Chapter 143 The Red Contract

Although Chen Ran's previous impression on him was just so-so, hearing this, Jiang Cheng felt inexplicably heavy. After a moment of silence, Jiang Cheng stood up and nodded to Su Xiaoxiao, "Although this is a deal between you, I still want to thank you. Focus on recovering. Later, I'll arrange for someone to send your younger brother away." Su An, her younger brother, was Su Xiaoxiao's only concern, and Jiang Cheng would place Su An in a very safe place so that Su Xiaoxiao would have no worries.

Unexpectedly, Su Xiaoxiao shook her head. "No need. It's better for my brother to stay by my side. He has a very special talent that we can use."

"With him here, those weird guys will become our helpers." After a pause, Su Xiaoxiao continued, "This is also my brother's intention."

If Su An was willing to stay and help, that would naturally be the best. His influence on the second-generation Deep Red was obvious. An army composed of dozens of dangerous test subjects with marks, their combat power could be imagined.

Having said what needed to be said, Jiang Cheng turned and left. After opening the door, Fatty and Su An outside were huddled together, each sitting on a small stool in the corridor, their backs against the wall, looking like they were getting along very well.

Seeing Jiang Cheng come out, Fatty stood up with relief. "Doctor, you're finally out. Just now, Brother Su An was even telling me he wanted to go in to find his sister, and I finally managed to talk him out of it."

"Where's Chen Ran?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"You mean Brother Chen? He came out and chatted with me for a while just now, and then he went downstairs. He should be… he should be going to see those Deep Red members, right?" Fatty wasn't very sure.

Jiang Cheng nodded, then looked at Su An, but Su An's attitude towards Jiang Cheng was obviously not as close as it was to Fatty. "How are those Deep Red members doing?" Jiang Cheng looked back at Fatty and asked.

Fatty stretched out his arm and patted Su An's shoulder relaxedly, smiling at Jiang Cheng, "Don't worry, Doctor, with Brother Su An here, those people are very stable."

"Right, Brother Su?" Fatty bumped Su An's chest with a smile.

Immediately afterward, Su An nodded to save face, and at the same time reached out and patted Fatty's shoulder as well, as if to say, Fatty, you're right.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but be impressed by Fatty's charisma once again. Judging from this situation, after a while, the two of them would probably be as close as one person.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Cheng gave up on looking for Chen Ran. He returned to his room, closed the door, came to the window with better lighting, took out his phone, and dialed Lin Wan'er's number.

The phone rang twice before it was connected. On the other end was Lin Wan'er's always calm voice, "Xiao Cheng."

After briefly introducing the situation here, Jiang Cheng directly asked about Chen Ran, about that contract red paper, which was his biggest concern.

Unexpectedly, the other end of the phone was silent this time. After a long time, Lin Wan'er sighed and admitted Jiang Cheng's guess. She had given the extremely rare red contract to Chen Ran, but she was entrusted by someone. The person who entrusted her to do this was Gong Zhe.

Before the portal operation was launched, Gong Zhe had personally come to her. It was then that he left this red contract behind. In the last confrontation between Gong Zhe and Chen Ran, Gong Zhe had already felt the door in Chen Ran's body stirring.

With this contract, Chen Ran had a chance to live.

"That red contract was painstakingly sought by the Xia family for Gong Zhe, and it was also handed to Gong Zhe personally by Xia Meng, the current head of the Xia family." After Lin Wan'er finished speaking, she paused, and a soft sigh came from the other end of the phone. "According to Gong Zhe's wishes, I didn't tell Number 6 about these things, but obviously he had already guessed it."

"I'm just confirming. Everyone has their own choices. We're all grown-ups." Jiang Cheng's voice rang after a few seconds.

Lin Wan'er smiled. "Yes, you've all grown up. You're not kids anymore."

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng frowned involuntarily. He suddenly felt a little sad, and he detected a hint of bleakness in Lin Wan'er's laughter.

But it was only for a moment. The next second, Lin Wan'er regained her former feeling. "By the way, I want to tell you something. Next time… maybe we can enter the Old President's domain too."

This sudden news made Jiang Cheng stunned. Immediately afterward, even his breathing became rapid. No, this news was too shocking. "What, you still have the ability to carry out the portal plan?"

Last time, they used Number 1's ability to open the passage, but now Number 1 had died in the car. Could it be that his ability had also been…

"It's not what you think." Lin Wan'er interrupted his thoughts simply and explained, "During this time, we've been clearing out the remnants of the Night Watchmen, especially the 13 families behind the Night Watchmen. Among them, except for the Xia family, which had withdrawn, and the Xi family, which was already dead in name, the other families are all on the clearance list."

"The clearance during this period has been very effective, and we have also discovered more and more top-secret information in the process. Among them, one clue is extremely critical. Intelligence shows that the current head of the Zhong family, one of the Night Watchmen's 13 families, has mastered some of the operating rules of the Old President's domain." Lin Wan'er's voice was unusually serious.

"Operating rules…"

"Yes." Lin Wan'er nodded. "You can understand it this way. The Old President's ghost car shuttles back and forth between the real world and another world. Every once in a while, that car will open a gap between the two worlds and briefly appear in the real world."

"Luori Di?" The word instantly appeared in Jiang Cheng's mind.

Lin Wan'er was silent for a moment, giving an ambiguous answer, "Something like that. In short, if we can confirm the accuracy of the information and learn the exact time and coordinates of the next appearance of that ghost car from the head of the Zhong family, then those of us who don't have the brand mark will also have the opportunity to board that car."

This news was too shocking, and Jiang Cheng couldn't believe it for a while. "Is this news accurate? Could it be fake news released by the Night Watchmen?"

"It shouldn't be. We've already confirmed that the current head of the Zhong family has an unusual relationship with the Torch Bearers. He is considered the most valued junior in the clan by the Torch Bearers." As if suddenly thinking of something, Lin Wan'er added, "This Torch Bearer is from the Zhong family. He is the well-deserved pillar of the Zhong family, a figure of the ancestor generation."

"Then where is this head of the Zhong family now?" Jiang Cheng asked, "Do you have any news about him?"

"He's right in front of me. We are… trying to persuade him now." Lin Wan'er's voice suddenly became relaxed, but then Jiang Cheng heard a sharp scream that didn't sound like a human voice.