Martial Arts Song

Chapter 314 Mistaken Connection
In the evening, night falls.

Around seven o'clock, almost eight o'clock, the entire "Huhai" began to light up one after another, and entered the night.

Xicheng, International Settlement, Hongjiang Road.

The colorful lights flicker on the shop signs on this street, making the whole street look bustling and dreamy.

Although there had been a fierce battle between the Central People and the Ryuukyo people last month, and a large hole had been pierced through the balcony of a building by heavy weapons, it had basically been repaired the next day, and had not affected the bustle of the place every night at all.

Even on the night of the struggle last month, many people who had not originally planned to come here, after hearing about the struggle, came here out of curiosity to see the remaining traces, so that there were more people on "Hongjiang Road" that night than usual.

A rickshaw turned into "Hongjiang Road" and finally drove slowly to the back of the street and stopped in front of "Anping Hotel".

Then, a young man and woman who were sitting in the car got out of the car one after another.

The man was wearing a well-fitting black suit, while the woman was wearing a shoulder-baring evening dress. The man got out of the car first, and then the gentleman raised his hand to help the woman out of the car.

Afterwards, the man took out money from the inside pocket of his suit jacket and paid the fare.

After the payment was made and the rickshaw left, the young woman in an evening dress took the man's arm and half leaned against him.

The man who was being leaned on by the arm frowned slightly, but did not say anything in the end.

These two people were none other than Chen Qing and Lin Manli, who came from Dongcheng and went to Anping Hotel to thank "Sister Lan".

"Don't be nervous, I'm here."

Chen Qing raised the other hand that was not held, patted Lin Manli's hand twice, which was holding his but trembling nervously, and said with a smile.

"Um……"

After receiving his comfort, Lin Manli felt better immediately.

Afterwards, the two of them walked into Anping Hotel hand in hand.

It was the peak time for meals and check-in, and there were many guests in the lobby on the first floor. Most of them were wearing expensive custom-made clothes, which were well-fitting and stylish, and brought out their temperament.

After Chen Qing and Lin Manli came in, they didn't stay for long. They went straight through the lobby to the elevator room and waited for the elevator to go upstairs.

Soon, an elevator went down to the first floor. The two of them walked in with the other guests waiting and told the waiter who was operating the elevator the floor they were going to.

After a moment, the elevator stopped at the restaurant on the eighth floor.

Chen Qing, Lin Manli, and the other guests who were traveling downstairs on this floor walked out of the elevator and entered the restaurant on the eighth floor.

The last time I came here, I had a purpose and didn't have time to take a good look at this place.

Therefore, when he came here for the second time, Chen Qing finally had time to take a good look at the environment here.

The soft and slightly dim lighting and the simple but comfortable decoration style make people feel less dazzling and the information received in the field of vision is not so messy.

At the same time, the ears can hear the elegant music like the sound of flowing stream, which soothes the nerves and makes people feel peaceful inside and the whole person "slows down".

This is the feeling that the restaurant on the eighth floor of Anping Hotel gave Chen Qing.

"Sir, Madam, do you have an appointment?"

After the two walked in, a waitress at the door immediately came forward and asked with a smile.

Lin Manli was about to answer when she heard this, but a figure walked towards them from the restaurant and said, "They are the guests at my table."

After hearing the voice, Chen Qing, Lin Manli and the waitress immediately looked in the direction of the voice.

Then, they saw "Sister Lan" walking towards them wearing a cheongsam and a knitted shawl on her shoulders.

"It turns out to be a guest of 'Sister Lan'."

When the waitress saw "Sister Lan", she immediately smiled and said something, then looked at "Sister Lan" and asked, "Sister Lan, your guests have arrived. Should we serve the dishes now?"

"Ah."

"Sister Lan" nodded to the waiter, then looked at Chen Qing and Lin Manli. For a moment, her eyes were complicated.

Seeing this, Lin Manli, who didn't know the truth, hesitated for a moment, and finally thanked her in a low voice with some guilt: "Thank you... Thank you, Sister Lan."

"Between you and me, why bother talking about thanking each other?"

"Sister Lan" chuckled and looked directly at Chen Qing.

Chen Qing looked at him calmly, his eyes showing no fluctuations.

In the end, "Sister Lan" was defeated.

She retracted her gaze, looked at Lin Manli again, and said with a smile: "You haven't had dinner yet? Let's eat first."

Hearing this, Lin Manli turned her head to look at Chen Qing.

