Chapter 297 Chasing Night Red
The price was 500 yuan, but the man eventually bargained it down to 250 yuan.
The driver was speechless.
He kept complaining the whole way.
"You said you came back from abroad, how come you can't even bear to spend 500 yuan? Don't you think you can earn enough to build a villa by washing dishes abroad? How did you end up like this?"
"Is it wrong to work illegally?"
The man laughed.
"Heh, if you can't make money, why go abroad? Isn't finding a job in China better than working illegally abroad?"
The driver's words plunged the man into memories.
Five years ago, he was forced into exile overseas and experienced all sorts of hardships. Fortunately, he was lucky and escaped death many times. Finally, by chance, he joined an assassin organization. After joining the assassin organization, it was as if he had a cheat code, and his life changed dramatically.
In five years, he rose from the bottom of the assassin rankings to the top of the Heavenly Rankings, ranking 15th.
He had completed many outstanding assassination missions. His greatest characteristic was that he was inconspicuous and easily overlooked, so his assassination missions never failed.
This time he received two missions, which were somewhat conflicting. The first mission was for the employer to kill a Blood Prison Ranking assassin. This was not difficult; assassins on the Heaven Ranking would easily crush Blood Prison Ranking assassins.
The paradox is that he takes on a second mission, which is for another employer to ask him to kill the employer who previously hired him.
Logically speaking, they shouldn't accept this kind of task, or rather, they shouldn't accept any of these tasks.
But he didn't think that way. After finishing these two orders, he wanted to come back and settle down. He was tired of the bloodshed and violence outside and suddenly began to miss the ordinary days.
He found it difficult to live a peaceful life abroad, so he had no choice but to return to China.
These two missions will bring him around 500 million yuan in income. Combined with his previous savings, he can live a very comfortable life in China.
"We've arrived. You can get off here!"
The driver said casually.
The man glanced ahead and realized that he should still be about 100 meters away from where he was supposed to get off the bus.
"This isn't the right place yet. I want to go to that hotel."
The driver said impatiently, "Isn't it the same if you get out and walk from here? That way I won't have to go through another traffic light. Why are you talking so much nonsense? I'd be losing money doing this fare with you. What are you dawdling for? Get out of the car!"
The man gave a cold laugh.
Without saying anything more, he picked up his backpack and got off the bus.
Just as I closed the door, I heard the driver muttering again, "What an idiot!"
The man, who had been about to leave, stopped after seeing those words.
He glanced at the roadside surveillance camera, then took a few steps, took out something resembling a concealed weapon from his pocket, and casually threw it at the driver as he accelerated to turn, piercing the tire. The driver's car then overturned, and just then a large truck came from the opposite direction and crashed into it. The accident resulted in the immediate deaths of four or five people.
The man chewed gum, seemingly without a trace of guilt.
I slung my backpack over my shoulder and walked forward.
He went to the hotel reception.
I asked the front desk about some things and then booked a room for an hour.
He opened the door, took out his equipment from his backpack, and, combining it with the information he had obtained, began to track the situation and obtained the results.
He called his employer.
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Donghai City.
After finishing his phone call, A Bao quickly went upstairs to Chen Zhe's apartment building and knocked on Hu Ling's door.
"Sister Hu, that person is coming over."
Hu Ling nodded; "Okay, did he say when the mission would be completed?"
He said he would give him a day.
"One day? Didn't your men lose track of that assassin? Are you confident you can take him down within a day?"
"He said he had his own way and told us not to worry, and also told us to prepare the money as soon as possible."
"Hehe, as long as he completes the task, the money is always ready."
"yes."
Abao left.
Chen Zhe listened for a moment, then walked over; "Sister Hu, what happened?"
"It's nothing. It's just that assassin who tried to kill us before. I've sent someone over now, and that person seems quite confident."
"Oh, I see, that's good."
The escaped assassin was also a major worry for Chen Zhe; it would be best if he could resolve the issue as soon as possible.
Just as he was thinking about this, he received a phone call.
It's an open telephone.
Zhang Kai's voice sounded anxious: "Manager, could I borrow some money from you?"
Zhang Kai doesn't easily talk about borrowing money, so Chen Zhe knew something was wrong as soon as he heard that Zhang Kai wanted to borrow money.
"What happened?"
“A brother of mine died in a car accident. Sigh, we were drinking together just a few days ago. I never expected that he would run into this kind of thing while driving to Jianghe Town today. His whole family was relying on him to support them. He just left us like this. I was thinking of sending some money to his family.”
Chen Zhe felt somewhat saddened upon hearing this news.
"No problem, how much do you want?"
Can I borrow 300,000?
Chen Zhe wired 500,000 yuan to Zhang Kai and said that the money did not need to be repaid.
