Chapter 626: The White-Haired Little Ghost

It is a pity that a teenage girl is no match for an adult male.

She was soon sent flying with a direct shove.

Chen Jiajun wanted to reach out to help when he saw this scene, and he rushed over intending to grab the man. But he suddenly realized that his actions were meaningless.

His outstretched hand passed directly through the man's body, having no effect whatsoever.

It was as if... the two parties were not in the same space-time.

The twin sister climbed up from the ground, and seeing this beast about to lay hands on her younger sister, the girl was instantly enraged.

She jumped directly onto the man's back, wrapped one arm around his neck, and stabbed fiercely at his chest with her other hand.

Once, twice, three times...

Fresh blood soon stained the man's chest red, and then the man, his bestial nature fully unleashed, finally collapsed.

The younger sister was terrified and began to wail uncontrollably.

Then she looked up and discovered that not only was there blood on the man's chest, but there was also blood on the chest of the sister who had come to save her.

The twin sister's expression was vacant as she looked at the bright red blooming on her chest, and then she, too, collapsed.

Following that, the twin sister broke down, tearing at her hair and weeping bitterly.

Chen Jiajun could not intervene and could only sigh as he continued to watch.

He did not know how long the girl had been crying; perhaps she was tired of crying, for she suddenly climbed up from the ground.

Then she found a rope and hung it from the ceiling fan in the room, stepped onto a chair, put the other end around her neck, and kicked the chair over.

Her whole body hung there in the center of the room, and after struggling for a few minutes, she stopped moving.

Even Chen Jiajun, who had seen plenty of slaughter and treachery, felt a hint of anger upon seeing this scene.

He turned his head to look at the white-haired child and said coldly, "What are you trying to do by bringing me to see this?"

The child did not speak, but merely pointed at the clock.

Then Chen Jiajun discovered that the clock, which should have been stopped at around 4 o'clock, began to spin rapidly.

Finally, it stopped at the 6 o'clock position.

Chen Jiajun had just wanted to speak when he heard the sound of a door opening at the entrance, and then the man's pregnant wife pushed the door open and walked in.

She happened to see the two corpses on the floor covered in blood, and the girl hanging in the center of the room.

The woman's eyes widened on the spot, and then she erupted into a scream of terror.

The scene Chen Jiajun was watching came to an abrupt end at this moment, as if time itself had been stopped.

After seeing the whole event, Chen Jiajun still could not understand what this child wanted him to do.

Then the child pointed at the wall calendar in the room, specifically indicating the date.

Chen Jiajun's expression changed instantly, because this date... was two days from now! Chen Jiajun suddenly realized, and then he said to the white-haired child, "Are you asking me to save them?"

The white-haired child nodded repeatedly and pressed his palms together in a gesture of thanks toward Chen Jiajun.

Chen Jiajun looked suspiciously at the little ghost before him and said, "Who exactly are you? How do you know this is going to happen?"

The child opened his mouth, but could not make a sound; he could only shake his head at Chen Jiajun, and then he vanished into thin air before Chen Jiajun's eyes.

"Damn it!" Chen Jiajun felt a sudden sense of frustration, but he had absolutely no way to deal with this little ghost.

Taking one last look at the situation in the room, Chen Jiajun could only sigh and walk out of the room.

Time remained in a frozen state, with only the light of the elevator at the end of the hallway flickering once.

Chen Jiajun walked around in a circle, and after finding that no doors would open, he could only walk into the elevator.

The elevator began to operate again, sending Chen Jiajun back to the floor where he lived.

Then that eerie feeling receded like a tide, as if nothing had happened just moments ago.

It was as if... Chen Jiajun had been sleepwalking.

Chen Jiajun walked to Chen You's door and knocked.

This time Chen You finally reacted, quickly opening the door, looking left and right down the hallway, and then saying to Chen Jiajun, "Did that child come looking for you again?"

Chen Jiajun nodded with a serious expression, took a deep breath, and said, "And he brought me to see a tragedy!"

"What's the situation?" Chen You asked, stunned for a moment.

