Crossing the river and demolishing... my bridge?

Chapter 28: Over the River, Destroy the Bridge?

Although the guard team and the merchant association have no relationship in terms of their official affiliations, if the guard team wants to live a stable and comfortable life and earn some extra money, they must maintain a good relationship with the merchant association. Therefore, they try their best not to offend the merchant association, which is like a god of wealth to them.

Moreover, the wallet not only contained identification documents and Elder certificates, but also an unsigned sales contract for this courtyard. Such unsigned documents are not something ordinary people can obtain.

The two searchers exchanged glances, probably guessing what was going on here.

Immediately, they returned the wallet to Ji Qinglin with a smile, explaining, "We came in to check on the safety of the residents. Please forgive us for the disturbance, Elder."

Ji Qinglin put on an expression of anger and helplessness, waving his hand and saying:

"I understand, but you must not tell anyone about my arrival here."

"Rest assured, we won't breathe a word. You go on with your business!"

The two hurriedly retreated, even helping to close the door as they left.

Standing at the bedroom door, confirming that the two had left the small courtyard, Ji Qinglin and the Red-Eyed Girl on the bed finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But the Red-Eyed Girl seemed to recall the "humiliation" she had just suffered, her pretty face flushed, and her pair of exquisite red eyes still glared at Ji Qinglin.

Ji Qinglin didn't feel any psychological burden. While putting on his pants, he said, "Hey, don't look at me like that. It was a last resort just now. Can you think of any other way?"

Although the Red-Eyed Girl was full of anger, she knew that what he said was true, so she could only retort:

"So you just reach out?"

"If you had called out earlier, would I have needed to reach out?"

"Why didn't you pinch somewhere else? You lecher!"

"This is my house. Who's the thief here? Do I need to call the guards to judge?"

Every sentence was unreasonable. The Red-Eyed Girl was so angry that she wanted to take out the pistol she had just hidden under the pillow to scare the shameless man in front of her, at least to make him apologize.

But when she touched it, she found that the space under the pillow was empty.

Ji Qinglin fastened his belt and lifted a corner of the quilt near him, saying:

"Are you looking for this?"

A silver-white pistol was lying under the quilt.

The Red-Eyed Girl was shocked and hurriedly reached for the bomb on her waist. Ji Qinglin picked up the pistol and waved his hand, saying:

"Don't be so excited, calm down. I just secretly took out the gun because I was afraid you'd cross the river and destroy the bridge. If I really had malicious intentions towards you, you would have already died under my gun on the bed."

Hmm, that sounds weird?

Although he had stolen the pistol, Ji Qinglin did not take countermeasures, because he was not sure what the situation was with the bomb on the Red-Eyed Girl's waist. If it could be controlled by consciousness or was connected to her heart, then he would definitely be dragged down as a scapegoat.

He still wanted to handle this matter discreetly, adhering to the attitude of 'the less trouble, the better.'

The Red-Eyed Girl touched her belt cautiously and said, "Then what do you want to do?"

"What do you mean, what do I want to do? This is my house. Shouldn't I be asking what you, the intruder, want to do?"

"I just want to stay overnight to heal my injuries and leave during the day."

Ji Qinglin nodded and said:

"It's not impossible to stay overnight, but you have to tell me who you are and why the guards are chasing you. Otherwise, I won't feel at ease letting you stay here."

The Red-Eyed Girl snorted coldly and said:

"Knowing my identity won't do you any good."

Ji Qinglin leaned against the door and analyzed, "Under normal circumstances, the guards go off duty on time. If they come out to patrol at this time, there are only two possibilities: either there has been a major accident, or a wealthy company or merchant association has paid them to do so.

Looking at the casual attitude of those two just now, it doesn't seem like anything major has happened. They should be helping a company or merchant association find someone. They didn't say anything else when they saw the Xin Dong Street Merchant Association Elder, so they should be helping a company. In other words, you are someone that a company is looking for.

Judging from your slightly aggressive tone and habits, you're probably a small boss. If you haven't defected from the company, then you've infiltrated a rival company and been discovered, or..."

The Red-Eyed Girl didn't expect that the man in front of her could guess so much with just this little information. Although only the first part was correct, it was already unbelievable. The key was that he was staring at her while saying it, obviously wanting to see her reaction to confirm his guess, so she interrupted, "You should know that the less you know, the safer you are."

Ji Qinglin didn't disagree with this, so he didn't continue to guess.

But the Red-Eyed Girl asked instead:

"Are you an Elder of the Xin Dong Street Merchant Association?"

Ji Qinglin naturally didn't want to reveal his identity, shrugging his shoulders and saying, "Do you think my residence looks like it belongs to a Merchant Association Elder? The ID in my wallet is just a fake, for convenience when handling matters in Xin Dong Street's old city."

The Red-Eyed Girl thought that made sense. Not to mention this man was too young, what Elder of a merchant family would live alone in a place like this?

Ji Qinglin didn't say anything more and went to the bedside, preparing to lift the blanket.

The Red-Eyed Girl hurriedly grabbed the blanket, saying, "What are you doing?!"

"Hey, I only have one set of bedding in my house. I'm already being nice by giving you a place to lie down. Are you planning to take over completely?"

Before the girl could retort.

Dong, dong—

Two crisp sounds came from outside the bedroom's wooden door, as if someone was knocking.

Before Ji Qinglin could react, the girl had already flung the blanket over, covering Ji Qinglin and pulling him into the bed, once again shielding Ji Qinglin's body in front of her, resuming her previous position.

However, this time Ji Qinglin wasn't nervous, nor was he preparing to cooperate. Instead, he chuckled.

Seeing the man in front of her laughing, the Red-Eyed Girl looked nervous, but still quietly asked:

"What are you laughing at?"

Ji Qinglin didn't speak, but instead got out of bed, went to the door, and opened the wooden door.

He saw the unconscionable Coal Boss, who had immediately "cut and run" when he sensed something was up in the bedroom, had already flown in from outside the door, landing steadily on Ji Qinglin's shoulder.

Seeing that it was just a crow, the Red-Eyed Girl finally relaxed, but remembering her earlier quick and proactive cooperation being laughed at by this man, she felt both ashamed and angry.

Ji Qinglin pretended not to see it, picked up his short-sleeved shirt from the ground, and prepared to throw the Red-Eyed Girl's clothes to her as well, but when he picked them up, he noticed several finger-sized gray spots on the pants, with small holes in the center of the spots. He then asked, "You were hit with Electromagnetic Soul Severing Needles in your leg?"

Electromagnetic Soul Severing Needles attack the nerves of the hit area by shooting out thin needles, which can temporarily paralyze the target's body part for a period of time, rendering it unusable.

Because the effect is obvious and no medication is needed, leaving no sequelae, it is used by many company security personnel.

Ji Qinglin thought to himself that it was no wonder she took off her pants; she probably pulled out the needles and wanted to quickly restore her leg directly.

The Red-Eyed Girl had just been taken advantage of, so how could she dare to admit that one of her legs was unable to move? Thinking that you shouldn't think of any more crooked ideas, she immediately replied with a defensive expression:

"No! Give me my clothes!"

Ji Qinglin threw the clothes over, then took out something similar to a lighter from his toolbox and pretended to be regretful, saying:

"That's a shame, I even carry a Nerve Perception Restorer with me. Since it's not that, then never mind."

After speaking, he picked up his toolbox and walked outside on his own.

"Huh? Hey! Don't!"