Chapter 418 - Escaped (1/2)

Zhang Heng scopped Leah up in one hand, put her in the back seat, and used his other hand to ride the snowmobile. He managed to calmly avoid all the stones as he carved a path through the thick woods. At the same time, he said, “s...o...b..ard.”

When he said that, Leah understood immediately. “Who are those people that are chasing me?” she asked.

“They are from Black Nest. Your brother Edward has key evidence that Black Nest is using CTOS to collect data and violate the privacy of citizens. Once the situation deteriorates to a certain extent, they will use you to blackmail your brother.”

“Black Nest? That technology company?! Many people around me are using their devices. According to what I heard, they come up with pretty high-quality products.” Zhang Heng swiftly maneuvered the snowmobile along the unmarked track, dodging trees along his way like he would bullets. “Black Nest isn’t your regular tech corporation. They have other motives hidden in the dark. In other words, we are in a perilous situation. They will use every means available to them to prevent the disclosure of their secrets.”

“Dangerous? How dangerous?”

“Just now, one of our people responsible for leading the pursuer away was almost sniped by their a.s.sa.s.sin.” “Here? At the ski resort? In broad daylight?!” “Yes, and they have a dirty relations.h.i.+p with the police. It means they can get police support whenever they want.”

“Does that mean we are on our own now?”

“Hold on tight,” Zhang Heng replied, not answering Leah’s question this time.

He then turned abruptly, and the snowmobile drew an arc. Despite being reminded in advance, Leah was almost thrown off, and she subconsciously reached out to grab Zhang Heng’s waist.

“Why stop?”

Leah’s question was automatically answered after a few seconds. The snowmobile had stopped on the edge of the cliff. Initial visual observation confirmed that they were a good 20 meters above the ground below. Zhang Heng got off and took out the s...o...b..ard that he tucked behind the snowmobile, and quickly put it on the ground. “This is as far as the snowmobile goes. There is a way around the cliff, but the forest is simply too dense for the snowmobile to pa.s.s through. We’ll have to s...o...b..ard from now.”

“Ugh… but I just threw away my s...o...b..ard since you asked me to…”

“It doesn’t matter, just cling to my back and hug me tightly. Even if you have your board with you, you can’t cross this path seeing how bad you are at skiing.”

“That’s true…”

Leah was not as hypocritical as other girls, not hesitating to jump on Zhang Heng’s back after she heard what he said.

Zhang Heng paused. “…you are too fast. I haven’t even strapped on my s...o...b..ard properly.”

“Oh! Sorry… should I get down then?”

“No need.” Zhang Heng had properly clamped his ski shoes to the s...o...b..ard. “Make sure you hold on to me tightly. I can’t take care of you when we begin our descent,” he said.

“Okay,” Leah nodded. To lose all the extra weight on her, she took off the ski shoes on her feet.

As the s...o...b..ard started moving, they steadily increased speed, and the sound of wind whoos.h.i.+ng past their ears could be soon heard. Zhang Heng wasn’t too worried about the four enemies behind him. Even if they somehow managed to catch up to him, Zhang Heng was confident that he could get rid of them. Hence, he raced against time and risked a safe descent to prevent Black Nest from using the same trail he had carved to get down the mountain.