Chen Jiajun said indifferently, "I'll tell you once we're inside!"

After entering Chen You's room, Chen Jiajun picked up Chen You's wine glass, poured himself a drink, and asked, "Earlier at your food stall, I saw a middle-aged couple—the pair where the wife was pregnant—do you have any impression of them? The man was refined and wore glasses."

Chen You pondered for a moment, matching the people in his mind, then nodded and said, "You must mean Liu Laoshi and Afeng. What does this have to do with them?"

Chen Jiajun sighed and told Chen You everything he had seen earlier.

Chen You was so shocked he stood straight up and said to Chen Jiajun, "Are you sure you weren't sleepwalking?"

Chen Jiajun retorted irritably, "Crazy, I'm perfectly clear-headed!"

"This... this kind of thing is just too eerie, isn't it?" Chen You said in surprise.

Chen Jiajun couldn't help but laugh: "For the word 'eerie' to come out of the mouth of a Heavenly Master like you, this matter really must be extremely eerie."

Chen You frowned and made a quick calculation with his fingers, then said to Chen Jiajun with pleasant surprise, "Wait, it seems your matter has a lead!"

"Hm?" Chen Jiajun's reaction was also quick: "You mean that white-haired little ghost?"

Chen You nodded and said, "It's very likely, but don't rush; let me cast another hex for you."

As he spoke, Chen You began to form hand seals and chant under his breath.

Then Chen You took out a tortoise shell containing copper coins. After finishing his chant, he cast the coins out.

Chen Jiajun asked curiously, "You used a compass before, why are you using oracle bones now?"

Chen You retorted irritably, "This matter of yours is no small thing; if I calculate it too accurately, it might cause a backlash against me! If it weren't for the sake of my senior martial brother, believe it or not, I would have just used moon blocks to divine it—that stuff is even more vague!"

"Fine!" Chen Jiajun didn't understand this stuff anyway, so he could only shut his mouth.

Soon, Chen You calculated the result, and with a grave expression, he said, "Great misfortune... great fortune, how can this be?"

Chen Jiajun asked curiously, "What do you mean? Will there be danger?"

Chen You nodded and said, "According to the divination, your matter does indeed have a resolution, but... it will be very dangerous!"

Chen Jiajun spread his hands and said, "Even if it's dangerous, it must be done!"

Chen You nodded: "Since you've said so, then we save them!"

Hong Kong in another dimension.

Lu Yongyu was busy dealing with matters of the Lu Guo Group, feeling overwhelmed.

Because recently, it could be said that the Lu Guo Group had been facing one storm after another.

Not only did strange things frequently occur at the construction site, but the previously smooth land acquisition also hit a snag.

Especially recently, a person died at the construction site, which brought a series of questionings upon the Lu Guo Group.

"What exactly is going on?" Lu Yongyu arrived at the construction site and said to the person in charge with a stern face: "How many times have I emphasized the issue of construction safety? Are you treating my words as wind passing by your ears?"

The person in charge said with a grievance-filled face: "General Manager Lu, it really isn't that we aren't paying attention to construction safety. We emphasized that these workers working at heights must wear safety harnesses during training, and we even assigned safety officers to the site."

"Where is the safety officer?" Lu Yongyu said coldly.

The person in charge's face turned even uglier: "He... he was dragged off to drink by someone, and he's so drunk he still hasn't come to the construction site!"

"Then your safety officer is as good as non-existent, right?" Lu Yongyu said coldly: "Investigate for me, the safety officer and the other workers!"

Lu Yongyu's assistant nodded and immediately sent people to the construction site to conduct an investigation.

Before Lu Yongyu could even sit down to catch her breath, the assistant who had just left suddenly returned, looking panicked as she said to Lu Yongyu: "General Manager Lu, people from the police, the media, and the government have all arrived!"

"What?" Lu Yongyu immediately felt that something was wrong.

Logically speaking, although a safety accident at a construction site is quite troublesome.

It shouldn't require such a massive display. Clearly, someone was quietly pushing this matter.

Lu Yongyu had no choice but to go meet the government department personnel and told her subordinates to maintain restraint.

