As soon as Xu Qian got out of the car, she went straight to the luxury stores on the first floor of the mall. Clothes cost tens of thousands of credits, and not many people bought them even on the third floor. Hence, the flow of people in the store was lower than outside.
However, Xu Qian should be a regular here. As soon as she entered the store, the shopping guide greeted her enthusiastically.
She recommended her the new clothes that had recently arrived in the store. Xu Qian picked a few pieces and walked to the fitting room at the back to try them on.
Just like the other men in the shop, Zhang Heng found a corner and stood there, bored.
Some people around him were playing with their wristbands, while others were looking at the beautiful women passing by outside the store while their girlfriends were not around.
However, the latter's eyes were quickly attracted by the figure who had just walked out of the fitting room.
Xu Qian had just changed her clothes, and she looked a bit like a widow in the movie version of Ghost in the Shell. It was very simple, but at the same time, it gave people a sense of the future. The skintight suit also completely outlined Xu Qian's figure. Coupled with her sweet appearance, this strong contrast immediately attracted a lot of attention. The shopping guide could not help but praise her.
"I want this set," Xu Qian said after looking at herself in the mirror.
And just after she finished this sentence, a boy next to her finally summoned the courage to walk over under the urging of his companion. He blushed and said, "Um … Hello, have we met somewhere before?"
However, it was a pity that the beautiful girl in front of him did not answer him.
Xu Qian looked at Zhang Heng, and the latter knew that he had to do something an ordinary bodyguard would do. So he walked over, stood in front of the two, and said politely to the boy, "Hello, what can I do for you?"
The boy looked at Zhang Heng's figure and appearance, and wisely chose to give up.
However, after such a thing happened, Xu Qian did not want to stay in this store anymore. She went back to the fitting room to change back into her clothes and asked the shopping guide to pack a new set of clothes. After that, she put on her sunglasses again, paid the money, and left.
After walking out of the store, Xu Qian said to Zhang Heng, "You did a good job just now."
Zhang Heng knew what Xu Qian meant. It was inevitable that she would encounter such things whenever she went out, and she had long been troubled by it. However, she was a public figure, and she was a sweet and pretty girl. Hence, she couldn't use harsh means to solve such problems. Otherwise, if someone recorded it and uploaded it to the internet, she would definitely lose her fans. If someone deliberately hyped it up, her image would collapse, and it would lead to a series of serious consequences.
That was why Xu Qian was satisfied with Zhang Heng's polite way of dealing with the situation.
After that, Xu Qian visited a few other shops, spending a total of 60,000 to 70,000 credits before she finally stopped. It was almost noon. To express her gratitude, Xu Qian decided to treat Zhang Heng to Huaiyang cuisine.
But when the two sat on the escalator, Zhang Heng suddenly whispered in Xu Qian's ear, "It seems that someone is following us."
Xu Qian's heart tightened. "What should we do?"
"It doesn't matter. Just pretend that you don't know anything and go straight ahead. I will take care of the rest," Zhang Heng said as he reached into the backpack behind him.
Because he wanted to fish, he did not bring the Pestilence Bone Bow and the Shrouded Sheath. However, that did not mean that he had lost his vigilance, especially when he did not know his opponent's strength.
The Infinite Building Block and the pile of Lego parts in his backpack were meant to deal with such situations.
In addition, Zhang Heng had been observing the stalker for some time. The latter thought that he was careful enough. With the bustling crowd in the mall, and the distance between the two parties, he thought that he would not be discovered. However, Zhang Heng's observation skills had always been very good. After the baptism of the Deductive Reasoning quest, he was now a master of stealth. It would be strange if he did not notice that he was being followed.
On the other hand, Zhang Heng secretly observed the stalker behind him for a while. He found that the stalker's level was very average, basically an ordinary amateur. Other than his face being covered, there was nothing special about him.
However, Zhang Heng was too lazy to continue guessing. He decided to capture the stalker and ask him directly.
On the other side, Xu Qian followed Zhang Heng's instructions and tried her best to control her pace. She was neither too fast nor too slow, pretending that she did not notice anything and continued to walk normally.
Zhang Heng put his hand into his backpack, pretending to look for something. At the same time, he quickly assembled a taser gun with Lego blocks. After that, he inserted the Infinite Building Block into it to materialize the taser gun.
Although the stalker looked weak and Zhang Heng could easily kill him with his bare hands, considering that this was a proxy war quest, there was no harm in being cautious.
At this time, a corridor appeared on the right side of the two. This corridor connected the second floor of the mall and the second floor of another smaller mall opposite. This way, customers could walk directly between the two malls without having to go downstairs and cross the road.
Xu Qian pretended to go to another mall, turned and walked into the corridor, and Zhang Heng accompanied her as before. The two figures quickly disappeared behind the corner of the store. However, when their line of sight was blocked, they did not move forward. Instead, they pressed their backs against the wall.
Zhang Heng believed that with the vigilance and anti-reconnaissance ability that the stalker had shown earlier, he would not think that someone would ambush him here.
When the stalker came here, he could see Zhang Heng and Xu Qian hiding. However, at that time, the distance between the two parties was at most three or four meters. There was no way he could run away from such a short distance.
Xu Qian was a little nervous, but because they were still in a public place, and there were people coming and going nearby, she did not feel too afraid. After that, she saw Zhang Heng frowning. Before she could say anything, he suddenly dashed out of the store.
Zhang Heng calculated the time. With the stalker's speed, he should have arrived in front of them by now. However, Zhang Heng waited for another two seconds, and he still did not see the stalker. So, he immediately realized that the situation might have changed. When Zhang Heng dashed out from behind the store, he saw his target running desperately in the crowd, and the distance between the two was getting farther and farther.
Zhang Heng took out the taser gun. However, compared to a pistol, the range of the taser gun was very short. The distance between the two had exceeded the effective range. Now that Xu Qian was still by his side, Zhang Heng could not abandon his employer. After chasing for a short distance, he stopped and watched the stalker disappear into the crowd.
"What happened?" Xu Qian looked confused.
"He got away," Zhang Heng said as he put away the taser gun.
"Didn't you say that he wouldn't find us?" Xu Qian asked.
"Logically speaking, that should be the case," Zhang Heng said.
"Then why did he run away?"
Zhang Heng did not speak. He just looked up at the surveillance camera above his head and said, "We will find out."
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