Zhou Ziwei snapped out of his daze upon hearing the noise, quickly bent down to pick up the notebook, and checked it over. He found that despite falling from such a height, nothing was broken, so he loudly replied, "It's okay... something fell to the ground."
When he refocused his attention on the bathroom, he saw Liu Xiaofei seriously washing his underwear...
Zhou Ziwei let out a soft sigh, ceasing his eavesdropping on Liu Xiaofei. He first wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, then gently pressed down on his throbbing member, which was anxiously raising its head. He gave a wry smile and muttered to himself, "Damn it... I'm going to be killed by this girl... This is just too torturous!"
Volume 1 The Rebirth of a Prodigy Chapter 147 Close Protection
After his body was enhanced, Zhou Ziwei had become much more resistant to the temptations of beautiful women. However, the scene of Liu Xiaofei licking him with her tongue was still a bit too stimulating. Zhou Ziwei was worried that this tough girl would use some tricks to tease him later, so he simply turned off the computer, lay down on the bed, and pretended to sleep.
About ten minutes later, Liu Xiaofei washed Zhou Ziwei's socks and underwear, then washed her hands and came out of the bathroom.
As soon as she entered the bedroom, she heard a soft snore. She was slightly taken aback and saw that Zhou Ziwei was already asleep in bed. She frowned slightly.
Liu Xiaofei came over tonight with some things on her mind to say to Zhou Ziwei. She had finally mustered up the courage to make this decision, but now that Zhou Ziwei was asleep, she was feeling conflicted.
Of course, she also considered that Zhou Ziwei might be faking sleep, after all, given her status as an outstanding graduate of the police academy, it was impossible for her not to suspect this.
Generally speaking, whether at home or in a hotel, if there is still a guest in your room, you would not simply let the guest stay there and go to sleep, whether out of politeness or for some other reason.
What's more, the guest was a woman, and even a woman who was washing his underwear... Under such circumstances, unless you're a pig, you probably wouldn't be able to fall asleep.
Even if she knew Zhou Ziwei was pretending to be asleep, so what? Pretending to be asleep only meant that Zhou Ziwei didn't want to communicate with her right now. If she forcibly exposed that Zhou Ziwei was acting... it would probably only embarrass Zhou Ziwei and make him feel some disgust towards her.
After hesitating for a long time, Liu Xiaofei finally left. However, before leaving, she came to the bedside, looked at Zhou Ziwei's face for a long time, and finally leaned down and gave Zhou Ziwei a deep kiss on the lips before quietly leaving.
When Liu Xiaofei stole a kiss from Zhou Ziwei, he almost broke down. He tried to reach out and hug Liu Xiaofei several times, but he managed to hold back in the end.
He wasn't trying to remain chaste for anyone; frankly... it seems he doesn't have any "jade" left to preserve in his current body.
He could accept a one-night stand, even though he had never tried it before, but he wasn't averse to it. The problem was that Liu Xiaofei was clearly not a suitable one-night stand for him. Before he made up his mind to choose Liu Xiaofei as his life partner, Zhou Ziwei was even more reluctant to hurt this lovely girl completely, so he had to endure it for the time being.
...
With a loud crash, the old two-story building across from the hotel finally collapsed under the impact of the bulldozer. Zhou Ziwei stood on the balcony of his room, looking at the dust flying everywhere below, his brows slightly furrowed.
The demolition of the old house is progressing quickly, which Zhou Ziwei is very satisfied with. What bothers him are the two people who came this morning.
Those were two people sent by the police to protect him. They came with identification and had been verified by Liu Xiaofei, who even called to confirm that they were indeed sent by the police.
However, Zhou Ziwei couldn't tell from their appearance that they were police officers. Their behavior suggested that they came from the military, and even some special units at that.
Of course, many people in the public security agencies are veterans, but those two people didn't look very old, so it's highly unlikely that they joined the public security agencies after retiring from the military.
The two people, a man and a woman, were very cool. The man was cool, and the woman was just as cool. They seemed to be cut from the same mold, always with a cold expression, as if the whole world owed them money.
Their backs are always straight. Whether walking, standing, or sitting, their upper bodies are at an absolutely perpendicular angle to the ground, as stiff as if their backs were in a cast.
