The Naming of the Night
Chapter 274

Don't Toy with Us!

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Before this time travel, Gu Huozai and the others were completely immersed in the dream of making a lot of money.

Boss Zhang Chengze is so gentle and refined, and speaks so reasonably.

Why did the boss become a completely different person after we entered the Inner World?

They never dreamed that just four hours after crossing the border, Gu Huozai's bodyguard team would have already suffered heavy losses.

Upset applecart.

The four men were thrown out of the Begonia Boxing Gym by the security guards one by one. Fortunately, there was thick snow outside, otherwise the fall alone would have made their already fragile bodies even more vulnerable.

"Did we get tricked by that old bastard Zhang Chengze?" Gu Huozai lay weakly on the snow, the blood flowing from his nose staining the snow red, making it stand out vividly.

"But the question is, why would he mess with us if he had nothing better to do?" another person asked, puzzled.

"This is outrageous!" Gu Huozai said in anguish.

At this very moment, in a slum in Eighth District.

The real Zhang Chengze huddled in a corner of the cramped room, suffering from hunger and cold.

It was late December, and the weather was so cold it could cut your skin, but there was no warmth inside.

There were originally more than ten people in the house, but after only three hours, only eight people remained.

The organ matching process was faster than Zhang Chengze had imagined.

He used to always see scenes in literature and art where patients were waiting for a transplant match, and if they couldn't find one, they would die.

However, that's because the government controls the sale of organs, so there are no sellers... There's never a shortage of buyers!

So, as soon as they tested the blood samples and DNA sequences, buyers from all over the Federation started making offers.

Zhang Chengze was in despair. If no one came to his rescue, he feared he wouldn't see the dawn.

Just then, another guard came in, dragging a member of the Evil Ghost Society out. "We've found a buyer. Let's divide this one up first."

The member of the Evil Ghost Society who was being dragged away wailed, but it was no use.

These guards were fully armed, and each of them was a genetic warrior who had been injected with a gene serum. They were Chang Ping's most capable henchmen.

"I need to use the restroom," Zhang Chengze said to a burly guard. "I can't hold it in any longer."

The guard gave him a cold look. "You have to hold it in, whether you can or not."

Zhang Chengze secretly spread his palms and said, "I really can't hold it in anymore. It already stinks in here. You don't want to guard us in a place that smells like poop, do you...?"

The guard seemed thoughtful. "Get up, don't try anything funny."

As he spoke, the guard, holding a gun in one hand and grabbing Zhang Chengze by the collar with the other, walked towards the toilet outside.

Zhang Chengze secretly slipped the gold bars into the guard's pocket, then whispered, "I just want to make two phone calls. If you let me use your phone, I promise I won't tell the other guards I gave you the gold bars. After that, whether I live or die, the gold bars are yours alone!"

Like other wealthy people, since Zhang Chengze knew that the Inner World was also a gold-standard world, he would naturally bring gold bars with his mouth, and 200 grams of them, which his mouth could just fit inside.

He had kept it in his mouth without saying a word since he first transmigrated here, until he quietly took it out when no one was paying attention.

Nowadays, gold bars have become a lifesaver.

Zhang Chengze did not beg the guards to release him, because he knew it was impossible.

He didn't make any other unreasonable demands, only asking to make two phone calls.

The guard glanced at him calmly. "Do you think anyone can save you now? If someone could save you, you wouldn't be being chased by Heng Society and hiding here."

"I just want to give it a try." How could someone like Zhang Chengze give up until the very last moment?

The guard was silent for a moment, then said coldly, "Don't even think about calling the Security Committee. I guarantee you, by the time they come to rescue you, you'll have already become cargo, packed into different refrigerated containers and transported to different cities in the Federation."

"Don't worry!" Zhang Chengze immediately assured him when he saw that the other party had relented.

The guard pulled his phone out of his pocket. "Remember, you only have two chances."

Li Chengze was very cold. His hands trembled as he pressed the number Liu Dezhu had given him on his phone, a number he remembered.

He believed in what he had personally experienced and heard, so he made a general judgment: In City No. 18, Heng Society had already taken control of the entire underworld, so finding Liu Dezhu's people was the most reliable option.

However, after dialing the 12-digit number, a woman answered the phone. Zhang Chengze asked, "Excuse me, is this Liu Dezhu's phone number?"

The other party replied, "Are you crazy? You've dialed the wrong number in the middle of the night!"

Zhang Chengze was stunned; he had remembered the wrong number!

If he were still a teenager, his memory would definitely not have this problem, but he is old and just suffered a huge shock!

Moreover, he memorized Gu Huozai's phone number first, and only at the very end, just to be on the safe side, did he memorize Liu Dezhu's.

This resulted in a somewhat rushed timeframe.

Zhang Chengze was a little confused. Was the last digit 1, 7, or 9?

Zhang Chengze had another chance, so he changed the last two digits of his number to 7. But when he was about to dial, he hesitated because the difference between 7 and 9 was a matter of probability. If he misremembered, he would miss the opportunity.

