Chapter 303: The Secret of Strength
Zhang Nianzu and Lei Tingting got in the car and drove slowly on the street. This was actually the rare time they had together since Lei Tingting joined the Ant Tribe. Unfortunately, now was not the time for them to be affectionate. Lei Tingting had been in contact with people on her mobile phone since getting in the car. Her explanation was that if Jia Ba fled outside, he would cause unimaginable harm to ordinary people, so she had to report the situation.
After dealing with this matter, Lei Tingting asked, "How come Jack and Bian Shikai are together?"
Zhang Nianzu said: "I have figured it out, now I will test you."
Lei Tingting thought for a moment and said, "I understand too - Bian Shikai is the same as Bian Shijie. He needs Jia Ba's head to help him get to the top. Bian Shijie wants to join forces with you to deal with Jia Ba, but Bian Shikai has changed his mind. Jia Ba is nominally Jack's subordinate, so it's better to directly hook up with Jack to cooperate with him and sell Jia Ba to him at a specific time. So he showed up after Jia Ba was injured. This is his deal with Jack."
Zhang Nianzu said: "Then let me ask you, why is Jack willing to betray Jia Ba?"
Lei Tingting said, "Because Jia Ba is a wanted criminal with a long history of bad deeds by both the police and the ants, Jack wants to be the Grand Master, so he can't have such a subordinate. Bian Shikai becomes the best candidate to take over this trouble. He kills Jia Ba and returns to his border, and he has no contact with Jack ever since. People want to accuse Jack but have no evidence."
Zhang Nianzu said: "Really smart, but I can't understand how Bian Shikai dared to cooperate with Jack. According to Jack's thinking, of course, the cleanest way is to kill Bian Shikai together."
Lei Tingting laughed and said, "You have learned bad habits."
"I am just deducing according to the enemy's thinking. He said he didn't want a confidant like Asaxin, so would he be stingy with Bian Shikai's life?"
Lei Tingting said: "Bian Shikai is not a good person either. He must have a backup plan to guard against Jack."
Zhang Nianzu sighed: "They are all tigers and wolves."
Lei Tingting asked: "Do you have a headache?"
Zhang Nianzu smiled and said, "It doesn't hurt. I just don't want to do things like them, but I'm not stupider than them."
Lei Tingting suddenly said, "Asahin, what are you going to do?"
Zhang Nianzu glanced at her and teased her deliberately, "I am willing to let you be my sister, it depends on whether you have the heart to do so."
"Zhang Nianzu, say it again!"
Zhang Nianzu was surprised and asked, "You are a little older than her, so she should call you sister. What's wrong?"
Lei Tingting pouted: "Were you testing me just now?"
Zhang Nianzu smiled and said, "She was taught to marry Grandpa since she was young, so she is so direct. Environment can change people. Do you think Changgui and Asan are bad people? No. But they don't feel burdened to kill and set fire to people in order to fulfill their duties. The Qiangren tribe has lived in such an environment for thousands of years. It takes time to change them. Isn't there a saying that if you love someone, you have to accept his poor relatives? I have more than a thousand poor relatives, you have to be mentally prepared." Zhang Nianzu said seriously, "Don't worry, I won't marry Asan."
Lei Tingting thought of something Asassin had said in the lobby, and blushed as she said, "We can't agree to her other requests!"
"What do you want?"
Lei Tingting interrupted: "Where are you taking me?"
"Don't you think the road is familiar?"
Lei Tingting blurted out: "This is the way back to Changsheng Street."
They were walking towards Changsheng Street, but Zhang Nianzu did not return to the repair shop, but took Lei Tingting to the residential building behind. After entering the house, Lei Tingting asked curiously: "Aren't you going to show me where you practice fighting Jack?"
"This is it." Zhang Nianzu pushed open the door of his bedroom, and Lei Tingting hurried over to look. In addition to the simple wardrobe and bedside table in the room, the most eye-catching thing was the bed. Because no one had lived there for a long time, it was just there, with the sheets neatly spread out without even a wrinkle.
Lei Tingting said with a strange expression: "You...did you practice something weird on it?"
Zhang Nianzu leaned against the door frame and said slowly: "The first time I was seriously injured in a fight was when I rescued the kidnapped Teresa Tsui. The man who beat me jumped up and hit me with a baseball bat and almost broke my shoulder." As he spoke, he subconsciously rubbed his right shoulder.
