First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!
Chapter 188: Take it Back for Feifan

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Cao Ying quickly crouched down to search the corpse.

What he found were all some—useful, but not valuable—talismans, pills, and magical artifacts.

Nothing worth much even if kept.

It was like a wandering martial artist carrying pancakes in his pocket: money can buy food, and food can fill your stomach.

Pancakes can fill your stomach too.

But pancakes and money aren’t judged by the same standard.

Cao Ying stood up and showed the spoils to Lu Ding: “Lu-ge, just a bunch of worthless junk.”

Lu Ding gave it a quick glance.

“Poorer than me. Take it back and give it to Feifan, he could probably use it.”

At Lu Ding’s level and combat power, these things didn’t interest him anymore.

But for Yan Feifan, these were all good stuff.

Cao Ying tucked the items away: “Alright, I promise to deliver it to Feifan personally.”

“By the way, Lu-ge, I was just thinking, if you’re interested in this Golden Toad Nesting on an Egg Formation, I might be able to help.”

“This thing’s probably been handled a lot, most people would have a hard time taking it down—we’ll have to be clever.”

“I happen to know a slightly shady mountain-moving Daoist. If she takes the job, she’ll definitely get it done.”

“Slightly shady?”

What kind of description was that?

Lu Ding instinctively looked at Bai Hemen, and asked Cao Ying, “More shady than him?”

Bai Hemen: ??????

Cao Ying grinned: “They’re not the same.”

“The one I’m talking about is called Wang Qingge. Everything about her’s fine—except one thing. Her memory’s terrible.”

Lu Ding nodded: “You can tell just by the name.”

That name—‘Forget Dear Brother’.

Definitely not the kind of name a serious person would pick. Lu Ding guessed she probably forgot her real name and made up a new one.

But as Cao Ying continued,

Lu Ding realized his imagination wasn’t nearly enough.

“Well, how do I put it—she says she’s sick. I think it’s Alzheimer’s. But she’s terrifyingly strong.”

“No skill, just brute force, pure muscle memory. She knows everything, masters everything, but if you ask her, she’ll just say ‘I don’t know, I forgot.’”

“And she’s deaf. Like ridiculously deaf. Not that she can’t hear—her ears are fine—but when you talk to her,”

“What you say means one thing, but what she hears is something else entirely.”

“And most importantly—and this is why I say she’s shady—she’s carrying something unclean.”

Hearing that, Lu Ding’s eyes lit up. Now this was interesting.

Then he paused to think.

Wait, that doesn’t make sense.

“Didn’t you say she’s terrifyingly strong? If she’s carrying something unclean, can’t she handle it herself?”

“What’s on her isn’t normal. It can’t be seen, there’s no way to act on it. You can only hear it—some garbled sounds, can’t understand a word.”

“But the longer you listen, the more your head hurts, you’ll definitely fall into Qi deviation.”

“But maybe because she’s deaf, she can’t hear it. I figure, silver lining, right?”

The more Lu Ding listened, the stranger it sounded. This was like a bugged character.

Can’t see it, only hear it...

But can’t understand it.

And it causes Qi deviation.

Why did this sound so familiar?

But he couldn’t pin down the key point.

“Lu-ge, you want me to call her?”

Lu Ding was kind of interested in the thing attached to her.

But to be cautious, he asked first: “Does she have any episodes?”

“Like, mental ones. Is she normally okay?”

Lu Ding didn’t want to deal with some drama magnet.

Cao Ying waved it off:

“Besides those issues I mentioned, she’s healthy as a horse. Tougher than me. Can’t hear, barely talks, just likes watching ants move house.”

“Alright then, call her over and let her take a look.”

Leave professional work to professionals.

Lu Ding might be confident in his feng shui knowledge,

But that was what he learned back when he was still just a regular guy.

Being able to use it in Jinshan was already impressive.

Now that this Golden Toad Nesting Formation was moving, he really couldn’t do anything.

Cao Ying stepped aside to send a message.

Lu Ding looked at the silent Bai Hemen: “What are you thinking about?”

“I’m wondering if this Bai Family... could’ve been left behind by my grandfather.”

Looks like that little daydream from earlier had taken root.

“No way it’s that much of a coincidence. Probably just the same surname. How about this—when Cao Ying gets back, we’ll ask him.”

“Didn’t you say he knows stuff?”

“If not, there are Bai Family people around here. We can just go ask them directly.”

Bai Hemen nodded, agreeing with Lu Ding.

Soon enough, Cao Ying finished.

And the two hadn’t really kept their voices down just now.

He’d heard them clearly.

He came back and said: “Investigator Bai, what do you want to ask?”

Our boss Cao’s mind was still sharp. He caught the gist of the earlier conversation too.

But in one ear and out the other.

It was family business.

No need to pry.

Bai Hemen asked, “What’s the story behind this Bai Family?”

Lu Ding chimed in: “I just looked through the 749 database, but my clearance level wasn’t enough.”

Cao Ying walked ahead to lead the way.

“Lu-ge, shall we talk as we walk?”

The two followed along.

On the way, Cao Ying spoke.

“This Bai Family, I happen to know a bit—but not much. I heard that old man Bai used to work for the Han government, legit government job.”

“Got paid by the state, wore official boots.”

“As for what he actually did, I’m not too sure. But I suspect, he probably did research or something.”

Hearing that, Lu Ding’s heart sank.

Even though he had never met Bai Hemen’s grandfather,

From the way Bai Hemen relayed his grandmother’s words, it was clear the old man couldn’t have been ordinary.

And Bai Hemen had also mentioned that his grandmother was quite knowledgeable…

Add to that Bai Hemen’s beautiful handwriting.

If you said he got great grades in school, Lu Ding would never believe it.

A guy who could barely use a smartphone, clearly out of touch with the tech age.

A little withdrawn too—not stereotyping, but most kids like that don’t do great academically.

And Bai Hemen was definitely in that category.

Plus, his situation was special.

So that beautiful handwriting was most likely taught by his grandmother.

If that really was the case, and the grandmother was already that impressive, then the old man from the Bai family must’ve been...

Cao Ying kept talking.

“Then, I think it was about forty years ago, something big happened around here. A direct descendant of the Huangjin Family married out—and that had never happened before.”

“She married the old man from the Bai Family.”

“And after marrying him, the children they had still carried the Bai surname. That’s when the Bai Family began to rise in power, eventually becoming the dominant force in the Northwest, while still keeping close ties with the Huangjin Family.”

Bai Hemen’s face was so dark it looked like it could drip water.

Lu Ding leaned in and asked, “How old’s your dad?”

Bai Hemen replied grimly, “After my grandfather passed, the family was poor. My grandmother raised my father all on her own.”

“Because we didn’t have money, he didn’t marry my mother until he was over thirty. I came along after that...”

At that moment, it was like a lightbulb went off in Bai Hemen’s head.

He understood what Lu Ding was getting at—and said the rest in one breath.