Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 44

Chapter 44: An accident (2)
And another one.

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Chapter 44

“Is it done?” A voice on the other end of the phone asked.

“Mister Tian~ Do you not have faith in me?” Na Tong asked, acting playfully. Yao Tian on the other side ignored this and further added, “Okay. Don’t do anything further. We don’t want any trouble for now.”

“Of course, Young Master Tian.” Na Tong replied before Yao Tian hung up the phone.

“Oh~ It’s here. I have been waiting so long for this.” Na Tong commented as a waiter brought her order.

Just as she cut into her steak, a young otherworldly handsome man suddenly sat in the chair across from her.

“The steak here isn’t the specialty it seems.” Wei Jun commented as he noticed that almost no one in the restaurant was eating the steak.

The bodyguard of Na Tong was about to move when she raised her hand to stop her. “That’s because it is so expensive that no one can afford it.” Na Tong said in a fairly loud voice that was enough for everyone to hear. Just as she expected, everyone turned their head in displeasure and noticed Wei Jun with Na Tong.

“Now that you have made sure to attract witnesses to create a testimony if I attack you, why don’t you answer one question of mine?” Wei Jun asked as he leaned over the table.

“And what would that be?” Na Tong nonchalantly asked, not interested in it one bit.

“Why did you do it?” Wei Jun asked with genuine curiosity on his face.

“Did what?” Na Tong asked acting innocently. Wei Jun in turn remained quiet and said nothing. He just kept staring her in the eyes which was a little unsettling for Na Tong but she knew she was the dominant party here.

“I don’t know what you are talking about. Accidents happen. I can’t be held responsible for those.” Na Tong once again innocently replied.

“You think you’re safe under Yao Tian’s mantle?” Wei Jun asked with cold eyes.

Na Tong didn’t reply to that and after staring into Wei Jun’s eyes for a few seconds, she replied, “As much as I would like to dine with a handsome young man like you, I think we are done here, Young Master Ruan.”

Wei Jun nodded as he stood up and just as he was about to leave, he turned to look at her once more. After that, he simply left the restaurant and made his way to his car.

He got into his car and drove his car to a location in the downtown area of the city. The downtown was crowded at this time of the night but some places were deserted at this time of the night such as some back alleys or containment facilities.

One such facility belonged to the Ruan family and Wei Jun had sole management of them. They were under his name but completely off the paper grid so no one would find anything about the property through his documents.

Wei Jun parked his car in one garage and made his way to another one.

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“Don’t worry about it, it’s just an empty threat.” Yao Tian said when Na Tong contacted him to tell him about her encounter with Wei Jun. She was currently in the car going back to her house when she decided to call Yao Tian to tell him about it since she had been feeling unsettled since earlier.

She wanted to argue that it didn’t feel like an empty threat but the logical side couldn’t agree with her gut feeling either. She and Yao Tian both knew that Wei Jun Ruan was all bark and no bite. There was no way he had the guts nor connections to do what she had done.

“You’re right, Young Master Tian. Maybe I’m just worrying too much.” She replied seeing no other way to reply.

“Very well. Remember to lay low and don’t get yourself involved with the Ruan family for some time. They won’t come after you for some small-time actress and as for the police, it’s already been taken care of.” Yao Tian hung up the phone and just as he did, he received another call.

The ID on the call said the police chief so he picked up the call thinking he had called about the hired criminal. “Chief Tao,” he greeted with a smile before he said, “I assume you are calling about the unfortunate incident this afternoon?”

Chief Tao on the other side remained quiet. After a few moments when Yao Tian thought that maybe he couldn’t hear him, he was about to speak again when Chief Tao’s voice came from the other end, “You… Young master Tian…” The voice was filled with fear as he continued, “I think… I think we messed with the wrong person.”

Yao Tian was taken aback by those words as he couldn’t understand what Chief Tao was trying to say, “What do you mean by tha–” but he was interrupted mid-sentence when Chief Tao on the other side continued, “The hired criminal, he… you should have seen him, young master. I have never… never in my life… seen something so horrific.”

Chief Tao’s voice was quaking as he struggled to finish the sentence. “He… He did that. Wei Jun Ruan… He did that.” Chief Tao hung up the phone when he relayed the message while promising himself that he would never cross Wei Jun Ruan ever again.

Yao Tian was confused as he couldn’t understand what was going on. “Crazy old man…” He mumbled and got back to work.

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On the other side, Na Tong had just gotten off the phone with Yao Tian when her driver stopped the car at a red signal. At this time of the night, there were seldom any cars on the road. While they were waiting for the green light, a bike stopped just next to them.

Neither of them paid it any attention and once the light was green, Na Tong’s guard slash driver drove off.

What they failed to notice was that the biker was also going in the same direction as them. After a few turns, the guard noticed that something was wrong.

“Miss Tong, that biker has been following us for some time now.” He informed Na Tong while he prepared his own gun in case something unforeseen happened.

Na Tong panicked when she saw a biker because it matched the description of how she had hired a biker to do the same to Quan Kui that afternoon. At that moment, she remembered Wei Jun’s words, ‘You think you are safe under Yao Tian’s mantle?’

She just realized that she wasn’t. If the biker did something, she knew she wouldn’t be able to do anything. Yao Tian won’t be able to protect her from this.

Just as she was on the verge of panicking and the guard was about to use his gun, the biker accelerated and drove off in the distance. They both heaved a sigh of relief when they saw nothing wrong.

“Haha… HAHAHA!!!” Na Tong laughed hysterically when she thought about how paranoid she was being.

However, just before they could celebrate, they saw the biker coming at them from the opposite direction at full speed. The guard was the first one to notice and he pulled his gun and aimed at the biker through the windshield but before he could, a series of gunshots landed on the windshield.

The driver lost control of the car and he had to let go of the gun to maintain the car. The biker passed them while shooting at them with an automatic gun, landing more shots on the car. The guard tried very hard to control the car but he couldn’t and he had no choice but to stop the car.

The car stopped and there was nothing but silence. The guard turned around to look at the biker but there was no one there.

“Stay here, Madam. I will go out and check.” The guard said. Although Na Tong was hesitant, she knew nothing would come out of panicking so she nodded while also calling the police.

The guard slowly stepped outside, looking in the direction where the biker had disappeared. He kept his eyes there because he couldn’t see anyone for a good distance ahead when suddenly, someone grabbed him by his collar from behind and dragged him on the road, throwing him away from the car.

The gun in the guard’s hand slipped away when he was pushed on the road. After he composed himself and stood up since he was injured, he saw a gun aimed at him and a biker with a black helmet.

He raised his hand as he said, “Please don’t hurt me. I have children.”

The biker tilted his head as if saying, ‘Seriously?’

Still, the biker shot at the feet of the guard which was his signal to run away, and run away he did. He left behind his employer and ran away to save his own skin.

Na Tong was still in the car, unaware of this happening when the door next to her suddenly opened and someone grabbed her by her hair and pulled her out of the car.