Chapter 28 Chapter 28 This maple club suits him very well...

"Do you keep your word, Shen Che?"

"certainly."

"Pleasing to the eye" is a very subjective word. When Beta leaned over slightly and placed his left fingertips firmly on the dark green table to form a hand bridge, Chen Che felt that this maple wood golf club was a good match for him.

The overhead light falls on Xie Zhizhi's drooping eyelashes and cold white neck. His inconspicuous face, always hidden in the shadows in the corner, seems to have been manually adjusted from 480p to Blu-ray 4K by a high-dimensional creature. His pointed and narrow jaw reveals an almost sharp beauty.

"It's not your turn to teach." Xie Zhizhi said.

The playful curve at the corner of his lips hadn't yet disappeared. Shen Che stood there, a little lost in thought. Has Xie Zhizhi always been like this? Why did the relevant images in his mind seem less clear than when he recalled them?

The first shot was hit.

The black-haired beta's movements were fast and steady. After a very crisp "pop" sound, the cue ball was guided by precise force and hit a blue ball straight forward. After shooting the latter neatly into the bottom pocket, it paused in place due to its own strong low-spin and slid back a short distance.

It was at this moment that the alphas' laughter and chatter died down.

Several eyes were cast towards the table. With this neat shot, no one would question the solidity of the basic skills of Beta, who had been hiding in the corner and acting as an invisible person.

The inexplicable silence did not distract Beta from paying any attention. He ignored everything and played it as if he was playing a relaxing single-player game. He stood up and moved to the other side of the table.

Xie Zhizhi tilted his head slightly to look at the situation, then leaned over again after a few seconds.

Shoot out and finish the shot.

The second colored ball was accurately flipped into the pocket.

The crisp sound of bags dropping into the air echoed in the quiet space, bringing with it an extremely calm and efficient attitude.

The playfulness faded from Chen Che's face in a split second, replaced by an inscrutable, murky glint. He peered across the table, surprised to realize how stingy those pure black eyes could be. They remained focused and calm, calculating the optimal path.

He just hated being with himself, Shen Che pulled the corner of his lips.

There are only three balls of different colors left on the table: the red ball is near the bottom pocket, the green ball is close to the top pocket on the opposite side, and the black ball occupies the last position.

Xie Zhizhi's gaze lingered on the green ball for a moment, and he walked around to the long side of the table. After assessing the angle, he put down the chalk in his hand, held the club with his right hand, and leaned forward slightly.

With his left palm fully spread out and pressed firmly against the table as a front support point, Xie Zhizhi lifted his left leg, bent his knee, and elegantly placed his calf on the smooth edge of the table, revealing a slender ankle.

This posture made half of his body hang in the air and lean on the table, stretching from head to toe into an extremely slender and powerful line. The pure black sweatshirt was forced to roll up due to the movement, revealing a small part of his cold white waist and abdomen without any cover.

"Wow, so beautiful." An alpha looked at the beta's smooth waist and hip curves with admiration in his eyes, his tone frivolous.

But this isn't some fancy visual spectacle.

The hitting distance was extended. Xie Zhizhi stared at the cue ball, his chin almost touching the table, and his hand holding the cue was as steady as a rock from beginning to end.

Shoot out.

With the sound of strong friction and rotation, the cue ball hit hard at a tricky angle, and then with the powerful rotation force, it rolled at the edge of the pool for a while and hit the green ball accurately.

The green ball starts rolling and falls into the top pocket.

"Is this all right?"

It was a wonderful shot. Even the cue ball drew a clear short arc with the remaining rotation after completing its mission, and stopped neatly near the center of the table.

"This rotation control is really perverted..."

An alpha was joking with his friend: "Can you play the ball from the edge of the court like this?"

The person who made such a precise calculation just exhaled lightly, slowly lowered his left leg that was resting on the edge of the table, and landed steadily on the ground.

Because clearing the table was a necessary condition for going home, he didn't even want to look at the solved green 14, and started calculating the next best hitting point.

Shen Che picked up the phone from the side in broad daylight.

A few seconds later, the rhythmic thud echoed again. One, two, three, and it landed—the last colored ball, as expected, went to Xie Zhizhi.

The situation is coming to an end.

The lonely black 8 on the dark green table stopped at the spot, and the cue ball stopped diagonally to its side. At this point, no one would doubt that Beta could clear the table in one shot. The only difference was whether to choose a gentle push or a violent shot.