Lei Tingting asked: "Then what? Does the fight between me and Gu Changfeng count?"
Zhang Nianzu smiled and said, "Those were all minor incidents. The second time I was seriously injured was because your father sent people to hunt down me all over the city. I met the people from the Twelve Stick Flowers in the corridor. The Twelve Stick Flowers use sandalwood sticks, and this time I was injured here..." Then he patted his right shoulder again.
Lei Tingting joked, "Your shoulders have suffered a lot following you." But her voice sounded a little bitter. Zhang Nianzu had never told her these things before.
Zhang Nianzu said: "The third time I was injured was when I encountered Lei Yuanzheng at the hospital gate. At that time, I was not Zuye yet, and I didn't know how to use the Golden Finger, so I was naturally no match for him. I don't even remember how many punches he hit me in the chest. Fortunately, I was rescued by Liu Laoliu and his men. Liu Laoliu said that my sternum was already shattered into pieces at that time, and they pieced it back together through my skin and flesh. I lay in bed for a long time and recovered on my own."
This time Lei Tingting did not interrupt.
"Later, I was seriously injured twice. One was when Jia Ba and Du Heng ambushed Captain Peng, and the other was when I first met Jack. His warrior chains completely restrained me, and I just relied on being beaten to delay the police. Later, I slowly summed up my experience - any injured part of my body will become more resistant to blows as long as it heals. Now it's not so easy to break my shoulder or ribs." Zhang Nianzu paused and said, "But these alone are not enough to fight Jack, so I thought of a training method."
Lei Tingting seemed to understand, staring in horror and asked, "What did you do?"
Zhang Nianzu grabbed a corner of the bed sheet and lifted it up, saying, "I made this bed."
There was neither a mattress nor a mattress under the sheets. The simple wooden board was nailed with nails that were more than a meter long. They were so densely packed, and their sharp points seemed to hurt anyone's eyes if they bumped into them.
Zhang Nianzu smiled and said, "A bed is for sleeping. I slept on this bed for ten days and now my body is indestructible."
In fact, he didn't need to say anything else. Lei Tingting understood everything after seeing the nail bed. She burst into tears and hugged Zhang Nianzu tightly. Only then did she know that Zhang Nianzu had suffered so much, endured so much hardship, and done so many crazy things that others dared not even think about - in those ten days, Zhang Nianzu slept on these nails every day, letting the nails pierce every part of his body, and then healed and turned into strong skin. In order to have no blind spots, he had to toss and turn on this nail bed, change his posture, and ensure that every inch of his skin would withstand the catastrophe and then be reborn from the ashes.
Zhang Nianzu hugged her and said, "Don't cry. With this skill and the Midas Touch, Jack is no problem. This is another gift from God to me."
Lei Tingting cried for a long time before she looked up and asked, "Why didn't you tell Changgui and the others?"
Zhang Nianzu asked, "Do you think they will let me do this again if they know?"
"Then why did you tell me?"
"I want you to have faith in me and see clearly that a battle with the ants is inevitable." Zhang Nianzu kissed Lei Tingting's hairline and said calmly, "I have done all the efforts I should make, and the balance of victory has once tilted towards me. If someone insists on interfering, then I can only fight them to the death."
Lei Tingting asked worriedly, "Do you want to fight hard?"
Zhang Nianzu said, "I heard someone say a few days ago: Those who dare not start a people's war are doomed to fail. I think it makes sense. For such a long time, I have been restrained by the ants everywhere because the ants act as a team like wolves. Naturally, they will not take me and Changgui, a few lone lions, seriously. Now I want to gather the lions to fight back."
"Lions? Where are they?"
"The person who said that knows." Zhang Nianzu made a phone call and said concisely, "Erhu, call someone!"
Li Erhu had just come out of the processing room and asked in confusion: "Call someone? Who?"
Zhang Nianzu said, "Don't you have the contact information of our clansmen? Call them over."
Li Erhu immediately asked excitedly: "How many should I call?"
"Call everyone you can. You can send the invitation in my name, but you must make the purpose of this trip clear."
"Okay, what's the purpose of this trip?"
Zhang Nianzu said: "Fight!"
