Volume 3 Winter Solstice Chapter 40: Hidden Rules
Half a minute later, the call was connected.
"Mr. Sun, I know this is a critical moment for you, I..."
"I'm free, go ahead."
"I'm in the Bug House, in Jiang You's shop..." Lei Yao organized her sentences, "I found a statue from him. He, we were deceived by him. He is..." She bit her lip, "He is Huang Hu's man, so he wants to kill Luo..."
"impossible."
"Mr. Sun, I'm not mistaken. The statue is in my hand. I'll send you the photo..."
“Is there any spiritual power fluctuation on the statue?”
"I didn't notice. Let me take a look."
Lei Yao glanced in the direction of the store door. She placed the statue flat on the counter. A black shadow floated out from between her fingernails and floated into the statue.
She let out a breath.
Putting the phone to his ear, "There is no spiritual power fluctuation."
"After the Luotian Grand Ceremony, the rules of Baihe Temple became stricter. I heard some rumors later that He was very dissatisfied." Sun Xiu walked to the terrace and looked at the mountains looming in the gray clouds. "Last year, I went to Tangjiang for you and Jiang Yunxian. Huang Hu probably thought that I ruined his plan. He whispered something in Brother Hu's ear, which led to my current situation..."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Sun, Brother Xian and I are so useless."
"You found the statue here with Jiang You, which means he has intervened in this matter. We should wait and see what happens and wait for an opportunity to act again."
Lei Yao held the phone in both hands. She leaned against the counter, and her body gradually slid down and sat on the ground. "What should I do, Mr. Sun?"
"Why did you go to find him?" Sun Xiu asked.
"I, I..." Lei Yao lowered her head, her hair falling down, "After Huang Hu arrived in Tangjiang, his people said that since Brother Xian and I like to do ordinary people's work, we should continue. My assistant, Zhu Yigang, joined him. The situation of Brother Xian and I..."
She heard Sun Xiu sigh.
"I understand what you mean," Lei Yao bit her lip again, breaking it, blood flowing , "I want to win him over, I want him to help me..."
"Kill Huang Hu." Sun Xiu said what Lei Yao did not say.
"yes."
"The struggle between us and Huang Hu is an internal struggle of ideas. You shouldn't..."
"Dead is dead. Master Luo is dead. Has anyone done anything for him?" Lei Yao's voice suddenly became louder. "You and Master Luo have been planning in Tangjiang for so many years. Now that he is dead and Huang Hu is here, our past efforts have become meaningless..."
"Lei Yao!"
Lei Yao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Boss Sun, the dispute between us and Huang Hu is not an internal dispute of ideas, but a dispute of life and death."
She listened carefully to the sound in the receiver.
Breathing sound.
Footsteps.
The black clouds were rolling, and Sun Xiu spoke again, "Lei Yao, Jiang You is not someone you can win over."
"I don't believe he just wants to be a postcard shop owner."
"He is still a member of the Special Operations Department."
"What Tang Butian can give him, we can too. I, President Sun, may not know this, but Zhuang Zekun is in Tangjiang now. As long as we can..."
——
Jiang Mo put his cell phone on the table.
He raised his head.
A little red flashed deep in the eyes.
"What's wrong?" Tang Butian asked.
Jiang You glanced at Jiang Mo and said, "Someone entered his room."
"Lei Yao?"
"Probably." Jiang You looked at Tang Butian. Her lips looked much brighter than usual because of the spicy food.
He confirmed with her, "You don't care whether she lives or dies, right?"
"in spite of."
Jiang You asked the waiter to pay the bill, then he stood up, put on his coat and picked up Jiang Mo, "I'll go back first."
"what are you up to?"
"Sometimes I'm not too afraid of trouble," he took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, "I just want to have a peaceful year, basking in the sun, daydreaming, eating some greasy food like pig's trotters, and then I can lose weight in peace when spring comes..."
He walked outside.
Tang Butian watched his back disappear at the entrance of the hotel. She took a sip of the half-cold tea and stood up.
——
Lei Yao sat on the ground with her hands on her knees.
The phone is on the ground.
The store was very quiet, perhaps too quiet.
The door suddenly opened.
A ginger figure walked out from the white light, holding a child in his arms.
She stood up suddenly, but her body swayed. She reached out to grab the counter, trying to steady herself, but she happened to touch the white statue, which fell to the ground and shattered.
Her expression suddenly turned into one of horror.
"You're still here."
"I," she turned around, "I, I'm waiting for you."
"Why are you waiting for me? Do you dislike having too much hair?" Jiang You kicked the door shut. He walked to Lei Yao holding Jiang Mo in his arms. "You have to pay for it. This statue is very valuable. It's a cultural relic from the Warring States period. Last time, an auction house sold a similar one for several hundred million..."
