Chapter 38

Romance of Dragons and Snakes Chapter 38

While Zhu Jia had seen plenty of money before, she had been excited by the amount of Euros on the ground. But seeing how Wang Chao hadn’t even given a glance at the money and instead and instead closed the eyes of the dead man, her opinion of Wang Chao couldn’t help but go up several steps.

But unbeknownst to her, not only did Wang Chao desperately want the Euros, but his movement just now was an attempt to quell his emotions and evil thoughts.

“Cough cough…okay, no need for regret.” Zhu Jia immediately put on a calm look. Realizing her voice was off-key, she started to cough to clear up her throat. “This is my first time using a gun on a person, in the past, I’ve always shot at targets. The fight you and he were having, I saw it all. Ai! For an expert like this to go down by gunfire, even I’m unhappy so I understand your feelings.

Wang Chao’s sigh had been full of regret and lament. As a news reporter, Zhu Jia had talked to many people before and had instantly realized what Wang Chao was feeling.

After calming himself, Wang Chao’s heart began to liven up a bit. But the suitcases of Euros was something he hadn’t even spared a glance at at all.

“An expert of Chinese boxing, whether good or bad, is a sorrowful affair when they die by gunfire. In the past, Bagua master Cheng Tinghua met his end like this, and so did Xingyi master Xue Dian.” Wang Chao’s voice was filled with regret. This was no act for Zhu Jia to see, this was Wang Chao’s true feelings in regard to the powerful threat that was guns.

Bagua master Cheng Tinghua had died during the Eight-Nation Alliance invasion during the Boxer Rebellion, but he was still a true hero.

Xingyi master Xue Dian was Shang Yunxiang’s disciple and was a master of Guoshu during the Republic of China. His martial arts had attained a realm of transformation. With his book of theory, he had developed and promoted Guoshu. It was unfortunate that when the Communist won in 1949, he had been executed by firing squad.

That had been Wang Chao’s experience after reading. He had only one thought, one who practiced martial arts should die by the hands of another, not by gunfire.

Zhu Jia had killed someone for the very first time, although she knew she was safe from any legal repercussions, she had taken the life of a person in the end. With her heart pounding still, she couldn’t help but sympathize with Wang Chao.

As she stepped forward to console Wang Chao, before she could say anything, her leg suddenly slackened, “Aiya!”

Hurriedly supporting her, Wang Chao asked, “What’s wrong?”

“When I was running, I must have sprained my leg!” Zhu Jia had a forced smile on her face.

“Then I’ll carry you back.”

“Then, what about the money?’

“Report it to the officers and let them deal with it.” Wang Chao spoke. The Wang Chao of today was no longer the one of the past where he was tempted to kill for a measly hundred thousand. After disciplining himself and living in society, he knew the value of accepting a loss.

“En.” As Zhu Jia nodded her head, she looked at the dead man’s body on the ground. Trembling slightly, she spoke, “Let’s go then.”

Not too long after Wang Chao took Zhu Jia through the fields, the corn maze began to crackle with sounds as Cao Yi and several other officers came running.

Upon seeing the both of them, Cao Yi looked stunned for a moment before instantly crying out in concern, “Are you two okay?”

“I’m fine, just a sprained ankle. There’s a dead felon up front with what appears to be stolen goods. Go and search it!” Zhu Jia spoke.

With a single glance to the side, Cao Yi ordered the officers to go forward.

“Not bad, we just went through a small identity check. The one up front is Lin Lijun, he and his elder brother Lin Liqiang are both Singaporeans fighting experts who are important within the Chenshi Corporation Southeast Asian branch. It seems they were trying open up a connection through the mainlands and personally deal with drug transactions. By their plans, they were planning to set up account numbers to fund themselves through this. We’ve been following this case for a year now, and this is the very first time we’ve ever had a case that went over ten million RMB in goods. We didn’t see any of the Euros within the factory, so Lin Lijun must have taken it with him when he ran. I didn’t think that he would die by gunfire however. This is a great boon to us.”

Cao Yi’s words had caused Wang Chao to be surprised. he hadn’t thought that the bureau would have investigated everything so clearly. It was a good thing he didn’t succumb to his greed for money.

“What about the news reporters?” Zhu Jia asked.

“One was shot through the arm, but it’s nothing serious. We’ve already sent him to get it treated.”

“That’s fine then!” Zhu Jia nodded her head with a painful expression. “I’m getting tired and want to go take a rest. Take me home.”

The last phrase had been directed to Wang Chao.

Cao Yi gave a pleased nod to Wang Chao. As Wang Chao walked past him, Cao Yi spoke quietly, “You did great this time. Leave the business transaction to me, I’ll explain it to you in finer details tomorrow.”

Wang Chao waggled his eyebrows in a small smile, but he did not say anything.