Chapter 300 - 298: Something’s Happening
And Wang Dahua continued to guard the gate, but he was a bit unsettled. Clearly, Chen Tianlong was much stronger than him. And he was right, why was he, someone with such skills, watching the gate for the Xu Family?
He was at least a distant relative of the Xu Family. No matter what, he should be arranged to work in the company. Now, although he had food and shelter, he only got two thousand yuan a month. After going to a bar and buying two packs of cigarettes, the money was gone.
Now he’s almost twenty years old, with no girlfriend, wanting to go out and find a girl to date, but having no money. Just thinking about it made him feel pathetic.
Thinking of this, Wang Dahua took out the note Chen Tianlong gave him earlier, then took out his phone with the other hand and saved the number, noting it as "New Job."
Meanwhile, Chen Tianlong and Wu Mengting were led inside by a middle-aged security guard, but after walking for about five minutes, they still hadn’t arrived at their destination.
Along the way, Chen Tianlong had already observed carefully. The houses in the front were obviously the grand main courtyard of the Xu Family. Why did this middle-aged security guard keep leading them further in?
Could it be that to discuss something, they needed to find a secret Forbidden Land?
"Uncle, where are you taking us?"
Chen Tianlong finally couldn’t help asking. He wasn’t scared, just felt that there was no need to make things so complicated.
"Yeah, Uncle, isn’t the hall up ahead? Why are you taking us deeper inside? Usually, inside is the backyard of the main courtyard!" Wu Mengting also voiced her doubt.
"Haha, both of you, I’m not too sure either. Anyway, it’s the lord’s order, just follow me!"
The middle-aged man chuckled slightly. Although it was laughter, it contained a certain dominance, especially the latter part, which seemed a bit impatient.
After walking for about ten minutes, Chen Tianlong increasingly felt that something was off because the front clearly led to a back garden filled with various flowers and plants.
Suddenly, the middle-aged security guard stopped abruptly, turned around, and said to Chen Tianlong and Wu Mengting, "Alright, you wait here, the lord will be here soon."
Both Chen Tianlong and Wu Mengting were stunned. This was the back garden, and the sun was obviously bright, making them feel scorching. Was this how the Xu Family treated guests?
Clearly, they were just being made to sunbathe!
"Um... Uncle, are you sure Master Xu wants us to wait here?"
Chen Tianlong showed a hint of anger. If Master Xu was playing him and being so obscure, he couldn’t blame him for being ruthless.
The most important thing was that this time he wasn’t alone; he brought Wu Mengting too.
A girl waiting under the sun for you to meet her—this kind of hospitality was quite peculiar. Just thinking about it made Chen Tianlong a bit angry.
"Yes, I’m just delivering the order. As for what it means, I don’t really understand." The middle-aged guard seemed a bit disdainful, turned around, and said, "Alright, I’ll go back to stand guard now, bye-bye!"
After the middle-aged guard left, Wu Mengting, holding Chen Tianlong’s hand, looked around. Although many flowers were planted here, it was obviously not a place for receiving guests.
"Tianlong, do you think Master Xu is trying to mess with us?" Wu Mengting, being a smart girl, thought of this too.
"I don’t really know, but I don’t think a normal person would use this kind of hospitality." Chen Tianlong didn’t follow what they said but started walking to a bench by the flowerbed. There was some shade here, so it wasn’t as hot.
Sure enough, the two waited for ten minutes, and still there was no one—even a servant managing the garden was nowhere to be seen.
After a few more minutes, Chen Tianlong finally could not bear it anymore and was about to find Master Xu to settle the score. At this moment, suddenly there was some movement nearby. The flower bushes around them began to rustle slightly.
"Mengting, there’s movement, be careful!"
With extremely sensitive hearing, Chen Tianlong quickly realized something was wrong. Around them were three flowerbeds, and two of these flowerbeds started rustling.
Soon, two big black dogs suddenly leapt out from within.
"Damn! Hunting dogs!"
Chen Tianlong watched as the two big black dogs came out and appeared very angry, approximately understanding what was going on...
Fifteen minutes earlier...
After the middle-aged guard reported to Master Xu of the Xu Family, Xu Kan and Xu Fei, among others, exchanged a cunning smile and began implementing their plan by administering a brief tranquilizer to two very fierce big wolfdogs.
The Xu Family was a family of medical experts, so playing some tricks on the wolfdogs was easy. The tranquilizer they injected was of a type that, once the wolfdogs woke up, their first action would be to attack all nearby living people.
After doing all this, Master Xu had people place the two big wolfdogs in the flowerbeds, using iron cages to contain them without locking them. Then, he instructed the middle-aged guard to lead the two into the trap.
Returning to the present, Chen Tianlong looked at the two wolfdogs that seemed famished and was extremely frustrated.
These two wolfdogs clearly weren’t ordinary. Since the Xu Family arranged it, they were surely specially trained or injected with hormones. If he really fought them, it would indeed be troublesome.
After all, Chen Tianlong not only had to fight but also protect Wu Mengting. Such big wolfdogs, if they bit Wu Mengting, it would be problematic. If not dead, she’d be halfway there.
"Ah? Dogs?"
The mention of dogs immediately frightened Wu Mengting. She had some psychological fear of dogs. When she was a child, she was chased by a big wolfdog and nearly got bitten, so as an adult, Wu Mengting always stayed far away from dogs.
"Chen Tianlong, I’m so scared!"
Wu Mengting clung tightly to Chen Tianlong, slowly hiding behind him. The two big black dogs were as tall as Chen Tianlong’s waist, looking like hungry wolves searching for food. Just looking at them was a bit creepy.
If it weren’t for Chen Tianlong being an assassin-level individual, he might’ve already been scared out of his wits.
"Mengting, don’t be afraid. Later you must stick close to me and don’t run off alone, understand?" Chen Tianlong also felt worried. These two big black dogs weren’t attacking together but were flanking from both sides.
Later, even if Chen Tianlong managed to take one down, the other might have already lunged over. If he couldn’t react in time and they hurt Wu Mengting, it would be truly frustrating.
"Mm-hmm, I understand. Chen Tianlong, be careful." Wu Mengting nodded vigorously, speaking with some concern while keeping her eyes fixed ahead, fearing a sneak attack by the two big wolfdogs.
As they spoke, the two big black dogs barked twice and directly lunged at the two of them. Meanwhile, Chen Tianlong already had three silver needles in his hand.
"Whoosh"
Chen Tianlong threw the silver needles at the big black dog on his right while he kicked towards the one on his left. The kick wasn’t too high or too low, landing squarely on the big black dog’s head.