The man handed an identification document to Captain Su.
Chapter 285 - Captain Su’s Shock
‘Special agency? Secret mission?’
Captain Su was still trying to make some sense out of what he was told.
He remained doubtful of the claims of that man, but when he took a look at the identification document, he had to admit that it was genuine. In his many years in the police force, he knew that there were secret agencies in the government.
He had heard of the surname Bai before. It was an influential family from the Capital, and they wielded an extraordinary amount of authority.
“Even if he’s on a secret mission, this is a human life we’re talking about! I can’t hand him over to you just like that!” Captain Su hesitated.
“Eh, don’t worry about it, Captain Su! You can safely hand him over to me. You ought to go and get your colleagues to investigate at the hospital. Howard Ma’s death isn’t as straightforward as you think!” The man smiled as he patted Captain Su’s shoulder.
Then, he walked toward Tang Hao.
“Oh, Comrade Tang Hao! Sorry to make you wait. Come, let’s leave this place at once.”
For some reason, he was very happy and eager to see Tang Hao. The smile on his face was genuine.
‘This is the perfect opportunity!’
He heard from Taoist Master Qian Ji that the kid in front of him reached an incredibly high cultivation base at a young age. Furthermore, he knew how to make pills.
According to Taoist Master Qian Ji, pill-makers in the modern world were as rare as giant pandas.
He needed more talented and accomplished young people like Tang Hao in his agency!
However, Taoist Master Qian Ji said that the kid was not too keen on joining them.
He wanted to look for Tang Hao to have a chat with him, but he did not find the kid at his apartment. He ran an investigation and found that the kid was arrested and brought to the police station. He was excited when he heard that news and wasted no time going there.
If he could save him from his trouble, then the kid would owe him a huge debt of gratitude. There would be no reason for the kid to reject his offer now!
In his mind, his plan was foolproof.
By then, Tang Hao understood that the person must have been from that supernatural agency.
“Come here and uncuff him!”
Director Bai waved at the police officer and got him to open Tang Hao’s handcuffs.
“Don’t worry, Comrade Tang Hao. I’ll make sure that the police run a thorough investigation and give you a satisfactory explanation. Let’s go out and have a chat!”
Then, he led Tang Hao out of the room.
“Thanks!” Tang Hao said and followed him.
“Oh, this kid…”
Captain Su’s expression was incredulous as he watched the kid leave.
The kid already had a powerful background. Now that he was involved in a secret government agency, there was no limit to what he could achieve!
Once out of the police station, Tang Hao saw a jeep parked at the entrance. Taoist Master Qian Ji hopped out of the vehicle.
“Oh, Fellow Cultivator Tang! You’re finally here!”
“So, Comrade Tang Hao, are you interested in joining our agency? There’s plenty of benefits. Once you’re part of us, not many people can touch you. You can see how easy we settled your problem today,” Director Bai tried very hard to convince him.
“Well…” Tang Hao hesitated.
The offer was indeed quite tempting.
If not for Director Bai, he would not have gotten off the hook so easily.
“But I don’t have the time though! I’m still a college student!” Tang Hao said.
“That’s easy!” Director Bai said urgently, “You know how to make pills, Comrade Tang Hao. That makes you a national treasure. We won’t need to dispatch you for any missions on normal days. You just have to make pills for us.
“You can tell me if you need any ingredients, and I’ll prepare them for you. In one month, we only need five, no, three pills from you.”
Tang Hao thought for a while and eventually agreed to it.
Three pills per month was too easy for him. He could also leverage on the Agency’s influence to obtain certain rare medicinal herbs.
Chapter 286 - Joining the Agency
Director Bai and Taoist Master Qian Ji were incredibly excited when Tang Hao finally agreed to join them.
“We’re colleagues from now on, Fellow Cultivator Tang. Pleased to be at your service!” Taoist Master Qian Ji said as he shook hands eagerly with Tang Hao.
“Come, let’s go and celebrate this joyous event,” Director Bai clapped his hands and said happily.
Tang Hao got into the jeep and they left the police station.
The three people went to a restaurant and had a lavish meal.
Tang Hao had a better understanding of the mysterious agency after chatting with them for a while.
They left the restaurant at about ten o’clock at night. After saying goodbye to the two, Tang Hao returned to the nightclub to retrieve his car.
He had left his phone in the car. He noticed that there were many missed calls. Some were from Sis Xiangyi, some were from Liu Bingyao, and there was one from President Ling.
Tang Hao was a little taken aback when he saw that notification.
It had been more than a week since the incident with Beck Corporation. Why was President Ling looking for him?
He did not return the call immediately. Instead, he called Sis Xiangyi first.
Sis Xiangyi was not asleep yet. She was waiting for his call.
Tang Hao was apologetic. He briefly summarized the day’s events to her. Sis Xiangyi was shocked as Tang Hao relayed his story. She could not stop exclaiming loudly.
