Tranxending Vision - Chapter 859

Chapter 859: 859

Xia Lei thought Linda’s home was in the crowded city but when he arrived, he realised it was a house on the coast . It was situated on a grassy hill with tiny flowers littered around it . It was beautiful . The waves from the ocean crashed onto the reef at the bottom of the hill making the most calming sounds . The lighthouse faraway was lit, guiding fishermen out at sea . There was a small town at the bottom of the hill too . The Baroque style architecture was picturesque under the sky, he felt like time had stopped in the seventeenth or eighteenth century .

Although this was his first time here, he was already in love with the scenery .

“This is beautiful,” sighed Xia Lei in awe as he stood on her balcony .

“This is beautiful indeed but it gets boring after a while . You’d want to get out or move somewhere else . ” Linda brought him a cup of coffee . “It’s how humans think, no? Most people like new things . ”

Xia Lei sipped some coffee and smiled . “And yet you’re an oddball . You like old stuff, right?”

“You?” Linda stared at him intently with her blue eyes, as if reading his past .

He did not mind . “I am a logical person . I think I’m in the middle of both . I like new technology but I also like antiques passed down generations . Have you seen Chinese dramas? I am a Chinese theatre enthusiast . ”

He’s just finished when Linda suddenly sang a line, “The red-faced Zhang Fei, green-faced Cao Cao…!”

Was she imitating a Chinese opera singer? Xia Lei was very confused .

“Hehe, apologies . I only know one line . It’s not bad, right?”

“You sing well,” said Xia Lei kindly, despite what he thought .

“It’s fine, I just like Chinese culture but I know too little . Mister Ma Lei, wait a few minutes here . I’ll make a call and then let’s go to the town for dinner . ” She smiled . “You promised you’d get me dinner . ”

Xia Lei smiled . “No problem . ”

Once she left, he took out his satellite phone and dialled .

“Boss, I thought I’d only receive a call from you tomorrow morning,” came Alessio’s voice . “If you know what I mean,” Alessio added suggestively .

Xia Lei replied, “Nonsense . She’s Linda, an archaeologist from Italy . She happens to be going to Malta for some archaeological work . Her identity is a good cover for me . ”

Alessio said, ‘Yelena took pictures of her . Sa’im did a background check . We can confirm that she is all clear, you can go to Malta with her . I have a question . What about us? Should we follow you in secret too?”

“Go to Malta first but lay low . You just need to wait for my call . ”

“I thought so . See you in Malta then . ” Alessio then added, “Boss, Italian women are famous for their passion . She’s a good one . Don’t waste this opportunity . I am sure she hasn’t done it in a while . ”

Xia Lei did not respond .

After hanging up, his gaze turned to where Linda left . He then saw her in a room, on the phone .

Perhaps out of habit, his left eye locked on her lips, reading them .

“Professor Oman, right, I have just returned to Sicily . I will rest a day then leave for Malta . Yeah, I’ll be bringing a friend to town for dinner later . You can just pass me the things . I won’t be coming to your house . I know it’s very important, don’t worry . I will be very careful with them . Yeah, alright . See you later . ” Linda hung up and then turned to leave the room .

Xia Lei looked back .

“I’m ready, can we go now? I’m starving,” said Linda with a smile .

Xia Lei nodded with a smile .

The town at the bottom of the hill was named Witch Town . It was named after a powerful witch from the middle ages . However, Xia Lei was not interested in Linda’s story .

Both of them entered an Italian restaurant . He ordered their best dishes and best wine, then hired a street performer to play a song on the violin, the romantic ‘Serenade’ .

“Mister Ma Lei, you’re a romantic man . I don’t know why our time together has felt so familiar, so warm . We have only known each other for a short while, but it feels like years . This is peculiar, no?” She was smiling from ear to ear .

Xia Lei smiled . “Miss Linda, are you hinting at something?”

“What do you mean?” There was a mysterious smirk on the corner of her lips .

“Let’s toast to that . ”

Dinner was enjoyable . However, Xia Lei did not see Professor Oman and had already called the waiter over to pay the bill .

