Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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When Chen Tanliang returned to the hotel room rented by the group, everyone was stunned.
His clothes looked like they had been tidied up beforehand, with no trace of dust, but Chen Tanliang’s face had a thin, long scar running from his left eyebrow to his cheek, which was no longer bleeding.
“Kelly, you—”
“I’ve got the guy’s information,” Chen Tanliang said expressionlessly.
The team members didn’t let him change the subject; someone first brought over a first-aid kit.
“Whom did you have a conflict with?”
“J,” Chen Tanliang said expressionlessly, “it was a draw. He gave me information about Evan Fitzgerald. We’ll start preparing the action plan now.”
On the other side, a team member was looking up information on his computer. He frowned and said, “J didn’t take your money for the information? How is that possible?”
What kind of bizarre behavior is this? This J provides information but doesn’t take money, and even got into a fight with the client?
That was incredibly unprofessional.
These team members were all from special departments, and they were all very thoughtful. At this moment, they began to consider what kind of conspiracy Jing Yuan’s actions might be hiding.
“Don’t think about it,” Chen Tanliang said calmly. “That person is a madman.”
Having lived two lives, this was the first time he had encountered someone like Jing Yuan who fought so fiercely while laughing heartily. Without even asking about his background, he revealed all the details about this Evan Fitzgerald.
A man who didn’t play by the rules and prioritized his own preferences was someone you should be wary of— you never know when he’ll suddenly decide to do something. He was too difficult to control.
Chen Tanliang was a very upright person, even when he was the young marshal or the marshal. So he didn’t like people like Chu Jingyuan.
According to the information, this bigwig who possessed lethal weapons would attend a local banquet in three days, where guests interested in the goods and various gray and black forces would also be invited.
“This banquet is known only to those in the underworld; it’s heavily guarded and very difficult to get close to,” one of the team members said. “But if we miss this opportunity, who knows if this big fish will just disappear forever…”
Chen Tanliang thought for a moment and said, “Go. Find a way to sneak into the kitchen.”
They discussed countermeasures in a flurry of activity and contacted logistics… Two days passed quickly.
The following evening, as the team was busy inside, there was a knock on the guest room door. Everyone reacted immediately, drawing their weapons. Chen Tanliang gestured for them to be on alert, while he himself slowly approached with his gun.
“Who?” he said in a deep voice.
No one answered from outside.
Chen Tanliang aimed the muzzle of the gun at the door— the bullet was powerful enough to penetrate the door and harm the people outside. Only then did he slowly open the door.
When Chen Tanliang saw the person outside the door, his eyes widened.
“How— how did you know we were here?!”
The person in the corridor was Chu Jingyuan.
Chu Jingyuan was wearing a suit jacket with the buttons undone, and his shirt was also unbuttoned, leaving a V-neck. He had his hands in his pockets and smiled faintly.
“I already said, Mr. Kelly.” Jing Yuan’s dangerous eyes looked at Chen Tanliang, his eyebrows slightly raised. “I know the whereabouts of everyone in this area.”
Afraid of being noticed while talking in the hallway, Chen Tanliang grabbed Chu Jingyuan by the collar and dragged him into the room, slamming the door shut. Chen Tanliang then pinned Chu Jingyuan against the wall, the cold muzzle of the gun already pointed at his heart.
“What exactly do you want to do?” Chen Tanliang said grimly. “Do you realize you’re asking for trouble?”
Jing Yuan leisurely glanced around the room, as if he wasn’t being threatened at all. He saw the room full of computers and blueprints and gave a disdainful smile.
“You guys are practically radiating official air.” Jing Yuan looked at Chen Tanliang. “You really are from the military.”
“Didn’t you hear what I said?” Chen Tanliang frowned, his fingers tightening on his collar.
Jing Yuan knew this, of course. When these official teams carried out missions, they must distance themselves from the US government. If they were caught, they would just claim it was an individual act. They could even abandon their own identities; dealing with a local bully who came knocking was thus perfectly reasonable.
That’s really interesting.
He’d been in this place for so long and had never met anyone so interesting.
“Don’t you want an invitation to the banquet?” Jing Yuan said lazily.
Ignoring the fact that Chen Tanliang was pointing a gun at him, he took out a few tickets from his pocket and shook them. Chen Tanliang recognized them immediately; they were the admission tickets for the banquet. He released Jing Yuan’s collar and was about to take them when Jing Yuan dodged, preventing him from touching them.
“I can give them to you, but I have conditions,” Jing Yuan said casually.
Chen Tanliang frowned deeply. “J, are you out of your mind? Even if we kill you, it’s the same as getting the admission ticket.”
Chu Jingyuan smiled gently.
“You can try.” He stared intently at Chen Tanliang and said slowly, “Sir, you only have one chance to choose— to fight me or to negotiate with me.”
Chen Tanliang lowered his eyelashes, his pupils flickering slightly. Within seconds, he made his decision. Even a powerful dragon can’t suppress a local snake; Jing Yuan’s influence in the area far exceeded their imagination and known information.
“What’s your price?” Chen Tanliang asked coldly.
Chu Jingyuan reached out and grasped the vouchers.
