Chapter 651 — Breakthrough Like That, Too?

Qiu Lingshan was rather vexed. If she went out like this and the police team saw her, she would probably lose every shred of face she had!

"Hey, where are you going? Would you lend me your shirt?" There was no edge to Qiu Lingshan's tone when she spoke to Wei Zhao — it simply would not harden, and that was not her nature. But there was nothing to be done: in front of Wei Zhao she had grown conditioned, and she defaulted to whatever was gentlest.

"There is a pinhole camera here. If you do not want the footage from just now to get out, you had better put it away." Wei Zhao tossed Qiu Lingshan a small black device. It was a miniature recorder with storage media inside; it was not networked to any other camera, so there was no need to worry that the contents had already leaked.

Qiu Lingshan was briefly startled, and caught what Wei Zhao had thrown. Her face flushed slightly, yet as if possessed she said, "You are not staying to enjoy it in secret?"

"Heh..." Wei Zhao smiled faintly. He thought Qiu Lingshan was pushing her luck. He walked quickly up to her, reached out and lifted her chin — a very flippant gesture, with more than a hint of teasing: "Do you want me to enjoy it that badly?"

Qiu Lingshan raised an eyebrow. She wanted to resist, but was startled to find that she did not dislike the feeling of being teased. Did she have a masochistic streak? The corner of her mouth lifted slightly: "If you want to enjoy it, Brain-dead Girl can put on a live show for you anytime — just like before..."

What Qiu Lingshan said had been meant as spite, but once it was out, it felt unaccountably satisfying, as though she enjoyed doing it... Did she truly enjoy it? Qiu Lingshan could not say clearly either. In any case it was a strange feeling, one that left her a little bewildered.

A real vixen — Shen Yushu had not been wrong at all. Wei Zhao hurriedly released Qiu Lingshan's chin. The woman was a bit of a tiger, but when she turned seductive, she was far from ordinary.

"This is the headquarters of the kidney-harvesting ring. I have done everything I was supposed to do. You can handle the rest yourself, right?" Wei Zhao was feeling rather uncomfortable thanks to Qiu Lingshan. He had, after all, inhaled more or less some of the aphrodisiac; did this girl not know she was doing something very dangerous? Did she not know that even if he did take her, it would be for nothing?

"There is no phone signal here. Take me out, would you?" Qiu Lingshan caught hold of Wei Zhao and swung his arm, like a little girl throwing a coquettish tantrum.

"Is that so? I had not actually noticed." Wei Zhao instinctively reached for the phone in his pocket, but what he touched was An Jianwen's phone — a very particular phone, something like a walkie-talkie. Wei Zhao had seen phones like this before, though; it should be a specially made internal handset using an internal wireless band, which could still make calls normally and used a normal number. The only difference was that the SIM card was inserted in the server, and this phone was like the terminal of a cordless telephone...

"What kind of phone is this? A walkie-talkie?" Qiu Lingshan looked curiously at the thing in Wei Zhao's hand.

Wei Zhao was about to explain when the special phone in his hand rang... He glanced at the caller name on the screen. He did not recognize it; it was probably one of An Jianwen's underlings. Wei Zhao casually pressed the hang-up key, then handed the phone to Qiu Lingshan: "Call your people. This is a special internal phone of theirs; it should be able to dial outside lines."

Qiu Lingshan nodded and said nothing more. She took the phone and dialed a number — it really did connect!

"Liu Wangli? This is Qiu Lingshan. I order you to bring men and surround the factory at No. 1-1 Taixing South Road at once!" When Qiu Lingshan had come, she had memorized the address here; it was only after she got inside that she had passed out. In that moment Qiu Lingshan reverted at once to her usual brisk competence, which rather surprised Wei Zhao.

Qiu Lingshan hung up and looked at Wei Zhao: "You still do not plan to show yourself?"

"You know the answer, and you still ask? Are you brain-dead?" Wei Zhao shot back.

"Yes, I am Brain-dead Girl, so what?" Qiu Lingshan looked pitifully at Wei Zhao: "Give me your outer garment, would you? I cannot be seen like this. You do not want your things seen by others either, do you?"

Wei Zhao was somewhat speechless. Since when had it become "his things"? Still, he took off An Jianwen's outer garment and gave it to Qiu Lingshan, then said: "I am leaving first... Oh, right — when you have nothing to do, you could buy some of this aphrodisiac and try it at home."

Qiu Lingshan was instantly stunned by his words and looked at Wei Zhao oddly: "Try what? Do you really want to see me perform for you?"

"Try whether you can still break through," Wei Zhao said mildly. "Breaking through from mid Yellow-rank to late Yellow-rank this way too — the internal cultivation method you practice really is a bit odd..."

Had she misunderstood Wei Zhao? Qiu Lingshan's face burned. Even if she had thrown all caution to the wind, Qiu Lingshan still knew shame; the reason she had not fallen out with Wei Zhao was that she truly had no way out! Not only did she need Wei Zhao's help, but he had already seen her. What use would a quarrel be? Better to get some benefit out of it as before! Besides, she had no boyfriend, so there was no great weight on her conscience.

But Wei Zhao's next words made Qiu Lingshan forget her shame entirely, and she stared with wide, blank eyes! She had broken through? From the peak of mid Yellow-rank to late Yellow-rank? Really? How had Wei Zhao seen it? Qiu Lingshan instinctively circulated her family's internal cultivation method, and was astonished to find that she truly was at late Yellow-rank strength now. It was only the very beginning of late rank, but compared with her former peak of mid rank, it was not the same thing at all!

Qiu Lingshan had never imagined she could break through this way. It was far too dramatic, was it not? If she told anyone, probably no one would believe it. No wonder Wei Zhao's expression had been so odd, and no wonder he had told her to buy more aphrodisiac and try it... But how did Wei Zhao know her strength? She herself had not noticed the change in her strength — how had Wei Zhao discovered it?

Could Wei Zhao's strength be even higher than hers, already at the peak of late Yellow-rank... or even... Qiu Lingshan did not dare think further. She could hardly believe her own eyes. Wei Zhao should be only ten years old, should he not? To have the strength of the peak of late Yellow-rank, or even Mystic-rank, at that age — was it possible?

Qiu Lingshan suddenly had the feeling of having latched onto a rich patron. Had she picked up a treasure? RO

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