Chapter 229 — A Direct Knockout
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But Zou Ruoming said nothing. None of this was any of his concern. Why Black Panther had not yet fled—he could not care less. What he cared about was whether Tang Zhi had been captured.
"Brother Black Panther, hello, I'm Zou Ruoming!" Zou Ruoming trotted over eagerly to Brother Black Panther and spoke respectfully.
"You know me?" A glint of menace flickered in Black Panther's eyes.
"I'm Brother Zhong's sworn brother, of course I've had the honor of meeting Brother Black Panther!" Zou Ruoming's heart clenched. "Brother Black Panther, what I'm doing today is illegal. You've got to watch the door for me..."
"Mm..." Only after hearing Zou Ruoming's words did the expression on Black Panther's face soften somewhat.
Zou Ruoming let out a long breath of relief. Black Panther was an escaped convict. He'd recognized him now -- what if the man didn't trust him and killed him to silence him? But Zou Ruoming was no fool either. He quickly made a point of announcing that what he was doing today was also illegal. So they were two of a kind. Whoever reported the other would go down with him!
"Brother Black Panther, what about that Tang Zhi..." Seeing that Black Panther didn't intend to raise the matter again, Zou Ruoming's thoughts drifted back to Tang Zhi. In truth, whether Black Panther ran or not, and where he ran to, had absolutely nothing to do with him. He had no desire to meddle in such nonsense.
"She's fainted. I've already fed her the medicine. She's in that van right there!" Black Panther pointed to an old white Nissan van without license plates parked not far behind them. The van was ancient, clearly a relic of at least twenty years past. "Shall I help you load her in?"
"Then I'll trouble Brother Black Panther!" Zou Ruoming's legs were unsteady from overindulgence. Carrying a person up an unfinished building with no stair railings -- he wouldn't dare. What if they fell and she was killed?
Black Panther tossed Tang Zhi casually into an empty room, then turned and headed back downstairs.
"Motherfucker, this damn place doesn't even have electricity -- pitch black, can't see a thing!" Zou Ruoming groped his way upstairs, sat down on a broken step, fished a small pill bottle out of his pocket, tipped out a pill, and swallowed it.
Perhaps feeling one wasn't enough, Zou Ruoming thought it over, then tipped out a second pill and swallowed that too.
This was a top-grade aphrodisiac imported from ***, supposedly powerful enough for three hundred rounds from a single dose -- the kind male porn actors took. Zou Ruoming had a secret affliction: impotence. Reckless living in his youth had left him unable to perform, and now he had to rely on powerful drugs to boost his prowess every single time.
Moreover, the drugs he used had grown ever stronger. Ordinary ones no longer had any effect.
Having taken two pills this time, he figured he could last a good hour or two, hehe... Zou Ruoming let out a thoroughly lewd chuckle. Tang Zhi, oh Tang Zhi -- in a little while, Brother's going to serve you properly! Let you taste what I'm made of!
After finishing his pills, Zou Ruoming sat on the steps waiting for them to take effect. He wasn't in any rush to check on Tang Zhi. She'd been knocked unconscious and wouldn't be waking any time soon.
"Wei Zhao, Brother Black Panther is waiting for you right up ahead. Do you dare get out of the car? Your wife Tang Zhi is up in that unfinished building, hehe... If you're too late, I'm afraid Zou Ruoming will..." Zhong Yongliang parked the car beside the unfinished building and pointed toward the white van not far ahead. But before he could finish, a punch from Wei Zhao -- BANG -- knocked him clean out.