Chapter 374 You Are Mine (Script 9)
Another two weeks passed.
Lu Yu took Li Zheng to a private party.
All the people who came to this private party were the top executives of Shadow Group. As a newcomer, Li Zheng attracted a lot of attention. After three rounds of drinks, someone urged Li Zheng to show his medical skills - the story of him saving Lu Yu had become a legend in the group.
"I heard you removed the bullet with just a fruit knife?"
Mr. Xiao asked with narrowed eyes, turning two walnuts in his hands.
Li Zheng smiled modestly: "I met a doctor when I was escaping before. He taught me some life-saving skills..."
There is nothing wrong with this statement.
After all, Southeast Asia is a mixed bag. If you don’t have any means to “save your life”, you would have been chopped up and fed to dogs long ago.
"Here, let me see this."
Mr. Xiao stared at Li Zheng for a few seconds, then suddenly rolled up his sleeves, revealing a festering wound on his arm. "The medicine those quack doctors prescribed is useless."
The room suddenly became quiet.
Everyone knew that this was a test from Mr. Xiao.
If Li Zheng fails to handle the situation properly, he may lose favor at best, or even lose his life at worst.
Li Zheng took a deep breath and calmly examined the wound. Unexpectedly, he smelled an unusual odor: "The wound is infected with special bacteria. It requires antibiotics and Chinese medicine for external application."
As he spoke, he listed several medicine names.
"interesting."
Mr. Xiao stared at Li Zheng, "How do you know it's a special infection?"
Li Zheng's heart was pounding, but he remained calm. "The smell. I've seen similar cases on the Yunnan border."
"Lu Yu, you've found a treasure."
Xiao Ye laughed. He patted Lu Yu's shoulder and lowered his voice, "But treasures are often the most dangerous, don't you think?"
Lu Yu raised his glass and smiled, a meaningful smile flashing in his eyes: "Danger is worthy of Shadow, isn't it?"
After the party, Lu Yu asked Li Zheng to get into his car.
When the vehicle reached the cross-river bridge, Lu Yu suddenly stopped the car and signaled Li Zheng to get out.
The river wind was biting, and Lu Yu leaned on the railing and lit a cigarette.
Smoke enveloped Lu Yu's handsome face. He raised his eyebrows slightly and asked tentatively, "What do you think of what Master Xiao said today?"
Li Zheng gripped the railing tightly: "I only understood the superficial meaning."
"clever."
Lu Yu blew out a puff of smoke and said, "Li Zheng, if one day you find out that I'm not who you thought I was, what will you do?"
This question came too suddenly.
Li Zheng turned his head and saw the sharp lines of Lu Yu's profile under the moonlight. The lenses reflected the waves of the river, making it difficult to see his eyes.
"That depends on who you are."
Li Zheng answered cautiously.
Lu Yu chuckled, flicked his cigarette butt into the river, and changed the subject: "There's an important shipment coming from the Golden Triangle next week. Come with me."
He turned and walked towards the car, adding, "Take your medical kit, and... the dagger."
Looking at Lu Yu's leaving back, Li Zheng felt complicated.
Lu Yu...is he a friend or an enemy?
…
Amid the roar of the plane engine, Li Zheng barely came back to his senses.
This trip to the Golden Triangle came very suddenly. Three days ago, Lu Yu suddenly handed Li Zheng a passport and a plane ticket, and only said, "Don't be late at this time tomorrow."
"First time here?"
Lu Yu's voice came from the side.
He was wearing a linen shirt today, with the cuffs casually rolled up to his elbows, revealing his well-defined forearms. If Li Zheng hadn't known the purpose of their trip in advance, he would have almost thought they were ordinary tourists.
"Um."
Li Zheng replied briefly, his eyes sweeping over Lu Yu's hands on his knees.
Lu Yu's slender fingers were tapping the armrest of the seat unconsciously, and the rhythm was exactly the Morse code for "stay alert".
Is this a coincidence... or a hint?
"Relax."
