476: Are you kidding me?

“Wrong number.”

Shen Bei shook his phone.

He seriously suspected that Two Headed Vine was completely unprofessional.

There was no mistake.

As an information broker, how could she even dial the wrong number? That was too low-tier, wasn't it?

Two Headed Vine, however, was stunned, her phone still by her ear, her mouth slowly opening in an expression of extreme shock.

Especially as she looked at Shen Bei, there was even a hint of anger in her eyes.

After a full three breaths, Two Headed Vine involuntarily took a step back, asking inexplicably, “This isn't fun anymore.”

“What?” Shen Bei was completely bewildered, not understanding what Two Headed Vine meant at all.

Two Headed Vine's eyelashes fluttered, and she seemed to be chewing on something in her mouth before finally saying, “Have you seen a doctor?”

Shen Bei leaned back in his chair, his arms behind his head, his legs crossed on the table, a roguish look on his face as he stared intently at Two Headed Vine.

He thought to himself: Does this guy know about the ineffable abnormality within me?

Impossible.

When I killed Thunder King Ye Leng, it was in the deserted outskirts of the Capital.

Besides, if I don't talk about my Gestalt collapse, how could anyone else possibly tell?

Is she trying to trick me?

Shen Bei's expression was serious yet friendly: “I don't understand what you're saying. Aren't you calling your client?”

“Still pretending, are we?”

Two Headed Vine's chest swelled with anger, her almond-shaped eyes wide, and she retorted with an indignant tone, “If you don't have a double personality, playing two people to tease me, then why did your phone ring when I called my client?!”

“How long are you going to keep up this act with me? What exactly is your goal?!”

Shen Bei was completely confused by Two Headed Vine's almost gritted-teeth tone.

What did she mean by “double personality”?

What did she mean by “acting”?

Who the hell was acting?!

This offline meeting was initiated by you, Two Headed Vine, wasn't it?

“Are you out of your mind?”

Even though Two Headed Vine was a woman, Shen Bei didn't hold back his words, turning his face and speaking with a slightly muffled tone, continuing, “I told you, you dialed the wrong number!”

Two Headed Vine's eyes seemed to be covered with a thin layer of dust: “Alright, alright, I dialed the wrong number, did I?”

Then, Two Headed Vine hung up the phone and dialed another number: “The call I'm making now is to you!”

Ding-a-ling...

The phone in Shen Bei's pants pocket rang.

This ringing startled Shen Bei, and he was instantly dumbfounded.

“Wait a minute—”

Shen Bei jumped up from his chair and patted his pants pocket.

A modified phone was pulled out.

“Two… how are there two identical phones?!”

Shen Bei exclaimed, his face instantly changing, and he suddenly realized something...

“Now how do you explain this?!”

Two Headed Vine watched Shen Bei holding a phone in each hand, her voice lowered, her tone becoming unfathomable: “Is this interesting? Do you think this is interesting, Ying Zheng?!”

Shen Bei desperately tried to calm himself down, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, then chugged the milk tea he was holding, before managing an extremely forced smile. Then, he softened his tone: “Listen to me, your client won't be coming. There's been a little hiccup…”

Two Headed Vine simply lowered her gaze, unconsciously toying with a straw in her hand, making it impossible to discern her current emotions: “Won't be coming? Aren't you and the client both standing alive and well in front of me?”

“Boring, truly boring!”

“I never expected you to play two roles by yourself!”

“What, did an underground Gang send you to kill me, right?”

Shen Bei raised a hand to interrupt, saying in a steady tone, “Why don't you consider it from a different perspective? For example, one of these two phones is mine, and the other belongs to your client.”

“But as luck would have it, your client and I are enemies. On the way here, we had a disagreement and got into a fight.”

“Clearly, since I'm standing here, I won.”

“And this phone, well, I picked it up after it was dropped on the ground.”

Shen Bei concisely described the course of events.

Whether Two Headed Vine believed it or not, Shen Bei certainly did.

He had to admit,

It was truly messed up!

Mu Feiran was the client Two Headed Vine spoke of!

No wonder...

No wonder they met on this street and were walking in the same direction.

How could they not be walking in the same direction?!

They were both coming to meet Two Headed Vine!

Damn it!

This was all a coincidence!

At this moment, Two Headed Vine's voice grew even heavier, as if she could no longer suppress the deep-seated resentment, letting out a low beast-like growl: “Do you take me for a fool? How can such a coincidence exist in this world?!”

Shen Bei's tone was as devoid of subjective color as the sound of vigorously rubbing a plastic bag: “Then let's cross-reference information. The client you speak of comes from Liaobei Province, just graduated from Beijing Martial Arts University, and is also the president of a Martial Arts Club.”

Clatter...

Upon hearing this, Two Headed Vine took another step back, and the chair beside her was knocked to the ground.

“You—”

Two Headed Vine took a deep breath, her face instantly darkening: “This, how is this possible… I truly cannot accept this.”

Shen Bei spread his hands: “I can't help it either, who told this guy to provoke me?”

Two Headed Vine's mind was in a jumble, her thoughts utterly chaotic.

She forced herself to calm down, sat back down, her eyeballs constantly darting around, seemingly deep in thought.

In Two Headed Vine's opinion,

This Ying Zheng seemed to be here to cause trouble.

Extremely unreliable!

But the experienced intelligence broker, Big Ears, had guaranteed that Ying Zheng possessed extensive experience, and they had cooperated for many years, only to reappear in the Jianghu after a thirty-year disappearance.

Wait a minute—

Two Headed Vine finally reacted, scrutinizing Shen Bei, a chill rising in her heart, and she asked with a trembling voice: “How old are you, you?”

“Sorry, I already have a partner,” Shen Bei said jokingly.

Two Headed Vine's small face immediately scrunched up like a steamed bun: “I'm not joking with you!”

“It's easy to tell,” Shen Bei said to himself, “22.”

“So, you started taking jobs right out of your mother's womb, did you?!” Two Headed Vine said through gritted teeth.

“What do you mean?”

“What do I mean?! Big Ears said you disappeared for thirty years and have now re-emerged in the Jianghu!”

Shen Bei: …

Awkward.

Both Big Ears and Two Headed Vine assumed that the codename “Ying Zheng” referred to Principal Qin himself.

Little did they know, the person had changed.

Shen Bei could only lightly cough twice to hide his constantly rising grin, quickly picking up the phone that had already fallen to the ground and shattered into eight pieces, and began to smooth things over:

“It's like this, the real Ying Zheng has reached retirement age, and I am merely his Disciple. Naturally, I have to inherit his legacy, there's nothing wrong with that, is there?”

“Then why didn't you choose a new codename?” Two Headed Vine asked.

Shen Bei smiled: “Creating a new account is too much trouble. The old account has resources, so why not use them?”

Two Headed Vine was silent.

This situation had exceeded her expectations.

From Shen Bei's swift killing of Sheepskin Assassin, leading to a broken lead.

Then to the “client” being killed by Shen Bei, the lead was broken again.

Now, Two Headed Vine seriously suspected that this Shen Bei was here to mess things up!

And Shen Bei seemed to read her concerns, explaining with certainty:

“You can rest assured of one thing: you can absolutely trust me. Our cooperative relationship has not been broken.”

“Although the client is dead, we can't stand still. Why don't we lay everything out and talk about the true purpose of this offline meeting?”

“Perhaps the two of us are enough to handle the Mind's Eye Potion.”

Shen Bei said with a sincere expression.