Chapter 35 - Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Picking an Auspicious Day to Avoid Misfortune (2/2)

Old Zhang put on a straight face, “What wishful thinking are you entertaining, picking out faults now, huh? I only have one daughter, and here you are, a swindler and an assassin. I can’t feel at ease handing Zhang over to you!”

A swindler and an assassin?

Lin Chuan almost choked on a mulberry, “Old Zhang, don’t talk nonsense, that’s legally actionable!”

“How is this talking nonsense? It’s all deduced!” Old Zhang said with a grin.

Deduced?

Lin Chuan frowned slightly, “How did you deduce it?”

Old Zhang found a stool to sit on in the narrow rental space, then turned into Holmes, “Chuan, I know you. Not only are you skilled in cheating techniques, but you can also pick locks.”

“So what?” Lin Chuan retorted.

Old Zhang laughed, “You can pick locks, so you wrote ‘Thief’, and you know cheating techniques, so you wrote ‘Swindler’. Next up, you’re going to write about assassins, doesn’t that mean…”

Hiss!

Flawless logic!

Lin Chuan curled his lip, “If you know I’m an assassin, why would you dare come here alone?”

Old Zhang chuckled, “I was just joking. I came up to chat with you, mainly to remind you of something.”

“Old Zhang, remind me of what?” Lin Chuan slightly furrowed his brows.

Old Zhang glanced out the window, confirming it was empty, and spoke mysteriously, “Don’t go to the casino these days.”

Lin Chuan was startled, “I haven’t been to any casinos.”

“A master of cheating techniques claiming he doesn’t go to casinos, who would believe that?” Old Zhang countered.

A bitter smile appeared on Lin Chuan’s face.

Logically speaking, it was a bit difficult to explain.

“Alright then, why shouldn’t I go to the casino?” Lin Chuan asked.

Old Zhang leaned close to Lin Chuan, whispering, “This morning, a murder was discovered at the underground casino in the south of the city. Before dawn, the Criminal Police Brigade had sealed off the scene.”

“How do you know that?” Lin Chuan’s eyes narrowed immediately.

Another murder case?

The reason for the ‘another’ was because Shen Qianqian mentioned at last night’s dinner at the food stall that she was investigating a murder case.

Anling City seems a bit restless.

Old Zhang explained, “Remember Chen Ming, the anti-gambling expert? He invited me to join the Anti-Gambling Association. The news came from the people there.”

Lin Chuan nodded.

After giving Lin Chuan a once-over, Old Zhang spoke up again, “Chuan, with those skinny arms and legs of yours, if you ever encounter a bad guy, wouldn’t you be done in with a single strike?”

Lin Chuan flexed his muscles a bit.

What Old Zhang said seemed to make some sense.

Indeed, his physique was on the weaker side.

After experiencing the ‘assassin’s professional life’, he acquired the skill ‘combat fighting’. But that was only about technique and experience; it didn’t mean his constitution or strength had improved.

It looked like it was time to work out and get in shape.

Otherwise, a basic attack wouldn’t even break through an enemy’s defenses, and that would be embarrassing.

Unless he aimed for vital points.

But that could easily land him in hot water!

Lin Chuan understood Old Zhang’s good intentions, and laughed, “Didn’t you say I’m an assassin? What do I have to fear?”

Old Zhang smiled briefly, “I don’t know you as well as I thought, if you’re the assassin, then I’m the King of Killers!”

Since graduating, Lin Chuan had been renting here.

He had frequent dealings with Old Zhang, and as a landlord, he had a basic ability to read people.

Lin Chuan also smiled, “Come on, have some mulberries, don’t be shy.”

“Thank you, haha,” Old Zhang happily popped a mulberry into his mouth.

Suddenly!

Old Zhang looked at Lin Chuan, frowning, feeling something was amiss, “These mulberries – I bought them!”

Meanwhile, Lin Chuan was eating mulberries, his gaze drifting out the window.

The overcast sky was draped in a grey veil, the wind had picked up since morning, howling into the room.

Rain was coming.

Lin Chuan muttered in his mind, “The new book is coming out in a few days; it shouldn’t be tangled up in a murder case, should it?”

“Better safe than sorry, I should check the almanac and pick an auspicious ‘disaster-avoiding’ lucky day.”