After finishing my standing practice, I lay on the sofa at Li Ruyue's place for a few hours, then left at daybreak.
Mainly, I had nowhere to sleep, and I didn't dare use my ID to check into a hotel.
When I'd stayed at hotels with Xiang Yifeng before, I'd always sneaked in while the front desk was crowded.
After leaving Li Ruyue's place, I spent a few hours outside, then went to the company again.
The receptionist downstairs called Liu Haicheng and only let me in after getting his permission.
Once inside, I didn't go to see Liu Haicheng first. Instead, I went looking for Wang Cheng.
Wang Cheng and Li Ruyue were rivals.
If Li Ruyue hadn't done these things, then Wang Cheng probably had.
Grandmaster had sent me down the mountain this time to find Zhang Rong. If I failed, I wouldn't be able to face Grandmaster when I returned.
After all, I'd spent a year with them. I couldn't have stayed there for nothing.
I knocked and went in, meeting Wang Cheng, a man in his thirties who looked very mature.
Wang Cheng looked puzzled when he saw me, since he didn't know me.
"Who might you be?"
"Did you need something?"
"Mr. Wang, let me introduce myself. My name is Zhang Lin. I'm Zhang Rong's younger brother."
"Zhang Rong?"
He thought for a moment, then shook his head. "I don't know him. Who is he?"
Heh. He was putting on an act for me.
"Zhang Rong is my older brother-my cousin."
Wang Cheng gave me a strange look, as though he were looking at a lunatic. "What exactly do you do? Are you playing a joke on me?"
"Actually, I'm an expert in Qimen Magic Arts."
I smiled. "Mr. Wang, I see a dark cast