Chapter 191: Third on the Heavenly List
Evening time.
Wenjun was still working at the company, she hadn't returned. Fang Yu was living a life of dissolute bliss in the villa.
"Son-in-law, we've run out of vegetables at home, I should go buy some," said the maid, approaching Fang Yu and speaking in a low voice.
"Go, go quickly…"
Fang Yu hurried her along.
He hadn't had anything delicious all day long.
It wasn't surprising, considering how tired he was yesterday, and how little he had eaten, the bit of vegetables at home simply couldn't suffice.
Just as the maid reached the door.
Fang Yu added, "Wait a minute."
"Is there anything else, sir?"
"Get a couple of pounds of steak... and, bring back two bottles of good red wine…" Fang Yu said, squinting his eyes.
"Oh."
When the maid responded, she used "Oh" instead of "Alright."
"Also, grab a few pounds of lobsters, ocean-caught ones, I don't want farmed," Fang Yu continued.
"Oh."
Fang Yu scratched his head, unable to think of anything else to eat at the moment, "Go on, what are you waiting for?"
"Sir, the young mistress never eats these things. They're not healthy or nutritious," the maid said.
"Who said they're for her? I'm the one who's going to eat them."
"..."
The maid shook her head softly, sighed, and went out. It was her misfortune to end up with such a son-in-law.
...
Felling bored, Fang Yu went over to the sofa and turned on the TV.
Then suddenly said:
"With so many mosquitoes outside, aren't any coming in?"
Saying this, Fang Yu crossed his legs and fixed his gaze on the TV across from him.
"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" was on, a grey wolf was wreaking havoc, chasing after Pleasant Goat.
Creak——
The door opened.
A slim figure, clad in leather, silently appeared at the door. Her leather outfit accentuated her curves, being both voluptuous and sleek!
"Change into slippers," Fang Yu pointed to the slippers on the shoe rack, "the floor has just been cleaned—"
The woman was slightly surprised. She did not expect Fang Yu to be so composed at her arrival.
Nor did she expect him to greet her this way.
This woman was the tracker hidden in the shadows.
She was confident, capable, and patient.
But she didn't anticipate still being discovered.
"Good situational awareness," the woman said with a smile.
She didn't change her footwear, but stood on the doormat at the entrance, speaking.
Fang Yu gave her a dismissive glance, "You have the nerve to say that? I spotted you straight away."
"——"
This woman was slightly angered inside.
She had undergone professional training and took pride in her skills, yet she was seen through just like that?
"Fang Yu, twenty-eight years old, a friend of Jiangzhou's big shot Ji Qiubai, a well-known enforcer who disappeared eight years ago and returned to Jiangzhou two months ago, currently a doctor."
The young woman confidently rattled off all of Fang Yu's information, quite pleased with herself.
To her, tracing a target's background was a basic task with her skills.
Fang Yu, hearing this, remained unflustered.
He didn't want to continue deflating this woman, for this kind of information even the feeblest person could obtain——
The woman standing before him crossed her arms, her gaze frosty, "Don't you want to know who I am?"
"If you knew our identity, perhaps you wouldn't be so calm sitting on the couch there."
Hearing this, Fang Yu placed an apple on the table, his eyes wandering.
"Oh. So, can you tell me who you are?"
"I'm sorry." The young woman flashed a smirk, "I want your life, and due to the rules, I cannot tell you these things."
"Oh. That's new." Fang Yu chuckled.
Fang Yu's reaction only left her slightly astonished.
Even as things had gotten this far, he still seemed to have the leisure to chat.
"Do you really want to kill me?" Fang Yu looked up at the woman.
From her gaze, Fang Yu caught a hint of murderous intent. That intent suddenly brought to mind various scenes of killing.
The woman nodded, glanced at the exquisite watch on her wrist, and said, "Sorry, but you've only got ten more minutes to live."
"Is that so?" Fang Yu said indifferently, "Too bad, I was planning on staying alive."
Snap!
Fang Yu instantly stood up, his figure like an arrow released from a bow.
The woman's expression changed slightly, surprised, she said: "Such quick reflexes!"
During her moment of distraction, Fang Yu's fist came hammering down.
Whoosh!
Thump thump!
The woman raised her arms to block.
"Not bad at all," Fang Yu commended.
Followed by a left hook, then a right.
The assault was torrential.
The woman kept retreating until there was no room left, then she swung open a door, performed a backflip mid-air, and landed on the lawn in the courtyard.
"Quite the impressive moves," the woman exclaimed.
"Pretty standard, really."
Fang Yu walked out slowly, hands behind his back.
At that moment, the sound of the old man Zhong Long came from behind: "Who's that?"
Fang Yu turned his head and said, "Just taking my friend out for a few drinks, don't wait up for me tonight."
With that, he closed the door.
Inside, Zhong Long shook his head with a wry smile and sighed, "Ah, he doesn't have the demeanor of a master at all."
...
Meanwhile.
In the courtyard, Fang Yu was coming down the stairs with a smile on his face.
"Miss, there's a saying that conflicts are better resolved than deepened. If you're troubling me, you should at least give me a reason... I always hesitate to lift a hand against women, especially a beautiful woman like you."
The woman snorted dismissively, "Smooth talker. You know very well what you did. Playing dumb now?"
"Heaven and Earth can witness that I, Fang Yu, am upright and honest, with nothing to fear from my shadow!" Fang Yu patted his chest.
"Still pretending."
The woman's hand moved, and a shimmering dagger appeared in her palm, "Don't think you can't be beaten just because I spared the fists and feet for now!"
"Whoa, so you must be Bai Ruoling, right?" Fang Yu, seeing the dagger, immediately thought of Bai Ruoling from the power rankings.
"And you've only guessed it now? With your intelligence, being alive is just a burden."
Bai Ruoling's long hair fluttered, her gaze deepening.
Fang Yu squinted his eyes and said, "You can't beat me; you're not my match at all... I must tell you my true strength..."
"True strength?" Bai Ruoling frowned.
"I might have the strength of the Ninth Layer of Martial Arts," Fang Yu said earnestly and very seriously.
Pfft!
Bai Ruoling couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.
Then her laughter turned into a sneer.
"Are you joking?" Bai Ruoling raised her finger, "Thinking I'm no martial artist?"
"What's with you? I'm being serious here!" Fang Yu said earnestly.
"Pah! If you're of the Ninth Layer in Martial Arts, not only will I not kill you, I will surrender to you and let you do as you please!" Bai Ruoling said, chuckling.
"Hey, hey, hey... You said it, not me! Don't back out now!"
Fang Yu quickly said.
Bai Ruoling put away her dagger, clasped her hands behind her slender waist, and showed a faint smile, "I, Bai Ruoling, stand at the third place in the Heavenly List, and I stand by my words!"
"Good, I will prove it to you!"
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