Chapter 188 (1/2)

Chapter 188: Crisis’ Foreboding

Translator: GravityTales Editor: GravityTales

Shortly after, Tang Xiu didn’t bother himself with the winery issue. However, he had bought a number of materials to make wine in the storehouse. His winemaking method was very special since he used a lot of herbs and fruits aside the grains. But the main problem in brewing wines, was time. It took at least several days only to ferment the grain, making the fruit into jams and boiling the herbs before the truly good wines could be brewed

However, after everything had been bought, he realized that he had no money left. The first day he got the 2.5 billion, he paid the 2 billion debt to Chen Zhizhong and gave 300 million yuan to Kang Xia, while the remaining 200 million was given to Chu Yi to pay the medicinal herbs he bought.

“I have to think of a means to raise money!”

The early work for winemaking had been completed. Tang Xiu was standing in the storehouse, thinking with a helpless expression. Recently, he had to take care of a lot of things, but each and every matter needed money. He had the thought of selling a cultivation practice, but he also had dug out nearly all the money Shao Mingzhen and Miao Wentang had. Even if he wanted to sell it, he couldn’t find a suitable buyer. The other cultivator he knew was Dao Master Ziyi, but he was a penniless Daoist- even if he sacrificed everything, Tang Xiu didn’t know as for how much money he could squeeze out!

Borrow some money?

The thought popped up inside Tang Xiu’s mind, but he straightly tossed it away.

“Knock, knock…”

The storehouse’s door was knocked as Gu Yin came inside with an anticipating expression. She looked at Tang Xiu and said, “Master, Yinyin needs a tutorial and a working note book, so I need to go out to buy them. But Mom is still attending her course class and has no time to accompany me. Could you go with me to the stationery shop?”

Tang Xiu said with a smile, “Alright, we’ll go now.”

He had no money right now, but it was enough to buy tutorial and homework books. Also, Gu Yin’s study was important, while he was also waiting for the fermentation process to be finished. Temporarily, he couldn’t continue the winemaking process, so he had nothing to do for now.

Tang Xiu left South Gate Town along with Gu Yi. Just as he came out of the villa complex’s entrance, his keen sense perceived a menacing feeling. The feeling gave him a kind of faint restlessness. It was as if there was a pair of eyes that was tightly locked and staring at him from a dark corner.

_“Have I offended anyone recently?”_

Tang Xiu frowned. He glanced around with a casual manner a few times and pulled Gu Yin closer to him. No matter what danger would come, he could never let Gu Yin be injured even if he himself would be injured.

A few minutes later when Tang Xiu and Gu Yin arrived at the nearby commercial street, the feeling disappeared without a trace. However, he didn’t put down his vigilance. After accompanying Gu Yin to buy the tutoring and homework book, he quickly walked her back home.

Half an hour later, Tang Xiu quietly left the villa. He didn’t go out from the main entrance but from the back entrance and straightly headed to the small hillside. He bypassed the complex in a circle and came out quietly from the woods.

With his sharp eyes, he constantly observed the surroundings. Tang Xiu changed his clothes and quickly appeared again near the front entrance of South Gate Town. However, he quickly hid behind a tree and quietly searched the unknown enemies.

Inside a building, a kilometer away from Tang Xiu…

Two men were standing before the window and holding a military-grade binocular, observing the buildings in South Gate. One of them was Wang Ming, and there were four other men who were drinking and chatting behind them.

Wang Ming put his binocular down as he looked at the leaning man, saying, “Chief Wolf, we already investigated the other party’s identity. He’s not an evil man. And even though he’s young, he has such big business and also very powerful abilities. Is it still necessary to keep monitoring him? Besides, he only gave us three days.”

Wolf Head said, “We did investigate him. But the information is not accurate. Don’t be deceived by his appearance, he’s very sophisticated and out of ordinary. When he took that little girl out of South Gate Town’s front entrance before, he had already sensed that some people were monitoring him. I’m not sure whether he perceived our presence or sensed the presence of another group.”

Wang Ming was surprised. “There are also other people surveilling on him?”

Wolf Head pointed to the Northwest direction and replied lightly, “Do you see that small stall on the street selling Liangpi? [1] I bought the noodles from that stall this morning. The seller looks very ordinary, but I’m sure he’s a ruthless person. Also, according to my observation, there were only three people who bought from it yesterday even though the stall was opened all day. Two of them casually took some but they didn’t even pay for it. As for the other one, it was a middle-aged woman with her child, but she didn’t buy anything.”

Wang Ming’s mind worked and quickly asked, “You mean, they are in disguise and will do something against Tang Xiu?”

Wolf Head nodded and said, “If my deduction is correct, they should be. I want to see this show. I don’t know whether he will die or those assassins will encounter bad luck.”

“We won’t help him?” Wang Ming asked.

Wolf Head replied with a sneer, “If he can’t solve this little problem, what qualification does he have to become our superior?”

Wang Ming said, “So, if he really can drive away these enemies, are we really going to follow and work for him?”

“These assassins are lurking in and from the dark. They are very dangerous. If we—Brothers were to come across them, we would also die if not careful enough. _If_ he can solve this, it explains that he’s very powerful. So it’s possible for us to work for him. However, I still can’t figure out why and what for he wants us to work him.”

Wang Ming nodded and no longer spoke.

He was also anticipating, looking forward to Tang Xiu’s next actions and performance.

Wolf Head lifted his binocular again. When he looked at the outside, toward the front entrance of South Gate Town, his brows raised immediately and said with a low voice and strange expression, “Take a look and pay attention to the big tree on the left side, around 65 meters from the complex’s front entrance. I’ve never thought that he would slip out of the villa complex quietly and observe the enemies in secret. Well, he also should’ve realized that there’s something wrong with the Liangpi stall.”

Wang Ming quickly raised his binocular and could clearly see Tang Xiu moving from the tree to the sideways and heading straight toward the Liangpi stall.

“Stupid! He already went this far, and if the other party take a direct shot at him, he’ll be dead even if he has ten lives.” After Wang Ming saw the situation, he immediately spoke in a low voice.

Wolf Head said, “Continue observing.”