Peng Ran Xin Dong

Chapter 213 Dou Mei

"This is that teacher from the admissions office!" Gu Ya whispered.

Dou Mei nodded. "He has another identity – a personnel responsible for defection within the Xianxia City Intelligence Bureau."

Gu Ya asked, "Do you have a plan to deal with him?"

Dou Mei replied, "Don't worry, we have very thorough protective measures. We'll have to suffer a bit, at least to take off an arm or a leg from him. After that, we'll need to remain silent for a long time."

"What's more troublesome is that we also have to communicate with the Xianxia City Intelligence Bureau. If things go wrong, we'll be suffering on both ends."

Gu Ya frowned. Were there still internal divisions between intelligence agencies?

"Is there a difference between your Special Ninth Department and local intelligence bureaus?" Gu Ya asked.

Dou Mei smiled faintly. "All local intelligence bureaus have a special department called the Internal Disciplinary Office, which is specifically tasked with apprehending Special Ninth Department members who have gone undercover."

"Your circle is truly messy. Why is that?" Gu Ya sat down next to Dou Mei and asked.

Dou Mei chuckled softly. "Xianxia's 24 cities are interconnected and complementary. They are dispersed yet unified. Only the intelligence community is different; they operate independently, even stealing intelligence from each other."

"The original intention behind establishing intelligence networks for each city was for easier management, decentralized collection, and unified aggregation. However, the value of intelligence is extraordinary, and gradually, some power holders started to have wicked thoughts."

Gu Ya nodded. "So, the highest authority established the Special Ninth Department."

Dou Mei smiled, agreeing. "Yes, even a child understands this logic. Those people must understand it even better."

"Since the establishment of the Special Ninth Department, it has faced exclusion from the major cities."

"After a century of development, it has become a complete mess."

Gu Ya scratched his head and asked, "Hasn't there been a powerful figure who unified the intelligence community?"

"There have always been attempts, but they have all failed," Dou Mei said. "Currently, we, the local intelligence bureaus, and the war zone intelligence departments form a peculiar balance."

"While united against external threats, we also engage in internal struggles. The only consensus is that the Special Ninth Department is the most professional."

Gu Ya thought to himself, indeed, the Special Ninth Department could even sacrifice the lives of their comrades for a mission. It was difficult to train a qualified intelligence operative, and they could die just like that. Other organizations would definitely be reluctant.

It was like Liu Feng's girlfriend, Fu Yafang. She should have been from the Wuhe City Intelligence Bureau.

Suddenly, Gu Ya realized something profound and terrifying upon deeper thought.

He turned to look at Dou Mei.

Dou Mei was staring at the male teacher on the holographic screen, likely contemplating a strategy.

Perhaps disturbed by Gu Ya's gaze, she turned to him and, with a charming smile, said, "Little boy? Have you figured it out?"

The phrase "figured it out" was used so well! Oh, wait! Gu Ya slapped himself mentally.

"No! I'm suddenly very curious. You said my information and deeds are high-level classified intelligence. As the lowest-ranking agent of the Special Ninth Department, how did you obtain such highly classified information?" Gu Ya asked calmly.

Dou Mei smiled shyly. "I thought you would never react. It seems I underestimated you."

"That's right. I am the highest-ranking official of the Special Ninth Department in Xianxia City."

Dou Mei's simple statement instantly made Gu Ya become alert and respectful.

This woman appeared to be only 27 or 28 years old. So young, yet she was the chief intelligence officer of an entire city.

"I was born with a talent for reading people's expressions and discerning their nature. It's very simple for me, and speaking to the right person is also effortless. The most crucial thing is that with just a single greeting, I can see through your personality. Coupled with later training, I've managed to do fairly well in the intelligence world."

Dou Mei said this casually, but Gu Ya knew her abilities were far from being summarized in a few words. This woman was indeed not simple!

"Then..." Gu Ya asked with a frown, "At the Black Star party, when you were crying and crawling towards that person, was that also an act?"

Dou Mei stared at Gu Ya, her beautiful eyes fluttering. "If you were me, and they ordered me to kill you, what would you do?"

Dou Mei lowered her head and said, "I learned how to control my expressions and aura when I was four years old. At five, I started deliberately interacting with different people, practicing how to make them happy or angry. Gradually, I could control the emotions of anyone I wanted to."

