Chapter 294: M-level Mission, Searching for the Star Mender's Secret…
The last day of the Year of the Dragon finally arrived. With Ao Tian turning a blind eye, Meixin successfully completed the transfer procedures and returned to Meining City.
Almost the moment she returned home, several major news reports aired on TV: the underground assassin organization Spade Eight, which had committed evil for many years, was now being widely pursued and captured by the police.
With cooperation between local criminal police and armed police, Spade Eight's core members were either arrested or killed. The official announcement stated that the Yellow Group leader "Youlong," the Green Group leader "Shaoying," the Red Group leader "Jianzai," the Blue Group leader "Feilong," and the Red Group leader "Weige" were all killed in this operation. Nearly none of the major members of each group escaped.
However, a small slip occurred during the operation. The primary leader of Spade Eight—known as Master Sheng—received word in advance and successfully escaped.
According to the report, he had most likely already slipped into Meining secretly. The police had mobilized manpower and were searching with full force.
The TV repeatedly broadcast Master Sheng's photo. Master Sheng, real name Cheng Jisheng, had an ordinary face, very small eyes, and a deep scar on his left cheek. He had served as a soldier, but was currently the owner of a legitimate company, even a fundraiser for a local charity. Locally, he was quite an influential figure.
However, he had always kept a low profile, so many people had no idea he was actually the true leader of the Spade Eight organization.
Exhausted from the day, Zhang Yang sat on the sofa in his room, watching TV while enjoying Lulu's soft, boneless fingers kneading his shoulders from behind. His body relaxed involuntarily.
He closed his eyes for a moment. After thinking, he opened them again, glanced at Lulu, and smiled, "Lulu. Alright, take a break. It's my turn to massage you."
"No way. If you start massaging, you'll eventually move downward."
"It's broad daylight. I can't do anything to you right now anyway. Come on, come on."
"No…"
"Come on!" Zhang Yang pushed her onto the sofa without giving her a chance to refuse. Xu Danlu was wearing a wide-neck purple knit cotton top; once she sat down, the two soft, pink peaks on her chest were fully exposed before Zhang Yang.
After Zhang Yang massaged for a while, as Xu Danlu predicted, he began mixing foreplay techniques from the Advanced Bedroom Technique with Advanced Massage Technique, and he began teasing her. After kneading for a bit—
His magic hands couldn't help sliding slowly toward her chest. Soon, Xu Danlu was already panting softly…
By the time she regained awareness, she found her top had already been stripped off completely. Her snowy white 'jade rabbits' trembled openly in the air. Below, she felt an odd, unbearable sensation as well.
"You bastard Yangzi…" Somehow she mustered strength, broke free from his hands, and pinched him hard. "Not now!"
"Uh…" Zhang Yang was genuinely surprised. If not for seeing parts of Xu Danlu already turning slightly red, and her eyes shimmering with desire—
He would've thought that his Advanced Bedroom Technique had stopped working on her.
"Why not now?" At this scene, Zhang Yang's voice was already turning husky.
"You'll know tonight. I'll give you a big surprise." Xu Danlu bit her rosy lips and stared at him with seductive eyes.
"A big surprise?"
"Mm. It's New Year's Eve. Qiqi and I already discussed it. Just wait for it, hehe!"
As she spoke, she teasingly ran her fingers over her own delicate pale skin and smiled. "If I give in now, there'll be nothing good left to watch tonight. So endure it a bit."
"Doesn't matter. Your husband can handle seven or eight rounds with you all easily…"
"You may be fine, but we're not." Xu Danlu pouted while quickly putting her bra back on to cover her firm peaks. She pointed at the TV. "Be good, hubby. Pay attention to the news first. Cheng Jisheng is still at large, and didn't the police say he's likely heading to Meining? I think he's coming for us."
Zhang Yang steadied his thoughts and frowned at the repeatedly broadcast image of Cheng Jisheng, saying lightly, "Tell me— all the Spade Eight members who should've been caught were caught. Why is it exactly Cheng Jisheng who got away?"
"Someone tipped him off?"
"Not necessarily. But this whole thing is suspicious. Spade Eight ran wild for years— no one spent this much effort on them. But now, in just one day and night, the entire organization was wiped out. Even Ao Tian couldn't accomplish that. Which means…"
"Which means someone knows Spade Eight's secrets even better than Ao Tian, right?" Xu Danlu smiled, slightly shifting her hips. She felt something odd below.
"Exactly. Even the National Security Bureau couldn't guarantee wiping them all out. Yet this time, with just local police and armed police cooperating, they caught everyone. If they were capable of this, they'd have done it long ago."
