Chapter 8: I Made a Lot of Money
At the moment, someone named Wind Follower rewarded me five crowns.
[He kept his promise. You have my respect. Here is my reward, a jade.]
[Where is the next live stream? Can you come to my place? There is a haunted house in my neighbourhood. I assure you it’d be great. ]
[It is a shame that the girl didn’t have a thing with the cute guy. It is such a great chance! ]
Loads of rewards kept popping out. It was worth of my near death experience.
Turning off my channel, Tang and I supported each other and walked out of the building. He looked at me strangely, which made me a little uncomfortable.
“Did you learn ghost hunting skills?” He asked.
“Someone was instructing me.” I shook my head. I told him about Lord Zhengyang who had logged out but left me with a crown.
I left a message to him saying how grateful I was to him. Tang said, “You’ve met a master. Usually a master is rare to be seen. But he watched your live stream and gave instructions in person. You were so goddamn lucky!”
I was thrilled by my rewards which were worth more than 20 thousands. I couldn’t earn that much even with one-year effort before.
I even didn’t notice the complicated expression when Tang looked at me.
Tang was too exhausted to drive himself. So we took a taxi to the hospital. Luckily it was nothing serious except some soft tissue contusion.
We took a taxi to go back to my place then. He gazed at my back, walked out of the community, and hopped on a Lincoln limousine.
“Sir.” The driver said, “your father called today to ask if you have found you know who.”
Tang thought a bit, took out of his phone and made a call. An old man answered, “Mingli, have you found her?”
“Yes, grandpa.”
“Is she pretty?”
Tang didn’t answer. The old man heaved a sigh on the other side, “Mingli, it doesn’t matter even if she is ugly, as long as she is lucky enough.”
Tang was speechless because if Wang Junyao was lucky, she wouldn’t be living a life like that. But if she was not lucky, she was unbelievably lucky to catch the ghosts every time she had a live stream.
And even a ghost-hunting master even showed up on her channel.
Maybe she was the blessed one.
“I see, grandpa.” Tang said, “I can manage. Don’t worry.”
He hung up the phone, looked out of the window, and talked to himself, “She is not good-looking though, she has great smell.”
When I got home, I went straight to the mirror. When I took off the mask, I was thrilled.
I had 3 fibromas on my chin before, one of which was missing last time. Now after I inhaled two puffs of the black smoke, the rest two went missing.
I rubbed my silky smooth, porcelain chin skin for quite a while and couldn’t let go.
If all my fibromas on my face vanished, I could be at least a cute girl even if I was not exceedingly beautiful.
I didn’t ask for too much. All I wanted was to be normal.
I took a shower and walked into my bedroom in a bathrobe. I heard a big bang while I was lying down. The door was kicked out and some men broke in as I sat up.
“Who are you?” I was startled.
No one answered me. A man approached me, clinched my neck and covered my mouth with a wet handkerchief.
A sweetish pungent smell stimulated me. I struggled but I breathed in the more diethyl ether, the more dizzier I felt. And then I passed out.
I felt dizzy and soft.
I came around later at an unknown time. I felt painful in the head. Looking around, I found myself in a luxuriously-designed bedroom. The air smelt sweetish.
What was this place? Why was I here?
At the moment, I heard people talking in the next door. I got out of the bed slowly and pressed my ears against the wall.
My hearing seemed much better than before because I could hear them very well.
“Mr. Gongcai, the person is ready.” Someone flattered, “You will be satisfied.”
“Very good. As long as I am satisfied, I guarantee that I will do a great job what you asked me to do.” A man with a strong accent said.
“This way, Mr. Gongcai. She is right next door. Please.”
They walked towards my room. I was startled. I hopped on the bed and pretended I was still unconscious.
As the door was open, two men came in. One was a big fat guy, and the other guy was tall, thin with a handlebar moustache, looking like a Southeast Asian man.
“Mr. Gongcai, what do yiu say ? ” The fat guy flattered.
“Is that Retribution Sores on her face? ”
“Retribution Sores? What is it?” I felt perplexed.
“Very good!” He nodded, “She is exactly what I wanted. When I am done playing with her, I will cut all her sores off and feed my Golden Thread Worm. It will evolve again and so will my strength. ”
“Then I will leave you two alone.” The fat guy smiled.
He walked away right away. Gongcai took off his outfit and walked towards me with a smirk on his face.
I was terrified.
All of sudden, I remembered they once mentioned Southeast Asian perverts who were into deformed women. Could it possibly be Gongcai?
And the fat guy must be Boss Li.
I was horrified. What should I do? I didn’t want to die.
Now Boss Li came back to his own room, wearing a satisfying smile, while having a sexy woman in his arms. His day couldn’t be more comfortable.
With Gongcai’s help, his rivals who were competing territories with him and the new vice-captain of the police station would all die of his venomous worms.
He couldn’t help laughing on picturing how they were gonna tortured to death by those venomous worms.
A man in a black suit walked in and whispered into his ears. He was startled, “Show me, now!”
He ran to a guest room and bowed to a young man who was sitting on the luxurious coach.
“Master Tang, we are very honoured to have you here!”
Tang Mingli glanced at him and said in a cold voice, “Cut out the crap. You caught a woman today. She is mine. Hand her over to me right now.”
“Who are you talking about?” Boss Li was terrified and probed.
“Did you kidnap a lot of women today?” Tang hummed.
“May I know what you relationship is?” Boss Li was shaking.
Tang was outraged, “It is none of your business. Bring her now. If she is hurt a little bit, prepare to live the rest of your life in prison.”
Li gasped. Since he made fame in the city 10 years ago, he had never felt so aggrieved. But he knew that he might be smashed if this young man pointed a finger at him.
But Gongcai was not easy, either.
Tang narrowed his eyes and said, “Li, are you wasting my time? It looks like I am nobody to you.”
“No. No.” Li was intimidated and waved his hands. He picked the easier one of the two. Gongcai was harsh but he was only a worm witch from Southeast Asia, while Tang and his family were too powerful to fight against.
“Master Tang, please wait a moment, I am gonna bring her here right now.” When he was about to leave, Tang stood up, “No time. Where is she? I will go get her myself.”
Li had to tell him the room number and Tang stormed out.
Li swept the sweets on his forehead and amazed by Tang’s speed. Tang was a family of ancient martial arts. Every member was a kung fu master.
He wondered who the ugly woman was and why even Tang cared about her so much?