Under several expectant gazes, Xie Zhizhi did not bend over to set up the bridge like he did in the previous few shots, but stood beside the table with the butt of the cue resting on the ground.

His gaze crossed the short, unsurprising straight distance and finally landed lightly on Shen Che's face.

Relying on the fact that victory was already decided, those black pupils were reluctant to look elsewhere for the first time. Shen Che raised his eyebrows and saw that the light-colored lip line under the other person's straight nose was slightly raised, and he looked very relaxed.

"Keep your word, Chen Che, take me home." His fingertips rubbed the platinum badge inlaid on the end of the rod, Xie Zhizhi raised his hand, and lightly tapped the bag opening opposite the black 8 with the leather tip.

The movements were very light, with a hint of laziness, and he didn't even care that the camera in the other person's hand was aimed straight at him, fixing certain images into pages.

"Okay." Shen Che said.

Only then did Xie Zhizhi steadily set up the hand bridge, and with only a slight force from his waist and abdomen to drive his arms, the cue was pushed out with skillful force, and the tip of the cue stick almost licked the bottom of the cue ball.

The cue ball therefore spins low and quietly kisses the black ball.

Boom——

Clear the table with one shot.

The priceless golf club was casually placed on the edge of the table. Xie Zhizhi glanced at Chen Che and said in a clear voice:

"Clear."

"I want to go home."

Shen Che stood there and let out a long "Ha" before putting away his phone very obediently.

"Can."

The two of them walked around the table one after another.

Couldn't get far.

An unfamiliar male voice coughed weakly before interrupting the two of them as they left with a noticeable presence: "Thank you—Zhizhi?"

Xie Zhizhi paused, he was sure that there was no one he was familiar with except Shen Che.

Following the sound, they saw a tall but overly thin alpha behind the table. He looked at them for an unknown amount of time before he met their gazes, extinguished his cigarette with a flick of his wrist, curved his narrow eyes in a friendly manner, and raised his hand to greet them.

Shen Che frowned, and keenly separated a quietly growing scent of sage pheromone from the chypre fragrance.

The newcomer is not a good person. Shen Che frowned, a signal between alphas that no further words are needed. However, Xie Zhizhi, a beta, was completely oblivious and stood there with a rather silly expression.

Shen Che calmly pulled the man back half a step.

He was so overly defensive that it was a bit rude, but the alpha didn't seem to care at all and extended his hand with a smile.

"Meet by chance. My last name is Zheng, Zheng Keli."

Zheng Keli? The investigation data flashed through Shen Che's mind, his eyes darkened, and with a forced smile, he extended his hand to shake his.

"Coincidence? There's no such thing as a coincidence in the world, Mr. Zheng."

Xie Zhizhi was completely confused by the undercurrents between the two of them. Realizing the subtle atmosphere, his eyes swept across Zheng Keli's face subtly.

He had deep eye slits, his skin and flesh were wasted, his cheekbones were prominent due to his thinness, and his lower lip was pierced with a single silver lip stud. He looked fierce, but he was indeed someone I had never seen before.

"Oh?" Zheng Keli acted aggrieved, casually twirling the black agate ring on his middle finger. "It was indeed a coincidence, don't get me wrong."

He turned his gaze to Xie Zhizhi: "You play very well. If you are lucky, would you like to play a game with me?"

Zheng Keli took a half step forward and tried to get around Shen Che.

Shen Che immediately raised his hand to stop him: “He’s not free.”

Noticing his tough attitude, Xie Zhizhi paused and said, "Next time."

Zheng Keli readily agreed: "Okay, next time then."

The man glanced at Shen Che who was blocking the way with a reproachful look, and dragged out his tone, pretending to be puzzled: "Why are you protecting people like this, Mr. Shen? I can't do anything."

"Ah, now I remember, you two are—" Zheng Keli suddenly realized and tapped his temples, but deliberately paused to observe Shen Che's taut jawline, and suddenly changed the subject: "What is the relationship between Master Shen and Xiaoyan?"

As expected. Shen Che showed an expression of annoyance.

"Zheng Keli, enough is enough."

"Did I speak too much? Sorry, Mr. Shen." He said sorry, but there was no apology in his eyes.

Zheng Keli's eyes slid across Chen Che's face, finally stopping on a shallow white scar on the latter's forehead, and he smiled meaningfully.