They always speak so concisely; if they can express their meaning in one word, they will never say two.
They certainly wouldn't speak unless absolutely necessary.
Zhou Ziwei's assessment of these two people can be summed up in just two words—boring.
Being protected by two people like that would be absolute torture.
If he had a choice, Zhou Ziwei would rather have two robots protect him. After all, although robots have no feelings or intelligence, at least they wouldn't be so cold.
Those two were not just ordinary domineering; as soon as they arrived, they immediately restricted Zhou Ziwei's freedom, stipulating that if Zhou Ziwei wanted to go out, he had to get their permission first, and he also had to submit an application form in advance, detailing all his travel routes, who he would meet, where he would stay, and how long he would stay, and only after they reviewed and approved it could he leave the room.
Furthermore, they suggested that if Zhou Ziwei planned to stay in Tengchong for more than three days, he should immediately change his address and could no longer stay in hotels with high foot traffic.
They even took it upon themselves to rent a detached villa for Zhou Ziwei in the suburbs of the county through certain channels.
Zhou Ziwei has been waiting these past two days to safely dig out the jadeite buried underground. If he really moves to the suburbs and is restricted in his freedom by these two people all day long, then he might not even know that all the jadeite has been dug up.
Therefore, Zhou Ziwei resolutely rejected their "good intentions" and refused to move out no matter what.
Those two were always trying to act cool and were very sparing with their words, so their persuasive skills were naturally lacking. Zhou Ziwei wasn't a criminal, and it wouldn't be appropriate to use force. After some threats and intimidation, seeing that Zhou Ziwei remained unmoved, they had no choice but to give in and agree to let him continue staying at the hotel, but he had to move to the top floor. They even booked the entire top floor, and didn't even allow Liu Xiaofei and Li Yifeng to stay there.
Although this hotel wasn't a star-rated hotel, the room rate wasn't low either. Booking an entire floor would cost a lot of money, so Zhou Ziwei naturally wouldn't pay that extra fee. The two men didn't bother with the financial aspect either; they simply pulled out a bank card and prepaid for three days' room at the front desk.
This made Zhou Ziwei secretly puzzled. He couldn't understand why the police would be so willing to spend money for the safety of someone as insignificant as him.
The two then started tinkering around the hotel rooftop, somehow managing to find boxes and boxes of random electronic devices, which they disassembled and installed everywhere, seemingly intending to put the entire hotel under their surveillance.
The most outrageous thing is that even the bedroom and bathroom of the room where Zhou Ziwei was staying were equipped with cameras.
What Zhou Ziwei found most unbearable was that the cold, aloof man actually planned to share a room with him and even sleep in the same bed, so that he could truly protect Zhou Ziwei's safety "closely" 24 hours a day.
This finally pushed Zhou Ziwei to his breaking point. He immediately contacted Liu Xiaofei and asked her to reach out to her superiors, demanding that those two annoying guys be brought back immediately. Zhou Ziwei would rather be killed by those omnipresent assassins than live under the constant surveillance of those two cold-blooded guys.
As a result, after contacting her superiors, Liu Xiaofei helplessly told Zhou Ziwei that the order to send these two people to protect him came from her superior's superior. Liu Xiaofei's superiors had no authority to mobilize those two people. At most, they could only report to their superiors and try to make those two guys work in a slightly more humane way.
It seems that the two guys received the orders from above very quickly, and their attitude towards Zhou Ziwei softened slightly. At least they knew to consult with Zhou Ziwei before making any decisions or arrangements.
After some "negotiation," the two guys made some concessions: the bathroom could be left un-cameraed, but a listening device had to be installed, and the bathroom window had to be completely sealed off, leaving only a small ventilation hole the size of a fist.
Cameras don't have to be installed in the bedroom, but someone has to stay in the room with Zhou Ziwei. However, Zhou Ziwei still has a choice: he can choose which man to sleep with or which woman to sleep with.
Zhou Ziwei was completely defeated. Installing a listening device in the bathroom was better than installing a camera, but... even something as simple as using the restroom and making a sound would be monitored, which was... really embarrassing...
