Chapter 97 Zombie Shadow Guard (5)
The Dow Group's headquarters has an entire corporate park. The two of them left the office building and walked around while waiting for the driver.
A building is still under construction on the side of the park, with many scaffolding on it. The setting sun shines on the crisscrossing scaffolding, casting shadows one by one, and the breeze blows, making a creaking sound.
The creaking sound suddenly became louder, and the square-like shadow was gradually covered into a thick area.
The shadows grew larger.
Shen Shang suddenly raised his eyes and pushed Tao Xing away.
At this moment, a huge building floor crashed down beside him with a bang. The heavy cement raised a lot of dust, and cracks appeared on the ground. The floor floor tilted to the side. Shen Shang raised his hand to block it, but his body was bent by its weight.
Tao Xing turned around and kicked open the floor, then pulled Shen Shang over and asked, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Shen Shang said quickly, "How is my master?"
"I'm fine." Tao Xing patted the dust off his shoulders, looked up, and saw someone sticking his head out from the roof.
"Tao Lin!" he snapped.
Tao Lin on the upper floor rolled another floor board with wheels, looking almost crazy: "I don't believe I can't kill you. If you die, your good luck will be mine. Just... die!" As he spoke, another huge floor board fell.
The two men retreated rapidly, a deafening roar hit their eyes, many people rushed over from all directions, alarms rang in the distance, the people upstairs saw that he had escaped death again, their faces turned pale, they retreated in horror, but suddenly they stepped on the wheel.
The next moment, his body fell rapidly like the floor and hit the ground heavily.
Screams were heard all around. The person who fell to the ground had a cracked head and blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were not closed, staring at Tao Xing.
The police arrived and the crowd was evacuated. Tao Xing retreated with the crowd and saw the bloody corpse covered with a white cloth. The open eyes were hidden by the cloth and could no longer be seen.
Afterwards, the police found out that Tao Lin was indeed responsible for the explosion in the industrial park, and that the merchant and the gangster were scapegoats he had found. According to Xu Ming's confession and Tao Lin's assistant, after the explosion, Tao Lin had not given up on killing Tao Xing, and asked Xu Ming to get a car surveillance device in order to find an opportunity to cause a car accident, but it was destroyed right after it was installed.
Afterwards, Xu Ming was arrested and his crime was exposed. He probably couldn't care less and just took action directly. Unexpectedly, he got himself into trouble.
"He seems... determined to take my life?" Tao Xing said.
"He's waiting to use your life to change his luck." 080 said, "Weird powers are not acceptable."
Tao Xing glanced at the zombies around him and thought it was strange for them to say such things.
In the following days, life became peaceful. After Tao Xing sorted out the affairs of the group, he followed the same method and hired a professional manager. He did not have to stay in the group every day, but only needed to participate in decision-making on important matters.
As for Shen Shang, he was finally able to sit down and eat with him, but the poison testing procedure before the meal was essential. He also refused to raise his head while eating, and kept his back very straight.
When he went to bed at night, he would hold the ruler and watch Tao Xing fall asleep, but he refused to rest in his room. Every day he would wait until Tao Xing fell asleep before going to the next room.
Apart from "yes", "I dare not", "I dare not", and "I dare not", he rarely said anything else.
I forced him to smile a few times, but his smile was still as weird as a puppet.
Tao Xing was really helpless: "The road to love is long."
Although I have some free time at work, I still have some important clients to meet and some social engagements that I cannot avoid.
That day, the secretary said that there was a client who had countless properties and was worth inestimable. The other party was willing to cooperate with him, but he had a request: he hoped to meet the real person in charge.
Given his status, it was indeed more polite for Tao Xing to meet him in person, so the time and place of the meeting were confirmed to be in the other party's private tea room.
In the afternoon, Tao Xing and several of his entourage came to the teahouse, which was a Chinese-style courtyard with pavilions and terraces. There was the sound of water gurgling under a small bridge and koi swimming.
Inside the room, there was tea and snacks on the table. A door opened and the man walked out.
Tao Xing had read his information and knew that his surname was Wang and he was in his early thirties, not very old.
