Chapter 628: Eavesdropping

Chen You, who had originally intended to step forward to help Chen Jiajun, was suddenly knocked to the ground by a figure that had darted over in a rush.

Chen You climbed up from the ground with difficulty and discovered that the two twin girls had also been struck.

The two girls no longer looked weak as before; they stared at Chen You with evil expressions, and evil energy resembling blood emerged from their entire bodies.

"Damn it, we're in big trouble now!" Chen You cursed immediately and rolled away to dodge the two girls' attack.

He flicked the Ink Line from his bosom and sent it coiling toward the two girls.

The Ink Line was a magical artifact of Chen You's lineage.

In ancient times, the Ink Line was a tool used by craftsmen for measurement, used to draw straight lines.

Since the Ink Line measures uprightness and requires integrity, it is capable of driving away evil.

Unfortunately, what had possessed the two girls' bodies was no ordinary stuff; the blood-lines all over their bodies blocked Chen You's Ink Line, and even took a turn to hoist Chen You up.

Chen Jiajun was currently dealing with the attack of the black-fog ghost face; how could he spare any attention for Chen You at this moment? Both sides were immediately at a disadvantage.

Chen You was hung in mid-air, seeing the twin sister about to pounce on him.

Chen You gritted his teeth, pulled a golden talisman from his bosom and threw it out, then pinched a magic seal with his hands and chanted an incantation: "Protecting Dharma God Envoy, obey my command, strike!"

Then, that golden talisman emitted a burst of golden light; after the golden light dissipated, five phantom images of burly men radiating golden light appeared.

These burly men punched directly at the girl pouncing toward Chen You, sending her flying away.

Then, the others tore off the blood-lines wrapped around Chen You's ankles and saved him.

Chen You pinched a sword seal with his hand, pointed at the two girls, and shouted loudly: "Execute Evil!"

The several burly men seemed to have received the order and rushed toward the two girls.

The evil entity possessing the girls was clearly afraid; it directly manipulated the girls' bodies and, in a way that defied common sense, crawled on the wall and darted rapidly toward the door.

Unfortunately, this talisman of Chen You's was clearly no ordinary item; the several burly men had astonishing speed and directly grabbed the blood-lines exposed on the outside, forcibly pulling half of the evil entity out of the girls' bodies.

The girls immediately let out a scream that pierced the eardrums, appearing to suffer extreme pain.

Unfortunately, Chen You had no intention of stopping; his eyes were cold as he continued to command the several burly men to surround and attack.

Soon, under the beating of the several burly men radiating golden light, those blood-lines were all pulled out from the girls' bodies and then scorched into a puff of smoke by the golden light.

Chen Jiajun also burned the black fog before him into black gas, which dissipated in the room.

Having settled these evil things, both of them felt as if their strength had been drained; they sat on the ground without caring about their image, panting for a long time before they recovered.

"Damn, I knew there was a problem, but I didn't expect it to be this wicked!" Chen Jiajun said to the weak-looking Chen You.

Chen You, however, looked as if he had lost something important; he was completely out of sorts.

Chen Jiajun looked at Chen You curiously: "Isn't the matter resolved? Why do you have that expression?"

Chen You rolled his eyes in annoyance: "The Five Power Warrior Talisman! My family's heirloom Five Power Warrior Talisman! Damn it, I don't know if there's even one left in the whole world now!"

"Shangqing Sect's Five Power Warrior Talisman?" Chen Jiajun widened his eyes and looked at Chen You in surprise: "So you are a person from the Maoshan Sect!"

Chen You gave a bitter smile and said: "Not exactly, our lineage just has some origins with the Shangqing Sect!"

Seeing that Chen You was unwilling to say more, Chen Jiajun could only offer comfort: "Think on the bright side! Look, if I hadn't reminded you to bring your bottom-of-the-box gear earlier, wouldn't we both be corpses by now!"

Chen You rolled his eyes in annoyance and said: "So I should thank you?"

"Why are you being so polite with me!" Chen Jiajun said with a chuckle.

After the two recovered, they looked at the scene with some headache.

Now Liu Laoshi and the twin sisters had all fainted; how were they to explain what happened later?

And most importantly, why did Liu Laoshi suddenly become possessed, and why were the twin sisters targeted by evil spirits! Chen You immediately thought of a terrifying possibility: "Could the seal have loosened!"

"You mean that terrifying seal you are guarding?" Chen Jiajun widened his eyes immediately.

Chen You said with a serious expression: "It's hard to say now! I have to go and see for myself!"

"Wait, I'll go with you!" Chen Jiajun nodded.

