446 Luo Bei Village (1/2)
Even though it might appear like Su Zheng had been in competition with Cedrick, from another perspective, they actually valued each other as practitioners of the same craft. Nowadays, it was hard to find friends who spoke the same language, and that was especially so for Su Zheng and Cedrick, who were involved in a not so straight and narrow career.
Therefore, with a taunt here, a lock picking there, a safe cracked somewhere… After some interaction and various competitions, testing of skills, and mutually absorbing the other's experience, the two's affection for each other had increased without them even realizing it.
Cedrick knew that it would be hard to make Han Chu and Ye Shuang allies; one was too clever, and the other was too cunning. Only if their brains were replaced with water that they would get themselves involved in his mess. However, other than those two, if he wanted to find some other people who had the capability to be of assistance, the chance of that was exceedingly low. Other people aside, Su Zheng was a potential ally that Cedrick valued greatly. Because he knew her way of thinking very well, with some begging and some flavored taunting, Cedrick wasted no energy to pull Su Zheng into his list of allies. And when there were no official cases, agents like Han Chu would not get involved in their employees' private lives.
Just like that Su Zheng was successfully recruited by Cedrick.
”According to Cedrick, he requested Su Zheng to go and steal something for him.” Ye Shuang put on her jacket and bent down to tie her laces as she explained. ”But perhaps Su Zheng is unlucky, or maybe the other party set a trap. In any case, the time of their supposed meet up has passed, and he has heard no news from Su Zheng, who should've shown up. He suspects that something has happened to Xiao Su, and the worst possibility is that she has been captured.”
”So?” Han Chu was not glad about this. ”He quietly stole your people from you, and now he needs you to go clean up the mess?”
Ye Shuang nodded helplessly. ”I also think that Cedrick is being quite shameless this time, but I can't just ignore Xiao Su's problem.”
This was related to the money-laundering organization. If too many people went along, it would shake the already tense situation. One careless move, and people might think that they had sided with a certain party. If too few people went, they might not be of any use; they could be facing any sort of problem and thus required a group of many skills. A careless mistake at any part, and they might not be able to even see Su Zheng's shadow.
Therefore, they could only go the path of a small group of experts, the best example being the Avengers or 007 in the movies. In any case, Ye Shuang was currently the best suitable candidate. Of course, that was before the problem with her body. Seeing Ye Shuang grab her keys and begin to head out, Han Chu stopped the girl without thinking. He frowned to arrange his thoughts before saying, ”Wait, with your current condition…”
”It's not stable enough,” Ye Shuang admitted with a nod. Then she closed her eyes to calculate her heart rate. ”But there shouldn't be any problem for several hours. If there's something wrong, I'll pause temporary and find a place to rest before continuing.”
Anthony tutted several times. He also understood what Ye Shuang planned to do. ”That is not a correct way to think. If every problem is handled by a lady, what use are us gentlemen in situation like this? When can we show off our skill?”
With that statement, did it mean that he was going to stand in for Ye Shuang?
Ye Shuang was silent for a while. ”Actually, I've given this some thought, Tony is not a bad candidate.”
After another pause, Ye Shuang gave her opinion in a not so direct way. ”But Tony's fighting capability is a bit…”
She finished the sentence with a 'well you know' kind of look.
”…” Han Chu.
”…” Anthony.