Linda looked at her phone frantically . “I’m not sure what happened . Professor Oman isn’t here yet, we’d agreed on the time . ”

She called him but no one picked up .

“We can wait here,” said Xia Lei .

“Let’s just go to his house . ”

“Let me go with you . It’s late, it’s not safe for you to be out in the streets alone . This is Sicily,” said Xia Lei .

“Hehe . ” She chuckled . “Mister Ma Lei, first, thank you for your concern, but you are wrong . Everyone thinks Sicily is a paradise for criminals, but that is the past . Now, the mobs are earning their fortunes from gold, property or investing in oil . Who’d still want to kill and fight when there are much safer ways to earn more money? Don’t worry, it’s safe . ”

When he heard this, Xia Lei thought she didn’t want him to come but when she finished, she came over to hold his hand . “Let’s go, we’ll go together . ”

Xia Lei suddenly thought Alessio might be onto something .

Professor Oman’s house was not far away . They arrived in ten minutes .

It was a very old house, perhaps more than two hundred years old . However, it was well-kept and there were few signs of wear and tear . The house was like a composed, clean old man with many stories to tell .

Linda knocked on the door but no one answered .

He wasn’t picking up the phone, nor was he answering the door . This was not normal . Xia Lei was suddenly alert . With a twitch of his left eye, the door and walls disappeared . It was at that moment he grabbed her waist and they both dove to the ground .

Tut-tut-tut!

The wooden door shook and several holes appeared . They were bullet holes . One second later and these bullets would have pierced through Linda’s chest .

“What are you doing?” She didn’t know what had happened .

Xia Lei did not explain . He leapt and picked her up, carrying her towards the corner of the wall .

“Mister Ma Lei!” Linda was upset now .

The door behind them burst open and a shooter ran through the door .

Xia Lei had already brought Linda around the corner, away from the shooter .

Linda was about to scream but Xia Lei covered her mouth . His left eye saw through the wall and locked in the shooter .

The shooter walked over with a gun in hand . His arms were extended before him, aiming at the corner of the wall . His posture was on form and his hands were steady . He must be a trained professional .

However, Xia Lei was calm . He could see the man through the walls . Even if he didn’t have any weapons, he could still disarm this sharpshooter . He had a knife hidden in his waist . Just as the shooter turned the corner, he would stab him .

However, this shooter was not his enemy . His target was the armour in the Knight Hospitaller’s hands . This was not a hero-saves-damsel story . That was why unless his life was threatened, he would not kill this man .

The shooter approached .

Xia Lei’s brows furrowed . He did not want to kill anyone in Sicily, yet this person seemed to want death . He let go of his arm around Linda and fumbled around his waist .

“Who is there? Come out!” The shooter stopped one meter away from the corner . However, his shadow was cast by the street lights on the ground . They could see his arms and the gun in his hands!

Seeing the shadow, Linda suddenly understood what happened and panicked .

A car suddenly stopped in the street and someone yelled, “Hey! What are you doing?”

This startled the shooter . He looked at the car and sprinted off .

Xia Lei let Linda go and put down the hand that was about to grab his knife .

Linda looked around and saw that the shooter had already hurried off into an alley . Very soon, the sound of car engine roaring came . A very cool car rushed out like a ferocious beast and escaped into the darkness .

“Oh no! Professor Oman!” Linda rushed out of the corner .

Xia Lei hesitated, then walked out . Just as he contemplated looking into the house, Linda had already rushed into the professor’s house .

“Hey! Sir, what happened?” asked the car driver on the street .

In Italian, Xia Lei said, “I don’t know either . We were just attacked . Can you call the police?”

“No problem . ” The driver took out his phone and called the police .

Xia Lei walked to the door in deep thought . “Should I leave her here? But her identity really was a good cover…”

He did not reach a conclusion because he had already stepped into the house .

The room smelled faintly of blood .

“Professor Oman!” He heard Linda’s shriek from a room .

Xia Lei rushed over .

It was a study . There was an old man lying in the middle of the room . He was shot in the chest and his shirt was already drenched with blood . There was also a loosened floorboard .

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