When Xie Laodao came out of the study and saw Zhang Kai running back, he frowned.
"You little rascal, didn't I tell you to go down the mountain? Why are you back again?"
Zhang Kai wiped the rain off his body and said casually, "Master, Mr. Chen doesn't believe I can run that fast, I'll prove it to him now."
"Nonsense! You're completely unreliable!"
Old Master Xie snorted angrily.
Zhang Kai chuckled awkwardly. "I'll call him now and tell him I've reached the top of the mountain, then I'll come down, and he'll be waiting for me at the foot of the mountain."
Zhang dialed Chen Zhe's number, but it rang several times without anyone answering.
"Huh? That can't be! He should be free to answer my call right now!"
Zhang Kai dialed a second number, but still no one answered.
At this moment, Xie Yuhan walked over; "Brother Zhang, what's wrong?"
"Oh, I made a bet with Mr. Chen, and he didn't believe I could get down the mountain in 15 minutes. I'm at the top now, and I wanted to tell him, but he's not answering my calls."
"Huh? He's not answering your calls?"
"Really? Could it be that the rain is too heavy for him to hear?"
Zhang Kai dialed Chen Zhe's number again, and after ringing more than a dozen times, the other party finally answered.
As soon as the call connected, Zhang Kai immediately said, "President Chen, I've reached the mountaintop now. I'll prove it to you. I'll let my senior sister answer the phone."
Xie Yuhan calls Zhang Kai "Brother Zhang," but Zhang Kai has to call Xie Yuhan "Senior Sister." There's no way around it; although they're more than ten years apart in age, the rules still apply.
Although he hadn't formally joined the sect, the moment he addressed Master Xie as "Master," his identity was acknowledged.
Xie Yuhan answered the phone. She had been feeling uneasy, as if something was wrong if Chen Zhe didn't answer the phone.
"Chen Zhe, are you in some danger? Why didn't you answer the phone just now?"
A hearty laugh came from across the room; "It's nothing, I just went to the restroom and didn't hear you."
Xie Yuhan breathed a sigh of relief; "That's good."
Zhang Kai took the phone back.
"Master, Senior Sister, I've gone down the mountain. I'll come back to see you when I have time!"
After saying that, he rushed down the mountain, watching his departing figure disappear at lightning speed.
Old Master Xie shook his head with his hands behind his back.
"What a rash and incompetent person."
Xie Yuhan chimed in, "Grandpa, Brother Zhang is a good person. You can't keep scolding him like that."
“This idiot needs to be scolded. Xiaoyu, you can’t protect him just because he’s related to Chen Zhe. If he doesn’t change his impulsive personality, he’ll definitely cause big trouble in the future.”
Xie Yuhan stuck out her tongue; "That's not the reason at all..."
Old Master Xie rolled his eyes.
Then he turned around and went back to his study.
...
At the foot of the mountain.
Chen Zhe's face was a little pale. Just now, two men suddenly rushed up and pinned him to the ground. He felt the knife was about to stab him. Just when he thought he was going to die, a woman suddenly appeared. She quickly dealt with the two men, then put them in a car and drove away without saying a word.
That person was none other than Ye Lihong, who had chased him before. Chen Zhe couldn't understand why Ye Lihong wanted to save him.
But before he could think about it for long, the phone rang again.
He originally wanted to tell Zhang Kai that he was in danger, but when he heard Xie Yuhan's voice, he stopped himself. He didn't want Xie Yuhan to know his current situation.
Not long after.
A figure ran down the mountain quickly, and Chen Zhe was somewhat shocked when he saw it.
Because Zhang Kai didn't run up the stairs at all, he jumped. Each time he jumped, the vertical height was two or three stories high. No wonder he was so fast. He really wasn't lying.
This is too hard on the knees!
Seeing Zhang Kaixing rushing up to him, Chen Zhe exclaimed, "Brother Zhang, you've really changed a lot."
I was very happy to receive affirmation.
"Hahaha, I knew it! A scholar should be looked at with new eyes after three days of separation. Let me tell you, with my legs now, I can easily catch up with a car moving at a constant speed. The methods my master taught me are very extreme and torturous, but they can make people grow very quickly. Combined with the book you gave me, Mr. Chen, I now feel like a martial arts master who is invincible."
Chen Zhe smiled with satisfaction. He knew that Zhang Kai must have gained some strength to speak so confidently.
He was right to have made the right choice, and thinking back to the dangerous situation he had just been in, he felt that even more strongly.
I was just a little careless. If I had opened it earlier, I wouldn't have encountered that danger.
"By the way, Mr. Chen, I called you several times just now, didn't you hear me?"
"Actually, it's not that I can't hear, it's that I was almost killed just now."
"Huh???" Upon hearing this, Zhang Kai's expression changed drastically.
"Mr. Chen, what happened?"
There was no need for Chen Zhe to hide anything from Zhang Kai, so he recounted what had just happened.
Zhang Kai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the other party was Ye Lihong.
"It's alright, it's alright."