At the end of the story, Sis Xiangyi chuckled. “You seem to always get in trouble with the police, Lil Tang! I remember you toppled the Deputy Superintendent in Westridge back then. Now you’ve even stepped over the Superintendent of the City Headquarters.”
Tang Hao was embarrassed when he heard that.
“But they deserve it though, for bullying you!” Sis Xiangyi laughed.
The couple chatted for a while more and eventually said goodnight.
Then, he returned Liu Bingyao’s call.
Finally, he dialed President Ling’s number.
Some time passed before the call was picked up.
“Hello, President Ling! I was busy earlier and didn’t pick up your call. Is there anything?” Tang Hao asked.
“Did you forget that I said that I wanted to treat you to dinner?” Ling Wei’s pleasant voice was heard over the phone.
“Oh!” Tang Hao replied. He did not forget it, it was just that he thought that President Ling had forgotten about it.
“Are you free tomorrow? I’ve already made a reservation tomorrow night. I’ll pick you up. This is the most famous restaurant in all of Provincial City. The waiting list is a month long. It’s a coincidence that my reservation is for tomorrow.”
Tang Hao was surprised. The restaurant must have been incredibly famous for the waiting list to be a month long. He needed to try it.
He immediately agreed to the invitation.
He went to attend classes at the university the next day.
It was about five o’clock in the evening when his classes were over. He left the university gates with Cao Fei and the rest.
“You’re really not coming to dinner with us, Brother Hao?” Cao Fei tried convincing him one more time.
“I can’t. I have something going on at night,” Tang Hao said while shaking his head.
Just then, they saw an eye-catching sports car appear from the other end of the road. The students exclaimed in surprise when they saw the car.
The sports car stopped at the university entrance. The driver was a trendy and beautiful woman.
Everyone there exclaimed loudly.
“Wow, Brother Hao, look at her
! She’s rich and beautiful!” Cao Fei and the other boys were incredibly excited when they saw the woman.
“That’s a Lamborghini. It’s worth about seven million yuan!” Someone exclaimed.
“Ahem!” Tang Hao was feeling embarrassed that President Ling was picking him up in such an expensive sports car.
Chapter 287 - Han Lei
“Well… Excuse me, I gotta go!” Tang Hao said sheepishly.
Then, he lowered his head and ran toward the car.
Cao Fei and the others were dumbstruck when they saw that.
They did not expect the beautiful woman was there to pick up Brother Hao.
“That’s the amazing Brother Hao for you! First, it was Beauty Queen Liu, now there’s that rich and beautiful lady.” Cao Fei and the others were extremely envious.
The other students were also exclaiming in surprise.
“Wow, who’s that guy?”
They looked at the sports car and its passengers with envy.
Tang Hao ran to the car, opened the door, and scuttled inside.
Ling Wei grinned mischievously as she looked at how Tang Hao entered the car. “Why, am I embarrassing you?”
“Ahem!” Tang Hao said, “Let’s go, President Ling!”
Tang Hao was a little bothered. Rumors were already spreading about him and the beauty queen. He would rather not start another rumor.
Ling Wei chuckled happily.
She thought that he looked adorable that way.
After chuckling for a while, she started the car and drove away.
Tang Hao breathed a sigh of relief when the university gates were out of sight. He lifted his head and sat straight.
As Ling Wei drove, she sneaked glances at Tang Hao and regarded him with some surprise.
“What’s wrong?” Tang Hao said.
“Do you know? A few days ago, the president of that Beck Corporation called me. He also asked me what’s my relationship with you.
“I said that we’re friends. The next day, he left the country without saying a word. I’ve heard that all the foreigners in his company left the country too. Only the Huaxia people remained.”
Tang Hao was shocked. He nearly forgot about the warning he had given Beck Jr.
He was fine with them leaving on their own though. That saved him the trouble of looking for them in the future.
“Did you… do something?” Ling Wei asked after a moment of hesitation.
“No!” Tang Hao could not admit to it.
“Really?”
Ling Wei narrowed her eyes and closely examined Tang Hao.
“Of course!” Tang Hao remained composed.
She could not discern anything weird on Tang Hao’s face after staring for a while. She gave up and focused her attention on driving.
About twenty minutes later, they had crossed half the city and parked outside of a narrow alley.
“This restaurant is called Imperial Kitchen. It’s run by the descendants of imperial chefs. Their ancestors once cooked for emperors of past dynasties,” Ling Wei told Tang Hao as they got out of the car.
“Imperial chefs!” Tang Hao was amazed by what he was told of the place.
“This restaurant is extremely famous. It only seats a very limited number of customers every day. That’s why the waiting list is so long,” Ling Wei said as she led the way into the alley.
They soon saw a restaurant with two red lanterns hanging at the storefront. There was a giant wooden plaque with the words ‘Imperial Kitchen’ written on it in big letters.
