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At 8 pm, Wang Chong arrived at Zhushi Jiu’s room door and knocked.
“Zhushi Ge?” (older brother Zhushi)
When Zhushi Jiu appeared before Wang Chong, he was startled.
Currently, Zhushi Jiu’s eyes were lifeless, and his face was deathly pale, with sweat-drenched hair clinging to his forehead, making him look as if he was on the verge of collapse. He seemed extremely weak and feeble.
“What’s wrong, Zhushi Ge?” Wang Chong asked.
Zhushi Jiu didn’t respond, instead mumbling to himself. Wang Chong couldn’t make out what he was saying.
As Wang Chong was worried, Zhushi Jiu rubbed his temples to relieve his headache: “Wait a minute, you can come in and sit down. I’ll go wash my face.”
After saying that, he turned around and went back into the room.
Wang Chong followed him in, looking puzzled, and saw the file folder on the tea table.
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Wang Chong glanced left and right, seeing that Zhushi Jiu had already gone into the bathroom, and two motionless Black Soldiers were standing behind the sofa. He swallowed hard and cautiously approached the file folder, which the Black Soldiers didn’t stop him from opening.
The file folder was filled with creased paper, indicating that Zhushi Jiu had spent the entire day holed up in his room, flipping through the documents.
The two Black Soldiers stood silently behind the sofa, staring fixedly at Wang Chong.
Wang Chong felt uncomfortable under their gaze and didn’t dare to look anymore, quickly retreating.
After a long while, Zhushi Jiu came out of the bathroom.
“Sorry, I kept you waiting.”
At this point, Zhushi Jiu had already composed himself, although his face was still pale, he no longer looked as weak.
“I’m going, Zhushi Ge. You really scared me earlier. I thought something had happened to you.”
Zhushi Jiu shook his head: “It’s a normal phenomenon. Analyzing the intel consumed too much of my mental energy.”
Wang Chong immediately asked: “So, have you found any problems?”
Zhushi Jiu’s expression turned solemn: “Yes. According to the organization’s intel, there are indeed some individuals with issues. I’ve already asked the organization to further investigate and verify.”
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Wang Chong’s heart tightened: “What problems?”
“Sorry, this involves deeper, more confidential matters that you, as an external personnel, shouldn’t know about.”
Wang Chong felt a sense of unease, as if he was being NTR-ed (Netorare, a Japanese term for being cheated on). How could it be that this was his own task, his own plan, yet he couldn’t know the details?
But before he could ask, Zhushi Jiu changed the subject: “By the way, have you sent out the invitations?”
“Yes, I’ve sent them out according to plan. Do you have any additional instructions, Zhushi Ge?”
“No, but I have a hunch.”
Wang Chong asked: “What?”
Zhushi Jiu thought for a moment, pretending to be deep in thought: “According to my analysis, your few friends should come looking for you soon.”
“You mean Little Le and the others?”
“Exactly.” Zhushi Jiu nodded, “In my opinion, they are the most unlikely suspects and also the easiest to control. If the enemy really plans to take action against us, they will definitely be the primary targets.”
“Won’t that be the case?”
Wang Chong was shocked, then saw Zhushi Jiu’s solemn expression, and his face changed repeatedly. He couldn’t believe that those few friends who always joked around with him would stand against him.
Zhushi Jiu deliberately left Wang Chong some time to think.
After a while, Wang Chong gritted his teeth and said: “I believe them!”
Zhushi Jiu judged the value of those friends in Wang Chong’s heart and slightly changed his tone: “Of course, I’m not saying they have a 100% chance of being suspects, just that the suspicion is relatively high.”
Wang Chong let out a sigh of relief.
But this relief didn’t last long…
Half an hour later, Wang Chong saw several familiar figures on the ship’s deck.
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Wang Chong almost couldn’t keep a straight face.
“Hahaha, Brother Chong!”
“What’s going on? Why didn’t you invite us? Did you look down on us recently?”
“Brother Wang, you usually invite us to parties, but now you’re on a cruise and didn’t call us. That’s not nice.”
“Hey, what’s wrong with you? You look like you’ve lost your mom.”
Facing the group of friends who had arrived with an aggressive tone, Wang Chong felt complicated.
It was true that Zhushi Jiu had said these friends would come, but could it be that there were really…
Now, he felt uneasy about who he was looking at.
“Hehe, why not? Welcome, welcome.”
Wang Chong forced a smile.
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Qian Zele glanced around: “Looks like we’re early, the ship hasn’t gotten lively yet.”
Ji Hui sneered: “Tomorrow won’t be like this. The busy person will have to entertain those nobles.”
Wang Chong helplessly replied: “Let’s not talk about that for now. Let’s go inside, it’s cold outside.”
The group stood on the deck, and the night sea breeze was indeed cold.
So, they entered the banquet hall on the deck, laughing and chatting.
Inside the banquet hall, a white round table had a bottle of red wine, and a young man was sitting alone, drinking calmly.
The group merely took a glance before looking away, thinking that Zhushi Jiu was one of the guests Wang Chong had invited.
However, Wang Chong directly led them over.
“Everyone, let me introduce you to this person, my new friend, Zhushi Ge.”
“Zhushi ‘Ge’?”
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The group slightly furrowed their brows, as they rarely heard Wang Chong call someone “Ge” (older brother).
However, Zhushi Jiu laughed: “Hahaha, my name is actually ‘Zhuge’, like the word for ‘song’!”
Wang Chong was stunned, then nodded: “That’s right, so I directly call him Zhushi Ge.”
What’s going on? He asked with his eyes.
——Don’t worry! I don’t want to reveal my true name.
Zhushi Jiu also replied with his eyes, but it was unclear whether Wang Chong understood.
Qian Zele rolled his eyes: “Brother, your name is really taking advantage.”
Zhushi Jiu smiled: “Who says it isn’t?”
Qian Zele thought for a moment but didn’t ask Zhushi Jiu what his background was. People who could be friends with Wang Chong usually weren’t ordinary.
And… he looked at the two fully armed Black Soldiers standing behind Zhushi Jiu…
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Military? Or mercenaries?
In any case, they didn’t seem like good people to mess with.
Zhushi Jiu stood up, extending his hand to Qian Zele: “Nice to meet you. I’m Zhuge, and you can call me ‘Little Ge’ if you don’t want to say my full name.”
Qian Zele was taken aback, laughing: “Hahaha, you’re a really interesting person! I’m Qian Zele, just call me ‘Little Le’.”
The two shook hands.
As Qian Zele was about to let go, Zhushi Jiu grasped his hand tightly.
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