Chapter 246: The Just Interrogator
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Seeing the arrogant enemy transform into his own compatriot after dying on the rooftop, Zhang Lisheng was dumbstruck.
Right at that moment, that high-nosed young white man who was still breathing let out a painful howl and his face began to wriggle like dough. Not long after, his height shortened as he became a pure Chinese man.
Seeing this strange thing for the second time with his own eyes, Zhang Lisheng felt greatly astonished. He frowned and pondered for a while before a thought suddenly flashed across his mind.
“Could it be the…” As he muttered these four words, he quickly extended out his sharp claws and cut through the dead person’s thick clothes. He grabbed the naked body up to have a closer look and just as he thought, he indeed found a dead winged insect on the person’s tailbone.
“It’s indeed the substantial species of the Shape-s.h.i.+fting Gu written in the ‘Cla.s.sic of Western Mountains and Seas’! What a pity! What a pity! According to the ancient records, the Shape-s.h.i.+fting Gu was also very rare even in ancient times!” As Zhang Lisheng took the wizard gu that had died together with the wizard from the dead body, he studied it under the sun carefully for a moment before muttering to himself regrettably, “Even though this insect’s bloodline is mixed, it might have been able to transform into a real one after it was strengthened by being fed with blood food. However, it has been wasted on this useless person! It’s no wonder why they dared to be so unscrupulous. They were wearing so many layers of clothes that could be changed at any time and adding with this Shape-s.h.i.+fting Gu in hand, it should have been easy for them to escape in such a big city like New York as long as they were not caught on the spot. Unfortunately, they came across me instead…”
While he was muttering, he reached out his giant claw and twisted the neck of the other enemy who was still crying on the ground. After he found another dead Shape-s.h.i.+fting Gu from his body, he commanded the wizard gu to appear and swallow the two bodies, before transforming back into an ordinary person and wearing the clothes he had hidden under sc.r.a.p wood on the roof. Slowly, he walked down the stairs from the high building.
With the two dead, strange, and ancient Shape-s.h.i.+fting Gus in hand, it elicited many weird thoughts in Zhang Lisheng’s mind. However, it was not a good time to implement these ideas now so he could only temporarily suppress them and hurriedly run out of the dark alley before taking out his phone.
Originally, Zhang Lisheng wanted to dial Tina’s phone but he noticed that he had three missed calls on the phone screen.
Opening it, it was from Randy. Only then that he remembered that he had promised Randy in the morning to help entertain his friends from Los Angeles so he quickly called back.
“Hey, Lisheng! You finally called back. Stephen, Riley, Michele, and a few others, including me, are now in the Govelli Restaurant in Upper West Side. We’ve used your name but the beauty at the front desk still told us to line up. Immediately help me settle this, bro! My reputation relies on you!”
Govelli Restaurant could still be said as famous in New York. The beef dishes were quite delicious and the dining atmosphere was very good. Zhang Lisheng had been there several times.
Upon hearing Randy’s complaints, he teasingly said, “Randy, it’s always first-come, first-served in order to eat at the restaurant. Isn’t it just right for you to wait for a while? You’ll eventually have a seat if you wait.” After hanging up the call, he directly dialed Govelli’s number and called it right away to explain the situation.
“Alright. Since it’s your request, we’ll produce some seats even if we have none. Don’t worry, Mr. Lisheng, I’ll properly arrange everything.”
“Thank you, Manager Soares! Goodbye.” After getting a satisfactory reply, Zhang Lisheng hung up and stopped a taxi on the street to rush to Govelli Restaurant.
On the way, he received another call from Randy. “My elegant brother is indeed a distinguished personage! Wait a minute! I should say a big shot in New York’s Vanity Fair! I’m already inside the best VIP room in Govelli now. This room was originally reserved for the Mayor of New York, but it is ours now! The manager brought us here personally and even apologized to me again and again. ”
“Is that so, Randy? I think they’re probably lying to you. What Mayor Michael is most scared of is beef.” Zhang Lisheng sat in the back seat of the taxi and replied while looking at the dead Shape-s.h.i.+fting Gu he was holding.
“No matter whether it’s real or not, I feel very proud, bro! Right now, what we’re lacking is you showing up by yourself!”
“I’m heading to Govelli Restaurant right now and I’ll be there soon. However, I may not be able to stay for too long.”
“You can leave after you appear and pay the bill, Lisheng. I know that you’re a very busy person!” Randy chuckled.
“F*ck you, Randy! You’re just too considerate!” Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment before replying, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
The taxi turned left and right on the s.p.a.cious main road in New York and soon sent the young man to his destination.
The moment he walked into the Govelli Restaurant, he was immediately greeted by the suit-wearing manager who bowed at him politely. “Good afternoon, Mr. Zhang. Your friends are already waiting in the VIP room. Please come with me.”
