abnabooks Chapter 33 Peeping
Chapter 33 Peeping
Zhao Huibao's eyes lit up when she saw him. She quickly waved and, when he walked up to her, she smiled and handed him a money bag. "Five gold coins, please count them."
Dong Guanfei immediately took the money bag, opened it, glanced at it, and then put it into the inside pocket of his coat. "The amount is correct. My business with Zhang Fubao is now settled."
Zhao Huibao visibly relaxed, her face beaming with smiles. "Okay, it's settled then. Let's go, we're the only ones left." Then, she took Zhang Wanxin's arm and walked towards the third car on the left.
Originally there were 24 people, but now there are only 18, so five cars are more than enough.
There was no one else in the car except for a bodyguard who acted as the driver.
The guard immediately opened the right rear door of the car, respectfully invited the two ladies to get in, then closed the door and quickly walked to the driver's seat.
Dong Guanfei walked directly to the back of the car and put a rifle bag and a backpack into the trunk.
These five black sedans were all imported from Golden Eagle Federation. They are large and sturdy, and each can carry four or five people.
Then, Dong Guanfei opened the right door of the rear compartment and gestured for Zhao Huibao to sit further inside.
Zhao Huibao's eyes widened in disbelief, because the front passenger seat was empty.
Dong Guanfei urged impatiently, "I want to protect you, so sit like this, hurry up."
"Uh...oh..."
Zhao Huibao felt a sudden tightness in her chest and instinctively moved further inside.
Dong Guanfei plopped down in her original spot without any hesitation and then closed the door.
Zhao Huibao's heart pounded. It was the first time she had sat so close to a strange man, and for a moment she didn't even notice the pungent smell of gunpowder emanating from Dong Guanfei.
Dong Guanfei smelled a very high-quality, light perfume in the carriage and thought it was quite nice.
Soon, five cars drove away from the manor in single file, heading towards Huashan.
Dong Guanfei leaned back and closed his eyes to rest.
Zhao Huibao couldn't help but tilt her head slightly and glance at him out of the corner of her eye. She felt that he had a face like jade and looked exceptionally refined and handsome.
"Once he calms down, he's like a well-behaved student; you'd never guess he could be so fierce."
"It might be a younger brother, hehe..."
Just then, Dong Guanfei's eyelids twitched, as if he was about to open them.
She quickly straightened her head, pretending not to look at anything.
Spiritual practitioners have keen senses and can easily sense things when someone stares at them for a while.
After a while, Dong Guanfei remained motionless.
In fact, she was unaware that Dong Guanfei could "see" her movements without opening his eyes.
Most spiritual techniques require cultivation to the initial stage of spiritual development to achieve what Dong Guanfei is doing now.
Feeling a bit bored, Zhao Huibao asked, "'Ruthless,' can I ask you a question?"
Dong Guanfei immediately opened his eyes and said in a calm tone, "Go ahead and ask, I may not answer."
So arrogant?
Zhao Huibao paused for a moment, then secretly rolled her eyes at the driver's seat before taking two deep breaths and saying, "I've seen other guards sit in the driver's seat, why are you...?"
"Others are others, and I am me."
"Remember, you promised to listen to me."
After bluntly uttering those two sentences, Dong Guanfei closed his eyes to rest.
Zhao Huibao couldn't help but stick out her tongue, then thought for a moment and quickly turned her head to make a face at him, mouthing "bastard" with her lips.
However, Dong Guanfei suddenly spoke up again: "I have a feeling that this trip will be extremely dangerous."
Zhao Huibao was startled, then realized, "A premonition?"
"Yes, believe me, my intuition is very accurate. This time I may have to do everything in my power to ensure your safety."
Zhao Huibao felt a surge of joy.
Whether it's accurate or not, I appreciate the sentiment behind it.
"So you must listen to me and not let my first mission fail."
Zhao Huibao's good mood vanished instantly, and she suddenly didn't want to talk anymore.
Another mission!
Is it just a task?
Does this guy even know how to talk?
What she didn't know was that Dong Guanfei was actually even more disappointed than she was—he still couldn't trigger the system task.
He stopped teasing her and focused on resting, planning to wait until 24 hours had passed since the last mission was issued before making any further moves.
About half an hour later, the five cars stopped at a village at the foot of Xiantong Mountain.
Here are twenty-four newly recruited bronze members of the Shadow Alliance Club and four subordinates of Zhang Fubao at the True Strength Realm.
The strongest of them is in the late stage of True Strength.
Soon, the group hiked into the mountains together.
Two captains under Zhao Guanghua, each at the mid-stage of True Strength, were scouting ahead with two Foundation Establishment guards.
They gave Dong Guanfei the impression of being soldiers.
The sky was overcast, and the clouds hung low.
The air was crisp and refreshing.
Dong Guanfei, carrying a bag and a "Punisher No. 8" pistol, followed Zhao Huibao and Zhang Wanxin.
Wang Anyue, Zhang Fubao, and Zhao Guanghua were also within a four- or five-meter radius.
Zhang Fubao was also closely followed by a middle-aged subordinate who was at the late stage of the True Strength realm.
In late autumn, the golden yellow of ginkgo, the crimson of maple, the deep brown of fir trees, and the verdant green of evergreen trees complement each other, creating a scene like a flowing oil painting.
Morning mist and a sea of clouds gently shroud the mountains, and fallen leaves carpet the paths with a mixture of gold and red.
The group hurried along this secret path that seemed to lead to a fairytale world.
Zhao Huibao listened with great interest to the crisp sound of the fallen leaves crunching underfoot and the chirping of the sparrows, smelled the fresh scent of dry pine needles and the occasional fragrance of wildflowers, and exclaimed sincerely, "How beautiful..." Then she racked her brains to recite a line or two of a poem that was appropriate for the occasion, but she was stumped for a moment, and her cheeks instantly turned a little red.
After struggling for a while without getting any results, she secretly glanced at Dong Guanfei and found him staring intently to his right.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing."
Dong Guanfei didn't say much. He had just had a vague feeling that there seemed to be a pair of venomous eyes watching them from the woods to his right, about 24 or 25 meters away.
His gaze was icy, carrying an inhuman malice.
He was quite certain he hadn't made a mistake, because his synesthetic talent had been passively activated.
But the other party should have left by now.
He carefully sensed the area within a radius of 28 meters and discovered countless insects, two squirrels, and five birds.
One of them was a crow.
However, the crow seemed to have been startled by something and flapped its wings and flew away.
Although Dong Guanfei can communicate with these birds, it is not easy to get them to obey commands.
The key issue is that even if they obey, he can't teach them how to describe directions and objects in the forest in a short time, thus wasting his magic power.
He could only remain vigilant in silence.
Because he possessed a natural talent for danger instinct, and had already been warned by the system when it issued the mission, he wasn't too worried about being ambushed.
What put him under some pressure was that Wang Anyue seemed completely oblivious.
A few minutes later, a brick and wood ancestral hall appeared in a village more than ten kilometers ahead.
The lights that used to burn all year round in the ancestral hall were now completely extinguished, and the light was extremely dim even during the day, with only a meter or two of light coming from the area near the entrance.
Suddenly, some blurry outlines rippled in the shadows of the corner, and Yoshino Masato immediately turned his head to look.
(PLZ: Book lovers who have invested in this book, please don't let it sit unfinished! It will really die if you keep letting it sit unfinished~~~ The reading experience is so miserable...)