Chapter 196

At midnight, the residential streets in the old city of Yundu were still brightly lit, and workers who had finished their shifts were coming and going to eat late-night snacks.

By the window on the second floor of a barbecue restaurant at the intersection sat a beautiful woman with a dignified appearance and a gentle temperament. Her low-key plain sweater and black wide-leg pants could not hide her full and perfect figure, and a light touch of makeup adorned her bright face, which was as beautiful as a peach blossom. Just sitting there was very eye-catching.

Feng Yushu is from Yongzhou. It was only last year that she accompanied her daughter, who came to Yundu to attend university at Yunlu Academy, to live in Yundu. The family of three going to Gubei Town in Qinzhou to relax was something that happened a few months ago this year.

Looking down at the watch on her wrist, it was almost one o'clock in the morning, and Ning Zhe still hadn't come. Her heart was both anxious and expectant.

Young girls like to be deliberately late when dating boys to test the other party's patience. Feng Yushu, who was asked out by Ning Zhe in the middle of the night via a WeChat message, knew clearly that this was not a date, but her heart was more nervous than when she got married back then.

Speaking of getting married...

Feng Yushu's eyes were slightly out of focus, and a look of doubt appeared on her face. Perhaps because the years were too long, her memory of her wedding had become blurred. Looking back, she only remembered a blurry mist.

That's right, her daughter is already at the age of going to university, so it is inevitable that distant past events will become blurred in her memory as time passes...

Thinking of this, Feng Yushu bit her lower lip, and a burst of unspeakable sourness suddenly surged in her heart.

"What are you thinking about?"

A clear and familiar voice brought her back to reality from her memories. Feng Yushu suddenly came back to her senses, only to see a beautiful young man like jade in a formal suit already sitting opposite her.

"Eh? Ning Zhe?" After seeing clearly who was sitting in front of her, Feng Yushu couldn't help but be stunned.

In the past, Ning Zhe was not very particular about his dress and appearance, and adhered to a pragmatic philosophy that "good enough is enough" for external conditions such as clothing, food, housing, and transportation. In Feng Yushu's impression, Ning Zhe had always been that simple image, plain but clean, and would never wear luxury goods.

But today, Ning Zhe was uncharacteristically wearing a custom-made formal suit. No recognizable brand logo could be seen on the well-tailored fabric. It was as simple as a knock-off that didn't dare to put on a label from any tailor shop on the street in Yundu, but its high-level workmanship and ingenuity in materials reflected his extraordinary identity everywhere under the clothing, which is exactly the manifestation of true top luxury.

Feng Yushu glanced at the cuffs of Ning Zhe's left hand and recognized the chrome metal cufflinks he had pinned to his sleeves.

Her husband, Bai Fugui, also had two pairs of white steel cufflinks from the same brand. The list price of a single cufflink is 100 million US dollars, and the premium for the chrome metal version is even higher.

In other words, just the 2 cufflinks on Ning Zhe's two hands would cost at least 300-500 million dollars, which is equivalent to about 2 billion in cash in their own currency.

However, this pair of cufflinks was actually the cheapest item on Ning Zhe.

"Ning Zhe? Why are you today..." Feng Yushu opened her mouth, wanting to say something but stopping.

In Feng Yushu's impression, Ning Zhe was not the type to be extravagant, but today he uncharacteristically used high-premium luxury goods that completely deviated from the pragmatic philosophy to decorate his image. This brought a shock to Feng Yushu no less than seeing Bai Zhi suddenly say to her, "Ah, Mom, I love you the most."

Young girls spend hours putting on makeup and dressing up before meeting someone they like. Ning Zhe, who never dressed himself up, suddenly started paying attention to his clothing. Does this mean he also has someone he cares about?

Looking at the shirt collar tied by the tie on the young man across the table, Feng Yushu couldn't help but let her imagination run wild.

Ning Zhe, who never dressed himself up, chose to wear a formal suit only today and asked her out alone in the middle of the night. Does this mean he...

"Don't space out. Are there any results from the things I asked you to check before?"

Ning Zhe waved his hand in front of Feng Yushu's eyes to bring her back to reality and asked: "I have things to do later, don't waste my time."

So that's it, it's not for me... Feng Yushu's eyebrows drooped visibly, as disappointed as a hungry golden retriever whose dog food had been taken away. Shaking her head to shake all the messy thoughts in her brain clean, Feng Yushu said seriously: "The things you asked me to check before already have results."

Ning Zhe nodded: "Very good, so during that time in Gubei Town, what did your husband do?"

"He didn't do anything."

Feng Yushu took a deep breath and said: "The driver, the accompanying secretary, the doctors in the hospital... I have investigated everyone who had contact with him in Gubei Town during this period, and the answer I got is—he didn't do anything in Gubei Town."

"Is that so..." Ning Zhe clicked his tongue: "Then it's interesting."

Ning Zhe asking Feng Yushu to investigate her husband, Bai Fugui, was not a whim, but a premonition he had long ago.

At that time, two large real estate companies were bidding in Gubei Town, one was the Zhang Yangxu Group with a local background in Qinzhou, and the other was the Bai Fugui Group from Yongzhou.

Zhang Yangxu is the son-in-law of the Xia family, which is a family that has some contact with the strange world, but it has not reached the level of a great family.

The practice of the Xia family is to select only one person from each generation of the family to be responsible for contact with the strange world, while other descendants live normal mortal lives, managing family property, developing industries, and maintaining interpersonal relationships in a down-to-earth manner.

It is known that Gubei Town is a strange place where the Serpent God is entrenched.

It is also known that the person in the Xia family responsible for contact with the strange world in this generation is Xia Chan.

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Moreover, Zhang Yangxu's participation in the bidding for the Gubei Town development project was largely driven by his wife, Xia Chan.

With the premise of understanding these things, looking back at the project bidding of the two real estate companies in Gubei Town, the logic behind the development of things is very intriguing.

Gubei Town is not a tourist resort. Although the local scenery is good, the transportation is very blocked, and there are no famous historical sites like Guichen Temple or Yellow Crane Tower to attract tourists. Investing in developing tourist attractions in such a place is like throwing money into the water; whether you can see the splash depends entirely on luck.

Ning Zhe can understand Zhang Yangxu, as the son-in-law of the Xia family, throwing money into this place.

It is likely that Xia Chan learned through the channels of Gridders and Grant-receivers that there is some kind of strange existence in Gubei Town, and the strange in Gubei Town is relatively gentle, not a murderous evil ghost like 'Te Rang' or 'Dian Huo', which means there is profit to be made.

Gentle rules can be utilized. If one can master some kind of strange existence similar to 'Wealth Wu Tong' or 'Four-Faced Buddha', then artificially cultivating Grant-receivers is not impossible.

As a local force in Qinzhou, it is natural for the Xia family to have the idea of getting the moon first because they are near the water regarding the Serpent God in Gubei Town.

In summary, Zhang Yangxu throwing money into Gubei Town has sufficient reasons and reasonable motives.

But what about Bai Fugui?

Bai Fugui, a Yongzhou man, traveled thousands of miles with his wife, daughter, and company executives to Qinzhou to compete with a local company for the development rights of a small, broken place in the countryside. Is he really full and has nothing to do?

Ning Zhe does not believe that Bai Fugui, who would do such a thing, is a mortal who knows nothing, so he tried to let Feng Yushu investigate her husband's actions during his time in Gubei Town.

The answer he got was: "He didn't do anything in Gubei Town."

(End of chapter)