novelraw Chapter 449 Two Hours Later
Chapter 449 Two Hours Later
Chapter 449: The Deed Is Done
"Not so great, just so-so!" Lin Feng glanced casually and gave the most candid answer before he stood up, intending to leave. Continuing the act seemed pointless; Li Hong’s performance would only become more excessive if it went on.
"The computer is fixed, so I should go. Oh, and the temperature is pretty low right now; you might catch a cold dressed like that." Having said that, Lin Feng turned around and left the seat, ignoring Li Hong as he opened the door and walked out, leaving Li Hong alone in the room, dazed.
Catch... a cold?
Hearing Lin Feng’s words, Li Hong was nearly driven mad with frustration. After all the effort she had expended that evening, having even resorted to using a knockout drug to ensnare Lin Feng, all she got in return was a comment about catching a cold...
No way could she just let Lin Feng leave her place like this. This thought crossed her mind, and Li Hong intended to chase after him and pull him back. But then she remembered she was already in her pajamas, making it impossible for her to run outside. Thus, she could only let Lin Feng leave.
What on earth happened today? Li Hong found tonight’s events exceedingly strange.
First, the knockout drug that had never failed before seemed ineffective against Lin Feng. Usually, those affected by the drug would show symptoms within five minutes, but Lin Feng had been in the room for more than ten minutes without any sign of it taking effect, baffling Li Hong.
Next was Lin Feng’s lack of interest in her. Previously, she was irresistible to every man, and without even trying too hard, those men would succumb.
So what was going on here? If she hadn’t witnessed Lin Feng’s reaction herself, Li Hong would never have believed such a man existed. Yet, the problem was that Li Hong needed to trap Lin Feng to extract the information she wanted. If Lin Feng didn’t take the bait, how could she interrogate him? Any direct questioning might alert him, which would spoil everything!
It was such a headache! Li Hong felt nothing but frustration that her carefully laid plans had ended this way. Her luck was too good, having encountered such an extraordinary Lin Feng who remained unmoved no matter what tricks she pulled, and he was the only one.
But what should she do about the task Boss had assigned her if she couldn’t extract anything from Lin Feng...
After racking her brain and failing to come up with an answer, Li Hong’s mind was filled with questions. Why was he so composed in the face of drugs and seduction, completely disregarding her tactics? How could that be when no man had ever withstood such fiendish methods?
Could it be that the infallible drug had problems and lost its potency? Impossible; that tiny bottle of knockout drug was incredibly valuable and potent. How could it just so happen to fail against Lin Feng? It was inconceivable!
If, by some chance, Lin Feng truly was someone special who could ignore her attempts, it would be conceivable. But the drug didn’t distinguish between individuals; he definitely inhaled it, so why was there no reaction? With this question in mind, Li Hong rushed to her desk, took out the dear drug from her usual handbag, and carefully inspected it. It seemed fine, with plenty of liquid left inside. So what was happening? Could it really have lost its effectiveness?
Thinking this, she pressed the bottle slightly, dispensing a little liquid onto her palm, and sniffed it to see if it had indeed lost its potency.
But what Li Hong never dreamed of was that the potent drug was far from ineffective. After she sniffed it, the drug’s effects began in just a matter of seconds; the reaction was immediate. Having no other choice, Li Hong rushed to the bathroom to continuously wash her face, but the cold water only worked to soothe the red heat on her skin.
And within a short time, her whole body turned a reddish color resembling a boiled crab, causing Li Hong unspeakable discomfort.
Fighting not to pass out, Li Hong soaked a towel in water, hastily put on some clothes, covered her face with the towel, and rushed outside. She made it out of the school’s gate, standing by the roadside ready to hail a cab to go find her contact in Tianhai, Brother Xiao Ma.
Li Hong had no idea that Lin Feng hadn’t left after closing the door; instead, he was perched on a large tree just outside her rear window, watching everything unfolding in her room.
When he saw Li Hong incapacitate herself by sniffing the knockout drug, Lin Feng laughed from his spot in the tree. He hadn’t expected Li Hong to be quite this amusing—such a foolish thing to do really set her apart. Aside from her looks, which were decent, her brain didn’t seem quite up to par. She truly embodied the phrase "foolish woman."
Lin Feng had observed everything that followed. She had fallen for the trap, and unless something unexpected happened, she would seek someone to resolve the issue or find a way to do so on her own.