After all, the Lu Guo Group was at the center of the storm at this time and should not cause any more trouble.

Soon, Lu Yongyu met with the official from the Buildings Department.

The official appeared quite polite and showed great respect toward Lu Yongyu.

Lu Yongyu originally thought this matter could be settled quickly, but the Buildings Department official suddenly received a phone call, and his expression changed afterward. "General Manager Lu, I'm sorry!" After hanging up the phone, the Buildings Department official said with a difficult expression: "The higher-ups have spoken; the construction site of your Lu Guo Group must stop work immediately!"

Lu Yongyu was stunned for a moment and hurriedly said: "Didn't we agree on this before?"

The Buildings Department official said helplessly: "But people from above have intervened in this matter... so General Manager Lu, you had better stop work for a period of time!"

Lu Yongyu also knew that the official before her could not make the decision, so she did not make things difficult for him, just nodded and said: "Fine, I understand. I will have them stop work now and cooperate with your investigation!"

"Thank you for your understanding, General Manager Lu!" The Buildings Department official breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Yongyu returned to her office and flew into a rage; she could imagine what the newspapers tomorrow morning would write about their Lu Guo Group! And with someone pressuring from behind the scenes, it was clear they were prepared to "investigate" this matter for a long time.

In this way, it would not only delay the Lu Guo Group's engineering projects but could even seriously affect subsequent land acquisitions.

One must know that the real estate industry follows a path of fast turnover.

Once something happens in the middle to interrupt the operation, it can even affect the operation of the entire chain.

Thinking of this terrible consequence, Lu Yongyu did not dare to delay and immediately called Huo Yingnan.

Only Huo Yingnan's connections could save the Lu Guo Group now.

But after the call reached the Huo Family, Lu Yongyu felt as if she had been struck by a bolt of lightning.

Because news came from the Huo Family that Huo Yingnan was seriously ill and hospitalized.

When Lu Yongyu rushed to the hospital, she found that Huo Yingnan was indeed lying in a special care bed.

The whole person had fallen into a coma.

Everyone in the Huo Family was guarding Huo Yingnan's side.

The Huo Family's upbringing was very good; the children were still considered united, and the melodramatic situation of wanting to divide the family property before the old man had even died did not happen.

Lu Yongyu asked Huo Yingnan's eldest son about the situation.

But the result she got was something Lu Yongyu had not expected.

With Huo Yingnan having an accident at this critical moment, Lu Yongyu suspected that it was the work of the people behind Lu Yongfu.

But hearing the Huo Family's explanation, it was because Huo Yingnan himself had some minor health issues that accumulated, which led to this situation, completely different from the conspiracy Lu Yongyu had imagined.

This immediately left Lu Yongyu dumbfounded, her mind in a mess.

After hurriedly saying goodbye to the Huo Family, Lu Yongyu walked out of the hospital.

Just as she was thinking of a countermeasure, the elusive Lao E suddenly popped up.

"Why are you here?" Lu Yongyu said, feeling a bit strange.

Lao E said indifferently: "I heard you encountered some trouble! About the worker who died at the construction site?"

"That's right!" Lu Yongyu scratched her hair and said with some exhaustion: "I'm currently feeling a headache over this matter!"

Under Chen Jiajun's protection, the path Lu Yongyu had walked these past few years had been too smooth.

So much so that she panicked immediately when she encountered this kind of thing.

It can be seen that Lu Yongyu's ability only reached this point at most.

If it were the business elites under Chen Jiajun, like Wei Li and others, they absolutely would not be like this.

But now, she dared not trust anyone from the Guojun Group; after all, she had heard Lao E say before that there had been some internal turmoil within the Guojun Group.

Lao E looked at Lu Yongyu's appearance and continued: "Although I don't know what you are worrying about! But since the other party has even used such low-down tactics, aren't you being a bit too naive by still thinking about solving the problem?"

Hearing Lao E's words, Lu Yongyu was stunned.

That's right! Since the other party had even used such low-class tactics, it was clear they were already prepared to tear off the mask.

