Downtown!
In front of Fatty Bear's BBQ restaurant.
"Thank you, you're a really good person." Lin Fan looked at the handsome man in front of him, smiling as he greeted him.
The man in front of him was He Mu.
After leaving the hospital, he appeared in the downtown area near the Special Department, casually observing the situation. He happened to run into Lin Fan and took the initiative to greet him.
Lin Fan had encountered a problem.
He and Old Zhang were standing in front of the barbecue restaurant, smelling the enticing aroma, their mouths watering.
Of course, it was Old Zhang whose mouth was watering. Lin Fan's need for food was currently low. The smell was indeed delicious, but if he were hungry, he would definitely be like Old Zhang, drooling and exclaiming how good it smelled.
He Mu paid for some skewers for them.
Lin Fan wanted to refuse. They didn't know each other, so letting him pay felt wrong. How could they do that? However, Old Zhang's pitiful look made Lin Fan's heart ache, so he could only accept the kindness.
"Everyone has difficulties when they're away from home," He Mu said with a smile.
The surrounding women were captivated by his smile. He was so handsome. They weren't actually there to buy barbecue, but just to get closer to him, pretending to be customers.
"Hello, my name is Lin Fan."
"Hello, my name is Old Zhang."
They extended their hands, waiting for him to shake them. He Mu looked at them, and with a clever move, crossed his arms.
"Nice to meet you both. My name is He Mu."
Leaving the barbecue restaurant, He Mu squinted, occasionally glancing at the demonic rooster held in Lin Fan's arms.
A demonic creature! He hadn't expected someone from the Special Department to be keeping a demonic creature.
The demonic rooster sensed a sinister aura from He Mu.
This person was definitely not a good guy, but rather someone with strange intentions.
"Who is this?" He Mu inquired.
He was very interested in this demonic creature. Being able to mingle within the Special Department meant it had some ability. This, in his opinion, was clearly something improbable.
"It's my pet and friend," Lin Fan said, stroking the rooster's head. "It's very obedient and well-behaved."
As an undercover agent, the demonic rooster absolutely could not reveal its identity casually.
The clever rooster knew that things weren't so simple when the man asked who it was. Perhaps the man not only had intentions towards Lin Fan but also towards it.
"Really?" He Mu squinted, reaching out to touch the demonic rooster.
Cluck!
The demonic rooster's feathers puffed up as it pretended to peck at him. It wasn't really going to peck him, but just wanted to show that it didn't like him and that he shouldn't casually touch it, as if they were familiar.
"Don't be naughty," Lin Fan soothed, then said, "Maybe it's not in a good mood today. It's not usually like this."
He Mu didn't mind the demonic creature, just smiled faintly.
"By the way, I saw the live broadcast a while ago and realized you were the hero who saved Yanhai City. What were you thinking at the time?"
He naturally knew who Lin Fan was, but for some reason, like others, he didn't find anything unusual about him. He seemed very ordinary, just like an average person.
Lin Fan looked at him puzzled. "I don't understand what you mean."
"Maybe I remembered wrong."
He Mu didn't dwell on the matter, simply assuming that Lin Fan didn't want to talk about it. In such situations, excessive questioning could easily lead to misunderstandings.
Not long after, he noticed Lin Fan and Old Zhang suddenly stop, as if they had encountered something strange.
He followed their gaze into the distance.
He didn't find anything unusual.
"Why aren't you moving?" He Mu asked.
Lin Fan pointed to a helpless little girl standing in the distance. "She needs help. I can feel that she's very helpless right now."
After speaking, he walked towards her.
Old Zhang followed behind.
He Mu fell into deep thought. The first thing that came to mind was whether there was a problem here. If this Lin Fan really was the one who single-handedly confronted the demonic army, then he wouldn't act on something without reason.
He followed discreetly, wanting to see what they were up to.
"Little girl, are you in trouble?" Lin Fan squatted down and asked with a smile.
The little girl shrank her head, remembering her mother's words not to talk to strangers. However, the smile of the big brother in front of her was as warm as the sun.
Recalling the cartoons she had seen, people with warm smiles must be good people.
"I'm lost from Mommy."
Lin Fan smiled. "Do you know your mommy's number?"
"I forgot." The little girl was only three or four years old, her voice soft and childish.
"Do you know where your home is?" Lin Fan asked.
"Yes."
"Let me take you home," Lin Fan said.
"Okay."
Lin Fan said, "Old Zhang, let's take her home."
