Free Web NovelChapter 240: Chapter 240: Being Staked Out
’There are no lights on inside or outside the house. Could they already be asleep?’
Jiang Xinghai glanced at the pitch-black Ye Family villa, then checked the time. It was only 9:30 PM.
Just as he was about to make a call, a message suddenly popped up on his phone.
’Divine Doctor Jiang, the house is being watched. Come to the park a kilometer away. Sister Hong and I are both here.’ The message was from Ye Zhiqiu.
Jiang Xinghai glanced up at the surveillance camera outside the Ye Family villa and immediately understood.
Ye Zhiqiu must have seen him arrive by watching the camera feed on her phone.
’But who would be watching the Ye Family?’
Jiang Xinghai’s expression hardened, and he immediately entered an ethereal state. freewebnovёl.ƈom
His Divine Sense was far stronger than an ordinary person’s. After calming his mind, he detected an aura coming from behind him and to his right.
’This aura... it’s surprisingly familiar!’
’Chuchu?’
Jiang Xinghai thought of the woman who had tried to assassinate him last night, only for him to turn the tables and sleep with her. ’Why is she monitoring the Ye Family?’
After they parted ways last night, he had promised Chuchu he would refine a batch of Gathering Essence Pills within three days.
’In that case... I might as well see her again.’
Jiang Xinghai slipped out of the car without a sound, his figure vanishing in a flicker.
「The next second.」
By a sycamore tree thirty meters from the Ye Family villa, the eyes of a woman in a black cloak narrowed abruptly.
Jiang Xinghai was already standing before her.
"Chuchu, it really is you." Jiang Xinghai felt a complex mix of emotions as he looked at her in her black cloak.
’Years ago, the mastermind who plotted his parents’ murder was an old man in a black cloak!’
"Who are you?" Chuchu grew frantic. He had appeared so suddenly that she couldn’t escape.
Jiang Xinghai was taken aback for a moment.
’Last night, during his life-or-death battle with Wanyan Xiong, he had been disguised as the ’Little Chef’.’
’And when he and Chuchu had their Yin-Yang Fusion, he had also been in his Little Chef persona.’
’Now, she was seeing his true face as Jiang Xinghai. No wonder she didn’t recognize him.’
"You’re... Jiang Xinghai?"
Suddenly, a look of shock crossed Chuchu’s face as she scrutinized him. "There’s no mistake. I’d never forget your scent in a million years. You must be Jiang Xinghai, which means your face last night... was a Disguise Technique!"
’Last night, she had given her first time to this man!’
Of course she wouldn’t forget his scent so quickly.
"Since you’ve figured it out, let’s get straight to the point."
Jiang Xinghai dropped all pretense. "Why are you monitoring the Ye Family?"
Chuchu turned to look toward the Ye villa, her voice cold. "It’s my mission. It has nothing to do with you."
"Do you really think I won’t kill you?" Jiang Xinghai’s aura flared, becoming dangerously sharp.
"Would you kill me before you get the answers you want?" Chuchu retorted, turning to meet his gaze.
The two stared at each other under the glow of a streetlight.
"I am a master of the healing arts."
Jiang Xinghai stepped forward until their bodies were pressed together. "That includes, but is not limited to, unorthodox and poison-based practices. I have plenty of ways to make you talk. The only reason I haven’t used them is out of respect for you."
"If a Great Venerable’s Dao Foundation was destroyed, would you have a cure for that?" Chuchu asked, as if struck by a thought.
"This Great Venerable you speak of must be a Cultivator, correct?" Jiang Xinghai’s interest was piqued.
"Spoken like the expert who killed Wanyan Xiong. I assume you’re one as well, then?" It dawned on Chuchu.
Jiang Xinghai neither confirmed nor denied it. "Tell me, what is your relationship to this Great Venerable with the damaged Dao Foundation?"
"He’s my father," Chuchu answered without concealment.
Jiang Xinghai looked at Chuchu and fell into deep thought.
’So that’s it,’ Jiang Xinghai realized. ’You were forced to come kill me in exchange for a cure for your father’s injuries, weren’t you?’
Chuchu’s expression was noncommittal as she replied, "If you die, ’he’ will give my father a Gathering Essence Pill."
"And who is this ’he’ you’re talking about?" Jiang Xinghai pressed.
’In truth, he had already guessed. It was almost certainly the same black-cloaked old man who had plotted his parents’ murder: Mr. Long!’ freeweɓnøvel.com
"Unless you can give me two Gathering Essence Pills, you can torture me to death for all I care. I won’t tell you," Chuchu said resolutely, even baring her pale neck to him.
SMACK! Jiang Xinghai leaned down and kissed her.
"Jiang Xinghai, you bastard!" Chuchu never expected him to be so brazen and raised her hands to strike him.
But he simply caught her wrists and pulled her into his arms. "Just one Gathering Essence Pill? I’ll give you ten!"
"Ten?"
A fervent light ignited in Chuchu’s eyes. This was the hope she had been waiting for. "Jiang Xinghai, you have to keep your word!"
"Tomorrow, I’ll most likely have to make a trip to Central State to get the last ingredient, Dragon Scale Bamboo. Then I just need to purchase an Alchemy Furnace. I should be able to make good on my promise before nightfall," Jiang Xinghai said, giving her renewed hope.
"Fine. You have a deal."
Chuchu clenched her fists. "Since you’ve shown me respect, I’ll return the favor. I’ll start by telling you why I came here tonight."
Jiang Xinghai listened intently.
"I received orders from my superiors. The Ye Family are the operators of the Jizhou dark web. Last night, they began investigating the secrets of the Dark Moon Dagger, so I came to put them under surveillance," Chuchu explained without holding anything back.
"And then?" Jiang Xinghai raised an eyebrow.