After Chen Qing nodded slightly, she smiled and replied, "Okay."

"Sister Lan", who saw this scene, gritted her teeth, but ultimately said nothing.

Afterwards, the three of them came to the seat reserved by "Sister Lan".

This is a table for four by the window, with four chairs with white covers on both sides of a long table.

Lin Manli sat down in a chair on the side first, then smiled and patted the chair next to Chen Qing, saying, "Sit down."

Seeing this, "Sister Lan" twitched her eyes slightly, but still said nothing and sat down opposite consciously.

Chen Qing actually didn't like this kind of occasion, but there was no way. "Sister Lan" was too useful a tool, so he had to stay, lest the other party ask Lin Manli some random questions and find out that he didn't actually do anything to Lin Manli, thus losing her.

So, during the following dinner time, the atmosphere at the table became very strange.

Lin Manli kept trying to "show her affection" by cutting various kinds of meat to feed Chen Qing, letting Chen Qing taste the drinks she ordered, and acting like she was in love with Chen Qing. She wanted to cut off "Sister Lan"'s thoughts and avoid entanglement.

But Chen Qing frowned slightly. Although he did not refuse the cooperation request made by Lin Manli before coming, he seemed to be disgusted.

As for "Sister Lan" who was sitting opposite them, she gritted her teeth while looking at the two of them, and kept looking at Chen Qing with hatred.

The weird atmosphere between the three people made the waiter who was serving the food and the guests around him stunned.

Fortunately, the meal was finally finished without any incident...

It was around eight in the evening, almost nine.

In front of Anping Hotel.

Chen Qing, Lin Manli, and "Sister Lan" came out.

"Let's go together. I'll ask the driver to take you there."

"Sister Lan" said to Chen Qing and Lin Manli.

Hearing this, Lin Manli turned her head to look at Chen Qing again.

Chen Qing shook his head and said, "No need, we can just stop a rickshaw ourselves."

As he said this, he raised his hand and looked at Lin Manli.

Seeing this, Lin Manli immediately took his arm with a happy look on her face.

Afterwards, the two of them left the entrance of Anping Hotel and walked to the roadside.

"Sister Lan" watched this scene, still saying nothing, and silently watched the two people stop the rickshaw and leave...

……

"Whoo~"

Only when the rickshaw drove away and left "Hongjiang Road" did Lin Manli finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Although she still didn't know what "Sister Lan" did for such a long time, she could roughly tell from her previous contacts that "Sister Lan" had a complicated status in "Hu Hai".

She was really worried that "Sister Lan" would use her own connections to get involved.

But fortunately, what she worried about did not happen in the end. "Now that we are far away, we can let go."

Chen Qing, who was standing by, also spoke calmly after the rickshaw left "Hongjiang Road".

Hearing this, Lin Manli curled her lips, and finally let go of Chen Qing's hand, muttering softly: "You dump me after using me, how heartless..."

"..."

Chen Qing could now clearly hear Lin Manli's muttering, but he could only pretend not to hear it.

Afterwards, the two of them took a rickshaw to the "Hongjiang" Bund Ferry and took a ferry back to Dongcheng in the night.

……

The next day, it was around three in the morning.

After coaxing Qi Yi, Chen Qing, who was no longer "tortured" by the high-intensity exercise of energy, finally recovered his biological clock and woke up before the set alarm.

Afterwards, he routinely checked the [essence, energy and spirit] values ​​at the fundus of his left eye, then got up to practice "spirit" and "energy", and then went to work on "Guoshan Road" in "Sanyang" at six o'clock in the morning.

After getting off work at noon, he went to the "Sanyang" ferry without stopping, took the ferry to Jiangwan District in Xicheng, and continued to ask Qi Yi to help him exercise his kidneys.

Qi Yi did not ask Chen Qing about his unconventional auxiliary methods of practicing, because Chen Qing said it would take a few days, and today was only the second day.

After the kidney training was over, Qi Yi went back to work, and Chen Qing also left the hotel, came to the "Hongjiang" Bund, and took the ferry back to Dongcheng.

However, when the ferry returned from Xicheng to the "Sanyang" ferry in Dongcheng, Chen Qing did not return directly to "Sanlin", but went to the tram station and took the tram to "Gangqiao".

More than an hour later.

When the time came to three o'clock in the afternoon.

Gangqiao District, the central area.

At the rear of a tram running along the tracks, a figure suddenly walked down from the car.

This figure was naturally Chen Qing who took the tram to "Gangqiao".

