"Boss, I found something unusual..."
Xia Xu had just returned from having dinner with Luo Hongyun when he received a call from Yang Bowen.
His tone was hesitant.
"What's going on? Tell me. Are you worried that I'll scold you?"
Xia Xu asked in silence.
Yang Bowen said uncertainly: "I feel like someone is always watching me. I've had this feeling before, but I didn't find anything after looking carefully..."
"On the right, at the four o'clock position, the tree canopy, don't turn your eyes directly over there, feel if the feeling of being peeped at is coming from there."
Xia Xu understood as soon as he heard it.
Yang Bowen has a four-star tracking talent and a three-star reconnaissance and intelligence gathering talent. Any one of these talents can make him a first-class investigator. The combination of these talents naturally makes his perception extremely sharp, and this is how he sensed Hovagnal's presence.
"Hey, it seems to be true. Boss, how did you know that? It's amazing."
Yang Bowen's surprised voice came from the phone.
"Just pretend it doesn't exist. There's a dangerous person squatting there. Don't try to contact him yet."
Xia Xu gave a warning.
Yang Bowen was silent for a moment, then said, "Boss, that person should be related to your target, right? Don't we need to follow him?"
"Yes, but it's too dangerous. That person is a professional killer."
Xia Xu nodded slightly when he heard this, then shook his head and said, "Old Yang, just keep watching him at school. I will figure out a way to deal with this person myself."
“… Boss, please let me go.”
Yang Bowen was silent for a moment again, and the words he said made Xia Xu slightly stunned.
"You're going?"
Xia Xu was stunned for a moment, then he slowed down his tone a bit: "Old Yang, I know the werewolf incident may have had a big impact on you, but you have a wife and children after all, and you are not young anymore, so don't take risks. You won't get any benefits from participating in this matter."
"Boss, you misunderstood."
Yang Bowen on the other end of the phone also shook his head and said frankly: "The werewolf thing does make me very curious, but I am not carried away by it.
It's just... Boss, the reason you hired me with a high salary is that I should be doing these kinds of work, right?"
"We did consider this at the beginning, but it was not for such a high-risk mission."
Xia Xu smiled bitterly when he heard this.
His original intention of hiring Yang Bowen was indeed to have Yang Bowen serve as an intelligence officer and track and follow the characters in the plot.
But at that time he was mainly considering the daily urban plots, and he never expected to encounter high-risk plots one after another so soon.
Werewolves, armed bandits, mercenaries wearing high-tech equipment that can rival Uncle Luo, and now a top-level professional killer. It is like walking a tightrope for Yang Bowen to track down these high-dangerous characters. If he is found to be just an ordinary person, he will surely die.
It would be fine if Yang Bowen was a bachelor, but he happened to be the breadwinner of a family with a wife and children. In addition, he was a sentimental person, so as they got to know each other better, they naturally did not plan to send Yang Bowen to do those truly dangerous tracking missions.
"Boss, I understand that you care about my personal safety so you didn't give me any dangerous tasks, but because of this, I've been getting paid for nothing these days. If this continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to continue working for you. But if you want me to go back and continue driving a truck now, I definitely won't be willing..."
Yang Bowen was actually a little hesitant, but his expression gradually became firm, and finally he said: "Boss, let me try, I have learned a lot recently."
"Old Yang, I'm not kidding. The other party is a professional top killer who is proficient in assassination and infiltration, and is also good at tracking and counter-tracking."
Xia Xu frowned.
"Boss, you know I have a wife and kids. I wouldn't risk my life if I'm not sure."
Having made up his mind, Yang Bowen smiled freely.
"Have you really thought it through? Even if you risk your life, you won't gain anything. The most I can do is give you some financial compensation."
Xia Xu still couldn't understand Yang Bowen's thinking.
In his impression, Yang Bowen is a very family-oriented man who does not have a strong sense of adventure. At least he would not take the initiative to joke with his life when he has family concerns, even if it can bring great benefits.
"Boss, like I just said, after following you and seeing the werewolves and other things, I can't be willing to go back to being an ordinary driver. I can't live my life in a daze as if I don't know anything.
Besides, I don't want to just take your salary and wait for death. I hope to achieve something real, something that my wife and children can be proud of.
I hope my wife won’t shrink in silence or force a smile when talking to relatives and neighbors about family matters. I hope Xiaoyong will look at me with the same admiration as last time, instead of saying, “I also want a great father…”
Yang Bowen's tone was complicated, and after a pause, he continued, "And to be honest, the last time I knew there were werewolves in this world, besides curiosity, I was actually more afraid. The scene of myself, my wife and children being attacked by those man-eating monsters often appeared in my mind unconsciously.
That feeling made me feel very powerless all the time. Sometimes I thought that instead of staying in this state of panic, I might as well do something, really step into your circle, uncover their mystery, and get something that can make me feel at ease, even if it is just to let you protect Xiaoyong and the others for the sake of my work... "
Yang Bowen kept on talking.
Xia Xu understood that Lao Yang was not trying to convince him, but to convince himself.
This is a matter of an ordinary person stepping out of their comfort zone to engage in a high-risk and life-threatening profession. It is not so easy for an ordinary person to make up his mind and show unlimited courage.
At this moment, he also understood that Lao Yang had always been the same Lao Yang. His obsession was still that simple and pure hope that his wife and children would be proud of him. But now it was mixed with a bit of fear, a panic after coming into contact with unknown things and the other side of the world.
Of course, there are some factors involved that were caused by his own imagination.
Werewolves are indeed a big threat to ordinary people, but at present the probability of being encountered by ordinary people should be very small. Lao Yang simply feels insecure inside, and thinks that instead of standing "outside the door" in fear and anxiety, it is better to be brave and break in, and take the initiative to explore and understand.
There are many different kinds of people. Some will try their best to avoid fear, while others will choose to face and eliminate fear. Lao Yang is obviously the latter.
"Old Yang, I can't promise you anything. As I said before, I can only provide you with some financial compensation. You don't need to worry too much about the werewolf. It's just a technological creation..."
Xia Xu still chose to be frank with him.
This time, Lao Yang did not argue or make up stories, but listened carefully and silently. After he finished speaking, he said, "Boss, I have really made up my mind."
"Well, since you have made up your mind, I won't say much."
Hearing this again, Xia Xu simply stopped talking and said directly: "Then get to work. You just need to follow the man on the tree from a distance and grasp his movements in real time. Don't worry about anything else."
"Okay."
Yang Bowen replied neatly and hung up the phone.