Temporary Bodyguard 34

Chapter 34 Dolls(3)

Gao Yusheng looked back at Zhai Chen without a word. At first glance, his bright and dark eyes seemed to be full of tears, but when he was to look at it carefully, it was nothing. Probably just the illusion after years of grievances.

Zhai Chen couldn’t see Tian Ci crying ever since he was a child.

“You finally admit it.” Gao Yusheng looked down and his voice was hoarse.

“I thought that since you are a grown man now, you don’t need me anymore.” Zhai Chen sighed and regretted his thought before. He was going to tell Gao today, but he couldn’t now. It would be like a useless salvage of his dignity.

Gao Yusheng stared at him without saying anything.

“It’s my bad, I’m sorry. Don’t be angry, OK?” Zhai Chen held Gao’s arm, shook it left and right gently, said that as if he was soothing a child quietly, and deliberately put his mouth near Gao’s face. “OK?”

Secretary Zheng, who came to deal with trivial matters for Gao, came over with the things given by the program group and saw this. Words stuck in his throat, he almost tripped by this scene. Zheng turned back to the corner and patted on the chest, from which his heart was about to jump out. As a personal secretary, he finally saw something he shouldn’t have.

Gao Yusheng turned his face away, and his ear tip was slightly red: “What did you mean last night by saying ‘I’ll be there tomorrow’?”

“Huh?” Zhai Chen thought about it, and suddenly a wry smile came across his face: “That was me promising the kindergarten head that I would go to help recruit students today. Do you think I was talking about coming to the show?”

Speaking of going to kindergarten, Zhai Chen took Gao Yusheng’s wrist and took a look at the watch. It wasn’t early, they had to hurry to the kindergarten. Zhai smiled, pushing Gao forward: “It was Zhai Jianguo who dealt with my ID, no one can find out.”

The details of their escape from the village were too unbelievable and it wouldn’t be able to withstand a careful investigation. In order to protect Zhai Chen, Zhai Jianguo abused his power and made some adjustments to his information. It can’t be discovered even from the inside.

No one can be trusted for these things, no one but Gao. Zhai and Gao were the beginning of each other’s new life. They knew everything about each other and had nothing to hide, which made Zhai Chen feel more relaxed than ever.

Of course, it wasn’t subtle for Gao Yusheng. He also felt the intimacy that Zhai Chen’s words indicated. His expressions gradually turned better, and his lips gradually rose.

Zhai Chen pushed him all the way to the parking lot: “I promised the head of the kindergarten to be there. I’ll drive you to your company now and I’ll pick you up after work, eh?” Zhai took the car keys from Gao Yusheng’s pocket. But when he was about to open the door, he heard Gao Yusheng mumble.

“I’m not going to work today.”

Zhai Chen couldn’t help laughing: “How old are you, three years old? You’re acting like a child who doesn’t want to go to kindergarten.”

“I want to go to kindergarten with you today.” Gao Yusheng said seriously.

“…”

As a result, Mr. Zhai had a deadweight at work today. He places a small mushroom-shaped stool by the wall for Gao Yusheng and sat quietly on the stool and didn’t get any troubles at all. Gao seems to be quite ok with the stool despite his long legs, but he felt like that he forgot something.

The phone jingled.

[Secretary Zheng: Mr. Gao, are you still in the TV studio? ]

Secretary Zheng was forgotten.

“Mengmeng, who’s the one that comes with you?” A little girl in a pink skirt asked Zhai Mengmeng, who was sitting on the swing, in a low voice.

“My uncle.” Zhai Mengmeng shook his feet and deliberately avoided the answer the little girl wanted.

“No, I mean the one over there.” The little girl stamped her feet impatiently, pointing to Gao who was sitting on the mushroom-shaped stool.

With his jacket and his deep blue shirt shown, the was like a prince living in a castle in a fairy tale, which made the female teachers peep frequently.

“I know who he is.” A little chubby boy came and stood between the swing and the little girl: “Yao Yao, you can ask me.”

“What do you know? He came with Mengmeng.” The girl named Yaoyao didn’t want to talk to the chubby boy. She pushed him away and tried to talk with Mengmeng.

“I just know! He is the president of a pulsation map. My aunt often watches his videos.”

“It’s not a pulsation map. it’s punctuation map.” Zhai Mengmeng said leisurely.

Compared with the chubby boy jumping up and down, Yaoyao obviously trusted Zhai, holding the rope on the swing, asked: “Is he a good friend with Mr. Zhai? I saw them coming hand in hand.”

“Pulsation!” the ignored chubby boy was not happy and quarreled with Zhai Mengmeng with face close to Mengmeng’s face. “My aunt says it every day. It got to be right!.”

“Punctuation.”

“Pulsation!”

Zhai Chen was setting up a stall at the gate of the kindergarten. The balloons and billboards were already set up here. Mr. Zhai, wearing a powder blue apron, took the flyer in his hands and patiently explained it to the parents who came for consultation. Just a few minutes of absence, two children in the toy area began to fight.

Zhai Mengmeng had not been in good health so he was always casual and never fought with anyone before. But for some reason, he got stubborn got himself in a fight with the chubby boy. The chubby was angry and reached out his chubby hands, pushed Zhai Mengmeng off the swing.

“Ah!” Yao Yao screamed.

When all the adults’ attention was drawn there, Zhai Mengmeng had been picked up by Gao Yusheng.

“Excuse me.” Zhai Chen shoved the flyers into the hands of the parent who was in the middle of a consultancy. He grabbed the handrail and jumped into the toy area. Seeing Zhai Mengmeng’s lips turning purple, he grabbed the backpack, pulled out the oxygen bottle and put it on Mengmeng’s face.

Zhai Chen had been familiar with handling this kind of situation after years of taking care of Zhai Mengmeng. The situation was not so bad, Mengmeng only needed to rest for a while. After giving a hint to Gao Yusheng to adjust Mengmeng’s posture, Zhai Chen quietly pressed the pressure nozzle of the oxygen cylinder.

The chubby boy realized that he was in trouble, so he quickly hid behind the slide. Yao Yao cried in a hurry: “Mr. Gao, will he die?”

“He’s fine. He just needs some rest.” Zhai Chen comforted a little girl, looked at Zhai Mengmeng’s face, and slowly removed the oxygen bottle. “Are you OK?”

“I can’t die before my great undertaking is completed.” Zhai Mengmeng held out a hand and acted like an emperor.

Zhai Chen flexed his fingers and flicked Mengmeng’s head: “Then you should treasure your body, your highness. Call me for help if you need.”

There were not enough people to look after the children due to the students recruiting. All the children were free to play and were gathered in the toy area, watched by a teacher. So it was hard for that teacher to take good care of everyone. The female teacher came to thank Gao Yusheng.

Gao Yusheng was not interested in talking to her and went back to the mushroom stool after giving her the child. Zhai Mengmeng, who had just experienced “the conspiracy of sycophants”, dared not play on the swing anymore. He also found himself a stool and sat next to Gao Yusheng.

“You go to apologize to Zhai Mengmeng!” Yao Yao caught the chubby boy hiding in the corner.

“No way!” The chubby boy shook off Yaoyao’s hand and rode away on a Trojan.

Yao Yao was so angry that she cried. She went to Zhai Mengmeng’s side, rubbing her eyes, said: “He won’t apologize.”

“It’s fine. It’s a contest between men” said Zhai Mengmeng, who shared Yao Yao half-space of his stool and asked her to sit next to him. “If you don’t believe me, ask Uncle Gao.”

Gao Yusheng, who was replying to his secretary’s message, turned his head and looked at the children.

“Mister, have you ever fought with other children before when you were in kindergarten?” Yao Yao sat down and looked at him.

“I didn’t go to kindergartens.” Gao Yusheng put away his mobile phone and answered the children’s questions carefully. When he was at the age of kindergarten, he was abducted by traffickers and didn’t know what kindergartens looked like. But in the village, he often fought with other children just to get a cricket or an iron ring.

The two children were stunned. For them who grew up in the city, that kind of life is unimaginable.

“What is abduction?”

“Abduction is when children are taken away by traffickers, sold to strangers, and can never see their parents again.” Gao Yusheng put it in a simple way that the children can understand the definition of abduction.

“Oh, it’s terrible!” Yao Yao shrank in fear.

“If I had been abducted, I would probably die.” Zhai Mengmeng was fully aware of his fragile body, he said anxiously.

“No matter how bad the environment is, don’t give up living, there is always hope in life.” Gao Yusheng said, looking at Zhai Chen, who was smiling. “One day, your superman will fly to you.”

“I know superman. When children are in danger, he will fly over and beat bad people away.” Yao Yao nodded approvingly.

“My uncle is a superman.” Zhai Mengmeng said in confidence.

“What kind of superpower he has?” Yaoyao frowned, but she didn’t see a superman in Mr. Zhai.

“He’s a super handsome man!” Zhai Mengmeng was elated.

“Hahaha…”

Gao Yusheng listened to childish words and smiled. Every day, he’s as busy as a bee. But he just leaned against the wall and in leisure for an afternoon. He seemed to be brought back to the village life of his 16 years ago, where life was slow and relaxed. He could spend a whole day just watching his brother and the elder children play with stones under the sun.

Finally, the school time was over, Zhai Chen picked up Mengmeng and Gao who were asleep and took them home. Zhai Mengmeng asked his uncle for three yuan. Mysteriously, he ran into a shop, bought something and put it in his pocket.

“What did you get? Why so mysterious?” Zhai Chen picked up the child with one hand and put Mengmeng on his shoulder.

“It’s a secret.” Zhai Mengmeng covered his pocket tightly.

Zhai Chen smiled, raised his hand to Gao Yusheng’s shoulder, and tapped on it, asked: “What would you like to eat at night? My treat.”

“Boiled eggs.” Gao Yusheng looked back at him.

“…” This kid always pokes at his heart. Zhai Chen, who had a guilty conscience, could not refute, and silently brought him home.

Fang chuyang, coming home from work, felt the presence of a stranger in the room as soon as he came in and walked out of the porch vigilantly. He saw Mr. Gao, a warm-hearted citizen with a fortune of over 100 million, sitting on his old sofa, slowly nibbling at a boiled egg.

And his brother, who wasn’t worried, was happily taking out a set of pajamas: “You can take mine, I just washed them a few days ago.”

Fang chuyang: “???”

The author’s words: Uncle Fang: I didn’t see my brother for one day and now he’s a gay. What should I do? Sexy Police Officer waiting for answers.

Temporary Bodyguard 33 （Part 2）

Chapter 33 part 2 Dolls(2)

The host tried to dig Gao Yusheng’s purpose of persistently looking for his brother: “Without him, you would probably still be in the village now and forgot your own home.”

Mr. Gao, the person who asked for help, was handsome and decent, his mere presence could tell others that he’s an upper-class, people. If there was no his brother, he definitely couldn’t be like this now. He would probably in that small village, working in the field, wasting his life in ignorance and hopelessness.

“Do you want to find him to thank him in person?”

There should be no wrong answers for this question, the host thought. She was sure that she could make the audience cry this time. The truest and beautiful thing in the world is gratitude. A “thank you” after all this time worth more than ten thousand words.

Gao Yusheng looked down, went silent for a long time, slowly shook his head: “I want to find him and ask him why he left me.”

Completely unreasonable. The host and the audience were surprised. Zhai Chen, squatting in the corner, frowned.

The background music changed suddenly and finally, it’s time to see whether they had found Gao’s brother. The host raised her hand and asked Gao Yusheng to come forward and open the door: “If he’s found, he’ll be on the other side of the door.”

Gao Yusheng stood up and buttoned his suit slowly. On the big screen, the mountain scenery was put on loop. Those days of suffering and happiness were long gone, but the memory of his childhood was as fresh as yesterday.

With his steps, the camera zoomed in a little bit. The door was just a dozen meters away but it seemed as if it had been a century for Gao to get there. When it came to this moment, the mind made up was suddenly uncertain again.

What if the man on the other side is not Zhai Chen?

What if his brother doesn’t want to meet him?

What if for brother, he was just a friend knew in childhood and not special?

The door opened slowly, and spotlights came through the crack of the door, which made people unable to see clearly. All the people were holding their breath and looked forward to the kind, brave and ill-fated brother Xingxing.

