Chapter 1149 The Final Battle (XVI)

• After hustling to set everything up, Zheng Mingjie only lay on the bed for a bit without even taking off his clothes. Sleep wouldn’t come. In a single night, he’d fallen from golden boy to wanted fugitive. That free fall in his head made shut-eye impossible. And the real kicker—the plan that was about to roll out—kept him wired. He grabbed his phone and scrolled news sites for updates. The more he read, the darker his face got. Finally, he hurled the phone aside, shut his eyes, and tried to force a nap. But his heaving chest gave away the blaze of fury inside him.
• He popped his eyes open at first light. When the city started to stir, he got up, slung on his backpack, and slipped out of the hotel. Near the gate of a housing block, he watched cars pull out one by one. When he spotted Chadwick Fullner driving out, hatred flashed in his eyes: Chadwick Fullner, everything ends for you today.
• He watched Chadwick’s car disappear, then shoved his hands in his pockets like he didn’t have a care and wandered off. He stopped by a nearby supermarket, loitered in the kitchenware aisle for a long time, and picked out the sharpest knife he could find.