Nightmare Apostle

Yang Xiao could even imagine the scene of Xi Menxiu spreading gossip about him in the office.

Beibei was eating chips, Da Xiong munching on seeds, and the tablet on Yu Shu’s desk played the latest drama, Zhi Jie... Zhi Jie was not there anymore.

Reflecting on the little moments in the investigation team, it was a very happy and joyful time in Yang Xiao’s life.

Nalan Shuo didn’t initially intend to bring Yang Xiao and Chi Dan together, he just wanted to probe his true attitude toward these girls, but the final result left him quite disappointed.

Compared to Yang Xiao’s talk of family and national interests, he preferred to believe that Yang Xiao’s reluctance to have a girlfriend was due to personal issues.

He had once seriously talked to Yang Xiao, recommending an old Chinese doctor he knew, but Yang Xiao was very resistant, and the matter was left unresolved.

"Little Yang, I remember I once told you that I know a very good old Chinese doctor, who specializes in the field, with over thirty years of experience. If you need, I could recommend him to you."

"Rest assured, this person is very discreet and won’t tell anyone."

Suddenly recalling something, Nalan Shuo instinctively sat up straight and said with a serious face, "Of course, I don’t know this person well, he’s a good friend of Director Huang Guozhao."

"Who knows whose friend he is." Yang Xiao did not want to embarrass Nalan Shuo and silently complained in his heart.

His own Director was narrow-minded and consistently opposed to Huang Guozhao; whenever such a thing arose, they always slandered each other.

Last time, Huang Guozhao even spread rumors that a proud calligraphy piece of the Director was bought with money, causing the Director’s blood pressure to rise. After years of arguing, everyone got used to it.

"By the way, aside from bringing me gifts, did you bring something for Huang Guozhao and the other five Directors?" Nalan Shuo suddenly asked.

"I did, prepared for everyone, no one was left out." Yang Xiao nodded.

"It’s wise to do it this way; if you’re bringing gifts, bring them for everyone, otherwise don’t bring any at all. This is a major taboo." Nalan Shuo continued to advise.

"You’ve stayed with me long enough, now go meet Huang Guozhao and the others; they should be waiting for you downstairs at this time."

"Don’t go to see Beibei Ximen Xiu and the others first, meet them according to the level, one by one, for their own good, understand?" Nalan Shuo reminded, "You represent not just yourself now, but the Provincial Bureau, even the General Bureau, so you must do everything by the rules. We don’t want others to think we lack experience."

"Understood." Yang Xiao learned a lot from Director Nalan.

Arriving at the downstairs reception room, as Yang Xiao entered, the originally calm, chatting Directors all stood up, a total of six, with the lead being Huang Guozhao.

"Director Huang, Directors, thank you for waiting." Yang Xiao greeted politely and shook hands with each one.

Most of them were familiar faces, but one looked unfamiliar to him.

It was a slightly balding middle-aged man, who was very polite to Yang Xiao. Upon introduction, it was none other than the Director of Luming Bureau.

This name instantly brought Yang Xiao back to a few years ago during the Ghost phone event, where he was the main handler of the supernatural occurrence.

It was during this operation that he lost a good friend, with the investigation team led by Wu Zhengwu from Luming Bureau completely wiped out.

To prevent the abnormal spread, Luming Bureau, the first affected by the Fierce Ghost, chose self-seclusion, sacrificing nearly their entire team to buy time for handling the event.

Later, Yang Xiao learned that the Ghost phone supernatural event also occurred in Japan, nearly destroying an entire city. Comparatively, the damage in Rongcheng was much less.

The brothers from Patrol Defense Office exchanged their lives for this, and from that moment, Yang Xiao gained a deeper understanding of the meaning behind the word Patrol Defense Office.

Standing up in the most dire moment, turning the tide, saving innocent lives from peril—this is the purpose of the Patrol Defense Office.

Yang Xiao never claimed to be a good person, but at that moment, he wanted to be one.

Everyone was familiar enough to casually reminisce about the past, rediscovering familiar faces from their memories, leaving them with a sense of nostalgia.

Yang Xiao could feel the complex emotions in their eyes as they looked at him. They marveled at his growth and envied his current power and position, something they longed for but couldn’t attain.

Most people here had witnessed his growth; they were seniors although Yang Xiao still showed them respect. These individuals, including Huang Guozhao, had more or less helped him on his journey.

"This time I returned in haste, didn’t prepare any impressive gifts for my seniors, just a small token, please don’t mind." Yang Xiao took out the prepared gifts one by one, personally handing them to each Director.

These gifts were carefully selected by Yang Xiao to suit each person’s needs, making them well-received and reflecting Yang Xiao’s sincerity.

Many of the items were very valuable and rare, further improving everyone’s impression of Yang Xiao.

Looking at the precious gifts in hand, Huang Guozhao drew a deep breath and slowly exhaled; he had had some conflicts with the young man when Yang Xiao first joined the Patrol Defense Office, but at this moment, those unpleasant things were in the past.

He had to admit, Nalan Shuo had a good eye; this young man was talented, broad-minded, and capable of achieving great things.

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