Chapter 980: The Red Fire Extinguisher Appears Again

Middle-aged Uncle: [Ling Feng really wasn't up to it. Yang Qi was right. Ling Feng's crude street-brawling tricks might work against ordinary people, but probably not against someone like him, though I can't really tell the difference myself.]

Domineering Female CEO: [It's fine. In a few more hours, it'll be a new day, and we'll just keep ordering paid assassinations.]

Time moved on to Round 34, Day 5.

The fifth paid assassination began.

The result came out quickly.

Wang Ze was to kill Yang Qi.

Wang Ze was the one who dressed in Japanese and Korean trends, had slightly long hair, and a languid, lazy air about him.

He was the one who had once failed to kill Jiang Ran with a Door-opening Kill.

At that moment, just after the paid assassination's target had been confirmed, a message arrived on Wang Ze's phone.

As it happened, Wang Ze wasn't asleep at the time.

He was lying in bed with a huge Android tablet in his arms, watching the latest and most popular Korean drama, Iron Fist Education.

When a message came in, he glanced at it. Then he paused the show and focused all his attention on his phone.

It didn't take long for him to accept the paid assassination.

After that, he used his phone to send Manager Wu Meiling a message on WeChat:

“Manager, do you know Yang Qi? Which apartment does he live in?”

Manager Wu Meiling was also still awake. She was watching a TikTok livestream selling women's clothing.

When she saw that someone had sent her a private message, she thought about the person named Wang Ze and replied:

“Are you looking for him?”

“Yeah, I need to talk to him.”

Manager Wu Meiling: “He's on the rooftop of Building No. 2 right now.”

“If you need to see him, just go up and find him.”

Wang Ze got dressed.

He hid the cleaver he had used in his failed attempt to kill Jiang Ran with a Door-opening Kill behind his back.

Then he left home and headed up to the rooftop.

He was extremely cautious as he went up.

He crept all the way to the rooftop door and saw that the rooftop was brightly lit. A quick glance revealed a figure with his back to him.

That must be Yang Qi.

Wang Ze thought it over, took off his shoes, and carefully crept forward, intending to attack from behind and kill him with one blow.

But before he had even made it halfway, Yang Qi suddenly turned around.

And so, the two of them found themselves awkwardly face-to-face.

Yang Qi glanced at Wang Ze but didn't move. Wang Ze didn't move either.

Yang Qi said, “Your knife's sticking out.”

Wang Ze tilted his head slightly. Yang Qi said, “Just kidding. You fell for it.”

Wang Ze smiled, then pulled out the cleaver hidden behind his back.

Yang Qi rubbed his head, looking confused and exasperated. “What's with today? Usually, nobody comes looking for me, but today it's one person after another.”

Wang Ze said, “You know why I'm here?”

Yang Qi said, “I can't exactly lie through my teeth and say you're here for a visit. Who brings a cleaver when they're visiting?”

Gripping the cleaver tightly, Wang Ze strode toward Yang Qi.

Yang Qi said, “And what's your reason for coming after me?”

Wang Ze said, “Money. You're worth quite a bit.”

He scratched the itchy spot beside his nose on his left cheek with his right hand.

Yang Qi shrugged. “All right, go ahead.”

Wang Ze thought the man in front of him was interesting, but he wasn't going to hold back.

Once he was in range, he swung the cleaver at him.

The cleaver Wang Ze was using was much larger than the dagger Ling Feng had used earlier.

A single hit from it could leave someone half crippled.

So, just as before, Yang Qi focused on dodging and evading while watching Wang Ze's movements and gathering more information.

It didn't take him long to figure things out. The guy in front of him was just like the previous one.

He was nothing but a crude street brawler.

So Yang Qi stopped dodging. After a few moves, he kicked the cleaver out of Wang Ze's hand.

Two kicks to the chest sent Wang Ze stumbling backward.

Wang Ze patted the footprints on his chest.

His chest was burning with pain.

Yang Qi found it strange. The man had clearly come to kill him, yet he still waved him away. “You can go.”

Wang Ze was still wondering how to proceed now that he knew he was no match for the man in front of him. Should he try some other dirty trick, or retreat for now? Then he heard Yang Qi say that.

Whether Yang Qi meant it or not, Wang Ze cautiously picked up his cleaver first. Then he backed away from the rooftop.

In the live stream room's chat section:

Ultimate Rich Kid, who was up late: [No way! Yang Qi's that strong? Neither of them could beat him?]

I am the Hero: [It's fine. There are still two more paid assassinations. For tomorrow's, we can pick Jason, the one in the dark blue suit. He's fought Yang Qi before, and they seemed about evenly matched.]

Evil Wolf: [This was just one failed attempt. Whether it's Ling Feng or Wang Ze, they can still go after Yang Qi again. There's no time limit on these paid assassinations, so they might not even need to wait for the next one. Both of them are pretty underhanded. When a frontal sneak attack doesn't work, they start thinking up dirty tricks.]

Fairy Sister @ Evil Wolf: [You're still awake? What are you up to?]

Evil Wolf: [I just favored a young actor who'd only just signed a contract.]

Fairy Sister: [You're having quite the lucky romantic encounter!]

Evil Wolf: [No matter how lucky my romantic encounters are, I can't compare to I am the Hero. He gets to share intimate moments with the famous actress Gu Lan.]

I am the Hero: [Damn it, you're at it again?! Can't you let that go?]

Fairy Sister: [Exactly, exactly.]

Then came an emoji egging them on.

...

After running into two people on the rooftop who wanted to kill him, Yang Qi decided not to hang around up there anymore.

Wang Ze had tried to sneak up on him earlier, but Yang Qi's sudden turn hadn't been because he'd noticed Wang Ze. He'd been on the rooftop and seen that the coffee he'd ordered had arrived on the delivery rack.

Even at this hour in the middle of the night, there was still a shop open, and a delivery guy was still making deliveries.

That was hard work.

Yang Qi went downstairs to pick up his coffee, then returned to his apartment.

He finished his coffee, took a shower, and went to bed.

He slept until a little after five in the morning, then woke up, washed up, and drank an iced Americano he'd made at home with his own ingredients before heading to the apartment building's gym to work out.

His routine was the same as yesterday's.

Yang Qi, or rather, many people, lived through the same routine day after day.

After his workout, Yang Qi ate breakfast at home, put on his delivery uniform, and went downstairs.

Just as he was about to leave the building, whether because he was lucky or because the attacker was a novice and inexperienced, a red fire extinguisher landed right in front of him.

It missed him by a hair.

Since it hadn't hit him, it first struck the cement ground, then bounced forward. After hitting the ground ahead of it a second time, it started rolling, rolled a few times, and came to a stop.

It lay quietly on the cement ground.

Yang Qi looked at the red fire extinguisher, then the corner of his mouth curled up.

He walked a few steps forward and looked up at the apartment building. Just like Jiang Ran before him, he saw nothing. The attacker had vanished without a trace after throwing the red fire extinguisher.