lin Chen as a commendation from our public security system."

Deng Fan then took a banner and handed it to Lin Chen.

"Damn, Lin Chen is so awesome."

"The scourge must be him."

"I knew Lin Chen was a good person, how could he possibly be a murderer!"

This assembly elevated Lin Chen's popularity in the school to a new level, but unfortunately, the popularity system needed tasks to increase popularity. Otherwise, this assembly would definitely have amassed a lot of it for Lin Chen.

After sending off Deng Fan, Lin Chen saw a missed call from Xiaowen on his phone.

It had been several days since he'd last seen the girl. Lin Chen hurried to Xiaowen's classroom, only to be told by her classmates that Zhao Xiaowen hadn't come to school for days.

"Could something have happened at home?" Lin Chen frowned.