Chapter 8: The Murderous Intent of Zhang Ba

  Everyone put a large cake on the table, and then several waiters retreated together, closing the door with a smile.

  Chu Nan smiled and looked at Wu Pei, who was stunned, clapping her hands lightly and singing softly: "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."

  Wu Pei's eyes seemed to be shining with tears, Chu Nan smiled and said: "Fool, hurry up and make a wish and blow out the candles."

  Wu Pei nodded heavily, clasped her hands together in a gesture of respect, and then bent down to blow out all the candles with one breath.

  Chu Nan helped cut out two pieces of cake, then suddenly grabbed a handful of butter and smeared it on Wu Pei's face. Wu Pei let out a loud cry and pounced on Chu Nan, who laughed and dodged to the side, and they started fooling around in the private room.

  "That's enough, you two are sharing the cake while Chunan smiled and said: "Bei Bei, I will definitely make it up to you with a birthday gift."

  "Wu Tong happily said: "Brother Chu, really no need to, you can be the first one to help me celebrate my birthday, I'm already very happy, this is my most special birthday, really."

  Chu Nan looked at Wu Pei and smiled: "I also think it's very special, because just now you and I quarreled like a young girl."

  "Wu Pei glared and said: 'Don't I usually look like this?'"

  After finishing speaking, Wu Pei said somewhat dejectedly: "You won't mind that I'm old, will you? You're just twenty years old, and I'm several years older than you..."

  "Haha, not big at all, actually not big at all. Three or four years older is not considered old at all. Moreover, you are more mature and have more charm than girls younger than you."

  "Really?" Wu Pei wanted to ask how I compared to Ling Luo Xi, but she opened and closed her mouth without asking.

  Two people chatted for a whole night, and when they saw the dawn, they finally settled the bill and left. Wu Pei drove Chu Nan to the hospital entrance and then didn't go in either, driving back alone.

  At this time, in the medical hall, Wang Shu had already gotten out of bed to prepare breakfast. Wang Hu and Luo Lie were practicing boxing in the main hall. The two of them had recently received some guidance from Chu Nan and had made rapid progress. Meanwhile, the other little girls were still sleeping in.

  Seeing Chu Nan enter, Wang Hu and Luo Lie stopped their movements and looked at Chu Nan. Luo Lie asked: "Big Brother Chu is back at this time? Last night... be careful that Sister Luo Creek gets jealous."

  Chu Nan smiled and said: "What's so good about your sister Luo Xi being jealous? Yesterday was a discussion with others on official business, the result was getting drunk and sleeping for a whole night."

  Chu Nan didn't say anything sincere, especially after noticing Wu Pei's ambiguous attitude towards him. He couldn't let Xiao Lingling be jealous anymore. Chu Nan cared about Xiao Lingling's feelings the most in this world.

  Chu Nan asked after finishing, looking at Luo Lie and Wang Hu, "You've been practicing martial arts so early every day recently, what do you feel?"

  Luo Lie swung his fists twice and said: "I often practice with Wang Hu Da Ge, my progress is much faster than before, but it's still not enough..."

  In the end, Luo Lie's eyes revealed a hint of hatred and fear.

  Chu Nan hummed and asked: "The person in your mouth, is he really that strong?"

  "He's a genius, Chu Da Ge, and I even think he's a genius that's not inferior to yours. He was already very strong before, now...I can hardly imagine."

  Chu Nan listened and his eyes flashed with a hint of excitement. He sighed and said, "I really want to meet this person, what's his name?"

  Luo Lie's whole body began to tremble with rage, gritting his teeth and saying: "Luo Tian!"

  Chu Nan's heart skipped a beat, staring at Luo Lie in shock, thinking that this must be Luo Lie's deepest hidden pain. In the end, he didn't ask what he wanted to ask: What kind of relationship did Luo Lie and Luo Tian have?

  Obviously Wang Hu also thought of this relationship, but he didn't ask either. Luo Lie let out a loud roar, as if to vent his emotions, and punched out fiercely.

  Chu Nan looked at Luo Lie and said seriously: "Little one, I'll teach you some martial arts."

  Luo Lie exclaimed in surprise: "Really?"

  Chu Nan smiled and said, "Of course it's true. In fact, your body has a hidden, terrifying energy within. I need to use acupuncture every day to help you dissolve that energy, slowly merging it into your body, allowing you to truly grasp that power. I even think that if you can master just one-third of that power, you'll already be considered a top-notch master. Of course, I'll also teach you many combat skills. As for battle experience... that's something I won't be able to help you with."

  Lu Lie nodded vigorously and said: "Chu big brother, rest assured, I will definitely work hard to improve and not disappoint you. Does this mean you're accepting me as your apprentice?"

  Chu Nan smiled and said: "I'm just giving you some guidance, it doesn't count as taking you on as a disciple. Besides, I also have Big Brother Wang Hu, I'll teach you an external hard qigong practice method."

  Wang Hu nodded with a silly smile and asked: "A master-level expert is considered very powerful, right?"

  Chu Nan thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Indeed, it's very powerful. Even in a big city like Jiangwan City, I've only seen one master-level expert, who is a high-ranking expert beside Eighth Master. Speaking of him, he looks similar to you, seemingly also an external family high-ranking expert."

  Chu Nan said, mentioning the levels of experts casually, and finally said: "According to Luo Lie's current standard, he can barely be considered a low-level ordinary expert, but Luo Lie has made rapid progress recently, and it is estimated that he will reach the level of an elite expert in no time."

  Chu Nan immediately began to give them a detailed explanation of various fighting techniques. The two people were actually both suitable for the strong and fierce type, so although Chu Nan taught them different things, there were also some commonalities.

