Chapter 41: The White Dragon's Killer

  I stayed in Li Huanhuan's residence for two days, during which I didn't go out or contact anyone outside. Li Huanhuan had to attend training sessions during the day and wasn't around. However, she would return every morning, noon, and evening to cook meals, saying that she wanted to nourish me well.

  It wasn't until today, which was the third day of Li Huanhuan's stay, at noon that Sun Heng's call came, and he still dialed my original phone number.

  I won't hide anything from him, so I told him: "I'm now at Li Huanhuan's place, it's very safe, you can rest assured."

  Sun Heng burst out laughing: "You little brat... I have nothing to say to you, you little..."

  I had no choice but to explain: "I was abandoned by Chen Jing, I had nowhere to go, and I came to find Li Huanhuan out of desperation. By the way, how do you know Li Huanhuan?"

  Sun Heng said with a pleased expression: "You still care about this? Let me tell you, I met her when I was handing over the Wanlong Association's list to Li Huanhuan. Ah, right, you've been hiding it from me all along, turns out you and Li Huanhuan knew each other long ago, and you're even her boyfriend! Humph, you're not a good brother!"

  "What boyfriend? We're just ordinary friends, don't spout nonsense! When are you coming over? I'm being hunted down again and I don't dare to go out, this can't go on like this!"

  Sun Heng fell silent, and after a long while, he said: "I thought I had already caught all the members of the Wanlong Society, but now it's like this. Jin Cang, you hold on for a bit, we'll provide you with sufficient safety guarantees as soon as possible. If not, come over to my side, and we'll recruit you into the army!"

  "I quickly said: 'That's okay, but I have a condition.'"

  Sun Heng smiled and said: "You still have conditions? You really... I don't know what to say to you."

  I insisted on my original intention and said seriously: "My condition is very normal, I either don't join the army or go to be a special forces soldier."

  Sun Heng seemed taken aback for a moment, then said: "This is not an excessive requirement. If you are willing, I can introduce you to our informationized special infantry company."

  I heard Sun Heng mention the name "Informationized Special Infantry Company" and felt quite curious, so I said: "That's okay. If you can really introduce me to that Informationized Special Infantry Company, I'll thank you."

  Sun Heng lost his confidence and said with a somewhat guilty conscience: "This isn't something that can be settled just by me saying it, you still need to participate in assessments, physical exams, etc., before being allowed to enter that place."

  I smiled: "I know this. But I also want to tell the truth, my greatest wish now is not to be a soldier, but to finish college, and then find a job. My parents have worked hard for me all these years, and it's time for me to support them. If it weren't for this thing that happened now, I might have already obtained computer and English certificates, and taken an accounting or teaching certificate, and gone to work and earn money in the second half of next year. As a soldier, my parents would still have to suffer for a few more years, which I couldn't bear."

  Sun Heng fell silent for a moment, as if he was thinking about his own affairs.

  I held the phone waiting for him to speak, but heard someone on the side ask Sun Heng: "Is it Jin Cang's phone?"

  I was startled, this voice I felt very familiar. Then I heard Sun Heng say very respectfully: "Yes, Commander, you're looking for me?"

  The person who just spoke laughed and said: "Give me the phone, I'll say a few words to Jin Cang."

  I heard it this time, and the one speaking was Old Chen. I heard Old Chen loudly asking me on the phone, "Is that Jin Cang? Do you know who I am?"

  I hastily and respectfully said: "Understood. You are Old Chen. Good leader!"

  "Ahahahaha! Jin Cang, you're quite bold, I must say. I have high hopes for you, ahahahaha..."

  I suddenly thought of Chen Jing, and I felt a little guilty: "Mr. Chen, you said..."

  "Hey, don't be like that, be bolder, or else my granddaughter won't take a liking to you. By the way, I'll tell you this: Chen Jing is someone who values emotions deeply. If you really like her, then remember what I'm about to say: if you want to chase after my granddaughter, you must remember four words - persistent and unrelenting pursuit. Got it?"

  I quickly nodded and didn't care if Old Chen could see or not: "Understood! Commander, I will work hard!"

  Originally, Old Chen was still laughing and chuckling, but after I finished saying that sentence, he suddenly stopped laughing and scolded me angrily: "What's with this 'Chief' business? You little brat, remember this: if you want to pursue my granddaughter, the first problem you need to solve is how to address me. Now tell me, how are you going to address me from now on?"

  I suddenly became nervous and didn't dare think about it for too long, so I tentatively asked Old Chen: "Should I call you Uncle Chen? Is that...?"

  Before I could finish speaking, Old Chen suddenly bellowed: "Who is your uncle? What kind of address is this?"

  I anxiously continued to ask him: "No way! Then... Old Chen?"

  "Old Chen? Do you think I'm some old codger from next door?"

  I really had no choice but to perfunctorily say to him: "It's also not going to work... then... you decide."