In that case, what was she still being cautious about?

You must know, when it comes to playing dirty, who can outplay the Hung Hing and the Information Officer under Chen Jiajun? Seeing that Lu Yongyu seemed to have figured it out, Lao E smiled and said: "We took the liberty of investigating that dead worker and found that he was a gambling addict who owed a mountain of high-interest loans. If he had tried to pay it back through normal means, he would never have been able to pay off that debt in his entire life!"

Lu Yongyu understood immediately: "In other words, this worker committed suicide?"

"That's right. We investigated the worker's wife and children. We found that the high-interest debt had already been paid off, and she was living a good life with the two children, with a large sum of money in her bank account!" Lao E shrugged and said: "This is already very obvious!"

Lu Yongyu bit her finger and said: "Dead men tell no tales! Truly a brilliant tactic!"

It was clear that the person who planned all of this had thought of everything; even if Lu Yongyu realized the truth, there was no way to make an issue out of this matter.

Then, thinking of something, Lu Yongyu said to Lao E: "By the way, can you trace the account that transferred the money?"

Lao E shook his head and said: "The other party used an overseas account; it cannot be traced! However, we have discovered that the other party's methods are not limited to just this; they will likely use further tactics to pressure you next."

Lu Yongyu frowned and said: "We are too passive!"

Lao E reminded her: "You can still make a move from the side of those cousins of yours!"

"Although Qiangge has been hanging around with Lu Yongfu and the others, the people behind Lu Yongfu seem to be on guard against Qiangge." Lu Yongyu said with a headache: "Qiangge tried to fish for information for a long time, but he didn't get anything out of them!"

"Moreover, I don't know how those brothers convinced the gentry of Lu Family Village; they are all clamoring to withdraw their shares. A Jun cannot come back right now, and Huo Xiansheng happens to be seriously ill! These are all very troublesome!"

"Then let's take them one by one!" Lao E said indifferently: "Why not start by opening a breakthrough from your cousins?"

"What should we do?" Lu Yongyu asked.

Regarding these underground tactics, Lu Yongyu really did not know much, so she could only look at Lao E for help.

Lao E smiled and said: "Easy, I don't believe those brothers are of one mind!"

"Then I'll trouble you!" Lu Yongyu nodded.

"Don't mention it, Sister-in-law, this is all what we should do!" Lao E smiled and said: "But have you noticed that your driver has been eavesdropping on our conversation?"

Lu Yongyu was startled, looked directly toward the front of the car, and found that the driver's expression had changed.

Clearly, the other party had even bought off her driver.

The driver slammed on the brakes and then abandoned the car to flee.

Lu Yongyu hurriedly said to Lao E: "Quick, chase him! Don't let him get away!"

But Lao E was not in a hurry; he grabbed Lu Yongyu and said: "Don't worry, he can't run!"

Sure enough, before the driver had run two steps, several Information Officers appeared and blocked the driver's path.

Forcing the driver to retreat back to the car.

Lao E said with a calm face: "Still want to run?"

Cold sweat immediately broke out on the driver's forehead, and he hurriedly waved his hands and said: "I won't run, I won't run!"

Lao E sneered and waved his hand at his subordinates.

A subordinate used a palm strike to knock the driver unconscious and then stuffed the driver into the trunk.

Then they drove to a quiet place to conduct an interrogation.

Lu Yongyu did not expect that even the people around her had been bought off.

If she had any means to fight back, the consequences would likely have been a total defeat.

Thinking of this, Lu Yongyu felt her teeth itch with hatred.

After arriving at the location, the driver was splashed awake by an Information Officer with a ladle of water.

Lao E toyed with a few small throwing knives in his hand and said indifferently: "I won't say much nonsense; tell me everything you know. If you don't speak or dare to lie to me, I will use you to perform a human throwing knife show!"

Looking at the gleaming knives in Lao E's hand, the driver's legs went soft with fear.

He was just an ordinary person; where had he ever seen such a scene? He could only spill everything he knew like beans.

It turned out that this driver had accepted money from Lu Yongquan to do this. (End of chapter)