Chapter 54 Jumping off a Building
Embracing He Qianqian, Lin Tian gently patted her fragrant shoulder, softly comforting, "Don't worry, everything will be okay with me!"
The two of them were hugging each other in the street, and given the clear age discrepancy between them, passersby cast curious glances their way from time to time.
Even though they didn't dare to gawk openly, they still sneakily looked over.
Their gazes were filled with curiosity.
Noticing the looks from people around her, He Qianqian's pretty face flushed red, and she hurriedly struggled out of Lin Tian's embrace.
Lin Tian also noticed the looks from the bystanders, and despite not caring himself, he didn't insist since He Qianqian was embarrassed.
Looking at He Qianqian's slightly reddened face, Lin Tian said with a chuckle, "You'll accompany me tonight, okay?"
He Qianqian rolled her eyes at Lin Tian. She certainly knew what he meant. She had wanted to refuse but, as if thinking of something, she changed her mind and said, "You should just buy a train ticket and leave tonight."
"So soon?" Lin Tian was somewhat taken aback.
He Qianqian, not in the best of moods, forced a smile and said, "Let's have dinner later, then get a room, and after that, you'll head back. How about that!"
Lin Tian opened his mouth, and in the end, said nothing, just silently nodded.
Afterward, the two found a small restaurant to eat.
After resting for a while following the meal, they rented a room.
Once in the room, He Qianqian, for some reason, became extremely intense.
Two hours later, He Qianqian insisted on watching Lin Tian board the train.
Having no choice, Lin Tian bought a train ticket but didn't board the train after having his ticket checked and entering the station; instead, he stood on the platform, watching the train leave.
"Buzz buzz~!" As the train slowly started to move, Lin Tian felt his phone vibrate in his pocket.
Lin Tian took out his phone and saw that it was He Qianqian calling.
"Hello!" Lin Tian answered the call.
"Did you get on the train?"
"Yeah, I'm on!" Lin Tian said casually as he watched the slowly moving train in front of him.
"Good, then. You need to be more careful in the future and not so impulsive, okay?" He Qianqian instructed from the other end of the line.
"I understand, don't worry."
"Take care!" He Qianqian sounded a bit down on the other end of the call.
"Is it necessary to be so dramatic, as if it's a matter of life and death?" Lin Tian laughed.
"..." There was a long silence on the other end from He Qianqian.
After a silence of six or seven seconds, He Qianqian's voice came through, sounding somewhat sorrowful and hesitant, "Lin Tian, I... I love you!"
Upon hearing these words, Lin Tian was stunned, rooted to the spot.
By the time Lin Tian came to his senses, the call had already been disconnected.
Looking at the disconnected phone, Lin Tian's nose tingled, and his eyes were slightly moist.
He took a deep breath, tilted back his head, and forced the tears in his eyes to stay back. Putting the phone back in his pocket, he walked out of the train station with a stern face.
Why He Qianqian was so wild in the room and why she was so sorrowful during their farewell, even going so far as to make a confession she would almost never voice, Lin Tian understood all too well.
It was all because of Zhong Han.
She was afraid of getting hurt, afraid of Zhong Han's revenge, and so she planned to take care of the situation herself.
Even though she knew Lin Tian was a good fighter, capable of defeating ten men alone, she didn't believe he could handle the Zhong family, who had influence over both black and white in Jia'an City.
For Lin Tian, she was willing to sacrifice herself.
He took a deep breath, and with a touch of helplessness, Lin Tian mumbled to himself, "Girl, I really can handle everything!"
Was Lin Tian a fool?
He didn't think so. Did he not know that such impulsiveness could bring trouble?
He knew it all too well!
But because of his superpower, Lin Tian didn't have to put up with so much, with it he could take care of many problems!
Without the superpower, he would definitely swallow his pride, for overstepping one's capabilities is just seeking death!
The reason he beat up Zhong Han was because Lin Tian believed he could take him down, even if the other party had significant clout in Jia'an City!
But He Qianqian didn't know that, and Lin Tian couldn't tell her about his superpower.
The superpower was Lin Tian's biggest secret.
Without words to express it, Lin Tian had no choice but to pretend to heed He Qianqian's advice to leave and then come back later to resolve the situation.
"Zhong Han..." Muttering these two words to himself, Lin Tian walked briskly out of the train station.
After leaving the station, he thought for a moment, then turned back inside, and took out his phone to look through it.
