Chapter 5: Dachangshi

When Chen Shoushan came out of the store, it was around 1 or 2 PM. Although it was past lunchtime, Chen Shoushan didn't feel very hungry. The lawyer's Sequence Eight — Barbarian gave Chen Shoushan tremendous strength while also giving him extremely high resistance, both mentally and physically.

Chen Shoushan planned to go to Dachangshi to meet Yang Jian, so he took a car directly to the suburban airport and boarded the next flight straight to Dachangshi.

The journey was uneventful; the flight was normal with no supernatural incidents, and Chen Shoushan also had his first meal after crossing over on the plane, and he decided that once he took office he would definitely change the airplane's meals—they were truly awful.

The flight lasted a few hours, finally landing at the suburban airport of Dachangshi. After disembarking, Chen Shoushan got into a car and proceeded along the national highway toward Dachangshi.

"Holy shit, are they filming a movie over there?"

The driver suddenly widened his eyes and exclaimed in surprise.

Chen Shoushan followed the driver's gaze and saw a helicopter slowly descending in the sky not far away; farther off, a supercar was speeding toward the helicopter, with a red light trailing closely behind it.

Did I just stumble into a plot? Which part is this?

Thanks to the Barbarian's excellent eyesight, even at a distance Chen Shoushan could still see the man sitting in the helicopter.

The man looked to be in his early thirties, with a slightly pallid complexion, a calm expression, wearing frameless glasses, and dressed in a white lab coat, as if he had just come out of the laboratory.

Wang Xiaoming?

Chen Shoushan had a guess: this appearance and attire, plus the ability to freely mobilize an armed helicopter domestically, must be the intellectual pinnacle from the book—Wang Xiaoming.

"Come over, don't worry, nothing will happen."

Chen Shoushan took out a hundred dollars from his pocket and gave it to the driver, then began to "persuade" him.

Bribery—Charm

The driver suddenly felt unlimited goodwill toward Chen Shoushan—he hadn't even sent him into the city yet, and Chen Shoushan had actually given him a hundred bucks; what a good person, boo-hoo—then how could I not help a good person? It's just making an illegal turn on the highway, what's the deduction of points?

Just like that, the driver made a snap decision and turned straight toward the helicopter.

On the helicopter, Wang Xiaoming nervously watched the distant speeding car approach; although he despised his useless brother, he was still his only relative in this world.

Finally the helicopter landed on the ground, the supercar not far away was about to arrive, and just as Wang Xiaoming breathed a sigh of relief, the red light suddenly expanded and engulfed the car.

In an instant the world fell silent, and the supercar's roar vanished from Wang Xiaoming's ears.

"Still didn't make it in time?"

Wang Xiaoming's face grew somewhat solemn as he slowly descended from the helicopter.

"You're Professor Wang Xiaoming, right?"

Suddenly Wang Xiaoming heard a gentle voice from behind, and at the same time the security personnel standing nearby hurriedly shielded Wang Xiaoming behind them and raised their guns on alert.

Wang Xiaoming turned to size up the man before him, who wore a branded suit, was handsome and attractive, and with that gentle smile his upright bearing exuded a noble air.

Wang Xiaoming didn't speak, but searched his memory; with his recall, anyone he had seen he remembered, let alone someone as distinctive in appearance and demeanor as Chen Shoushan.

"Step back, sir, please step back."

The guard beside him didn't care about all that, pointing his gun at Chen Shoushan and shouting nervously.

"Don't be nervous, I'm Chen Shoushan, and I want to be friends with Professor Wang."

Chen Shoushan maintained his calm, easygoing demeanor and kindly attempted to "persuade" the guard.

"Oh oh! Turns out he just wanted to make friends."

The persuaded guard simply put down his weapon, and Wang Xiaoming beside him frowned.

His guards were carefully selected—how could they possibly let their guard down over just one sentence?

"A folk Ghost Master?"

Wang Xiaoming asked, saying he had no record of such a person in his memory, which meant this wasn't a Ghost Master from Headquarters, otherwise he would certainly have an impression.

At the same time, the guard beside him heard it was a Ghost Master and became alert again, but still didn't raise his weapon, merely watching Chen Shoushan warily.

"I guess you could barely count as one!"

Chen Shoushan did not deny it.

"Sorry, let's be friends later! I still have some family matters to attend to."

Wang Xiaoming lightly refused, saying he was merely a scholar responsible for research, and that befriending a Ghost Master should be left to Zhao Jianguo, who would surely be happy to do so.

"Family matters? Is it about your brother Wang Xiaoqiang causing trouble with Mr. Yang Jian? Perhaps I can offer some help."

Chen Shoushan asked with a smile, saying he was still quite interested in Professor Wang, and if possible he wanted to poach him to work for himself, whose only weak point was his brother Wang Xiaoqiang, and after his brother's death he himself wouldn't want to live.

Therefore, if he could save his brother Wang Xiaoqiang and win him over to his side, Professor Wang would naturally make a choice.

After all, what Professor Wang wants is to end the supernatural era, and he doesn't have much obsession over who rules.

"How do you know that?"

Wang Xiaoming stared at Chen Shoushan warily—this was a closely guarded secret of Headquarters, strictly speaking, everything about Wang Xiaoming but classified; most people with a bit of background only know a name, never having seen his face, let alone knowing he has a brother.

"That's not important; what matters is that I want to be friends with Professor Wang."

Chen Shoushan did not answer Wang Xiaoming's question.

"What do you want?"

Wang Xiaoming didn't believe Chen Shoushan's nonsense—offending another Ghost Master for no reason just to be friends with him?

Seeing Wang Xiaoming's wariness, Chen Shoushan knew that if he didn't state a condition, Wang Xiaoming would rather abandon his brother Wang Xiaoqiang than readily agree to Chen Shoushan, since free things often turn out to be the most costly, and Wang Xiaoming naturally understood that.

"Since you insist, then recommend me to join Headquarters? I believe with Professor Wang's standing my autonomy would be greater."

Seeing Wang Xiaoming's insistence, Chen Shoushan accordingly changed his plan, using Wang Xiaoming to enter Headquarters and leveraging his favor to strengthen his own influence.

"I'm just a professor… alright, I'll discuss it with Chief Cao."

Wang Xiaoming hesitated a moment, but thinking of his only brother, he gritted his teeth and agreed.

Wang Xiaoming himself also knew that although he was merely a professor, his status in Headquarters was actually high; basically, if he spoke up, Headquarters would agree.

Seeing Wang Xiaoming nod in agreement, Chen Shoushan smiled, turned, and shouted toward where the supercar had disappeared.

"Mr. Yang Jian, you must have overheard my conversation with Professor Wang—how about hearing my terms? I also want to be friends with you."

(End of chapter)