Pokémon: From Magikarp

Chapter 37 Assassination, Snakes and Insects made great contributions!

The Zhou family in Baishan City is brightly lit tonight, and Zhou Qiming's hearty laughter can be heard in every corner of the Zhou family.

"Haha, okay, okay..."

"Student Lin really makes us, the companies that have been working hard in mining for so many years, feel ashamed."

Zhou Qiming liked Lin Shi more and more. Not to mention that Lin Shi not only saved him this time, but also saved the entire Zhou family. This unique ability to find minerals alone meant that the Zhou family must have a good relationship with him.

"Uncle Zhou, you are too kind. It's just luck. It can't be replicated."

Lin Shi quickly responded modestly. He naturally understood the meaning of the other party's words, but Lin Shi had already decided that after this time, he would never help detect mineral deposits again. You know, a big tree attracts the wind. He was unwilling to take unknown risks, even for the Zhou family.

Hearing Lin Shi's refusal, Zhou Qiming did not think there was anything wrong with it. It was Lin Shi's right to refuse, but whether he could come up with something that would make Lin Shi excited was his ability!

"Student Lin, can we go upstairs and chat?"

Zhou Qiming stretched out his hand and asked Lin Shi.

As an employee, Lin Shi did not refuse, after all, the other party paid.

"it is good."

Zhou Qiming was very happy, then he turned around and told the nanny to prepare the meal and they would come down to eat together later.

Lin Shi and Zhou Qiming did not talk for long. In less than half an hour, the two men walked out of the conference room. No one else knew the content of their conversation.

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

The night was dark, and dark clouds obscured the bright starlight. After a tiring day, Lin Shi felt that he slept particularly soundly and deeply today.

The door opened a crack, and a cool breeze blew in. Lin Shi frowned because of the cold, but still did not wake up. A figure gently opened the door and walked in.

The figure was dressed in black, wearing a hat and a mask. He looked at Lin Shi who was sleeping soundly on the bed and slowly raised the dagger in his hand.

"Hiss..."

At this moment, a hoarse cry was heard, and the snake Chongchong that was sleeping in Lin Shi’s backpack jumped up, let out a roar, and instantly wrapped around the arm of the man in black.

The man in black was frightened by the attack of the snakes and insects. He waved his arms quickly, then deftly used his left hand to take the dagger in his right hand and was about to stab Lin Shi.

"Boom."

Just as the dagger was about to hit, the snake slammed into the black-clad man's chest, causing him to stagger and hit the wall.

Then the snake turned around and sprayed towards Lin Shi in one breath. Instantly the room was filled with fruity fragrance. Lin Shi's face gradually became ferocious, as if he was struggling with something, and finally he opened his eyes.

"what happened?"

Lin Shi had a headache, but the fruity scent of the snake and insect was so fresh that he began to wake up gradually and vaguely saw the man in black in the room.

"who are you?"

When the other party saw that Lin Shi had woken up, he felt that the situation was not good. He opened the window with a bang and jumped down.

Lin Shi quickly got up and looked out the window, but did not see the other person. Then he returned to the room and looked at the snake and bug that were thrown to the ground by the man in black.

After a careful examination, I found that there was nothing serious, so I felt relieved.

It was not until this moment that Lin Shi's chaotic thoughts gradually became clear, and his face looked grim.

He was assassinated!

He was actually assassinated in Zhou's house!

……

This night was destined to be restless. It was already past midnight, but the lights in the Zhou family mansion were lit again.

Lin Shi sat on the sofa in the living room with a grim look on his face, not saying a word.

"Lin Shi, are you okay?"

Fatty Zhou was the first to go downstairs. He was still in his pajamas. After hearing that Lin Shi was assassinated, he ran downstairs in a hurry.

"It's okay." Lin Shi shook his head and responded.

Immediately afterwards, the brothers Zhou Qiming and Zhou Qizhe walked out of the room almost at the same time, one after the other, and went downstairs in a hurry.

The difference is that they are fully clothed.

"Student Lin, are you okay?"

Lin Shi did not reply, but turned to look at Zhou Qiming and said slowly:

"Uncle Zhou, you should be able to sense that there is something wrong with this matter."

Zhou Qiming looked at Lin Shi with a complicated expression and nodded.

"Lin Shi, what do you mean?"

Zhou Wanjin was confused and felt that Lin Shi had something else in mind.

"Wanjin, who do you think will assassinate me?"

Instead of answering Zhou Wanjin's question, Lin Shi asked a question instead.

"Who?"

"Minghui Mining."

"Maybe they knew you had found the mineral deposit, and in order to prevent our family from getting it, they killed you to silence you..."

At this point, Zhou Wanjin suddenly realized something and his face looked extremely ugly.

If Minghui Mining knew that Lin Shi had discovered the brownstone deposit, wouldn't it mean that someone leaked the information?

"Is it... a traitor?" Zhou Wanjin asked cautiously while looking at Lin Shi.

"Uncle Zhou, who knows about my discovery of a mineral deposit?"

Zhou Qiming thought for a moment and replied:

"Apart from the people who are staying here tonight, the only ones left are the exploration team that will go into the mountains to prospect for minerals tomorrow."

"So, the traitor is someone in the detection team?" Zhou Wanjin asked again.

Sometimes Lin Shi really didn't know whether Zhou Wanjin was really stupid or just didn't want to know the truth.

"Fatty, you should know me."

"I consider myself to be very cautious and I always lock the door before going to bed."

"Besides, my sleep quality isn't that good, so I won't wake up even if someone sneaks in or even fights with my Pokémon."

"Finally, even if I was really too tired to wake up today, the baby bear sleeping next to me would not be so unvigilant. It was even woken up by me."

"It's a bear cub, not a snorlax."

"Yigu."

The baby bear also raised his hand to show his support for Lin Shi, and felt extremely guilty for not being able to protect Lin Shi because of his deep sleep.

"Okay, I don't blame you."

Lin Shi touched the baby bear's head and comforted him, but seeing the baby bear blaming himself, he probably suffered psychological trauma.

"Lin Shi, what do you mean?" Zhou Wanjin's face turned pale.

"Don't you understand yet?"

"My snakeworm is fine because it only eats the sweetness I personally mixed. The rest, no matter me or my Pokémon, are all asleep and at the mercy of others because we were drugged."

"The only people who could have drugged me, knew which room I lived in, and unlocked the door were the few people who lived here."

After Lin Shi finished speaking, the room fell silent.

But the one with the worst expression was Zhou Qiming, the patriarch of the Zhou family, because if Lin Shi and the nanny were not counted, the people living in this house were either his relatives or his confidants.

"Well, did you notice that Secretary Wang didn't come down?"

At this time, Second Uncle Zhou Qizhe looked around and reminded everyone.

Everyone looked at each other.

"What's going on? Where are he?" Zhou Qiming was furious.

“Boss, Secretary Wang doesn’t seem to be in the room, and we’ve searched everywhere but haven’t found him in this house.”

A bodyguard immediately stood up and spoke to Zhou Qiming.

"what?!"

Zhou Qiming was so shocked that the cup in his hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

"Uncle Zhou, he probably hasn't gotten far yet. We can still catch up with him now."

Lin Shi reminded at the right time.

"Okay." Zhou Qiming nodded and immediately sent someone to look for him.

"I'll go too and make sure to catch him." Uncle Zhou Er also had a look of resentment on his face and followed the others away.