Chapter 1547: Chapter 1852: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted

Ling Chen drove at a steady pace, not accelerating, pretending not to notice the tailing car behind him, slowly moving forward. Passing by a hospital, he arrived at an intersection, watching the red light ahead, waited for over ten seconds, then followed the traffic in front to turn left.

He timed it perfectly; when the car behind caught up, it coincided with the red light, and they didn’t dare to rush through, so they had to stop and wait.

Watching the car disappear from the rearview mirror, Ling Chen slightly raised a corner of his mouth, chuckling softly. Tail him? Hmph! Do they even know who he is? No one could outplay him in the game of tracking and counter-tracking. Finding an inconspicuous spot, Ling Chen parked his car, then went to the roadside and hailed a taxi.

"Sir, where to?" the driver asked enthusiastically.

Ling Chen pointed to the car ahead, "Mister, follow that car for me."

The car ahead roamed around the area, perhaps unable to find Ling Chen’s car, finally returning without success. After more than twenty minutes, it slowly drove into an underground parking lot of a hotel.

The car door opened, and two young men got out, heading straight for the elevator.

It wasn’t until those two entered the elevator that Ling Chen emerged from between the two cars. Watching the elevator’s floor display, soon, it stopped on the sixth floor.

Finally found you!

For safety’s sake, Ling Chen didn’t enter via the elevator but went up the fire escape stairs, arriving on the sixth floor of the hotel. The sixth floor was large, with over thirty guest rooms. Being a bit late, the two young men were nowhere to be seen, leaving him unsure of which room they entered.

Glancing at the surveillance camera in the corridor, Ling Chen had a thought and called Hu Fei. This kind of thing was Hu Fei’s specialty, and he could surely handle it. After waiting for about ten minutes, Hu Fei sent over the surveillance footage to Ling Chen’s phone.

Opening the video, Ling Chen quickly located the two young men’s whereabouts. After arriving on the sixth floor, they had entered room 603.

Room 603! Ling Chen put down the phone, swept his gaze, and quickly pinpointed the location of the room. At the door, he listened for a while, though he could hear sounds from inside the room, they weren’t clear, and he couldn’t determine how many people were inside.

As his thoughts raced, a cleaner came down the corridor pushing a cart. Upon seeing the cleaning lady, an idea popped into Ling Chen’s mind. He walked straight toward her.

"Ma’am, could you please clean room 603?"

"Sure." The cleaner nodded, assuming Ling Chen was a guest from room 603, and had no suspicions at all.

Watching her head to room 603, Ling Chen quickly hid around the corner, observing the room’s activity. The cleaning lady, thinking the room was empty, did not knock, instead she took a key from her pocket, and opened the door to room 603.

However, the moment the door opened, a young man appeared, blocking the cleaning lady from entering.

"What are you doing?" the young man asked coldly, glaring at the cleaning lady.

"Sorry, someone asked me to clean room 603, thinking it was unoccupied..." the cleaning lady hastily apologized.

The young man frowned, "Who told you to clean room 603?"

"A young fellow, maybe he got the room number wrong. Sir, do you need your room cleaned?"

"No need."

"Then I won’t bother you anymore, sorry for the inconvenience," said the cleaning lady, hurriedly pushing her cart away.

Seeing the room door close again, Ling Chen couldn’t help but smile at the cleaning lady’s quick reflexes. After waiting a few minutes at the corner, the door to room 603 opened again, and the two young men led the way, carrying two suitcases as they emerged. Following them was a burly man, about five-foot-nine, wearing a baseball cap, and his face wrapped in a scarf, obscuring his features.

Judging by the build and height, this man fit the profile of the assailant.

It must be him! Ling Chen thought to himself. His intention of sending the cleaning lady to room 603 was to arouse their suspicion, making them believe someone was investigating them. Consequently, they would relocate, and by doing so, Ling Chen could ascertain their numbers.

Seeing the three enter the hotel’s emergency exit, Ling Chen hesitated for a moment, then immediately took the elevator down to the underground parking lot, assuming they would drive away.

After waiting for a few minutes in the underground parking lot, the three men finally appeared in Ling Chen’s field of vision. As expected, they got into the car they arrived in and drove straight towards the exit. He watched until the car disappeared from his sight, then turned around and walked out himself.

Back home, Ling Chen took out a new phone and called Hu Fei.

"Fatty, track my phone signal and see if you can lock onto a location." The reason he didn’t pursue the three earlier was that he had hidden his phone in their car beforehand. Using the phone’s location service, he could accurately find their whereabouts.

Soon, Hu Fei got back to him. The phone signal was locked onto a location in a rented house south of Beijing.

Let’s see how you escape now! Ling Chen grinned and immediately called Tong Zhentian, informing him of the development.

"Do you need me to send someone over to assist?"

"No need, with Sir Chen around, there shouldn’t be any issues." After a pause, Ling Chen added, "By the way, Elder Tong, isn’t Sect Leader Qi awake now? Have you visited him?"

"I just came back from the hospital. I chatted with him briefly. He needs plenty of rest given the severity of his injuries, so I didn’t stay long."

"Did he mention the person who attacked him?"

"I asked, but he said it was too dark and the assailant was disguised, so he couldn’t see clearly. Haven’t you already found that person? Why do you ask?"

"It’s nothing, just want to confirm the identity. I’ll handle this matter swiftly and nip any threat in the bud." With that, Ling Chen hung up the phone.

After some preparations, Ling Chen knocked on Chen Junfeng’s room and said, "Sir Chen, we should head out."

"Alright." Chen Junfeng nodded, holding his silver gun, "Ling Chen, that person is quite formidable. Maybe you should stay here and rest, and I’ll bring him to you."

Ling Chen smiled and said, "Sir Chen, no need to worry about me, I’m not that fragile. Besides, I’d like to see how formidable this person is. Let’s go!"