"When I was six, my parents, fearing me, sent me to a boarding school. I was discovered and progressively trained by the Special Ninth Department."

"I started carrying out missions independently at the age of 11, and it has been 14 years now."

"Based on the average entry age for intelligence personnel, I can be considered a veteran."

Gu Ya asked, "You're 25!"

Dou Mei smoothed her hair and smiled. "What? Am I very old?"

Gu Ya shook his head. Her eyes were so clear, showing no abnormalities. She was so intelligent that Gu Ya even suspected this entire experience was fabricated by her!

A sudden impulse seized Gu Ya, and a question popped out: "Then you must have slept with many men..."

Dou Mei blinked her eyes and chuckled softly. "At 12, after my first period ended, I..."

"I understood early on that virginity is both a burden and an obstacle."

"You must understand men very well," Gu Ya said.

Dou Mei smiled faintly. "I don't understand you. Don't misunderstand! I'm not saying you're not a man. I've never met a man as devoted as you."

"The shortest time is three seconds, the longest is a day, and I can capture my target."

"You are the only man who has broken my record, ah no, a boy, hehe."

Gu Ya calmed himself and recalled the first time he met her. She had presented herself as shy, innocent, bewildered, and very polite. Any ordinary man would have immediately felt a protective instinct, and even been given the illusion that she was easy to win over.

Protective instinct was a man's strength and also his weakness.

Dou Mei was well aware of this and used it with great skill.

This was the relationship between a hunter and prey. The most sophisticated hunter often disguised themselves as the easiest prey.

Fortunately, Gu Ya was someone who, after awakening the hunter's mindset, still corrected and reflected upon himself with a farmer's mentality.

If Gu Ya wanted to pursue a girl, all the women around him would be affected without exception.

Wei Ping, Mei Shanli, even Sister Ling and Youran couldn't escape his grasp, let alone Tao Na, who actively threw herself at him.

Gu Ya had his own logic and mindset regarding women, knowing how to attract them with his charm.

"Ah, in that case, Ye Ying is indeed hard to chase," Gu Ya muttered, stroking his chin.

Dou Mei was surprised and said with a sigh and a smile, "Your thoughts jump around so fast!"

Immediately, Dou Mei changed the subject and murmured in an extremely soft voice, "Gu Ya, we're evenly matched. How about we have a drink together?"

"Let me taste how charming your first time is..."

As she spoke, Dou Mei gently placed her hand on Gu Ya's thigh and began to slide it slowly.

Gu Ya gently removed her hand and said, "I only yearn for the one with the greatest difficulty factor."

"Moreover, for me, it has already been successful."

Gu Ya stood up and walked to the two-seater sofa. "I'm going to sleep. You continue thinking of a counter-strategy."

...

Late at night, the sleeping Gu Ya felt something pressing down on him, making it hard to breathe.

He groggily woke up and looked down, his eyes widening instantly.

On such a narrow sofa, Dou Mei was squeezed beside him.

Her head was resting on Gu Ya's chest.

The dim moonlight filtered into the room.

Dou Mei was still wearing that sheer nightgown, but the inner lining had been discarded. Her soft body was pressed against Gu Ya's side.

"Don't move..." Dou Mei said softly, her eyes closed.

"This is good..."

"I just want to lie quietly on your chest and listen to your heartbeat..."

"You make me feel safe..."

Gu Ya closed his eyes, trying to compose himself. He sighed and said, "Meeting you is truly terrible luck..."

With that, Gu Ya got up, put on his outer clothes, quietly opened the door, and left the hotel.

Less than a week in Xianxia City, and so many things had happened.

The bustling Xianxia night market.

Gu Ya, wearing a black trench coat, had his collar pulled up high, walking steadily forward with his head down.

People hurried past him, coming and going quickly.

Countless youths in peculiar outfits and unique styles passed by.

Laughter, playful shouts, and advertisement sounds filled the air.

The street at night was like a dance of demons.

Gu Ya was like an ancient ink-and-wash landscape painting, out of place in a post-modern oil painting art exhibition.

"Gu Ya!" a familiar female voice echoed in his ear.

Gu Ya startled and looked up. Ye Ying was standing in front of him, smiling sweetly at him.

In a moment of daze, he realized it was a holographic advertising billboard.