162: Chapter 162 brought tears to my eyes! This is true camaraderie!

Su Yun nodded. "Please, go ahead. Who are you looking for?"

Guan Shanyue pulled a yellowed black-and-white photo from his inner breast pocket.

In the photo were two young soldiers with their arms around each other's shoulders, smiling brightly.

"This is me and my squad leader, Wang Gang."

The old man's hand trembled slightly as his fingertips gently stroked the Wang Gang on the right side of the photo.

"Thirty years ago, in Nanjiang."

"There was a war going on back then; the gunfire was constant."

Guan Shanyue's voice was hoarse, as if his throat were filled with grit.

"During that mission, we ran into an ambush."

"To cover the squad's retreat, the squad leader stayed behind alone to hold the line."

"I watched him... I watched him get blown away."

The old man's eyes reddened, but he didn't cry; he just clenched his jaw tightly.

"When the squad leader left, he left me with a message."

"He said, 'Old Guan, my boy just turned a month old. Look after him for me.'"

Su Yun listened quietly, his fingers tapping gently on the tabletop.

In that era, such a promise was heavier than the heavens.

"And then?" Su Yun asked.

"Later, I was discharged. I took the pension and found my sister-in-law."

"Her health was poor, and she passed away a few years later, leaving behind only the child, Wang Xiaofan."

Guan Shanyue took a deep breath to steady his emotions.

"I raised Wang Xiaofan as my own son, providing him with food, clothes, and an education through university."

"The boy was ambitious; he got into a top-tier university and said he wanted to make a name for himself in the big city after graduation."

At this point, a hint of pride appeared on the old man's face, but it quickly turned into deep anxiety.

"But three years ago... he suddenly went silent."

"His phone number was disconnected, and he blocked me on WeChat."

"I went to the city where he worked to find him, but I couldn't find anyone. It was as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth."

Guan Shanyue looked up, his eyes filled with pleading.

"Master Su, I just want to know if this child is still alive."

"If he is, is he doing well? Is he... has he run into some kind of trouble?"

In the livestream room, countless netizens were moved to tears.

[Tears! This is the bond of comrades!]

[Thirty years like a single day, this old gentleman is truly principled!]

[Master Su, hurry and calculate! You must help the old man!]

[Is that Wang Xiaofan too inconsiderate? He actually cut off contact?]

Su Yun nodded, preparing to activate the system.

Suddenly, a bolded bullet comment drifted past, looking extremely jarring.

[Jiangcheng Prodigal: Wait! Wang Xiaofan? Is it the one from Jiangcheng? The one with a scar on his left eyebrow?]

As soon as this comment appeared, it immediately caught the attention of other local netizens from Jiangcheng.

[Spectator: What the hell? I remember now! "Brother Fan" from the Jiangcheng underworld?]

[Enthusiastic Citizen: It's definitely him! I saw him at a nightclub just the day before yesterday! He's the number one lackey under "Brother Hei"!]

[Insider: Don't even mention it; this guy is wicked! Collecting protection money, brawling... I heard he's even crippled several people!]

[Passerby for Justice: Really? A descendant of a martyr joining the triad? That's way too ironic!]

The tide in the livestream room shifted instantly.

The netizens who were moved just moments ago immediately turned their fire and began their verbal onslaught.

[What an ungrateful wolf! This is a classic case of biting the hand that feeds you!]

[The old man is so pitiful, raising such a piece of trash!]

[This kind of Wang Gang deserves to die! Actually joining the underworld? Is he worthy of his late father?]

Although Guan Shanyue wasn't very good at reading bullet comments, he still recognized some of the words.

"Triad," "Lackey," "Wicked"...

The old man's face turned pale in an instant.

"Nonsense!"

Guan Shanyue slammed the table violently. The loud bang caused the camera to shake thrice.

His eyes bulged, and the veins on his neck stood out, looking like an enraged old lion.