Just as Lin Feng wondered how Li Hong would handle the situation, he saw Li Hong starting to put on her coat. Lin Feng knew she was about to make a move, but he wasn’t sure whom she was going to approach. Regardless, he was certain that following her was the right decision.
Lin Feng simply wanted to know who had dispatched Li Hong to get close to him and what their motive was. Since Li Hong had set out, he figured that by following her trail, he could uncover the person behind the scenes. Upon this thought, Lin Feng’s expression darkened, and then he disappeared into the trees.
After some effort, Li Hong hailed a taxi and immediately gave the driver the address of 99 Pingtang Road, urging him to hurry to the destination.
Sometime later, they arrived. Li Hong threw a banknote to the driver, telling him to keep the change, and rushed into the building, climbing up to the third floor before starting to knock on the door rapidly.
"Thump thump thump, thump... thump thump, thump thump... thump." The rhythmic knocking echoed.
Brother Xiao Ma, Ma Ming, who had been browsing online at home, heard the knocking and quickly got up to answer the door, curious as to why Li Hong would be looking for him at this hour with the secret knock they had agreed upon.
It must be said that Ma Ming was lean and tall with strikingly handsome features, resembling the stars with a decadent air. Li Hong had taken a liking to this contact of hers upon her arrival in Tianhai. Hence, under the night’s conditions, she desired only the company of Ma Ming, which was why she had specifically taken a taxi over.
Therefore, when Ma Ming opened the door and saw Li Hong’s eyes red with tears, she rushed straight in...
All the while, Lin Feng watched from outside with clear visibility. He was uninterested in what the two people inside were doing. After scanning the whole room to see what objects were there, everything became crystal clear to him, and the computer on the desk seemed particularly suspicious.
Having glanced at the pair inside who were caught up in their own entanglements, Lin Feng smiled and left. His current priority was to find a computer with internet access so he could investigate what and with whom that man’s computer had been communicating.
By chance, there was a computer shop at the street corner about to close. Without hesitation, Lin Feng entered the shop and casually purchased a laptop, along with a data cable to connect it to his satellite phone. After sorting this out, Lin Feng returned beneath Ma Ming’s apartment, looked up at the lit windows, and booted up the computer...
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After everything was done...
"Why are you like this today?" Ma Ming propped himself up on the bedhead and lit a cigarette, savoring the aftertaste of their encounter as he casually asked the question. Li Hong had been unusually intense that evening, almost ravenous, as if something had happened. She definitely wouldn’t have behaved like this for no reason.
"Brother Xiao Ma, don’t even mention it. It’s all because of the target of my mission." Although she had resolved her immediate issue, Li Hong was incredibly frustrated inside. If it weren’t for Lin Feng, she wouldn’t have been subjected to this embarrassment.
Yet, Li Hong was genuinely puzzled as to why the potent sedative had no effect on Lin Feng, while she succumbed to its effects within just over ten seconds. How could this have happened? This baffling incident troubled Li Hong deeply. The trick that had always been foolproof had utterly failed this time around, which was exceedingly strange.
"The target of the mission, are you talking about Lin Feng?" Brother Xiao Ma exhaled a puff of smoke and then fixed his gaze on Li Hong, asking in a soft voice. It was puzzling why Li Hong had come to him tonight with concerns about Lin Feng— what was really going on?
That day had been all about setting up Lin Feng. And Li Hong’s behavior just now indicated that she had been hit by the sedative, confirming that the plan had failed. But wasn’t the failure too bizarre? They had plotted against Lin Feng, yet somehow she had been the one affected. Such an inexplicable defeat was hard to explain. Thinking over the plans, they should have been foolproof; how then could they have backfired?
"Sigh! Something strange happened this evening. I managed to lure Lin Feng back to the dorm successfully. On the way there, I dosed him with a strong sedative, but he didn’t react at all, as if the drug was completely ineffective. Later, in the dorm, no matter how I tried to seduce him, he was utterly indifferent, fixing the computer with such seriousness. And to top it off, he had the nerve to tell me to be careful not to catch a cold in what I was wearing."
"At that moment, I was so mad I wanted to strangle him and ask if he was even a man. I’ve never failed with that tactic before; I never thought it would go completely wrong with Lin Feng today. And what’s more infuriating is that after he said that, he just left, leaving me alone in the dorm. I wanted to chase after him, but that would have blown my cover. I couldn’t leave, so I was left to watch him go in frustration."