Chapter 169: Sailing Carefully Keeps the Ship Afloat for Ten Thousand Years

Another two days passed.

Jiang Cheng looked at the panel, at the progress of the Broken Jade Fist, and felt very satisfied.

No wonder the Golden Blood Paste, which costs three thousand yuan per bottle, works at twice the speed of the Black Jade Paste; however, advancing the Broken Jade Fist from Proficient to Mastery still requires at least five or six bottles of Golden Blood Paste.

Fortunately, the total is just over ten thousand, so it can be scraped together easily.

The cultivation of the Broken Jade Skill is also proceeding in an orderly fashion.

In theory, buying some Spirit Nourishing Pills would make the progress a bit faster.

But considering future missions, an Iron Wall Talisman is indispensable, and there may be other item needs, so the idea was abandoned.

After all, reaching Level Three in twelve or thirteen days is already sufficient.

It wasn't early, and as he left the training room, many people greeted him along the way.

Jiang Cheng returned the greetings one by one.

Through the firearm training courses over these days, he became quite familiar with many people.

Although in his heart he has no intention of undertaking missions with others.

When he returned home, it was already evening, and Chen Sao had just finished dinner.

A few of them sat around the dining table.

Xiao Cheng.

Just as he lifted his chopsticks, Chen Sao whispered, "Someone from the Law Enforcement Bureau came looking for us while we were setting up stalls outside today."

Jiang Cheng was startled.

"Do you still remember that woman who came to us a few days ago? The one we said was a swindler?"

"Ah, her? What's up?"

Jiang Cheng said calmly.

It seems the woman's corpse has already been discovered.

The Law Enforcement Bureau was inquiring everywhere and came to Chen Sao for information, which was expected.

"I don't know either; those two people asked me whether I'd seen her, what I said after seeing her, then they asked if I'd seen any suspicious people. I said no, and they left, apparently to ask someone else," Chen Sao said, looking puzzled.

"By the way, Brother Jiang Cheng, those two also asked whether we'd seen a man in a black jacket wearing a mask," Lin Yue added.

She'd seen plenty of people in black jackets.

But she hadn't seen anyone wearing a mask.

"I see."

Jiang Cheng nodded.

Sure enough, the surveillance cameras had pointed suspicion at him.

Fortunately, whether he wore the mask or removed it, he was extremely careful, only doing so when sure no one saw.

He also discarded the mask midway; even if the other party retrieved it, they'd have a hard time locating him, likely only searching the area where it was dropped.

Nevertheless, one shouldn't be careless—go out more to gather information, for a careful ship sails a thousand years.

He thought of those two women again.

He also didn't know what happened to them after they were rescued.

Fortunately, they gave an address, so he'll quietly go check the situation tomorrow.

The next day.

Jiang Cheng took a pack of cigarettes to the two security guards at the neighborhood entrance.

He planned to first gather information from them.

After all, these two have lived here so long that their information network must be better than his.

When they saw Jiang Cheng approach, smiles spread across their faces. "Ah, young fellow, you're too polite. Come on, why bring cigarettes?" the older guard said, though his posture was sincere.

"Young fellow, we've been keeping an eye on your family, but yesterday we saw two Law Enforcement Bureau agents questioning them. Do you know about it?" the younger guard asked.

"Yes, I've heard. Those two were asking my family about a woman—she wore red clothes and carried a small bag," Jiang Cheng nodded, handing over a cigarette.

"Exactly, that's her, young fellow; you probably haven't heard of her, have you?"

The older guard glanced around, and without Jiang Cheng prompting, said, "That woman seems to be a human trafficker, named Zhang… what was her full name again?"

"Zhang Hong," the other added.

"Right, right, Zhang Hong, Zhang Hong."

The older guard gave an embarrassed smile, "I'm getting old, my memory's not great."

"A human trafficker?" Jiang Cheng feigned shock, "How did you know?"

Inside, he already had a bad premonition.

He replied, "Hehe, of course we also heard it from others." The older guard smiled smugly, "Don't think we're just standing here idly; we know every wind and rustle in the Outer City District. I heard that a few days ago, a woman missing for over a year escaped back home, saying she'd been locked in a basement for that whole time—how terrible!"

"Exactly, she said it was that woman Zhang Hong who harmed her; many people know about this! Young fellow, when you first asked us about a job, wasn't it because of her?"

"Yes."

Jiang Cheng let out a sigh of relief.

"I told you, there's no such thing as a good thing in this world; turns out she's a human trafficker."

"Exactly! Such a person should be taken to be executed by gun!"

"No need to execute her; she's already dead, died in her own home. I heard the person who killed her is the same one who rescued those two women!"

"Is that so?"

"Yes, they all wore masks! The Law Enforcement Bureau has been looking for that person lately. If you ask me, what they did was pretty good, right? Why go after them? Many people were duped by that woman, not knowing if they'd live or die. They refuse to investigate that, but insist on chasing this person—truly."

"Cough, cough," the older guard coughed twice.

"Sorry, young fellow, I got a bit carried away. Please don't spread what I just said; pretend I said nothing," the former realized and quickly forced a smile.

If this talk reaches the ears of the Enforcement Squad, he definitely won't be able to get away with it.

"Hmm? What did you just say? Why don't I remember?" Jiang Cheng blinked.

"Hahaha."

The three of them exchanged a knowing smile.

At that moment, Jiang Cheng pretended not to care and asked, "How's that woman who went back now?"

Upon hearing that, the two security guards exchanged a glance, and their faces instantly drooped.

"Tragic."

"Tragic?"

Jiang Cheng's expression grew solemn.

"Yes, I heard that people from the Law Enforcement Bureau showed up, took them away, and on the way back, two vans burst out, seven or eight men rushed down, and seized the whole family of four!"

"What! And then?"

Jiang Cheng was startled and quickly followed up.

"I heard that none of them have come back yet; I guess it's definitely a grim outcome."

"Yeah, it's been a few days already, right? Sigh, among the four there's a child, supposedly under ten. This must be the work of those traffickers behind it, killing to silence! Maybe there's even more behind it..."

The younger guard dared not continue.

After all, nothing went wrong early or late, but it went wrong right after coming from the Law Enforcement Bureau; who would believe there's no trick in this? "!!!"

Jiang Cheng was stunned.

(End of chapter)