Chapter 2563 — Danger and Opportunity
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"Understood." Zhu the Foreman was in truth a ruthless man himself—he simply could not muster that ruthlessness before Wei Zhao. Back then he had poisoned Chen Xi's mother, meaning to kill her, which showed plainly enough what a vicious, merciless creature he was.
Wei Zhao pressed on toward the expressway leading to Lin City. "Lin City" was merely an abbreviation; its full name was Shanlin City, which really meant the city beside Song Mountain. It was a later-developed county-level city, so everyone had grown used to calling it Lin City for short.
Once they were clear of the city center, the traffic thinned, and Wei Zhao's speed shot up at once. Soon he was on the ring expressway, heading in the direction of Lin City.
Now that the identity of the hidden Zhuang brothers was confirmed, Wei Zhao was no longer anxious. If the two of them were in such a hurry to get home, they certainly would not harm Chen Xi along the way—all Wei Zhao had to do was catch up before they reached their destination.
On he drove, and at last, on the expressway, Wei Zhao spotted the Mercedes-Benz Viano van with the plate 4321. It seemed Zhu the Foreman's judgment had been spot on. Wei Zhao slowed down and eased in behind the vehicle.
Wei Zhao had no intention of forcing the car ahead to stop. Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao were both Earth-rank experts; even if the van flipped, they would come to no harm—but Chen Xi certainly would not. So for the time being, Wei Zhao would do nothing reckless.
The trouble was that although Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao were somewhat arrogant, they were no fools. Traffic on the expressway was sparse to begin with, and Wei Zhao's car had been tailing their Mercedes van the whole way, so before long Zhuang Niaoqiang, who was driving, sensed something was off.
Glancing at the Grand Cherokee in the rearview mirror, Zhuang Niaoqiang said, "Niaopao, that Grand Cherokee behind us seems to have been following us the whole way..."
"Oh?" Zhuang Niaopao turned and looked out the rear window. Sure enough, there was a Grand Cherokee not far behind. He was not worried, though. "Can't be. This is an expressway—cars behind us are normal. Maybe they just happen to be going the same speed?"
"Happen to be going exactly the same speed?" Zhuang Niaoqiang shook his head. "Let me try speeding up."
Up to now Zhuang Niaoqiang had not been speeding, merely keeping to a normal pace. After all, neither of them was a professional driver; they did not drive often, and their skills were nothing special.
Zhuang Niaoqiang picked up speed—and Wei Zhao, who had never had any real intention of hiding, did the same. He had chased them all the way here; once they left the expressway, he meant to take Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao down. So when Zhuang Niaoqiang accelerated, Wei Zhao accelerated too.
"He really is following us!" Zhuang Niaopao's expression turned ugly. "Where did that car come from? It wasn't there before—did it only show up once we were on the expressway?"
"Not necessarily. There was heavy traffic earlier, so we didn't notice. The expressway is empty, so it stood out at once," Zhuang Niaoqiang said. "What will be will be; what can't be avoided can't be dodged. Let's pull over and have a look."
Zhuang Niaopao nodded in agreement. If the people in the car behind meant them harm, there was no avoiding it—so stopping the car and settling it early was the proper course. So long as the pursuer was no great master, the two of them together should have no trouble.
The key fear was that the car behind might suddenly surge forward and force them to stop. Zhuang Niaoqiang's driving was mediocre at best; if the van went out of control and flipped, they would be fine, but Chen Xi would be in danger—and they had no intention of destroying this furnace vessel that came once in a thousand years.