Free Web NovelChapter 89: Chapter 89: Dark Arrows Are Hard to Defend Against
"Do you think I’m not anxious?"
Zhao Youquan slammed his cup onto the table and continued.
"Zao City Biological Laboratory has national support behind it, you dare to offend them? I don’t dare!"
Half a month ago, Zhao Qisheng had called Zhao Youquan, warning him not to mess with Wang Hao anymore, as he was not someone they could afford to offend; if anything happened, even Zhao Qisheng wouldn’t be able to protect him.
With Zhao Qisheng making himself so clear, Zhao Youquan no longer dared to trouble Wang Hao.
"Hmph, don’t come begging me when the next village chief election comes around!"
Zhou Mazi, seeing Zhao Youquan looking so feeble and dejected, was so angry he couldn’t stand it any longer and left Zhao Youquan’s house.
But Zhou Mazi couldn’t let go of what had happened; his more than thirty thousand worth of storage batteries had been tricked away by Wang Hao, and the medical expenses from the beatings had cost him tens of thousands as well. He couldn’t swallow this grievance.
To vent his frustration, Zhou Mazi called up a gang of thugs, planning to go to the county town to have some fun and unwind.
"Stop, stop! Stop the car!"
At a street intersection, Zhou Mazi, looking outside the car window, suddenly became very excited, telling the driver to stop and staring intently across the road.
"Bro Mazi, what did you see?"
A young thug in the car followed Zhou Mazi’s gaze and then revealed a wicked smile. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
"Bro Mazi, you’ve got good taste, that chick is seriously pretty!"
"Get lost, don’t talk nonsense!"
Zhou Mazi pushed the young thug’s head away, his eyes growing more and more sinister as he looked across the street.
Across the road, Xia Xue was standing in front of a store, looking at the newly installed sign, feeling as if someone was watching her from behind.
When she turned her head to look, she saw no one; only a car speeding away.
Xia Xue didn’t take it to heart.
That morning, Xia Xue had also called Wang Hao, asking him to come over tomorrow if he had time to see her company. So, she had to get the sign up today.
"A bit more to the right, come back a bit, good, that’s it!"
Xia Xue was carefully instructing the workers, feeling extremely happy inside, because she would see Wang Hao tomorrow; it’s been almost half a month since they last saw each other.
"Achoo!"
Wang Hao, who was researching centipedes in the mountains, suddenly sneezed.
"Are you trying to get us killed? Sneezing at a time like this, run!"
Su Zhenping, terrified by Wang Hao’s sneeze, immediately took to his heels and ran.
The two were in the Blood Ganoderma cave, and Wang Hao’s sneeze had startled a dozen or so centipedes that were about to lay eggs.
The male centipedes guarding the cave, protective of the egg-laying females, charged at them upon hearing the noise.
"Fuck!"
Wang Hao, seeing a mass of centipedes surging towards him, cursed loudly and quickly turned to run away.
After running a distance, Su Zhenping took out a bag from inside his clothes and poured some insect-repellent powder on the ground.
The centipedes stopped their pursuit after smelling the powder.
"You little bastard, were you trying to kill me?"
Su Zhenping gasped for air and cursed.
"I didn’t want to, but I just couldn’t hold it in!"
Wang Hao rubbed his nose and, wiping the sweat from his forehead, continued.
"I don’t know who’s thinking about me, but can’t they wait until after I’ve caught the Little Red Giant Centipede? They almost got me killed!"
Wang Hao, noticing that Su Zhenping was annoyed, tried to lighten the mood with a joke.
No sooner had he spoken than Su Zhenping dangled a Red Giant Centipede, as thick as a chopstick, in front of Wang Hao’s eyes.
"You’re really something, Uncle Su. When did you manage to catch it?"
Wang Hao exclaimed with surprise.
The purpose of their trip was to catch the Little Red Giant Centipede for research.
After pondering over the past half month, Su Zhenping had basically mastered the technique of breeding centipedes.
After sacrificing dozens of ordinary centipedes, Su Zhenping finally felt confident in keeping the Red Giant Centipedes alive.
Thus, the two decided to head to the mountains to capture freshly hatched Little Red Giant Centipedes.
"My decades of hard work haven’t been in vain." frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
Su Zhenping chuckled as he packed the Little Red Giant Centipede into a bag and then descended the mountain.
The Red Giant Centipede contains potent venom.
The venom from just one could kill all the villagers in an entire village, so they had to be extra careful when breeding them.
They dug a basement at Su Zhenping’s house, which they had already reinforced for breeding, ensuring that as long as the door was shut behind them, the centipedes would definitely not escape.
The newly hatched centipedes could only be fed tiny insects, something Su Zhenping had already prepared for.
But the Red Giant Centipede wasn’t like ordinary centipedes, of course, the substances needed for their growth were different, too.
Therefore, Su Zhenping injected some nutritional substances into the insects and sometimes directly fed the centipedes nutrient solutions.
"Alright, Red Giant Centipedes don’t like bright environments; they need to gather venom in the dark. Let’s allow the little centipedes to rest now!"
Su Zhenping and Wang Hao left the basement, carefully checking the door locks twice before turning off the lights and leaving.
The growth of the little centipedes didn’t happen so fast, so Wang Hao decided to visit Xia Xue tomorrow and might stay for a few more days, thus the responsibility of looking after the centipedes fell on Su Zhenping’s shoulders.
Su Zhenping understood, since breeding the centipedes was something he enjoyed doing anyway.
"Wang Hao, when you go to the county town tomorrow, visit Chen Hongying if you have time. You know her phone number and address."
Su Zhenping reminded Wang Hao.
"I think that woman isn’t very reliable, she gobbled up 1.5 million for that Blood Ganoderma!"
Wang Hao felt bitter whenever he thought about the previous sale of the Lingzhi, after all, it was a substantial sum.
"Haha!"
Su Zhenping couldn’t help laughing and then said,
"That’s in the past, and you didn’t fuss about it at the time, right? After all, she has been in this industry for so many years, and we are just beginning. It’s better not to make enemies."
"Besides, she has quite a few resources at her disposal. Even if not for anything else, getting those resources will be beneficial for us!"
After contemplating, Wang Hao felt it made sense and agreed to visit her.
Seeing Wang Hao nod, Su Zhenping also smiled contentedly. The young lad could indeed be taught.
After leaving Wang Hao with some more instructions, Wang Hao went home. They didn’t go to Dragon Pool Spring that night, so Wang Hao slept until daylight.
The next day, Wang Hao got up early to pack his belongings and catch a ride to town.
"Beep—Beep—"
As Wang Hao was walking, suddenly a harsh honk came from behind.
Wang Hao thought to himself that he was already walking on the sidewalk, not blocking the way, so what more did they want?
But he was in a hurry to catch his ride and didn’t want to be late, so he didn’t bother arguing with the driver and moved further to the side.
Yet the car continued to honk wildly.
So Wang Hao stopped, turned around to see which asshole wasn’t watching where they were going, hadn’t they seen that he was already as far to the side as possible?
He stood there, motionless, allowing the car to pass first, but the honking still continued.
This person must be looking for trouble, Wang Hao could no longer endure it.
He walked up to the small sedan; though the car wasn’t new, it was still a rarity at that time.
But Wang Hao wasn’t afraid and knocked on the window of the driver’s side.
Just as the window rolled down, the anger in Wang Hao’s heart disappeared as quickly as smoke disperses.
Unexpectedly, the driver was none other than the second-in-charge of the gambling den, Sun Lao Er, who had helped Wang Hao back at the gambling den and the police station.
"Second Master, it’s you!"