  "Old Chen didn't scold me this time, instead he said with a smile: "You young man still have some respect for the elderly and children, listen to me, an old man. Isn't there an old saying that goes 'having an elder at home is like having a treasure'? It's beneficial to ask for advice from elders on all matters. Alright, just call me 'grandpa' and it's fine, you're so foolish, I have to remind you..."

  I was stunned: "Grandfather? This..."

  "Alright, good grandson! Next time Grandpa sees you, I'll definitely give you a gift!"

  I feel cheated, but it's also not good to say anything more, can only acknowledge this cheap "grandfather".

  Old Chen however became a bit stubborn: "You little brat, don't think I'm taking advantage of you. You should also think carefully, if you didn't acknowledge me as your grandfather first, how would Chen Jing allow you to always appear by her side? If you can't often appear by Chen Jing's side, then how can you chase after Chen Jing? You little brat, think about it carefully. I won't talk to you anymore, remember to call back when you have time, otherwise Grandfather will miss you."

  I hastily responded with a "yes" and didn't wait for Sun Heng to say anything else before hurriedly hanging up the phone.

  This phone call made my mood, which had just calmed down a bit, heat up again. I decided to try once more, maybe I can really catch up with Chen Jing.

  Before I could finish fantasizing about my future, I heard Li Huanhuan calling me from outside: "Come out and eat! I'm going to training first, remember to clean up the bowls and chopsticks after you're done eating. Tonight I'll bring back ingredients to make dinner."

  I responded with a sound, and when I went out, I saw that Li Huanhuan had already left the door and was about to drive away. So I went straight to the restaurant, looking at the almost full table of dishes, my appetite was stirred up, and I didn't care about being elegant or not, grabbed chopsticks and started devouring.

  I quickly finished eating, cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and was about to go online to check the latest news when the phone rang again. When I looked at it, it was a call from Dongfang Yu.

  I chatted with Dongfang Yu for a few sentences, learned that she is still living in Zhou Hui's house and working at the hospital, so I didn't say much more, hung up the phone and walked directly to the living room.

  There is a laptop in the living room, which is a military thing, temporarily lent to me. I was already turning on the computer and now I just want to go online.

  At this moment, I saw a figure projected onto the laptop screen that had already gone black.

  I was shocked and hastily retreated one step to the left, turning my head to look back. This glance scared me almost to a heart attack. Right where I had been standing just now, someone had stabbed a knife into my computer with great force.

  The notebook flew out immediately, fell on the floor tile, made its last sound, and ended its mission. I quickly retreated, shouting loudly: "Who are you? We have soldiers here, they will be here soon..."

  The person in front of me is actually someone I've seen before, from the Wanlong Association. I've met him before, but I don't know his name.

  This person was dressed all in black, but wore a large white hat with a wide brim, looking rather incongruous.

  He was surprised at my reaction speed, and clicked his tongue in amazement: "Very good reaction speed, it seems that you have escaped our pursuit many times, not without reason. By the way, I'm called White Tiger, from the White Dragon Society under the Wanlong Society. This time I came here to kill you. If you know what's good for you, then let me kill you obediently, otherwise, after I catch you, I will make you taste all the cruel punishments in the world, and die without a whole corpse."

  I felt that this "White Tiger" was extremely ferocious and couldn't help but feel very afraid, hastily grabbing a wooden chair to block my chest: "Don't come any closer, I'm not afraid of you, you... if you take another step, I'll smash you..." My words were destined to be left unfinished, because White Tiger had already pounced over in the instant I was speaking. The short knife in his hand, over a foot long, also stabbed towards my neck.

  I was both anxious and afraid, it's too late to retreat, so I just swung the wooden chair in my hand, and smashed it down towards the white tiger with all my might.

  The White Tiger's move was actually a feint, and when he saw me smashing the wooden chair towards him, he immediately dodged out of the way. The chair heavily smashed onto the ground, instantly breaking two legs, and slid away diagonally.

  My heart was racing as I hastily rushed over to pick up the chair leg. But White Tiger wouldn't give me any more time, he launched a flurry of swift attacks, forcing me to retreat continuously.

  The knife in his hand was either chopping or slashing, or stabbing or slicing, making me unable to counterattack, and I could only barely dodge and retreat to protect myself, let alone pick up the chair leg to fight back.

  Facing a formidable foe in close combat, I'm still a true novice and an average hand, so I can only ask for self-preservation, not daring to seek injury to the enemy.

  I kept backing away, and soon I was at the doorway between the kitchen and living room. At this moment, my brain suddenly remembered that there were many things in the kitchen that could be used as weapons, so I took a big step back, quickly turned around, looked around, then took another step back, rushed to the side of the trash can, kicked it with one foot, and sent the trash-filled trash can flying towards the white tiger.

  The White Tiger didn't seem to have anticipated this move either, and in his momentary stun, his entire face was pelted with trash, even his eyes couldn't be opened. He instinctively reached out to rub his eyes, forgetting to swing the knife in his hand.

