First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!
Chapter 184: Too dumb, talks too much, lacks sense, and doesn’t know how to carry himself

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When Bai Hemen took the cigarette,

Chen An looked to Qiu Si—who didn’t even spare him a glance.

Receiving no response,

Chen An circulated his Qi right in front of Lu Ding and asked, “Can I fight back?”

Hearing that, Bai Hemen pulled a crooked smile, picked up the cigarette, and mimicked a puff.

Ptooey!

Choked on the first drag.

Then came a dull thud.

Chen An’s chest caved in. He flew back, crashed through the wall, and landed in the hallway.

One solid front kick—wall shattered, dignity shattered, sternum shattered.

Blood gushed from his mouth.

Lu Ding stepped through the hole.

Grabbed Chen An by the ankle, yanked him through the gap, and slammed him back into the private room.

The hole was already pretty big.

With that slam, Chen An’s head widened the gap in the wall.

He landed face-down on the floor.

THUD!!!

Cracks snaked across the ground, the floor tiles crushed to dust.

Blood sprayed from Chen An’s mouth, dyeing the gray-white cement under the tiles bright red.

Lu Ding crouched down, raised his hand—Bai Hemen handed the cigarette back into his fingers.

Then reached again.

The hard cement floor—now had a soft cigarette butt jammed deep into it.

Chen An’s eyes stared blankly at the barely-ash-tipped cigarette.

It wasn’t even tilted enough for the ash to fall.

Then Lu Ding said: “You know why she didn’t like you?”

Right now, with who knows how many bones broken, only Chen An’s eyeballs could still move.

Lu Ding explained, “Because you’re dumb as hl, talk too much, don’t know the bigger picture, don’t understand how to carry yourself, can’t measure your own worth, and don’t know your place.”

Qiu Si stepped over.

“Understand that?”

Chen An’s dazed look said it all.

Qiu Si pointed at him, “Someone hits you, and you still ask if you’re allowed to fight back—that’s just dumb!!”

“Dumb and talky!!”

“Who the hl stands there and takes a hit without swinging back?!”

“You’re a 749 investigator. Her situation—was already reported. Secret dealings with the Tianli Cult. I personally oversaw and commanded that operation.”

“And we didn’t even call you in.”

“At that point, you should’ve figured it out. You’re wearing 749’s uniform, and now you show up to question a colleague—over a Tianli Cult member. That’s a total lack of perspective!”

“She turned you down when you confessed. Said ‘we’re just friends, let’s talk about the future later.’”

“That was her letting you keep face. When a girl doesn’t say she likes you—she fing doesn’t like you.”

“That day was your big moment. With so many people watching, she didn’t want to embarrass you, didn’t want you to lose face!!”

“She was also thinking of 749’s reputation. And you still don’t get it—that’s dumb on top of dumb!!”

“I don’t believe you don’t know about Lu Ding’s reputation lately. Just yesterday, he killed Ruan Kong. You really don’t know this stuff?”

“If you knew, you should’ve thought twice. Can you even handle Ruan Kong? And you come picking a fight with him—don’t you know your own damn limits?!”

“I was sitting right here, telling you to go write a self-criticism. That was your last fing chance, and you still didn’t get the hint.”

“That’s not knowing who’s who!!”

Qiu Si’s chest rose and fell as he spoke, his face red with fury.

Looked like he was on the verge of a heart attack.

Hands on his hips, pacing, pointing again at Chen An on the floor.

Smacking his own face.

With loud smack smack sounds,

he spoke with bitter disappointment, “You’re about to ruin Yunmeng 749’s entire reputation!!”

“I told you to leave and you didn’t. Well don’t bother now—I’m issuing the punishment right here!”

“Senior Investigator Chen An of Yunmeng 749.”

“For violating internal bureau regulations, your status as Senior Investigator is revoked. You’re demoted to Intern Investigator, all benefits canceled, and sentenced to one year in confinement!!”

“And!! F*** it—the damage fees for this place come out of your cut!!”

The title part of the punishment wasn’t even the worst of it.

The real kicker was the confinement sentence.

To give a real-world example—

Bai Hemen.

Take Bai Hemen.

As ruthless as he is, after a stint in confinement, he came out wilted like a frostbitten eggplant.

And 749 confinement isn’t just “sit in a room” kind of deal.

There’s punishment involved.

Back then, Bai Hemen took a whole set of it, which triggered a congenital dark ailment in his body.

If Xie Shunan hadn’t accidentally discovered the Yimu Knot,

there’s no telling when Bai Hemen’s injuries would’ve healed.

So yeah—Chen An’s in for a ride this time.

As Qiu Si kept yelling at Chen An like a scolded son,

Lu Ding and Bai Hemen quietly walked out.

After all, he wasn’t a Yunmeng 749 investigator.

No need to listen in on other people’s family drama.

At the door,

Bai Hemen folded his arms: “Why don’t we leave? This place doesn’t feel right. Gives me the creeps.”

Lu Ding felt it too.

He had a weird sense that wherever he went, st hit the fan.

It was fine at first.

Then he showed up—boom, instant chaos.

Besides, it was already getting late.

They’d only stay at Yunmeng 749 for a few hours before leaving at dawn.

And the next location—the Golden Toad Nesting on an Egg Formation—was out in the remote northwest mountains.

No planes or trains go there.

So whether they left early or late didn’t really matter. He already got what he needed from the Qu Family.

The contribution points would take a while to arrive.

In the meantime,

sitting around doing nothing made Lu Ding feel itchy.

Restless.

He nodded: “Alright.”

Pulled out his phone and sent a message to Qiu Si, still yelling in the room:

【Director Qiu, sorry for the disturbance tonight. Thanks for hosting us. We’ll come back another time.】

Message sent. Pulled up the map.

Checked direction.

Lu Ding raised a finger: “Let’s go!”

One flew, one vanished.

One soared skyward, the other slipped into stealth.

After a while—

Back in the room.

Qiu Si had just stuffed a pill into Chen An’s mouth.

Sighed with meaning: “You—seriously need to start learning from people like him.”

He got up, pulled out his phone, intending to ask where Lu Ding had gone—

and saw the message.

Qiu Si turned red with rage again, leaned down, and slapped Chen An’s head with a loud crack.

Smack!

“You fer—after this one-year confinement, either get your act together or get lost. Just looking at you pisses me off more than anyone else.”

He’d originally planned to keep Lu Ding around to say a few words, maybe set an example for the Yunmeng 749 team.

But the guy was gone!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He added one more line:

“Crawl yourself the f** back!!”

Barely recovered a bit of strength, Chen An was confused as hell.

Wait, what did I do? I already got beaten half to death, didn’t say anything just now—

How is this my fault again?!