Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âBy the sea, near the reef beach,â Li Fang said.
âCanât you be more specific?â Jia Zizai asked.
âI canât be more specific,â Li Fang said as he took a sip of tea. âYou know he doesnât trust me so much. Heâs wary of me.â
âA man like the chairman is living too tiredly,â Jia Zizai said, blowing out a puff of cigarette smoke. âHe has to be on guard against this and that all day. There is no one he trusts. Hey, do you think that when he sleeps with a woman, he has to be careful about whether the other party is an assassin? Killing him when sheâs with him... He couldnât even be happy then!â
âAs far as I know, the chairman does not touch women,â Li Fang said.
Jia Zizai took another drag on his cigarette. âTsk, tsk, he doesnât drink, doesnât smoke, doesnât perm his hair, doesnât touch women... Hey, is he a eunuch?â
âStop talking nonsense,â Li Fang said. âHe has a beard.â
âThat might be fake too,â Jia Zizai said.
âI think he must have a very trusted person,â Li Fang said.
âWho?â Jia Zizai asked.
âHow would I know?â Li Fang replied. âI wish I did.â
âAny evidence?â Jia Zizai asked.
âNo, intuition,â Li Fang said.
âIntuition? Isnât that a womanâs patented trait?â Jia Zizai asked. He knew Hu Meiâs intuition was very accurate. He couldnât quite get used to hearing it from a big manâs mouth. âWell, what is the chairmanâs ability?â
âHeâs a master of kung fu, a real master,â Li Fang said.
âI know that,â Jia Zizai said.
âHe is almost able to be unscathed by weapons and has a strong resistance to poisons,â Li Fang said. âHis ability to determine a personâs position from the wind is first-rate.â
âAnything else? Can you finish it in one breath?â Jia Zizai asked. He already knew everything that was just said.
âThatâs all I know,â Li Fang said.
âYou know less than I do! Have you been following him for so many years in vain?â Jia Zizai felt that Li Fang must have something left unsaid and was keeping something.
âI feel like he should be good at using cold weapons,â Li Fang said after a momentâs silence.
âIntuition again?â Jia Zizai asked.
âIâve seen his left hand,â Li Fang said. âThere were thick calluses on them, which is often caused by holding something, but not by holding a gun.â
âLeft-handed?â Jia Zizai thought for a moment. âHeâs left-handed, but I remember he used his right hand to sign documents.â
âThat means you didnât observe carefully,â Li Fang said. âHe habitually curls up his left hand in the form of a fist, which indicates conscious concealment.â
âEven if weapons canât harm him, a bomb will blow him right up,â Jia Zizai said. âThe key is where the information he holds is hidden. If he dies, those things would be exposed. Wouldnât we die as well?â
Once his blackmail materials fell into someone elseâs hand, it was equivalent to having a hanging sword overhead all the time. It might fall at any time. This caused him to be unable to sleep and eat in peace.
âIâve got some of the blackmail information,â Li Fang said.
âDo you have mine?â Jia Zizai asked.
âI donât know,â Li Fang said.
âWhat do you mean you donât know?â Jia Zizai asked.
âItâs a hard disk,â Li Fang said. âIâve tried to find a computer expert to try to decipher it. Not only is there a password, but the person also told me that once I try to open the file inside, the hard disk would automatically clear the contents and send a message to someone.â
âDamn, what an old fox,â Jia Zizai said. âHe asked you to keep the information, but you donât know whatâs in it.â
âCorrect,â Li Fang said.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âWell, if something happens to him, what did he ask you to do?â Jia Zizai asked.
âHe told me to give it to Tengwei,â Li Fang said.
âTengwei? Impossible!â Jia Zizai shook his head. âHe and the chairman are the last to deal with each other!â
âNot necessarily,â Li Fang said. âThings are not as they seem. You never know how many of these directors are collaborating or how many of them are one with the chairman.â
âCan anybody be one with him?â Jia Zizai asked.
âAha, even Qin Hua has several good friends,â Li Fang said. âLetâs find them first and get rid of them one by one. Finally, only the chairman will be left. It would naturally make it easier for us.â
Since his sonâs condition had shown signs of improvement, Li Fang had completely changed. He had a new yearning for life. For that reason, he would use all means.
