Chapter 228 Injuries and Departures
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Su Chen made a phone call to Shadow Guard Number 4, and immediately took out his cell phone and dialed another number.
"Nether King, I didn't expect you to still be alive?!"
A hearty laugh came from the other end of the phone, but the person on the line was clearly very surprised by the call, although the laughter masked a lot.
"How could I possibly die if you, Sea King, are still breathing?"
Su Chen replied unreservedly:
"Cut the crap, I need your help with something right now."
"I'm all ears for help, but the price?"
"Leave the money matters to God of Wealth, I need you to arrange a boat to pick me up near the South Seas, I'll probably arrive tomorrow."
"Alright, no problem!"
"Remember, all electronic systems on the boat must be completely removed."
"Nether King, seems like you're in quite a bit of trouble!"
Sea King teased with a chuckling tone, removal of electronic systems is naturally for the fear of being tracked.
"That's none of your business!"
Having said that, Su Chen hung up the call.
He wasn't the slightest bit worried about Sea King trying any tricks, unless Sea King himself had a death wish.
After finishing the call, Su Chen took a deep breath for a full minute, calming his emotions completely before driving back to the villa.
As he pushed the door open, an icy voice came out.
"Where have you been all day?"
Lin Ruoxue gave him a sidelong glance, her beautiful eyes brimming with a hint of anger.
This jerk, on his first day at the PR department, disappeared for most of it. Has he no sense of decorum?
"Oh, that, I went with a friend to the police station today."
"The police station? What did you go there for?"
Ordinary people tend to get nervous upon hearing about the police station, including Lin Ruoxue, of course.
Once she heard Su Chen visited the police station, she immediately forgot her anger and asked hastily.
"My friend's father's corpse was found in the river, so the police station notified her to come down. She was a bit scared to go alone, so she asked me to accompany her."
Su Chen was telling the truth, and seeing Lin Ruoxue's expression soften slightly, he continued:
"Because her father died in a particularly gruesome way, she took a heavy hit, so I stayed with her a little longer."
So that was the reason; it was understandable. But couldn't this jerk have at least informed her, so she wouldn't have been so worried?
Just as Su Chen was walking toward his room, Lin Ruoxue's voice rang out from behind him again.
"Your friend is a woman, right?"
Su Chen's steps faltered, and he turned around with some trepidation to nod.
"Pretty good-looking, I bet?"
"No, not at all! She looks like she's been gnawed on by a pig!"
Su Chen quickly waved his hands, deliberately expressing a look of disgust on his face.
Fortunately, Xiao Yaning didn't know; if she did, and found out that Su Chen had compared her looks to something gnawed on by a pig, she would have gone berserk!
After saying this, Su Chen immediately retreated to his room, fearful that Lin Ruoxue would continue her interrogation.
Once back in his room, he opened the box from under his bed and took out several items, placing them on his body.
This trip to Africa was sure to be extremely dangerous, as could be gathered from Shadow Guard Number 4's description.
After all, every Shadow Guard was an elite, and even the weakest among them had reached the Seventh Layer of Qi Refinement!
Even they had suffered heavily, which indicated the strength of their opponents was not to be underestimated. His own strength hadn't fully recovered yet, how could he be at ease without bringing some life-saving gadgets?
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The Shadow Guard could be described as a force meticulously cultivated by Su Chen a few years in advance, for if there was anyone in this world truly devoted to Su Chen, it would certainly be these Shadow Guards, who had never seen the light of day!
Each of these individuals was carefully selected and personally trained by Su Chen; all three team leaders were at the Qi Refinement Peak, and even the overall leader, Number One, was on the verge of entering the Meridian Expansion's half-step realm. The rest ranged from the seventh to the ninth layer of Qi Refinement.
If this power were to be revealed, the entirety of the Dark World would probably be frightened out of their wits!
Who would have the courage to contend with so many top-notch experts?
However, they were scattered around various locations, with their base deep in the Amazon Jungle, thus their existence was unknown to anyone, including the people within the Nether Temple!
If a few Shadow Guards had been with him during that ambush, he wouldn't have been driven into a corner.
When Su Chen emerged from the room, Lin Ruoxue was still on the sofa, leisurely eating a cantaloupe and reading a magazine.
If possible, Su Chen really didn't want to take the risk of traveling so far to Africa; staying home with his wife would be much nicer.
But some things always needed someone to take care of them, and Su Chen didn't have the grand ideal of saving all of humanity, but he did have his own sense of responsibility and bottom line.
Lin Ruoxue naturally noticed that Su Chen had come out. At first, she didn't pay much attention, but after a few minutes, noticing that he was still standing in the same spot, she felt that something was off.
Under normal circumstances, this rascal would definitely be finding ways to get close to her.
Lin Ruoxue couldn't help but raise her head and glance at him, seeing a trace of hesitation and difficulty on his face, she felt even more that something serious was happening, and it wasn't something trivial.
"Is there something you want to tell me?"
Lin Ruoxue asked, looking at Su Chen with suspicion.
"Yeah, I need to go out for a while."
Su Chen felt that he was increasingly reluctant to leave this home. In the past, if he were alone, he would have just walked out without so many second thoughts.
"Well, go then. Remember to come back early."
Lin Ruoxue thought it was something significant, but when she heard that Su Chen was just stepping out for a while, she was considerably relieved.
"Don't go flirting around. Be honest."
Listening to Lin Ruoxue's instructions, Su Chen found it a bit amusing, yet felt a different kind of warmth.
"I'm going to Africa."
Su Chen said, somewhat hesitant to look at Lin Ruoxue's face, not knowing why. Maybe he feared seeing her look worried.
"What?!"
Lin Ruoxue suddenly stood up from the sofa, not even putting on her slippers.
Her beautiful eyes stared at Su Chen, and her heart was in turmoil.
"Africa?"
Her cherry lips muttered in disbelief.
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"Yes."
Su Chen looked at Lin Ruoxue with difficulty and nodded.
"Why?"
Lin Ruoxue couldn't understand why he suddenly needed to go to Africa in the middle of the night.
"Something came up over there that I have to attend to. It was a last-minute decision."
"Is it absolutely necessary for you to go?"
In Lin Ruoxue's mind, the mention of Africa brought thoughts of disease, plagues, poverty, backwardness, savagery, wars, and other words related to danger.
"Absolutely necessary!"
Although it broke his heart, Su Chen still firmly nodded.
"How long will you be gone?"
Lin Ruoxue's voice trembled as she asked, knowing that she couldn't stop him. Tears began to well up in her beautiful eyes.
Yet she tried hard to keep them from falling...