This is a 50% chance, a matter of life and death.

Zhang Chengze suddenly thought of a problem. He was certain that the number he had memorized from Gu Huozai was correct. So why didn't he just call Gu Huozai's number and give him Liu Dezhu's number so that he could try it?

Whether the last two digits are 7 or 9, Gu Huozai can figure it out in a minute!

Thinking of this, Zhang Chengze excitedly dialed the number. "Hello, is this Gu Huozai? This is Zhang Chengze, your boss. I have something to give you..."

In the snow, Gu Huozai said with a pained expression, "Boss, we know we were wrong, please stop playing us for fools!"

After saying that, Gu Huozai hung up the phone.

Zhang Chengze looked at the guard with a bewildered expression. "Can this not be counted...?"

The instant Gu Huozai hung up the phone, he had murderous thoughts.

The key question is, why would Gu Huozai say he played them? It's just that he didn't go to them immediately, does that mean he played them?

Zhang Chengze couldn't understand what had happened!

The guard sneered, "I told you long ago, no one would save you."

After saying that, he grabbed him by the collar and dragged him back.

"Wait, I really need to go to the toilet, I can't hold it anymore," Zhang Chengze suddenly remembered that he had indeed been holding his urine for more than two hours.

This time, however, the guards ignored him completely.

At this moment, Qing Chen, who was quite idle, had changed back to his usual self and gently knocked on the door of VIP001.

Jiang Xiaotang's calm voice came from inside. "Come in."

Qing Chen walked in, smiling, and asked, "Was tonight's match exciting?"

Jiang Xiaotang finally heard his voice clearly and turned around with a look of surprise. "When did you arrive? Why didn't you tell your sister beforehand?"

As she spoke, she stood up and ran to Qing Chen, gently stroking his cheek with her slender fingers. "Little brother, you don't look well. Are you injured?"

The woman was wearing a long red silk dress and was barefoot.

She wasn't very tall, so if she wasn't wearing high heels, she would have to stand on tiptoe to touch Qing Chen's cheek.

For some reason, Qing Chen didn't resist the older woman touching his cheek at all. The fact that there was no impure thought in her eyes made him unable to refuse.

Qing Chen smiled and said, "The injury to my ribs hasn't healed yet, and I've suffered another injury. I came here to find a special medicine that can help you recover quickly, sister."

He'll be returning next week to complete his second Life and Death Trial in Xiancheng, so he needs to stabilize his injuries at least.

Jiang Xiaotang's eyebrows were almost furrowed together. "I'll have someone bring the medicine over right now. Which bastard hurt you? I'll go and chop him up for you."

"No need, no need," Qing Chen said with a smile, "The other party is already dead... By the way, sister, I have another question I'd like to ask. Do you know Su Xingzhi?"

"Su Xingzhi?" Jiang Xiaotang was taken aback. "You want to see him? He has a rule that he doesn't do any business after 2 a. m. If you look for him now, he won't see you."

"Why?" Qing Chen asked curiously.

"Because he believes that after 2 a. m., people make irrational decisions, so business should be done when one is most clear-headed," Jiang Xiaotang explained. "This guy is quite strange. What do you want with him?"

Qing Chen replied, "I need to talk to him about something. I want to ask him to buy some information."

Jiang Xiaotang thought for a moment and said, "This person is in the Fourth District. He has a big business and many thugs around him. Everyone in the black market says he has a good reputation, but I know that although he is usually all smiles, he is thick-skinned and ruthless, and has cheated many people behind the scenes."

Qing Chen remained silent.

It seems that Jiang Xiaotang was unaware of the relationship between Su Xingzhi and Li Shutong, otherwise she wouldn't have said that.

But would Li Shutong really assign the Qin Family to a rumored villain?

Qing Chen has one principle.

No matter who tells him anything, he will always take what Li Shutong tells him as the standard.

If his master had even the slightest intention to harm him, he wouldn't be alive today, nor would he have become a knight.

He knew Li Shutong's devotion to the chivalric tradition and that the other party wouldn't joke about it.

Su Xingzhi was so well hidden that even Jiang Xiaotang didn't know about his relationship with Li Shutong.

Qing Chen said, "Sister, tell me where Su Xingzhi is. I need to go find him and buy some information."

"Have you decided?" Jiang Xiaotang thought for a moment and said, "He doesn't live far away. Take one of my business cards with you, and maybe he'll see you. But don't get your hopes up, because as far as I know, no one except Li Dongze has ever made him make an exception... Li Dongze also had to break in and drag him out."

Qing Chen was taken aback. "How come Li Dongze has such a past with Su Xingzhi?"

The knight's men are all incredibly eccentric...

Thank you, Wang Zi, for becoming a new ally of this book. You are a generous boss, and may good fortune always be with you!

Chapter Two.

There will be another chapter tonight, probably very late. I'm asking for your monthly votes in advance. I'll be in a burst of chapters to pay off my debts in August.

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