Chapter 1890: Putting on a Show for You

But it was of great use to Yaen Chi’s side.

Dark Snake passed him a cigarette, Yaen Chi didn’t take it.

He chuckled and said, “You dared smoke two of Lan Yue’s cigarettes laced with Aphrodisiac Drug, but my clean ones you won’t touch?”

Yaen Chi ignored him and only asked, “Did you find her?”

“We’re looking. My people are all out. As long as she’s still in G City, we’ll have news within two days.”

Yaen Chi answered with a soft “mm.”

Dark Snake gave him a sidelong look.

From the day Yaen Chi arrived in G City, Dark Snake had known and had been watching from the shadows. If they wanted to find someone, the Lan Family’s power would work too, but Yaen Chi had kept his troops still. Obviously he knew what the Lan Family was like—people you don’t move lightly.

If he was willing to use Dark Snake’s people, you could guess the motive, but you couldn’t afford to think too deeply about it.

If a guy like that turned out to be an enemy, he’d be one hell of a tricky opponent. If he was a friend—

Forget it, not worth taking that gamble.

“He ran!” one of the underlings suddenly yelled.

Dark Snake’s hand shook, almost burning his lips with the cigarette. He met Yaen Chi’s eyes, tossed the cigarette, and ran over.

The pretty boy took advantage of no one watching him, dragged the woman out of the car, and ran toward the woods. Dark Snake’s men quickly chased after, but before they’d gone far, they had guns pressed to their foreheads.

They had no choice but to back off, raise their hands, and toss their guns, not daring to move recklessly.

The pretty boy let out a breath. “Took you long enough! Might as well have waited till I was dead to show up!”

“Young Master, we’ve been shadowing you the whole way. You never sent the signal, I got worried and came in first to check. You were at a disadvantage at the time, so I stayed hidden and waited for the brothers to catch up. That’s what took a bit.”

The bodyguard was the driver who’d been driving for him before.

He was the leader of this group.

“I don’t send a signal and you just leave me there? Then what was the point of all that time calculation crap? Be any slower and your Young Master would’ve been taken away!”

The pretty boy handed the woman over to the accompanying doctor. “Treat her. Don’t let her die.”

The doctor agreed and had two bodyguards carry the half-conscious woman to the car behind.

The pretty boy braced both hands on the hood and jumped up; his knee slipped, he failed to land on the hood and instead smacked into the side of the car, pain making him grunt. He immediately lifted his head, saw no one was looking his way, and that no one dared laugh at him. Only then did he lower his voice and let out a soft “ow,” then put in extra effort to bounce again, jumped onto the hood, rolled over, and sat cross-legged.

Facing directly toward Yaen Chi and his entourage rushing over.

He cracked a grin. “Grandpa, look, I left myself a backup. Surprised? Didn’t see that coming, did you?”

Yaen Chi’s face darkened. He pressed, “Didn’t you say it was foolproof?”

“I did have everything set up. Outside they’re all my people…” Dark Snake said half a sentence, then his eyes suddenly widened. “You did this?”

“Mhm!”

The pretty boy nodded hard, looking all bright and cheerful. Sunshine spilled across his blood-splattered face; the smile of a young man bathed in light carried a strange chill.

“Yeah, I did it. You guys get to have backup plans, but I don’t?”

Dark Snake ground out, “You played that act pretty well!”

“Well I had to, or how else was I gonna fool my grandpa?” The pretty boy beamed, his eyes slowly sliding to the side. With a lazy gaze he looked at Yaen Chi. “Actually I trust my dad a lot. After all I’m his only kid, he’s gonna rely on me for the rest of his life. The people he keeps around me have saved my ass more than a few times. How could I possibly doubt them? It was all for you to see.”

Yaen Chi’s face stayed cold and heavy.

He didn’t say a word.