Looting the life force of demons to forge a golden body Martial God-Chapter 282 - 270: The Lip Reader Breaks the Secrecy, Flees and Grows Suspicious! What did you hear?

Chapter 282: Chapter 270: The Lip Reader Breaks the Secrecy, Flees and Grows Suspicious! What did you hear?

After he walked towards the stairwell and left, Su Li slowly stood up from behind the counter, trembling in his legs, his face pale, his eyes filled with fear.

The regulars who often came here knew him and knew that his Martial Path Realm was not high, having only just entered the Innate.

But no one knew that the Cultivation Technique he practiced was very special, highly skilled in enhancing vision, especially in viewing objects from a distance.

Therefore, even though the counter was far from here, in the moment he glanced up, he caught some movements of Manager Zhang’s lips.

Normally, this wouldn’t matter much, but the lucky thing was, Su Li knew how to read lips!

As a child, he had been ill, resulting in temporary deafness in both ears that lasted for many years until his parents obtained a Treasured Medicine and cured him.

During those days of deafness, to divert his attention, his parents bought him many recorded movies.

These movies had subtitles, and because he couldn’t hear, over time he got used to comparing the subtitles with the actors’ lip movements, gradually developing the skill of guessing subtitles by watching their lips.

The more he played this game, the more skilled he became; by the time his parents got the medicine to treat him, he had already mastered lip reading, making watching movies without sound his greatest hobby.

He hadn’t seen all of what Manager Zhang said just now; he only clearly made out three lip movements.

But just these three lip movements represented words that made him feel like he had fallen into an icy cave!

If his eyes hadn’t gone blind and he hadn’t lost his skill of lip reading, the few lip movements from the hotel manager corresponded to the words: "fatal," "Chu Feng," "assassinate!" freeweɓnovel.cøm

Earlier Manager Zhang had referred to that delicate young master as Mr. Chu, so was he Chu Feng? He was in danger!

...

Su Li stood in place, hesitating for a long time, his expression changing unpredictably. Finally, he grimly made up his mind, packed up his things, and prepared to leave.

He had thought of warning that delicate young gentleman, but after calming down, he thought...

Warn my ass!

Whoever wants to kill, let them kill; who lives or dies is none of his damn business!

He was just a minor Innate, unable to handle such matters of life and death. If he got involved, he would eventually end up dead without a place to be buried!

His parents were still waiting for him to earn money to support them in their old age. If he died, who would take care of his parents?

Additionally, he couldn’t stay in this cursed place any longer!

Even the seemingly gentle Manager Zhang was casually talking about assassinating and killing. Could there be any good people in this cursed place?

Fuck, the front line was indeed chaotic. It wasn’t a place for someone decent like him to mingle in!

No matter how much they paid, he couldn’t do it anymore. He needed to quickly pack up and escape!

Su Li hastily finished packing his belongings and was about to leave the Martial Arts Field.

As he approached the stairwell and saw the dark, quiet stairs, he abruptly slowed his pace, his expression stiffening, a great panic surging in his heart!

In the stairwell... Could there be someone waiting there?

That bastard Manager Zhang, could he have already found out that he had discovered his secret?

Could he be waiting in the stairwell, ready to kill and silence him?!

"..."

They say, the most terrifying thing isn’t encountering ghosts in the daylight, but scaring oneself!

At this moment, Su Li’s heart was filled with extreme fear, so scared that his bladder contracted, nearly wetting his pants on the spot.

He took a deep breath forcefully, his chest heaving like a broken bellows, desperately trying to calm himself down.

The surge in adrenaline in his body slightly eased, and he finally began to think clearly again.

He couldn’t just run away like this! That would be admitting guilt!

Looking up at the clock, his eyes suddenly lit up. It was nearly time to get off work!

He immediately turned around, went back behind the counter as usual, packed up the register, and left some personal items behind, creating the illusion that he would return to work the next day.

Then he took off his work clothes on the spot and changed into casual wear.

Afterward, he gathered his feelings, took his belongings, and pretended as if nothing had happened, his expression calm yet inexplicably fatigued.

He looked just like he usually did after work, exuding a sense of despair as if a beast of burden had lost its will to live after being set free.

Everything ready, he once again lifted his feet and slowly walked toward the stairwell as if nothing were amiss.

Stepping into a dark stairwell, he coughed loudly, and the lights suddenly came on.

Su Li looked up, and his pupils immediately shrank to the size of pinpoints, every hair on end, his heart clenching violently!

A chill rose from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head, a deadly premonition of doom completely engulfing him!

He saw Manager Zhang ahead at the turn of the stairwell, his head lowered, eerily watching him!

Damn!

He was right!

Manager Zhang, that bastard, really didn’t leave!

He was really here lying in wait for him!

There’s no telling how long he’d been there!

Damn!!

Su Li screamed on the spot, "Ah ah ah—fuck! Manager Zhang! What are you doing standing here! Are you a ghost?"

He clutched his chest with his right hand and breathed heavily, eyes bulging as he stared at Manager Zhang, his face pale with fright.

Then, his face showed the anger of being fooled, cheeks flushed with rage.

"..."

Manager Zhang, without turning away, observed Su Li’s expressions and movements. Seeing that he was speaking normally, he finally smiled and said,

"I was just thinking of coming down to find you, and here we run into each other. Time to head home?"

Su Li let out a sigh of relief, rolling his eyes, "Of course I’m off work! Like a ghost, not a sound—you’ve got to spare me, scaring people can scare them to death!

"If you scare me to death, where will you find another employee as hardworking and low-paid as me?"

His tone was just like the usual complaints he made when talking with Manager Zhang.

"Sorry, sorry," chuckled Manager Zhang, approaching step by step, then asked, "Have you contacted the construction team yet?"

Su Li took a breath, seeming to calm down, and smiled again, "Got in touch. It’s the same group that came to repair our hotel when it was damaged last time."

"Good, very good!"

As Manager Zhang got closer, Su Li’s heart started to thump wildly, nearly leaping out of his throat.

Suppressing his panic, he smiled as usual, "Manager Zhang, it’s late, there should be no one else coming, can I go home now?"

Manager Zhang didn’t respond, but came up to Su Li, sizing him up.

Su Li’s face showed discomfort as he quietly asked the manager, "You look a bit odd today, any plans?"

Manager Zhang’s eyes shifted, then he said, "Don’t rush off just yet, come to my office, there’s some overtime work!"

Su Li’s heart immediately tightened: Damn, does this old geezer want to lure me to a deserted place to kill me?

His face immediately showed distress as he lowered his head, "Manager Zhang, I just started dating a girlfriend, and she’s waiting for me to go on a date. Could you possibly...?"

Manager Zhang broke into a surprised smile, "You’ve got a girlfriend? When did this happen?"

Su Li’s face turned red, he scratched his head and chuckled shyly, his face slightly blushing and his eyes full of anticipation, reeking of the stench of romance,

"My mom introduced her to me, we just had our first date last week. I think it went well, she would make a great wife!"

Manager Zhang looked him over and, not spotting any inconsistency and chuckling at his own paranoia, waved his hand and laughed, "Alright, go on then, we’ll do it tomorrow!"

"Alright, thanks Manager Zhang! Then I’m leaving now!"

Su Li, holding his clothes, nodded gratefully at Manager Zhang, humming a cheerful tune as they passed each other.

Just as they were about to part, Manager Zhang suddenly murmured, "What exactly did you hear just now?"