Such a look was enough to make people uncomfortable. Shen Che felt his eyelids twitching inexplicably, and a bad feeling crept up his chest. He frowned, subconsciously raised his hand to gather his hair, and without paying any attention, he grabbed Xie Zhizhi's wrist and said, "We're leaving first."

Zheng Keli sighed regretfully: "Okay."

"Excuse me."

As he turned around, Zheng Keli leaned forward slightly, and his low and hollow voice sounded like the hissing of a poisonous snake.

"We should see each other soon."

Xie Zhizhi frowned. Zheng Keli, however, gently twitched the corner of his lips.

"I'm looking forward to it."

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If there were acquaintances present, they would understand that when Zheng Keli made this gesture, there was often a hidden meaning behind it.

The two's departure did not cause any commotion. The sounds of laughter and chatter in the club continued, as did the thumping of bags dropping into bags. The sage pheromones did not arouse any alarm.

Zheng Keli stared solemnly in the direction where no one had disappeared. His throat felt itchy, and he covered his mouth and coughed lightly a few times in suppression.

He has asthma and can get breathless if he gets too excited.

But it was probably not the time to get excited yet, so Zheng Keli controlled his breathing for a while with a calm expression and soon calmed down.

He walked to an empty corner, took out his cell phone from his pocket, and dialed a number slowly.

beep……

The call was answered quickly.

Zheng Keli tapped the table carelessly with his fingertips, staring out the window absentmindedly - there was a leaf there, still very green, but because it grew in a bad position, close to the air vent, it hung lonely on the branch and was about to fall.

"Okay, don't keep me waiting too long," he said.

Amidst a series of busy tones, the leaf finally lost its grip on the tree trunk, trembled and fluttered in the air for a few times, and fell into the night.

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"Zheng Keli? Do you know him?"

"Tsk... not really an acquaintance."

"Then why did he..."

"Okay." Shen Che interrupted him, his tone impatient, "In short, he is not a good person, but he should not cause you any trouble."

"oh."

It was past nine o'clock, and the driver had long since finished work. The two of them walked through the underground garage, empty and quiet, their footsteps echoing rhythmically in the vast space.

Xie Zhizhi quickly gathered his thoughts. Since Shen Che said so, there was no need for him to think too much. The two of them were playing a game of charades, and no matter how they settled the score, it would not be his fault. As long as he could go home and sleep safely today, he would be a winner. As for whether Shen Che was in trouble or not, it was none of his business.

With determination in his heart, Xie Zhizhi yawned as fatigue came over him like a debt collector.

"Where's your car?"

"In front, very close."

The two walked forward a few steps and saw the familiar black Land Rover in the corner.

A gray SUV was stepping on the white line and sticking very close. Shen Che was stunned for a moment, holding the car keys and cursing, then took two steps closer to observe what was going on.

"Even a dog that comes and stops would be better than this."

Xie Zhizhi frowned and glanced around.

Outside the SUV's driver's seat, several cigarette butts were scattered on the dark gray floor paint.

Who would stay in the garage for so long, long enough to smoke so many cigarettes? Xie Zhizhi noticed that one of them seemed to still have a spark, which meant it had been crushed not long ago.

The driving seat of the Land Rover was blocked by the SUV, with some space left on the right. Chen Che made an unhappy sound and naturally stepped to the right.

After more than ten seconds, Xie Zhizhi retracted his little finger and heard a dull thud.

"Shen Che?"

No one responded.

"Shen Che?!"

He walked closer quickly.

A hint of exhausted gold suddenly flashed in his pupils, and Xie Zhizhi's heart began to beat wildly.

The clock struck nine-thirty-five, and he suddenly realized that the worst mistake he had made the entire time was not not sternly rejecting Chen Che's invitation in the Land Rover, nor was it not choosing to take a taxi and leave after clearing the table with one shot, but that he still subconsciously maintained a gambler's mentality after noticing multiple signs - it couldn't be such a coincidence, no one would be bold enough to do dirty things in the underground garage, there are countless surveillance cameras here!

The second most wrong thing is every step forward you take now.

My mouth and nose were covered, and the anesthetic gas suddenly rushed into my nasal cavity. A terrifying dizziness swept over me. Ether or chloroform? Why did it take effect so quickly?

His vision was shaking violently and he tried to raise his eyes, but it was too heavy. Before he lost consciousness, Xie Zhizhi saw a tube of aqua-blue injection being pushed mercilessly into the muscle.