Hu Ling, who was standing nearby, heard what had happened and calmly said, "If you spend your money like this, it won't last long. You can't help with everything, after all, this kind of thing doesn't do you any good."
Chen Zhe disagreed with Hu Ling's point of view. To him, Zhang Kai was someone who would risk his life to save him, and he would definitely fulfill Zhang Kai's request.
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Chen's Massage Parlor.
Chen Yishou was serving an old man when Su Liping, who had just returned from grocery shopping, nervously said to him, "These past two days I've felt like someone's following me. Do you think someone might be trying to harm me?"
Chen Yishou said speechlessly, "You're not the wife of a president or a wealthy businessman, who would want to harm you? You're overthinking it."
"It really exists!"
Su Liping put down her shopping basket, looked outside nervously, and whispered, "Did you see that girl outside?"
Which one?
Chen Yi didn't even raise his head.
Su Liping angrily slapped him; "Show me!"
Chen Yi, who was giving the injection, trembled and almost pricked the old man's eye.
The old man was startled.
"Old Chen, you and your wife are arguing, don't joke around with my life."
"Sorry, sorry, mistake, mistake, I'll try again."
The old man was still a little worried, so he got up and dressed.
"Let's do it next time. You two finish arguing first, otherwise I'm worried I won't be able to celebrate my 80th birthday."
The old man got up and left.
Chen Yishou was getting impatient. "Is that enough? You've chased all the customers away. Don't bother me when I'm working next time, it'll distract me."
Su Liping felt wronged; "You don't care about me at all! I told you someone was trying to harm me, and you didn't even look. What kind of man are you? I should have known better than to marry you..."
My wife looks like she's about to cry.
Chen Yishou had no choice but to coax her first: "Okay, okay, I believe you, I believe you. Tell me who's with you, and where is that girl?"
"She's right outside..."
"Where is it outside? There's nobody here!"
Chen looked out and saw only a few elderly people taking a stroll on the street.
Su Liping was stunned for a moment; "I just saw it, how could it be gone?"
"You're overthinking it. Didn't you say you haven't been sleeping well these past few days? It might be due to lack of sleep, causing hallucinations."
“I’m not hallucinating. I really feel like someone is following me. Whether I’m buying groceries or clothes, I always feel like there’s a pair of eyes watching me.”
"Alright, alright, we don't have any right now. You're overthinking it. Let's cook some rice later, I'm a little hungry."
"All you ever think about is eating! It's only four o'clock."
"I'm hungry at 4 o'clock too."
"Old Chen, I have something to tell you."
"What's up?"
Su Liping hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and then said, "I dreamed about her."
"who?"
"Our daughter."
Chen Yishou was stunned for a moment. They had a daughter before, but she was given away shortly after birth.
Hearing his wife mention their daughter, Chen Yishou's expression became somewhat unnatural; "Why...why did you dream about her?"
Su Liping sat on the stool, her eyes slightly red; "I don't know, I've been feeling very uneasy lately, like something's going to happen. And these past few days I've been having dreams. I dreamt about our daughter. I dreamt that she died, and she was crying and questioning me, asking why I abandoned her back then?"
Chen Yishou's nose also felt a little sore. He patted his wife's shoulder and said, "Don't think too much about it. She might be doing very well. After all, we sent her to a family with good conditions. She might be doing even better than us. Don't feel burdened."
"But we haven't been able to contact her for so many years, and we don't know where that family moved to. Maybe my dream was just a dream?"
"Dreams are always the opposite of reality, don't worry. How about we call Ah Zhe and have a chat?"
Su Liping shook her head.
“Hearing his voice makes me feel even more guilty. I always feel... that we abandoned our daughter for him, if we had only wanted one child in the first place…”
"Alright! Let's not talk about this anymore. It's been so long, why are you bringing it up again? Go cook!"
The two were still arguing.
They were completely unaware that there was another person standing outside their window.
At night, Hong leaned against the wall, staring blankly into the distance.
She never experienced parental love from childhood to adulthood. Her adoptive parents raised her until she was a few years old, then sold her to Killer Island. From then on, her memories were filled with killing and training; she never had a normal day.
This injury made her feel a little panicked. She had never felt this scared before, but this time she felt like she was really going to die.
So she had the idea of wanting to meet her biological parents.
She went to Jianghe Town and found her adoptive parents who had sold her. After forcing them to reveal the whereabouts of her biological parents, she killed them without hesitation.
She came here and several times tried to end her own mother's life.
But she hesitated. This was the second time she had hesitated; the first time was when she committed her first murder.
"Young lady, what are you doing standing here? Have you eaten? If not, would you like to come in and have something to eat?"
An old woman leaning on a cane asked.
As Su Liping came out, she called out, "Mom, who are you talking to..."
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