When the door opened all the way, the smoke under the spotlight dispersed and there was no one there. The audience couldn’t help hissing with disappointment, and Gao Yusheng, who was standing on the stage, was also a little confused.

“I’m sorry we didn’t find it.” said the field-host on the big screen, “But we found some clues. Since they are not blood relatives, we can’t find relevant information from the lost children’s database. We can only turn to the police.”

According to the records of the Central District Public Security Bureau at that time, Gao’s family reported the case and sent the two children back to the city soon after they asked the police for help. Gao Yusheng was taken home by his mother, and brother Xingxing went to the central orphanage.

“The name that the little brother registered in the data was ‘Xingxing’. There was no surname, and the age was also inaccurate.” The field-host showed the files to the camera.

[Xingxing, male, age 12-13, parents unknown, birthplace unknown]

Brother Xingxing wasn’t related to any case of lost children, no parents can be found and couldn’t be filed as an orphan. He was just temporarily living in a welfare home.

“He is not an orphan and cannot be adopted. At that time, he was fostered by a lady surnamed Ye. But she was soon retired and he was returned to the welfare home. Later, he was taken away by the police, saying that his parents had been found, and no records after then.” Those were all the clues they found. It all stopped at the moment when the police took him.

Ms. Ye is Gao Yusheng’s mother, Ye Rong.

As the screen darkened, Gao Yusheng stood on the stage for a long time.

The host came to him and comforted him: “Don’t be frustrated, at least you know now that your brother has his own parents, and he should have a good life now. This program will be seen by people all over the country. Maybe your brother will see it, too. Do you have anything to say to him?”

Gao Yusheng didn’t seem to hear it. He looked for Zhai Chen under the stage. After a long time of work in vain, he looked up to the camera.

“I started a company and made an online map app, which I used to hope to find you with.”

He didn’t say the name, but everyone knew it.

“Our map has opened the search mode. Whoever loses something can post a notice in real-time, and the people around can help to find it. If anyone has their children lost, it can also help…” Surprisingly, the show became an advertisement.

The host tried to interrupt, but the director stopped. That was a new public welfare project of the punctuation map. Thanks to the technical support of “finding places”, everyone can post for help free of charge.

When the recording was over, Gao Yusheng took off his suit, put it on his arm and walked slowly out of the studio.

“You advertised on the family finding the show.” Zhai Chen came out of nowhere, smiled and shouldered him. No wonder why this guy goes on the family finding program when recognized him. It was a commercial project.

Gao Yusheng didn’t respond. He walked out, eyes looked down, didn’t want to talk to Zhai. He had said everything in the program, and Zhai still acting indifferently. “Is it true that the whole thing’s not special to him?” Gao thought. “ Am I the only one who thinks about it for 15 years?”

Zhai Chen sensed Gao’s depression, He was surprised: “You are an adult now. What do you want him for?”

Gao Yusheng stopped and took a breath slowly: “Just think of me as a man craving for love. Sorry for all these troubles.”

Zhai Chen was absent-minded for a second, and reached for the one who wanted to turn around and go: “Tian Ci”

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Chapter 33 part 1 Dolls(2)

Zhai Chen, listened to this, while being speechless.

The sad story suddenly turned into an action movie. For a moment, a funny expression went through the host’s face and the topic was changed abruptly: “Our crew found the village where you were before. Do you want to have a look?”

After saying this, without Gao Yusheng’s answering, a picture was shown on the large screen. With a low-pitched voice-over and proper background music, the atmosphere went back to sadness again.

Beautiful mountains, green trees, murmuring water, a beautiful scene that one can not see the whole at a glance.

Voice-over: “According to the description of the client and the results of our survey, we have roughly determined that the village was in T County in the north of S Province.”

The crew of the program did work hard to find the town nearest to the village. All the work was based on Gao Yusheng’s memory. He remembered that there were tourists from other places and a huge stone tablet in that town. This town’s about 20 kilometers away from that village, but it’s impossible to find out where exactly the village was. The camera took pictures of the town and the surroundings and had two children to reappear the story.

Voice-over: “The little Gao was abducted and brought here. Gao’s adoptive father was afraid that Gao would run so he’d tie Gao up in the yard with a leash when he worked in the field during the day. Gao’s brother was a neighbor next door who had been abducted for many years. At that time, he was curious to see through the fence and that very deed made the two children become inseparable

The two children in the video were running in the field hand in hand. The shabby bungalows, uneven fences and ropes dangling on trees flashed through the black and white background.

“You were a child from the city, the family should be able to provide you a lot before your abduction, right?” Of course, the host knew that this man’s the son of Jiuyi company’s boss’, but for the sake of the show’s effect, she had to pretend that she didn’t know Mr. Gao. It would be wonderful if the audience who knows Mr. Gao got surprised when they watched the show.

“It’s OK, just average.” Gao Yusheng said with no expressions on his face.

“… Must life in the village be very hard?”

“At first, they were afraid that I would run and did not let me go out. Later, they were reassured after I met my brother. My brother took me to fish for shrimps, fish and bird eggs. I don’t feel miserable with him by my side.” Although Gao was lack of food and clothing, that happiness was also true. It was all a nightmare, from the train to the mountain village, but from the moment he saw Zhai, the nightmare was over.

“I heard that people were very poor over there. They need to trade eggs for salt in town. Did you collect bird eggs to make better the family?” The host tried to mold Mr. Gao into a sensible and pitiful young boy character.

“It was for us to eat.” Gao Yusheng looked at the host, baffled. It is said that they were poor but not so poor that they cannot afford salt. Otherwise, how did they get the money to buy children?

“… ”

The sentimental background music was still going on but the talk was almost impossible to carry on. Zhai Chen quietly found a corner to squat, he rather no to see all this.

Gao Yusheng turned his head and didn’t see Zhai Chen. His eyes brightened slightly. Last night, he vaguely heard Zhai Chen answered the phone in the second bedroom: “OK, I’ll be there tomorrow.”

Be there tomorrow. Where?

At first, he didn’t expect the program team to find Zhai Chen. But if they did, his brother’s denial had to be a surprise for him!

Gao Yusheng looked at the electronic screen at the end of the stage. The screen itself was also a door. If the finding task succeded, the person found would come out from the back of the screen and meet the person who asked for help. All of a sudden, Gao lost his interest in what comes next.

When the host saw that the guest wanted to jump to the door-opening part, which was of course not good, she quickly continued the topic: “Your brother ran away with you, right? How did you manage to get out when you were so young?”

The mountain roads were zigzag, and there was often only one way to the outside world., It’s very difficult to escape even for the adult women who were abducted and trafficked there, let alone children. And they could bump into the villagers. In an undeveloped place like that, people were used to trafficking. No one would pity them and help them to call the police, they would only send the children back.

“My brother walked with me on his back for a long time, and then we hid in a truck and escaped to the county.” Gao Yusheng simplified the hard process. That was an impossible task that ordinary children couldn’t accomplish at all. Any extra information would expose his brother’s particularity.

This was probably the most boring family finding program of all time. There was no heartbreaking cry, no soul-stirring escape. There was nothing to see except Gao’s pretty face.

“You two were then rescued by the police, you went home and your brother went to the orphanage.” the host continued to make this seemed interesting with the information, “What’s his name?”

“I don’t know his original name. I always call him brother Xingxing.” And for the old name, brother never mentioned, anything for Gao Yusheng to remember.

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Temporary Bodyguard 32 （Part 2）

Chapter 32 Dolls (1) part 2

“The security of the whole house is not up to standard, especially this bedroom. Such a large floor window.” Zhai Chen went to the window and touched it through the curtain.

“So?” Gao Yusheng looked at him calmly.

Face to face with an employer who obviously didn’t believe it, but still cooperated with the performance, Zhai Chen suddenly wanted to tease: “I’ll sleep with you tonight.”

Gao Yusheng: “…”

Zhai Chen couldn’t help but smiled. The man in bed quietly lifted the quilt and made space for Zhai.

In order not to let the employer question his professionalism, Zhai Chen could only lie down beside Gao Yusheng.

Gao Yusheng lay down again, the ceiling light went out in a flash, and the room was in a quiet state.

“I’m going to a TV show tomorrow. You’ll accompany me.” Gao Yusheng turned to look at him.

“Oh, ok.” Zhai agreed without thinking and didn’t bring up anything about him having a professional bodyguard. Zhai Chen also turned around, though he couldn’t see anything.

The room fell into silence again. After a long time, Gao Yusheng’s breathing became even and long, obviously, he fell into sleep. Zhai Chen went a little closer. He took a sniff and his nose was filled with a fresh minty scent. It’s not like it was when they were kids. He needs to remember it again.

I’ll never leave you. I’ll find an opportunity to tell you tomorrow.

After that, Zhai Chen closed his eyes in peace, didn’t know that the person beside him didn’t sleep at all.

The next day, Gao Yusheng went to the TV station as scheduled.

Zhai Chen thought it was the company’s propaganda again and was stunned when he entered the studio. How could he have thought it was a program which helps people to find their lost families.

“Waiting for the news” was famous for making people cry. It helped countless broken families find their lost relatives. Every part of this show is sentimental and emotional. There were two boxes of tissues on the sofa where the guest sit, and small packages of tissues were also provided for free in the audience.

Zhai Chen stood under the stage, watching Gao Yusheng sit on the sofa.

The audience recognized Gao Yusheng, and there was a commotion in the audience. The host was also surprised. She didn’t expect that the guest would be the founder of the punctuation map, who just went viral these days. But for the program’s effect, she didn’t point out his identity and made a routine opening.

“Today’s guest is Mr. Gao.” said the host, a young lady who seemed to have been soaked in the grievance. After a handshake with Gao Yusheng, she began to talk with him: “You are looking for your long-lost brother, aren’t you?”

“Yes.” Gao Yusheng nodded.

“…” So concise and comprehensive, the host had to continue: “Is he your biological brother?”

“No.” Gao Yusheng finally realized that he needed to say something. “He’s a brother I knew when I was a child. He saved my life and took me away from that place.”

“From where?” The host and the audience were immediately intrigued.

Under the stage Zhai Chen suddenly held his breath, this guy signed up for this kind of boring program just to look for him! A successful entrepreneur, in front of all these people, talking about his miserable past

“When I was a child, I was abducted to a village and met my brother. He was also abducted. He took care of me all the time and then ran out with me. If it wasn’t for him, I would still be farming in that village, or I would have been beaten to death by that foster father.” When Gao Yusheng talks, he always brings a special rhythm and is very persuasive. In this situation, it is easy to drive the mood of the audience.

“They treated you bad, right? The family who bought you.” The host immediately grasped the key point.

“I would say so. During the day, I was tied in the yard like a dog and they only threw a piece of hard steamed bun. If I try to run away, They would get me back and beat me up. If I don’t run, I would be working, picking up wheat in the hot, summer days, and looking for firewood in the snowy woods.” Gao told the sad story with his gentle, clear voice and his pretty face, it was enough to break the hearts of all the women who were watching.

The host immediately followed up: “How old were you then?”

“Five years old.”

In the audience, there was a series of aspirates.

“How did your foster father hit you?” This was written in the materials when Gao signed up before. The more miserable and moving the stories are, the more likely they are to be selected. Therefore, Gao Yusheng wrote it as it was, and the host deliberately guided him to spit it out.

“Usually with hands or brooms, and occasionally when he didn’t feel good with those, he would use a bullwhip.” Gao Yusheng said calmly. “I had only my brother to protect me.”

Some people in the audience couldn’t help crying, and the host’s eyes went tearful: “Hid he took the beat for you?”

“He knocked my foster father down.”

“… ”

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Temporary Bodyguard 32 （Part 1）

Chapter 32 Dolls (1) part 1

Gao Yusheng went to pick up Zhai Chen that day mainly because he wanted to talk about the matter of renewing the bodyguard contract.

“Now that the things about cult was over and Yuan Xiaoai’s now in an asylum. Why do you still want a bodyguard?” Zhai Chen was very suspicious of this guy’s purpose.

“I didn’t hire you to be my bodyguard because of Yuan Xiaoai at first.” Gao Yusheng pursed his lips.

“Bullshit…” Zhai Chen was about to swear until he suddenly understood what was the cause of his previous uneasiness. The executioners were indeed arrested, but what about the man who shot them with a nail gun on the viaduct?

