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After the procedures were completed and the tortoise shell was inspected on the spot, Zhong Zhe looked at Cheng Ling, who leaned over and said a few words in his ear.

Zhong Zhe proposed to leave in a low-key manner, avoiding the media waiting outside.

The director graciously led a private passage to the two of them.

In the empty and long corridor, Zhong Zhe walked in front carrying the box, and Cheng Ling followed naturally, but it was already a standard guard posture.

At the same time that he was posing as a guard, Zhong Zhe, who was walking in the middle of the aisle, suddenly moved a little towards the right side of the aisle reflexively, and Cheng Ling immediately followed behind him on the left.

This slight movement change made them both stunned.

Zhong Zhe's subconscious actions revealed that he had been protected for a long time.

He can distinguish the posture of high-level guards, and knows that when there is only one guard, he should reserve the left rear position for the people around him.Because he is right-handed, in case of an emergency, his first reaction will be to respond instinctively to the crisis on the right side, and hand over his fragile left side to others for protection.

Cheng Ling was a little surprised. He hadn't seen any signs of Zhong Zhe being guarded for a long time before, which meant that he had been out of the guard for a long time. However, judging from Zhong Zhe's almost instinctive response just now, it could only be inferred that Zhong Zhe had been personally guarded A very long time.

It takes almost the same amount of time for a person to get used to personal guards and then to get rid of this habit. Judging by Zhong Zhe's age, he should have been protected for a long time when he was still in school.

With Zhong Zhe's family background, it's not a big deal. It's a common practice for children from rich families to hire some bodyguards in case of accidents.

Now is not the time to mention these things.

"Since you have experience, I won't say more. From now on, you are the first target. You have to be prepared, the danger will always follow, and you don't know when it will break out." Cheng Ling frowned almost invisible , He never thought that Zhong Zhe would take the initiative to meet such a danger. Looking at the slightly thin figure beside him, he felt an indescribable feeling of chaos in his heart.

"Are you nervous about me?" Zhong Zhe said with a smile, "rationally speaking, this is the best way I can think of.

It is too unsafe to track and trace buyers. We have analyzed so many changes before, and there are too many uncertainties.Once the time is too long, the river map may not be completely retrieved.We can't afford to take that risk.

It's still the best now.I go to the mountain, it is better to come to the mountain and me. "

Zhong Zhe looked at Cheng Ling's resolute side face, "Besides, there is still you. In the days to come, it seems that I have to trouble you to 'guard' me for a while."

Cheng Ling listened, but hummed, and didn't express much.

Back at the hotel, it was already dark.In the retro elevator inlaid with walnut wood, Zhong Zhe occasionally looked at Cheng Ling, who stood there quietly, never looking back at him from beginning to end.

The elevator is just around the corner.

There is light fragrance in the corridor, the surrounding is silent, the hand-woven carpet is like spring grass reaching the ankles, and the tall vase at the corner casts a deep shadow.

Zhong Zhe stood in front of the door, casually taking out his room card, and behind him Cheng Ling stood silently in the shadows, as if standing behind him in eternity.

Zhong Zhe suddenly had the illusion that Cheng Ling was someone he was very familiar with, but it was obvious that this person was extremely difficult to get close to.At this moment, he looked at him, and once again put away his sense of presence familiarly, becoming one with the corridor.

Putting aside his random thoughts, Zhong Zhe took out his room card with concentration. He was about to open the door when Cheng Ling stretched out his hand in front of him, signaling that he should be the one to open the door.

Zhong Zhe suddenly realized that he had forgotten the procedure, Cheng Ling should have checked first before he could go in.

Cheng Ling turned around and opened the door.

Inside the door, darkness accompanied a deeper silence.

There was a subtle, imperceptible smell of petrol mixed with cheap shampoo.

Cheng Ling's pupils shrank slightly, and the sensitivity of his five senses was pushed to the limit.

His hand was still on the doorknob.

There's no way this is the smell you'd find in a Peninsula suite!

He located the source of the smell as quickly as possible. Obviously, someone was hiding behind the door.

Almost in the next second, Cheng Ling turned to Zhong Zhe calmly.

Zhong Zhe was still in front of the door, unaware, he looked up at him subconsciously.

Cheng Ling stretched out his free left hand, and made a gesture of pushing and rejecting him.

At the same time, he said, "That's what you said. You want me to accompany you at night. Why, when you get to the door of the room, what tricks do you want to play?"

Zhong Zhe stood there in a daze, the voices in his ears were not as calm as Cheng Ling's usual, they were magnetic and low, full of control and provocation.

He widened his eyes, making sure he heard every word.

My heart beat wildly uncontrollably.

He looked at Cheng Ling, and the attention that was impacted by the words came back.Cheng Ling's posture didn't change, he was pushing and rejecting from beginning to end.

He looked into Cheng Ling's eyes again.

Cheng Ling also looked at him, his eyes were full of vigilance, with a hint of cruelty hidden, not even half a joke.

Zhong Zhe came back to his senses in an instant, he nodded slightly, and was about to step back.

Seeing that he had sensed that something was wrong, Cheng Ling continued, "What are you dawdling about? If you make trouble again, I'll throw you outside!"