After all, this matter was caused by him in the end; he couldn't just walk away.

What's more, after a few days of interaction, Chen Jiajun felt that although this guy Chen You had a strange personality, he was a loyal friend.

Just as the two were chatting, the little ghost with white hair poked his head out.

Discovering that Chen Jiajun and Chen You had solved the problem, he seemed to let out a long sigh of relief.

"Little ghost!" Chen Jiajun gritted his teeth immediately; it was because this little ghost hadn't explained the situation clearly that they had almost suffered a huge loss: "Get over here!"

Seeing the two fierce-looking men, the white-haired little ghost was somewhat afraid.

He just clung to the door and looked at them, not daring to come over at all, fearing that the two would beat him.

Seeing the little ghost's appearance, Chen Jiajun and Chen You both felt a sense of helplessness.

Chen Jiajun could only soften his tone and say: "Come here, I want to ask you something!"

The white-haired little ghost then walked in, though he still looked timid.

Chen Jiajun pointed at Liu Laoshi and said: "How did you know they would have an accident, and what exactly was that thing you showed me the other day?"

The little boy opened his mouth as if to say something, but not a sound came out.

Chen Jiajun was somewhat impatient and intended to pull the little boy over, letting him write down what he wanted to say with paper and pen.

But when he reached out to grab him, he discovered that his palm had passed directly through the white-haired child's body.

"Huh!" Chen You, watching from the side, immediately felt something was wrong: "This child..."

"What did you discover?" Chen Jiajun turned his head to ask Chen You: "Is this kid a ghost too?"

Chen You frowned and said: "No, he isn't! He... seems not to exist in this space-time!"

Chen Jiajun was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"Exactly what I said!" Chen You continued: "I couldn't feel any aura from him, as if he were isolated by something, so we can't hear what he says at all; he... does not exist in our era!"

Thinking of this, Chen You immediately cast a divination for the little boy.

Then, Chen You's eyes almost popped out as he looked at the little boy in surprise.

Chen Jiajun was nearly dying of anxiety; he gave Chen You a shove and said, "What on earth did you calculate, you guy! Hurry up and tell me!"

Chen You stared fixedly at the little boy, his face full of shock as he said, "This kid, he's actually Liu Laoshi's child!"

"Huh?" Chen Jiajun was stunned on the spot, looking at the white-haired child before him with a strange expression: "Now that you mention it, this little brother does indeed look somewhat similar to this Liu Laoshi!"

The little boy saw the paper and pen in Chen Jiajun's hand and seemed to have thought of something.

Suddenly, he ran toward a room, and afterward, he took paper and pen from who knows where and began to sit in front of Chen Jiajun and Chen You to draw.

A moment later, a bizarre portrait was drawn by the little boy's hand.

In the drawing was this very Wukuen Mansion, and in one corner, a man wearing glasses, dressed in a yellow Daoist robe, holding a Peach Wood Sword that had been snapped in half, with blood continuously flowing from the corner of his mouth—who could it be but Chen You? In the center stood a tall zombie wearing a Copper Coin Mask, with two female ghosts crawling on its body.

And the appearance of these female ghosts was exactly that of the female ghosts Chen You had dealt with before, the ones that had possessed the twins.

Finally, there was also a man with his upper body bare, covered in mud.

Seeing this drawing, Chen You immediately muttered to himself, "I... am dead?"

The boy's hands did not stop; he continued to draw for the two of them.

Very quickly, Chen Jiajun and Chen You figured out the sequence of events.

It was that after this incident occurred, the twin girls were transformed into female ghosts by the Wukuen Mansion because of their deep Evil Qi.

They had always existed within Room 2442.

One day, many years later, a man moved into Room 2442; when he committed suicide, he was possessed by the female ghosts, and then he was saved by Chen You.

Then, the series of events that followed left Chen Jiajun and Chen You both dumbfounded.

The kind-hearted Dong Shu downstairs was intentionally murdered by someone, and then turned into a zombie by Mei Yi.

In order to extend his own life, the Chinese medicine shop Boss A Jiu planned on Borrowing Corpse to Resurrect the Soul.

To resurrect Dong Shu, Mei Yi pushed Shibaitou toward the zombie.

Afeng, driven mad by this incident, fought the zombie with her life and was eventually killed by the zombie.

Finally, it was Chen You and the new tenant perishing together with the fully formed zombie.

Knowing he had caused a great disaster, Mei Yi cut her own throat and committed suicide on the spot.

Seeing these drawings, Chen Jiajun seemed to have grasped the main point: "So, you specifically came to find me, wanting to prevent these things from happening?"

Shibaitou nodded, seeming to mean exactly that.