  Taking advantage of the white tiger's desperate eye-rubbing moment, I quickly grabbed a kitchen knife and aimed at the white tiger's right hand holding the knife. With a gritted teeth, I ruthlessly chopped down.

  Just then, I heard a loud noise. The vegetable knife in my hand coincidentally chopped the knife in White Tiger's hand. The two knives collided and I felt a slight numbness in my right hand. However, the knife in White Tiger's hand made a "clanging" sound and fell to the ground.

  I was accumulating momentum and struck, he was completely unguarded, so I immediately gained the upper hand. As the saying goes "when you have the momentum, don't spare anyone", so I quickly moved forward and gave White Tiger another slash, this slash directly chopped at his neck, and with one swift motion, he was knocked to the ground.

  This time I still didn't dare to use excessive force, using the back of a cleaver, only knocking White Tiger unconscious without actually killing him.

  I dare not kill people, unless it is a moment of life and death, maybe I will kill people in desperation to protect myself.

  I calmed down a bit, found a rope and tied the white tiger up tightly, then thought of calling Li Huanhuan.

  I'm just a temporary guest here, and many things are more suitable for Li Huanhuan to handle. So I told her everything and let her inform the person in charge of this base, and see how they deal with such incidents.

  Li Huanhuan quickly brought over several soldiers, her face tense, in stark contrast to the calmness of the men she had brought with her.

  Li Huanhuan introduced the soldiers to me: "This is Ji Guofu, Captain Ji, who is in charge of security work on our side. These are Captain Ji's soldiers, they came to help."

  I hastily shook hands with Ji Guofu, and then told him in detail about what had happened here. Ji Guofu felt very unbelievable of my words, but after he saw the white tiger caught by me with his own eyes, he no longer doubted.

  Soldiers have always been decisive and swift in their actions, so Ji Guofu didn't say much else and left with Bai Hu.

  Li Huanhuan stayed behind and said worriedly: "I just left for a while, how did the White Dragon Association people find you?"

  I also found it a bit strange, but I remembered that Li Huanhuan had used the computer here and contacted Qinglong, so I didn't think much of it: "Maybe he looked up the address through the internet and snuck in... It's nothing, now that I've caught you, don't worry about it."

  Li Huan gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "This is not right. Think about it, this is a military base with dense sentry posts and strict vigilance. How did the White Tiger get in? And how did he find your address so quickly? I suspect someone is secretly helping him, collaborating with him from inside and outside. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to break in here so easily."

  It just occurred to me and I couldn't help but feel a little scared: "In that case, isn't this place quite dangerous?"

  Li Huanhuan furrowed her brow and remained silent, but took out her phone, it was unclear who she was contacting. Judging from her expression, she looked very serious.

  I quietly watched Li Huanhuan and someone else get in touch, and also heard some of their conversation. The general idea of Li Huanhuan was to find a new place to live again, to avoid what happened earlier from happening again.

  After Li Huan hung up the phone, I couldn't help but ask her: "Who were you talking to? Is it the person in charge here?"

  Li Huanhuan shook her head, still looking very serious: "She is a government official who keeps in touch with me. She is responsible for my personal safety and life, so I will look for her if something happens."

  I nodded: "If I could change places to live, maybe it would be safer. But I think I need to leave here immediately, the goal of Wanlonghui is me, and I will drag you down if I stay here."

  Li Huanhuan looked at me, with a hint of confusion in her eyes: "What do you think I am? At this time, you're still being so cautious. Am I, Li Huanhuan, the kind of person who would abandon friends when faced with danger? Remember this, if you say something like that again, I...I'll never speak to you again!"

  I could only smile bitterly, my intention was clearly for Li Huanhuan's own good, but when it came to Li Huanhuan, she began to misunderstand. There was no way out, I could only nod and say: "I remember! Sister, what you said counts, isn't that enough?"

  Li Huanhuan looked at me, and the face that was originally somewhat angry suddenly showed a smile: "This is obedient. Good little brother, wait for the government's people to call us back, maybe after a while we can leave here."

  I smiled and thought of the White Dragon Society, so I asked casually: "Isn't the White Dragon Society the penal department within the Ten Thousand Dragons Society? Why would they send someone to kill me?"

  Li Huanhuan hesitated for a moment, also somewhat puzzled, and said: "Generally, this kind of thing would be handled by the Red Dragon Society. This time is a bit unusual. However, in my opinion, could it be that because the Wanlong Society was recently cracked down by the government, suffering heavy losses, and being short-handed... they sent someone from the White Dragon Society to kill you, which is also quite normal."

  I thought so too, and didn't say anything more. Just then, Li Huanhuan's phone rang, she listened for a while, and then said to me: "We'll leave here soon, first go to the government office building to wait, they will arrange another place for us to stay. Let's start packing our luggage now."

  I quickly helped Li Huanhuan pack her luggage, put some of Li Huanhuan's private things in a large trunk, and then pulled the trunk to the door to wait for the car sent by the government.

  I've gotten used to moving to different places, so I didn't think much of it and just patiently waited for the government to send a car to pick us up.