Lu Yu suddenly leaned over to adjust his seat belt, the heat from his breath brushing against Li Zheng's fair ears, "It's not good for you to be so tense."
Only then did Li Zheng realize that his muscles were so tense that they hurt.
He forced himself to take a deep breath, but unexpectedly he could smell the faint scent of sandalwood mixed with gunpowder on Lu Yu's body.
This smell... so familiar.
“Here’s the itinerary.”
Lu Yu handed over a piece of paper with a few lines of words written on it in pencil:
Day 1: Airport Pickup - Hotel - Night Market
Day 2: Temple visit – free time in the afternoon
Day 3: Return
…
Li Zheng turned over the note and saw the actual itinerary written in very faint handwriting on the back - 8 o'clock tomorrow night, Qingsheng Wharf, 20kg of white goods, the contact person codenamed "Peacock".
"Remember?"
Lu Yu took the note back, lit it with a lighter, and watched it turn to ashes in the ashtray.
"Um."
Li Zhengyan said concisely.
The plane landed at the airport soon.
Li Zheng followed Lu Yu through the noisy airport reception area. Two locals wearing sunglasses came up to him and respectfully took the luggage.
One of them put his hands together and said a few words in Thai.
While speaking Thai, his eyes never left Li Zheng.
Lu Yu whispered something in Thai, and the man took a step back. After getting in the car, Lu Yu explained to Li Zheng in Chinese: "He asked me why I was a stranger."
"How did you answer?"
Li Zheng couldn't help but ask.
Lu Yu rolled down the car window, letting in the jasmine-scented wind: "I said you are mine."
Li Zheng was stunned.
He looked up at Lu Yu's handsome face and felt a strange feeling in his heart.
The hotel is more luxurious than expected.
Li Zheng's room is connected to Lu Yu's suite, with a door in the middle that can be locked from both sides.
After putting down his luggage, Li Zheng immediately checked the entire room. There was no obvious surveillance equipment in the room, but there was a gun and two magazines in the drawer of the bedside table.
Li Zheng had just put the gun back to its place when there was a knock on the door.
I saw Lu Yu leaning against the door frame. He had changed into a white linen suit and was casually playing with a string of Buddhist beads in his hand.
"Let's go to the night market? Get familiar with the environment."
"good."
Li Zheng nodded, indicating his agreement.
The night market downstairs was bustling with people, and colorful lanterns dyed the night orange and red.
Lu Yu was like a skilled tour guide, leading Li Zheng through the stalls. He occasionally stopped to buy a skewer of grilled squid or a bag of mango sticky rice, looking no different from an ordinary tourist.
In front of a silverware stall, Lu Yu suddenly grabbed Li Zheng's wrist.
"Look at the guy in the blue shirt."
His lips were almost touching Li Zheng's ear. "Remember his face."
Li Zheng looked in the direction indicated - it was an Asian man in his forties, who was looking down and choosing a lighter.
This man looked like an ordinary tourist, but the little finger of his left hand was unnaturally stiff, which was a typical trait of long-term use of a sniper rifle.
"police?"
Li Zheng asked in a low voice.
Lu Yu chuckled: "Mr. Chen from Interpol's Narcotics Investigation Division almost took over one of our warehouses last year."
He let go of Li Zheng's wrist: "Now, turn around naturally, we should go back to the hotel."
On the way back in the taxi, Lu Yu closed his eyes to rest, and suddenly asked: "What would you do if you found the police following you?"
Li Zheng answered carefully: "It depends on the situation. If it's a small policeman, we can just shake him off. But if it's a police officer from the special task force, we may need a more thorough method..."
"for example?"
"Create an accident or put the blame on competitors."
A layer of cold sweat broke out on Li Zheng's palms.
Lu Yu opened his eyes, his gaze behind the lenses as sharp as a knife, and swept straight towards Li Zheng: "You are more cruel than I thought."
Li Zheng pursed his lips and said nothing.
Lu Yu didn't know what he was thinking about. He paused and added, "But I like it."
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