"Huh? Brother Zhang, what are you talking about? What do you mean, 'alright'?"
Zhang Kai hesitated for a moment before saying, "Mr. Chen, there's something I might have to tell you. I saw Ye Lihong on the mountain that night."
"Huh?? You mean she's hiding in Qingyun Mountain?"
"To be precise, it's not about hiding, but about staying."
"live??"
Chen Zhe was even more puzzled; "You mean... the Taoist priest took her in?"
"That must be it, that's right. Do you remember the day you were bitten by a wolf?"
"Of course I remember, my injuries haven't healed yet."
“It was her who did it. I saw her when I was practicing my skills that day. Later, I learned that you were bitten by a wolf and then rescued. I guessed it was her. I went to the scene and saw the wolf's carcass. The wounds on the wolf were caused by her with a dagger. She is very skilled with a dagger. We have seen that before.”
"How...why would she save me?"
Chen Zhe was increasingly confused, but then he thought of Master Xie.
Master Xie took in Ye Lihong, and then Ye Lihong saved him. This should be the second time, so it must have been Master Xie who ordered it?
He thought it was very likely.
"No wonder the Taoist priest didn't say anything to me; he had already made all the arrangements!"
"Mr. Chen, what arrangements have been made?"
Zhang Kai asked.
Chen Zhe seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and his mood lightened. Xie Laodao must have sent Ye Lihong to protect him. With an assassin of this caliber as his bodyguard, he wouldn't feel so much psychological pressure.
"It's nothing! Go back. You can still be my driver from now on. We still have a lot of things to do."
"Okay!"
...
Paradise on Earth Club.
Wei Ming, who had not received any news for a long time, paced back and forth in his office.
"Damn it! Why haven't those two idiots called me yet? Didn't they say they'd already got their targets?"
Ninth Master spoke up, "President Wei, you don't need to be in such a hurry. Chen Zhe is not very capable now, killing him is a piece of cake."
Wei Ming snorted; "You make it sound so easy, then why couldn't you kill them before?"
Lu Jiu's face froze, then he explained, "That's because Hu Ling used to protect him. Now that Hu Ling is dead, he doesn't have any particularly powerful backers. The security guards at those clubs are pretty much useless, so killing him wouldn't be difficult."
"What about the phone call? It's been three hours, why hasn't the phone come yet?"
"this……"
Just as Lu Jiu was wondering how to answer, the phone rang.
His eyes lit up; "Look, here it comes!"
Hearing the phone ring, Wei Ming was somewhat pleased and answered it without even looking at it; "How is it? Did you kill Chen Zhe?"
Shen Xingang's voice came from the other end of the phone: "What? You sent someone to kill Chen Zhe?"
"Oh? It's you, brother-in-law."
"I'm asking you a question: Did you send someone to kill Chen Zhe?"
Wei Ming did not deny it; "Yes, brother-in-law, I did send someone to kill him. Didn't you say he has always been a major threat to us? So I planned to get rid of him."
Why didn't you tell me beforehand?
Shen Xingang got angry, and Wei Ming was stunned. "Brother-in-law, don't you want me to take action?"
"He's not dead yet. He just signed cooperation agreements with a lot of companies, giving up their Linglong Chamber of Commerce's orders. Those orders are also very important to us. I'm considering negotiating with him. You're really good for nothing but causing trouble!"
"Huh??? Brother-in-law, you're going to cooperate with him?"
"Whether I cooperate or not is my business. Have your people taken action yet?"
"This... I don't know. I was just waiting for their call."
"Then call them right now!!! If they haven't made a move, tell them to stop. Chen Zhe can't die yet."
"Okay, I'll call now."
"Hurry up, you idiot!"
Shen Xingang angrily hung up the phone. His strategist and secretary, Huang Rong, asked, "President Shen, is President Wei going to kill Chen Zhe?"
Shen Xingang snorted; "This idiot always acts on his own. Why did he have to make a move at this crucial moment? I suspect he was sent by God to destroy me. Everything he does is making things difficult for me."
He shook off his anger and then looked at Huang Rong.
"Secretary Huang, do you really think that cooperating with Chen Zhe and Linglong Club is the right thing to do?"
Huang Rong nodded; "It seems that's the case now. Linglong Chamber of Commerce has orders, and a lot of them. Our Shengli Group is now at its wit's end. If we don't cooperate with them to get orders, it will be difficult for us to survive."
Shen Xingang frowned; "That makes sense, but... I can't explain it to the officials. If Guan Yingjie finds out that I want to cooperate with Chen Zhe, he will definitely not let me off the hook."
"President Shen, let's not cooperate openly. Let's do it secretly. The government is still in the capital. Their foundation is there. We've been doing some things in the East China Sea. They may not know about them. It's easy to keep them in the dark."
Shen Xingang still hesitated; "Is this really okay?"
"President Shen, many companies have signed cooperation agreements with them. Once he gives all those orders to them, our Shengli Group will have no place to stand."
Shen Xingang sighed; "It seems that's the only way."
...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com