Last time, Zhou Ziwei went downstairs to practice his boxing, which triggered a frenzied attack by assassins. Although he was not seriously injured, he still had a terrible headache.
Therefore, he no longer cared whether it would affect Liu Xiaofei and Sun Xiaoyu's rest in the morning, and resumed his habit of practicing boxing in the room every morning.
Once a habit is formed, it is not easily changed. Even though Zhou Ziwei was feeling unwell and his limbs were stiff when he punched, making it look like he was doing a robotic dance, he still gritted his teeth and persevered.
And as it turns out, the recovery effect of Niu-style Tai Chi is quite obvious. After completing the entire set of movements, the last trace of the effects of the intoxicating fragrance left in Zhou Ziwei's body was completely cleared away.
Zhou Ziwei breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that he needed to be more careful in the future. His name was still listed on the black market assassin website, and he didn't know how many assassins would come looking for him in the future.
The methods of professional assassins are even more diverse and terrifying than Sun Xiaoyu's tricks.
If you're not careful, you could easily capsize in a ditch.
Zhou Ziwei grabbed a towel and wiped the sweat off his body. He thought to himself that he needed to take a proper shower, otherwise, if Liu Xiaofei really wanted to get intimate with him later, he was sure to stink her out... Uh... Should he go in now and take a bath together...? It seemed like that would save water and be more environmentally friendly...
Just as Zhou Ziwei was fantasizing about taking a bath with Liu Xiaofei, his phone, which was on the bedside table, started ringing incessantly again.
At this moment, Zhou Ziwei was sitting on the edge of the bed, and his body had recovered to normal. With his superhuman reaction speed, he immediately turned around, grabbed the phone, and quickly pressed the answer button within the first second of the ringtone.
Zhou Ziwei deeply resented the harassing phone call that had just ruined his and Liu Xiaofei's relationship, which was why he was using this method to retaliate in a small way. If it was another harassing call, he would make the caller pay the phone bill if he answered the call this way.
Of course... if someone really needs his help, then it doesn't matter.
He wasn't so brain-dead as to think this was another harassing call and immediately start swearing as soon as he answered.
Sure enough, when he answered the phone and looked at the caller ID, he realized that it was Li Yifeng calling.
"Hey... buddy... still sleeping?"
Before Zhou Ziwei could even put the phone to his ear, he heard Li Yifeng's loud voice coming from the other end: "What time is it? The post office should be open by now, right? These two big boxes aren't going to stay here any longer. Let's mail them out as soon as possible!"
Zhou Ziwei broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this. The commotion in the middle of the night had almost driven him to the brink of collapse, and he had completely forgotten that Li Yifeng was still downstairs watching over the two large boxes.
Volume 1: The Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 161: Zhou Zixu
Zhou Ziwei didn't delay any longer. He didn't even bother waiting for Liu Xiaofei, who was still lingering in the bathroom. Without even washing his face again, he immediately changed his clothes and went downstairs. He and Li Yifeng drove to the post office and mailed the two boxes of jadeite rough stones that had been nailed shut and sealed.
The meeting place was the small villa where Zhou Ziwei and Wang Xuewei lived in Dangyang.
Zhou Ziwei and Li Yifeng only breathed a sigh of relief after watching the two large boxes being loaded onto the post office's delivery truck.
Li Yifeng, in particular, spent most of the night in fear. Although he was extremely sleepy, he dared not close his eyes for even a moment, fearing that if he dozed off for a short while, the box would be gone when he opened his eyes again. If that happened, he would be guilty even if he died.
"Well... seeing how sleepy you are, you should go back to the hotel and get a good night's sleep!"
As Zhou Ziwei started driving the Jeep, he patted Li Yifeng on the shoulder with gratitude and said, "And starting today, you don't need to keep an eye on the construction site every day. I used to have you keep a close eye on it mainly because of the possible treasure underground. Now that the treasure has been dug up, we don't need to keep such a close watch anymore. Just go and check on it occasionally, as long as they don't cut corners."
"Wow... does that mean... I can go out and pick up girls again these next few days?"
Upon hearing this, Li Yifeng immediately became excited, and even his eyelids, which had been drooping with sleep, tightened up.
With a sharp glint in his eyes like a wild wolf, he immediately began searching for his prey all over the streets.
Zhou Ziwei shook his head speechlessly, dragged Li Yifeng into the beat-up jeep, and said with a wry smile, "Fine... I don't care if you want to pick up girls, but you should at least go back and take a shower first! Look at you... you dug in the dirt half the night last night, and now you're all filthy. With your appearance, people will think you're a migrant worker here. No wonder you can't pick up girls..."
"Uh... what's wrong with migrant workers? Can't migrant workers pick up girls?"