âTsk, tsk, tsk, you havenât been so brutal for a long time!â Jia Zizai sighed
âShall we start?â Li Fang asked.
âLetâs start,â Jia Zizai replied.
When the moon was dark and the wind was high, it was time for killing and setting fires. The next morning, the sky was cloudy. Rain soon began to fall.
...
A week quickly passed. Zeng Yichuan was now able to get out of bed on his own without relying on the crutches. The color on his face had returned to normal.
âCaptain, I think we can leave,â he said.
âAlright, Iâll go and tell Dr. Wang,â Cheng Haidong replied.
They went to the clinic together to say goodbye to Wang Yao.
âYes, you can leave.â Wang Yao laughed and gave them several more doses of the Primordial Spirit Soup. âTake this with you.â
âThank you, Dr. Wang,â Zeng Yichuan said. âIn the future, if you need anything, just let me know.â
âSure.â Wang Yao smiled and nodded.
They invited Wang Yao and Zhong Liuchuan to have lunch at the restaurant in Xiacun. At the table, Cheng Haidong mentioned the medical fees again, which was lightly brushed away by Wang Yao. Since he said that no medical fees would be charged, he would not break his promise.
After eating, Cheng Haidong and Zeng Yichuan bid farewell with their packed bags. The car they were driving was moving along a narrow cement road.
Zeng Yichuan looked at the continuous hills on both sides. Their troops were stationed in the mountains.
âCaptain, this place is quite good,â he said.
âYes, itâs indeed quite good and so are the people,â Cheng Haidong said.
The treatment had saved the life of one of his comrades-in-arms, and the doctor hadnât charged them anything. He was impressed by and admired Wang Yaoâs medical skills and ethics.
âDoes he have some connection with the Su family?â Zeng Yichuan asked.
âSu Zhixing calls him brother-in-law,â Chen Haidong said.
âHey, why does that fellow get all the good things?â Zeng Yichuan laughed. Through these few days of contact, he had become quite fond of Dr. Wang. âUnfortunately, I donât have a sister.â
âThe one from the Su family was also cured by him,â Chen Haidong said.
âWell, expressing gratitude by giving herself, right?â Zeng Yichuan asked. âI met her a while ago. Sheâs like a fairy, but it matches Dr. Wang well.â
...
On a reef beach in Dao...
âWhen are you going to show up?â a man asked. âSome of the work in the company is seriously lagging behind now. Some customers are very dissatisfied.â
âWait a while more,â the man in a baseball cap said. His face was a little pale.
âYou have to take care of yourself,â the other man said.
âAlright, when you come back, you must be careful not to be watched,â the man in the hat said.
The other man sighed and left the beach. He walked around and took a huge detour before flagging a taxi and left. He thought his whereabouts were kept well, but he didnât know he had been spotted.
âThis is unexpected! Itâs him!â a man exclaimed
âWhoâs there?â Jia Zizai asked.
âUncle Li, the old guard,â the man said.
âOh, damn!â Jia Zizai was stunned. âDid you see it correctly?â
âAbsolutely, Iâm definitely right,â the man said.
âHow could it be?â Jia Zizai scratched his head.
He would always see this old man every time he went to the company. He was a jolly person over 60 years old. He could chat with anyone. He was just an ordinary old guard. No one could imagine that he could have personal contact with the unpredictable chairman of the company.
âWe really shouldnât judge a book by its cover,â Jia Zizai said. âInvestigate him!â
No one would pay attention to someone like him or even think much about him. After all, he was only a guard. He was even completely ignorant about their companyâs main business.
âHe has hidden too deep,â Jia Zizai said.
They now had a clue as to what they had to do next. The investigation around Uncle Li soon quietly began.
...
Zheng Weijun arrived in the mountain village. The construction of Nanshan Pharmaceutical Company was progressing smoothly. The main project was scheduled to be completed in October. The relevant procedures were also going well. He had dropped in to check on it and visit Wang Yao.
âHave you been busy lately?â he asked.
âFortunately, there have not been many patients the past couple of days,â Wang Yao said. âYou look good!â
âIâm doing well.â Zheng Weijun said.
When people were happy, they were refreshed. Recently, he had taken over more affairs, and the power in his hands had grown. This was his familyâs trust and test for him.