"Shen... Classmate Shen, aren't you being a bit too violent?"
If this happened to an ordinary person, they would surely be extremely scared. But the person in front of her seemed completely unfazed.
This made Shen Jianyi feel rather puzzled. After all, Zhou Ze was just an ordinary college student with nothing special about him. Yet, he could always remain extremely calm almost every time.
There was no point in talking to him at this moment. Anyway, he didn't know anything.
For now, Zhou Ze's only use was to call Xu Wenji and get his specific location.
Shen Jianyi retracted her fist and let go of the boy, but her expression was extremely solemn.
"Zhou Ze, I'll give you one last chance. Call Xu Wenji right away."
Zhou Ze curled his lips and refused to take out the phone in his pocket. No matter what, he was determined not to make this call.
"Don't cause trouble," Shen Jianyi warned him.
The woman stood there, staring intently at the boy with his back tightly against the wall. He said boldly, "It's not that I won't make the call, but if he finds out and doesn't give me the corresponding reward, won't I be at a loss?"
"I'll pay you double what he promised."
Money was just something external to Shen Jianyi, and she was never short of it.
Hearing this, Zhou Ze was naturally delighted. He coughed twice, his brain working rapidly. Soon he blurted out, "The reward he promised me was 100,000 yuan."
"I'll give you 200,000 yuan. Now make the call."
Even if Xu Wenji didn't tell them his specific location, as long as he answered the call, with this phone number, Xia Liang would be able to locate his whereabouts.
While Zhou Ze was making the call, Shen Jianyi had already seen the phone number clearly. She turned around and sent it to Xia Liang.
Without his knowledge, the woman had almost flawlessly accomplished this task.
"Beep—"
The phone rang a few times, and then a man's voice came from the other end. The voice had been specially processed, but judging from the tone, it was definitely Xu Wenji.
"I've already given the chip to Lu Suowei. Where's the money you promised to transfer to me?" All Zhou Ze could think about now was the money.
Then, there was a brief silence on the other end of the phone.
When Xu Wenji spoke again, his voice was cold. "I can transfer the money to you, but who's standing beside you now?"
Hearing this, Zhou Ze was immediately stunned. Could it be that the other party had been monitoring him? How did he know there was someone else beside him?
He stammered and was just about to lie, but Xu Wenji didn't give him a chance. "Don't even think about trying to deceive me. Trying to betray my location? In your dreams."
This meant that Xu Wenji would never give him the money. It seemed that Zhou Ze had been deceived by this man from the very beginning.
The phone suddenly hung up without warning.
"Damn it!" Zhou Ze cursed.
This Xu Wenji was really cunning and untrustworthy. Zhou Ze clenched his fists and took a deep breath. "He even turns his back on me after using me. How dare he deceive me?"
Seeing his appearance, Shen Jianyi stood calmly beside him. She took out a bank card from her pocket and handed it over.
"There's 250,000 yuan in this card. There's no password. Consider it your reward."
Zhou Ze took the bank card, lifted his eyelids, and frowned. "Why is there an extra 50,000 yuan?"
"A tip."
"Tsk tsk tsk," Zhou Ze put away the bank card, looking nonchalant. "Since you're giving it to me, I'll really take it. I won't be polite."
Now she could tell that Zhou Ze seemed to be in great need of money and would never miss any opportunity to earn some.
Seeing that Zhou Ze was about to leave and the direction he was going was completely different from the way back to school.
Shen Jianyi was a bit puzzled and asked, "Aren't you going back to school?"
"No."
Presumably, since he had earned some money today, he planned to have a good time outside. Shen Jianyi didn't think much of it and left in the opposite direction of the boy.
She had only walked a few steps when she received a message from Xia Liang:
[Xu Wenji is at Hongjia Factory. I located his phone. There's absolutely no mistake.]
Shen Jianyi frowned slightly. She always felt that something was strange about this. Why was Xu Wenji still at Hongjia Factory? At that time, she had clearly seen that the factory had turned off the lights, and the only people who had walked out of it were Lu Suowei and Zhou Ze.
She decided to go there again. Maybe she would find some new clues.
Without hesitation, Shen Jianyi headed towards the factory.
Hongjia Factory was located in the suburbs. It was very quiet at night here. Only the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the grass could be heard occasionally.
Shen Jianyi had been on high alert all the time because there was someone following her. Although she didn't know who it was, it was definitely not a good person.
The person had been following her all the way. Shen Jianyi decided to strike first. If she continued to be passive, she would be the one who would end up getting hurt.
Just ahead was an alley. Shen Jianyi looked back and then quickened her pace.
Sure enough, the person behind hesitated for a moment and then tried to follow quickly.
As he passed by the alley, the moonlight flashed, and a silver light shone into his eyes.
A dagger was suddenly pressed against his neck, and the woman's cold voice rang out in the silent night.
"Who are you? Why are you following me?"
As she spoke, Shen Jianyi pressed the dagger a little harder, getting closer to the person.
The person being threatened didn't say a word. Under the moonlight, she could clearly see that the white mask on his face was extremely eye-catching.
"Gun? Why are you following me?" Shen Jianyi really couldn't figure it out. She almost ran into Gun every time she took action. How did he know her whereabouts so clearly?
Shen Jianyi put down the dagger. Before she could say anything, the man spoke first. "Miss Red Fox, I've been following you for so long. Why did you only decide to strike now?"
"Boring."
No matter how this person knew her specific location, his constant following would definitely affect her.
Naturally, Shen Jianyi was dissatisfied. "Gun, do you have a mission in this area?"
He was quite honest and didn't try to hide anything. "No mission. I just happened to come across you by chance while passing by."
Hearing this, Shen Jianyi snorted. "Do you think I'm a three - year - old kid?"
"If you like, it's not impossible."
Now this Gun was completely different from the one she had first met. He was no longer as cold as before and often said some inappropriate things to her.
In her eyes now, Gun's image was no longer so lofty. Maybe it was because of that ring.
Shen Jianyi glanced over and found that the ring was no longer on his ring finger.
"Tsk, you took off the ring?"
The man didn't evade but told the truth. "I took it off. I don't want the object that witnessed our relationship to be stained with dirty blood."