Chapter 192: "Surprise"

Chen Ling narrowed his eyes slightly.

Under these circumstances, it was unlikely that Liu Chen was lying. This guy should just be a small fry under Yan Xishou. It would be difficult to gain anything more by asking him deeper things.

Although his testimony wasn't much, it still pointed out several keys for Chen Ling. One was the Young Master of the Star Chamber of Commerce, Yan Xishou, and the other was "favors and interest exchange"... Looking at it this way, the trading method of these organs wasn't the "market buying and selling" Chen Ling had once thought, but had become an item circulating among high-status people in Aurora City.

With the exhalation of the [Heart Python], the fear that had just accumulated was gradually fading, and Liu Chen's trembling body also slowly returned to calm.

He knelt on the ground and looked at Chen Ling, his eyes full of deep confusion... He didn't know why he had such intense fear of Chen Ling just now, even though the other party hadn't done anything, he had been scared into kneeling and kowtowing. To him, everything just now seemed like a dream.

Chen Ling knew that even if he asked again, he wouldn't get anything out of him, so he simply ended the interrogation and walked toward the back with his hands in his pockets.

Behind him, Jian Changsheng was looking at him with a shocked and puzzled expression.

"How did you do it?" Jian Changsheng finally couldn't help but ask.

Chen Ling didn't answer, but when he passed by him, he patted him on the shoulder,

"You still have a lot to learn, young man."

Jian Changsheng: ...

"Wait." Several thoughts flashed through Jian Changsheng's mind, and he called out to Chen Ling, "You are investigating the organ trade? You also have a grudge against the Star Chamber of Commerce?"

"Judging by the current situation, it seems so." Chen Ling nodded slightly.

Regardless of who took his heart, now that Yan Xishou had been confirmed to be involved in the organ trade, it was possible that his heart had also flowed into the market through his hands... If so, the Star Chamber of Commerce couldn't escape responsibility no matter what.

"Perhaps, we can join forces," Jian Changsheng said immediately, "The enemy of an enemy is a friend. We can consider today as getting to know each other through a fight. Since we both want to deal with the Star Chamber of Commerce, perhaps we can cooperate with each other."

Chen Ling raised an eyebrow, "You have a plan?"

"...No."

Jian Changsheng paused and said again, "But there will be an opportunity sooner or later, right? The Star Chamber of Commerce is powerful, and it's difficult to be their enemy alone. Having one more teammate you can trust never hurts."

Seeing this, Chen Ling turned around slowly,

"Before trusting each other, at least we should know each other's names?"

Jian Changsheng was stunned for a moment, and after hesitating for a long time,

"My name is Jian Wubing."

Heh...

Chen Ling said expressionlessly, "My name is Lin Yan."

"Good." Jian Changsheng nodded, "Where do you live? If I have a plan, where should I go to find you?"

"I don't have a place to live. You'd better tell me the address, and I'll come to find you." Chen Ling naturally couldn't tell him where he lived. After all, in his view, Jian Changsheng was still a dangerous person, and there was no trust to speak of.

"I... I don't have a place to live either."

The two looked at each other, and the air suddenly fell into silence.

"...Like this." Jian Changsheng thought of a method, "Do you know the Century Tower? It's the tallest building in the city. If either of us wants to find the other, we'll go to the roof of the tower and fly a red kite, how about that?"

"A good proposal."

Chen Ling looked at the sky. He didn't have time to continue entangling with Jian Changsheng, so he waved his hand and walked toward the distance.

"Then see you when the time comes."

As Chen Ling's figure gradually disappeared at the end of the dense forest, Jian Changsheng's expression became solemn. He looked back at Liu Chen, who was sitting in the pool of blood, and walked up slowly.

He put his hands in his pockets, imitating Chen Ling's appearance just now, and said coldly:

"From now on, you'd better answer whatever I ask... Understand?"

Liu Chen rolled his eyes weakly,

"...Get lost!!"

……

Chen Ling ultimately didn't take action against Jian Changsheng.

This wasn't because Chen Ling was soft-hearted, but because the other party's [Blood-Dropping Top] skill was too perverted. He calculated that even if he took action, the possibility of leaving the other party behind was no more than 50%... What's more, Jian Changsheng did stand on the opposite side of the Star Chamber of Commerce. Although Chen Ling didn't expect him to cooperate sincerely with him, at least he could divert some of the Star Chamber of Commerce's attention for him.

Chen Ling carried the corpse wrapped in the white sheet and walked hurriedly through the dim streets. At the end of the horizon, a wisp of fish-belly white was looming.

Unknowingly, he had been busy for a whole night...

The harvest this night was not small. Among them, Liu Chen's testimony could only be listened to by himself and couldn't be used as effective evidence. What could be called evidence and clues was the corpse in his hand...

But how should this corpse be handled?

Although he got the corpse, he wasn't a forensic doctor, and he didn't have much of a clue about how to investigate it specifically. Handing it over to the law enforcers was also impossible; this group of people was basically in the same gang. The only way seemed to be...

Chen Ling frowned and pondered for a long time, his eyes brightening slightly. He suddenly changed his direction and approached another direction of Aurora City.

……

The next day.

Chen Ling rubbed his sleepy eyes and walked out of the room slowly.

"Where did you go last night?" Chu Muyun was still sitting in the courtyard. Seeing him finally appear, he closed his book and asked.

"Went to investigate some things... considered to have some harvest." Chen Ling poured himself a pot of hot tea and checked the time, "Did Wen Shilin come by last night?"

"No."

"Calculating the time, it should be about time..."

"What should be about time?"

Chu Muyun had just asked suspiciously when a hurried knocking sound came from the courtyard gate.

Chen Ling put down the teapot unhurriedly and walked toward the main gate. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Wen Shilin standing outside with a strange expression.

"Mr. Wen, good morning." Chen Ling yawned.

"Morning." Wen Shilin seemed to have remembered something, took out a press card from his bosom and handed it to Chen Ling, "By the way, I've handled your documents for you. From today on, you are an official reporter for the 'Aurora Daily' and possess media freedom."

Chen Ling took the press card. It indeed had his photo and name on it, looking very exquisite... It wasn't easy to get this thing. It could be seen that Wen Shilin had spent a lot of effort in the past two days.

"Thank you, Mr. Wen." Chen Ling said sincerely.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me for this matter, I have a more urgent matter!"

"What's wrong?"

Wen Shilin first looked around to confirm that no one was there, then leaned into Chen Ling's ear and lowered his voice:

"Early this morning, I heard someone knocking on the door... For safety's sake, I waited in the room for about twenty minutes before going to open the door... Guess what I found at the door?"

"What did you find?" Chen Ling asked cooperatively.

"A corpse." Wen Shilin's eyes shone, full of excitement and curiosity, "Someone left a corpse with its internal organs hollowed out at my door!"