Chapter 9: Intercepted! Second Update

  The class reunion that was supposed to be a lively and joyful occasion ended in an abrupt and unpleasant manner due to Du Haisheng's unexpected arrival.

  Zhao Wei'er didn't care about the feelings of her other classmates at all, but was instead very interested in Du Haisheng's behavior just now. As they were about to get on the bus, she suddenly pulled him to the back seat without saying a word.

  The little girl turned her face to look up and down at the man beside her, occasionally letting out a burst of inexplicable laughter. Du Haisheng felt his whole body feel numb when he heard this laugh, his scalp tingling.

  Finally, I couldn't sit still anymore, turned my head and asked: "What are you silly smiling at? Is there gold on my face? You keep staring nonstop, aren't you embarrassed? I'm the one who's embarrassed!"

  Hehe...

  Du Haisheng's words made Zhao Wei'er burst out laughing: "If there was gold on your face, you would have been chopped into pieces by Shanghai's gangsters long ago. I just think you're getting more and more unpredictable!"

  "Oh, what's unclear about it?"

  "I thought you were an outsider who would dance something, even if you could, it's just a superficial skill. Lin Tianxu is a jerk, but his dancing skills are the best in our Shanghai Normal University. I didn't expect that his proudest talent would be so vulnerable in front of you. Who would have thought of this result before the competition? Looking at Lin Tianxu's expression, his nose is even crooked with anger."

  She paused, and Xiao Yao's gaze pierced Du Haisheng: "Tell me, who did you learn your dance from? Don't say in all of Shanghai, probably no one in the entire Republic can surpass you!"

  "This..."

  Du Haisheng scratched his head, he couldn't tell this girl that he was once the national standard dance champion of their province, probably people nowadays don't even know what standard dance is.

  "I actually don't know how to dance either. Lin Tianxu danced once in the dance pool, I silently memorized it in my heart, and just added some of my own actions in between."

  "How can you learn so well after just one glance? Even surpassing the original? Your comprehension ability is too high, isn't it?" Zhao Wei'er wasn't a three-year-old child, and she clearly held a skeptical attitude towards Du Haisheng's words.

  She can grasp the essence of something after just one glance and do it even better than the original person, but she would never believe that those people who have been studying for over a decade and still can't get out of their own shell are all pretending to be experts.

  "I don't have many strengths, but I have a great memory and intuition. Back in my hometown, people say I'm a genius. A genius does things that are unexpected yet reasonable."

  Du Haisheng's eyes couldn't help but glance over, and then he burst out laughing. He started boasting shamelessly about himself, until finally even he himself felt like vomiting. It seems that bragging isn't everyone's strong suit after all.

  Zhao Wei'er gave him a white eye, somewhat choked with rage, and boasted not a little. To be able to boast about oneself to this extent, probably only this guy in front of her can do it in the whole of Shanghai. His face is not just thick, it's exceptionally so.

  She knew that Du Haisheng wouldn't say, and she couldn't get anything out of him even if she beat him to death. Although what he said wasn't reliable at all, Zhao Wei'er didn't continue to investigate further. People always have some secrets, just like his dad said, sometimes men's secrets are more numerous and complicated than women's. If you're not the closest person, don't try to figure it out.

  Zhaowei was very clear-headed, although she had a good impression of this mysterious guy in front of her, he couldn't be counted as one of the closest people to her, not now, nor in the future... She herself wasn't even sure.

  The car drove out of Baoshan Road, turned into a small alley, and was only a few minutes away from Zhao's apartment. In the deep night of Shanghai, there were neon lights everywhere, but the place they were passing through was a slum area, very desolate. Most of them were outsiders who came to Shanghai from all over the country to seek a living, and the nightlife had nothing to do with these people. After a day's hard work, they went to bed early after dinner.

  The residents' lights on both sides of the road have gone out, and this road has no streetlights. Except for the car's headlights, it was pitch black all around. The car drove through the dark night, and even the driver felt a chill run down his spine.

  "This is really strange. I've walked this road late at night before and didn't feel anything, but today it feels eerie and uncomfortable all over, spooky!"