The question of who would share a room with Zhou Ziwei and protect him 24/7 was giving Zhou Ziwei a major headache.
Zhou Ziwei would definitely refuse to choose that man, but choosing that woman... that doesn't seem quite right either.
To be honest, if we only consider facial features, that policewoman is definitely a beauty, even slightly better than Liu Xiaofei.
However, the woman's cool expression, which was cold from the inside out, made it difficult for anyone to have any improper thoughts about her. Zhou Ziwei felt that facing her was worse than facing a cold stone sculpture. If such a woman slept in his room every day, Zhou Ziwei would probably have nightmares in the middle of the night.
Moreover, living with a woman would be very inconvenient in many ways. What if Zhou Ziwei had too much energy and had some kind of erotic dream that was forbidden for children in the middle of the night? That would be incredibly embarrassing.
Since Zhou Ziwei had already lost face in front of Liu Xiaofei, if he had to sleep with a policeman, he would rather it be Liu Xiaofei.
Unfortunately, Liu Xiaofei's level was clearly not high enough. Even if Liu Xiaofei wanted to see Zhou Ziwei, the two guys who came later would restrict the time they could meet. It was definitely impossible for Zhou Ziwei to have Liu Xiaofei sleep with him.
After much deliberation, Zhou Ziwei reluctantly chose to have the policewoman protect him.
It wasn't that he was lustful and had his eye on the policewoman because she was pretty; rather, he simply couldn't stand living with a man he disliked.
He would rather be seen as a pervert than be thought of as gay.
“Mr. Zhou, please leave the balcony; it’s not safe there.”
Zhou Ziwei had just stood on the balcony to look at the progress of the demolition of the small building across the street when he immediately felt a chill blow from behind him, followed by the policewoman's cold voice.
Zhou Ziwei snorted. Although he was dissatisfied, he didn't deliberately antagonize the policewoman. He immediately turned around and went back to his bedroom. Bored, he picked up his laptop and started playing a matching game.
This was a small game that came pre-installed on the laptop. With Zhou Ziwei's incredibly powerful and agile reflexes, the game posed no challenge whatsoever. As he played, he grew increasingly bored, eventually losing his patience and slamming the laptop shut.
Then, turning to look at the policewoman standing behind him, motionless like a wax figure, he frowned and said, "I said... can't you sit down and rest for a while? Aren't you tired of standing like this?"
"Not tired—" the policewoman replied coldly, but her gaze never once fell on Zhou Ziwei. Instead, it kept sweeping back and forth between the balcony and the door, as if an assassin might break in at any moment.
Zhou Ziwei scratched his head, feeling a bit of a headache. Utterly bored, he tried to make conversation with the policewoman: "Oh...by the way, what's your name again? Uh...sorry...you seemed to have mentioned it once, but I didn't remember..."
The policewoman still didn't look at Zhou Ziwei, and coldly replied in a slightly impatient tone, "Sun Xiaoyu..."
"Oh...right, right...look at my memory, so...what's your partner's name again?"
"Zhu Junli".
"Oh..." Zhou Ziwei looked like he suddenly realized something and said, "Your surname is Sun, and his surname is Zhu... So... you two aren't twins?"
Sun Xiaoyu finally glanced at Zhou Ziwei, but did not speak, clearly believing that there was no need to answer this time.
In fact, if it weren't for the repeated emphasis from above requiring them to maintain a harmonious relationship with the protected targets, she wouldn't have paid any attention to Zhou Ziwei's nonsense just now.
Although he received no response, Zhou Ziwei continued to talk animatedly: "Seeing that you two are exactly the same in every way, even your expressions, I thought you were twins... Hehe... Sorry... I misunderstood!"
Sun Xiaoyu still didn't react at all, which made Zhou Ziwei feel frustrated, like he was talking to thin air. He figured he had to really provoke this girl, otherwise if she stayed by his side all the time, he wouldn't be able to do anything in the future.
At least it will be a bit troublesome to dig out the pile of jadeite buried under the small building. After all, legally speaking, unless it is something that has been passed down in your family, even if it is an unclaimed item dug up in your own yard, it belongs to the state.
With police officers Sun Xiaoyu and Zhu Junli watching from the sidelines, will Zhou Ziwei hand over the items after he digs them out?
