Chapter 80

Did someone request my family’s file in advance?

After hearing the words of the archivist, Leon’s eyebrows couldn’t help but furrow.

“Can you tell me who requested the file?”

“Sorry, according to the bureau’s regulations, this must be kept absolutely confidential.”

Even though he was very polite, the archivist’s refusal was firm. After nodding, Leon didn’t linger and left the archives after neatly putting away his receipt, heading toward the building of the Secret Investigation Bureau with a grim expression.

All six members of my family are completely normal people. Our parents have been deceased for six years now, Anna will come of age next year, and excluding the two younger siblings who are six or seven years old, the person who requested the file must be targeting me.

Not only does someone have an “interest” in me, but they also have the ability to request files. There’s no need to guess who it is!…

Leon Lane, Oliver Lane, Wayne Lane, Thomas Lane…

Looking at the pile of “Lane” family files on the table that had formed into a small mountain, the female police officer couldn’t help but sigh mournfully, feeling like she really clashed with this cursed surname! First, she was assigned to investigate the rebels involved in the assassination of the princess, only to find out that the firearms abandoned at the scene had production numbers belonging to the Lane family’s armory. The captured rebels insisted it was the Lane family’s doing, but due to the Lane family’s non-cooperation, the investigation had to be forcibly terminated.

Later, after finally uncovering some clues and finding the trail of one of the rebels, another “Lane” who joined the rebels disrupted everything. Not only did they play around with her like a fool, but she also felt uncomfortable for several days afterward.

What’s worse, in order to make up for her father’s mistakes, even though she had already been looked down upon by them, she still had to go out of her way to help them investigate the matter of their pension.

To recover the Lanes’ withheld pensions and send that damn Military Department’s consoling official inside, she spent half the night reviewing files and barely slept for a little while before dawn.

However, just as the matter of the pension was reported, the two new cases assigned to her today turned out to involve two more “Lanes”! One was a commercial dispute between three noble families led by the Lane family and Chal Department Store, and the other was regarding the railway project cooperation between the Lane family and the Road Administration Department, which was halted without reason after digging up the roadbed, leading to a lawsuit demanding verification of the situation…

Not… I just want to know, what exactly needs to be verified here? Are all of you blind? Can’t you see if the road is broken yourself? Do we really need to send people over for this? “Creak… creak…”

Seeing the two glaring red “urgent” marks on the dossier, the female police officer immediately ground her teeth in anger.

Although our name contains the word “investigation,” we are the Secret Investigation Bureau! Do you understand secrecy? What we should handle are traitors selling out the country, corrupt officials abusing power, spies infiltrating the kingdom, and rebels attempting sabotage. Can you stop referring every investigation to us just to avoid responsibility, pushing whatever trivial matters here? If I had known secret police were supposed to do this, I might as well have…

“Issa.”

Just when the female police officer was tormented by the “Lane-related” dossiers, wishing she could spit fire and burn all these things, another equally exhausted secret police officer called her, tossing a metal badge her way with a lackluster voice:

“Interrogation Room 17 is free. Use it quickly if you need!”

“I’m going right away!!!”

Upon catching the iron badge, the female police officer stood up immediately, stepping out of the large office with a delighted expression, then rushed downstairs like a dog was chasing her behind.

But just as she rushed to the first-floor hall, preparing to head to the underground interrogation room and engage in psychological warfare with those despicable rebels, she was stopped again.

“Issa~”

After receiving her puzzled gaze, a middle-aged female police officer with whom she usually got along well chuckled lightly and smiled sweetly, nodding toward the back.

“Look over there, someone’s looking for you~”

Is someone looking for me? Who? Following her words and looking over, the female police officer who had just escaped from the “Lane hell” immediately slumped her face and decisively turned around and walked away.

???

Is… Is she sulking? Looking at Issa, who silently walked off in a huff, and then at the man standing nearby with longing eyes, the middle-aged police officer wanted to mediate but couldn’t because of the rules of the bureau. She could only sigh helplessly and explained to Leon standing in the reception area: “Sorry… Normally, I should let you in, but our bureau has special regulations, generally not allowing outsiders…”

“What are you here for?”

The middle-aged police officer had just started explaining when a cold inquiry suddenly came from behind.

Surprised, she turned around and found that Issa, who had just left, had followed her back. Now she was glaring at the man across from her through her and asked disdainfully: “Didn’t you call me crazy and tell me to get lost, preferably never bother you until the day you die?”

“Are you saying I went too far?”

After thanking the middle-aged police officer who had called her and waiting for her to move a bit away, Leon touched his ass that had just recovered from swelling this morning, couldn’t help lowering his voice, and retorted darkly:

“Can you say your brain isn’t a little messed up since you screamed and hit my ass at the shooting range?”

???

Ah, what?! By stealthily peeking at Leon’s lip movements and deciphering their conversation, the distant middle-aged police officer secretly eating melon instantly trembled all over, almost falling flat on the ground.

No mistake in every content at 69 book bar!

Not… At the shooting range? Are young people these days so open? Or am I getting old? Out of touch with the times?”You… shut up fast!”

Quickly looking around, making sure everyone was busy with their own tasks and no one was paying attention to this side, the female police officer hurriedly pulled Leon out of the door and gritted her teeth, saying: “Disgraceful rebel! We weren’t supposed to forget about the shooting range incident and never meet again in this lifetime? What do you want?!”

“What do I want? I want to ask what you’re up to!”

After glaring at the female police officer with ill intent, Leon extended his hand toward her and said irritably: “We agreed never to meet again in this lifetime, yet you secretly requested my file? Hurry up! Hand over all my family’s files!”

Files? So you’re here for this? Hearing Leon’s words, the female police officer couldn’t help but sigh in relief, then slapped Leon’s open palm hard and glared back.

“I requested the files first, why should I give them to you? Let me finish reading them first!”

“It’s my file, so you should give it to me!”

“It’s not your file; it’s the archive bureau’s ‘file about you’!”

After working half the night for the Lane family’s withheld pensions, the female police officer finally gained some confidence when facing him, refusing outright: “Go home and wait! I’ll return your files naturally after I’m done using them in a few days! You… why are you staring at me like that?”

“…”

I’m not staring at you; I’m looking at your people… Are you guys always this curious?

Looking at the increasing number of people in the Secret Investigation Bureau’s hall pretending to be calm but actually eavesdropping, Leon speechlessly opened his badge system and checked the new badge he had just obtained.

[Heartbreaker]

(The chapter ends)