"Then let's go!"
After receiving Mr. Zhang's answer, Chen Jing said nothing more. She merely gave him a cold look before turning away.
Mr. Zhang collapsed into the chair and sat there in dejection, making no sound for a long while.
Instead, Mr. Su, who had remained silent all this time, rose and lightly tapped the table. He seemed to have something to say, but was uncertain. After hesitating for a long while, he let out a long sigh and said to Chen Jing, "It'd be best not to make too big a scene..."
Chen Jing paused slightly and glanced at Lu Xin before turning to Mr. Su. "We'll act according to the rules..."
"So whether this gets out of hand isn't up to us."
"It's up to the people who break the rules."
"..."
After leaving the nameless building, Lu Xin and the others boarded the jeep once more.
Since this had happened, he had to get to the bottom of it and release the oppressive feeling in his heart.
The reason he had said nothing since returning to Qinggang was that Chen Jing had already said everything he wanted to say.
And now that they were about to meet that person for real, he naturally could not be absent.
Unexpectedly, Number Five, Number Three, and Number Fourteen were also very interested and followed along.
They seemed to want to see how this would end as well.
Although their conversation with Mr. Zhang had not specified exactly who the target was, Chen Jing seemed to have already known. After boarding the jeep again, she headed straight for a quiet, heavily guarded area in the eastern part of Qinggang Main City.
This place was clearly different from the other districts.
The roads were broad and smooth, yet there were hardly