Chapter 77: Tracking

Chapter 77: Chapter 77: Tracking

"That one!" Lin Xi replied.

He couldn’t understand why Big Sis always got inexplicably angry; it was really strange.

Seeing Lin Xi’s indifferent and slightly surprised expression, Zhou Yan got even more furious.

"You pervert, how dare you say that!" Zhou Yan was in no mood.

"I even gave it a sniff." Taking advantage of Zhou Yan not paying attention, Lin Xi slipped it into the Jade Pendant Space in his hand. "What’s the big deal?"

"You, you, you... where did you get it?" Zhou Yan stared directly at Lin Xi, suddenly seeming to have thought of something, and continued, "You don’t have a habit of collecting these, do you?"

"Not exactly, but I do have a habit of collecting beauties. For instance, you are already part of my collection."

"..." If rescuing Wang Xian wasn’t the top priority, she really wanted to just walk away but reiterated, "Where did it come from?"

"Are you dumb!" Lin Xi walked forward, continuing, "It’s Wang Xian’s. Didn’t I say I needed something personal?"

"You’re the dumb one, you scoundrel!" Zhou Yan cursed, suddenly feeling a bit unhappy.

For some reason, she wished it hadn’t been used by anyone, but upon hearing it was Wang Xian’s, she felt irritated, inexplicably angry inside.

Like kneeling on durian or kneeling on a washboard.

Wait!

This seems a bit off.

Zhou Yan suddenly felt her face burning, slightly blushing, and couldn’t help but say, "If Elder Wang knew you took this, he might have trusted the wrong person!"

Upon hearing Zhou Yan’s words, Lin Xi turned around, stopped, and said, "Big Sis, don’t move."

"What are you doing!" Zhou Yan was wary as Lin Xi approached her.

However, she realized Lin Xi did nothing inappropriate, only coming close to lightly sniff her neck.

Of course, if it were other men, they would regret it for life while clutching their groins.

But regarding Lin Xi’s approach, her body merely tensed a little, seemingly not entirely unacceptable to her.

This subtle change, Zhou Yan herself hadn’t noticed.

"You had two buns in the morning, one with red bean paste, one with beef, and a cup of soy milk." Lin Xi stared at Zhou Yan and continued, "And there was a tea egg."

"You guessed, right?" Zhou Yan was stunned.

"You used Rejoice shampoo this morning, the cucumber green tea series refreshing shower gel, and the laundry detergent for your clothes had a lavender scent." Looking at Zhou Yan’s bewildered face, Lin Xi laughed and said, "Big Sis, am I right?"

"..." Zhou Yan.

"That’s why I need Wang Xian’s personal item." Lin Xi turned and walked away.

Watching Lin Xi’s back, Zhou Yan now had a murderous urge.

Lin Xi had spoken entirely normally, as if he’d seen her routine, making her feel watched.

"That must be a dog’s nose?" Zhou Yan muttered.

But no, no, no!

A dog’s nose doesn’t even compare.

If a dog’s nose were that sharp, their crime-solving rate would skyrocket.

The two of them walked slowly, taking half an hour for a kilometer, worried about possible sentinels along the way.

At this moment, two hundred meters ahead lay a disused old factory site, surrounded by grass taller than a person, except for a narrow cement path leading to the gate.

"Wait, go this way." Lin Xi stopped Zhou Yan, pointing to the side.

"Okay." Zhou Yan understood the logic.

If the kidnappers were here, there would be someone guarding the gate.

If the two walked down the only cement path, they’d become obvious targets, putting both of them and Wang Xian, if she were here, in danger.

Luckily, the grass wasn’t too dense, but it took them half an hour to reach the factory’s wall.

Inside the factory was noisy; it sounded like quite a few people were drinking and playing cards.

They listened at the corner for a while, confirming from the intermittent dialogue that the group kidnapping Wang Xian was indeed inside.

Zhou Yan couldn’t help but be delighted, but she remained calm, not acting rashly.

First, she sent a message to her men, instructing them to notify the team to come over, then planned to climb the wall to scout the situation inside.

Just as she was about to jump up and climb the wall, Lin Xi suddenly held her shoulder and whispered in her ear, "Don’t move, someone is coming."

Sure enough, Zhou Yan saw someone approaching.

They held their breaths and leaned against the wall, peeking over to see a tall middle-aged man with a face full of muscle, leading a white dog, staggering over while reeking of alcohol.

The man stopped about five meters from Lin Xi and Zhou Yan.

It looked like he was about to take a leak.

"What are you doing!" Zhou Yan was startled.

She saw Lin Xi step back a few paces, picking up the biggest, most intact brick from a pile of abandoned ones.

"Shhh!"

Lin Xi signaled Zhou Yan to be quiet, as the white dog had already looked over, tugging at the rope held by its owner, wanting to check it out.

But the man, clearly quite drunk, slapped the dog’s head, swore at it to stay put.

This had Zhou Yang breaking into a cold sweat, not because Zhou Yan couldn’t handle the man and dog, but if a fight broke out, people inside surely would notice, endangering Wang Xian further.

Then she wanted to curse, because she saw Lin Xi walk out with the brick.

"Idiot!" Zhou Yan really wanted to hit someone.

Regardless if it was the right time to make a move, even if they were going to strike, they should have discussed and teamed up.

Otherwise, how could one person handle both a dog and a man? And given the dog’s alertness, it might be harder to deal with than a person.

If it got noisy, who knows if they’d alert the ones inside.

But clearly, there was no time to think about that now. As Zhou Yan stepped out, she heard a "bang" as Lin Xi’s brick dropped to the ground, followed by the dog collapsing silently, whether dead or alive unknown.

Meanwhile, Lin Xi’s hand formed a blade, chopping at the middle-aged man’s neck.

"..." Zhou Yan widened her eyes, looking at the unconscious man and dog lying on the ground, realizing her worries earlier were unnecessary, she muttered to herself,

"Wasn’t that within three seconds?"

"Let’s go!" Lin Xi lightly jumped up, grabbing the wall edge with his left hand, calling to the stunned Zhou Yan below.