"This should be called burning the bridge after crossing it. Spade Eight has no use anymore."
"Probably." Zhang Yang withdrew his gaze from the TV. "This matter can only be put aside for now. With Spade Eight gone, at least we can have a peaceful New Year."
"But there's still Cheng Jisheng."
Hearing this, Zhang Yang looked at Cheng Jisheng's photo again and said calmly, "Good thing he escaped. I was afraid he died."
"Yangzi, Cheng Jisheng is vicious. Even someone like Tang Duan was tricked by him. You can't be careless."
"Of course I know. Otherwise, they wouldn't have let him escape." Zhang Yang grinned. "But don't forget, we aren't them. With this photo, others may not know where Cheng Jisheng is— but we can find him easily."
"You have a way?"
"Mm. Have Yingying log in later."
"The Shadow System?"
"Hehe, that's right. Just deploy the Blizzard Unit— unless he never appears in the city, never rides a vehicle, never eats, there's no way we won't find him."
"Alright, I'll tell Yingying. You take a break and shower, or you won't have energy tonight."
"It's fine. I already slept several hours in the car." Zhang Yang rubbed her shoulder. "Go rest with the others. Tell Brother Xiong's group to stay alert. If Cheng Jisheng started escaping last night, he should arrive in Meining today."
"Okay!" Xu Danlu gave him a peck. "I'm going out."
Once Xu Danlu left, Zhang Yang leaned on the sofa, thought for a moment, then turned off the TV and called Ao Tian.
"You're in Meining already?" Ao Tian's half-dead voice drifted through the phone.
"Don't tell me you installed a GPS tracker in my car again?" Zhang Yang frowned.
"Bro, would I dare?" Ao Tian snapped. "It's easy to guess. Hey, did you watch the news?"
"Watched it."
"Be careful." Ao Tian hesitated. "That Cheng Jisheng served five years as a special forces soldier. After retiring, he even worked as a mercenary abroad. He's extremely dangerous. My men already lost him. It's almost certain he's heading for Meining— likely for you."
"Got it," Zhang Yang said calmly. "I was worried he wouldn't come. Oh right— how's Pan Ningning?"
"Heh, so you called just to check on her, huh? Not bad. You've got a whole pack of tigresses at home, yet you still have your eyes on Pan Ningning…"
"Come on. She saved my life. Isn't it normal to check on her? Don't make me sound like such a pervert."
"Peh, if you're not a perv, who is? Alright, alright— I'll tell you the truth. She might need amputation. Her thigh can't be saved…"
"What? Impossible! Aren't you in a military hospital? Didn't they say her condition was well controlled? Don't they have an expert team? Are they all eating shit?"
On the other end, Ao Tian fell silent.
After a long moment, he burst into explosive laughter. Between breaths, he said, "You— you're killing me here! You get this nervous over a joke and still say you don't care about her? Fine, fine— she's fine. Recovering fast. In a week, I'll send her to Meining. Hell, I'll even send her to your villa, how's that?"
"Get lost!" Zhang Yang was speechless.
"Seriously, Zhang Yang— with all those tigresses around you, how do they all get along?"
"None of your business."
"Alright, alright. I'll stop. But remember this— after the Spring Festival, I'm coming to find you." Ao Tian paused. "I'll send you some materials later. You'll like it."
After hanging up, Zhang Yang finally relaxed. Ao Tian was right— his main reason for calling was to check on Pan Ningning in the SICU ward. She saved his life, yet she was destined to spend New Year's alone in a hospital bed. Just thinking about it made him feel guilty.
Zhang Yang had already consulted her doctors to see if she could be transferred to Meining Zhongshan Hospital. But they said Pan Ningning wasn't fit for long travel. Helplessly, he had to give up.
Besides, the military hospital was like her second home. She shouldn't feel too lonely.
Sure enough, Ao Tian sent him some files. Zhang Yang copied them to the computer and checked— they were about Meixin.
Looks like he really did let him off the hook intentionally.
Before he could read more carefully, a ding-dong sounded in his mind. The long-lost system voice suddenly appeared.
Zhang Yang remembered— today shouldn't be system refresh time yet.
[M-level Hidden Mission Notice: Special Mission on Dragon Year's New Year's Eve. ]
Zhang Yang blinked. This New Year's Eve was definitely going to be exciting…
[M-level Hidden Mission Notice: Special Mission on Dragon Year's New Year's Eve. Find the Star Mender's secret mark. Locate the target Star Mender's pink mole on the inner side of the right thigh. Mission must be completed before midnight. Success will grant M-level mission rewards. ]
"Pff!" Zhang Yang nearly fell over. Today wasn't April Fool's Day, right?