  One morning, Wang Yue walked out of the house in a daze and saw several people in the courtyard. Rubbing her eyes, she said: "Good morning, Brother Chu, Brother Wang Hu, Brother Luo Lie..."

  "Don't call me little brother."

  Wang Yue smiled and said: "But you are just a younger brother, your age is even younger than Luo Xi's sister."

  "I'm a real man, Chu Da Ge isn't that old, but all of you call him Chu Da Ge. As a real man, I should be the older brother, so you should call me Luo Lie Ge Ge!"

  When they heard Luo Lie say that, especially seeing his angry expression, everyone burst out laughing.

  Zero Luo Creek woke up quickly, because yesterday when staying at Zhenjiang Manor, Chu Nan had told Zero Luo Creek that he would escape from Zhenjiang Manor and didn't have time to call Zero Luo Creek, so Zero Luo Creek still thought Chu Nan was resting for a night at Zhenjiang Manor, and therefore did not ask questions.

  A few people had eaten breakfast and soon the clinic was bustling with patients seeking medical attention.

  In the Zhuangyuan in Zhenjiang, it was already past noon. The Eighth Master sat alone at the dinner table eating his breakfast, Li Batian stood behind him, and a servant attended to them by their side. Suddenly, the old steward walked over and asked: "Eighth Master, Miss Mei Zhi and Chu Nan haven't arrived yet, do you want someone to go take a look?"

  He shook his head and smiled complacently, "Forget it, I heard that the surveillance camera in the room was destroyed by Chu Nan yesterday. He's probably not feeling well now, maybe he vented all his emotions on Mei Zhi last night. A handsome guy and a beautiful girl messing around for a whole night, and sleeping in late is also normal. Just finished provoking him, don't go disturb him yet."

  The old man nodded and said: "Yes, Eighth Master."

  "Oh, right, have the servants remake breakfast later and add more of Miss Mei's favorite dishes. Also, get that famous painting Seventh Brother gave me last time ready, I plan to give it to Miss Mei."

  "Got it, Eighth Master."

  "Uncle Ba nodded and said calmly, 'Miss Mei has had a tough night. With the camera being discovered, she must have some thoughts in her mind. We need to find a way to calm down the anger inside her, so that she can continue to work hard for me.'"

  Just as Ba Ye was speaking, a security guard who was patrolling the yard rushed in hastily from outside. The guard was panting heavily, and Ba Ye furrowed his brow, with a flash of cold light in his eyes. He lightly tapped his finger on the table and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on that you can't calm down?"

  The man was startled, and he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, saying: "Eighth Master... just now my brothers were on patrol, and under Miss Mei's villa, they heard Miss Mei making a strange cry, it didn't sound quite right."

  Old Eighth's eyebrows slightly furrowed, he took out his phone and called Liu Meizhi, but no one answered on the other end of the line. He stood up decisively and said coldly, "Everyone come with me."

  Ba Ye and others arrived at the villa where Liu Mei Zhi was, Ba Ye hesitated for a moment on the first floor, but still felt that something was wrong. He finally led everyone to rush to the second floor, pushed open the door of Liu Mei Zhi's room, and everyone was stunned. Ba Ye's eyes widened, his face turned iron-gray, and he shouted: "What are you all staring at? Quickly untie Miss Mei!"

  Two servants hurried forward to help Liu Meizhi untie the ropes. It turned out that last night, after being knocked unconscious by Chu Nan, she was tightly bound and gagged with a piece of cloth, then thrown onto the bed. When she just woke up, Liu Meizhi desperately tried to call for help in her mouth, so the people downstairs heard the muffled cries.

  Liu Meizhi was untied and took a deep breath, even dry heaving twice. The eighth master's eyes widened and he coldly said: "Except for Miss Meizhi and Ba Tian, all of you get out!"

  Everyone else retreated respectfully, and Eighth Master had Li Ba Tian close the door. He looked at Liu Mei Zhi, trying to maintain a calm tone, and asked: "Mei Zhi, what's going on?"

  Liu Meizhi's face was filled with shame as she said: "Eighth Master... last night... after Chu Nan discovered the camera you installed in the room, he flew into a rage and immediately knocked me unconscious... then I didn't know anything else!"

  His face was exceptionally ugly, but he also knew that this matter had nothing to do with Liu Meizhi. To say the least, it was all his own doing, but no matter what, Chu Nan knocked himself out and slipped away quietly in the middle of the night, clearly not taking himself seriously, and didn't have any intention of cooperating. It seemed that trying to win this person over would be impossible.

  "Never mind, you've been implicated in this matter, take a good rest for two days. This month's salary will be tripled. Ba Tian, come with me."

  After the eighth master came in, Liu Meizhi was frightened and didn't dare to breathe until the eighth master left. Only then did she feel relieved, and at the same time, she secretly felt grateful to that man. If he hadn't deliberately knocked her out and tied her up yesterday, the eighth master would have vented his anger on her. Liu Meizhi understood Chu Nan's good intentions. If possible, being able to work for such a person might be much better than working for such a ruthless and cunning old man...

  Ba Ye walked out of Liu Mei Zhi's room with a gloomy face, it was unclear whether he was talking to Li Ba Tian behind him or muttering to himself: "This Chu Nan can come and go freely in the Zhuangyuan, indeed a threat. Since he refuses to surrender, only the next best strategy can be adopted, what a pity for such a talent, alas!"

  The tone of Ba Ye's voice carried a hint of murderous intent, and that last sentence was a pity, but it was just fake compassion!