After getting off the bus, Chen Qing walked into the crowd on both sides of the street.

Then, he used anti-reconnaissance techniques to move forward for a while, and after confirming that no one was following him, he came to the red brick house area where the "Yun" organization was located.

When Chen Qing arrived at the gate of the red brick house where the "Yun" organization was located, it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom~"

He knocked on the door again rhythmically, as if he were familiar with the place.

After a while.

With a "swish", the secret door on the door opened, revealing a pair of dead fish eyes behind the door.

When he saw Chen Qing outside the door, the dead fish eyes immediately narrowed into a smile.

"Mr. Zuo is here."

As the voice came out, the door was opened by Xiao Wu.

"Old Fei is here, right?"

Chen Qing asked the usual question, then walked inside and went straight up the stairs.

He came here this time to thank Fei Dongtao.

Because he had previously asked Fei Dongtao to help find "Sister Lan".

Although "Sister Lan" had "taken the initiative" to contact Chen Qing before and said that she could help Chen Qing, the two parties did not leave contact information.

Although Lin Manli knew the contact information of "Sister Lan", Chen Qing kept this matter a secret from Lin Manli. Therefore, he had no choice but to ask Fei Dongtao to help find "Sister Lan".

After dealing with "Sister Lan" last night, he came today to thank Fei Dongtao.

After thanking Fei Dongtao, the tail end of the matter in Dongcheng was finally dealt with.

"Yes, I am..."

Xiao Wu replied hesitantly.

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing stopped, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Are you receiving other assassins again?"

The last time Xiao Wu looked so hesitant was when Fei Dongtao was receiving "Sister Lan".

Seeing the other party like this again this time, he asked.

"That's not the case, it's just that Uncle Fei was a little busy today and has not come down from the third floor."

Xiao Wu shook his head and said.

"Oh?"

Chen Qing was a little surprised when he heard this, "What is he busy with?"

He has been a member of the "Yun" organization for almost half a year, starting from the "letter of allegiance" mission, to officially joining the industry, then being promoted to a bronze killer, and then to a silver killer.

By now, he has received his fifth silver-level mission - during the time he traveled back and forth between East and West City to train his kidneys, he also completed the acceptance and execution of the fourth silver-level mission.

When he came to Fei Dongtao to help find "Sister Lan" a few days ago, he settled the fourth silver-level task and also took on the fifth silver-level task.

As long as he completes this fifth silver-level mission, he can take on the assessment task to be promoted to a gold medal killer.

During this period, he never saw Fei Dongtao being "busy".

Come to think of it, a master of "divine transformation" and the general manager of the "Yun" organization's base in "Gangqiao" has his subordinates to do all the chores, so there is nothing for him to be busy with.

unless……

Thinking of this, Chen Qing suddenly had an idea.

He remembered that Fei Dongtao had said before that apart from him and "Sister Lan", he would only serve the gold medal killers!
In other words, the only thing that could keep Fei Dongtao busy could be matters concerning the gold medal killer!
"I don't know what Uncle Fei is busy with."

When Chen Qing was thinking about this, Xiao Wu heard what he said, shook his head, and replied: "My authority level is not enough to go to the third floor."

Chen Qing didn't say much after hearing this, but just nodded and said, "I understand. I'll go to the second floor and wait for him."

After saying that, he continued to go upstairs until he reached the second floor.

The iron door of the office on the second floor was closed and not opened as usual.

Chen Qing was not in a hurry. He just stood at the door, folded his arms, and leaned against the wall waiting for Fei Dongtao.

Not long after he leaned against the wall and waited, he suddenly heard the sound of a door opening upstairs.

Immediately afterwards, a series of "thump thump" sounds were heard coming down the stairs.

Not for a moment.

Fei Dongtao's figure went down from the third floor to the corner between the third and second floors.

Then, he stood at the corner and looked at Chen Qing, frowning and saying, "Lao Zuo, I may have to ask you to wait a moment. I'm a little busy now. Please open the door and go in to sit down."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and threw a bunch of keys towards Chen Qing.

Seeing this, Chen Qing waved his hand and accurately caught the key that was thrown over, then asked, "What about the gold medal killer?"

"Yes!"

Fei Dongtao frowned and cursed helplessly: "I don't know which base the assassins from actually took the wrong mission to assassinate Jueying, and distributed it to various bases. Now all the bases of Hu Hai are trying to contact the assassins who took the wrong missions, and they are so busy!"

(End of this chapter)