Upon hearing this, Li Yifeng immediately launched into a serious debate, saying, "If being mistaken for a migrant worker and still managing to pick up girls proves my boundless charm, then it also proves that the beauties I've dated truly like me. Although driving that Mercedes RV makes it easier to pick up girls, but... damn it... I feel like the girls I dated the other day were all junk, not a single virgin!"
Zhou Ziwei burst into laughter upon hearing this, saying, "What are you saying... Women who would immediately sleep with you just because you drive a luxury car, do you really expect them to be decent girls? These kinds of women are bound to be vain, greedy, and hypocritical. Anyway, you're just playing around with them, just treat it as a one-night stand, why do you care if they're virgins? Are you a virgin yourself? Humph... I think you're the one being dealt with every day."
Li Yifeng chuckled, scratched his head awkwardly, and said, "Actually, I... am not necessarily just playing around with those girls. If I really meet the right one, maybe I can stay with her forever... It's just that I haven't met a girl who can truly move my heart yet, so... driving that luxury car to pick up girls is really low-class. I've decided... from now on, I'll use this migrant worker's outfit to pick up girls. I guess only in this way can I pick up a good girl who is truly good to me."
Zhou Ziwei suppressed a laugh and said, "Alright... then you can take your time with your pursuit! But you'd better be able to endure the loneliness, because with this outfit, your success rate in picking up girls will probably be so low it'll make you despair. But that's fine too... so you don't end up with kidney deficiency before you find your true other half, and then you won't even be able to get into the bridal chamber, that would be a real tragedy..."
"Nonsense!" Li Yifeng immediately rolled his eyes at Zhou Ziwei and said, "My brother Yifeng is dashing and handsome. Even if I'm dressed in a migrant worker's uniform, it can't hide my dashing nature. If I just stand on the street, I'll still be the focus of all the girls' attention and the object of their fantasies. But you're right... I'll have to restrain myself a bit from now on. Although my brother Yifeng is very strong, even a 'seven-times-a-night' man can't compare to my charm, I still need to maintain my purity for my future wife..."
"Pure my foot."
Zhou Ziwei was so disgusted by Li Yifeng's shamelessness that he almost vomited in the car. He immediately reached out and slapped Li Yifeng on the head, saying, "Alright... I still have to go to Old Master Gu's place. Uh... but I'm not used to driving this uniquely styled Jeep. Let's go back to the hotel first. I'll switch back to my Audi. If you really want to dress up as a migrant worker to pick up girls, then go ahead. But you have to return this car to the construction team first. Even though it's a bit old, it's still a car, isn't it? If you're going to pretend to be a migrant worker, you have to do it properly. If you drive this car to pick up girls, even if they really think you're a migrant worker, they'll still think you're a foreman. So... you're more likely to end up with a bunch of junkies."
"Okay...okay...I understand."
Li Yifeng chuckled and said, "You've been quite the ladies' man these past few days, sleeping with two policewomen every day and having threesomes. I'm so envious, haha... How come you're so lucky with women? Tsk tsk tsk... You're not as handsome as me, not as kind, not as tall, and not as funny... Uh... How come Officer Liu and Officer Sun are blind to your charms? Do you have some secret tricks for picking up girls? If so, you have to teach your brother a few tricks, don't keep them to yourself!"
Zhou Ziwei said speechlessly, "What kind of amazing trick do I have... Who does threesomes every day? I'm still a pure virgin, okay? You can't ruin my reputation... I'll sue you for defamation..."
"Oh..." Upon hearing this, Li Yifeng immediately covered his mouth and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "Stop the car...stop the car quickly..."
Zhou Ziwei, confused, quickly slammed on the brakes and pulled the Jeep over to the side of the road, asking urgently, "What's wrong?"
Li Yifeng chuckled and said, "You disgust me. I need to find somewhere to throw up for a while..."
Zhou Ziwei was furious that the man had asked him to stop the car just to disgust him. He kicked the man and said, "Then get out and throw up! I'm going back to the hotel first. After you've thrown up, you can go around picking up girls all over the street."
The two of them joked and played around in the car for a while before continuing to drive back to the hotel.
Zhou Ziwei didn't go upstairs again. He simply picked up the briefcase filled with jade fragments and got into his Audi. Just as he was about to drive to Gu Dongfeng's house, his phone rang again.
Zhou Ziwei picked up his phone and saw it was another unfamiliar number. After hesitating for a moment, he answered it.
"Brother...where did you run off to?!"
As soon as the phone was answered, an anxious voice came from the other end, which made Zhou Ziwei pause for a moment before realizing that the voice sounded familiar. He must have heard it before when he was not possessing this body.
This person... must be his nominal younger brother, Zhou Zixu!
