227: Chapter 227: The Deeds of Ning Wudi Spread Like Wildfire 227: Chapter 227: The Deeds of Ning Wudi Spread Like Wildfire “…Mr.
Chen Fengnan is not in danger and is safe now.
We would like to remind the public to be cautious, watch out for suspicious individuals, and if you feel in danger, please call the emergency hotline immediately!”
“Pfft!”
The TV reported the news while Xu Xiaoqing looked on with disdain.
“What are you scoffing at?
You woke up so early just to watch the morning news.
Tell me, what’s got you so interested?”
Ning Fan said this as he walked down.
It was only then that Xu Xiaoqing realized Ning Fan had woken up.
The events that had taken place in the yoga room earlier seemed to have been mutually and selectively forgotten by both of them.
Therefore, when she saw Ning Fan, only a fleeting, inexplicable look flashed in Xu Xiaoqing’s eyes.
Her face, however, did not betray any other thoughts, still showing her previous dissatisfaction.
“You big idiot, I’m telling you, yesterday there was a flying man in Zhonghai who could be compared to the superheroes from the comics!”
“Superheroes?”
“Yeah, Batman!”
“…”
Xu Xiaoqing saw that Ning Fan’s expression was a bit off and pursed her lips, deciding not to engage with him further.
Ning Fan saw her unresponsiveness and helplessly shrugged his shoulders.
However, he had also come to know that the leap he made yesterday had become a hot topic of conversation for many people.
Many dubbed him with titles such as Batman and other superhero monikers, but more often he was compared to villainous characters.
Watching the TV, Ning Fan’s thoughts drifted far away.
He had received the third piece of the Nine Souls Jade from Chen Fengnan.
Out of the nine pieces of Nine Souls Jade, three were now in his possession, with six still scattered about.
Ning Fan was eager to gather them all because only by doing so would his lost memories return.
His memories, his past, his story…
……
“Did you watch the news?
Do you know what happened yesterday?”
Inside the security department, the off-duty guards gathered together to discuss the events of the previous day.
“Of course I watched, and I even know some insider info!”
“Hmph, insider info my foot.
It’s all over the online forums.
Just a criminal leapt from a hundred meters in the air, eventually making it back into the hotel, and then vanished, right…”
Someone immediately recounted the deed of Ning Fan from yesterday, eliciting a chorus of jeers.
“If you ask me, that’s all hot air.
He jumped from a hundred meters up and crashed through a window back into the hotel—like he’s making a movie or something?!”
The guard who had interrupted earlier said dismissively.
He had seen the entire story that blew up online, and it seemed too fantastical to believe.
There’s a saying that three men can make a tiger.
Yesterday’s so-called criminal, in this case Ning Fan, had been touted as some Daluo Golden Immortal, Batman, Spider-Man, and the like.
While some believed it, naturally others were skeptical, not everyone was present to witness the thrilling scene.
“I’ve got a photo from the scene!” Another person stood up, pulling out his phone to show the crowd the photo.
“Pssh, with today’s technology, any photo can be fabricated—this picture?
Any friend of mine could make this!”
That person remained unconvinced; the stuff shared on the internet was too exaggerated, deviating from what an ordinary person could comprehend.
“What’s wrong with you today, kid?
Took the wrong medication, or are you deliberately singing a different tune in front of us folks?”
Someone was quickly irked, as the group was all set to have a good discussion about Ning Fan’s leap through the air, but this guy had dampened the mood, and everyone’s interest suddenly waned.
“No, I’m just reminding you not to believe every rumor you hear; wisdom is the antidote to rumors!”
“Damn, this temper of mine!”
Suddenly, the atmosphere was filled with the smell of gunpowder as a security guard stood up and walked straight over.
“What’s the problem?”
“Wanna make gestures at each other?!”
The two grown men stood there, while the onlookers, far from trying to quell the commotion, were cheering and egging them on, clearly not intending to break up the fight.
It looked like, if no one stepped in to separate them, they were definitely going to come to blows.
“What are you doing, all of you hanging around with nothing better to do, full from eating yet hungry for trouble?”
It was Zhu Xuetao, standing at the entrance of the security department with a grim face.
Immediately, the people inside dropped their heads like frostbitten eggplants, not daring to utter a word.
“Speak up!
What on earth are all of you up to?
You want to quit, is that it?!”
Zhu Xuetao, like an enraged lion, glared with eyes wide, his voice booming in everyone’s ears like thunder.
Instantly, the whole security department went quiet.
Seeing that they had quieted down, Zhu Xuetao snorted coldly.
Just as he was about to say something, a voice rang out from behind him.
“What authority you have, Director Zhu!”
Hearing this voice, everyone’s eyes widened in disbelief as they turned to look at the person behind Zhu Xuetao.
Ning Fan!
There he was, grinning and observing the inside of the security department with keen interest.
Zhu Xuetao, seeing that it was Ning Fan, pat his chest in relief.
Ning Fan’s sudden interjection had really given him quite the scare.
“So it’s Brother Ning who’s back.
Come have a cigarette.
Why stand outside?
Make yourself at home here; don’t be shy!”
Zhu Xuetao lost all prior authority and behaved like a tame kitty cat in front of Ning Fan.
Ning Fan, upon hearing these words, just smiled and shook his head.
Zhu Xuetao talked as if Ning Fan had been away from the security department for a while, but wasn’t he still on the payroll here?
He accepted the cigarette that Zhu Xuetao handed him and, without waiting for him to speak, the other party thoughtfully took out a lighter and helped light it for him.
“I just got back.
What’s happened to make our director so angry?
We’re all brothers here; there’s no need for this…”
Zhu Xuetao’s face twitched.
How nice of Ning Fan—playing the good cop, which made him, Zhu Xuetao, the bad cop by default.
Zhu Xuetao chuckled wryly in his mind, then called a security guard over to explain what had happened.
After hearing the security guard’s explanation, Ning Fan was caught between laughter and tears.
Wasn’t this just about what he had done yesterday?
Now it had reached the security department, and these guys had gone so far as to start arguing about it.
“So that’s what happened.
Speaking of which, have you heard about this thing that happened yesterday?
I’ve even got video footage of the scene right here!”
Zhu Xuetao slapped his forehead, then pulled out his phone and played a video.
“Director, I just thought what was being spread online was too exaggerated, so that’s why…”
The security guard who had been skeptical earlier started to speak again, but before he could finish, Zhu Xuetao gave him a sharp glare.
“You know nothing.
The person in this video is using the long-lost Wudang’s ‘Ladder to the Clouds’.
Looks like a martial arts expert to me.
Ning Bro, what’s your take on this?”
Perhaps trying to lighten the mood, Zhu Xuetao asked jokingly, without committing to whether the event was real or fake.
But Ning Fan was mumbling to himself.
Nonsense ‘Ladder to the Clouds’!
The person in the video was himself, and Zhu Xuetao was asking for his opinion?
What opinion could he possibly have?
He did have some thoughts, though, and that was, it really was too hot!