Truck crash, shooting, these are obviously not a cult style. The first time Gao Yusheng asked him to be a bodyguard was before the thing “take out list” from the cult!

It was said to be picking up Zhai Chen, but Gao Yusheng drove directly to the viaduct and headed to his own house. Zhai Mengmeng in the children’s seat didn’t care about where to go and Zhai Chen was distracted and didn’t notice.

“Then why don’t you hire some professional bodyguards?” As a part-time bodyguard, it’s hard for him to guarantee Gao Yusheng’s safety. Besides, Gao’s too sophisticated to control.

“I don’t want anyone else. I just want you.” Finally, he acted like a boss with a tone of turning down negotiations.

“If you’re so brilliant, then I think I won’t be able to meet your needs. You used yourself as a bait to catch cult killers! Even Superman can’t protect you.” Speaking of this, Zhai Chen couldn’t help but get angry.

Suddenly, there was silence in the car. The lights on the road came in and showed Gao Yusheng’s tense face. Zhai Chen thought Gao would lose the temper and say something like “Man, you and I are not finished yet”. But after a long time, Zhai heard Gao’s whispering: “I’ll listen to you. Don’t leave me.”

The second half of the sentence was barely recognizable, but Zhai Chen heard it. He felt like being stuck on the tip of his heart by something small and soft. It sores.

Everything that happened in the past converged at the fork of memory with the traffic flow in the evening rush hour. So many thoughts deep down at the bottom of his heart were dug out by this pitiful expression of weakness.

At night, Zhai Chen got his nephew to sleep and checked the whole house again. It used to be against the cult, so it was not so strict. But to avoid professional killers, the security facilities of this house were obviously not qualified.

The front and back gardens needed to be equipped with cameras. The floor windows needed to be bulletproof. And the alarms, gas detection, tap water detection…

Zhai Chen wrote what he needed into the memo and stopped by the main bedroom door. Except for the locked hut, he went through all the rooms but the main bedroom. In fact, this room was the most important one. For the safety of the employer, it must be carefully checked.

Soon, he found himself a good reason. Zhai Chen pushed the door open and stepped in gently. The night lights were on in the room. The blinds were closed well, which is not friendly to Zhai who had night blindness.

Stepped to the bedside, Zhai Chen couldn’t see the position of the bed and got his knees bumped to the bed, almost tripped. Immediately he reached out to support on the head of the bed to avoid falling on Gao Yusheng. They were so close that he could hear Gao’s breathing.

All the light in the room suddenly turned on. Gao Yusheng, lying on his back, squinted at him: “What are you doing?”

He tried to steal a glance at this kid in the middle of the night and accidentally woke him up. Zhai Chen stood up straightly: “I’m here to see if there’s anything abnormal in this room.”

Gao Yusheng sat up and said, “Have you found anything?”

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Temporary Bodyguard 31

Chapter 31 Stars On The Sky(31)

“Twinkle stars in the sky, shines and rests all the time.”

In a cramped hard seat carriage, there was a double-sided TV with a popular Hong Kong TV series on. A beauty in ancient costume holds a lock-shaped amulet recites the above verse with tears. That’s a verse on the amulet which was given to her by her mother when her mother sent her away. The verse is about a good wish, but to her, it only means separation from her mother.

A five or six-year-old boy, lying under the hard seat, staring at the fuzzy screen, trying to fight against the sleepiness.

“How can you let a child sleep on the floor? It’s cold.” An old lady nearby pointed to the thin layer of old newspaper under the boy and said to the man and woman on the seat, “Why don’t you adults sleep on the floor and let the child sleep on the seat?”

“He thinks it’s too hot to sleep in my arms.” the woman said with a smile, looked down at the child whose eyes were not closed. She reached out one foot to block his sight and scolded him in an accent, “Don’t watch TV, sleep!”

Under the influence of drugs, the young Gao Yusheng couldn’t speak out. And without the distraction of TV, he soon became unable to keep his eyes open. In a daze, he heard the man said, “You go to the rest and change his clothes. The conductor will find him suspicious with such fancy clothes.”

When he woke up again, the soft fancy children’s wear was gone, and a pilled old sweater was on. The small leather shoes were replaced by cloth shoes that didn’t fit, in which was sand and dust that could hurt his feet.

“Hurry up!” When the man noticed that he was awake, the man immediately put him on the ground and walk himself.

They had left the train and now in a small town which was completely unfamiliar to the boy. From the building to the people, everything was dirty and dusty. Anyone can see that the place was underdeveloped.

There was colic in Gao’s stomach, he squatted down, felt dizzy and couldn’t see things clearly. He didn’t know how long he had slept, but he was starving and had no strength left.

The man saw that Gao wasn’t being obedient, raised his hand to beat him up. But he was stopped by the woman.

“Don’t hurt him. There’s still a long way to go.” The woman took out a piece of cheap cake from her bag and handed it to him. “You must be hungry. Here. Eat this and I’ll take you to mom.”

The child looked up at the woman. There was a huge mole beside her big mouth. Her skin color was somewhere between pale and yellow-ish. He almost cried when this ugly face was so close. Strict family education made it difficult for him to take food from others, but then he knew that he had been abducted and now for sale. If he didn’t eat, he would starve to death.

Took the cake with mold on it, he ate every part of that cake that was edible. A scent of stale and rotten food came into his mouth, which made him nauseous and vomits directly. Looking up, he saw a uniformed traffic policeman standing at the crossroads, who was whistling and directing the traffic. He ignored his stomachache at once, and loudly he called for help: “Police! help…”

The man slapped him hard, making his ears buzzing before his passing out. What happened after that he couldn’t remember. And when he woke up, he found himself on a pedicab, heading along the mountain road.

It was a village far away, and by the time they arrived, the sun had set. He was sold to a family without children. The man in the family was stooped, and his wife was a skinny woman.

“I want to go home, I want my mother…” The little child ate something and finally had the strength to cry ceaselessly.

“Don’t cry. I’ll be your mother from now on.” The skinny woman spoke a local dialect, which Gao couldn’t understand. She took a dirty towel to wipe his face.

The stooped man came to have a look. When he found out that the child was good-looking, he laughed with satisfaction and also said a lot which Gao couldn’t understand either.

In a dark room with oil lamps, the shadows of the two men were drawn long and long, and their claws were waving on the stone walls. Everything seemed to be a nightmare. Two cannibals bought him from traffickers and were discussing whether to fry him or stir-cook. The little Gao Yusheng couldn’t help crying.

The first day the woman would try to coax him, but when she couldn’t help she ignore it. Gao tried to escape and was caught and beaten by the stooped man. When the two adults went to work, they tied him to the yard with ropes and threw a hard steamed bun.

Gao Yusheng sat on the root of a tree and looked at the bun that was harder than rock. He muttered: “Mom, Dad, my family lives at No.35 Mingshan Road, Xicheng District. My name is Gao Tianci, my mother’s name is Ye Rong, my father’s name is Gao…”

Flutter. A chicken on the fence suddenly flew away, and a small head came out of the fence and looked this way with clear eyes. It was a boy slightly older than him. This boy’s had skin that was as white as his grandfather’s thin fetal porcelain, which was different from the Loess and debris in the mountain village.

The boy looked around, climbed over the wall directly, squatted down and looked at him with head leaned aside and said something in the local dialect which Gao assumed that it was “Don’t cry.”

Gao Yusheng then found that he still had tears on his face: “Big brother, will you let me go? My family is not here. I want my mother.”

The boy frowned slightly, imitating his words: “Mom? Go?” Although speaking slowly and hard, the pronunciation was extremely accurate.

Gao Yusheng opened his mouth slightly, and the tear on his face went through his chin and hit the dusty ground.

The boy took out a small bird egg from the pocket, which was still hot, and put it into Gao’s hand, looking at him with a smile.

“Is this for me?” Gao Yusheng gestured.

“Eat… Yes, eat!” The boy learned Mandarin very quickly. He took the bird egg, stripped it and put it on Gao’s mouth.

Gao was starving, ate the egg with two or three bites. He choked for eating too fast, puffed his mouth and coughed, but he was reluctant to waste the food.

The boy stood up, picked up the gourd ladle in the water tank, scooped out a ladle of water and quickly ran back to him. The sweet spring water alleviated the thirst and helped him swallow the egg.

Unexpectedly, Gao felt a hand on his head and he looked up. The boy was touching his head with curiosity. But touching it wasn’t able to suffice. The boy came closer and smelled Gao’s head like what animals do.

“Brother, what’s your name?” Gao Yusheng held the boy’s hand. It was warm and soft, which made him threw all the terror behind him for a while and couldn’t help holding it tighter and tighter.

“Name?” The little brother looked at him with questioning eyes.

“My name is Tian Ci.” Gao Yusheng pointed to himself and then to the boy, “name.”

“Tian Ci.” The little boy repeated after him, then pointed to himself and said a word he couldn’t understand or remember. Seemed to realize that he can’t understand, the little boy smiled and didn’t say anything else.

But Gao vaguely seemed to hear that he said: “Don’t be afraid.”

Tian Ci… Don’t be afraid…

Gao Yusheng suddenly opened his eyes. The train, the village, the black house, and the dog rope all disappeared. What in his eyes was his bedroom in his villa. The sun came in through the open curtains, dispelling the nightmare.

“Oh, you’re awake.” Zhai Chen showed half of his head from the crack of the door. Seeing him sitting, he opened the door freely and drew the curtain wide open. “Look at you, doing all those dangerous things with acrophobia. I dare not undertake a job like this anymore.”

“You didn’t leave last night?”

“Yup.” Zhai Chen answered lazily and left the bedroom.

“My uncle was afraid that you might get a fever.” Zhai Mengmeng suddenly appeared at the end of the bed and explained to Gao, who looked confused. “He said that kids who are scared are prone to fever.”

Zhai Chen came back with his backpack on his back and held Meng Meng under his arm: “The meal’s prepared. In the kitchen. Don’t forget. I have to go to kindergarten. Oh, by the way, our employment contract has ended since today.”

“…” Without waiting for Gao Yusheng’s response, he quickly ran away.

There were two eggs in the pot. Gao Yusheng took them out and held them in his hands. Apparently, Zhai had recognized him. When he was falling from the building, he clearly heard Zhai shouted “Tian Ci”. Why would he run away?

The cell phone on the desk rang and the call was shown to be from “The TV station”.

“Mr. Gao, the television program ‘Waiting for the news’ you signed up for has been scheduled. It will be recorded in three days. Please attend on time.”

“Waiting for the news” was a TV program about finding people, especially helping the lost children to find their relatives. Gao Yusheng almost forgot that he signed up for this program half a year ago and asked them to help him find his brother.

Gao Yusheng asked: “Have you found him?”

“I’m not sure about that, but since I’m calling, there’s an 80% possibility that he’s been found.” The staff said sincerely. The failure rate of such TV programs should not be too high, otherwise, no one would watch. Since the guests have been informed to go, most of them have been found, and those of failed cases would also be informed with a clear answer.

Gao Yusheng crushed the eggs in his hand.

The kindergarten was just as usual. Zhai Chen took the breakfast hanging on the handle of the scooter and handed it to Mr. Yang, the guard of the residential area across the street.

“You finally come back to work. I haven’t seen you for a while.” Yang took breakfast with a smile.

“That’s wrong. I haven’t missed a day” Zhai Chen was talking nonsense, and firmly refused to admit his low attendance rate recently.

Kindergarten teachers’ work is inflexible and boring, in between their time with the children, everyone loves to talk about the news around here.

“It’s so frightening that we have heresy in this city!”

“Tell me about it. These people are crazy. They rushed to the Minton hotel to set off fireworks. Why don’t they tie themselves on those fireworks?”

There was a live broadcast of the news briefing that day, but the live broadcast was in a fixed position. When the situation got out of hand, it stopped working, barely got the executioners set off fireworks. The scene of the disturbance attracted a large number of netizens’ attention. Almost everyone in the city saw it that day. The news couldn’t be covered, so the police just published the truth.

The cult’s blatant way of violating the law caused a sensation in all fields. The whole city launched a vigorous investigation of heresy. Fortunately, the police had taken all the shelters and accomplished the task as soon as they undertook it.

“Why are there so many perverts now? I’m worried about being followed when I go home these days. Looking back every once in a while, I’m a little nervous.” Miss Mi said with a worrying looking.

