Chapter 10: Bleeding the Rich

"You're saying Black Cat will come find Zhang Haiyan, and we can just lie in wait here and catch Black Cat?"

Dog Head Old Gao's eyes lit up at Nie Huaishang's words; after all, the leader of the K2 organization carried quite a bit of weight.

Moreover, with this organization having planted so many moles in China, it would be impossible to say they had no designs on the country. You can stop a thief for a thousand days, but how can you guard against a thief for a thousand days?

So taking down Black Cat is imperative.

Listening to Nie Huaishang's plan, Dog Head Old Gao felt this young man was no simple character—a student who had just finished the college entrance exam already daring to lay out a scheme to take down the head of a terrorist organization.

And this plan was highly feasible; just today, rooting out the K2 organization's moles in Donghai in one fell swoop was already remarkable.

And this was only after a single day. Before coming, he had thought of several possibilities—maybe being imprisoned, maybe missing or dead.

The only thing he hadn't expected was that they had actually achieved a great success, and on top of that, pressing the advantage to kill Black Cat.

"So what specifically are we going to do next?"

Dog Head Old Gao wanted to test Nie Huaishang; he felt this young man was sure to give him some surprises.

"We don't know when Black Cat will come to Donghai. I plan to go with Guo Jing and the others to Zhang Haiyan's company as interns to protect her safety."

"We won't announce it publicly, just explain to the police that Zhang Haiyan is assisting them in arresting the K2 organization's assassin?"

"Why, you suspect there are K2 moles within the police?"

Dog Head Old Gao asked, puzzled.

"Better to believe it exists than not. Zhang Haiyan never expected her secretary was a mole. Anyway, let's give it a try. If Black Cat really comes, then the police must have moles planted by Black Cat."

Nie Huaishang said calmly. Dog Head Old Gao did not object, just as at the beginning he had not expected someone with Zhang Haiyan's clean family background and bright future to become a terrorist.

A long time ago, K2 had already planted a large number of moles. According to Zhang Haiyan's confession, Cock's Comb Mountain had a K2 organization laboratory.

Once K2 infiltrated and used the things in the laboratory to launch a terrorist attack, Dog Head Old Gao dared not think further.

"I agree with you going to Zhang Haiyan's company as interns, but you must pay attention to safety. Black Cat is no simple matter; his abilities are not something Secretary Yao can compare to."

Dog Head Old Gao cautioned.

Of course, Dog Head Old Gao didn't feel reassured leaving just the four of them, so he specially arranged three Wolf Fang Special Forces personnel to intern at the company with them.

When Zhang Haiyan saw Zhang Chu'an, she was immediately shocked. She knew this young man too well—last time her daughter had beaten him up, and to settle it quickly, she had compensated him with an apartment.

Suddenly she thought of Zhang Chu'an's age and how he had once said he planned to apply to the National University of Defense Technology.

Then she looked at the four of them and said, somewhat in disbelief: "You wouldn't happen to be students, would you?"

Hearing Zhang Haiyan's question, the four did not deny it, each nodding. Seeing them nod, Zhang Haiyan was a bit dumbfounded.

Are students really this capable now? Able to face assassins head-on without changing expression and take them down cleanly and decisively, and still plan to lie in wait to kill Black Cat?

"Hello, Auntie. I didn't expect us to meet again."

Zhang Chu'an said excitedly, gripping Zhang Haiyan's hand. This Auntie Zhang was definitely a good person—generous with her money.

"Yes, I didn't expect us to meet again so soon either."

Zhang Haiyan said awkwardly.

"By the way, Auntie Zhang, the four of us are interning at your company. What about the salary and benefits? Are food and lodging reimbursed?"

Zhang Chu'an asked curiously.

Zhang Chu'an's words left Zhang Haiyan a bit dumbfounded, but thinking that these four were here to protect her safety, she figured it was just spending money to save her life.

"Of course. Salary is one hundred thousand a month, and the company covers food, lodging, and everything else."

Zhang Haiyan said politely.

Guo Jing, standing nearby, quickly pulled Zhang Chu'an aside and said in a low voice: "What's the matter, getting addicted to bleeding the rich? We're on a mission right now, not interning. What you're doing counts as extortion, you know that?"

"We're her interns now, right? Salary and benefits we can do without, but she has to cover our basic living expenses—food, clothing, housing, transportation."

Zhang Chu'an said pitifully.

"Fine."

Guo Jing agreed too. After all, they were still students with little money and needed food and lodging.

The key was he knew Zhang Haiyan had once been a terrorist. If she were an entrepreneur with a clean background, Guo Jing would never have allowed Zhang Chu'an to bleed the rich like this.

No one had any objections to her covering their food and lodging, and certainly not Zhang Haiyan, the wealthy and generous boss.

After all, this amount of money meant nothing to her.

Of course, Zhang Haiyan didn't mind, but Guo Jing and the others felt a bit embarrassed. In a star-rated hotel, Zhang Chu'an swept through the dining table like a whirlwind.

Across from him, Zhang Xiaofan's face was beet red. These past few days, Zhang Chu'an had ordered five-star meals every time, and after finishing, ordered another whole table to take away.

About five hundred per person, and since they all had big appetites, seven people came to three thousand five hundred, over ten thousand a day.

Anyway, except for Nie Huaishang, no one had ever enjoyed these things before.

Of course, when Guo Jing saw their expenses, he was immediately unhappy.

Guo Jing: "Zhang Chu'an, explain to us why we spent over three hundred thousand on meals this month."

Zhang Xiaofan: "Simple—he went to a five-star hotel and ordered dishes."

Zhang Chu'an: "Sigh, we're risking our lives to protect her safety. Can't we even eat something nice? It's not every day we get this chance."

Nie Huaishang: "I originally figured the main point of this mission was killing Black Cat. Whether Zhang Haiyan lives or dies is none of our business. After all, she was a K2 mole before, and siding with us was only because she had no choice."

Guo Jing: "But who would have thought this kid would go to a five-star hotel and order dishes for us, spending three hundred thousand."

Zhang Chu'an: "Then I won't go to a star-rated hotel next time?"

Nie Huaishang: "Forget it, the money's already spent, leave it. After all, we need to keep her alive, so no need to lower the star-rated hotel standard."

Zhang Xiaofan: "I'm going out on this internship and need to bring back things for my friends and parents—like Xiaozhuang needs good photography equipment and such. I'll write you a list."

Nie Huaishang: "No need to feel bad about the money. She's a billionaire; this is nothing to her. I'll write a list too. I'm going to bring back things for Li Erniu and the others. I'll write a list too."

Guo Jing: "Then I want a decent compound bow to practice my archery. Forget it, I'll write a list too. The money's already spent, so what's a little more? When you go out, you have to bring something back for your parents and friends, right?"

Then the shopping lists of what each of the three needed were sent to Zhang Chu'an's phone. They were all things the three had wanted to buy over the years but couldn't afford, and the long shopping lists made Zhang Chu'an's eyes swim a bit.

Zhang Chu'an roughly calculated that each person would cost about fifty or sixty thousand. Suddenly, Zhang Chu'an thought it over—shouldn't I buy something too?

After listing his shopping list, Zhang Chu'an consoled himself — this was the reward for his first internship, not freeloading off someone.