Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

In the middle of the night, two people were in the bedroom without the lights on.

“Jared! What have you done to my daughter?”

“She’s still underage!”

Tina: “I’m almost twenty.”

Hugo: “To me, you’re underage even if you were eighty!”

Tina: “…”

Jared, faced with Hugo’s nearly fiery eyes, felt helpless. “We were just talking.”

“Why talk in the dark? Brother-in-law, is it true what Sophia said, that you were kissing in the room?” Zackary chuckled, covering his mouth.

Sophia had indeed told Zackary everything, including the time she heard Tina and Jared kissing in the bedroom!

Hugo’s eyes widened even further.

Jared: “It’s not what it seems, father-in-law, please let me explain!”

Sophia: “I only knocked on the door after I heard them kissing.”

Jennie blushed and pulled Zackary away, “Zackary, don’t talk nonsense. Your sister and brother-in-law were in the room… doing homework, right, you should do your homework now.”

Zackary laughed mischievously and went into the bedroom hugging his schoolbag.

Jared deliberately avoided Hugo’s gaze, cleared his throat, “Mom, Dad, I should head back now.”

After saying that, Jared ran off as if his feet were greased.

It seemed like nothing, but the more Zackary talked, the guiltier they felt!

What was Hayden doing instead of keeping watch?

Hayden and Courtney were indeed standing guard diligently.

Seeing Jared come out the door, they dropped their guard and approached him, “Mr. Farrell, is everything resolved?”

Jared kicked Hayden in the rear, “Didn’t you see someone going up?”

Courtney and Hayden looked puzzled and nodded together.

“We saw, we even texted you.”

Especially Hayden, rubbing his backside with a hurt expression, he had sent the information to Jared as soon as he saw Hugo’s family still ten meters away.

Jared checked his phone, and indeed there was a message…

He just hadn’t noticed it while with Tina.

Jared cleared his throat and pointed at Courtney, “Continue with the mission.”

Then looked at Hayden, “You, take me home.”

Hayden caught on, “Oh, I get it. Did you do something to Serena that our father-in-law saw?”

Jared glanced at him, “After you drop me home, go do five hundred push-ups and six hundred sit-ups outside Paula White’s house. Don’t return until you’re done!”

Hayden was stunned, as if struck by lightning. Doing push-ups and sit-ups was fine, but why in front of Paula White’s house?

As they were about to split up, everyone’s XScreen rang simultaneously.

It was a direct mission from the headquarters to the X Bureau special squad, requiring full alert.

“Tiger spotted in West City. Wolf Squad, deploy immediately!”

The joking expressions vanished from their faces instantly. Courtney was about to speak when Jared said, “Continue with the mission, stay with Tina!”

Courtney saluted, “Yes, sir!”

Jared and Hayden immediately set off.

Jared’s eyebrows were furrowed, his expression grave.

Tiger’s trace in West City?Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

That area was a mining district with several illegal coal mines. Although previously targeted and now abandoned, it was far and outside the urban planning area, so it had been neglected.

Why would Tiger appear there?

Courtney returned home and informed Tina about the sudden mission, “I don’t know the details, but Miss Reed, something feels off.”

Tina nodded, “It is off.”

Not to mention why Tiger would appear in West City, but the mission itself had many irregularities.

The X Bureau usually arranged all positioning points before issuing a mission, including overall command, snipers, etc., and sent maps and other information to each team leader’s XScreen, deciding who would lead and who would follow.

Even in urgent missions, they would notify the leaders in advance, discuss the plan within half an hour, and then execute it via XScreen.

After all, every mission at X Bureau involved life-threatening stakes; therefore, the team never acted hastily to ensure the safety of its members.

CK was an organization that X Bureau had long pursued internally, and Tiger, the leader of CK, had a bounty rating of five stars.

Was it really possible to attempt to capture such an important fugitive without organized preparation?

Tina frowned, “Courtney, come with me to see Paula White.”

Without asking further, Courtney dressed and armed himself with a pistol before following Tina out the door.

At X Bureau, Jared, Hayden, and others had changed into combat gear and boarded the vehicle headed for West City. It was only on the vehicle that the team received a basic map of the terrain, which did not specifically mark any dangerous areas.

“The satellite map hasn’t come through yet; familiarize yourselves with the basic terrain first,” Jared instructed from the front of the vehicle.

The operation was directly overseen by the headquarters through satellite, with Christopher Parr in the onsite command vehicle and Jared participating as the head of the squad.

Hayden’s team, the vanguard, was responsible for scouting the terrain. Nathan’s team provided peripheral cover, while Jason and Jared went deep into enemy territory.

Jason lost his temper on the vehicle, not because he was entering enemy territory, but because he was doing so alongside Jared.

“Captain, you are our leader, how can we allow you to charge into battle personally?” Jared was supposed to command from the rear, ensuring the safety of all team members.

Having the squad leader, who was also the deputy director, penetrate deep into enemy lines was indeed unprecedented.

At that moment, their headsets were connected to the onsite command vehicle, and Christopher Parr heard everything clearly.

Jason, unafraid that Christopher would hear, asserted, “This isn’t following protocol; someone is clearly targeting Jared!”

And now, the only person Jared had managed to offend was Christopher Parr.

Over the headset, Christopher Parr spoke calmly, “Why all the chatter?”

“That’s all the chatter I have!” Frustrated, Jason ripped off his headset.

Jared shot him a glare, “Put it on!”

Jason, though resentful, reluctantly put the headset back on, simmering quietly to the side.

Jared stood up, moved to the center, and after issuing commands to all the team members, his gaze turned to Jason, “Follow orders and obey commands, do you understand?”

“I understand!”

Jared kicked Jason, “Do you understand?”

“I understand!” Jason shouted back, no longer displaying the demeanor of a beleaguered wife.

As dawn broke, the X Bureau’s special squad arrived at their destination. They disembarked in an orderly fashion and moved to their designated locations.

Hayden and Nathan, followed by Jared, disembarked last, with Jason trailing behind.

“Still no satellite map; what good is just a basic map?” Hayden, though more patient than Jason, was also frustrated.

Now that they had reached their destination and the satellite map was still not available, the upcoming operation would be severely handicapped.

Jared, his left arm around Hayden’s shoulder and his right hooked around Jason, nodded to Nathan, who leaned in close.

The four formed a circle.

Jared used the tip of his boot to write several letters on the ground.

Connected together, the letters meant that upon hearing the word “run” over the headset, they should immediately retreat.

These letters were a form of shorthand used internally at X Bureau, akin to Morse code.

The other three understood, and Jared believed something was off about this mission.

They nodded together, erased the letters from the ground, and headed to their respective operational locations.

“What are you guys doing?” Christopher Parr’s voice came through the headset.

Jared tapped his headset and replied with a smile, “Just a ritual before heading out on a mission.”

“Bullshit, get moving. I’m about to connect to the headquarters command system,” Christopher Parr cursed, and then activated the command system of the headquarters.