"My Wang Xiaofan is the most obedient! Since he was a child, he never even dared to fight; he would even feed sausages to stray cats!"

"How could he possibly become a hoodlum! This is slander! This is a rumor!"

The old man trembled with rage, pointing at the screen, his lips quivering, unable to speak.

He didn't believe it.

He wouldn't believe it even if it killed him.

That was the squad leader's blood! That was the child he had watched grow up! How could he turn into that kind of scum!

The livestream room was in an uproar.

[Old gentleman, you can know a Wang Gang's face but not their heart!]

[Young people nowadays change so fast. There are many temptations in big cities; it's very easy to go astray.]

[Sigh, I don't want to discourage the old man, but there's a high probability this is true.]

Su Yun looked at the agitated Guan Shanyue, then at the certain bullet comments, his brow furrowing slightly.

"System, investigate."

He muttered in his heart.

[Ding! Tianji Divine Calculation activated.]

[Name: Wang Xiaofan]

[Age: 25]

[Occupation: Core member of the Jiangcheng Flying Dragon Gang (True Identity: Police Informant)]

[Recent Fortune: Omen of great calamity, a certain death situation.]

[Past: Discovered clues of criminal activities by underworld forces, proactively cut off contact, went undercover to collect evidence.]

[Future: None (Vital signs are extremely weak).]

[Sin Value: 0]

[Detailed Crimes: None.]

A stream of information flooded into Su Yun's mind.

As the scenes unfolded, Su Yun's pupils constricted sharply.

So that's how it is.

This is the so-called "underworld thug"? This is the so-called "ungrateful wolf"?

Su Yun looked at the bullet comments on the screen still hurling abuse at Wang Xiaofan, a cold sneer curling his lips.

A bunch of idiots.

Always only looking at the surface, always being led by the nose by public opinion.

"Enough."

Su Yun spoke flatly. His voice wasn't loud, yet it carried an unquestionable authority.

The noise in the livestream room seemed to have been paused.

Guan Shanyue looked at Su Yun with reddened eyes, as if waiting for the final judgment.

"Master Su, have you calculated it?"

"My Wang Xiaofan... has he really turned bad?"

The old man's voice was trembling. He was afraid—afraid of hearing the answer that would break his heart.

Su Yun looked into the old man's eyes and said, word for word:

"Elder Guan, you didn't misjudge him."

"Wang Xiaofan is a good boy. He is an upright and honorable man."

These words were like a soothing pill, striking straight into the depths of Guan Shanyue's heart.

The old man was stunned. His tears could no longer be held back, flowing down his wrinkled cheeks.

"I knew it, I knew it..."

The netizens in the livestream were bewildered.

[What's going on? Master Su is trying to whitewash him?]

[Wasn't it said he's in the triad? How is he a good boy again?]

[Is there some hidden truth?]

Su Yun ignored the comments and stared at the camera, his tone becoming exceptionally heavy.

"Do you know why he suddenly lost contact three years ago?"

"Do you know why he had to become a hoodlum, and why he had to make himself so notorious?"

Su Yun took a deep breath, his voice suddenly rising.

"Because he was investigating a case!"

"Three years ago, he accidentally discovered a drug trafficking network targeting university students."

"To avoid involving you and to prevent those drug dealers from retaliating against you, he proactively cut off all contact!"

"He changed his name, got plastic surgery, and even went as far as turning himself into a complete piece of scum just to infiltrate that gang!"

"That 'top-tier thug' you speak of, that villain who does every evil imaginable—in the past three years, he has collected a total of three gigabytes of evidence! He saved twelve female university students who were nearly dragged down!"

Su Yun's words were like heavy hammer blows, striking hard at the hearts of every viewer.

The entire audience was speechless.

Those who were just cursing him as an "ungrateful wolf" now only felt a burning pain on their faces.

This is the truth?

This is the fucking definition of a true lone brave soul!