They pushed the door open. The interior of the restaurant was decorated elegantly. The furnishing and decorations were classic.
“Not bad!” Tang Hao exclaimed as he looked at the place.
The dining area was separated by wooden partitions. He counted that there were twenty partitions in all. The number of seats was indeed very limited.
Several partitions were already seated with customers waiting for their meal to be served.
A waitress came to greet the two people at the door.
After confirming their identities, she led the two people inside.
“I will inform the kitchen to prepare your dinner. Your patience is appreciated,” the waitress bowed gently and left.
“What did you order?” Tang Hao asked.
Ling Wei shook her head. “You can’t order the dishes you want here. You eat whatever the chefs serve you.”
Tang Hao was surprised.
“There are a few chefs here, each with their specialties. The last time I was here, I was served Sichuan cuisine by the chef that specializes in that.
“I wonder which master chef will be cooking for us today?” Ling Wei said.
Tang Hao was quite curious about this new experience.
He had never heard about a restaurant that served its customers based on the chef’s whims. The master chefs must have extraordinary culinary skills. Otherwise, the customers would not be happy if they could not order what they want.
He waited for the dishes in anticipation.
He had been cooking since he was young, and he had been keeping a close eye on new and interesting culinary techniques.
He had been working on improving his culinary skills. Ever since he became a cultivator, his culinary skills have improved drastically. He even devised several techniques on his own and did not think that he would lose to any master chef.
That was why he was eager to try out the dishes prepared by a recognized master chef. He could then gauge his culinary skills with theirs.
The wait lasted for more than an hour. The dishes had not been served yet.
More and more people entered the restaurant, and the restaurant was busier than ever.
The door opened again, and two men and two women came in. They were led into the restaurant by a waitress and they walked toward Tang Hao’s table.
One of the young men was tall and thin. He caught sight of Ling Wei and was surprised. Then, his eyes sparkled and displayed an eager expression.
The other young man was also surprised when he saw her. “Isn’t that Ling the Femme Fatale?”
Then, they saw the male figure sitting next to Ling Wei.
‘Who is that?’ The two men were wondering.
The tall and thin young man hesitated for a while, then walked over to their table and smiled eagerly. “What a coincidence, President Ling!”
Ling Wei lifted her head and furrowed her brows. “This is indeed a coincidence, Han Lei!”
“Isn’t that so!” The young man named Han Lei said eagerly.
Then, he looked at Tang Hao with some hostility.
President Ling was famous for her beauty in Provincial City. She had a lot of pursuers, and Han Lei was one of them. He had invited her out for dinner multiple times but she had rejected every single one of his advances.
He could not help but feel jealous when he saw her dining with another male.
He looked closely at the guy and was slightly shocked.
That guy seemed too young.
The other three people caught up with him. One of the women saw Tang Hao and her expression changed drastically. She frantically pulled Hen Lei aside with a look of sheer terror on her face.
“Move faster, Brother!”
Han Lei was a little taken aback. “What are you saying, Younger Sister?”
The woman said nothing and sat down at their designated table.
Tang Hao turned around. His expression turned grim when he saw who the woman was.
The woman was none other than Han Lu.
‘Looks like that incident didn’t keep her locked up for long.’
The young man then must be her elder brother, which made him Assistant Han’s half-brother.
He furrowed his brows and his gaze became sharp.
He did not have any positive opinions about that family, especially Han Lu. He was even thinking of ruining the family’s Yu Lin Group to avenge Assistant Han.
He glanced at the table, then look
ed elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Ling Wei was curious about what was going on.
She could see that the Han family daughter was incredibly afraid of Tang Hao.
“You… know them?”
Tang Hao nodded. “I guess you can say that. We’ve crossed paths once.”
“Oh!” Ling Wei replied and said nothing else.
Chapter 288 - Master Chef Ding
“What? So he’s that bastard?” At the next table, Han Lei slammed the table and stood up.
His fists were clenched and he looked angry.
‘So that’s the Tang bastard that hit my sister and caused her to be locked up for half a month.’
One needed to know that his sister had been spoiled since young. She had never been beaten by anyone before, much less being locked up in jail for half a month.
He almost could not restrain himself. He wanted to beat up that guy now.
“Calm down, Brother! Don’t be rash!” Han Lu said softly.
“How can I calm down? That’s the bastard that beat you up!” Han Lei said angrily.
“What? So that’s him?” The other two people also exclaimed. They looked at Tang Hao with hostility.
“Brother, don’t forget what Daddy told us,” Han Lu said.
Han Lel’s fists were clenched tighter and tighter. The urge to beat up that guy was rising.
He knew that the guy had someone powerful backing him. There were rumors that he was related to Vice Governor He.
He was not afraid of that. However, his father was, and he had repeatedly reminded his children to not cross Tang Hao again.
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