Chapter 5 Extra: Hetuan’s Vacation (1)
“My vacation is ruined…”
At the arrival gate of Chuannai City Airport, a middle-aged man in a standard police uniform idly fiddled with his mobile phone, complaining about the damn mission from above while continuously scanning the figures emerging from the arrival gate, matching them with the faces in his mind.
As the person in charge of hero liaison at the Chuannai City Police Department, Kailanto could actually understand the reasons behind his superiors’ decision. After all, with the benefits shown by the implementation of the association’s local system, cities were becoming more and more eager for association branches to set up shop. This was especially true for Chuannai, where public order was still not very good. With the help of these psychics, his work would have been a bit easier.
“But it’s too much to send a dedicated person to receive even my vacation! Doesn’t anyone consider my vacation plans?!”
He took out the photo from his embrace and looked at it again. Kailanto couldn’t help but start complaining about the detestable man in the photo who had caused his vacation to end early. But when he thought that the purpose of this action was to provide Chuannai City with better public order conditions, Kailanto suppressed his dissatisfaction and continued to scan the passing tourists with his mind emptied.
“Hello, excuse me, are you Mr. Nianlian? I am Kailanto, a second-level police inspector at the Chuannai City Police Department, and I am here specifically to receive you.”
Years of criminal investigation work had given Kailanto seasoned and skillful identification skills. Almost the moment the man appeared at the end of the passage, Kailanto had recognized the other person’s appearance and walked ahead to the entrance of the passage to wait.
“Hello, hello, Officer Kailanto, I am Hetuan, and you can call me Hetuan if you don’t mind.”
The tall man in a pale blue suit stopped in front of the exit, looking at the stern middle-aged man with a smile, and responded faintly.
“Yes, okay, Mr. Hetuan, may I call you that? Um… would you like me to call a companion car for you?”
Hetuan’s approachable reply eased some of Kailanto’s worries. After all, it was difficult not to think of someone who needed local reception even for a vacation as someone who would be arrogant and domineering relying solely on power.
What made Kailanto even more strange was the little girl sleeping soundly in Hetuan’s arms. She had soft, light brown short hair, a chubby little face, and beautiful features, which immediately reminded him of his daughter’s cuteness when she was young. However, a man traveling alone with his daughter seemed somewhat unusual from both his perspective as a police officer and a father.
“Yes, that won’t trouble you. xx is very well-behaved.”
Shaking his head, he refused Kailanto’s suggestion. Hetuan pinched the face of the girl in his arms a few times, only to receive the girl’s cute squirming response and even sweeter sleep.
“Okay, then Mr. Hetuan, let’s go. The police department has already arranged a hotel for you.”
“Okay, thank you for your trouble.”
…
“That should be all, right? Hey, I’ll just go back and watch the game. My vacation plans can wait for the next annual leave.”
In the luxurious hotel corridor, Kailanto, holding the children’s room card he had just exchanged at the hotel front desk, muttered to himself as he walked towards the previous room.
In a sense, this kind of mission was relatively easy. After all, for someone on a family vacation like the other party, they would definitely not want an outsider like himself to be a third wheel. So, he only needed to give some travel suggestions, and he could go back to rest.
“But a child… single parent? Or widowed?”
Subconsciously analyzing the reason for the other party bringing a child with his criminal investigation experience, Kailanto walked to the previous room and knocked on the door.
“Mr. Hetuan, I am Kailanto. The replacement room for you is ready.”
“Coming~”
A clear voice came from the room, but the voice this time felt inexplicably different from before?
“Crea-k—”
“Mr. Hetuan…”
The high-class classical wooden door opened from the room. As Kailanto was about to hand over the room card in his hand, what appeared at the door this time was actually a beautiful face that he was extremely familiar with.
“Eh!!! Tuanjie?!!”
“Yo, Xiao Kai. Long time no see~”
The young girl inside the room was not at all startled by his appearance. She raised her hand like an old friend meeting, greeting him cordially.
“?????”
He took a few steps back in disbelief, Kailanto turned to look at the room number next to him, then looked back at the soulful, watery, pale blue eyes, and silently formed countless question marks above his head.
“Tuanjie, why are you here?”
Although reuniting with an old friend was a happy event, Kailanto felt that the current scene was a bit too strange. He couldn’t quite sort out his confused mind and instinctively asked.
“Emm, I’m just traveling around here. I just didn’t expect to run into you, Xiao Kai. Is there anything you’re here for?”
The married woman with long hair tied in a ponytail gently shook her head, replying as if it were natural with a youthful sense that didn’t match her appearance.
“But… here is…”
He took out his mobile phone and swiped a few times quickly. Kailanto seriously felt that his memory must not be wrong. Room 1309 was the room he had sent the guest Mr. Hetuan into earlier, so why had it become his old friend’s room now?
“Hey, hey, Xiao Kai, is this how you treat your sister after not seeing her for so long? Have the feelings of the past become so distant?”
Seeing the dazed Kailanto, the woman showed a look of amusement on her face, tapping lightly on the doorframe with her fingers and asking with a smile.
“No, no, it’s not that, Tuanjie, I… I’m a bit confused right now and busy with some work.”
“I’m sorry, Tuanjie, I’ll go take care of some work matters first. I’ll be done soon, and I’ll entertain you again later.”
He let out a sigh, slightly calming his chaotic mood. Kailanto quickly made the most appropriate reply, clasped his hands and apologized to Tuanjie, while taking out his phone and dialing the VIP guest Mr. Hetuan’s number, wanting to inquire about his location.
The ringing sound accompanied by the melodious bell made Kailanto’s heart sink again. If the association’s VIP guests went missing under his watch, not to mention whether his position could be kept, if it caused the progress of the branch to stagnate, he himself would not forgive himself.
He hurriedly put his mobile phone into his pocket, and was about to bid farewell to Tuanjie.
But the next moment, a loud answer ring grew closer from the room, and finally, in front of Kailanto appeared an incredibly familiar short-haired loli, and the black mobile phone in her hand that continued to ring.
“Mom, the phone is ringing.”
