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Deliberately Approaching

Chapter 331 - 325: Information Leaked?

Author: SanXuanYu
updatedAt: 2025-08-22

CHAPTER 331: CHAPTER 325: INFORMATION LEAKED?

"[According to a clue provided by a friend, the mastermind behind this is in Huang City. As for their name, please contact me quickly if you are offering a reward.]

This message was quickly tagged by someone.

Lei Ziyi was startled and suddenly thought of what Lin Xiaoxiao had just said.

Those new members?

Could it be one of them?

The sky-high reward was indeed tempting, and it was highly possible that the people who kidnapped Madam Lai would choose to betray for money.

So, he immediately logged into the chat app.

"[Boss, there’s news about the reward task. Someone called Wild Wolf said he knows who the mastermind is, please take action as soon as possible."

Two minutes later, Lei Ziyi received a reply.

"Do what you need to do; I have other arrangements for the rest, don’t worry."

Lei Ziyi responded with an "Understood" emoji and then entered a 24-hour convenience store.

Fifteen minutes later, he carried beer and durian upstairs. As soon as he entered, he heard noises from the kitchen.

He guessed Lin Xiaoxiao might be preparing for a hot pot meal.

After putting down the groceries, Lei Ziyi went straight to the bedroom to change into pajamas, but to his shock, the pinhole camera by the air conditioner had disappeared.

The same was true for those in the living room and dining room.

He grew suspicious, unable to understand how Lin Xiaoxiao could remove all equipment so quickly without leaving any traces.

Lei Ziyi fell deep into thought, unable to determine Lin Xiaoxiao’s true identity.

Could it be arranged by the boss?

No, impossible!

If the boss had reservations, he wouldn’t have entrusted such an important task to me alone.

Ah, Xiaoxiao, whose side are you on anyway?

At this moment, Lin Xiaoxiao was cutting meat and opening cans in the kitchen, appearing very focused as if she hadn’t noticed Lei Ziyi’s return.

"Xiaoxiao, I’m back," Lei Ziyi shouted toward the kitchen.

However, there was no response.

He hurried over and slid open the door.

Immediately, a gentle smiling face looked at him, "Ah! You’re back so soon. Wait another ten minutes; just the base of the pot left, it’ll be quick."

"I’ll do it, you go rest for a while."

"No need, pre-meal is my responsibility, after-meal is yours, I especially hate washing pots, haha."

Lei Ziyi tried to find answers in Lin Xiaoxiao’s words and behaviors. However, her demeanor was very natural, without any giveaways, which only made Lei Ziyi more suspicious of her true identity.

All sorts of messy thoughts rapidly crossed Lei Ziyi’s mind.

He liked her so much.

He desperately wanted to make up an excuse for her.

Actually, just yesterday morning, shortly after Lin Xiaoxiao left, Lei Ziyi had discovered those three pinhole cameras, but he didn’t choose to remove them immediately, nor did he choose to report to the boss.

Instead, he purposely knocked over a coffee cup and, under the pretense of cleaning up the ceramic shards, moved the desk underneath the air conditioner.

This way, the notebook computer wouldn’t be captured by the pinhole camera anymore.

"I feel bad letting you do all the work!"

"Oh, it’s fine, I wanted to eat hot pot too, and it’s boring alone, so I just came over, haha."

"Okay, I’ll go tidy up the coffee table. How about watching a movie while having hot pot?"

"Sure, go ahead."

Lei Ziyi left the kitchen with a smile.

In fact, Lin Xiaoxiao had also been quietly observing Lei Ziyi’s reactions.

She knew her actions had aroused Lei Ziyi’s suspicions. She had to be more cautious, or it could lead to deadly consequences.

Ten minutes later, Lin Xiaoxiao put all the hot pot ingredients and dipping sauces on the coffee table.

Lei Ziyi also just came out of the restroom.

"Why is it all beer?" Lin Xiaoxiao asked in surprise.

"Last time I saw you drinking liquor and then beer; you seemed quite uncomfortable, so I thought... maybe we should just stick to beer this time."

"Little Lei Zi, thank you!"

The two looked at each other, the atmosphere becoming somewhat subtle, especially for Lei Ziyi.

His ears inexplicably turned red.

"By the way, how about calling Brother Hao over? Since it’s a yin-yang hotpot, he can have the tomato side." Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly asked.

"He’s not in Huang City, he went out."

Lin Xiaoxiao was very shocked after hearing this.

"He went out? But... wasn’t he injured? Didn’t he just come back?"

"Men are tough-skinned."

As soon as Lei Ziyi finished saying that, he regretted it. He suddenly realized that Lin Xiaoxiao was very likely trying to extract information.

After all, not many within the organization knew about Du Jiahao’s safe return.

His reassignment to another mission was also a secret.

It was just this morning that the boss had called Li Zishen, saying that Du Jiahao was killed, and moreover, he intentionally said it was by Bai Long.

That was the pretext for sending that video.

"Never mind, I’ll tell you anyway; keep it a secret, ha. Actually, he went mountain climbing, said he wanted to change his bad luck, feeling that things haven’t been going smoothly since he came back to the country." Lei Ziyi hurriedly added with a chuckle.

"Oh, I see! That’s understandable, understandable."

"That... the broth is ready, right?"

"It’s in the kitchen, I will go..."

"No need, no need, you stay; I’ll go."

With that, Lei Ziyi hurried to the kitchen and brought out the yin-yang hotpot that Lin Xiaoxiao had prepared.

One side was spicy oil, the other tomato.

They ate and chatted as if nothing was wrong, not mentioning the matter of the camera at all.

...

At 7 PM, Jin City.

Chen Xin had already made contact with Wild Wolf.

Wild Wolf told him that the mastermind currently staying in Huang City went by the name Lei Ziyi, code name W.

In fact, Chen Xin had heard of Lei Ziyi before as he had been brought over from Country Y by Li Wanshan, spending a lot of money to counter Li Zishen, only for him to vanish suddenly thereafter.

Bai Long had even spent a whole night searching for him, returning empty-handed in the end.

Thus, Chen Xin firmly believed that Lei Ziyi was not the mastermind, at most a liaison, and this informer called Wild Wolf also piqued his interest.

Chen Xin suspected Wild Wolf’s involvement in a kidnapping, otherwise, he wouldn’t know Lei Ziyi was in Huang City.

Thus, after getting Li Zishen’s permission, Chen Xin paid the promised reward of two hundred thousand, hoping to firmly entangle Wild Wolf with the money.

As expected, upon receiving the payment, Wild Wolf provided even more clues.

"According to a friend who knows about the situation, Lei Ziyi appears to be an IT engineer but is actually a cyber hacker skilled in various abilities. Besides that, he has connections with an organization called Shen Shiyi and is an important member of it."

Seeing the information, Chen Xin was startled.

He had not expected at all that Lei Ziyi was a person from Shen Shiyi, and an important one at that.

His bodyguard was equally astonished.

"Brother Xin, this Shen Shiyi... couldn’t be that Shen Shiyi, right?"

"It should be; it’s unlikely there’s another with the same name."

"Where does Lei Ziyi live, and do you know any other members? If the information is reliable, it’s also two hundred thousand per piece."

Chen Xin quickly typed this text.

"The exact address isn’t clear, but I have some other clues which I believe will also be very useful to you."

After Wild Wolf responded, he immediately sent over a few photos of Lei Ziyi that were taken when he had just arrived in Huang City.

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