Chapter 39: Overnight… (1/2)

Chapter 39: Overnight…

While Zhu Jia looked calm after killing a person for the first time with a gun, she was clearly haunted by it as she climbed up into the car. Rubbing at her twisted ankle, her expression was rather absent-minded.

Cao Yi hadn’t neglected Zhu Jia at all and escorted her back in a police car. She lived in the southern part of downtown where it was a little isolated. Even at the door, Zhu Jia had been inconvenienced by her ankle and so she had Wang Chao accompany her to the elevator.

There were 15 floors to the building, but it wasn’t as big as Wang Chao thought. There were two lounges and had an elegant arrangement. There was calligraphy paintings on the walls with green setose asparagus plants decorating the place. By the windows, there were wind chimes that rang out with a melodious sound each time a wind passed through it, giving the place a scholarly and elegant feel. It was not like some of the other female houses where several dolls could be seen.

“Ah, sit down.”

When Zhu Jia was sitting on the sofa with her eyes closed, she had suddenly realized she was lacking manners and quickly invited Wang Chao to sit down.

“Is your ankle alright?” Wang Chao looked around the place with a reserved glance.

“There’s no pain now. If I go to sleep, it’ll be fully healed I’m sure.” Zhu Jia shook her leg as an attempt to feel it. Sure enough, it was not as bad as before, allowing her to make a cup of tea for Wang Chao. “I’ve troubled you today, allow me to treat you out to a meal another day as thanks.”

Taking a sip of the tea, Wang Chao began to think about the fight he had with the Crane styled Wingchun expert Lin Lijun, “It was a one sided battle. I couldn’t keep up with his offense; his martial arts was really too amazing. Zhao Xinglong’s words about the coast having a lot of strong martial artists weren’t a lie after all. Right now, I’m truly the frog at the bottom of the well. But that Chenshi Corporation, this has to be the third time I’ve heard about them. Just what is their history?”

The first time he had heard about the Chenshi Corporation had been when Cao Jingjing had been kidnapped. The second time had been when Zhao Xinglong talked about the multimillion bet. This third time was in regards to the criminal drug trafficking ring and that they were stationed in Singapore.

“No wonder they wanted to use Cao Jingjing’s kidnapping as a way to force Cao Yi into their group. It would open up a drug route into the mainlands.”

Connecting the series of events together, Wang Chao was able to look at it from a bystander’s perspective and piece together several more clues.

Wang Chao had a feeling that in the future, he would be coming across the Chenshi Corporation many times.

But this wasn’t a sudden realization. After hearing Zhao Xinglong’s story, he knew that the number one expert in the coastal area was Chen Aiyang. As a martial artist, Wang Chao wanted to know what he was like. But right now, he didn’t have the right to even see him,

“Hello, is it Shanshan? Did you want to come over tonight? I’m bored and need someone to talk to!” Just as Wang Chao was preparing to say goodbye, Zhu Jia was making a phone call. “What, you’re working overtime? That’s fine, another time then.”

Putting down the phone, Zhu Jia began to put in another number, “Hello, Honghong? I’m bored at home today, want to hang out? What? You’re with your boyfriend? Ah…that’s fine then…”

Calling number after number, Zhu Jia wasn’t able to find a single person and grew depressed with each phone call.

“After killing someone with a gun for the first time, it would be a problem if she wasn’t afraid.” Wang Chao understood just what feelings Zhu Jia was going through.

“Is your marksmanship good? I heard that if a person with not enough training were to shoot a person standing still, it would fail to land, is that true?”

When Wang Chao asked his question, Zhu Jia instantly thought back to her circumstances and began to tremble. Forcing out a smile, she nodded, “That’s true for the most part. A bullet will miss its mark 60 or 70% of the time. There’s also a good chance of injuring yourself, but I’ve practiced target shooting before already.”

Because many of the past martial artists had died by gunfire, Wang Chao naturally had an interest in them. But in reality, he wasn’t willing to bother trying to learn marksmanship and instead just wanted to understand it.

Although he wanted to ask more about it, Wang Chao knew what was going on in Zhu Jia’s heart. Not willing to dwell anymore on it, he quickly changed the topic.