Tonight the sun had set around six in the evening, giving birth to a night full of stars. The soft chill of the night made Lai Su hugged his coat tighter around his body. He walked briskly, trying to do his best to reach the next streets before the traffic lights would turn green.
He muttered a curse when he almost tripped. Lai Su straightened his back as he looked around. Realizing that no one was paying attention to him, he proceeded to pick up the papers and walked towards his apartnt building. He eyed his watch, it was only a few minutes past seven. However, staying in the streets of Kong City is practically a suicide for soone like him.
He grabbed the key card and hastily opened the one-bedroom apartnt that he just rented when he took the job as the new researcher in the S university. A sigh left his lips.
Living in a city full of dangers was horrible. After all, he doesn't really know any martial arts that could protect himself. Su Lai had long argued with himself about learning sothing, perhaps so self-defense or shooting, even archery would help him out. However, he was always stumped with work.
His research about different chemicals was too important for him to spend so ti in the gym or dojo to do nothing but sweat. Lai Su sighed as he removed his shoes and jacket. Then he removed his
His thoughts halted when he noticed a man sitting on the couch that he was also using as his bed.
"Who Who " He stamred as he cursed himself inwardly. How co he didn't notice the man's presence? "Who are you?" He stared at the man who was obviously younger than him, short hair, clean-shaven handso face. Call him judgntal, but everything about him was screaming, rich young master.
"Mr. Lai it is a pleasure to et you. Please sit down and call Q."
Q.
He frowned and slowly moved towards the young master. He had heard of the na Q before he, to be honest, he never expected that the man would look like one of his university students. "Are you Are you really Mr. Q?" he asked. As soone who worked with chemicals all the ti, Lai Su had ways to obtains so dangerous ones from the black market, and that was the reason why he heard the na Q.
"I presu you already heard about ?" the man calmly lifted an eyebrow before he crossed his legs over the other, a calm expression was on his face. "Did you think I am so old man, smoking old tobacco?"
"I I don't know." He balled his hands into fists and put them in the pockets of his black slacks. "I just Mr. Q Why are you here?"
"Well, I heard about your talents in chemicals, and I wanted to hire you." Shen Qui smiled at the man. "Na your price."
"Mr. Q I I don't think that is a very good idea." He had been hired by soone before, and it didn't really end well for him.
"I already told you. Na your price."
Lai Su imdiately shook his head as if his life depended on it. He already promised not to work for soone else again. He was tired of running, hiding. And this wouldn't have happened if he didn't make the wrong decision to work for that person. "I'm sorry. I can't work for you." Determination flashed in his eyes. He knew that Mr. Q is one of the most dangerous people in this city, and if he really decides to kill him then, Lai Su could only bla his bad luck. However, even in his death, Lai Su would never bend.
As expected, Shen Qui's face darkened when he heard his words. Then he turned to the part of the room where the light coming from the small lamp wasn't able to reach. "I told you we cant recruit this one." He sighed before he removed a gun from the holster. Seeing this, Lai Su only stared at the gun, calmly. He was but a skinny five-foot nine man, even if he tried to fight against, Mr. Q, he just couldn't win.
"Aish so impatient." The woman's voice made Lai Su froze. He looked at the spot next to his small fridge where a woman a white-haired woman was smiling at him. He shook his head and closed his eyes. Since when did a beautiful woman smile at him?
"Call Xi."
The next thing that he knew, the woman was was already sitting at Q's lap. He gulped, confusion flashed in his eyes.
"His lap is more comfortable than your couch," the woman uttered, her voice was surprisingly soft, her white hair glinted against the warm light of the lamp.
"I I already told you I am not going to work for anyone again."
"You sure about that?" the woman lifted an eyebrow before she handed him a piece of paper that had been folded too many tis. He frowned but still accepted the paper. He opened it and imdiately read it's contents.
"This This is "
"I heard you were researching radioactive isotopes?"
"You "
"But soone stole your research, right?" Lyca smiled. "I heard it was actually a big pharma company that just announced their new invention. A device that uses radioactive to kill cancer cells forever."
"Where did you get that information?" Lai Su's face paled, his heart started racing at the ntion of the research that he completed.
"People talk, Mr. Lai. The only ones who would are the dead," she said coolly.
"So So what are you going to do now? Threatened ? Do you want to make another one of those machines? Aren't you just like them?" Lai Su's face frowned. "I am telling you. The machine doesn't work. It was nothing but a failure! Do you understand? That research would only kill people!"
To his surprise, the woman nad Xi and Q only snorted.
"Who told you that we wanted you to create sothing like that?" Shen Qui asked.
"Then Then why would you hire if not for the "
"Aish Mr. Lai I am so sorry to burst your bubble but we wanted you to create sothing that kills people faster than a bullet could. We don't want you to create sothing that heals but sothing that destroys."
Lai Su's face turned darker. "You are insane! I am not "
"Check out the next formula," Lyca said. Lai Su lowered his head. What he hated the most were people who wanted profits. People who would sacrifice anyone just for money! How could these His thoughts soon left him when he saw the second formula. "This is "
"I made that," Lyca said. "Now.. Mr. Lai" she made a deliberate paused and smiled at him. "Let's do this again. Do you want to work for ? Beco my assistant and create so chaos here and there." She leaned back and lifted her eyebrow. "What do you think?"
The crease on Lai Su's forehead deepened as he stared at the woman's face. "You You are from the Long Family?"
"Why do you ask?"
"The Long Family claid that they were the one's who made those bullets." Lai Su said. His words was enough to change Lyca's face.
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