Chapter 1629: Chapter 1931: Lin Zi Yang (3)
Lin Ziyang’s face changed, he exclaimed, "Qing, you..."
Before he could finish, Ling Chen appeared beside him, patting his shoulder and said, "Here’s a piece of advice for you, don’t snatch things that aren’t yours, or else you’ll only end up harming others and yourself."
Watching Ling Chen and Zhu Qing leave side by side, Lin Ziyang gritted his teeth, his eyes full of anger and venom.
Back in the car, Zhu Qing looked at Ling Chen with gratitude and said, "Thank you for helping me."
"We’re all friends, no need to be so polite." Ling Chen said indifferently: "However, it seems I’ve completely angered that Lin Ziyang, how do you think he’s going to deal with me?"
"Are you afraid?" Zhu Qing retorted.
"Of course not. If I were afraid, I wouldn’t have come to help you. I’m just worried that the good relationship between the Lin Family and your Zhu Family might make things difficult for you."
"You’re a guest of our Zhu Family, even if the Family Head finds out, he won’t do anything to you, at most scold me a bit. Being scolded is better than being ruined by someone like Lin Ziyang."
Ling Chen smiled and asked, "I heard you talking to Lin Ziyang earlier, it seemed like you used to date him?"
Zhu Qing nodded, "We did date for a while. I was just twenty then, met Lin Ziyang at a family gathering. At that time, he was an outstanding disciple of the Lin Family, a focus of cultivation, and our elders were keen on us getting to know each other. Back then, I only knew training and had little contact with the outside world. Suddenly meeting someone handsome and eloquent like Lin Ziyang naturally sparked my feelings. However, during the six months we dated, I caught him cheating twice. He thought he was discreet, but forgot about my background. As an excellent assassin, if I wish, he couldn’t escape my grasp. The first time, he begged for forgiveness and the elders pleaded, so I let it go. But he didn’t change, and I lost all hope in him. Just then, the family had a mission, and I volunteered to go to East Sea City, where I met you."
"There’s an old saying, ’A horse loses strength because it’s thin, a man loses grace simply because he’s poor.’" Ling Chen remarked, "For someone like Lin Ziyang, rich, powerful, and good-looking, being flirtatious is quite normal."
On hearing this, Zhu Qing couldn’t help rolling her eyes and said, "So you’re all the same?"
"Me? Am I?"
"Aren’t you?" Zhu Qing counted on her fingers and said, "Nanrong Wanqing counts as one, Zhu Xiaozhu as one, then there’s Tang Shiyun, and..."
"Alright, alright." Seeing Zhu Qing wouldn’t stop until she finished counting, Ling Chen hurriedly said, "We’re talking about you and Lin Ziyang, why drag me into this? Besides, how can Lin Ziyang compare to me? He’s just an animal driven by lower desires. I’m different; I take responsibility for every woman."
"Enough, stop making excuses for your flirtations." As they talked, the car arrived at the night market.
The night market was huge with a wide variety of stalls, bustling with people everywhere. Ling Chen and Zhu Qing walked down the street, looking at stalls filled with local specialties. Ling Chen showed little interest, but Zhu Qing was quite keen, frequently stopping to look at things as they went along.
In the crowded street, Ling Chen followed Zhu Qing’s steps, generously buying her any trinkets she liked. The items weren’t expensive, it was the thought that counted. However, not long after, Ling Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly. Spending years on the edge of life and death, he had a keen sense for danger. In that fleeting moment, he seemed to feel a hint of murderous intent aimed at him. Interesting... Ling Chen secretly smiled, pretending to notice nothing, and continued following behind Zhu Qing.
After a while, Ling Chen suddenly walked closer to Zhu Qing and said, "I’m going to find a restroom."
Leaving the crowd, he glanced around, finding no restroom, but spotted a dark alley not far away. He quickened his pace and walked straight towards it.
In the alley, Ling Chen found a concealed corner, faced the wall, and exposed his back. Suddenly, a rush of wind approached, closing in on Ling Chen. In the darkness, a glint of light seemed to flash. Just as the light was about to touch Ling Chen, he swiftly turned and punched backward.
Bam!
With a dull thud, something seemed to be knocked away, hitting the alley wall. Ling Chen retracted his fist, focusing ahead; he saw a man clutching his chest, a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth, struggling to get up. However, that punch used half of Ling Chen’s strength, breaking several of the man’s ribs at least.
After several tries, the man still couldn’t stand, finally sitting against the wall.
"Call out your companions." Ling Chen said blandly. He had already sensed back in the crowd, there weren’t just one, at least four or five.
As his words fell, faint sounds came from around him. Ling Chen looked around, seeing nothing but the dark night. But he wasn’t surprised; if he guessed right, these people should be from the Zhu Family, all trained assassins. As for why these assassins were troubling him, no need to guess, surely because of that Lin Ziyang.
He had heard Zhu Qing mention before, the Zhu Family and the Lin Family, being in a marriage alliance, Zhu Family provided free protection for the Lin Family. So the Lin Family similarly had access to a group of assassins at their command.
Though all were assassins, Ling Chen had no fear. Having spent so much time with Zhu Qing, he understood a bit about an assassin’s skills, knew how they would hide and close in on the enemy.
After a while, noticing the assassins hesitated to act, Ling Chen smiled and said, "Alright, since you all won’t act, I’ll take the initiative." With that, he picked up several stones from the ground, flicked his wrist, and sent the stones flying in various directions. Shortly after, moans came from the surrounding darkness. Clearly, those hidden assassins were hit by the stones.
Too weak!
Ling Chen shook his head. These assassins assigned to the Lin Family must be outer sect disciples with very mediocre skills, having him, a Heavenly List expert, handle them was truly overkill.
"Friend." Ling Chen looked at the man sitting against the wall and said, "Go back and tell your master not to provoke me anymore. Some people can’t be trifled with, or you’ll end up losing both the lady and the troops."