Chen Jiajun asked curiously, "But... how did you manage to do it?"

At this moment, Shibaitou began to draw again.

However, this drawing was somewhat different: a woman wearing a ghost mask was holding Shibaitou's hand, seemingly teaching him something. Chen Jiajun immediately said with pleasant surprise, "Are you saying that this woman wearing a mask taught you?"

Shibaitou gestured, then nodded gently.

Chen Jiajun and Chen You exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in the other's eyes.

Clearly, there was indeed someone who could manipulate the power of time and space.

After Shibaitou expressed his thanks again, he turned and intended to leave.

But Chen Jiajun called out to him and said, "Wait, do you know how to find this masked woman?"

Shibaitou was silent for a moment, then drew the masked woman.

Next, a terrifying scene appeared: the woman in the drawing spoke directly: "I heard you were looking for me?"

In this situation, even people as experienced as Chen Jiajun and Chen You could not help but be startled.

The scene before them was truly too bizarre.

……

"Come, come, come, everyone drink together! Once this matter is accomplished, we will definitely open another Nightclub!"

In a certain clubhouse, Lu Yongfu had his arm around a dance hostess and said loudly to the people around him.

The people around him also had faces full of joy.

If Lu Yongyu were here, she would definitely discover that these people were all small shareholders of the Lu Guo Group and some local gentry from around the Lu family.

Lu Jinqiang's expression was somewhat strange; he also had not expected that the person behind Lu Yongfu would be so capable, managing to win over these small shareholders of the Lu Guo Group in such a short time.

Even if they hadn't met today, Lu Jinqiang would have been kept in the dark.

And as long as more than half of the shareholders agreed, the shares in the hands of Lu Yongfu and the others could be traded.

By then, the people from the Real Estate Chamber of Commerce would take control of the Lu Guo Group.

Plus, with Chen Jiajun away and Huo Yingnan in a coma due to serious illness, it was hard to say what kind of chaos would break out! Just as Lu Jinqiang was pondering what method to use to notify Lu Yongyu.

At this time, Lu Yongquan suddenly spoke up and said, "That kid A Bo, why hasn't he arrived yet?"

Lu Yongfu was already drunk: "That kid, why bother with him! He's mysterious all day long, no one knows what kind of nonsense he's up to!"

Lu Yongquan said quite cautiously, "At a time like this... won't something go wrong?"

Lu Yongfu, however, said dismissively, "What are you afraid of? Now all the shareholders of the Lu Guo Group are on our side, plus the shares of Qiangge, you, me, A Bo, and the various local gentry, we have long since exceeded 33%."

"Next time we hold a shareholders' meeting, we will kick that dead girl Lu Yongyu out of the CEO position! By then, the Lu Guo Group will be ours to command!"

Hearing Lu Yongfu's words, Lu Jinqiang could not help but reveal a cold sneer.

If it really came to that, the one in charge would not be a fool like Lu Yongfu at all; it would only be the people from the Real Estate Chamber of Commerce! And for Lu Yongfu and the others, who would have no more utility, their good days would likely be at an end! But for now, the act still had to be played out in full.

He laughed loudly, clinked glasses with Lu Yongfu, and said, "That's right, in the future, this Lu Guo Group will still be run by our Lu family!"

This sentence made Lu Yongfu quite happy, and he immediately began drinking with everyone again.

By the time they had drunk their fill, it was already midnight.

Lu Jinqiang pretended to be drunk and was helped into the car by his driver.

However, once he was in the car, Lu Jinqiang immediately opened his eyes and said to the driver, "Go to Lao Zhu's place!"

The driver nodded, then drove directly toward Sai Yee Street South in Mong Kok.

This was a place in Hong Kong where relatively large electronic equipment merchants gathered.

However, Lu Jinqiang did not come here to buy electronic equipment, but walked directly into an inconspicuous little shop.

After entering the door, there was only a fat man wearing a tank top playing on a computer inside the shop.

Do not look down on this fat man; he is a hidden hacker expert who was even sentenced to prison for hacking into other people's computers.

It was a coincidence that Lu Jinqiang met this guy, and he happened to help him out.

The reason for coming to find this fat man was that Lu Jinqiang recently discovered that he seemed to be being monitored by the person behind Lu Yongfu. Every time he tried to fish for information from Lu Yongfu, this guy was always able to shut up in time.

This simply did not fit Lu Yongfu's personality!

After walking into the shop, Lu Jinqiang did not speak, but directly wrote a line of text on paper in front of the fat man.

After the fat man finished reading it, he immediately understood what Lu Jinqiang meant.