“Giving you an admission ticket means you owe me a favor,” he said. “Sir, how about you choose?”
Chen Tanliang pursed his lips.
“I can owe you a favor. But I have conditions,” Chen Tanliang said. “First, it can’t be anything that harms nature or ordinary people. Second, it can’t be anything I can’t do. Third, it can’t—”
“I regret it.” Before he could finish speaking, Jing Yuan interrupted him expressionlessly, “One hundred million per ticket, have your boss bring the money.”
Chen Tanliang: …
Sure enough, the two of them couldn’t see eye to eye at all.
Having finally obtained three admission tickets, Chu Jingyuan also gained quite a bit from the discussion and then left satisfied.
“Team leader, are we just going to let him go like this?” some team members said unwillingly.
What else could they do? Chu Jingyuan could produce more than five of these admission tickets that required verification, and he found their whereabouts so easily…
“This isn’t about us letting him go,” Chen Tanliang said coldly. “It’s about us being caught in their web.”
This man was far too dangerous.
But no matter what, having secured their tickets made planning much easier than before.
When the third day arrived, a group of people went to the banquet as planned.
With admission tickets and a very complete set of fake identities, the three-person group easily entered the banquet.
Chen Tanliang scanned the entire banquet, intending to monitor the enemy’s movements, but unexpectedly— next to the cake tower, he saw that man again!
Holding a wine glass, Chen Tanliang walked over.
“You–“
“Don’t get excited, sir.” Jing Yuan also picked up his glass and casually clinked it with his. “I’m here for revenge too. That old bast**d Evan, someone paid me a lot of money to take him out.”
Chen Tanliang then realized— it turned out that Chu Jingyuan had hitched a ride with them, no wonder he was so cooperative.
“You, as the leader, came in person?” Chen Tanliang said in a low voice.
Aren’t you the same?
To avoid being overheard by others, the two spoke in Chinese.
After hearing this repeatedly, Chen Tanliang began to have doubts.
“You grew up here, how come your Chinese is so fluent?”
“With such an important position, how can you speak such standard Chinese?” Chu Jingyuan retorted.
Both of them fell silent.
As they talked, a sense of tension began to build. If it weren’t for the setting, the two of them might have ended up fighting.
After a long pause, Chen Tanliang said, “Cooperation will increase our chances of success.”
“I can refuse this order, but can you not complete the task?” Jing Yuan said casually.
Chen Tanliang’s gaze darkened.
What do you want now?
“You owe me a favor, I’ll think about it later,” Jing Yuan said.
Chen Tanliang was about to say something when the mission target appeared at the banquet.
….
Several hours later, amidst a hail of bullets, the two fought their way out of the encirclement— they not only eliminated the big boss, but Chen Tanliang’s team, with their cooperation, also managed to seize all the weapons these people were about to trade, perfectly completing their mission.
Even though Chen Tanliang had familiarized himself with the terrain beforehand, he still couldn’t compare to Chu Jingyuan’s familiarity with it.
Chu Jingyuan rode his modified motorcycle, carrying Chen Tanliang, weaving through traffic and alleyways at breakneck speed, quickly leaving the pursuers far behind.
Chu Jingyuan didn’t stop until they reached the mountains behind the city. The two got off the Harley, and the town shrank beneath their feet.
“I do owe you a favor this time.” After a long pause, Chen Tanliang said, “If you ever need help in the future, I will help you.”
Chu Jingyuan snorted lightly, not taking it to heart.
Chen Tanliang looked at him.
Aren’t you afraid that taking action yourself will offend people?
“I’ve never been afraid of anything,” Chu Jingyuan said calmly. “So what if I offend someone? I can send them all to their deaths. Besides— if I change my identity and location, nobody will recognize me. What’s there to be afraid of if I offend someone?”
Chen Tanliang suddenly realized that Chu Jingyuan and he were somewhat similar. Neither of them felt a sense of belonging to this country. But he could understand why he did; why did Chu Jingyuan feel the same way?
After the mission got over, the two had nothing more to say to each other.
Their personalities and temperaments were too different. Although Jing Yuan’s younger brother was different from him, he and Jing Xuan complemented each other, while he and Chen Tanliang were more like magnets with the same poles, naturally repelling each other and unable to get along well.
“See you again sometime.” After a long pause, Chen Tanliang said, “All the benefits I promised you before will be delivered to you one by one.”
Chu Jingyuan nodded.
“See you again someday.”
In fact— when the two of them left, they both had the same thought in their minds: they would never see each other again, and one day they would leave the country and leave their current industry.
As for fate? No, no, they were like two parallel lines, and it was absolutely impossible for them to intersect again.
….
Jing Yuan’s head kept sliding down, and he paused before waking up.
For some reason, he dreamed about this ‘client’ whom he had only met once a year ago.
Yeah, that fight was pretty exciting.
However, their personalities were truly incompatible.
For some reason, Chu Jingyuan had just had a nightmare— he dreamt in horror that Chen Tanliang was also Jiang Shining’s child.
Haha, that’s terrifying.
Thankfully it was just a dream…
Jing Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and then fell asleep peacefully.
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