Mark chuckled coldly, "Who would know? Can you and this kid's corpse talk? If the dead can talk, then let the dead talk!"
Luo Ya was filled with despair. This Mark was deliberately trying to kill her. The man tied to her was probably not the mysterious person who saved her at the villa that day. If he was, why would he let these people tie him up? She was about to be sunk to the bottom of the river. Even if it was an act, it couldn't be done like this!
Zhou Xuan remained silent, giving Mark the impression that he was terrified and speechless. To Mark's annoyance, he couldn't get the answer he wanted to know. Angrily, he waved his hand and shouted, "Push him down!"
Immediately, five or six tall bodyguards came forward and dragged the cement bottle together. Two other people lifted Zhou Xuan and Luo Ya up and followed their companions carrying the cement bottle and iron chain towards the riverbank. It was only a few meters away. When they reached the riverbank, the water was deep and dark, and the bottom could not be seen.
Luo Ya suddenly opened her mouth and screamed, but the bodyguard was on guard and covered her mouth with his hand. Another person stared at Zhou Xuan, but Zhou Xuan didn't move at all and didn't want to open her mouth to scream.
Since he wasn't going to yell, they let him go. The group carried the stone bottle to the slope, and when they were ready, they let go at the same time. When the cement bottle fell into the water, it made a loud crash, splashing up countless water droplets. Then the iron chain went into the water and pulled Zhou Xuan and Luo Ya into the water with great force.
Luo Ya knew she couldn't escape it, so she was prepared. She took a deep breath and prepared her breathing to be at its best, but it was no use. She knew she couldn't last more than two minutes. Her only hope was to tear off the tape binding her and Zhou Xuan within two minutes, but the possibility of that was almost zero.
She was an expert herself and often used this method to deal with prisoners. She had never failed. How could she possibly break free now?
Zhou Xuan was naturally not alarmed or afraid. Before going into the water, he had already detected that the water depth was about twelve or thirteen meters, with the middle part being even deeper.
After the cement bottle was dragged into the river, Luo Ya struggled desperately, but to no avail. Zhou Xuan, meanwhile, was watching Mark and the others on the shore. A dozen or so people were watching the river. After seeing a series of bubbles rise from where the bottle had fallen in, they waited a minute or two until the bubbles disappeared. Then, with a sinister smile, he waved his hand and led his men away from the scene.
The river sank to the bottom in less than a minute. The bottom of the river was full of stones and silt. The more Luo Ya struggled, the less air she had in her chest and the less she could bear it. When Zhou Xuan saw that she could not bear it anymore, he immediately kissed her mouth and gave her air.
Because they floated up at this time, Mark and the others had not yet left. When Luo Ya was gagged by Zhou Xuan, she was very angry. Although she was in great pain, she thought that as long as Zhou Xuan stuck his tongue out, she would bite it off.
However, Zhou Xuan did not stick his tongue out. He seemed to be panting, and as he panted, the air in his mouth went into her mouth. Luo Ya was extremely suffocated, and the air from Zhou Xuan's mouth immediately relieved her distress. She swallowed large gulps of air, as if Zhou Xuan were an oxygen tank, and she no longer thought about how he had taken advantage of her.
After Mark and the others left, Zhou Xuan used his special ability to tear open the tape, leaving only a tiny bit. Luo Ya struggled to break free from the chains and tape, and could only draw air from Zhou Xuan. But suddenly, Zhou Xuan withdrew his mouth. Under pressure, she didn't think of anything else, and forced her mouth to kiss Zhou Xuan, sticking out her tongue to forcefully open Zhou Xuan's mouth, and then inhaling.
Zhou Xuan quickly turned his head away again. Luo Ya was so angry that she struggled fiercely again. Suddenly, she loosened her grip and broke free of the tape. She was overjoyed and quickly took off the iron chain. She also untied the tape and iron chain from Zhou Xuan and dragged him upstream.
Once on the river, although she felt very uncomfortable, Luo Ya still carefully poked her head out to look around. The river and the shore were quiet, with no one and no sound. Only then did she pull Zhou Xuan's body out of the water and gasp for air. It truly felt like being in another world!
Once her heartbeat calmed down, Luo Ya swam to a spot where it would be easier to climb ashore. After swimming a couple of strokes, she looked back at Zhou Xuan, who then swam over as well. Luo Ya felt a little relieved.
After climbing ashore, he checked the surroundings again. Mark and the others had indeed all evacuated and there was no one around. Only then did he lie down on the ground, feeling sore and weak all over.
It was truly a narrow escape from death! I never imagined that being tied up like that would allow me to struggle free and escape. It was really not easy!
After resting for a while, Luo Ya looked at Zhou Xuan sitting next to her and immediately remembered what had happened underwater. Her eyebrows shot up and she slapped him across the face.
Zhou Xuan had been watching her closely and was prepared. He dodged her in a flash and said angrily, "What are you doing?"
Luo Ya stared at him intently and said fiercely, "What did you just do to me underwater?"
Zhou Xuan chuckled and retorted, "Didn't you use the same methods on me later? We're even now, you don't owe me anything and I don't owe you anything!"
Luo Ya was taken aback. Later, she actually did try to kiss him on the lips, although it wasn't a real kiss, but rather she was trying to get air out of him. But no one who saw this action would think that way.
"No!" Luo Ya suddenly realized that she had struggled underwater just now, and the tape was wrapped so tightly, how could she have broken free? She remembered throwing the tape into the water after she broke free, and now she really didn't want to go back into the water to find it. She had no strength left and was exhausted. Besides, the tape must have been washed away by the current. Where could she find it now?
After all, Luo Ya was an experienced and extremely intelligent agent. Once the danger was over and her mind returned to normal, she immediately sensed that something was wrong and that things were not so simple.
Underwater, didn't she kiss Zhou Xuan? At the time, she thought he was taking advantage of her, but later she received air from his mouth. Then she kissed him again, taking air from him once more. Think about it, at least in her memory, she had never seen anyone with this ability—giving air to someone underwater. Normally, a person's exhaled air is carbon dioxide, useless waste gas, toxic gas. But in Zhou Xuan's mouth, she could tell she had inhaled air for more than two minutes. He wasn't an oxygen-generating machine; how could he possibly give her air for so long?
Moreover, he himself was completely fine. After summarizing all of this, Luo Ya realized that Zhou Xuan had done it on purpose. He must have known he could escape, which is why he wasn't in a hurry or nervous at all. Also, without external help, she probably wouldn't have been able to break free from the tape.
It's Zhou Xuan, it must be Zhou Xuan!
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.