The real cause of Li Ting’s death was also announced. It was said that her ex-boyfriend believed in heresy. He conspired with other heretics and followed Li Ting to kill her. Those chat records in WeChat with mosaic were restored by the technicians of the punctuation map. Those words of “unbearable” and “want to die” came from the frustration when she wanted to break up with Wang Jinghang but turned down by her parents.

[Mom: Men are all the same, just bear it. ]

[Li Ting: I can’t stand it for even one day. ]

[Dad: It’s normal such a rich man like him to have a bad temper. You should keep yourself in line. Don’t break up with him! ]

Li Ting’s parents didn’t accept any interviews. It was not clear whether they had regrets after learning that their daughter was killed by their “rich son-in-law”.

“It’s good to be careful.” Zhai Chen said casually.

Miss Mi looked at him and said, “If followed by a man like you, I wouldn’t be afraid.”

Zhai Chen raised his eyebrows and said, “This is not right. You can’t forgive a man just because he’s handsome.”

“If it is a handsome man, we can’t tell who the victim is. If it’s you who stalk me, I might let you do this.” Miss Mi said half-jokingly.

“Amitabha! Please show some dignity, benefactor. I am devoted to Buddhism and won’t give in to the temptation of women.” Zhai Chen made a monk’s gesture with one hand.

It was the end of school hours, many parents had been waiting at the school gate. They heard this and laughed: “Mr. Zhai, it’s such a waste of resources for a handsome man like you to be single.”

“Doesn’t it make me a shared resource as long as I stay single?” Zhai Chen leaned against the railing and chatted with some children’s mothers.

He should be relaxed because he didn’t need to pick up Gao from work today, but instead, he was on edge. There were 18 executioners according to the ranking of eighteen Arhats, and all of them participated in the activities of the sacrifice. They were captured by the police and all locked in the prison. He shouldn’t be worrying anymore, but…

“Ah.” A sneer suddenly sounded.

Zhai Chen raised his head, looking right into Gao Yusheng’s cold and dark eyes, and suddenly he stopped worrying: “Sir, are you here to pick up your kid as well?”

Mr. Gao, who was dressed in a suit and looked good, was extremely eye-catching among a group of parents and grandparents. Everyone looked at him, and some even recognized him.

“I’m here to pick you up.”

All of a sudden, there was a moment of silence around. The parents who just heard the tone of the no-woman thing was like: “…”

Zhai Chen: “… ”

This naughty boy!

The author’s words: It is the end of the first volume.

“Twinkle stars in the sky, shines and rests all the time.”
This verse came from the novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, in which it was carved on A Zhu’s locked-shaped amulet by Ruan Xingzhu.

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Chapter 30 Stars On The Sky(30)

The whole venue was in a mess, and the security guards were still busy evacuating the crowd. When they saw that more than a dozen people were taking Mr. Gao away. These people were walking so fast that the security guards couldn’t catch up.

Zhai Chen wasn’t paying attention and let them had Gao Yusheng. He swept his legs with the hose in his mouth and broke the legs of two men on the side. The two people holding Gao Yusheng’s left arm suddenly screamed and fell to the ground. Gao Yusheng quickly put his left wrist to his right hand and reached out two fingers for the watch on his wrist.

The watch clicked, its hands turned anti-clockwise, and the whole dial was like a light mechanical lotus which bloomed rapidly. Strange color of metal quickly extended, covered the back of Gao’s hand, automatically fastened, and instantly became a wristband, or armor, which looked like it came from the future.

Although those two people fell down, the funeral procession was still moving forward, and in a moment, they had stepped out of the venue and stepped onto the platform beside the swimming pool. There were too many of them, making it almost impossible for Gao and Zhai to win.

Zhai Chen lunged up, pulled out the parasol by the pool with one hand, turned it around in his hand and then swang it with all his strength.

The swing was intimidating, and the nearest enemies were sent away. Zhai Chen kept swinging left and right and beat them. He took Gao Yusheng one-handed and pulled Gao into his arms, with the parasol in front of him. Somehow, he managed to intimidate all these people with only a funny striped parasol.

Boom! The gate between the platform and the infield suddenly began to close. It was an iron gate used to prevent guests from entering the pool at night, and the button that had control over it was in the control room in the field. Once closed, it’ll be hard for them to leave the place. There’ll be no more funny businesses, but at the same time, the security personnel was unable to provide assistance.

There were still guests on the platform who didn’t have time to escape. When they saw the gate closed, they panicked. They didn’t dare to stand up and pat the door to call for attention or help, for fear of being noticed by the executioners who looked like zombies. There was a lady squatting in the corner, covering her mouth and not daring to cry.

“Call the manager! We need this open.” Zhai Chen yelled, beat two executioners into the pool.

These executioners were fearless of death. They got up as soon as their being knocked down.

Zhai Chen kicked one to the dining table. The fruit and food were smashed and all over the executioners. He struggled to grab a knife at Zhai Chen.

Gao Yusheng picked up a big bath towel from a recliner and threw it at the enemy, blocking his vision for a second. However, there was nothing handy at hand. All the recliners were fixed on the ground and could not be moved. The only parasol was in Zhai Chen’s hands.

“Don’t hurt him!” A woman squatted in the corner rushed out unexpectedly. She held the executioner in her arm, fell to the floor and stopped him from attacking Zhai.

Zhai Chen glanced back and got surprised “Yuan Xiaoai!”

Yuan Xiaoai, dressed in red, snuck in without anyone noticing. She had the executioner’s hands from behind: “I have talked the star master out of carrying on the punishment! You can’t do this!” The sharp voice of hers pierced the noises, but the executioners weren’t taking it at all.

“Sacrifice with blood!” The one with the knife roared, bent his elbow and hit yuan Xiaoai hard. He broke free and turned around to stab her in the heart. With a parasol hit so strong that one can actually hear it, he got thrashed. The knife in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. He convulsed and spit out two teeth with blood on them. His eyes turned over and he fainted.

Yuan Xiaoai sat there for a long time, staring at the countless executioners pounced on Gao Yusheng, grabbed the knife, shaking.

The gate was burst opened. Several security guards rushed in. Bang! A gunshot, loud and clear, making the guests there screamed, and then quickly quiet down.

A security guard stood by the pool and pointed his gun at the sky. “Nobody moves!”

“Captain Fan!” Zhai Chen recognized the gunman. It was the captain of the criminal police, Fan.

Police were wearing uniforms of security personnel, quickly had the place under control: “Everyone squats down! Hold your head down!”

Seeing the presence of the police, the guests had someone to rely on and quit running around. The executioners also stopped. Some of them were holding their legs on the ground, some were standing still, others were squatting and holding their heads, but their eyes were focused on Gao Yusheng all the time.

Zhai Chen felt those malicious stares, pulling Gao Yusheng against the wall and standing firmly: “Are you hurt?”

Gao Yusheng was just as usual, but his clothes and hair were a little disordered. He shook his head: “I’m okay.”

Zhai Chen looked up and down and made sure that the client wasn’t injured, then his anger began to hit. He looked at the police who had been ambushed for a long time, biting the oxygen hose and squeezing it out of his teeth: “You…”

Suddenly, a man squatting on the ground, raising his hand and waiting for the police handcuffs, stared at Yuan Xiaoai fiercely: “Betrayer! You spilled the secret!”

“I didn’t!” When yuan Xiaoai heard this, she seemed to be stimulated by something. She was about to chop the one who said that with her knife in her hand.

“Don’t move!” Captain fan pointed his gun at Yuan Xiaoai.

Suddenly, the executioners on the ground burst out at the same time, and a man went directly for captain Fan, ignoring the gunshots. But most of them poured on Gao Yusheng.

Zhai Chen kicked them back one by one and swung the parasol again.

Bang! Captain Fan shot down the people who were pestering him and fired with no hesitation. This time, the gun lost its intimidation. Those executioners were like feelingless zombies. They were all after Gao Yusheng.

“No! Don’t hurt him!” Yuan Xiaoai shouted and rushed up with a knife. But she was pushed and changed direction, the tip of the knife were directed at Zhai Chen.

“Look out!” Gao Yusheng was shocked, grabbed Yuan Xiaoai’s collar and put her down to the ground.

Mr. Gao wasn’t being gentle with the lady and the back of Yuan’s head hit the wooden floor, making a sound.

The tip of the knife touched Zhai Chen’s backpack, and the oxygen started to leak. Zhai Chen quickly took two heavy breaths, grabbed a slim woman in front of him and threw her into the crowd like she was a bowling ball. She took down a group of people. The police rushed over and pushed the men to the ground again.

“Gao Yusheng!” Yuan Xiaoai lay on the ground and stared at him for a long time. Suddenly, she got up and shouted while putting the knife on Gao Yusheng’s chest.

“Fuck!” Zhai Chen looked back, couldn’t help but swear.

Gao Yusheng was standing next to the wall, so he had to retreat along the wall to avoid her knife. And two steps away from where he was standing was the edge of the platform.

“What’s wrong?” Gao Yusheng was still as calm as before, the expression on his face was the same as when he was standing on the stage just now.

“You’ve been lying to me these days, haven’t you?” Yuan Xiaoai’s eyes turned red, and she held the knife tremblingly. “You pretend to like me so that you can avoid the punishment!”

“Why she had to come back to her sense at this critical moment!” Zhai Chen murmured, thinking that the situation’s too bad. Slowly, he reached out to the tip of the parasol.

“Why would a senior manager who has worked for five years like me accept such a low salary to work for you? You’re smart, don’t you understand? I’ve done so much for you! You used me, but you didn’t look at me in my eyes. I hate you!” His on her floor also killed her lovely hallucination these days.

Gao Yusheng put his hands behind his back and let the wristwatch became a wrist armor: “So?”

“So I’ll offer my body to the devil just to kill you! Haha ha ha…” Before she finished laughing, Zhai Chen hit her away from Gao Yusheng with the parasol.

At the same time, a man with a mouth full of blood suddenly sprang out. Before everyone could react, he dragged Gao Yusheng down the building.

It was the one who just got his teeth knocked out!

“Tian Ci!” Zhai Chen jumped without even thinking.

Gao Yusheng felt that his body was suddenly in the air. He raised his hand and clenched into fists. The star-shaped dial on the wrist armor turned rapidly. A small metal arrow with barb went out. It was strong enough to penetrate the wall. At this time, he saw Zhai Chen jumping down and immediately opened his fingers to avoid the tragedy of shooting Zhai Chen.

Zhai Chen grabbed Gao Yusheng’s hand and held on the temporary protective net with his other hand, which barely stopped them. And that executioner fell downstairs, looked like a meteor.

Gao Yusheng’s face was a little pale. He looked up at Zhai Chen.

“Don’t worry,” Zhai Chen held Gao Yusheng’s wrist tightly. The oxygen bag behind him was run out. He didn’t dare to delay and directly bent his arm to lift Gao Yusheng to the same height as himself. He took Gao’s hands and put them on his neck. “Don’t let go!”

Gao Yusheng immediately crossed his hands and held on Zhai Chen.

Captain Fan had jumped on the platform and tried to pull them up.

“Get out of the way!” Zhai Chen shouted, swung his body in the air, and made a strong effort, just like a gymnast playing horizontal bar, and got on the platform with his friend in his arms.

Everyone went quiet for a while, and then there was a hail of surviving this.

Zhai Chen caught his breath and scolded: “Damn it, they are all crazy! Murder people in broad daylight!”

“This is the ultimate sacrifice of the cult. When the cult is near its extinction, they will sacrifice in a distinctive way,” he said breathlessly, still holding on Zhai Chen.

“Well, now you know that you should be afraid. How can you not be afraid when you set up such a big game to have the executioners come to kill you?” Zhai Chen pulled him away and was about to give him a lesson, only to find that his face was as pale as chalk.

“If I don’t do this, they will keep targetting me until the job’s done.” Gao Yusheng took a deep breath, looked pitiful. His sweat dripped down the beautiful lines of his chin.

“Are you OK?” Zhai Chen hugged him again.

“I have acrophobia.” Gao Yusheng buried his face in Zhai’s shoulder. His voice became weaker and weaker. It seemed that he would faint any second now.