He was not wearing formal business attire, but a green Tang suit, with gold-rimmed glasses and a string of sandalwood beads on his hands. He exuded an air of elegance.
Tao Xing had also experienced this style of dressing in the world of the ancient house. Every family and every person has their own clothing preferences, which is normal.
When the other party saw Tao Xing, he paused for a moment, and was stunned. His admiration was evident in his words: "Mr. Tao is even more handsome in person than on TV."
Tao Xing: “…”
Why does it sound so awkward to praise someone for being handsome so directly?
He shook hands with the other party and said, "Boss Wang, thank you for your compliment."
The two sides sat down, and Boss Wang raised his hand to offer tea: "Everyone, have a taste. I grow it in my teahouse. You can't find it outside."
After some pleasantries, Tao Xing picked up the teacup and just blew on it when he was blocked by the person next to him. Can Shang took the teacup from him.
He has to test the poison.
But this kind of tea, each person has a cup, unlike dishes that can be picked up with chopsticks, he could not sip from Tao Xing's cup, but he saw him flick his finger on the side of the cup, the water in the cup swayed, and a drop of water splashed onto the back of his hand.
He put the back of his hand under his nose and sniffed it, then handed the cup back to indicate that it was okay to drink.
With more than 20 years of experience as a shadow guard, his ability to sense danger is much stronger than that of ordinary people. He can detect whether tea is poisonous by just smelling it. For another example, although he did not recognize the surveillance device in the car, he sensed that the unknown red light in it was dangerous, so he wielded a ruler to destroy it.
Therefore, Xu Ming’s exposure was not entirely a coincidence.
Tao Xing said that this world is not so dangerous, but he encountered various things one after another in just a few days, and it was all thanks to Shen Shang.
However, Boss Wang was stunned after seeing this operation: "Who is this..."
"He is the bodyguard of our President Tao." An entourage replied.
Tao Xing nodded: "Yes, I eat and live with him every day, it has become a habit."
"Oh." Boss Wang looked at Cang Shang for a long time, and took a sip of tea when he looked away. "Boss Tao has a really good relationship with his subordinates."
Then we talked about cooperation, and then some small talk, about daily life, tastes, preferences, and even sexual orientation.
When there was finally nothing to talk about, Boss Wang brushed the lid of his tea and said with a smile, "I'm really tired of beating around the bush. Let's not beat around the bush. Mr. Tao, when I first saw you, I felt my eyes light up. You are completely different from the one on TV. I can feel that your soul is very full, which makes my heart surge. I want to ask you, are you willing to date me?"
Tao Xing: “???”
People present: “???”
No, this is the first time I see you.
Boss Wang smiled awkwardly when he saw the silence at the scene. "It's our first meeting. I know this is very presumptuous, but I believe in my feelings. It's okay, Mr. Tao, you should think about it carefully, but..." He paused and slowed down his voice, "I advise Mr. Tao not to get too close to the people around him, otherwise it will be bad for you."
"What do you mean by that?"
Boss Wang put down the teacup and said, "If it is convenient, please ask your people to step aside."
Before Tao Xing could speak, the man in front of him came closer and whispered in his ear, "You don't want them to hear, the person next to you, isn't he alive?"
Tao Xing's pupils shrank. She glanced at him, thought for a moment, and turned back: "You guys go out first."
The accompanying staff stood up in astonishment and left one by one with a look of shock on their faces.
Boss Wang whispered again: "I won't tell anyone, but I hope Mr. Tao can be sincere to me."
Tao Xing paused, turned back, and said to Shen Shang who was still standing on the side: "You go out first."
Shen Shang pinched the wooden ruler and said, "Yes."
There was no one else in the room, and Boss Wang spoke loudly: "Boss Tao, to be honest, I knew he was dead the first time I saw him."
Tao Xing had now calmed down from being stunned, and was blowing tea leaves like him: "Boss Wang is not only good at business, but also has a wide range of professional hobbies."
Boss Wang smiled and said, "My mother's family is a family of corpse tamers. As the name suggests, corpse tamers control corpses and use unique spells to preserve the appearance of corpses and make them move."
Tao Xing stopped smiling and looked up.