"I want to work with you."
"I refuse."
"I can give you anything you want."
Jiang You put down the minced ginger, then pulled a chair out from under the long table. He pointed to the seat opposite and said, "It seems that I can't get rid of you. Let's sit down and talk."
Jiang Mo glanced at Lei Yao and slowly walked upstairs.
Lei Yao was a little flustered by his gaze, "Is he, is he feeling better?"
“It’s been fine.”
When Lei Yao was about to leave, suddenly, spider silk appeared and bound her hands and feet behind her back, and then she was hung up again.
Hanging opposite Jiang You.
"I feel more at ease chatting like this. Would you like something to drink?"
Jiang You went to the kitchen, and a few minutes later he came out with two bottles of Coke. He unscrewed one first, placed it in front of Lei Yao, inserted a straw into it, and then walked back.
"How much are you going to compensate me?" Jiang You asked.
"What?" Lei Yao was a little confused.
"That Tang Dynasty artifact. The last time Jiang Yunxian came over, he bought my house, which gave me millions of extra cash. He also said he would help me manage my finances."
"How much do you want?"
"How much do you think it's worth?" Jiang You looked into Lei Yao's eyes. "If you want to cooperate, you name the price."
"it……"
"What do you think you can give me?" Jiang You took a sip of Coke. "I think Mr. Sun and I have made it very clear."
"Mr. Sun..."
"What happened to him?" Jiang You leaned forward slightly and pushed his glasses. "Did he ask you to come?"
"he……"
"Director Lei Yao, do you really think I have a good temper?" He stood up, walked to Lei Yao, stretched out his hand to push her waist, and watched her dangling in the air, "Where is the sincerity of cooperation?"
"You have a good relationship with Yang Xuan?"
"A threat?"
"I can support her."
"And let me take advantage of her?"
"Can."
"I think I'm a little tempted," he pushed Lei Yao again, "What do you think of the handicraft store to the west of me, the one next to Xiao Fang Zhai."
"You want it ?"
"I always feel that my yard is a little small. I want to have a wider lawn where I can practice boxing, sword dancing and exercise every day. This one looks nice, but it's a little crowded and I can't move freely."
Chapter 221
"Sure." Lei Yao said without hesitation.
"Are you sure?" The eyes behind the lenses narrowed slightly.
"Sure."
"Next to my house is Xiao Fang Zhai, there are no handicraft shops." Jiang You stretched out his hand and pinched Lei Yao's chin, forcing her to look up. "Tell me, how many times have you come here? Do you know sincerity?"
A few strands of hair stuck to her bloodstained lips. Her body trembled slightly. "You..."
The spider's thread tightened.
"Are you scared?"
"what are you up to?"
"It's not about what I want to do, but why do you always bother me?" Jiang You's hand moved down, grabbed her neck, and touched her carotid artery with his thumb. "Cooperation? Why should I cooperate with you?"
"You can cooperate with Tang Butian, why..." Her voice was squeezed out of her throat hoarsely, "So can I."
Jiang You took the straw out of the Coke bottle, picked up the Coke and poured it into Lei Yao's mouth. She swallowed hard, and some liquid fell to the ground. After drinking half of the bottle, Jiang You put the bottle back on the table, "I like to see the plot of a beautiful girl defeating a big devil."
Lei Yao coughed.
"You're not a pretty girl."
"I……"
The spider silk penetrated into her body and dissolved into her blood.
She opened her eyes wide, "You..."
Jiang You loosened her hand, took a step back, and a large amount of blood spurted out of her mouth.
"I don't like cooperation either," Jiang You crossed his arms over his chest, "Everyone who has cooperated with me is dead, which makes me feel uncomfortable. What is Sun Xiu doing now?"
Lei Yao bit her lip.
"You're not going to tell me, right? Then let me change the subject. What is Jiang Yunxian doing now?"
"You still don't want to tell me. You just want to get rid of me with some money, right?" Jiang You glanced at the fragments of the statue on the ground. "One last question. What does it want to do?"
Jiang You crushed the fragments even more with his feet.
Lei Yao closed her eyes tightly.
Jiang You walked to the counter, opened the drawer, took out a pack of cigarettes, and pulled out a silver lighter.
Lei Yao heard the sound of lighting a cigarette.
She smelled smoke.
She tried to gather the spiritual power in her body.
Blockage, pain.
Jiang You looked at her with no expression of sadness or joy. "On the first day of the Luotian Grand Ceremony, I went and found this statue on Laojin Mountain. Then I got an answer."
"What's the answer?"
Lei Yao heard her voice coming out of her mouth.