Zhong Zhe completely understood the meaning, and said as he retreated, "Hmph, with such a bad temper, I'm the only one who can stand you!"

Only two steps back, Cheng Ling drew his gun and turned around, like a beast hunting in the night, pounced on its prey in the dark.

The door of the room was slammed shut, Zhong Zhe was completely cut off from the outside, and the sound of hitting the wall and fighting came from inside.

Inside the room, Cheng Ling used the doorknob to knock off the dagger in the attacker's hand. The opponent reacted very quickly, slammed back and broke free.

The two were trapped in the narrow aisle into the suite, fighting close to each other, and Cheng Ling failed to find a chance to shoot.

He also wanted to keep alive, which was a rare clue that came to his door.

After a few fights, the raiders, who knew they were invincible, no longer wanted to fight.In the darkness, he felt the picture frame by the wall and slammed it towards Cheng Ling. Cheng Ling stretched out his hand to block it, and the frame shattered with a bang. The visitor took the opportunity to turn around and rush into the room.

Cheng Ling quickly got up and chased after him, but the visitor had rushed into the bathroom and locked the door behind him.Cheng Ling followed closely, shot through the keyhole, and kicked open the door twice.

There is no one in the room, only the strong wind is blowing.On the magnificent triangular bathtub in the corner, the glass curtain wall is completely pierced.

Cheng Ling put away his gun, looked left and right, took out a towel and tied his right hand tightly, he grasped the broken glass curtain wall, stepped over the bathtub full of debris, and looked down.

Two floors down vertically is the roof of the old peninsula building.At this moment, a group of black shadows staggered up and continued to flee in the southwest direction.

Outside the window, the night is brilliant, the entire Kowloon and Central are lined with high-rise buildings, and the neon lights illuminate the sky, clearly showing the place where Cheng Ling descends.

The sound of the wind filled his ears, his gaze was as deep as the night, and he jumped down. When he landed, he rolled forward neatly to relieve his strength, and then he got up and gave chase.

The shadow was about to disappear over the edge of the roof.

Cheng Ling approached quickly, seeing the black shadow squatting over the eaves and falling.

He followed closely and followed closely, following all the way into the back alley of the hotel.

The black shadow was flying along the back alley, and Cheng Ling finally found a chance. Instead of running, he squatted down calmly, aimed at the black shadow's leg—and shot.

The muffled sound of the silencer gun hitting the body was clearly audible, and while staggering, the fleeing black shadow half-knelt down.

Cheng Ling didn't stop for a moment, got up and chased again.Seeing the black shadow struggling to stand up again, dragging his legs and swaying forward, a strong light suddenly lit up at the alley fork not far away.

Blinding headlights.

Cheng Ling fell over and rolled on the side immediately.

In the daylight, the injured attacker ran even more, and even raised his hand happily.

A shuttle of bullets was swept out at the same time as the light was on, the crackling sound stopped abruptly, and the attacker still raised his hand, freezing in a forward posture.

"what!"

The shouts were short and terrified, and the attacker was shot directly into a sieve and fell to the side of the alley.

After the bullet passed, Cheng Ling still refused to give up. He searched for debris to cover his body and fought back, but the people in the car were not interested in fighting. The car drove full speed and rushed out of the alley.

He chased all the way out, and a minivan on the noisy street was speeding away from the scene.

Sweeping eyes, old people, children...too many civilians stand in the way.

Cheng Ling had to give up the pursuit, turn over and walk back to the back alley.

He quickly dialed the number of ground support in Hong Kong, asking them to track down the vehicle and send someone to clean up the mess.

He approached the corpse, squatted down and searched carefully, and found a special mark tattooed on the attacker's left wrist, a three-legged red bird and beast.He took out his phone and recorded the pattern.

What a group of deranged gangsters, in order not to leave any clues, they even shot their own people.

Apparently, the minivan was supposed to meet them.

When Cheng Ling returned to the hotel, Zhong Zhe was still waiting for him outside the suite.

The house was a mess.

"Sorry for getting you in danger so soon."

Cheng Ling felt that he was more or less responsible for what happened tonight.His estimation of the power of this group of thieves was biased.The swiftness of these people's actions and the vigor of their methods are by no means comparable to ordinary organizations.

Zhong Zhe shook his head, he was blocked outside the door, and he didn't feel much danger inside the door.

Looking around the messy room, he looked at Cheng Ling.

"Someone will come to clean these up." The adrenaline subsided, and Cheng Ling felt a little tired at this moment. "For the sake of safety, we need to stay in the same room from tonight. You... just leave, come back to the room with me today."

Zhong Zhe nodded, took a change of clothes and necessities, and followed Cheng Ling back to the ordinary guest room.

Entering the door, an extra large double bed is in front of you, almost occupying all the space in the house.

Only then did Zhong Zhe remember that he and Cheng Ling shared a room together before, and there was no need for either of them to book two beds.

Cheng Ling walked behind him, and when the door closed, Zhong Zhe somehow thought of those words before.

Now, he really obediently entered his room.

Zhong Zhe turned to look at Cheng Ling, and there was something strange on his face.