Chapter 320 - 290: They Really Look Like a Couple
Chapter 320: Chapter 290: They Really Look Like a Couple
"It’s an old saying: when two people look like a couple, it means they were destined to be together, a fate earned in a past life!"
"Brother, your little brother is a lucky man! And your sister-in-law is gorgeous!"
"Hahaha..."
Chu Zhengxiong couldn’t help but throw his head back and roar with laughter.
As for Qin Zhaoxue, her face flushed red, and she turned to look out the car window.
She didn’t want to appear in the rearview mirror anymore.
Lin Yi, for his part, took Xiaoqi out...
The atmosphere in the car immediately polarized.
In the front, Chu Zhengxiong and the driver chatted away enthusiastically.
In the back, Lin Yi and Qin Zhaoxue were extremely awkward.
Fortunately, the car was fast.
About twenty minutes later, they arrived at Xingwu University.
"Brother Chu, we’ll be heading back now!"
Lin Yi said with a smile to Chu Zhengxiong before he and Qin Zhaoxue got out of the car.
"Go on, then. Don’t go running around if you don’t have to, but call me if anything comes up!"
"Okay!"
Lin Yi closed the car door, and the two of them walked back toward the university.
Chu Zhengxiong didn’t get out, remaining in the passenger seat.
The driver glanced at him. "Where are you headed, brother? I can give you a ride."
"No need. My car is just up ahead."
Chu Zhengxiong pointed at a Jeep across the street.
The driver nodded. "Alright then, I’ll be on my way. That’ll be fifty-three."
He was clearly prompting Chu Zhengxiong to hurry up, pay, and get out.
Chu Zhengxiong took out his wallet and handed him a hundred-yuan bill.
Just as the driver was getting Chu Zhengxiong’s change...
Chu Zhengxiong smiled. "You’re with the Town Martial Department, aren’t you?"
"Huh? What Town Martial Department?" the driver replied instinctively.
"You drive a taxi and you don’t know what the Town Martial Department is?" Chu Zhengxiong’s eyes showed he was now even more certain of his guess.
Who in the New District hadn’t heard of the Demon Hunting Bureau or the Town Martial Department?
Besides, he was a taxi driver; it was even less likely he hadn’t heard of the two departments.
His ability to feign ignorance so quickly was a subconscious reaction, aimed at denying the accusation.
But that very reaction made his slip-up even more obvious.
After a long moment, the driver smiled.
"When did you first start to suspect who I was?"
Chu Zhengxiong sized him up. "While we were chatting."
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He rolled down the window and lit a cigarette.
"I’m a little curious. Why is your Town Martial Department always revolving around Lin Yi?"
"What’s the meaning of sending people to follow him in secret?"
Chu Zhengxiong exhaled a puff of smoke and turned to look at the driver.
The driver chuckled and shook his head. "It’s an order from the higher-ups. How could a grunt like me question it?"
"Oh? And what order was that?"
"Protection!"
"Protection?"
Chu Zhengxiong glanced at the driver, then at the gates of Xingwu University.
"Protect Lin Yi?"
"That’s right. It’s not a secret; everyone in the Town Martial Department knows!"
"Then aren’t you afraid Old He will give you trouble for telling me?" Chu Zhengxiong smiled.
The driver shook his head. "Like I just said, it’s not a secret. It’s no big deal telling you."
Chu Zhengxiong didn’t say anything, just gave a slight nod.
As for other matters, like why Lin Yi needed protection, he didn’t press further.
He knew that even if he asked, he wouldn’t get any answers.
The driver would say what he was allowed to say, and you couldn’t beat another word out of him about what he wasn’t.
There was no point in asking and being stonewalled.
After Chu Zhengxiong finished his cigarette, he opened the door and got out.
The two men looked at each other, neither saying a word.
The driver quickly turned the car around and left.
Chu Zhengxiong walked straight toward the Jeep.
After he got in, Mo Yanfeng asked quizzically, "What were you dawdling for? You took forever to get out of the car."
"It was nothing. Ran into a brother from the Town Martial Department and chatted for a bit," Chu Zhengxiong replied with a smile.
"The Town Martial Department?"
Mo Yanfeng glanced at the taxi’s departing taillights.
Chu Zhengxiong nodded. "Old He’s mission for them is protection!"
"To protect Lin Yi?"
"Yeah. Let’s go. No use asking me; he didn’t say anything else."
"It was an order from Old He. The driver didn’t have the clearance to know much more."
"But this is actually a good thing. With the Town Martial Department protecting Lin Yi, we won’t have to worry about him."
Mo Yanfeng nodded, stepped on the gas, and sped away.
...
Lin Yi returned to his dorm room.
He had just swiped his card and opened the door when he saw Wei Nan, Wei Shang, and Feng Lei.
All three were sitting on the sofa, eating barbecue skewers.
"Huh? So you finally decided to grace us with your presence?"
Wei Nan and Wei Shang glanced at him and said with a grin.
Lin Yi walked right over. Seeing the meat, Xiaoqi, who was on his shoulder, flapped its wings and landed on the coffee table.
Wei Nan quickly pulled a piece of lamb off a skewer and offered it to Xiaoqi.
Xiaoqi gobbled it down in a flash.
"Well, well, aren’t you guys something? Eating all the good stuff behind my back, huh?"
As Lin Yi came closer, Feng Lei picked up a skewer and handed it to him.
Wei Nan continued to feed Xiaoqi, looking up to say, "Didn’t you go out to eat with Captain Chu? How come you’re not full?"
"It was alright. I only ate till I was about half-full. The night market was so chaotic, I wasn’t really in the mood to eat much!"
Lin Yi polished off the skewer in just a few bites.
Feng Lei handed him a few more, and Lin Yi sat down beside them to eat.
Wei Shang, however, looked at him with some surprise.
"Wait, the great Demon Hunting Captain took you out to eat at a night market?
What kind of proper meal can you get there? Isn’t it all just street food?"
Lin Yi nodded. "You know, the food was actually pretty good. It’s just that there were too many people!"
"I really got to see how prosperous the New District is today. It was so lively. When we left, it was still packed, with even more people heading in!"
Lin Yi said, a little envious.
Wei Shang and Feng Lei exchanged a look and said in low voices, "You should probably go out less at night these days. It’s not safe out there."
"Are you talking about this?"
As he spoke, Lin Yi directly pulled the corpse of the Bird Demon from his Storage Ring.
When Wei Nan, Wei Shang, and Feng Lei saw the Bird Demon’s corpse, their expressions all changed.
"A Thunderbird?"
"A what? What bird?"
Lin Yi asked, looking at Wei Shang.
Wei Shang quickly stood up and walked over to the Bird Demon.
He took a closer look. "That’s right, this is a Thunderbird. Where did you get it?"
"Hunted it at the night market!"
Wei Shang and Feng Lei: "..."