"Why are you managing a company if you don't practice hard? It's tiring and hard, and you have to deal with mortals, right?" Jiang You walked to her side, and smoke drifted into her body from her mouth and nose. "There is no point in practicing hard. It's meaningful to satisfy it, right?"
“Yes, He must be satisfied.”
"Can you communicate with it directly?"
"I, Hu..." Lei Yao suddenly realized something and shut his mouth.
"We need to cooperate. You must tell me about its situation before we can cooperate, right?" Jiang You looked into Lei Yao's eyes. "You need to make it satisfied, right?"
"Satisfied, that's right." Lei Yao's eyes gradually lost focus.
"I took the idol from Laojin Mountain." He observed her expression.
"You took the statue from Laojin Mountain..." Lei Yao repeated Jiang You's words, "It was very dissatisfied..."
"Why are you dissatisfied?"
"Huang Hu didn't, he didn't meet the requirements, he stole Mr. Sun's things, he, Master Luo, Master Luo is dead..." Lei Yao spoke incoherently, as if talking in a dream, "He is jealous of Master Luo, me and Brother Xian, he must be killed, he will force me and Brother Xian to death, he hates Master Luo, hates us, he..."
She suddenly felt a sharp pain in her brain and screamed, holding her head.
Jiang You put out the cigarette.
He reached out and tapped Lei Yao lightly on the back of her neck, and she fainted.
He took a puff of cigarette, exhaled the smoke, and threw the cigarette into the Coke bottle that Lei Yao had drunk from.
Turn your head.
Jiang Mo sat on the handrail of the stairs.
"Just think of it as storing some food for the winter, are you sure?"
Jiang Mo moved his fingers slightly, and the fragments of the statue floated up and slowly gathered together. After a while, a white spider statue appeared.
Jiang You reached out and grabbed the statue. After looking at it for a while, he placed it on the table and said, "Let's sell some handicrafts in the store after the New Year."
The spider silk tied around Lei Yao's body pulled her upwards, and then her whole body was pressed flat against the ceiling by the silk.
Jiang You kicked her boots under the long table. "I am destined to be a hard worker. I just want to be a fat man in peace. It's just this small wish."
He went into the kitchen, found cups, poured two cups of milk, and heated them in the microwave for two minutes.
As Jiang Mo walked out of the kitchen with the cup in his hand, he sat down at the long table.
Jiang You sat down opposite him. He drank some milk and then breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm so tired, this kind of person with faith. Come and give me a back massage."
Jiang Mo blinked and tilted his head slightly, "It's going to snow."
"Then bring your skateboard."
Wuping District.
Jiang Yunxian sat on the sofa in the living room anxiously. He took out his mobile phone and sent several messages to Lei Yao. More than an hour passed and Lei Yao did not reply to him.
He picked up the wine glass on the coffee table, took a sip and put it down again. He stood up and walked around the living room. He looked at the time on the screen of his mobile phone and took a deep breath.
The doorbell rang.
He took two steps forward and stopped.
Then he gritted his teeth and opened the door.
There was a man standing outside the door.
He was about the same age as him, wearing a thin dark brown down jacket, his pupils were very light in color, and his eyes were fixed on Jiang Yunxian.
"Master Huang..."
"Where is Lei Yao?" Huang Hu looked inside the door.
"She's out."
"Out?" Huang Hu walked past Jiang Yunxian and glanced at the wine bottles and glasses on the coffee table. "Do you know where she went?"
"have no idea."
"Last time I saw her, she was injured?" Huang Hu turned around and looked at Jiang Yunxian, "Do you know who hurt her?"
Jiang Yunxian shook his head.
Huang Hu chuckled, "Zhu Yigang told me that she always likes to stay in the place where Luo Chengyuan was last seen. You don't think Luo Chengyuan is still alive, do you?"
Jiang Yunxian didn't say anything.
"I originally thought that she just wanted to pay her respects," Huang Hu sat down on the sofa. "Zhuang Zekun was in Tangjiang, and she was still running around like this. It made me think that this was not a good idea, so I checked it out."
Huang Hu picked up two upside-down glass wine glasses from the tray and placed them on the table. He then picked up the wine bottle, and golden liquid flowed into the glass from the bottle mouth. "How do you think Mr. Hu would view your closeness to the Special Operations Department?"
"you?!"
"Luo Chengyuan is dead, and Sun Xiu is trying to break through. No one can protect you two now," Huang Hu raised his eyebrows. "Do you think Mr. Hu trusts me or you?"
Huang Hu chuckled again, "I'll give you a chance, kill her and prove your innocence."
"You are talking nonsense!"
"Only in this way can I trust you. Otherwise, how can I know if you will bite me back after Sun Xiu comes out of confinement?"
Huang Hu held a glass of wine in front of him and looked at Jiang Yunxian.
Jiang Yunxian stretched out his hand.