  All the way, Zhao Wei'er and Du Haisheng laughed non-stop, directly ignoring the driver in front of them. At this moment, a sentence popped out, and the two simultaneously stopped their teasing, turning their faces to scan around the car window.

  "Brother Wang, you said before that walking this road didn't feel like anything, but today it's so gloomy?"

  Du Haisheng's face regained its calm, his eyes scanning the surroundings like an eagle, before asking the driver in front. He had heard from Zhang Ma that Wang Chong, the driver, used to be a hitman. After a failed mission, he was pursued and killed, and finally escaped to a small alley in Huangpu Dock, where he was found by Zhao Tianming, who happened to be passing by and saved him. Only the core members of the Tiger Benevolent Society knew his true identity.

  Wang Chong, apart from being a driver, also serves as a bodyguard. The safety of Xiaojie and Zhao Tianming is more important to him than his own life.

  As a killer, his sixth sense was extremely keen. Although Du Haisheng came from a martial arts family and might be superior to Wang Chong in terms of physical skills, when it came to the technique of killing, even ten Du Haishengs wouldn't be his match.

  Moreover, the killer's judgment of potential danger is more accurate than anyone else. Suddenly remembering Lin Tianxu's harsh words before he left, Du Haisheng's heart sank, and then he shouted loudly: "Wang Ge, stop the car immediately!"

  Wang Chong suddenly floored it, and the car screeched to a halt. He turned his head to look at the young man and asked, "Did you feel that too?"

  "No, I trust Wang Ge's judgment."

  Du Haisheng shook his head and replied decisively, "Lin Tianxu and Wang Jiatang, one from the Black Tiger Gang and the other from the White Dragon Association, they want to join forces to look for trouble halfway. No matter how great their abilities are, wanting to escape unscathed is a slim chance, it's more likely to be a narrow escape from death."

  "It's eerie, I just feel like the atmosphere is especially eerie right now!"

  Wang Chong also nodded, secretly observing the changes around him. The civilian houses on both sides were unusually quiet, without a single movement, and this atmosphere made all three people feel a chill down their spines.

  "Brother Wang, retreat, quickly!"

  Du Haisheng almost shouted to remind Wang Chong in front, after finishing, his body leaned forward and turned over to the front row of the co-pilot seat, picked up the machete under the seat, and stared at the surroundings with a cold expression.

  Wang Chong didn't get angry at his roar either. At the critical moment, he showed up as a killer with excellent psychological quality. He quickly shifted into reverse gear and stepped on the accelerator, and the car sped towards the alley entrance in the back. From start to finish, he didn't say another word. This calm and unhurried state of mind made Du Haisheng admit that he was far inferior to him.

  Damn, the underworld is really something else. The low seats in the car all love to hide a couple of handy weapons. Du Haisheng didn't know there were knives under the seat, but having watched too many gangster movies in his past life, he instinctively reached down and actually managed to pull out two blades. Holding the machete in his hand, he couldn't help but sigh - it seems that Zhao Tianming also knows the saying "those who often walk by the river will occasionally get their feet wet".

  At this moment, the car stalled again. Wang Chong looked at the rearview mirror with a calm expression, but his eyes had a few more points of murderous intent, which also infected Du Haisheng beside him.

  "Why aren't you leaving?"

  Zhao Wei'er was also somewhat frightened by the sudden and abrupt behavior of the two big men, although she thought she had some skills, the two men in the car were not useless. However, having heard many stories about fighting and killing, she understood that to survive in Shanghai, having good kung fu skills was one thing, but most importantly, it was better to have more people on your side. The three of them would be no match for a gang's full-force ambush, even if they tried their best to escape.

  The car stopped again, and Xiaoyu's heart suddenly tightened. She looked at the two men in front of her and asked uncertainly.

  "Sister, we can't get away!"

  Wang Chong said, gesturing for her to look back, Zhao Wei'er turned her head and looked out the rear window of the car, and suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.

  At the end of the alley, five or six men in suits were standing with menacing faces. The people on either side held knives, while the two in the middle held submachine guns, forming a tight cordon. If the car dared to force its way through, the two guns would undoubtedly open fire without hesitation, turning the three occupants into sieves...