If he doesn't hand it over, given their eccentric and rigid personalities, they'll most likely report Zhou Ziwei immediately, and he'll still be forced to hand it all over obediently. At most, they'll give him a small reward afterward.
But if all of it were handed over to the state... wouldn't all of Zhou Ziwei's efforts over this period have been in vain? Zhou Ziwei is not unpatriotic, but he doesn't have the noble character to regard money as dirt.
Therefore, if Zhou Ziwei wanted to secretly control that large batch of jadeite, he had to find a way to avoid the surveillance of Sun Xiaoyu and Zhu Junli beforehand.
Zhou Ziwei was somewhat confident that he could take down these two men physically, but since they represented the police, if Zhou Ziwei attacked them, it would essentially be considered an assault on the police.
If Zhou Ziwei were to take down these two people silently, he wouldn't be without a way. With just a soul roar, he could guarantee that they would fall into a deep sleep for a day and a night, and afterwards, no one would be able to find out who had taken them down.
However, since they were there to protect Zhou Ziwei's safety, even though they were somewhat repulsive and might have other motives, Zhou Ziwei felt embarrassed to actually harm them. After all, he wasn't very skilled at using the Soul Roar technique, and if he accidentally damaged their brain or even their soul, that would be a sin.
Therefore, this soul roar can only be used as a backup plan. If in the end Zhou Ziwei really can't get rid of these two, then he probably won't care about these things anymore.
However, if there were other ways to break free from their control, Zhou Ziwei would naturally not do so.
For Zhou Ziwei right now, the hardest thing to get rid of is Sun Xiaoyu.
Sun Xiaoyu and Zhu Junli had different roles. Zhu Junli's main task was to monitor everything around them and nip any potential threats to Zhou Ziwei in the bud.
Since Zhou Ziwei had granted permission for Sun Xiaoyu to live with him, she would naturally be responsible for his personal protection.
The meaning of close protection is naturally to stay by someone's side at all times. Zhou Ziwei might still be able to use his special ability to deceive Zhu Junli, who is monitoring from a distance, and leave quietly. However, it would not be so easy to get rid of Sun Xiaoyu, who is always by his side.
Since I have nothing better to do right now, I might as well do a practice run...
Zhou Ziwei's eyes darted around, and he had already made up his mind. He immediately stood up and walked towards the restroom, saying to Sun Xiaoyu, "I need to go out for a bit now. Do you want to come with me?"
Sun Xiaoyu immediately frowned and said, "Didn't I already tell you? It's best not to leave here unless it's something important. If it is something important, then you need to provide us with your destination, route, and specific information about the person you are going to meet..."
"OK... I can tell you where I'm going, but... forget about submitting reports, I don't have the time for that."
“Alright! You tell me, and I’ll record it…” Sun Xiaoyu was instructed to accommodate the target as much as possible, so she had no choice but to take out a miniature handheld computer to record Zhou Ziwei’s travel data so that she could contact Zhu Junli to make travel arrangements together.
Zhou Ziwei turned around and gave Sun Xiaoyu a knowing smile, saying, "Right now, I just want to go to one place... a massage room at a bathhouse..."
Volume 1, Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 148: Taking a Sauna
Upon hearing Zhou Ziwei say that he was going to the massage room at the bathhouse, Sun Xiaoyu's face immediately darkened. She snorted coldly and said, "Going to a massage room... that shouldn't be considered an important matter! I'm sorry... it's our duty, we won't allow you to go to such a crowded place."
"Who says this isn't important?"
Zhou Ziwei, shameless and thick-skinned, smiled and said, "I'm currently trapped in this room by you guys, and my whole body is sore and uncomfortable. If I don't find a place to have a proper steam and a good massage therapist to loosen my bones, I might end up with hemiplegia or cerebral palsy... So... I think this matter is very important to me, and I must do it immediately."
“Mr. Zhou…” Sun Xiaoyu suppressed her anger and tried to maintain what she thought was a calm tone, saying, “If you just want to find a prostitute to do that kind of dirty deal… I can help you arrange for someone to do that kind of business to come here. You don’t have to go to such a place and take the risk.”