Luo Ya then realized that if Zhou Xuan was behind it all, then the person who mysteriously saved her at Mark's villa that day must have been Zhou Xuan!
Zhou Xuan noticed that Luo Ya was staring intently at him, and that she hadn't made a fuss or argued for a while. Instead, he felt uneasy. Had she discovered something again? He had calculated everything perfectly, cutting the tape just as she was about to faint. After the tape broke free, it was transformed and absorbed by him. Even if Luo Ya wanted to find the tape afterward, she wouldn't be able to. Judging from this, she shouldn't be able to know that he had special abilities.
"You, are you the one who saved me that day?" Luo Ya blurted out.
"Save me? Save you what? When did I ever save you?" Zhou Xuan asked, feigning ignorance. "I don't understand anything, I don't know anything. Today you kidnapped me, tied stones to someone, and pushed them into the river. Didn't you save me? When did it become me saving you?"
Seeing that Zhou Xuan was pretending to be stupid, Luo Ya thought for a moment and decided not to say anything more to him. She figured that people with special abilities probably didn't want others to know about their abilities, so she didn't need to ask any further. However, she wanted to get to know this person slowly and then recruit him to her side!
Of course, Luo Ya didn't understand Zhou Xuan at all. She only thought that Zhou Xuan had strong martial arts skills, but she didn't think about her superpowers. With her stunning beauty, it would be relatively easy for her to seduce men. Perhaps if she wanted to, there would be no man she couldn't seduce.
Zhou Xuan took advantage of her by kissing her underwater, so he must still acknowledge her beauty. It shouldn't be difficult for him to seduce her again.
"Okay, let's not talk about that now. We need to find a hotel room to take care of these wet clothes, right?" Luo Ya thought for a moment and casually came up with an excuse.
Once they were in the hotel room, it would be even easier to get information out of Zhou Xuan. She really wanted to win over someone like him. She had been tracking and infiltrating Mark, a major drug lord, for half a year, and he had almost been completely defeated. With Mark's strength and ruthlessness, he was actually outmaneuvered by that mysterious person. This excited Luo Ya.
Although she couldn't be sure that Zhou Xuan was the master with mysterious and unpredictable kung fu, all the signs indicated that Zhou Xuan was most likely that person!
However, Zhou Xuan refused her without hesitation, pointing in one direction and saying, "You go east, I'll go west, let's go our separate ways. I don't want to cause you any more trouble that could get you killed. You saw how vicious those people were just now. Please, let me have some peace and quiet!"
Luo Ya snorted, not quite understanding Zhou Xuan's meaning yet. With her charm, she should be able to win him over. Perhaps Zhou Xuan was still testing her limits, seeing how things would go after they went to the hotel. But usually when a beautiful woman invites a man to a hotel alone, you can imagine what kind of things are waiting for him. Maybe Zhou Xuan is indeed not an ordinary person, and his patience is much stronger than others!
"Mr. Zhou, do you think I'm pretty?" Luo Ya twirled in front of Zhou Xuan, puffing out her chest affectedly. Undoubtedly, she had a stunning figure, and coupled with her exceptionally beautiful appearance, she believed that Zhou Xuan was just testing her limits.
Zhou Xuan said indifferently, "It's alright. In the eyes of us Easterners, you..." He paused before continuing, "...in the eyes of us Easterners, you're considered very ugly!"
That last sentence almost made Luo Ya vomit blood!
Even in the eyes of Easterners, Luo Ya is still extremely beautiful. Beauty is beauty, no matter where it is, it is beautiful and it transcends East and West. Perhaps some people have different views on beauty, but if you were to comment on a beauty like Luo Ya, it would be impossible to say that she is an ugly woman!
Zhou Xuan certainly wanted to get rid of this woman as soon as possible, but he also had a vague feeling that she wouldn't be so easy to get rid of. Just as she had said before, in this country, there were eyes everywhere. Even though he had thought things through carefully, he still left some clues in the end. It really proved the old saying: "If you don't want others to know, don't do it in the first place!"
To completely erase the matter now, the only way would be to actually kill Luo Ya or transform her into nothingness, making her cease to exist. But Zhou Xuan still couldn't bring himself to do it. If Luo Ya were a heinous villain, he would do it without hesitation. Although he knew that organizations like the CIA, while official, were not necessarily good people who wouldn't do bad things; in fact, the bad things they did were often even more outrageous.
But Zhou Xuan just couldn't do it. Faced with this situation, he thought he should just deal with it as it comes. Unexpectedly, even after arriving in New York, he still couldn't calm down.
Luo Ya gritted her teeth, then suddenly laughed and said, "I know you're trying to provoke me, but I won't fall for it. I'm not angry. Who can just say that someone like me is an ugly woman?"
"Fine, I won't fall for it. I'm leaving now. Don't come looking for me again!" Zhou Xuan said calmly, then turned and left.
Luo Ya was speechless. She had thought Zhou Xuan was testing her to see what level she could achieve, or whether she could be with him directly. But what Zhou Xuan was showing was completely different.
Seeing Zhou Xuan walking further and further away without any intention of turning back, Luo Ya was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned and chased after him.
Zhou Xuan frowned. This woman was too clever and not easy to get rid of. But if he got entangled with her, his family might see it and cause misunderstandings and trouble, which would be pointless.
