"I want information on Chen Zheng. The most detailed information available."
Jin Yunmei gave up halfway through her pursuit. After returning to the family company's Nan City branch, she ordered her subordinates to investigate Chen Zheng, then turned on her computer and searched for keywords related to him online. She soon found quite a few things.
"Nan University's mysterious three-point king... kicked a taekwondo expert flying... three-point king..."
Jin Yunmei opened a video. It was a short clip, and she soon finished watching it. After thinking for a moment, she looked at her right hand and recalled the instant she had shaken hands with Chen Zheng on the Nan University campus.
That handshake had actually marked the start of her formal confrontation with Chen Zheng. She simply hadn't expected the outcome to be decided in just one second.
She had lost.
Chen Zheng had effortlessly neutralized her ability, and she had even suffered a backlash from her own power! If that man had been a little more ruthless, he could even have killed her without a sound or any outward sign!
"So, Chen Zheng, did you hold back because of my looks and appearance, or was it because you have some principle, like an expert never killing women...?"
Jin Yunmei took off her shoes. She wasn't wearing socks, and she curled up barefoot in her chair. Since she wore only hot pants on her lower half, this pose looked quite tempting to anyone with a thing for legs.
This posture was a form of self-reflection for her, or perhaps a defensive stance. She felt that Chen Zheng was dangerous. Reason told her it would be best not to provoke this Chinese man, yet something else, something unrelated to reason, urged her to seek him out and learn about him!
"Chen Zheng, an extremely dangerous Chinese man. I shouldn't have any further contact with him. I should even leave China and return to Korea... but... could I be satisfied without getting to the bottom of who he is...?"
"Chen Zheng, he should be even stronger than my teacher's teacher..."
Inside a coffee shop called South Wind on the shopping street outside Nan University.
The lingering sunset spilled in through the windows. An ordinary girl might have found it fresh and charming, but to Chen Zheng, it carried the flavor of passing years.
"Chen Zheng, how far have things progressed between you and Su Cheng?"
Jiang Rou took a sip of milk tea, her eyes roaming between Chen Zheng's and Su Cheng's faces before settling on Chen Zheng.
She and Chen Zhi both attended Nan University. They had run into Chen Zheng and Su Cheng after class, and Jiang Rou had taken it upon herself to drag everyone into this coffee shop, saying they had important matters to discuss.
But before they could begin discussing those important matters, Jiang Rou asked a question that left Su Cheng a little embarrassed.
How far had things progressed?
That question... how was she supposed to answer it? Su Cheng thought it over and realized it really wasn't easy to answer. On the surface, her relationship with Chen Zheng was that of a bodyguard and a wealthy young lady, but in reality, it was more like a landlady and a tenant.
As for a deeper relationship, there didn't seem to be one... Did yesterday's physical contact to unblock her true qi count as a deeper relationship?
Su Cheng didn't know either.
"Brother, I certainly won't object if you pursue Sister Su Cheng, but someone might get jealous!"
Chen Zhi smiled as she spoke.
"Who are you talking about!"
Jiang Rou immediately glared at Chen Zhi.
Of course she knew Chen Zhi meant her, but Jiang Rou was actually rather conflicted herself. After all, Chen Zheng's identity was what it was: he was the Jiang Family's ancestral master, the teacher of their ancestor Jiang Ziya!
She hadn't told Chen Zhi about this yet. Even if she did, Chen Zhi probably wouldn't believe her. After all, the Jiang Family's ancestor Jiang Ziya was a figure from three thousand years ago, whereas Chen Zheng... in the eyes of Chen Zhi and the others, he was only twenty.
"Huh? This feeling! Watch out!"
Chen Zhi was just about to say something else when her expression suddenly changed drastically. She whipped her head around and stared at the building across the street!
There was something there!
Whoosh!
Something bright suddenly flashed!
Bang!
Almost the very next second, a bullet traveling at a terrifying speed pierced the window and shot straight toward Chen Zhi's head!
An assassination!
Someone was trying to snipe Chen Zhi from hiding!
"Chen Zhi!"
Jiang Rou was sitting beside Chen Zhi. She cried out and reacted at once, trying to pull Chen Zhi away, but only her mind had reacted. Her body simply couldn't keep up with her thoughts!
"..."
Chen Zhi froze as well. Instinctively sensing danger, she released her true qi!
Whoosh!
But the terrifying kinetic energy of the sniper bullet instantly crushed the true qi she had released!
Danger!
Just as Chen Zhi was about to be shot, Chen Zheng sprang to his feet. His right hand moved so fast that only a blurred shadow remained, and the next second, it was in front of Chen Zhi!
Clink.
Chen Zheng casually tossed the bullet onto the table. His eyes narrowed slightly as he stared at the building across the street.
"This..."
Chen Zhi, Jiang Rou, and Su Cheng were all dumbstruck!
Chen Zheng had suddenly caught a sniper bullet. This... this felt like something out of a fantasy!
"Holy shit!"
"What just happened!"
"Was that a sniper rifle!"
"Catching a bullet barehanded? Are you filming some youth idol drama about superpowers?"
The pedestrians outside and the customers inside the coffee shop were stunned too!
Everything had happened too quickly for them to react. With its terrifying speed, the sniper bullet had pierced the glass almost instantly, shooting inside in the blink of an eye!
Yet that young man had actually caught the sniper bullet with his hand!
Filming a TV show!
They had to be filming a TV show, one of those youth idol web dramas where the male lead usually had incredible martial arts skills!
That scene just now must have been them filming someone catching a bullet barehanded!
"The bullet was too slow."
Chen Zheng looked at the building across the street, his eyes narrowing slightly as a smile appeared on his face.
But when the passersby outside saw his face and the smile he wore, they suddenly felt a chill, a sense of dread! Although this young man was smiling, there was something sinister and uncanny about it!
"Brother..."
Chen Zhi lowered her voice. Her expression was grim. If Chen Zheng hadn't intervened, that hidden sniper's shot would have left her seriously injured even if it hadn't killed her! Someone was trying to assassinate her, the Xining Chen Family's only apparent heir. She was very angry now!
"Leave it to me."
Chen Zheng gave Chen Zhi a reassuring look, and that sinister smile appeared on his face again. He withdrew his gaze, casually picked up a cup of milk tea, and walked outside.
"What a... sinister feeling..."
Jiang Rou came to her senses and spoke in a lowered voice.
"Chen Zheng is angry."
Su Cheng murmured as well.
From the moment this man had inexplicably appeared in her home that night until now, this was the first time she had seen him angry. Without a doubt, Chen Zhi was this man's reverse scale!
Someone wanted to touch this man's reverse scale, so that person's-or those people's-fate was already sealed!