Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

Linden and Christopher scoured the area but found no trace of anyone. Asher Vance died suddenly, as if his life had abruptly reached its end.

"Natalie, have you ever seen someone die like this?" Linden asked.

Natalie shook her head, "It's not poison, not a hidden weapon, not a sudden death, I've never heard of such a death!"

"What in the world is going on?" Christopher was also puzzled.

At that moment, Natalie received a call from Tina.

"Mom, Five Poisons has escaped!"

An hour earlier, Tina and the members of the Mountain Veil Order had arrived at the hideout of Five Poisons. She had spread deadly toxins all around, ensuring not even a fly could escape. However, when everyone surrounded the residence of Five Poisons, they found no one inside.

Aside from a pile of human face masks of various appearances and some clothes and bags for disguise, there were no clues about Five Poisons.

This time, unlike before, Five Poisons had left in a hurry, even failing to clean up her own traces.

It was like when Tina was tracking a new type of bomb, and GTO hurriedly left behind a model of the new bomb.

Tina sighed, "Someone tipped her off!"

At the border town between Clearwater and Ashbury, Five Poisons, dressed in a pure white dress and bearing Grace's face with exquisite makeup, walked along a path full of flowers. A man in a suit with a very calm demeanor followed her.

"This time, thank you for saving me," Five Poisons turned around, her face bright with a radiant smile, like a girl in love, sincere and adorable.

The man, however, was unmoved, his eyes even flashing a hint of disdain.

"You're too stupid!"

Five Poisons, unfazed by the man's anger, casually picked a flower, smelled it, and then tucked it into her hair.

"Don't worry, Asher Vance won't say anything. If I want them dead, they won't live. Otherwise, why do you think I dared let these people operate alone? By the way, I owe this all to you, or else I wouldn't have been able to develop something so effective."

"This is our family's secret technique. If you're interested, after you develop what I want, I can let you try it."

Five Poisons waved her hand, "No thanks, I'm not interested in your hidden families' stuff."

With that, Five Poisons changed her tone, "Do you think this flower looks good on me?"

The man stopped, seemingly disgusted with Five Poisons's childish behavior.

"Be careful on your own. I won't contact you for a long time."

With those words, the man turned and walked away, his somber silhouette blending into the deep darkness.

Five Poisons pouted, took the flower from her hair, and crushed it in her hand, muttering, "Such an unromantic man. Still, he understands everything about me. Too bad, it'll be a long time before I see him again." Five Poisons threw the flower on the ground and stomped it into the mud.

Five Poisons vanished, and the X Bureau underwent a major shake-up internally.

Nobody expected that Asher Vance, long regarded as a hero of the X Bureau, was actually an undercover agent for GTO! With this revelation, the upper echelons of the X Bureau and the hidden families gathered to thoroughly purge the X Bureau. Those who had been close to Asher Vance were each scrutinized to confirm they had no ties to GTO before being released.

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Linden and Christopher were the first to be investigated, even though they had personally arrested Asher Vance, as they were his closest disciples.

Who knew if they were just sacrificing pawns to save the king? The interrogation system at Bureau X was exceedingly strict and meticulous; even young, robust men would emerge stripped of a layer of their skin. Linden and Christopher underwent questioning for a full ten days before they were safely released. Both men had lost a considerable amount of weight, looking like mere skin and bones, now truly resembling old men. Nathan, Hayden, Jason, and others waited outside. Upon seeing Christopher emerge, they all crowded around him.

"Are you okay?"

"How could I be okay? They tortured me beyond recognition!"

"Let's get you back, the car is warmed up."

The group helped Christopher into the vehicle, paying no attention to Linden who followed behind. Linden didn't expect any concern from these young colleagues; after all, he had never sincerely cared for them either. What he didn't expect was their complete disregard.

Linden sighed, hunching his back as he walked forward. He wasn't without his own transport!

Beep beep!

Startled, Linden turned around to find Arthur!

"Dad!" Arthur hurried over, "I've come to take you home, mom's waiting."

Linden, surprised by his son's appearance, asked, "Who told you I was here?"

"My boss, Tina's cousin. She said..." Arthur smacked his lips, "She said you looked like a pitiful old man returning from a trip with no one to pick you up, so she gave me time off to come get you." Linden chuckled. He knew Tina wasn't that soft-hearted; there must be a reason she arranged this.

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"Arthur, have you picked up your father? Come back now, Aunt Natalie is back," Esther said, her voice filled with excitement and a hint of tears.

Arthur responded and drove to the Brookes family home. There, Linden changed his clothes and stepped out of the car with Arthur. The Brookes family villa was filled with people. Natalie and Tina stood beside Grandpa Brookes, Esther next to them, her eyes red.

Upon seeing Linden and Arthur enter, she quickly pulled them over, "Natalie, this is Linden. I've always wanted to introduce him to you but never had the chance. Today, you finally get to meet him."

The Reed and Shaw families were unaware of Linden's true identity. By day, he handled official duties at Shaw Industries, and by night, he dealt with Bureau X under the guise of social engagements. Natalie, who had once been undercover in the Reed family, was close to Esther then, but pretended not to recognize Linden when his name came up.

So, in Esther's mind, Natalie and Linden had never met.

"Mr. Linden, I finally see your true face. Hello, I am Natalie," Natalie extended her hand. To outsiders, this was their first meeting.

Linden shook her hand, "Hello, Linden. I often hear Esther mention you. Welcome back."

"Welcome back," indeed had a double meaning.

Natalie smirked, acknowledging this old adversary's sentiment.

Despite the years, Natalie still disagreed with some of Linden's methods, but they remained comrades-in-arms.

That was something unchangeable.

"Natalie, seeing you again, I really... So much has happened at home, I didn't know who to talk to. Now that you're back, I finally have someone," she confided.