"He doesn't trust me?" Zhu Xuan frowned, "I still don't trust him! Who knows if he's really in trouble, or if he's thinking of something—"
"That, that." I made a "stop" gesture to Zhuxuan, and said with a headache, "Let's not discuss this issue for now."
"Wait, but since Wen Jiubai isn't here, why are you here?" Zhu Xuan suddenly put on a look of interest and looked at me, "Could it be that you plan to investigate something that you don't know yourself? What kind of dangerous event?"
"So what?" I said indifferently, "Even if I can't solve it, I still want to investigate what's going on. Besides, aren't you here?"
"But you didn't know I would be here before. If I hadn't come, wouldn't you have no help?" Zhu Xuan asked.
I shook my head, "It has nothing to do with this. It's just that your arrival confirmed a guess in my mind. Since my guess is correct, I must come."
"What guess?"
"You know it clearly." I looked at Zhuxuan dissatisfied, "You came here to investigate because you thought the same as me, right?"
At this moment, perhaps because the voice of my conversation with Zhuxuan caught the attention of the people in the room, the door in front of us suddenly opened.
"Excuse me, what do you guys have? Hey, why are you two?" A middle-aged man's voice came over.
The person who opened the door was neither Liang Kaifeng nor Liang Kaifeng's father, but it was another face that Zhuxuan and I were familiar with. We were both quite taken aback to see this face in such a place.
"You are... Boss Xu?"
You may not remember who this person is, but I still have a deep impression on this face.
Boss Xu is also Xu Yingchen, this middle-aged uncle in his forties is the owner of the small hotel where we stayed when we went to Diecui Mountain. During the 300 rounds of our battle with the Angry Beast, it was this kind uncle who took care of us. Not only that, but he was considerate and never asked about the relevant details. So I am very grateful to him.
It's just that I was shocked to see such a face at this time and place.
"You are... Boss Xu? But, but why are you here?" I asked in surprise, "Isn't this Liang Kaifeng's home?"
"That's right, this is the residence of Young Master Liang." Xu Yingchen also seemed to be puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, "I'm an old friend of his father's. I heard that he was seriously ill, so I came here to visit him. Are you—"
"We are Liang Kaifeng's classmates." Just as I was about to speak, Zhu Xuan rushed ahead of me and said, "So, I came to visit him too."
"You? Classmates?" Xu Yingchen looked even more surprised, "But, but you are not together at all..."
"I've changed schools." Zhu Xuan interrupted Xu Yingchen, and smiled awkwardly, "That's a long story."
When I was thinking about how to relieve the inexplicably awkward atmosphere, Liang Kaifeng's voice came from the room.
"Uncle Xu? Who is that outside?"
Xu Yingchen turned around, "They said they were your classmates and came to visit you!"
Not long after, we heard footsteps, and then saw Liang Kaifeng violently grab control of the door from Xu Yingchen.
"Gu Yu? Bai Zhuxuan?"
I lowered my voice and said to Zhu Xuan: "I really want to laugh every time I hear this name."
"Shut up."
"What are you two doing here?" Liang Kaifeng revealed his unfriendliness no matter from his expression or tone, "Get out! I didn't invite you over!"
I quickly pressed my shoulder against the door before he closed it, "Liang Kaifeng, listen to me, we are here to help you!"
"I don't need your help!" Liang Kaifeng is still like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, his eyes are full of hostility, "The last time I asked you for help, you refused me without hesitation. Help! Why have you changed your mind now? I don't need you this time!"
What? When did I "do not hesitate" and "do nothing to save me"? Obviously I'm the one who hesitates the most, okay
I looked at Liang Kaifeng dumbfounded, "Liang Kaifeng, can you stop being so aggressive? Just listen to me, okay? I did reject you last time. It was my fault, but it was because Wen Jiubai was really not around. but me-"
"Excuse!" Liang Kaifeng didn't listen to my explanation at all, and was about to slam the door shut in anger. Just when I didn't know what to do, Zhuxuan stretched out his hand suddenly and blocked the door.
"Do you still want your father to survive?" Zhu Xuan said calmly and directly.
Liang Kaifeng shouted: "This has nothing to do with you!"
Zhu Xuan interrupted Liang Kaifeng, and asked word by word: "Do you still want your father to live? Answer me!"