Zhou Ziwei, after all, was not the real Zhou Ziwei and had no feelings for this adopted younger brother whatsoever. Upon hearing this, he responded indifferently, saying, "Is this Zixu? What's wrong... what do you want?"
Zhou Zixu said anxiously, "Brother... so many things have happened at home, you can't be completely unaware, can you? Our Zhou family is about to collapse... the entire Zhou Group is in chaos, and several key members of our family have even been threatened with assassination. Brother... how are you doing out there? Have you encountered any danger?... Why didn't you tell me you changed your phone number? I called you several times, but I couldn't get through. I thought something had happened to you... I only found out your phone number after asking my sister-in-law..."
Zhou Ziwei hummed in agreement and said, "I'm fine. Although I'm out there, I have police officers protecting me, so you don't need to worry about me. Um... um... how is Dad... how is he now?"
"Dad...he...he's not well."
Zhou Zixu said with some frustration, "Yesterday, in order to deal with the equity issues of the Zhou Group... I had to attend a secret meeting of all the company's shareholders. As a result... as soon as he stepped out, he was ambushed by a sniper and seriously injured on the spot. After being rushed to the hospital, he was temporarily saved, but his condition is still not very stable. The doctor said... even if my father is completely out of danger, I'm afraid... I'm afraid he will spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair."
"Oh...that's really unfortunate...but don't worry too much...he should be fine."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ziwei merely frowned and offered a few words of polite comfort to Zhou Zixu. However, if an outsider had said this, it would have been considered normal. But since he was nominally Zhou Zhengxiang's son, his words now seemed rather heartless.
Sure enough... there was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone before Zhou Zixu continued, "Brother... I know your relationship with Dad has never been very harmonious, but... he is still your father after all. If possible... come back and see him! Although Dad didn't say anything after he woke up, I could tell... he... is still very worried about you."
Zhou Ziwei paused for a moment, then said, "Okay! I'll be back soon, and I'll come see you then..."
Zhou Ziwei put down the phone, remaining silent. He wondered if Zhou Zixu was genuinely concerned about him, simply because Zhou Zhengxiang wanted to see his adopted eldest son, or if he had some other purpose in calling him at this time.
Undoubtedly, the Zhou family suffered a devastating blow at this time. The names of the main members of the Zhou family were listed on the black market assassin network, and most of the Zhou family members lived in Dangyang.
Therefore, most of the assassins from all over the world should be gathered in Dangyang. Zhou Zhengxiang, under the protection of the police, was attacked by a sniper and his life is unknown as he just wanted to go out to attend a meeting. This shows how dangerous Dangyang is now. On the contrary, Zhou Ziwei is safer outside.
But Zhou Zixu called him back at this time, so did he have ulterior motives...?
Zhou Ziwei would not get any results from guessing this matter out of thin air, so he only thought about it briefly and then put it aside for the time being. He knew that there must be someone in his life who was plotting to kill him, but who exactly it was still under investigation.
He absolutely had to go back to Dangyang. Whether the Zhou family collapsed or not was not of much concern to him, but he was still the eldest son of the Zhou family in name. In such a critical period, if he kept hiding outside and didn't go back even though his nominal father was about to die, it would really be unreasonable.
The situation in Tengchong is mostly resolved now. Although the renovation project of the building he bought is not yet finished, Zhou Ziwei can't just wait here forever. Anyway, with Li Yifeng here, he can handle everything.
The two boxes of jade fragments have been sent back to Dangyang, and Zhou Ziwei must return as soon as possible. He would only feel at ease if he received the two boxes in person.
Otherwise, he wouldn't want the house. If Wang Xuewei carelessly opened the box and threw away the jade inside as if it were a stone, then things would be terrible.
Just to be on the safe side, not a single speck of dirt was rubbed off the jade fragments in the two large wooden boxes, so the two boxes of jade looked almost like two boxes of stones. If Zhou Ziwei hadn't explained it clearly to Wang Xuewei, that would have been a real possibility.
However, if things were made clear... Zhou Ziwei was worried that Wang Xuewei might have other ulterior motives.
After all, their marriage was only in name; the two of them had virtually no feelings for each other. Wang Xuewei had devoted herself to the Wang family business. If she really knew that the two boxes Zhou Ziwei sent back were worth billions... who knows if she would have been so envious that she would have turned those two boxes of jade into the Wang family's property.
Zhou Ziwei didn't want to use this wealth to test others any further. Although he didn't have much affection for Wang Xuewei, his fake wife, he still had some goodwill towards her. He didn't want this temptation to cause any irreparable rift between them, this fake couple.
After making the decision, Zhou Ziwei immediately called Wu Di, urging him to make the new cross-shaped dart he ordered as soon as possible and send it directly to Dangyang.
