Demons Beside You

Unable to stop Laurent"s persistent pestering, Chen Zhao could only accept the client.

Chen Zhao, Laurent and his three bodyguards came to an old street.

Chen Zhao turned his head and glanced at Laurent. “Laurent, are you sure you"re coming with me?”

“Call me Mr.,” Laurent said with his eyes wide.

Chen Zhao ignored Laurent. Although there was no one around, the place looked like those gang a.s.sembly points in movies.

If something were to happen to Laurent, Chen Zhao really did not know how to explain to Fali.

“You three better protect this old man properly,” Chen Zhao said with a dark look.

“Mr. Laurent, I think we should leave now.” Kane seemed to be worried too.

“Why did I hire you? To protect me!” Laurent shouted.

“Mr. Laurent, the person who hired us is Ms. Winnip… not you.”

“What"s the difference?”

Chen Zhao had a headache. He parked at the roadside.

After they alighted from the car, they walked into a small alley with Chen Zhao in front.

There were tall gra.s.ses growing at the side of the alley. The place seemed to have been abandoned long ago.

Chen Zhao wondered what kind of people were in there.

Finally, they came to a building that looked like a factory. The door was filled with rust and the windows had also been sealed off.

Chen Zhao was unsure if his client was really inside.

Nevertheless, he still knocked on the metal door. Hollow echoes could even be heard from the inside.

Just then, the door opened slightly and a person stuck his head out. He looked at Chen Zhao and then at the people behind him.

“Who are you?”

“I"m a doctor. I heard that someone here needs treatment.”

“What about them?”

“They"re new and going to learn from me.”

The person hesitated for a while, after which he threw Chen Zhao a black mask. “Wear this.”

“What do you mean?”

“There are things inside that you shouldn"t see.”

Indeed, the factory was used by a gang to produce some illegal stuff.

Arms? Or drugs?

“Why don"t you bring the patient out? That"s even safer,” Chen Zhao said.

“He can"t really move,” the person said again.

Chen Zhao found it really troublesome. “Then forget it. I won"t treat the patient anymore. Bye.”

“Wait… Why are we leaving now? I want to go in and take a look,” Laurent said.

“Laurent, do you have any idea where this place is? Do you know what we might encounter?”

“I don"t care. I just want to go in. Give me a mask,” Laurent said.

Chen Zhao already regretted bringing this troublemaker with him.

Really want to just kill him now!

Laurent was not considerate at all.

“Fine.” Chen Zhao could only wear the mask.

“Give me your phone as well.” Chen Zhao sighed and gave his phone to the person.

With his mask on, he was led into the factory. There was complete silence.

It felt very uncomfortable. After three or four minutes, Chen Zhao felt that he was brought into a room.

It seemed to be an ice storage room. Then, Chen Zhao heard the door close with a bang. He waited for quite a while.

“Have we reached already?”

“Can I take off the mask?”

“h.e.l.lo?”

Chen Zhao thought about it and took off the mask.

He realized that he was really in an ice room. Behind him was a thick iron door.

Then, he saw Laurent"s face through the insulating gla.s.s on the door.

Chen Zhao tried to turn the handle on the door. It was probably locked from the outside.

Chen Zhao knocked on the door. “Open it.”

Laurent waved his hand from the outside. “Kid, how do you feel inside?”

“It"s all arranged by you?” Chen Zhao"s face darkened.

“Of course. Aren"t you surprised?” Laurent stared at Chen Zhao with a complacent look.

Bang…

Chen Zhao punched the door, causing it to rumble, but his hand also felt very painful.

The iron door was thicker than he thought. The gla.s.s was also a piece of 10cm tempered gla.s.s. Moreover, it had clearly just been installed, probably on the same day.

The whole place was but a trap for Chen Zhao.

“Kid, if you promise me that you"ll leave Fali, I"ll let you out.”

“Laurent, stop playing such a childish game. It"s not funny.”

“Call me Mr. Laurent!” Laurent said with a serious voice.

“You can"t keep me here forever. Open the door and I"ll pretend that nothing has happened.”

“I indeed can"t keep you here forever, but I can make you suffer for now.” Laurent looked at Chen Zhao happily.

“But after I go out, I"ll make you suffer too.” Chen Zhao stared at Laurent, gritting his teeth.

“Then we shall see who can smile till the end.” Laurent left the window.

The temperature kept dropping. Chen Zhao"s long sleeve s.h.i.+rt and jacket could not provide him with enough warmth.

However, Chen Zhao could eat food to maintain his body temperature.

He still had a lot of roasted wyvern meat. Indeed, he would not starve for a long while, not to mention just a day.

“Kane, are you sure he"ll surrender?”

“Mr. Laurent, I can"t promise you anything.”

“How long can we keep him in there?”

“No more than three hours or his life will be in danger,” Kane answered.

“Alright. Look at the time. I don"t plan to kill him.”

“Mr. Laurent, if he dies, it"s your problem, not ours.” The three bodyguards clearly did not want to be responsible for it.

“Don"t worry. You said that he"ll be fine as long as it doesn"t exceed three hours.”

“I didn"t say he"ll be fine. The temperature in there is 14 degrees Fahrenheit. It"s easy to get frostbite.”

“Frostbite"s fine. Teach him a lesson so that he"ll stay away from my daughter.”

“Mr. Laurent, are you sure this will make him leave Ms. Fali?”

“Yes.” Laurent was actually unsure himself.

It was more like revenge for what Chen Zhao had done to him.

After half an hour, Laurent approached the ice room and looked inside.

Dong…

Laurent knocked on the door but still did not see Chen Zhao.

Bang!

Suddenly, the iron door produced a loud bang. Laurent almost fell backward in shock.

Chen Zhao had been hiding just behind the iron door, below the window. Laurent looked at him in anger. “Kid, you still want to scare me now? Are you planning to stay there forever?”

“You"re going to let me out sooner or later. I"m not in a hurry.”

After eating some wyvern meat, Chen Zhao felt a hot current flowing in his body. He did not feel cold at all.

“I"ll see how long you can persist.”

“Don"t let me catch you.” Chen Zhao gritted his teeth.

“Only in your dream.”