First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!
Chapter 127: Talking Reason Doesn’t Work—Now It’s the Unreasonable Duo

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But as soon as those words came out, the light in Lu Ding’s eyes instantly vanished, replaced with a calm like still water—and just a faint trace of irritation that didn’t even show on his face.

“Kou Family causing trouble? So are you going to them now to get someone back?”

“Not going to the Kou Family. The one stirring things up is their second son, Kou Jingshen, CEO of the Kou Real Estate Group.”

On the way here, Lu Ding and Bai Hemen had reviewed the Kou Family’s background.

But their focus had been on Kou Huaiyi, the Kou Family’s Cultivator of Qi at the Si Ming Realm.

As for all the young masters and princesses under him, they’d just skimmed over them—knew the names, and that was it.

What kind of era are we in? Still calling people young master and princess?

“Then let’s go straight to him. Bring us with you.”

Lu Ding said it just like that.

Originally, on their way here, he and Bai Hemen had already decided.

None of this “go through the proper channels” crap. Cut the red tape, skip the formalities, throw all that junk aside.

Just show up at the door.

Stand right there at the entrance of the Kou residence.

Hold up the documents, ask them straight: relocating or not? Based on the Kou Family’s usual attitude, the answer would definitely be no.

Good.

Not relocating, huh?

Well, I’ve officially notified you. You're the one refusing. It’s all recorded on the law enforcement recorder.

Then tear the document—

And throw hands.

Who spoiled you like this?!

We’ve given you face for long enough. Talked nicely, offered decent compensation, let you soak up good Feng Shui for years.

You’ve got your fortune, your legacy.

Isn’t that enough?

Feng Shui layouts like this are straight-up cheating. Sure, you cheated before—your ancestral graves were buried right where they needed to be. We’re all Han Chinese, we get it. Family graves are important.

So we didn’t touch them.

Everyone’s got ancestors. We understood.

But now the city needs to develop, and you’ve been sucking up the Earth Essence from half the district. And now you want to dig your heels in and stay?

Isn’t that too much?

Since you love pushing boundaries, let us give you a lesson!

They already tried the reasonable approach, and it didn’t work.

Now comes the unreasonable duo.

Lu Ding had it clear in his mind—he was here to act, not to talk. If reasoning worked, he wouldn’t have been sent in.

So he didn’t care to say much at all.

Hearing that Lu Ding and Bai Hemen wanted to come along,

Captain Li’s hand twitched and he glanced over.

Bai Hemen was fine. But Lu Ding’s style... well...

“Lu Ding, if we can avoid violence, it’s better not to. The Kou Group’s pretty big, provides a lot of jobs and stuff. Someone submitted a report requesting a soft approach.”

Hearing that, Bai Hemen’s lips curled into a slow grin.

He didn’t say anything.

He wasn’t the talkative type—just leave him to throw down.

Lu Ding spoke up: “Soft approach? A report? Who submitted it?”

Three back-to-back questions made Captain Li break into a cold sweat.

The pressure was intense.

He ran those words through his head over and over but didn’t dare speak. Afraid the moment that name came out, it’d be like adding someone to the Book of Life and Death.

Lu Ding could tell he was hesitating.

“If they really wanted a soft approach, they wouldn’t have sent me.”

That’s the beauty of having a reputation. Your presence alone signals the higher-ups’ stance.

They’d already given tacit approval to a lot.

Just like in ancient times—no emperor would send a soft-hearted saint to wipe out a clan.

Unless he meant to let them live.

That line hit Captain Li hard.

Lu Ding continued.

“So, whoever submitted that report—you write me another one. I’ll bring it back. Big mistake or small, the higher-ups will decide. I’m just here to do the job.”

“Whether the Kou Family stays or gets wiped—depends on their attitude. Of course, local concerns have to be considered too.”

“How about this.”

Lu Ding pulled out his phone, opened a file, and pointed at Kou Huaiyi’s third son—the illegitimate one, Kou Jingming. “This one looks pretty solid. Decent capability.”

“Character’s not bad either. Might not expand the business, but holding the fort? No problem.”

“If your missing investigator really is tied up with Kou Jingshen, and he cooperates, I can go easy. But if he refuses and starts acting like a dk......”

Lu Ding didn’t finish the sentence, but Captain Li got the message.

“At that point, the decent folks in the Kou Family—the normal ones—once the Feng Shui layout is broken, they’ll be under Kou Jingming’s management. Company matters too.”

“Same family anyway, they can absorb it however they want.”

“Of course, that’s only if they don’t cooperate, don’t move, don’t back down. If they change their mind last minute, then things can stay as they were.”

But Lu Ding figured cooperation wasn’t likely.

The more Captain Li listened, the more uneasy he felt.

If it went like this, the fallout would be massive.

Sure, it was a matter within the Cultivator of Qi circles, but still......

After a long moment of thinking, he said, “Lu Ding, actually, you guys could go handle the Kou situation. I can take care of this side myself.”

A team captain couldn’t be indecisive.

But he couldn’t match Lu Ding’s level either.

“No need to be polite, Captain Li. We’re all colleagues.”

“I had three plans in mind—worst case, middle ground, and best case. Worst case would be a huge mess. Middle ground would bring you guys some trouble. I hadn’t figured out the best case yet.”

Lu Ding leaned back in his seat. “But now, I’ve got it.”

“What is it?”

Captain Li asked instinctively.

“I looked at the Kou Family file—they’ve always been arrogant. Local tyrants in this area. So it’s important to have righteous cause.”

Righteous cause!

Captain Li’s brain practically exploded. At this point, all he could think was—

Kou Family, oh Kou Family, you’d better move those damn graves.

And Kou Jingshen—if you f*ing laid a hand on my investigator, you are so screwed!

He already knew what Lu Ding was planning.

Attacking a 749 Investigator...

He definitely wouldn’t dare kill, but the word "attack"? How light or heavy that played out—it all depended on Lu Ding’s mood.

Given the way things were shaping up right now, this was clearly riding the wave, using it as a pretext—righteous cause, justified action.

And once this thing was wrapped up, there wouldn’t be a single bit of backlash.

The mission? Flawlessly executed.

The higher-ups would only praise him for handling things so well. I mean, the fact that he was even sent here said it all.

The local authorities wouldn’t be able to say a word.

“Attacking a 749 Investigator”—who’d dare argue with that?

Silence filled the car.

Meanwhile—

Inside the Kou Group’s corporate tower, top-floor CEO office.

The missing Cui Zao sat across from Kou Jingshen, face serious as he spoke: “Kou Jingshen!!”

“Can you stop putting on that unbothered face? It’s only the second day—and already someone’s come out of the advanced training site. Do I need to spell out how serious that is!?”

“This is clearly aimed at your Kou Family.”

“I got it.”

Kou Jingshen continued handling work, speaking without even lifting his head.

“You got it? You got it and you’re still not going back to talk to your old man about it?”

“I took a huge risk to come here and give you this heads-up, and this is your attitude?”

The more Cui Zao talked, the more fired up he got.

So it turned out he wasn’t attacked—

He took advantage of a blind spot in the surveillance and got into Kou Jingshen’s car.

Gave him intel about the trainees arriving from the advanced training site today.

As for the excuse, he already had that lined up—said he had a run-in with the Kou Family.

After all, it wouldn’t be the first time a 749 Investigator clashed with the Kous.

The Kou Family knew where the lines were when it came to dealing with 749 people. They wouldn’t let things get too out of hand.