When system cheat becomes rampant!

Chapter 98 Counting Numbers

Lu Hong had been organizing Yu Lei's case files; the case had already concluded, and Yu Lei had been imprisoned in the Jiuzhou Alliance Prison due to his crimes. As an R-ranked Awakener, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and once incarcerated, he would never get out again.

"I wonder what Beifei has been up to these past few days?"

It was somewhat laughable; he had been busy dealing with the issues concerning Xiang Beifei and Yu Lei over the last few days, yet he hadn't seen the main person involved, the first original party, Xiang Beifei, even once.

That made him feel both amused and frustrated.

Thanks to his extensive experience in case handling, Lu Hong successfully shifted the focus of netizens from Xiang Beifei to other fabricated news about Yu Lei. Consequently, people discussed Yu Lei more, and Xiang Beifei received less attention.

Lu Hong nailed Yu Lei with other crimes because the victims involved in Yu Lei's case were far too numerous. In his effort to thoroughly investigate, he spent every day probing, and as a result, his Investigation Value increased by over 2000!

"I didn't expect that last time I exchanged all 2000 Investigation Points for system items for Beifei, he'd return them to me so soon."

Lu Hong felt quite emotional.

Last month, Beifei had his Investigation System initiate a compulsory task and also gifted him 2000 Investigation Points, which Lu Hong used to help Beifei. But within just a month, Beifei had captured Yu Lei and helped Lu Hong replenish the lost Investigation Points.

"That being said, ever since I met this lad, I seem to have never been at a loss."

Lu Hong sat in his office, twirling a pen in his hand, lost in thought.

With Beifei's help, he had solved the case of Lai Wuying and earned a large amount of Investigation Points. Then, the day Beifei came to learn Rapid Flame, just by taking a glance, he caught Wan Qiu who was robbing a bank and earned another large amount. Next, Beifei had his system initiate a compulsory task, and he earned another batch, and now this one.

Even though he had also spent a substantial amount of system points to protect him, in the end, Lu Hong's Investigation Points income had always been positive.

"It's just—"

Lu Hong stared at his system interface.

[Note: Rapid Flame is the host's fundamental reliance, and the host's comprehension of Rapid Flame is no less than Xiang Beifei's. To become even stronger, feedback from Xiang Beifei is essential]

[If Xiang Beifei is willing to provide feedback, you can receive an Advanced Pill]

An Advanced Pill, huh!

This could advance him from the early stage to the middle stage of Meridian Opening, which was incredibly important for him!

"I wonder if he has made any improvements to Rapid Flame?"

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Most importantly, if Beifei had improved Rapid Flame, would he come and tell him?

Lu Hong felt uneasy.

Every time he was free from work and there were no criminals around, he would think about this question, and every time he pondered it, he felt so tormented he had to count.

Everyone has a few quirks; his quirky habit was to count to pass the time when he had nothing else to do.

He was no longer counting "Will Beifei come today?" but "Will Beifei provide feedback?"

Since he was free today, Lu Hong started counting with his pen on a row of file folders on his desk, "He will provide feedback, he will not provide feedback, he will provide feedback, he will not provide feedback…"

By the end, he realized the outcome was "he will not provide feedback"!

"Bad luck! Xiao Ma, bring a new file folder in here,"

Lu Hong shouted!

The number of folders was even, he needed an odd number so that he could end up on "Beifei will provide feedback."

"Boss, here."

Ma Feiguang quickly brought in a file folder from outside and handed it to Lu Hong.

Lu Hong saw that Ma Feiguang had actually brought two!

"I asked for one!" Lu Hong said irately.

"What's the difference?" grumbled Ma Feiguang.

"One is enough, two take up space."

Without further discussion, Lu Hong threw one of the file folders back to Ma Feiguang and then shoved the new folder into the stack of old ones, feeling slightly better.

He propped his chin on his hand and took up his pen again to count the number of pages in a document.

Thinking of always starting from "Beifei will provide feedback," but the results always turned out to be frustrating.

This time he decided to change it up, starting with "he will not provide feedback!"

Then, after counting the number of pages in the document, he discovered the result was—

"He won't give feedback!"

Oh boy, damn it!

Lu Hong was so frustrated!

Until now, he had never counted on "Beifei giving feedback."

Could it be that Beifei really wouldn't give feedback?

Lu Hong sighed deeply.

At this moment, someone knocked on the office door twice.

"Uncle Lu, are you free?"

Lu Hong, bored and counting staples, responded without looking up, "No, I'm counting!"

"Counting?"

The person knocking sounded puzzled.

Lu Hong suddenly startled, wait, was this voice familiar? There weren't many people who called him Uncle Lu!

"Beifei!"

Lu Hong nearly leaped from his chair, his face breaking into a surprised smile.

This rascal, he finally decided to show up!

Lu Hong's mood instantly became excited.

"Uncle Lu, am I disturbing you? I heard you saying you were counting? What are you counting? Is it an unsolvable case? Do you need my help?" Xiang Beifei asked curiously.

Lu Hong coughed awkwardly; he certainly couldn't let Xiang Beifei help him with such mundane matters. He quickly tossed his pen aside and said, "No, just counting how many cases Yu Lei has been involved in."

"Oh, I see."

Xiang Beifei did not think much of it.

"Sit."

Lu Hong forced himself to calm down. He was, after all, a precinct captain, and though he sometimes engaged in mundane activities to pass the time when free, he couldn't lose his dignity in front of his junior.

"About Yu Lei, you are too reckless! The fist wounds on him, I knew at first glance were caused by Rapid Flame! Did you confront him?"

The first time Lu Hong saw Yu Lei, he had noticed the injuries, which he could not overlook.

"Yes, thank you, Uncle Lu," Xiang Beifei said.

Lu Hong was stunned for a moment: "Thank me for what?"

"For covering that up for me."

"Are you so sure I would cover for you?" Lu Hong asked.

Xiang Beifei smiled politely and did not respond.

Lu Hong shook his head helplessly; he indeed had covered it up right away that day.

"Speaking of which, Yu Lei has a mid-stage Qi-Controlling ability; how did you take him down?"

Lu Hong remembered Xiang Beifei had only awakened two months ago and was busy with his college entrance exams. Logically, his abilities should only be at the initial stage of Qi-Controlling.

Xiang Beifei thought for a moment and said, "As soon as I threw a punch, he went down."

Lu Hong: "..."

Xiang Beifei added, "Uncle Lu teaches well, Rapid Flame is very powerful, it was easy to hit him."

"Don't flatter me!"

Lu Hong rubbed his forehead but secretly enjoyed the praise. The kid was polite, had a good temperament, spoke pleasantly, and was strong; it seemed he had all the good traits.

After a while, Lu Hong asked somewhat nervously, "By the way, I thought you were preparing for Liangzhou University's assessment all this while, so I didn't look for you. What brings you here today?"

"For the Liangzhou University assessment," Xiang Beifei said.

Lu Hong's eyes showed a look of disappointment.

Beifei came looking for him, not for Rapid Flame?