Chapter 2649 — Zhu Bo Reports In
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"My name is Tang Yuqi. I am a detective, from overseas," the young man said calmly. He was a detective of some standing overseas; even if Zhong Yongliang wanted revenge, he would have to weigh who he was up against.
And the reason he had lost his temper was that he was himself a detective, and a devotee of deduction besides. When watching a film, he liked to analyze and reason things out for himself, and he had only just gotten into character and was about to begin deducing when Zhong Yongliang had blurted out the answer—naturally, he was displeased.
"Oh, so you're a friend from overseas. Xiaofu, give him a hundred yuan." Zhong Yongliang had found himself a way out, and had Gao Xiaofu hand Tang Yuqi a hundred yuan. Then he said, "Sorry for the disturbance!"
"Forget it." Tang Yuqi took the hundred yuan, turned, and left the cinema...
Watching his retreating figure, Wei Zhao frowned. Something about the man struck him as familiar, as though he had seen him somewhere before... Yet he was from overseas, which left Wei Zhao somewhat puzzled.
Could he have seen him back when he was carrying out missions? That did not fit either—he knew no one by the surname Tang. Could it have something to do with the Hidden Tang family?
Tang Yuyi, Tang Yuqi—the names sounded very much like two brothers. A pity they could not be brothers; otherwise one would not be of a Hidden family while the other was an overseas detective. The two were utterly unrelated.
As for both bearing the surname Tang and both having the character "Yu" in the middle of their names, perhaps their generation names in the family registers simply happened to match, and they might even have been kin several hundred years ago... Besides, Tang Yuqi and Tang Yuyi did not really look much alike.
That Wei Zhao found him familiar had nothing to do with Tang Yuyi.
By now Tang Yuqi had already left. Wei Zhao shook his head and went back to watching the film.
This time Zhong Yongliang had learned his lesson and said nothing more. While he nursed a grudge against Tang Yuqi in his heart, he also knew there was nothing he could do to the man. The pressing matter was how to become Gu Mengyao's personal guard!
As things stood, he had only the Hundred-Drunk Centipede and no truly formidable techniques. The Hundred-Drunk Centipede was not weak, but it came with conditions for use. So Zhong Yongliang wondered: once he defeated Wei Zhao, should he go back to his sect and beg for a few treasures?
Zhao Qibing and Zhu Bo arrived at the Gelifuliuyun Bar, and Li Cihua hurried out to greet them.
"Young Master Bing, you succeeded?" Seeing Zhao Qibing with his leg broken, Li Cihua was overjoyed. "Wei Zhao struck?"
"Yes, he finally struck!" Supported by Zhu Bo, Zhao Qibing entered the bar's inner room, then said, "It wasn't easy. Wei Zhao has gotten clever too—he won't break my leg so readily anymore. Now it's hard just to get him to lift a hand. I still need two more breaks for my Thousand Legs training. Tell me, how can I get him to break it two more times?"
"That... I think we still have to go through Wei Zhao..." Li Cihua thought for a moment. "None of us can strike properly. Only Wei Zhao can control it well..."
"True enough, but getting Wei Zhao to act now is harder than climbing to the sky. This time I went to enormous trouble, and with the Right Coil Tiger running interference on my behalf, I only just managed to get the leg broken. Next time I'm afraid we won't get such a good chance." Zhao Qibing shook his head. "Here's what we do, Cihua: keep an eye on Wei Zhao as much as you can, then win over him and the people around him, and analyze his psychology as best you can—see how we can get him to break my leg again."
"All right, I understand." Li Cihua nodded. "Tomorrow I'll give Wei Zhao a free membership card for the bar. If he accepts it, then I'll ask him for a favor..."