novelhk Chapter 75 A Gift from the New World
Chapter 75 A Gift from the New World
The explosion caused severe traffic congestion in the entire area near the Yuejiang Times Building, with sirens blaring everywhere. In this tense moment, no one noticed that on the roof of another building, the Yuejiang Financial Building, which was a hundred meters tall and located just across the street from the Yuejiang Times Building, a young man in a light gray trench coat was standing.
The young man had delicate features, yet his indifference made him seem unlike someone who possessed human emotions.
He stood on the edge of the rooftop, his eyes slightly lowered, looking down at the panicked crowd below.
Just then, the sound of a woman leisurely humming a nursery rhyme drifted from the hallway.
People with a keen ear for music can recognize that this melody comes from a very famous lullaby called "Hush Little Baby".
As the clattering of high heels grew clearer, a stunningly beautiful woman appeared on the rooftop of the Yuejiang Financial Building.
The woman had a traditional Eastern appearance, but had dyed her hair light blonde and was about thirty years old. She wore a red, tight-fitting knitted long dress and a white, cocoon-shaped long fur coat.
The emerald and diamond earrings she wore refracted a beautiful light under the moonlight, making the woman's face even more radiant and beautiful.
She was very tall, and with her red high heels, she was almost as tall as the young man. From the moment the woman arrived, his gaze never left the young man.
"ZZ, weren't the fireworks beautiful tonight?" The woman called the young man's name affectionately, as if they were long-lost friends.
Jiang Lin slowly turned around, his trench coat fluttering in the wind, and looked at the woman with no warmth in his eyes: "Mia."
"ZZ, are you not welcoming me?" Mia opened her arms to Jiang Lin, revealing a fox-like smile. "Or... are you not welcoming this new world?"
Jiang Lin chuckled: "Are you alone?"
Mia clapped her hands, and another man in a dark green suit emerged from the shadows of the staircase.
The man was not tall, about 1.75 meters, with brown hair and wearing a black feather mask that covered half of his face and eyes. Judging from his build, he was also a young man.
Mia raised her hand, revealing her bright red nail polish: "This is the newly promoted number 23. You can call him Sifeng."
A young man named Sifeng walked up to Jiang Lin carrying a black leather suitcase, stopped a meter away, opened the suitcase, and smiled, saying, "Please accept this gift from the New World."
Inside the black leather suitcase was an incredibly luxurious sapphire necklace. The necklace featured 19 top-quality Sri Lankan sapphires paired with hundreds of diamonds of varying sizes, and was estimated to be worth over ten million M dollars.
Jiang Lin glanced at it casually and scoffed, "Women's things, you're giving them to me?"
Hearing the sarcasm in Jiang Lin's tone, Si Feng's lips curled slightly, and his eyes behind the mask revealed a strong predatory nature, with a hint of insubordination.
"I heard from 17 that you have a pet, so consider this a little gift for the pet," Mia said softly, breaking the awkward silence with her arms crossed.
Jiang Lin's eyes flickered slightly: "Speak, what do you want with me?"
“We have some activities coming up, and if we’re unlucky, we might need ZZ’s help out a little.” Mia stepped forward and closed the black leather suitcase, then carried it to Jiang Lin, revealing a black mole on the back of her fair hand.
Seeing the woman's determined expression, as if she wouldn't let him leave unless he accepted the gift, Jiang Lin chuckled and raised his hand to take it, saying, "Then good luck!"
After Jiang Lin left, only the two of them remained on the rooftop.
Si Feng looked at the woman in confusion: "Mia, what is Z's code name in the organization?"
Sifeng, originally codenamed 41, was promoted to 23 last month due to his outstanding performance. Mia, codenamed 15, is a whole rank higher than Sifeng.
Before arriving in Hangzhou, Si Feng thought that Mr. Z, whom Mia had described as very capable, was a shrewd and calculating middle-aged man. He was surprised to find that Mr. Z was actually younger than him.
“You’re not qualified to know,” Mia scoffed, swaying her slender waist as she warned Sifeng, “I advise you not to mess with him. ZZ isn’t as easy to bully as he looks.”
Star Moon Hotel.
Chen Jiangqiao thought Ji Xingyi had booked a double room, but he didn't expect that the elevator would go straight to the top floor and he would be greeted by the presidential suite.
"Damn it, they're so rich!" Chen Jiangqiao's mind was still churning with complaints when his buttocks were already pressed against the soft, comfortable bed.
"Come here!" Ji Xingyi said coldly to Chen Jiangqiao from the bar.
Chen Jiangqiao approached Ji Xingyi with slight hesitation: "Aren't we supposed to be in bed? Are you sure you want to do it here?"
Ji Xingyi ignored what Chen Jiangqiao was saying, poured himself a glass of wine, took out a card from his wallet, and said to Chen Jiangqiao, "Help me investigate what happened today."
"Huh?" Chen Jiangqiao was stunned, and the next second his heart sank: "You mean this? Then why are we booking a room!"
The complaining tone made Ji Xingyi understand the last sentence. Ji Xingyi stared at Chen Jiangqiao with a sinister look. He didn't expect that this guy was still up to his old tricks.
"Don't always blame me! It's you who always says things that are misleading!" Chen Jiangqiao was so frightened that the hairs on his body stood on end. He still vividly remembered the feeling of being beaten into a pig's head last time.
"I've caused a misunderstanding?" Ji Xingyi felt a throbbing pain in his temples. After suppressing his rising anger, he gritted his teeth and steered the conversation back on track: "Two hundred thousand, you help me investigate this matter."
"You believe me now?" Chen Jiangqiao coughed twice, sat down opposite Ji Xingyi, and said arrogantly, "It's not impossible, but..."
"Five hundred thousand!" Ji Xing kept adding money on the spot.
The man's extravagant spending sent chills down Chen Jiangqiao's spine: "Are you serious? You want me to investigate Jiang Lin?"
"It's not about investigating Jiang Lin, it's about investigating this matter," Ji Xingyi corrected seriously.
"Isn't that the same thing?" Chen Jiangqiao rolled his eyes inwardly. "With that much money, you could hire a very professional private investigator."
“I don’t want anyone else to know about this,” Ji Xingyi refused.
Once it's classified as a terrorist attack, it will escalate to the societal level, and the fewer people who know, the better. Besides, using the Ji family's connections to hire private investigators could easily be discovered by Old Master Ji, which would cause even bigger trouble.
Currently, Chen Jiangqiao is the most suitable tool he can use.