48 Hours a Day

Chapter 972: Li Mo

It took Zhang Heng some time to get rid of the man with the exoskeleton. Fortunately, he managed to find a familiar battle rhythm.

In all fairness, the goons that Mr. G hired were of very high quality. The enemies Zhang Heng met at the later part of his journey only got stronger and stronger. Mr. G’s mistake this time was to test Zhang Heng’s capability with his garden. The enemies were all scattered as well. Initially, Mr. G expected that they’d hide in the garden to ambush Zhang Heng. Unfortunately, it became a place for Zhang Heng to showcase all the skills he learned in Rome.

After Zhang Heng killed the squad and acquired dozens of heat inducers, he no longer needed to worry about the heat detectors his enemies had. Mr. G realized that he was switching the camera frequently again. However, all he saw was the dirt on the ground or a black screen. In the end, Mr. G didn’t bother looking at it anymore. He turned off the projection after that.

Afterward, Zhang Heng ran into a small wood with the newly found submachine gun and killed the last three enemies in an ambush. At this point, he finally finished walking the whole path and came to the back door of the garden.

He remained on guard because he did not know what was on the opposite side of the door. As soon as he opened the door, he threw a smoke bomb and his last heat inducer at the open space. However, instead of gunshots, he heard someone coughing.

Thus, Zhang Heng remained as vigilant as he could. Holding a submachine gun, he charged in as fast as possible. Behind the garden was a small hotel, so Zhang Heng rushed to the lobby. It was different from ordinary hotels—other than a girl standing no taller than 1.5 meters tall, holding a basin, the place was empty. She had a basin full of dirty bedsheets and was standing in the middle of the lobby. And Zhang Heng did not see anyone other than her.

Clearly, she was the one who coughed earlier. Immediately, she raised both hands when she saw Zhang Heng pointing his submachine gun at her.

“Are you a hotel staff?” Zhang Heng asked without putting away his gun.

The girl nodded. She then pointed at the tag on her chest.

The tag said Li Mo, Receptionist.

“Where are the rest?”

“Mr. G said that there might be fighting in the garden. So, he asked everyone to get off work early.”

“Why are you still here, then?”

“According to hotel’s regulations, someone has to work in this hotel,” Li Mo muttered timidly.

“So, you are the only one left here now?” Zhang Heng asked with raised eyebrows.

“Yes.”

“Turn around.”

“Huh?” Although Li Mo was puzzled, she still obediently turned around.

Zhang Heng looked around, and he did not see the girl carrying any weapons. And unlike the men that he met in the garden earlier, she wasn’t equipped with a camera. She looked just like an ordinary hotel attendant.

“Okay. Let’s turn around and put down the things in your hands first.”

Zhang Heng waited for Li Mo to put down the bedsheets and handed her the bucket of honeycomb that he had with him.

“Do you know where the storage room is? Bring it there.”

“Okay. No problem.”

Li Mo was about to head to the storage, but she was stopped by Zhang Heng again. “I will go with you.”

“Oh. Oh. Good.”

So, with Li Mo leading the way, the two came to the elevator and took it down to the storage room on the first floor. They then put the bucket of honeycomb in it. After he did that, half of the task that was assigned to him was completed. After that, Zhang Heng asked the girl to bring him to the kitchen.

The two went through the dark underground corridor and returned to the elevator from the storage room. After that, Li Mo tiptoed and pressed the fourteenth-floor button. While waiting for the elevator door to close, she stood there awkwardly. She did not know where to look. After a while, she heard Zhang Heng speaking.

“When are you guys going to assault me?”

“What?” Li Mo didn’t seem to understand Zhang Heng, and she looked lost.

So Zhang Heng repeated again. “I asked, when do you plan to do it?”

“Do what?”

“Assassinate me.” Zhang Heng said lightly.

“Huh?!” Li Mo was taken aback. “I said I’m just a hotel attendant. Not the kind of person you think I am.”

“Your figure is indeed very confusing, especially when men see your petite figure. Coupled with the timid character you have worked so hard to create, men can’t help but put down their guard when they see you. However, there is a flaw in the identity you created. It doesn’t make sense for them to hire a girl less than 1.5 meters tall as a receptionist in the lobby.”

“Oh. About that. You misunderstood me. This is Mr. G’s hotel, and it is usually not open to the public. There is indeed a special relationship between me and Mr. G, but it is not what you think. Mr. G helped my family a lot. So, I repay him by working as a hotel attendant here,” Li Mo explained.

Zhang Heng was unmoved, however.

“Really? How can you explain the dirty sheets you were golding when we first met? A receptionist like you were holding the dirty bedsheet? That’s not your job.”

“This is Mr. G’s private hotel. We have few employees, and we don’t usually have such a clear division of labor. We just do whatever needs to be done when we have the time,” Li Mo replied.

“So, you didn’t hide the gun under the storage room table?”

As Zhang Heng said his last sentence, the atmosphere in the elevator suddenly became tense. Li Mo, on the other hand, was taken aback as if she did not know how to answer the question.

“When I was in the storage room, I saw you glancing at this a few times,” Zhang Heng said as he drew a lady pistol from his waist. “Are you looking for this?”

“When did you... get it?” Li Mo asked in surprise.

“Just now. When we left the storage room, I also noticed that you made a call before entering the elevator. Although you didn’t talk to anyone, I really hope no one else will be waiting outside when the elevator opens.”

Li Mo’s calves trembled. This time, she was genuinely terrified. It wasn’t an act. She then saw Zhang Heng quickly pressing the button to the thirteenth floor before the elevator reached the fourteenth floor. After that, he pointed the gun at Li Mo and said, “Get down if you don’t want to die. ”

Li Mo bit her lip and walked out of the elevator. She then spoke again, “If you don’t go to the fourteenth floor, you won’t get a croissant, and you can’t pass Mr. G’s assessment.”

“Thank you for your concern. I’m still going to the fourteenth floor, but I want to change the route,” Zhang Heng said as he found the emergency exit.