"Okay." Old Zhang was happy to go along with whatever Lin Fan wanted to do, as long as he was with him.
He Mu said, "I don't have anything to do, I'll go with you."
He wanted to figure out what kind of person Lin Fan was. This, in his view, was a very important matter. Yanhai City had faced several major disasters, but had overcome them for strange reasons.
First, the appearance of the Demon God was the most terrifying incident.
Then came the appearance of the terrifying demonic creature, and most recently, the demonic army. Yet, these three catastrophic events hadn't caused any substantial casualties in Yanhai City, which was very strange.
"Little girl, hold my pet," Lin Fan said, handing the leash to the little girl. Then he lifted her up, letting her ride on his neck, while he held her legs. He pointed ahead excitedly. "Now we'll help you find your home. If you see a familiar house, you have to tell us, okay?"
"Okay."
"Let's go."
Three adults, one child, and one demonic creature set off.
He Mu was deep in thought, pondering one thing: what was going on with this situation? Nothing Lin Fan was doing made sense to him.
Take this lost little girl, for example. Knowing her name, they could easily find her parents' phone number and address through the Special Department's database. There was no need to do this.
That's how normal thinking worked.
Their current way of thinking was puzzling.
However, he wanted to understand their situation.
Because this matter was related to his next course of action.
There were only a few troublesome individuals in the entire Yanhai City Special Department: One-Eyed Man, Lin Daoming, and others.
Based on recent events, Lin Fan had come into focus. If his actions were genuine, he would be an even more troublesome existence than One-Eyed Man and the others.
They walked along the road.
Lin Fan asked, "How old are you?"
"Three," the little girl said, counting on her fingers.
"What's your name?"
"Xiao Ya."
"My name is Lin Fan, and I'm nineteen years old."
"Do you like watching Paw Patrol? I love the puppies in it."
"Are they cute?"
"Yes, very cute."
"Old Zhang and I love cute puppies."
They chatted and laughed.
When normal adults talk to children, they deliberately speak slowly and softly, trying their best to appear on the same cognitive level as the child. But afterwards, they often admire themselves for being able to communicate with a child to such an extent, despite being adults.
Now, He Mu felt that Lin Fan wasn't pretending; it seemed more like his true nature.
"There, there's my home!" Xiao Ya shouted, pointing to a yellow house in the distance while riding on Lin Fan's neck.
But when they arrived, Xiao Ya said sadly, "It's not my home, but the color is the same."
Lin Fan comforted her, "We can keep looking. Let's go over there."
They continued walking, not disappointed that they hadn't found the place, but rather with a sense of searching for treasure.
He Mu wanted to speak several times, but remained silent.
He didn't know the specific reason.
It was as if, intuitively, he felt that now wasn't the time to talk, but rather to observe what Lin Fan was doing.
Gradually, it got dark.
Lin Fan finally helped Xiao Ya find her familiar home.
"This is it," Xiao Ya said.
"We finally found it, Xiao Ya. You can relax now," Lin Fan said happily.
Old Zhang clapped his hands. "Great!"
Only He Mu remained expressionless. Could he say that this location was where they initially found Xiao Ya?
It was only a hundred meters away, just across the street.
If the little girl had just mentioned the general location earlier, they could have found it immediately. But she hadn't.
"Xiao Ya, go home now. We're going back to sleep," Lin Fan said, waving to Xiao Ya.
Xiao Ya stood at the doorway, surprised. "Look over there. I was there during the daytime."
Lin Fan and Old Zhang looked in that direction, giggling.
"Yeah, it's so close, but we walked so far."
"But at least we finally helped you find your home."
"Goodbye, Xiao Ya."
"Goodbye, He Mu."
They waved and, leading the rooster, walked away.
He Mu stood there, stunned.
He felt lost.
Damn it!
What did I do all day?
It seemed like he had accomplished nothing.
He just accompanied these two as they took the little girl to find her home, and they even went in a big circle for nothing. He Mu found this somewhat unbearable.
He felt that something was wrong.
He left the place with a blank expression.
Xiao Ya skipped into her courtyard, opened the door, and walked in with a big smile. But the moment she closed the door, her smile disappeared, and her small body vanished. In her place stood a teenage girl with pigtails, complaining:
"Sister, it's all your fault! You made me miss out on a joy I only experience once every ten years."
"Where did you find such a top-quality human?"
Another woman walked out from inside the house.
Two Demon Gods appeared in an ordinary house in Yanhai City.