The reason he didn't immediately leave was partly to wait for He Qianqian to leave the station, to avoid running into each other,
Another aspect was that for a famous wealthy family like the Zhong family, there was still some information available online. By simply gathering this information from the internet and then conducting a field investigation, a lot of details could be revealed.
Half an hour later, Lin Tian put away his phone. He had already gained some understanding of the Zhong family.
Through research, Lin Tian learned that Zhong Han's father, Zhong An, was the biggest real estate tycoon in Jia'an City.
At the same time, on the internet, Lin Tian also found some incidents of Zhong An's real estate enforcers forcibly evicting people and assaulting them.
While thinking about the information he found online, Lin Tian hurriedly walked out of the train station. Half an hour had passed, and He Qianqian should have left by now.
Thinking of He Qianqian, Lin Tian took out his phone again and opened an app.
In an instant, a red dot appeared on Lin Tian's phone GPS map.
Seeing the location of this red dot, Lin Tian finally felt relieved.
Fortunately, He Qianqian had not gone to find Zhong Han yet; she had already gone home.
Because he was worried that He Qianqian would go looking for Zhong Han behind his back and feared she would get hurt, Lin Tian had secretly downloaded a tracking software onto He Qianqian's phone while they were previously in the hotel room.
Through GPS, Lin Tian could know He Qianqian's location.
Being certain that He Qianqian did not go to find Zhong Han tonight, Lin Tian felt much more at ease and prepared for his next move.
After leaving the train station, Lin Tian was just about to hail a cab when suddenly he paused in his step, curiously looking to the right.
About two hundred meters away from Lin Tian, in front of a building, many people were gathered, all of them craning their necks and looking up.
Curiosity getting the better of him, Lin Tian also looked upwards. He could vaguely see a small black dot on the rooftop terrace.
That must be a girl, who at that moment was standing on the edge of the rooftop.
Seeing this scene, a word flashed in Lin Tian's mind—jump!
Clearly, many people shared Lin Tian's thought as they all looked up at the rooftop, pointing and talking about the girl.
Hesitating for a moment and considering whether to go over or not, suddenly a synthesized electronic voice rang out in his mind, "Mission: Rescue the girl. Mission reward: One Supernatural Point!"
With no further hesitation, the matter with Zhong Han could wait these few minutes—the priority now was to save the girl and earn the Supernatural Point.
Glancing at the girl and noting that she looked like she might jump at any moment, Lin Tian didn't hesitate and ran forward quickly.
Rushing through the crowds into the building, Lin Tian hurried to the elevator and frantically pressed the button.
Watching the slowly changing numbers on the elevator, Lin Tian felt anxious.
After waiting for a while, unable to bear the slow speed of the elevator, Lin Tian gritted his teeth, turned around, and ran for the stairwell.
Thump thump thump!
Lin Tian's speed was very fast, and within seconds he had sprinted up one floor of the building, his pace not slower than the elevator.
Huff huff!
Lin Tian ran quickly.
Dozens of seconds later, Lin Tian suddenly stopped in his tracks!
He had arrived!
Lin Tian had reached the rooftop, the eighteenth floor, with the terrace just ahead.
Glancing at the stairs to the rooftop, Lin Tian ran up them quickly.
When Lin Tian got to the terrace, there were already more than a dozen people there.
They were constantly persuading the girl not to jump.
Upon reaching the terrace, Lin Tian only then noticed that the girl was actually very beautiful.
She had fair skin, big eyes, and a delicate oval face; she was truly a beauty.
Moreover, Lin Tian noticed that the girl wasn't very old, about the same age as himself, probably seventeen or eighteen.
But at that moment, the girl's face was devoid of emotion, displaying an air of despair greater than heartbreak.
Despite people constantly coaxing behind her, the girl showed no expression.
After glancing at the girl, just as Lin Tian was thinking about what to do, suddenly, his eyes widened, his heart startled, and he hurriedly rushed over!
Jump!
The girl had actually leaped down without saying a word!
"Hey!" Lin Tian sprinted with all his might.
Clap!
In the nick of time, Lin Tian grabbed the girl's arm, but because of the momentum and the girl's downward gravity, Lin Tian's body was also pulled down!
Whoosh!
Both bodies plummeted swiftly from the eighteenth floor!
Like two rocks!
Feeling his body falling quickly, Lin Tian's face turned pale, and he cursed, "Shit!"