He then gave him a final instruction, asking him to take care of Li Yifeng and to make sure nothing happened to him.
Zhou Ziwei was quite at ease with his relationship with Wu Di, as the man wasn't a true underworld figure but rather operated in a gray area.
However, he wielded immense power in the Yunnan area, and ordinary people, regardless of their character, always gave him some respect. With him protecting Li Yifeng, Li Yifeng was unlikely to face any danger.
Wu Di harbored deep fear of Zhou Ziwei, yet also felt a sliver of gratitude towards him. This made it highly unlikely that he would betray Zhou Ziwei. At least as long as Zhou Ziwei was still alive, Wu Di should not have any ulterior motives.
After speaking with Wu Di, Zhou Ziwei realized there was nothing more he needed to do in Tengchong. After delivering the box of jade fragments to Gu Dongfeng, he could leave Tengchong and Yunnan immediately. However... there was still Liu Xiaofei who was somewhat difficult for him to face.
Zhou Ziwei is now somewhat relieved that nothing actually happened between him and Liu Xiaofei this morning. Otherwise, having just slept with her and then immediately leaving in the afternoon... that seems a bit too frivolous and heartless.
It wouldn't matter if it were just a one-night stand, but the two of them are already so familiar with each other that there's no possibility of it being just a one-night stand.
If Zhou Ziwei didn't want to be so heartless, what could he do? Take her back to Dangyang? Then how would he introduce Liu Xiaofei to Wang Xuewei? Although he and Wang Xuewei still had a "pure" marital relationship, so pure that they hadn't even held hands, as long as they hadn't gone through divorce proceedings, Wang Xuewei was still Zhou Ziwei's legal wife.
Zhou Ziwei couldn't very well bring another woman home in front of his legal wife! Ugh... this is really a headache...
Zhou Ziwei shook his head, thinking that although the two of them hadn't taken things to the final step this morning, the situation... seemed to be quite ambiguous.
Even if I were to leave, I couldn't just say goodbye without leaving any explanation.
Thinking about all this, Zhou Ziwei hesitated for a moment, then immediately called Liu Xiaofei and asked her to come downstairs and accompany him to Gu Dongfeng's house. He didn't explain what they were going to do over the phone, and Liu Xiaofei didn't ask any questions. She just answered and hung up.
Zhou Ziwei sat in the car, sullenly lighting a cigarette. He turned on the car CD player and listened to Dao Lang's melancholic and desolate "West Sea Love Song," feeling a wave of unease wash over him...
Just as the song was about to end, Liu Xiaofei came downstairs. She was wearing a snow-white dress, flesh-colored stockings, and white high-heeled shoes, which made her figure look even more slender and graceful. She exuded an irresistible youthful energy, and when Zhou Ziwei felt her radiance, he suddenly realized that he was getting old.
Liu Xiaofei, being a girl after all, blushed deeply when she recalled the ambiguous moment between the two of them that morning. After getting into the car, she glanced at Zhou Ziwei with her alluring eyes, then immediately lowered her head, not daring to look at him again. Her expression was like that of a shy bride, which made Zhou Ziwei's heart flutter slightly once more.
Volume 1, Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 162: Unparalleled Beauty
Liu Xiaofei got into the car and sat next to Zhou Ziwei, but kept looking at her toes and didn't dare to look up at him.
After a while, seeing that the car hadn't started moving, he was quite puzzled. Turning his head, he saw Zhou Ziwei looking at him with a very strange expression.
Her face flushed red again, and she wrinkled her cute little nose slightly, scolding, "You're so annoying... What are you looking at? What's so interesting?"
Zhou Ziwei knew Liu Xiaofei was shy and still embarrassed about what happened that morning, so he deliberately put on a lecherous act, licked his lips, and teased her, saying, "Of course you're beautiful! How come I never noticed how pretty you are before, Xiaofei? Wow... you're absolutely stunning, breathtakingly beautiful, a feast for the eyes, naturally beautiful, and so delicate... what's that saying about beautiful women again? What... what's so beautiful that... what's so beautiful that... what's so beautiful that... what's so beautiful that..."
When Liu Xiaofei first heard Zhou Ziwei praising her, she was both happy and shy. She looked at the man in front of her with affection in her eyes, as if the affection in her eyes was about to turn into water droplets.
Later, when Zhou Ziwei was stuck on a word and couldn't say it for a long time, I couldn't help but remind him, "It's 'beautiful beyond compare'."
"Ah—" Zhou Ziwei immediately exclaimed exaggeratedly upon hearing this, saying, "Xiao Fei, you're so shameless... You actually praised yourself as incredibly beautiful."
Liu Xiaofei was both angry and anxious, and hurriedly retorted, "You're talking nonsense. I didn't praise myself at all. It was clearly you who said it."