Just now, Mr. Gao, who was calm about an assassination targeted on him now suddenly became like this. Zhai Chen didn’t know what to do. Zhai raised his hand and patted Gao on the back for a while and said: “It’s ok now.”

Author’s words: The crisis of heresy/cult is over, and there’s one last chapter of Stars On The Sky. The first volume will be over tomorrow~

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Chapter 29 Stars On The Sky(29)

By the time the police found Cai Wandai, he was about to board a plane to go abroad with his family, looked like that they were going to travel. As soon as he came to the gate, he was stopped.

“What’s the matter, man?” Cai Wandai said with his smile. After years of experience as a village head, he had developed a shrewd sophistication which made him seemed that he really didn’t know what happened.

However, the police didn’t waste their time chatting. They arrested him and his family, didn’t allow them to leave the country.

“What has your father done?” Cai’s prospective daughter-in-law went out along this time, frightened by the situation, and asked Cai’s son in a low voice with gum in her mouth.

“Nothing!” said Cai’s son angrily, throwing away his girlfriend’s hands and pulling his father. “Why do you arrest him? Do you have a warrant? I need to see some badges!”

They don’t need a warrant for arresting people. Fang Chuyang didn’t want to explain. He asked someone to take Cai’s son with him.

“You’ve got them. Can I continue my tour?” That young woman, Cai’s daughter-in-law soon-to-be was still chewing her gum. Seeing her boyfriend and father-in-law to be arrested, she tried reasoning with the police and gave up when she found it useless. Then she discussed with the police to let her go now. “I should be boarding anytime now.”

Xiao Ma was surprised by the cold-blooded girl. She’s still thinking about her trip in this kind of situation.

“Stop talking. Take all of them, and don’t affect the customs order.” Fang Chuyang waved his hand impatiently.

Reluctantly, the young lady said, “I need to go to the ladies’ room then.” Finish saying, she turned around to go toward the ladies’ room.

“Hey!” Xiao Ma went up to stop her but failed. She suddenly started to run. Fang Chuyang’s pupil shrank, going after her immediately.

A baby sitting in a stroller was suddenly caught and thrown out by the woman in a run. There was a shriek in the crowd, and all of a sudden the whole place turned to chaos. Fang Chuyang got the child and made a roll on the ground. Xiao Ma caught up with him and the woman was pinned to the ground by the customs armed police.

The baby was crying in Fang’s arms. Fortunately, he didn’t suffer much. “Thank you, thank you.” The mother of the baby hurriedly took it over and thanked Fang.

“Why me? I’m just his girlfriend. I have nothing to do with whatever they got themselves into. I don’t want to go to the police station!” The young woman struggled hard and spat the gum on the face of the armed police.

Some passers-by couldn’t allow this to continue and wanted to beat her, but they were stopped by the police. Though that baby’s mother “accidentally” got past the police and kicked her.

Cai Wandai was arrested and found guilty at lat. The police compared his voice with the voice in the audio and confirmed that he’s the star master Yuan Xiaoai met. There are more than a dozen houses under his name but none of them had anything suspicious after a thorough search. None of them were cult strongholds or held any items related to the cult. They were all clean. It looked like that Cai was just a nouveau riche.

“What’s going on? I explained about the 500,000 cash the last time, didn’t I? Has Jinghang done anything else?” Cai looked confused.

“Wang Jinghang had been arrested for paying murderers to kill people.” Fang Chuyang looks at him expressionlessly.

Hearing this, Cai seemed shocked: “I didn’t know about that!”

“If you don’t know,” Fang Chuyang nodded. “then your daughter-in-law must know. After all, it’s her gift money that Wang Jinghang used to pay. It should be at Su Qianqian’s house now.”

Su Qianqian was Cai’s daughter-in-law. Hearing this, Cai finally got nervous.

The house of Cai’s prospective daughter-in-law was the wedding house bought by Cai Wandai. He was loaded, didn’t care about a house. So he got the house under Su Qianqian’s name. The high-graded duplex villa in that neighborhood was just been decorated and no one has lived. Police found millions in cash in the basement as well as jewels, real estate certificates, car keys, and stuff.

Cai Wandai’s face paled. He looked down for a long time, and suddenly he laughed: “Yes, I am the star master in this city. But arresting me won’t change a thing. God’s always there. I’m just the voice of him.”

“What do you mean?” Fang Chuyang frowned.

“I mean,” Cai suddenly held the edge of the table in front of him and leaned forward, revealing a row of yellow teeth with a smile. He lowered his voice like telling a story to a child. “The punishment will continue.”

This sentence sent shivers down their spines, the police in this room. Different from the five messengers who only care about making money and having sex, the highest leader of the cult in this city believed in their dogma in addition to making money and sex! A cult believer with pursuit, a madman with a dogma, would rather be dead than hand over the list of the executioners.

The police checked Cai’s contacts for two days, but there was no result. These executioners may be students, workers, old farmers, white-collar workers, housewives or anyone else. There’s no correlation, there’s no way to find out. As long as Cai doesn’t tell on them, those people will always hide in the dark and go out to kill.

The news briefing on the 16th floor of the Minton hotel had begun.

This time, it was not only to present the new products but also to clarify the previous rumors. Therefore, besides the partners and the press, they had also invited stars, columnists, celebrities, etc.

Every guest got their invitation letter in advance, with a special barcode on it. Before entering the door, a verification of the identity was needed to avoid any uninvited guests. Zhai Chen had been checking the surroundings for a long time and found the place pretty safe. There were more than 20 security staff in black clothes with walkie-talkie in the hall. After supervising the hotel manager to install another layer of protection around that small platform, he finally stopped worrying.

Because the scaffold couldn’t be built in such a short time, they only installed a protective net which was barely wider than the small platform. But at least it looked more reassuring than the smooth platform.

Gao Yusheng came to the stage, put a small microphone on the collar and raised his hand to tip someone to dim the light, then said: “Welcome to punctuation map’s news briefing. I’m Gao Yusheng, the founder and CEO of punctuation map.”

This briefing will be broadcast live on the Internet.

Ji Xianyu sat in the first row and looked down at his phone: “Why there are so many people watching?”

“You don’t know,” said Secretary Zheng, who was sitting next to Mr. Ji, “After the last show’s release, there are many people fell for Mr. Gao’s appearance.” Zheng switched to the official social account of the punctuation map and showed Mr. Ji some of the comments.

Under an ordinary advertisement about the new product were tens of thousands of comments.

“Honey’s the best, please support my honey’s new product! He needs to make money to raise our baby!”

“Someone wake her up! Gao Yusheng is my husband.”

“When will you post your CEO’s photo? Even a work photo’s enough! I installed the punctuation map in my cell phones and tablets!”

“Really? Unbelievable!” Ji Xianyu was surprised. There were not many people interested in the technology company’s press conference. But for this good-looking CEO, the number of live viewers was quite considerable.

“Being handsome is the best PR nowadays. If Mr. Ji wants to show your face, Xian Yu venture capital would have long been the mainstay of the industry.” Zheng Jing flattered.

Ji Xianyu didn’t know how to react. Xian Yu venture capital was just an investment company. Why would they need this kind of marketing? “The way you do things is different from Gao’s.”

On the stage, Gao Yusheng was talking confidently and brilliantly. Behind the stage, Secretary Hao was coordinating. Under the stage, Zhai was silent with a poker face. Everything’s working properly, just as planned.

Secretary Zheng was a little embarrassed. He quickly distracted Ji: “That bodyguard is also very inconsistent with Mr. Gao. He always brings his personal feeling into work.”

Ji Xianyu didn’t believe it. He saw Zhai Chen in the company last time. He’s a very reliable bodyguard, very alert and seldom speaks. He looking up at Zhai Chen. It seemed to be verifying Secretary Zheng’s words, a staff of the hotel rushed over and handed Zhai Chen a big bag. Zhai Chen moved to an inconspicuous place and quickly stuffed something into his backpack.

Then Zhai Chen took a hose out of his backpack and held it in his mouth, went back to stand at where he was with his backpack as if nothing had happened.

Mr. Ji’s eyes gradually widened, that’s Medical oxygen bottle!

Unlike portable oxygen bottles, medical oxygen bottles are continuously supported after the valves are adjusted. How can he be a bodyguard with a body so weak that he needs oxygen in low altitude plain! Ji took back what he just said and stared at Zhai Chen.

Zhai’s white and handsome face looked much healthier than before because of the blush caused by oxygen inhalation, and he looked different than before. If were to describe it, he gave people a feeling that he was an ancient swordsman with a great sword in his hand.

“… Thanks for Xian Yu venture capital’s trust in us.” Gao Yusheng suddenly called Mr. Ji on the stage, brought the attention of the stunned Ji Xianyu back. Ji showed a proper and official smile and raised his head to greet Gao Yusheng.

The first part of the presentation soon ended. During the tea break, a star was invited to sing. There was a dining table beside the edge-less swimming pool. The hotel waiter pushed a cart to serve tea on the table. There was a coffee maker on the spot. At the end of the song, everyone went to the platform for tea and snacks.

Zhai Chen stopped Gao Yusheng and handed him a bottle of mineral water.

“I want coffee.” Said Gao Yusheng, holding the bottle.

“No, you don’t.” Zhai Chen opened the bottle for him.

“… ”

“If you said so…” Gao thought. After a sip of tasteless water, some people came to talk.

“Mr. Gao, your new product is very interesting, but it’s troublesome to do everything yourself, right? I’m a retailer and I have hundreds of chain stores in touch. How about we cooperate?”

“Mr. Gao, do you have any interest in a voice packet like Cloudroad’s? We…”

“Mr. Gao…”

More and more people gathered around. Zhai Chen stopped a reporter who tried to poke the microphone at Gao Yusheng’s face. With a slight push, the reporter stepped back a few, almost knocking down the person behind him.

“Stay back, please.” Zhai Chen was biting the hose and talking from the cleft of his teeth like gangsters threatening people with cigarettes in the mouth.

“Coming through, coming through!” At this time, a group of staff came in with a big box. They pushed it all the way to the swimming pool. The big black box seemed mysterious. Everyone was curious and gathered around.

“Mr. Gao, what kind of performance is that?” The retailer with a big belly asked Gao Yusheng with a smile.

“It’s not…” Gao Yusheng just finished, the four sides of the big box fell to the ground, revealing a whole plate of fireworks inside. Without any warning, the staff nearby ignited it.

“Ah–” Some ladies drinking coffee on the platform screamed immediately.

“Boom!” Loud noises, and the bright light rose, bloomed under the dark cloud and created dazzling sparks. Normally, fireworks could not be seen clearly in the daytime, but the day happened to be cloudy so the firework bloomed in the most prosperous area of the city, and in a flash, it formed a big crimson eye.

In the inquisition room of the criminal police force, Cai Wandai grabbed the iron railing and smiled strangely and madly: “The star in this city has been put out, but we will prove to the world that star worship is great, sacred and unstoppable!”

Before the fireworks faded away, the staff who set off the fireworks burst in. Zhai Chen immediately went for Gao Yusheng. Unexpectedly, the big-bellied retailer suddenly took off his clothes and got a huge fireworks tube out from his belly.

“Watch out!” Zhai Chen held Gao Yusheng in his arms and jumped out.

“Bang”! The firework exploded, the entire venue was filled with smoke and fire. Zhai Chen jumped four or five meters away with Gao Yusheng in his arms. He fell dizzy and fell at the foot of the group of “staff” who lit the fireworks.

“This city has been destroyed. We will sacrifice with blood!” Dozens of people shouted together, while lifting up Gao Yunsheng.

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Temporary Bodyguard 28

Chapter 28 Stars On The Sky(28)

The middle-aged man fell to the ground and for a while, he couldn’t get up on his own. Zhai Chen stood in front of the little girl to protect her. “Don’t be afraid.” he said.

Upon finishing the words, the closet door behind them suddenly opened, the little girl’s mother shouted and rushed out of it. She had something in her hand and swang it right onto Zhai’s head. Zhai Chen subconsciously held the child in his arms and raised his hand to stop the girl’s mother. Bang! A cheap plastic hanger hit him on his arm. It was not strong, broke instantly. The uneven hard plastic left three wounds on Zhai Chen’s arm.

“Let go of her!” The women proceeded, grabbed Zhai Chen’s arm and was about to bite him. At the same time, the young man who was smoking outside rushed in as well and tried to hit Zhai Chen on the head with a folding chair made of metal.

