An 80s female translator was spoiled rotten by a rough and jealous man.

Chapter 145 "Eliminating Liu Bang"

Just after nine o'clock, there was a knock on the living room door, which wasn't exactly respectful.

Chu Yao suddenly stopped changing the dressing and subconsciously turned her head to look at the face of the person leaning against the headboard.

His brows furrowed slightly, a fleeting look of wariness flashed in his eyes, before quickly sinking into a deep, obscure gaze, appearing misty and inscrutable.

Under her overly intense gaze, Jiang Zheng slowly raised his eyes to meet hers. At this moment, only a listless weariness remained in his eyes. He gave her a lazy smile and said, "Let me remind Dr. Chu of something: you and I are in the same boat now."

Chu Yao was a little confused and didn't understand what he meant for a moment. She stammered, "What do you mean?"

Jiang Zheng raised an eyebrow noncommittally, "It means you have to listen to me in everything now, or you'll die either way."

The door shook more violently, highlighting the fact that the person knocking was gradually losing patience.

Chu Yao practically fled to open the door. Once she reached the door, she let out a heavy sigh before mentally preparing herself and reaching for the doorknob.

The door was pulled open from the inside, and a short, slightly overweight man stood outside.

Chu Yao had a good memory and quickly recognized the person in front of her. She had seen him once before in Xu Penggang's study, where Xu Penggang called him Qiangzi.

Huang Zhiqiang never expected that a woman would open the door, and... this was the scene—wearing a light pink nightgown, the clothes were full of messy wrinkles, she was looking down with her head down as if she was ashamed to be seen, and the blush on her cheeks spread all the way to her neck.

Huang Zhiqiang narrowed his eyes as his gaze shifted to the depths of the woman's neck. The conspicuous red mark on her fair skin meandered ambiguously down her collarbone and into her collar.

Huang Zhiqiang, being an experienced person, understood what had happened. He cleared his throat and asked, "Where's A-Zheng? I came to find him. He's usually up and doing his morning exercises by now, isn't he? I was hoping he'd take me to practice with him."

Chu Yao's face flushed even more, and her head drooped lower and lower as she answered softly, "He just fell asleep not long ago." Chu Yao bit her lip and squeezed out a few words with difficulty—"He was tired last night."

This was a line that Jiang Zheng had repeatedly told her she had to say. In his words, the effect would be greatly diminished if she didn't say it.

Huang Zhiqiang opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but after hesitating for a long time, he held back and only said, "Remind your man to attend the boss's birthday banquet tonight, and don't oversleep."

They didn't linger there after that.

After closing the living room door, Chu Yao turned around and slowly walked to the bedroom door, but did not go any further. She just stood outside the door for a long time.

It seemed that opening this door required immense courage from her.

A few minutes ago, those scenes were just too shocking.

After he told her to change into her pajamas and told her what to say when he opened the door, he looked her up and down twice and then suddenly said, "It's not realistic enough. Something's missing."

He pulled her close and whispered a few words in her ear.

Upon hearing this, Chu Yao's face instantly turned bright red. She could hardly believe her ears.

Her fingers unconsciously traced her collarbone... A man's teasing voice came from inside the door: "What are you standing at the door for? The dressing hasn't been changed yet."

Her chaotic thoughts suddenly came together. Chu Yao calmed her restless mind and pushed open the door to enter.

She was suddenly met with the burning gaze of the man sitting on the edge of the bed. After only a moment of eye contact, her eyes involuntarily darted away, as if she had been electrocuted and reflexively jumped back.

When people are nervous, they tend to find something to talk about. As Chu Yao approached, she picked up the tweezers and reported, "That person seems to be called Qiangzi. He asked me to tell you to remember to attend Xu... your boss's birthday banquet tonight."

"Hmm," Jiang Zheng replied casually, without much reaction.

Based on his actions just now, and the reason why he wouldn't let her turn on the lights last night, Chu Yao could roughly guess that he probably wanted to hide the fact that he was seriously injured from the other people in the manor.

But Chu Yao couldn't figure out the motive behind it. Shouldn't someone who risked his life for the collective good and got injured in the process be a great opportunity to claim credit?
Chu Yao thought for a moment, then tentatively asked, "What are your plans for tonight?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zheng raised an eyebrow with a hint of amusement, as if he had heard some legendary joke, and repeated, "How do we get there?"

He dragged out the last syllable, his tone lazily rising, full of a playful undertone.

"Let's take a car. The birthday banquet isn't being held at the manor. It's such a long way. Are we going to walk?"

He left Chu Yao speechless.

After she entered the room, apart from that initial, unexpected eye contact, Chu Yao deliberately avoided any possibility of meeting his gaze, just as she was now intently staring at her wound.

Even though she couldn't see his face, she could imagine the incredibly irritating expression on his face when he spoke just now.

"I mean, you need to lie down and rest for the next few days because of your injuries, and you shouldn't move around," Chu Yao explained patiently.

After a long while, Jiang Zheng remained silent.

Waiting for him to continue, Chu Yao took the opportunity to steal a glance at him while turning to the bedside table to get the gauze.

His head was resting against the headboard, his eyelids were closed, and his left hand was rubbing his temples absently, but his face still showed no emotion.

Seeing that he had no intention of continuing the conversation, Chu Yao wisely remained silent.

As Jiang Zheng recalled the details of last night, he realized that the moment Huang Zhiqiang knocked on his door in the morning, it had essentially confirmed his earlier suspicions.

Huang Zhiqiang was simply using this as a pretext to check if he was injured, and how badly so.
Last night, when the two sides clashed, they initially used only cold weapons, such as knives and daggers, supplemented by fists and feet.

Neither side is exactly clean, and everyone is wary of making too much noise, as attracting the police would be a greater loss than gain.

In the chaos, it was unclear which side fired first, and once the gunshot rang out, the situation became increasingly out of control.

The instant he was shot in the abdomen, Jiang Zheng alertly looked in the direction the gun had been fired.

It was dark at night, and the heads of the people were moving around, but he could still vaguely make out a quarter of the man's profile, which looked like one of Huang Zhiqiang's henchmen.

The shot was fired by one of their own. Ha, his intentions were practically written all over his face.

Chen Biao is clearly not a threat, and now he's in a hurry to get rid of Jiang Zheng, which means he's determined to get the trump card that Xu Penggang has.

However... Jiang Zheng was still unsure whether Xu Penggang was behind this.

As for the birthday banquet tonight, it will inevitably be a trap, and he will have no choice but to go.

It is always crucial to grasp the direction of the situation in a timely manner. He also needs to use this Hongmen Banquet to find out whether the "elimination of Liu Bang" was the personal desire of the "Uncle" or the instruction of the "Xiang Yu".

Just when Chu Yao thought he wouldn't speak for a long time, she suddenly heard a deep, hoarse male voice in her ear: "You're a smart person. Don't ask too many questions. Even if you have doubts, keep them to yourself."

Every word he spoke carried an undeniable air of authority.

"There's only one thing you need to remember: only I can protect you here, so only if I live can you live."

From now on, just do as I say.

Upon hearing this, Chu Yao remained silent for a few seconds before simply nodding slightly.