Chapter 1

Christmas, a day that, before the Reform and Opening Up, had essentially no connection with the descendants of Huaxia.

Now, it has become one of the most common major holidays for people across the country.

Every year at this time, the police station near Feng Bujue's residence sends someone to visit him, to have a good "heart-to-heart" with Jue-ge.

Saying it's a heart-to-heart, the main purpose is actually to make him "behave" a little these days, and not cause trouble.

Seeing this, some people will definitely wonder—what's going on? Why make him behave? What kind of trouble would he cause?

Here, let me briefly explain...

First, we need to understand—why is this done by the public security department, not the neighborhood committee.

There are two reasons for this. First: the neighborhood committee has no law enforcement power, nor sufficient ability to deal with a die-hard like Feng Bujue, who has almost no weaknesses.

Second: the Public Security Bureau and police station of City S do have similar functions.

Let me give you two examples...

A common situation is: one day, someone with a history of violence, who has served his sentence, uses his ID card to register at places like internet cafes or hotels.

In this case, the local police station or branch bureau will immediately receive a message, and then, according to regulations, the on-duty police officers patrolling nearby must rush to the scene and meet the person (i.e., the aforementioned person with a criminal record) and say a few words.

The general idea is... the government is well aware of your whereabouts, so you better not mess around.

Perhaps you think this is a bit far-fetched and impossible.

That's fine... just treat it as a story, and don't spread it around, lest you get me into trouble.

In short, the police are taking such measures to play a psychological deterrent role. In fact, this is not useless, but an action that can effectively reduce the crime rate.

Next, let me talk about another situation...

Legend has it... every time there's a major holiday, or during big events such as the Lianghui, the Olympics, or the World Expo, the local police will also go to the homes of some professional petitioners in their jurisdiction to have a "heart-to-heart". As for what they specifically talk about... I don't know, but I think everyone can guess the general idea.

Um... I have to emphasize again that this is just a legend in the world of novels... just a legend.

In short, that's why the police station would come forward to have a heart-to-heart with Jue-ge.

Then, another question is—what exactly did Jue-ge do to attract such attention?

That's a long story...

The cause of the matter should be a conflict he had with the local Catholic Church a few years ago.

That year, before Christmas, people from the church were handing out leaflets on the street, and Feng Bujue happened to be passing by the church entrance that day.

If it were a normal person... regardless of whether they believed or not, they would still take the leaflet when someone handed it to them, and throw it away after turning a corner or walking a little further. But Feng Bujue wasn't like that... he refused to accept it in person, and not only refused, but also explicitly stated, "I don't believe in this."

Long story short...

The verbal conflict gradually escalated into physical contact, but of course, neither side really fought.

In the end... the other party called the police first.

When the police officers arrived, they took one look at Feng Bujue and immediately made a very correct reaction... cuff this guy first.

Later, Jue-ge went to the station for a cup of tea...

The police officers felt deeply uneasy just thinking about what this guy would do if he walked into a halal noodle restaurant... To this end, the police did a lot of work, and this kind of "heart-to-heart" every year before Christmas is one of them.

...

"Phew..." After sending the police officer out, Feng Bujue breathed a sigh of relief, then returned to the coffee table and picked up the glass of plain water he had just given to the officer.

Generally speaking, Jue-ge's attitude towards those "uninvited guests" who are not familiar with him is rather nasty and mean.

When he asks the question, "Would you like something to drink?" if the other party dares to answer "Anything," then he will most likely... take an electric kettle, fill it with tap water in front of the guest, boil it, and then pour it into a disposable cup and bring it over.

This way... after the guest leaves, he can conveniently pour the water into the toilet and throw away the cup as well.

"Tch~ They come every year... don't they get tired of it?" Jue-ge cleaned up, then came to the computer, muttering while turning it on, "Sigh... it's all my fault for being so vigorous when I was young. When I move... I have to reshape my image, can't be too sharp."

While this young narcissist was talking to himself, making "acting old" kinds of remarks, his computer had finished booting up.

Don't look at Jue-ge constantly getting into financial crises, but he doesn't skimp on spending money on computer configuration. His machine is very good—the boot process takes less than ten seconds, no games lag, and the hard drive capacity is also... uh... that's not important.

"Let me see... the event should have already started, right?" Feng Bujue muttered softly, opened the Dream Inc. homepage, and entered the Thriller Paradise forum.

Sure enough, the hottest topic right now was—[The Christmas Treasure Hunt Event is in Full Swing].

And the hottest posts in the discussion area right now were all about this event.