The woman had flirted with him time and again, and Fang Cheng had finally had enough.
He squeezed a little harder, making Julia go limp and weak all over, dangling from his hand.
"I'm pure and chaste, yet you shamelessly keep trying to take advantage of me. Believe me, I'll smash your head in!"
Fang Cheng snorted, then sent Julia a system trade request. "If you don't agree, I'll kill you as a member of Gate of Heaven. I doubt the North American Government will bother me over something so trivial."
The system's trading function required both parties to agree.
Julia hadn't expected Fang Cheng to want her ability to read minds. She instinctively tried to refuse.
But she couldn't bring herself to say no, because she could tell Fang Cheng was serious about his threat.
After weighing her options, she decided staying alive was more important. Julia had no choice but to agree to the trade.
The two completed their illicit transaction without a sound. Fang Cheng gave up one life and got the ability to read minds.
Julia hadn't exactly come away empty-handed, either. She'd gained an extra life.
Once the trade was complete, Fang Cheng pressed a hand to Julia's head and read her mind.
Julia seemed to have expected this, so she didn't resist at all. She remained quite calm.
But Fang Cheng wasn't satisfied with what he read. The ability could only pick up what someone was thinking at that moment. If their mind was blank, he got nothing.
"Are you really an undercover agent placed by S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
He asked her a question.
Julia nodded. "Yes."
Her thoughts matched her answer. He also saw flashes of her receiving orders, then changing her appearance.
Fang Cheng asked a few more questions about Gate of Heaven, but