“Thank you.” Following the manager, Zhang Lisheng walked into an elegantly decorated room and the moment he opened his door, he saw Stephen, Randy, Riley and Michele — the four Lavin’s siblings — and a group of young men and women who had a curious and antic.i.p.ating look on their faces. They were sitting around a round dining table and chatting in excitement.
“You guys actually have such an old round table in your restaurant?” the young man blurted out his question in a dumbstruck manner.
“This is specially prepared for formal occasions, Mr. Zhang,” the manager smiled and explained. “Just like now. Feel free to let me know if you have any other needs.”
Then, he left the room.
At the same time when he left the room, Randy, who saw Zhang Lisheng appear in the room, eagerly shouted with a delighted expression, “AHA! You’re finally here, Lisheng! Come sit beside me, bro! I’ve purposely reserved a seat for you. ”
“Lisheng, you really came!” Stephen, who was sitting across Randy, exclaimed in surprise. “You’re so busy and you even have to cope with Auntie Lili on top of that…”
“No matter how busy I am, I still have time for lunch.” Zhang Lisheng shrugged with a smile and sat on the empty seat beside Randy. “Even though it could not be said as lunch though.”
“You’ve been starving yourself? Just because I asked you for lunch in the morning? Oh, Lisheng! you’re really a good brother of mine!” Randy self-righteously patted the young man’s shoulder with force. “I’m sorry. The highway was covered with snow so these guys couldn’t drive over. They could only fly and in the end, their flight was delayed due to the weather. Alright, let me introduce you to each other first and then we’ll eat soon. This is Erinda, do you still remember…”
“Randy, how can I possibly forget such a charming Miss Erinda, especially now that she’s still Stephen’s girlfriend. And Miss Fifi too! I remember you said that she is your lover.” Zhang Lisheng interrupted Randy and pointed to the two beautiful girls in the room as he said this with a smile. He had always painstakingly shown his humbleness and good side in front of friends and relatives. Same went to this gathering as well.
“Oh, thank you for still remembering me, Lisheng!” Upon hearing the young man’s words, the beautiful Erinda and Fifi responded with a delighted expression as they waved at him. The atmosphere in the restaurant seemed very harmonious.
Unfortunately, at this moment, a thin young man sitting on the side wearing black-rimmed gla.s.ses suddenly said, “Mr. Zhang Lisheng. You look like you have a humane side too when you’re with your friends and family but I wonder why are you so cruel to those unemployed workers?”
“I don’t understand what you mean, sir?” Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment before asking with a frown.
“You don’t understand what I mean? Don’t tell me that LS Group’s expansion in eight metropolitan cities like Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta are determined by others? Don’t you know that just last night, a man whose job was lost because of you, who was protesting outside the LS factory, had no choice but to rely on the car’s heater to overcome the long night due to the cold weather, but unfortunately died in the end due to exhaust gas poisoning?”
“Emerson, what are you talking about? You’re my friend and you came to New York…” At this moment, the atmosphere in the room had made a sharp drop. Randy, who had finally returned to his senses, roared angrily at his friend.
“Randy, it doesn’t matter. There are not many of this kind of just guys anymore. I’m happy to answer his question. Mr. Emerson, all of the expansion plans of LS Group must get my approval. This is certain. I feel sorry that it’s inevitable that many workers will lose their jobs due to the expansion and merging of the company but the rule of US commercial game is like this. As for the protestor who died this morning, I only know that there was an accident outside my factory before you mentioned it. However, to be honest, I feel that every adult should be responsible for his own actions. Since it’s a snowy night and he still chose to stay overnight in the wild, I think the person having the biggest responsibility of this unfortunate accident is none other than the victim himself.”
“Your answer is really cold, Mr. Zhang Lisheng.” Emerson pushed his gla.s.ses up and became silent for a moment. All of a sudden, he shouted loudly with a flushed face, “I’ll publish your words on the Internet and newspapers and let the public judge whether you are right or wrong. With the t.i.tle of ‘A cold-blooded and extravagant vulture who enjoys despair the most’ and your current cold face, I’ll tell everybody that on the noon of the tragic death of the unemployed worker who protested the expansion of the LS Group, as the chairman of the group’s board of directors, you’re happily entertaining your family’s friends in a luxurious Upper West Side restaurant in New York! Your voice replying the questioning during the meal had completely no sense of sympathy at all!”
“As you wish, Mr. Emerson. Perhaps you can post as you like on the Internet, but in the newspaper you said? I think no newspaper would risk being sued till they go bankrupt to publish such boring news.”
“Don’t be so confident, the US is a free and democratic country! Justice and lawfulness is everywhere!”
“I’ll be looking forward to it then.” Upon hearing Emerson’s resolute statement, Zhang Lisheng said with a smile noncommittally.