“Ah ah!” The little girl in Zhai’s arms suddenly screamed and threw herself on her mother, biting her mother’s neck like a beast. Zhai Chen’s hands were free. He firmly got a hold of the chair and stopped it from approaching. Then he swept his leg and brought the young man to the floor. Zhai grabbed this man and threw him to the middle-aged man who just got up.

These two men, like a sack in the truck, piled together and fell to the ground.

Zhai Chen felt dizzy for his lack of oxygen. The woman there screamed in utter pain caused by her own daughter. The little girl bit so hard that the woman was bleeding a river. Zhai Chen pulled up the little girl and quickly retreated to the living room. The woman tried to rush out with her neck covered, but Gao slammed the door and jammed the door with a pole.

Zhai Chen was half kneeling on the ground, putting his hand on the shoulders of the little girl who was breathing heavily and tried to comfort her: “It’s OK, it’s ok…”

The little girl was shaking. Her mouth and body were covered in blood. She couldn’t say a word.

The people in the bedroom were pounding the door. The men were shouting and the woman was crying. The four prayers the living room didn’t mean to do anything with them, staying where they were like chicken. Gao Yusheng passed the oxygen bottle to Zhai Chen, said: “Take care of yourself first.”

“Bang!” The pliable pole was bent and the people in the bedroom rushed out no sooner than the front door broken opened.

“Police! Nobody moves. Crouch down to the wall with your hands on your head!” Fang Chuyang rushed in with others and put the two men who had run out of the bedroom half naked on the ground.

Zhai Chen and Gao Yusheng were also asked to do as told.

“We are innocent!” Zhaichen raised his hand.

Fang Chuyang glanced at him and said: “These people have participated in cult. Take them back.”

“Hey, officer, at least call an ambulance first.” Zhai Chen tamely reached his hands for the police to put on handcuffs and raised his chin to the little girl who looked shocked.

Xiao Chen came up to help the little girl, his dark face was contorted by anger. Xiaoma kicked the fat man several times while captain wasn’t looking and other policemen were purposely ignoring it.

The disgusting middle-aged with devious intentions was the star envoy in the den, called Luo Quanpei. Luo, the young smoker along with the little girl’s mother were directly sent for interrogation. The rest of them were put into a large cell and left unattended for the time being.

Zhai Chen and Gao Yusheng were also put in. There were about a dozen young people sitting in the room, each with colorful hair. At first glance, they thought they had entered a bad hair salon. Hearing the noise, all the colorful heads turned around together and looked at the two people who were apparently unable to fit in.

“Hello, I’m the new barber, Kevin.” Zhai Chen greeted them warmly.

All the them were confused for a second, then stood up one after another.

Gao Yusheng: “…” Got in the jail with a bodyguard, but the risks had multiplied. He’s probably the most unlucky employer this year.

“What are you two here for?” The youngsters were approaching step by step, they outnumbered Zhai and Gao, and looked quite similar to the gangsters in movies.

Zhai Chen stood between Gao Yusheng and those youngsters and sighed: “We are here because we are so handsome that we have affected the city’s appearance.”

“Bah!”

Kevin Zhai didn’t convinced these funny-looking youngsters and the vibe grew tense.

Luo refused to admit that 1326 was a cult stronghold: “I was there for hookers, and someone came from nowhere beat me like this.” He was thrown by Zhai Chen and fell heavily. His back was full of bruises and his eyes were hurt.

Xiao Ma stepped ahead to beat him, but stopped by Xiao Zhang. “Don’t be impulsive, there are monitors.”

“Turn them off. I’ll beat the shit out of him!” Xiao Ma couldn’t calm himself and was pulled out by Xiao Zhang.

Fang Chuyang, suppressing his anger, said: “Hookers? Do you know that the little girl is under 14? What you did was raping and you can be sent to prison for 8 to 10 years.”

“No way! Her mother said that she’s sixteen!” Luo Quanpei was surprised.

“Her mother,” Fang Chuyang asked, gnashed his teeth in anger, “why does her mother do such a thing?”

Realizing that he had spitted out some clues, Luo Quanpei immediately began to pretend: “I don’t know. Maybe she was short of money.”

The police officer in charge of interrogating Zhao Mengmeng’s mother was also trying to restrain his impulse to hurt people. The woman was totally fascinated by the cult and insisted that she was sending her daughter to be purified and it could save her from her sins.

“She had a twin sister, but her sister didn’t survive. God said that she took her sister’s life and was born with evil in her. She always talks to good-looking young men. She is sinful. If she doesn’t get purified, she will be punished by god.” The woman’s neck was wrapped with bandages, her face was sallow, her eyes looked paranoid, and her words were mean.

“Nonsense!” The officer shivered with anger.

“I’m not trying to harm her, I’ve purified myself!” The woman said righteously, and then bit her teeth fiercely, “This devil! She bit me! She wanted to kill her own mother, isn’t she a devil? If I don’t purify her, she will kill me!”

Luo didn’t cooperate, so Fang Chuyang asked Xiao Ma to lock him up for now. Xiao Ma took the man to a cell, in which sat some strong men who were grinding their teeth to kill some time.

After taking Luo Quanpei in, he cuffed Luo on the rail and scolded: “molest a little girl and rape women by means of heresy. If you are so resourceful, you should be ok to be locked like this and squat all through the night!” After that, Ma Tianxing left.

The gangsters waited for the police officer to leave, and then looked at the guy who hung on the rail like a chicken with wings tied. A strong man with gauze wrapped around his head and tattooes on his arms walked over and kicked him: “Yo, a cult head, huh? Deceives women and hurts children?”

Luo Quanpei looked up and shivered. The people in this room did not look like good guys. He smiled obsequiously, “No, it’s not like that. I was arrested for whoring.”

“Do you think I believe it?” the tattooed guy laughed, “Guys, we got our entertainment tonight.”

No fight in this room, the police would notice. But there’s always other ways to punish people.

Mr. Gao, who was also locked up, didn’t understand how things turned out to be so dramatic. The young hippies who were threatening them have given them a place to sit on the ground and listened to Zhai Chen’s talking tall.

“When I was your age, I was in charge of all three blocks in the old town.” These are the stories that Zhai Chen heard from other gangsters when he was doing his homework. This kind of story can never be boring for teenagers.

“Really? How did you take money from people there?” A mohawk boy didn’t believe it. The old town is the most difficult place for them to develop.

“I threatened them, mostly, sometimes physical to keep them tamed. And it should be done with a good plan. Let’s say… There was this dude who sold duck neck. He got up at 5 o’clock every morning to deal with his ingredients. The marinade was prepared the first day, and the first batch of duck neck could be ready at 11 o’clock. If I want to threaten him, I would either mess with his marinade in the morning, or mess with his duck neck at noon. Destroying his money box in the evening is also a good choice. In a word, whatever that makes him feel awful. And then he would pay me as told next time.” Zhai Chen’s words were reasonable and those gangsters listened very carefully, as if this was a valuable lesson for them.

Gao Yusheng listened, and was surprised. This guy had bought duck neck for Fang Chuyang so many times that he knew the owner’s daily routine.

Zhai Chen, who is mainly responsible for carrying things, bodyguarding and looking for business, finally had a chance to give lectures to the young. From how to win a group fight, the management of gangdom to the importance of learning technology.

“It was a good guild until that master who came back from a university overseas brought it to collapse. I didn’t know what to do, so I went to learn how to run a excavator,” Zhai Chen said profoundly. “Knowledge is power, kids. It’s better to pick up a skill, otherwise any intellectual could easily destroy you gang before you figure out how things work.”

The police who came to free the two were stunned at the door. It took a long time for them to come back to their senses and ask Mr. Zhai to go out.

“You two are free to go.” The police coldly let them out and gave Gao Yusheng back the bag of 100000 yuan. In order to avoid any kind of retaliation, the police will not give any reward to them for now. Instead, they treated them as cult believers and offered criticism and education.

“We won’t get involved with cult ever again.” Zhai Chen promised, holding on to the policeman who was going to leave. “Officer, how is that little girl?”

“She’s in the hospital, there’s physical injuries, just mental instability.” The officer sighed.

“Can we go see her?” Zhai Chen couldn’t stop worrying.

“No.” The officer said without hesitation, refused to allow anyone who had anything to do with the cult to know the whereabouts of the little girl.

Zhai Chen had nothing to do but to give up. He could only turn to Fang chuyang later. He walked out of the police station slowly with his hands on Mr. Gao’s shoulder, and thought of the little girl with the same name as his nephew. He was still a little upset: “Tell me, how can there be such a mother, pushing her child into the pit?”

“Not all parents love their children.” Gao Yusheng looked up at the sky. The moon was big and round as a disk, dimmed all the stars.

Zhai Chen looked at him under the moonlight and frowned: “You… ”

“What you just said…Is it true?” Gao Yusheng drew back his sight and led him to the side of the road.

“Just now? Ha, it’s for the kid, don’t take that seriously.” Zhai Chen laughed. He held Gao’s shoulder and jumped onto Gao’s back, floppy.

Gao Yusheng’s back froze and he went silent for a second, as if he was wondering whether to ask Zhai to get off his back. After a while, he started to walk again, with Zhai on his back: “That excavator thing is fake, too?”

“That part is true,” Zhai Chen didn’t want to lie to Tian Ci. “among all the lies. I’m not exaggerating, but I was pretty good with excavators, I could make run on walls in my best days. I have the license in my hand and no one ever found any faults on me when I was with an excavator.”

“…”

Fang Chuyang went back home at midnight, searched several rooms, and found the Zhai, who suffered night blindness, standing in the corner of the balcony: “Why are you smoking?”

Zhai Chen used to like smoking when he was driving excavators on construction sites. Then he quit smoking because of the children. It had been years since the last time there’s cigarettes in the house.

“I’m upset because I can’t see the night scene.” Zhai Chen sat in the bamboo recliner left by Zhai Jianguo, one foot on the top of the railing, smoked a heavy one and slowly let it out through his nose.

“Is this the first day you know that you’re blind at night?” Fang Chuyang gave Zhai an eye and took the cigarette box, lit one himself. “That son of a bitch, Luo, wouldn’t tell us who the culthead is, and he doesn’t know who are those executioners. Your man, Tian Ci, is in great danger these days. Tell him not to go anywhere high.”

“My man? How can you be so sure?” Zhai Chen lit another cigarette after the last one and blew a smoke ring.

“He,” Fang Chuyang sneered, “I know you too well. If it’s not for sure, why are you doing this night eye thing here?”

“Hey, don’t look down upon a poet who drives excavators,” Zhai Chen kicked him and sighed wistfully. “I used to look forward to finding him, I used to worry about him, but now I find him, I dare not tell him who I am.”

“Are you on a TV play? So dramatic.” Fang didn’t understand his logic. “It’s nothing embarrassing. It’s not like that acknowledging your relationship with him would do any harm to his reputation.”

“It’s not that. I always thought that he was a child from an ordinary family. Who knows that his family is so rich? Now he owns a big company. He doesn’t need me anymore. Those things are not good memories for him anyway… There must be a reason for his mother to keep me away from him back then…” Zhai Chen kept murmuring for a while, but he didn’t get a clue. He kicked Fang Chuyang again because he’s upset. “Say something. I can’t even get a response from you. What’s the use!”

“Fuck off!” Fang Chuyang, who was going to comfort him, suddenly ran out of patience after the kick. “Keep it to yourself, die upsetting.”

Zhai Chen finished the cigarette gloomily: “The night not only gave me black eyes, but also gave me an evil brother. It’s all so miserable.”

“…” Fang thought that he’s definitely gonna be sick of this asshole sooner or later.

Zhai Chen for the night, and those cult believers for the day.

After a good treat from his cellmate, Luo Quanpei was drooping and finally gave the police some intel. The main purpose of their den is to give the believers a place for repentance and sacrifice. If you or your relatives did something wrong, you need to repent in front of god. If you want something from god, then you need to sacrifice.

The repentance and the sacrifice is actually the same. You can offer some money, if you haven’t any, you can offer something else.

“What do you mean something else?” Fang Chuyang knocked on the table to remind him to be honest and unreservedly.

