48 Hours a Day - Chapter 164

Chapter 164: 164

The horse carriage entered Nassau at night, eventually stopping in front of Zhang Heng’s house . Zhang Heng and Billy then carried the slave into the house and placed him in Marvin’s empty room . As for Anne, she quickly went to look for a doctor .

 Billy chatted with Zhang Heng for a while before he took his leave as it was getting late . After that, Zhang Heng went back to Marvin’s room . The slave’s eyes remained closed, and he was as still as a glass lake on a windless night . If not for his shallow breathing, most would have thought that he was dead . The blood smeared over his face had caked up, making him look even scarier than before .

 “I have to say . You sure are good at pretending to be unconscious,” said Zhang Heng as he moved a chair to the side of the bed .

 Unsurprisingly, he got no response . The man was still lying on the bed in the same position, unconscious .

 “Aren’t you curious about how I knew you were still alive? When we were in the ballroom earlier, everyone had their attention focused on your fight . I was the only one looking around and observing the others . In the end, I noticed something really interesting . Whenever your opponent attacked you, I could see some of the female slaves cringing in fear . At first, I thought that they were worried about you . I also saw that they were relieved when you attacked your opponent .

 “So, I figured that their concern for you must have been genuine . One interesting point, though . I noticed how happy they were when you managed to beat scarface . At the same time, it seemed as if they were expecting something as well . This reaction puzzled me . Until the very end, just when everyone thought that you were done for, you stood up and delivered a heavy blow to your opponent . To my surprise, they didn’t seem too shocked by your epic victory . This made me think of one thing . Maybe, just maybe, they knew exactly what would happen on the stage .

 “Everything that happened tonight was directed by you . You wanted to escape the mansion, and so, you concealed your true ability on the stage . After suffering such severe injuries, you knew all too well that they would never hire a doctor to treat you . Instead, they were going to bury you alive . And the two slaves digging your grave were your people as well . That was why they panicked when I offered to buy you . They never expected this to happen . ”

 When Zhang Heng was done talking, the slave suddenly sprung from the bed and attempted to strangle him! All too soon, he stopped in his tracks as he saw a Zhang Heng pointing a gun at him .

 “I have no ill intention towards you . On the contrary, you should feel lucky that you met me tonight . if you followed your original plan, you might be able to get away without your supervisor noticing you . However, you still can’t bypass the guards that are at the front entrance . Say you somehow managed to evade the guards without notice, you would still be surrounded by acres of plantations . You can’t possibly escape the area . ”

 “Is this what you mean by harboring no ill intention toward me? Here you are, pointing your gun . ”

 Zhang Heng was relieved when the slave talked to him in English . Compared to their female counterparts who were maids, black male fighters were not required to know too many English words . The less they knew, the better as all their masters needed them to do was to fight like wild beasts on the stage .

 Almost every tribe in Africa had their own specific language . Most of the time, it was hard for one tribe to communicate with another due to the language barrier .

 “I have seen what your arms can do . I don’t want to be strangled to death . Whether you believe it or not, me saving you tonight was just a coincidence . I don’t want anything from you . I’m planning to hire a doctor to treat your wounds, and you are allowed to leave whenever you want after you recover . I’m only worried that you might try to break the doctor’s neck . That’s why I thought of talking to you first . ”

 “Our country might be poor, but we are no beasts . ”

 The slave appeared to relax a little and was no longer hostile towards Zhang Heng .

 “I’m sorry . Anyway, you have been freed . You can choose to let the doctor treat your wounds, or you can leave right now . My door is always open . ”

 Zhang Heng wasn’t lying when he said that it was merely a coincidence that he rescued the slave tonight . Though he knew that the slave was plotting to leave the mansion, this incident had nothing to do with him . Initially, he had no intention to interrupt his plan and only decided to act on it when he saw that a man was about to be buried alive .

 Somehow, the slave was still doubtful of Zhang Heng . He stood up and walked to the doors . Naturally, Zhang Heng didn’t say a word and just watched him leave . A few minutes later, however, the black man returned to Zhang Heng’s house .

 “Rakutua . ”

 “Oh? Is that your name?”

 “No . That’s the name of the man that I killed today . He is the bravest warrior in my tribe, and he is my best friend as well . ”

 1“Was he supposed to escape with you?”

 Zhang Heng was bewildered .

 “Yes . The hardest part of the plan is to control your strength . He has to make sure that my injuries are severe but not to the point that it would kill me . It’s tough to achieve that . If my opponent were not Rakutua, I would have surely died tonight . There’s no way that I can turn the tide around just like that . ”

 “Just who the heck are you?”

 Zhang Heng was curious about his background . He had managed to make the slaves worry about him and even convinced a warrior from his tribe to die for him . Every black slave around him was practically helping him to escape .

 “My name is Laeli . I come from a big tribe, and my father is the chief . Those evil slave traders invaded my hometown and turned our lives upside down!”