"Okay," Liu Jiajia immediately took out her phone and opened WeChat, initiating a video call with her father.
A few seconds later, the video connected, and a middle-aged man's face appeared on her phone.
"Hello, Jiajia."
"Dad, I have a question for you. Do you still keep in touch with our distant relatives from that low-tier family in Kyoto?"
"Of course, why?"
"Can you ask him if he knows a young man named Zhou Hong in Kyoto?"
"Jiajia, why are you suddenly asking about senior Zhou Hong? Don't tell me you have feelings for him, absolutely not." On the other end of the video, Liu Jiajia's father hastily cautioned, seemingly aware of Zhou Hong.
"Dad, you know Zhou Hong too?"
"Heh heh, who in China doesn't know him? This senior is an extraordinary person. Even though he's only in his twenties, he's China's strongest!" Liu Jiajia's father said with immense admiration.
"Ah," Liu Jiajia and her best friend were stunned and couldn't help but glance at Zhou Hong beside them.
Zhou Hong, seeing them use WeChat video, finally realized his calls weren't going through. He could use WeChat as long as there was internet. However, his phone didn't have internet here.
"It must be someone with the same name, not the same person your dad is talking about," Liu Jiajia's best friend quickly interjected.
"Dad, could you check if this man beside me is the one you're talking about?" Liu Jiajia immediately turned her phone camera to face Zhou Hong.
"Ah, Senior Zhou, Zhou Hong!" Liu Jiajia's father stared at Zhou Hong standing next to his daughter, completely dumbfounded.
"Dad, could he really be the China's strongest you mentioned?" Liu Jiajia asked urgently, seeing her father's expression.
"Jiajia, how could Senior Zhou Hong be beside you? This is impossible."
At this moment, Zhou Hong immediately said, "Hello, you must be Liu Jiajia's father. I just arrived in the United States today and happened to ask your daughter for directions. Unexpectedly, some thugs were about to bully your daughter, so I stepped in to help her. Don't worry, I'll handle her troubles for you."
"Thank you, thank you, Senior Zhou Hong." Liu Jiajia's father, on the video call, knelt down and kowtowed with tears of excitement, appearing immensely honored.
Seeing her father's profound reverence for Zhou Hong, Liu Jiajia also found it hard to believe.
After the video call ended, Liu Jiajia and her best friend hastily bowed to Zhou Hong.
"Greetings, Senior. We were blind and didn't recognize your eminence. We hope you won't hold it against us."
Zhou Hong chuckled speechlessly, "Who's holding it against you? Don't be so formal."
"No, you are China's strongest. We never dared to imagine we would actually know China's strongest!" Liu Jiajia looked at Zhou Hong, her eyes still filled with disbelief.
Zhou Hong slightly curled his lips. China's strongest? To him, Earth's strongest was just a finger-flick away.
"Senior Zhou Hong, you've come to the United States, besides looking for your friends, you must have other matters, right?" Liu Jiajia's best friend asked quickly.
"Why do you ask?"
"You are China's strongest, and all the martial arts powerhouses in the world are gathered in the United States. So I guessed that to advance further, you must want to come to the United States, where strong individuals abound, to seek opportunities."
"Heh heh," Zhou Hong sneered dismissively.
"Yes, Senior Zhou Hong. Although I'm not from the martial arts world, I know that Earth's strongest is in the United States. You must want to pay him a visit, right?" Liu Jiajia also said with a smile.
Zhou Hong felt speechless. Did they think so poorly of him?
"Who is Earth's strongest? Where does he live?" Zhou Hong asked. If he lived nearby, Zhou Hong wouldn't mind throwing a brick at him. He could accurately kill someone within thousands of meters.
"We don't know that. We've just heard before that Earth's strongest martial artist is in the United States."
"Alright, stop talking about these low-level matters. Where do you two live? I'll stay at your place tonight. Otherwise, I'm afraid that young master Jack from the Black Dragon Society will come looking for you tonight."
"Mmm hmm, thank you, Senior Zhou Hong." Liu Jiajia and her best friend were filled with excitement. With China's strongest protecting them, they had no worries at all. No matter how powerful Jack from the Black Dragon Society was, he couldn't be a match for China's strongest.
Thus, Zhou Hong arrived at an apartment building.
"Senior Zhou Hong, we live in 503. This is the apartment we rented, just one street away from the Polytechnic University we attend."
"Mm, lead the way."
Zhou Hong entered apartment 503. It was a two-bedroom, one-living room unit, tidily decorated and warm. Based on the furnishings, it seemed no man had visited before.
"I'm the first man to be here, right?" Zhou Hong asked with a smile.
"Yes, you are the first man to enter our apartment," Liu Jiajia nodded.
"It seems you two are quite pure. I've heard that many female international students nowadays really enjoy Western cuisine."
"What do you mean?" Liu Jiajia frowned slightly, while her best friend seemed to understand, her face showing a hint of embarrassment.
"I mean, studying abroad while dating a white or black boyfriend. That's one thing, but some female international students even find black boyfriends and end up marrying them."
"Unbelievable." Liu Jiajia couldn't help but roll her eyes.
"Heh heh, I saw it online. I heard those black guys are fast and satisfying. I don't know if it's true or not."
"Senior Zhou Hong, I didn't expect that as China's strongest, you also research this stuff." Liu Jiajia said with a slightly blushing smile. Liu Jiajia had heard before that black men were well-endowed, but unfortunately, she had no interest, not even in handsome white men.
"I'm also a man," Zhou Hong chuckled, his gaze sweeping over Liu Jiajia's alluring and graceful figure.
Liu Jiajia hastily lowered her head, her face flushed, while her best friend beside her looked somewhat envious.
At this very moment, a luxury sports car worth millions was speeding towards this apartment. In the car sat a young man with a face full of murderous intent. He was none other than the young master of the Black Dragon Society, Jack. He had just learned that the black thugs under his command had been killed. Although he didn't know who did it, he knew it was related to Liu Jiajia. Thus, he immediately drove his sports car towards Liu Jiajia's apartment. Following behind the sports car were more than a dozen motorcycles, each carrying a heavily tattooed young man.