After thinking for a moment, he immediately stopped and turned to Luo Ya, who had caught up with him, saying, "What exactly do you want to do?"
Luo Ya stopped hiding her intentions and said directly, "I need your help because I know you're not an ordinary person. You can do many things that I can't. Last time you saved me from Mark, you dealt with Mark and his dozens of bodyguards without revealing a trace. Neither they nor I could find you. I only found you by guessing from traffic camera footage. And later you were shot twice with tranquilizer darts. Do you know that tranquilizer darts are for large wild animals? I shot you twice, which was already an overdose. But the subsequent events showed that you weren't affected at all. How do you explain that to me?"
Zhou Xuan was really having a headache. Luo Ya had a strong analytical ability and had caught all his weaknesses!
Luo Ya continued, "After we got to the riverbank, Mark tracked us down. When he was trying to catch us, you weren't panicked at all. I didn't notice at the time, but now I remember. We were tied up so tightly and reinforced with incredibly heavy cement pillars. Escaping would have been harder than climbing to heaven, and there was no way we could have escaped under such preparations. But what happened? We still managed to escape."
"And you even gave me air back then. I thought you were taking advantage of me, but now I understand. You were just giving me oxygen so I could stay alive. Theoretically, no one can give another person oxygen underwater by breathing through their mouth, because what you exhale is no longer oxygen, but useless carbon dioxide. If I had to breathe that kind of air for another two minutes, I would be dead by now!"
Zhou Xuan frowned, then asked in a deep voice, "What exactly do you want?"
“It’s very simple!” Roya said directly. “I’ve already said it, I just need your help to catch Mark with witnesses and evidence, and bring him to justice!”
Zhou Xuan hummed, then fell into deep thought. After a long while, he said, "It's not impossible for me to help you, but I have two conditions!"
Luo Ya was overjoyed and immediately said, "Okay, okay, fine, tell me what you want, I'll agree to whatever you ask for!"
Zhou Xuan was very unwilling, but still had no choice. He said in a deep voice, "First, if you want me to help you, you have to do it my way. Second, you have to keep it a secret. You can't let anyone, including your superiors and your organization, know about me or how I'm helping you. I don't care how you do it, just don't expose me!"
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Volume 1, Chapter 642: Human Participation in Lingzhi
Luo Ya returned with the food a little over ten minutes later. After getting into the car, she angrily handed it to Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan didn't stand on ceremony and took it. Inside were several fish burgers and a can of iced cola. He immediately took out the cola and took a big gulp, then unwrapped the bread and ate it in big mouthfuls.
Luo Ya sullenly took the food, but seeing that Zhou Xuan didn't do anything, she was naturally unhappy. However, she knew that Zhou Xuan's abilities were too amazing, and she couldn't object to anything she was dissatisfied with. Besides, she was the one who asked him for a favor, so how could she rush him?
Zhou Xuan ate the bread in a few bites, then drank several large gulps of cola. Feeling full, he turned to Luo Ya and asked, "You've been investigating for so long, have you found any clues?"
Luo Ya shook her head and replied, "There are no clues. We've been in closer contact with him recently, but he's discovered my identity. This Mark is ruthless and has many henchmen. Three of our undercover agents have already died at his hands!"
Zhou Xuan pondered for a moment, then asked, "Are you investigating him to put him in jail or to kill him?"
Luo Ya sighed and said, "There is no death penalty here. If I investigate him and find evidence, and obtain all the evidence of his crimes, according to the laws here, he can be sentenced to at least a hundred years in prison. Mark is a man who is cruel to the point of being outrageous. He truly deserves to die!"
Zhou Xuan understood the situation. Of course, he couldn't tell her about the poisoning, lest it cause him trouble after Mark and the others died. But it was much better that no one would pity or regret killing a villain like Mark.
Seeing Luo Ya's dissatisfied expression, Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Alright, it seems like we won't find anything today. I'm going back now. Just take me to the fork in the road ahead!"
Luo Ya was speechless, not expecting Zhou Xuan to suddenly say he wouldn't do it anymore. She immediately said anxiously, "Then...how can that be? If you don't help me bring Mark to justice, how...how am I supposed to explain this?"
This is finally the truth. Being brought to justice is a minor matter; what's important is using this incident to get a promotion.
Zhou Xuan thought for a moment, then asked, "Then tell me the truth, what is your position? Who are your rivals? If you tell the truth, perhaps I can help you!"
Luo Ya was stunned. She really didn't want to talk about these things, but meeting Zhou Xuan now was truly an opportunity for her. In the CIA's New York branch, she was just a team leader. One of the branch's action team leaders was about to retire, so the branch director gave an order that anyone who had the ability to solve a major case would be immediately promoted to the position of action team leader.
Luo Ya certainly wanted to, but she had many rivals, some of whom were very capable. Of course, Luo Ya was also an extremely capable person, and she was also beautiful.
If you want to become the team leader, you definitely need to take drastic measures. Solving ordinary cases won't be very effective. You have to crack big cases, like those involving a super drug lord like Mark, a big boss in the underworld. If you can successfully bring him to justice, that would be a great achievement, and you'd have a good chance of becoming the team leader.