"I..." Liang Kaifeng faltered all of a sudden, "Of course I want to! But—"
"Then let us go in." Zhu Xuan's eyes were sharp, and his tone was not polite, "Because Gu Yu and I are the only hope to save your father now. Or you can refuse, then I promise we will turn around and leave, absolutely Don't look back. Even if your father is rotten into mud, we won't care about it."
"I, I..." Liang Kaifeng was so frightened by Zhu Xuan's sudden aura that he couldn't even speak clearly.
"Understood?" Zhu Xuan asked patiently, "Let us in now."
Liang Kaifeng nodded in a panic, opened the door, and let us in without saying a word.
I never closed my jaw during the whole process, I looked at Zhuxuan in surprise, and the latter gave me a kind smile.
"To deal with such people, we must use simple and rude methods. It is absolutely unreasonable to reason with them." Zhu Xuan said in a low voice.
I nodded hurriedly, indicating that I had learned a lesson.
It was only when I walked into Liang Kaifeng's villa that I really felt the gap in financial resources.
The high foyer and grand door, the circular arched windows and the stone masonry at the corners are full of grace and luxury. White stucco walls combined with light red roof tiles, continuous arches and corridors, and a living room with tall and large windows. Elegant, exquisite and comfortable, the porch and hall stretch to the north and south, low windows and hexagonal viewing bay windows are set up in the living room and bedroom, the restaurant connects the north and the south, and the indoor and outdoor scenes blend together.
It is simply another world that I will never be able to compare to. If I were not really in the center of this villa, I would never have imagined that there are such extravagant buildings in the world.
"Hmph, Wen Huli's old house is much better than here." I heard Zhu Xuan mutter, clearly showing his disdain for this kind of nouveau riche's residence.
I smiled, "That's true, I also like Wen Jiubai's old house a little more."
"So, where is your father now?" Zhu Xuan turned his head and asked Liang Kaifeng who kept silent and lowered his head.
"He's lying in his room, like a half-dead maggot." Liang Kaifeng muttered, "Upstairs, go this way."
Zhuxuan and I looked at each other, then followed Liang Kaifeng and walked over.
Soon, Xu Yingchen also chased up from behind, with an unexpected expression on his face.
"I thought you two came to visit his father?" Xu Yingchen asked after us.
"That's right. And by the way, let's solve the matter that his father is about to die." Zhu Xuan said with a smile.
"What?" Xu Yingchen seemed to be frightened.
While complaining in my heart that Zhuxuan's simplicity and rudeness caused a lot of trouble to outsiders, I still had to explain to Xu Yingchen what was going on.
"Boss Xu, you said you and Liang Kaifeng's father are old friends? How did you know each other?" I asked.
"Oh, it's nothing." Xu Yingchen waved his hand, "A few years ago, his father used to work here. He also told me at that time that I was one of the few bosses who treated him well. It was very deserted, and the salary he was given was not high, so he resigned later. Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for this kid to get lucky and become a millionaire overnight. Oh, it's incredible. "
"There is nothing inconceivable in this world. There is no theory of shit luck." Zhu Xuan sighed and said, "Everything is just self-inflicted."
Xu Yingchen looked at Zhuxuan suspiciously, "What does this mean?"
I glanced at Liang Kaifeng, who was walking in the front, and took the words, "Well... that's right. We heard that his father paid a price for his sudden wealth."
"Pay, price?" Xu Yingchen was puzzled.
"Father signed a contract with the devil." Liang Kaifeng seemed to finally be unable to listen to us whispering behind him, and said, "He exchanged his life for wealth and fame, and at the same time led to the destruction of our family."
"That's why the two of us are here." Zhu Xuan explained, "In order to find out whether it is what we are looking for that caused his father to look like this."
"Uh, what is it?" Xu Yingchen asked, still confused.
"Yu Ruyi." I interfaced.
At this time, we have followed Liang Kaifeng to his father's room. Liang Kaifeng first raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Dad, are you in there? I brought some friends."
However, after waiting for a while, there was no sound coming from inside. Liang Kaifeng didn't hesitate, he turned the door open and walked in.
As soon as the door opened, all of us wrinkled our noses subconsciously. A very strange smell came from the room. I looked into the room and was stunned by the sight in front of me.