“Those supplicants your subordinates have told us everything, so you better be honest. If there’s anything wrong, we have more than enough time for you.” Xiao Ma threatened him.

“Real estates, cas, or… Women.” Luo Quanpei gave in.

Fang Chuyang took a deep breath: “So, Wang Jinghang, Zhou Yufen and Yuan Xiaoai gave you money and made sacrifices?”

“What Zhou Yufen gave us was money. I don’t know about Wang Jinghang and Yuan Xiaoai. They were dealt with by the star master himself.” Luo Quanpei said in a low voice, hurriedly adding, “I have nothing to do with those three things. I only know a little bit. Officer, my lechery’s the only thing, I didn’t do anything unforgivable. Those women had sex with me under their own free will. That little girl was forced by her mother, I didn’t know that she didn’t want to! ”

“How about the 100,000 yuan? Isn’t that a fraud?” Xiao Ma wanted to beat him again.

“That donation was their own choice. Don’t pilgrims often donate money in the temple? He insisted on giving it to me. What can I do?” Luo started to be unreasonable again.

“It’s up to the judge whether it’s illegal. According to the current situation, If you are convicted, you will be sentenced to an indefinite term for defrauding money, raping women, abetting murder by heresy. If it is verified that there were acts of coercion against women and young girls, then you’ll be sentenced to death.” Fang Chuyang arranged the intel and told him without expressions.

“I didn’t instigate murder! I just collect money, god knows that I have never forced anyone!” Luo Quanpei got really nervous when he heard this. “The killing is under the command of the star master. I haven never talked to those executioners!”

“Who is the star master? If you help us to find him, you can get a commutation.” Fang Chuyang gave Xiao Ma a hint to hand the pen and paper to Luo.

Luo Quanpei looked at the paper in his hand, took the pen, and then put it down: “I don’t know.”

“You are the confidant in charge of collecting money, don’t you know?” Xiao Ma knocked on the table.

“I really have no clue.” Luo Quanpei looked like that he’s ready to die for the secret.

“Let’s call it the day. Send him back.” Fang Chuyang stood up.

“Wait a minute, can you put me in another cell?” Luo immediately started to struggle, shouting and screaming to avoid going back.

“I’m sorry, but there’s no other cell left.” In line with the principle of punishing the bad, Xiao Ma told him gently.

“Well, I’ll tell you.” Luo Quanpei sat back and buried his face in his hand for a long time. “It’s not that I don’t want to tell you, it’s that I can’t. I have an old mother in her seventies and a son in his seventeen. If I told you, my family would get killed.”

In fact, the high-level members of a cult are actually fully aware that the cult is a lie. They have their clear purposes, either for money or for sex. Luo refused to tell on the star master, not out of faith, but for fear of retribution from the executioners.

“Your son is seventeen and you put your hands on a sixteen-year-old girl? Shame on you!” Xiao Ma gave him a push and was stopped by Xiao Zhang.

“No one will know that it’s you who tell on them.” Fang Chuyang gave them a tip to turn off the monitors.

“Vice-captain?” Those outside weren’t sure about it.

“Turn them off, both the video and audio recorder.” Fang Chuyang said firmly. With the disappearance of the weak current sound, the whole room fell into silence. “Can you say now?”

Luo Quanpei scratched his head in this dilemma and lowered his head in silence. After half an hour, he said in a hoarse voice, “I can only tell you that you’ve seen this man before.”

Luo Quanpei gave the intel the police wanted and didn’t have to go back to the arms of his “cell-mates”’ .He was kept in solitary confinement. And the criminal police team was involved in a discussion of who the star master could be.

First of all, this man is definitely not the five star envoies who have been caught. Other people known by the police are Wang Jinghang, Zhou Yufen, yuan Xiaoai, the parents of the deceased Wang Qiang, the parents of the deceased Li Ting, Li Ting’s best friend Xu Jiao, Gao Yusheng, who is keen to provide clues and Zhai Chen, who is unexpectedly involved…

There are too many people involved and the police don’t know where to start.

“Gao Yusheng is suspicious. He seems to know everything.” Chen Zhaohui tried to reason with his unwise brain.

“Come on, raid his own den. It’s either you or he is insane” Fang Chuyang rolled up the documents and beat him in the head. “I don’t know if I can find the ready-made evidence. Isn’t there the voice of the star master in the audio provided by a citizen?”

“Yes!” All the people were inspired, and quickly found out the audio.

“Once the punishment begins, it is unstoppable.”

It’s a voice of a middle-aged man, the tone raised slightly at the end. It sounds sophisticated and arrogant.

“Cai Wandai!” Wang Jinghang’s uncle, the former village head of Caizhuang, who took 500000 cash and said to use it on his son’s wedding!

“Let’s go arrest Cai Wandai now!”

At the end of the week, the news briefing of punctuation map was held on the 16th floor of Minton hotel.

The 16th floor is the characteristic venue of Minton Hotel, extending more than ten meters. It goes out from the main body of the building and made it a boundless swimming pool built in the mid air. There is also leisure space beside the pool in which people can enjoy the view.

Zhai Chen, wearing the new bodyguard suit provided by Gao, looked around the venue, frowning. Half of this hall’s in the building and another half extending out. There is no guardrail on the edge. There is only a small platform less than two meters squared below the swimming pool and the leisure area.

“Why here? We told you not to be anywhere high!” Zhai Chen pulled Gao Yusheng, who dressed very handsome today, aside and scolded him in a low voice.

“The reservation was made a month ago,” Gao said innocently. “Don’t worry, I told you they won’t do it in the daytime.”

“Are you the star master? Do they listen to you?” The bodyguard was very angry at this disobedient client. Zhai Chen stopped talking to him and called the hotel manager to arrange safety protection around the swimming pool. The manager said there was no hidden danger. Even if a guest fell down accidentally, they fell on the platform.

“I’m not talking about accidents. What if someone got pushed or thrown?” Zhai Chen pointed at the narrow platform.

“Sir, you’re joking, right?. Isn’t that a murder?” The hotel manager couldn’t understand Zhai Chen’s concerns.

“Yes. And I’m so frustrated that I could use some killing right now!”

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Chapter 27 Stars On The Sky(27)

The projection equipment was on, and the sophisticated laser three-dimensional pic appeared layer by layer, like building a house. The light from the equipment drove the darkness away and people can see again. Gao Yusheng let go of Zhai Chen’s hand as if nothing happened, leaving Zhai Chen lost in his own mind.

“The online map app’s functioning depends on civil satellites, so only the roads and important buildings can be shown and what’s inside a community, a shopping mall or an amusement park are unavailable.” The demonstration presented a model of a shopping mall. The project leader, holding the control panel, started.

To Zhai Chen, all the pics and explanation were merely meaningless, useless information flow which left his brain as soon as they got in. All he was doing was to stare at the back of Gao Yusheng’s head, as if it were a flower. He did that on purpose, right?

“We all know that there’s a difference between punctuation map and other map, and that is: it leaves marks. No matter where you’re heading, as long as you mark a place and give a name, the map will remember it, and make sure that you can find this place whenever you want after this process.” The project leader proudly explained the characteristics of the punctuation map, which is the key for it to stand out from many competitors.

Marks… Marks…

“Brother, why do dogs pee at the root of a tree?” The little Tian Ci reached out a short finger, pointing at Huang next door, which was raising a leg to pee under a big elm tree.

Zhai Chen didn’t know that at that time. He asked Huang’s keeper so that he could answer the little guy: “so that it can mark that place and remember the way back.”

“Well, if I go far one day, I’ll leave a mark, too, so that you can find me.”

“Are you a puppy?”

Mark a place to remember the way…

Zhai Chen’s fingertips trembled a little, the answer goes without saying.

After the introduction of the functions of the punctuation map, the cornerstone of this business project– finding places finally came in sights.

The recently launched “finding places” function allows store owners to mark their places on the map, and then the users of punctuation map can go there to confirm whether the “name, location and content” are like described or not. That is, “finding places op”. The first three arrivals can get red packets for reward.

Although there’ll be only cents in a red packet, everyone can have a good time. During this, almost all shopping malls of all sizes in the country participated in it. The owners don’t need to pay anyway, and it can attract customers. And customers can try one shop after another while shopping and it’ll be a surprise to win a red packet.

“By the spontaneous behavior of users, up to now, we have basically mastered the internal structure of 61.3% of China’s large shopping malls.” The project leader switched to another three-dimensional map, which is a real map of a well-known commercial center in the city. The place-finding mode turned on by simply a click and almost all the stores are marked with names. Click the name then the brief introduction written by the owners will be shown.

Gao Yusheng didn’t need to listen to these things at all and had been glancing at Zhai Chen. He found that Zhai Chen finally regain conscienciousness and was moving to the side of him slowly and unexpectedly. Mr. Gao lowered his head to hide his emotions and made some room for Zhai Chen to stand beside him.

Ji Xianyu knew about this project, and he had tried it on his cellphone. But when he saw this product completed, he was shocked: “How do you ensure the authenticity of these profiles?”

“There is a complete mechanism to evaluate users’ data. The shop can’t be shown on the map without users’ confirmation. At the same time, those who upload false data will be punished and forbidden to participate.” The project leader patiently answered all the questions the sponsor had.

There’re few online maps work in shopping malls, and it is difficult for civil satellite technology to achieve such accuracy. By manually marking the stores to show them on the map, and then the punctuation Company remodels and integrates them. After this, people will be able to use online maps in shopping malls just as outdoors. The commercial project is to use this three-dimensional map to interact with customers.

3D navigation in shopping malls.

What’s the meaning of this? Everyone there was aware of it. The two staff who followed Ji Xianyu couldn’t help but made a heavy breath. At present, this can’t be seen anywhere in China, or even across the world. Its practical function and its being the earliest technology of this sort means high users’ loyalty.

Ji Xianyu, a financial investor, immediately saw the value: “If you want to have an eye-catching logo on the map, or even get a recommendation, the store owners will have to pay a certain fee?”

“Yes. It can also inform users of large-scale business activities nearby in real time.” Gao Yusheng raised his hand and asked the project leader to run a simulation of the activity notification.

On the map shown on the phone for demonstration, there’s a “nearby activities” and it had a flashing dot telling them that a “celebrity concert promotion, guest: XXX”. Such activity notification, of course, needs to be purchased by the owners.

“You can also issue coupons with this map!” Xian Yu venture employees also began to offer ideas, seemed close already.

“The cash flow is temporarily managed by the punctuation map company and and the settlement will be made with the merchants once a month. The amount of cash flow will be enormous during this period and can be used somewhere else.” Another Xian Yu employee eagerly stated his opinion and looked at the simulated shopping mall map as if he was looking at a goldmine.

The three Xian Yu venture capitalists all fell into an inexplicable excitement.

Zhai Chen looked at them and poked Gao Yusheng with his elbow. “Now I know what it’s like to see a salted fish turns over.”

Gao Yusheng chuckled.

The project leader nearby overheard it and was worried like hell. He tried his best to tip his CEO, hoping that he would tell the rude bodyguard to behave in case the guard offends the sponsors.

Fortunately, Mr. Ji didn’t hear it. After turning on the light, he looked at Gao Yusheng with his eyes shining: “The punctuation map has no financial license, right? Then the subsequent cash flow…”

“Two partners have been finalized,” said Gao casually. “If Mr. Ji is interested, we can talk about it.”

Xianyu venture capital is a company with financial license, although sparrow is small and dirty. Of course, Ji is also interested in it. However, we can’t be too eager to talk about business. Ji Xianyu kept his style and went out with Gao Yusheng with a sigh of relief: “the function is online, and the previous negative news can be ignored.”

The ability of a product to resist risks increases as the degree of user dependence rises.

Gao Yusheng shook his head. Negative news can cause a lot of damage to a network company. Although most of the lost users had been saved through the publicity in these days, a small number of them still haven’t come back: “Hold a new briefing before putting the new service into use and clarify the previous problems. Don’t forget to invite Mr. Ji.”

“I’ll be there.” Ji said happily, patted Mr. Gao on the shoulder, trying to get along with him. “How about we go have a drink tonight?”

“I’ll pass,” Gao Yusheng took Mr. Ji’s hand off his shoulder and sent him out. “You’d better go back and get me the money as soon as possible. We’ll have a drink then.”

Ji Xianyu: “…” Gao was so straight forward.