After making a gesture for silence, he took out an instrument and scanned Lu Jinqiang's body back and forth.

Soon, the instrument emitted a sharp alarm sound, and the source of this sound was precisely Lu Jinqiang's mobile phone.

Then the fat man took a potato chip bag and signaled for Lu Jinqiang to put his phone inside.

Only then did he open his mouth and say to Lu Jinqiang: "Qiangge, you've been targeted! Someone is wiretapping you!"

Lu Jinqiang frowned and said: "Can you find out who it is?"

The fat man shook his head and said: "At most, I can track where the signal monitoring you is coming from. As for who it is, that is beyond my capabilities!"

Lu Jinqiang nodded and then said: "Can you spoof the signal and change the location to my house?"

"Oh, that's simple!" The fat man nodded, then asked curiously: "Qiangge, who did you offend for the other party to mess with you like this?"

Lu Jinqiang looked at the fat man sideways and said: "You kid, you think you don't have enough trouble, right? Don't ask about things you shouldn't, be careful about losing your life!"

The fat man chuckled and said: "Hehe, I'm just curious!"

Lu Jinqiang said indifferently: "Hurry up and help me get this done, I still have things to do!"

As he spoke, Lu Jinqiang directly took out a stack of banknotes and placed them on the fat man's table.

Seeing the money, the fat man did not delay for a moment and began to operate for Lu Jinqiang.

Soon the fat man smiled and said: "Done, Qiangge. I've already helped you remove the wiretap, and the location has been changed to your house!"

Lu Jinqiang nodded and instructed: "It's best if this matter rots in your stomach. Otherwise, there will be trouble!"

"Got it, Qiangge!" The fat man nodded hurriedly and said.

Coming out of the fat man's shop, Lu Jinqiang immediately said to the driver: "Go to Tao Shu's house!"

The driver nodded and once again drove directly toward Lu Hantao's house.

It was already late at night, and Lu Hantao had long since gone to sleep.

Lu Jinqiang knocked on Lu Hantao's door, and it was the Lu family's maid who opened it.

"Young Master Jinqiang, why have you come so late?" The maid said with some surprise.

"Is Tao Shu asleep?" Lu Jinqiang asked.

"Not yet, the master is old and his sleep is quite light." The maid shook her head and said.

Lu Jinqiang breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I need to see Tao Shu!"

Saying this, he entered Lu Hantao's house directly and met Lu Hantao in the study.

Lu Hantao was also a bit surprised by Lu Jinqiang's arrival: "A Qiang, why have you come so late?"

Lu Jinqiang said with an anxious expression: "Tao Shu, something has happened. You must have A Yu come over right now; I have something very important to tell her! By the way, remember to have her bring those people under Chen Jiajun. I suspect we are all being monitored!"

Hearing Lu Jinqiang's words, Lu Hantao's expression changed immediately, and he dialed Lu Yongyu's phone.

Soon, Lu Yongyu arrived with Lao E and the people from the Information Department.

Upon entering Lu Hantao's house, the people from the Information Department began their work, taking instruments to scan everywhere, and no one spoke.

After confirming that Lu Hantao's house was not being monitored, Lu Jinqiang breathed a sigh of relief and told Lu Yongyu about the matter.

"What?" Lu Yongyu was also taken aback when she heard this news: "How on earth did these people manage to do that?"

Lu Jinqiang hurriedly said: "Don't worry about how they did it right now. What you need to think about is how to deal with this matter. When the shareholders' meeting is held on Monday, they will definitely find a way to drive you out! By then, the whole thing will be out of control!"

Hearing Lu Jinqiang's words, Lu Yongyu panicked for a moment.

She had been thinking about finding a breakthrough from the brothers Lu Yongfu, Lu Yongquan, and Lu Jianbo.

She did not expect the other party to have already struck directly at her vital point.

Now that these people hold 33% of the shares of Lu Guo Group, if they drive her out of office, then the entire Lu Guo Group will be in danger.

Lu Hantao brought over a glass of wine and handed it to Lu Yongyu, saying: "Don't be anxious now, you need to see clearly what their main goal is!"

"Drive me out of office?" Lu Yongyu said to her father.

"That's right!" Lu Hantao said with a smile: "But before that, you are still the CEO of Lu Guo Group! Although you cannot sway the minds of the shareholders, you can stall!"

Hearing this, Lu Yongyu's eyes lit up immediately: "That's right! Thank you, Dad!"

Lu Jinqiang said with some worry: "But stalling like this is not a solution; at most, it can only buy one week of time."

At this moment, Lao E, who had been standing on the side without speaking, smiled and said: "One week is enough!" (End of chapter)