"Oh, it can only control newly dead people. It cannot control zombies that have been dead for many years. Don't worry, Mr. Tao. Besides, this kind of thing is called evil magic. It is not allowed and has been lost."
Tao Xing narrowed her eyes slightly: "Boss Wang is really knowledgeable and talented."
"Thank you for the compliment. Although it has been lost, I know a little about it." Boss Wang put down his teacup. "It's very easy to recognize a 'person'." He emphasized the pronunciation of the word "person". "I'm telling you about my family. Is that enough to show my sincerity?"
Tao Xing also put down his cup and bowed: "Thank you, Boss Wang."
The other party shook his head and smiled: "I just hope that Mr. Tao will consider what I said and give us a chance to interact."
Tao Xing turned the cup around, was silent for a moment, and said, "Does Boss Wang know Tao Lin?"
The person on the other side was stunned: "Your uncle, I have some contact with him, but I'm not familiar with him. I heard that he fell from a building and died some time ago?"
"Yeah." Tao Xing said, "Before he died, he behaved strangely and tried to kill me many times but failed. According to investigation, he was instructed by a master to use evil magic to borrow my luck. Originally, he wanted to use the corpse-raising curse to press me into the blasting floor after my death. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to survive. After listening to what Boss Wang said today, I suddenly remembered that the five elements borrowing luck technique he used seems to have the same origin as the corpse-controlling technique. From this point of view, the corpse-controlling technique does not seem to have been lost."
Boss Wang's smile froze for a moment, then he smiled again and said, "Boss Tao is also very knowledgeable and talented." Then he raised his glass and said, "I have never met Boss Tao in person before. If I had met him, I would certainly not do some business with him. So, I will use tea instead of wine to toast Boss Tao."
Tao Xing raised his cup and drank it all in one gulp: "Then let's stop here for today. See you later."
Boss Wang spread his hands and sighed: "Please wait, Mr. Tao. I have something else to say. The one next to you..."
Tao Xing turned around.
The other party said: "He is quite old and the toxin is very strong. Mr. Tao, please be careful."
"Don't worry." Tao Xing pushed the door open and walked out.
Outside in the corridor, several entourage members had been gathered together, whispering to each other ever since they were asked to step aside.
"Is Boss Wang in love at first sight? He confessed in front of everyone. It turns out that we don't understand the spiritual world of the big boss."
"People value efficiency. If they like each other, they just confess. I didn't expect that our President Tao likes men. It's really unexpected." They said, turning to look at Cang Shang, "You are his personal bodyguard, did you know that?"
Can Shang was facing outside, his eyes fixed on the weeds under the corridor. When he heard someone calling him, he raised his eyes and said, "I don't know." Then he lowered his head and stared at the grass again.
"Even you don't know, which means Mr. Tao doesn't have a private relationship."
"A man of quality like Mr. Tao is, of course, very picky. How can he be attracted by just anyone? But I think his attitude towards this Mr. Wang is very different. Look, they let us out. Could they be in love in there?"
"Not really. They are not familiar with each other yet."
"I've said that bosses value efficiency. Boss Wang is wealthy and good-looking. They look like a good match. What's more, there is a project to cooperate on. I don't think President Tao will refuse it." The man said, looked inside, covered his mouth and laughed, "Anyway, he hasn't come out for so long, at least the talks didn't break down. I believe they have already reached an agreement."
"What you said... makes sense." The others nodded, "Then do we have something to wait for?"
They each found a place to rest. When they passed by Cang Shang, they pulled him and said, "Sit for a while. Mr. Tao probably won't be able to come out for a while."
Shen Shang's hand trembled, but he did not move.
The person behind him didn't call him again and walked forward.
Shen Shang stood stiffly, holding the wooden ruler tightly, his throat rolled slightly, and his red eyes contracted.
The weeds in front of him swayed back and forth, and suddenly, the green color disappeared from his sight, and then turned into blood red, with large patches of red spreading in his sight.
The already red eyes became even bloodier, the pupils dissipated and became cloudy. Shen Shang raised his eyes suddenly, revealing his fangs, and the nails on his hands grew suddenly.
With a creaky sound, the door behind him opened.
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