The news briefing’s scheduled on this weekend. With the confirmation from the sponsor, all departments had nothing to worry about and began to actively prepare for the launch of the new product.

Gao Yusheng looks at Zhai Chen: “weekend.”

“Alright, alright. I know. I’ll spare time to give you 8 hours of perfect care, right?” Zhai Chen put out a funny tone.

“Eight hours of care is a sanitary napkin slogan.” Gao Yusheng corrected his words.

Pretending not to hear Gao’s complaint, Zhai Chen fell in the sofa again. Found the portrait of Tian Ci he drew before and compared it with the person standing against the light in front of the window.

… Nothing alike.

Giving up his “abtract” painting, Zhai Chen scratched his head in distress. There were so many questions to ask, but he just couldn’t spit them out.

Gao Yusheng put down his cup and looked at him quietly. The mobile phone that specially for contacting with Yuan Xiaoai suddenly rang. Zhai Chen made a silent gesture, put it on speaker and started to record it.

“Yusheng, it’s me.” Yuan Xiaoai affectionately called his name, just like lovers who had known each other for many years.

“I know, what do you want?” Gao Yusheng answered coldly. Zhai Chen had already come over there to listen with one hand on the table.

“I persuaded the star master, and he agreed to forgive you. The premise is that you have to confess before God!” Yuan Xiaoai sounds quite excited. Obviously, it’s not easy to persuade the star master to exempt Gao Yusheng from punishment.

Gao and Zhai looked at each other, Gao Yusheng carried on the conversation: “How to confess?”

“Tonight, you take 100000 yuan in cash to 1326 in Caizhuang new town. Give the money to the star envoy there and he will tell you what to do. You have to listen to me and do as I say. The punishment is too brutal for you to bear!” Yuan Xiaoai’s voice suddenly raised, made her sound like a psycho, and it quickly turned to a gentle persuasion. “Yusheng, do you hear me? I can’t live without you. I can’t watch you die.”

“I see.” Gao Yusheng answered and hung up. He quickly switched to the monitor interface. The map shows Yuan Xiaoai’s current position, which is on the 13th floor of Caizhuang new town. Gao Yusheng marked a dot and typed “1326, suspected high-level den”.

“Call the police. It must be a trap.” Zhai Chen, who had been dealing with gangsters for years, thought it was not really a redeem for Gao Yusheng. Maybe the executioner ambushed in room 1326. Even if this time Gao can run away from it simply by giving them money, the greedy cult leader can’t be easy to be satisfied. If they got 100000 this time, they may ask for double next time.

Gao Yusheng pursed his lips and made a call via inside line: “Secretary Zheng, I want ten thousand in cash before you’re off duty.”

“Mr. Gao, in terms of security, we should ask the opinions of your bodyguard, which is written in the contract.” Zhai Chen knocks on the table for attention, trying to tell this spoiled how dangerous it may be.

Gao Yusheng blinked and looked innocent. He called the police, and handed the phone to Zhai Chen.

Zhai Chen: “… ”

Thanks to the help of Mr. Gao, a warm-hearted citizen, the police raided four high-level dens based on the comprehensive analysis of yuan Xiaoai’s action track and telephone recording these days. According to those people, there are only five meeting places with idols of god in the city.

After receiving Zhai Chen’s call, they were very excited.

“The last shelter was also in Caizhuang new town. No wonder we haven’t been able to find it for so long.” Ma shook his fist left and right. They ignored the suspicious place, didn’t even think about doublecheck Caizhuang new town.

“We’ll raid this one tonight and catch their leader. And it’ll all be over.” Captain Fan made a quick peptalk.

“No, we have to catch the executioner.” Fang Chuyang’s still frowning when he is equipped. He didn’t think it’ll be all right after their seizing this stronghold. They had caught four star envoies and countless believers, but no executioners. Those executioners are the real murderers. There can be no peace until these killers got captured.

“That’s why we catch the leader, the one they call the star master.” Captain fan agreed with his opinion that there is only one star master in a city and this star master must know who the executioners are. However, the four envoies don’t even know the name and appearance of the star master. This den was their only hope.

Since this executioner’s in charge of collecting money, he must be trusted by the star master.

The employer and the bodyguard took the lead in arriving Caizhuang new town. Zhai Chen found a rice noodles shop, pulled Gao Yusheng in and ordered their dinner while waiting for the police.

This time-honored rice noodles shop was very famous. There was no vacant seat but a lot of noise in the shop. It was crowded, and the waiter was carrying four bowls on a tray, rushing between tables and guests.

Seeing the crowd, Gao Yusheng was uncomfortable. He stepped back and tried to leave: “There is no vacancy, let’s find another place.”

“There!” Zhai Chen saw a table available, pulling Gao Yusheng to tread past. There are two people sitting on this square table who looked like a mother and her daughter. “Are these two seats reserved?” Zhai asked.

The old woman shook her head.

Gao Yusheng reluctantly sat at the greasy table and Zhai Chen went to order. The woman at the same table had a dull look. She ignored Gao and stared at her daughter. The girl was about 14 to 15, having her rice noodles happily.

Zhai Chen came over with two bottles of soda, put in straws and handed Gao Yusheng a bottle: “This place isn’t fancy, but the rice noodles are delicious. The store used to be in the old town until it moved here and became inconvienient for me to eat here often.”

“OK.” There’s no need to answer. Gao Yusheng made a response to show that he was listening and then took a sip of soda. He was wearing a long sleeved shirt. Even with the air conditioner on, he was still sultry in the crowded shop. A sip of iced drink must be nice for him.

“When I was a child, I promised to take a kid to eat all the delicious food in the city. I’m bad with the directions, but I’m good at remembering names. I know where has delicious food.” Zhai Chen said, seeing a guy carrying rice noodles coming out and shouted numbers, he immediately raised his hand.

Gao Yusheng’s hand clenched the bottle suddenly.

“Then did you fullfil the promise?” Asked curiously the girl eating rice noodles.

“No,” Zhai Chen took a pair of chopsticks and gave them to Gao Yusheng. “I lost him.”

Gao Yusheng looked down, and the hot air of chicken soup and rice noodles hurt his eyes.

“Zhao Mengmeng, have your rice noodles, no talking!” The girl’s mother began to scold and stoppped her chatting with Zhai Chen.

Zhai Chen held the bottle and took a sip. He looked at the girl who is pretty and obedient. He can’t help but talk to the girl: “Your name is Mengmeng. Is it because you’re cute?” (Translator’s note: Here are two different Chinese characters that pronounced the same.)

“No, I was named after a verse from a poem.” The little girl shook her head and corrected Zhai Chen.

“It’s beautiful. My nephew is also called Mengmeng, but we named him after lemon the fruit.” Zhai Chen pointed at the lemon logo on the bottle.

The little girl looked at him and smiled. She wanted to say something but her mother slapped her suddenly and the girl dropped the chopsticks in her hand. The woman’s eyes were wide opened as if they were going to come out. She said: “I’ve said that a million times, don’t talk to a good-looking man. The more handsome a man is, the more evil he will bring. If he continues, he will destroy you!”

All the people were stunned. The girl who had not finished eating was dragged away by her mother with tears in her eyes.

Zhai Chen murmured: “It’s not my fault to be good-looking.” The other guests’ eyes were drawn to him.

Gao Yusheng lowered his head and took a bite of rice noodles, pretending not knowing him.

“Would you stop being shameless?” Fang Chuyang heard this when he entered. He went straight to Zhai and slapped him on the back of his head.

Zhai Chen’s face almost touched the rice noodles. He kicked Fang Chuyang and passed the rice noodles left by the little girl to him: “You’re right on time. This is for you.”

“My ass!” Fang Chuyang took the bowl that the waiter had just brought up, and started to eat.

“Hey, you!” Zhai Chen stared at him, wanted to take it back but he thought it’s disgusting. He turned around and reached out chopstick to Gao Yusheng’s bowl.

Looking at his natural and smooth move, Gao Yusheng silently pushed the bowl towards him.

Fang Chuyang is here, then the other police officers should be in place. When they’re done with the noodles, the work shall begin.

Caizhuang new town wasn’t change. The residents seemed to have forgotten what happened before. The children playing scooter were still messing around the yard. 1326’s not in a unit with Li Ting’s place. It’s on the other end of the building.

The corridor here is darker. The light in front of the elevator on the first floor was broken. Zhai Chen could only put his hand on Gao Yusheng’s shoulder to let him lead the way like a guide dog.

“Can you protect me if there is a power failure?” Gao Yusheng asked Zhai in the dim elevator.

“Of course I can! None of us can see in the dark. I am used to be blinded so my hearing’s better than anyone else. I’m sure that I beat their teeth off. I’m like those Kungfu masters in martial arts novels. They are all blind, but they can find people by feeling the wind. We are invincible.” Zhai Chen was talking nonsense, and suddenly a mask got on his face.

“Put it on, don’t let them remember your face.” When they arrived at 13th floor, Gao Yusheng took the lead and stepped out.

Zhai Chen held the mask. He doesn’t care. But after being taught a lesson by Fang Chuyang last time, he realized that he can’t lead disasters to Mengmeng. So he put it on just as told.

Room 1326 was silent and the door was closed. The Spring Festival couplets were on the door. This room was just like others.

Zhai Chen took a picture of the doorplate. This is it. Gao and him looked at each other, and then Zhai sent a message to Fang Chuyang. After receiving the reply, he called Fang, kept it on and put it in his pocket.

Gao knocked on the door three times. Someone looked out of the spyhole: “Who is it?”

“Yuan Xiaoa sent me here. My name is Gao.” Gao Yusheng stood right to the spyhole for the man to comfirm.

“Who’s that next to you?” the man inside are very alert and ask more questions.

“My brother, he’s worrying about me coming by myself.” Gao Yusheng touched Zhai Chen. Zhai Chen immediately picked up the plastic bag and showed it to the man inside. There were 100000 cash all piled up in the bag.

Seeing the money, the man didn’t think much and let them in. He was a young man with a cigarette in his mouth, not a star envoy as yuan Xiaoai said to be. He checked around as Gao and Zhai went in and closed the door when he was sure there was no one else in the corridor.

The room was a bit messy. No sofas but lots of cheap, square mat that is often sold in the night market and printed with fancy cartoon pictures in the living room. The surface of the mats looked burnished. They should be often sat on. There were also four people in the room, each occupying a mat, bowing down with extremely complex movements and chanting. It’s hard to recognize but it sounds prayers for god’s forgiveness.

“What are you doing here?” The young man put out the cigarette and looked up and down with his black eyes.

“To repent, I heard that the star master agreed to spare his punishment, we came to deliver the money,” Zhai Chen patted the plastic bag in his hand, dodged the man reaching for it, took out a cigarette and handed it to him, “Bro, we are not believers. We don’t know the rules. What about the star envoy here? “

The young man took the cigarette and glanced at the locked bedroom door, showing a strange smile: “The star envoy is busy. You put the money on the altar, kneel and kowtow, then read this.” He handed Zhai Chen a piece of paper that was very similar to a take out list. The red paper had a lot of incantations printed on in black.

“Is the envoy in the bedroom? The man who sent us said that we must give the money to the envoy.” Zhai Chen looked embarrassed.

“Yes. He’ll come out later. Go and pray first.” The young man couldn’t get his eyes off the bag of money and said absently, urging them to put it on the altar.

“In the bedroom, good.” Zhai Chen deliberately raised his voice a little so that Fang Chuyang could hear it through the phone. He handed the incantations to Gao Yusheng and was about to place the money.

“Ah!” In the bedroom where the sound insulation was not very good, a girl’s scream suddenly came out and quickly stopped by something.

Zhai Chen got nervous. The voice was clear and high-pitched. It was clearly a little girl! He looked at Gao Yusheng, took a deep breath while putting money, and then turned around and kicked open the bedroom door with a bang.

Mengmeng! The girl in the restaurant!

The bedroom was a complete chaos. A fat, middle-aged man was facing the door with his butt, pressing the frightened little girl under his hand!

“Big brother, help me!” The little girl ran away from the hand on her mouth and crawled out shouting.

“Fuck!” Zhai Chen kicked the man without trousers under the bed.

“Fuck!” Fang Chuyang sweared at the same time downstairs. He took off his headphones and raised his hand, “ Go go go!”

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