Chapter 886 - I’m Exactly That Black Sheep Of The Family, Dad (2/2)
“Hey, Xiu’er. Why did you suddenly remember to call me, eh? Is there something up?” Tang Yunde’s surprised voice came out of the phone.
“Well, I’m afraid I need help from you to deal with something, Dad.” Tang Xiu’s replied with a rather strange tone.
“Huh? I also have something I need your help with, Sonny!” Tang Yunde burst into laughter and said, “I didn’t expect you to call me for help first, though. Tell me, what problem is it that you can’t handle exactly?”
Tang Xiu, however, was startled and asked quizzically, “You have some issues that need my help? What is it?”
“Speak yours first,” said Tang Yunde with a smile.
“Well, I’m now in Macao since I gotta track some people,” said Tang Xiu. “I recalled you have some acquaintances here, so I need you to contact him to provide some assistance to us in Macao.”
“You’re in Macao?” Tang Yunde was surprised and asked again, “Where?”
“The Sheraton Hotel,” answered Tang Xiu.
Tang Yunde was silent for a moment before he said again, “Tell me your room number.”
Tang Xiu didn’t understand why his father asked him his room number, but he quickly told him nonetheless, and then… his father finally hung up the call.
‘What’s exactly going on with him?’
Tang Xiu blanked out for a while and just looked at the screen of his phone and didn’t even respond for a long time.
After a few minutes passed by, a knock was heard at the door.
Tang Xiu was in the hall, looking indecisive about whether he needed to make a phone call again. He looked up at the door and motioned for Mo Awu to open it. To his surprise, once Mo Awu opened the door, the one who was coming inside was unexpectedly his father, Tang Yunde.
“Dad… why are you here?” asked Tang Xiu incredulously.
“Didn’t I tell you that on the phone just now, did I?” Tang Yunde chuckled and said, “I got some trivial things I need your help with in Macao, but I never thought that you would have come over here either, though. Alright then. Who are those you want to track and what’s their background?”
“I have yet to fully grasp their real identity, but they should be from Thailand, the Dark Shaman clan,” said Tang Xiu. “That’s right, my men have captured his photo last night and it will soon be sent to me.”
“Then finding them won’t be a problem as long you got some of their photos.” Tang Yunde nodded.
“These people are not some ordinary laymen, Dad. I know this Dark Shaman clan. They are a very mysterious lineage of witchcraft heritage and are a very special kind of people,” said Tang Xiu cautiously. “If you are to ask some others to look for those people, you must warn them not to alert those people and catch their attention as they could kill them easily if they begin to act.”
“How did you provoke such people, Xiu’er?” asked Tang Yunde with a frown.
“It’s the other way around. They were the one who provoked me,” said Tang Xiu. “You should have heard about the treasure hunt that will be paid with an astronomical price in our country, right?
“Yeah, I heard of it.” Tang Yunde nodded and said, “I dunno which family’s wastrel it is who must find the whole set of those zodiac jade carvings, though. To think that he burns 100 million US dollars just for each piece of jade carving. If he were to find all of the ten jade carvings, it would be a billion USD! Even if he does have the money, he shouldn’t have burned it like that…”
Suddenly, his soliloquy came to an abrupt end when he realized how awkward his son’s expression shifted to all of a sudden. With a disbelief assurgent in his heart, he asked, “X-Xiu’er… you couldn’t be that wastrel black sheep, right?”
Cough, cough…
Tang Xiu nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood and let out a hollow, dry smile, “Well, I’m that black sheep wastrel, Dad…”
Tang Yunde was utterly dumbfounded. He never thought that the black sheep that had caused such a big disturbance turned out to be his treasured son.
This was…
Along with a dry smile, Tang Xiu continued, “There’s actually a very important reason for me to spend such a large sum of money to find the zodiac jade carvings, Dad. You also know that I’m a cultivator. The zodiac jade carvings are top treasures in my eyes due to them being related to the huge future plan I’ve made. They also have an enormous boost to my cultivation. To us, as cultivators, what we desire the most is to always to snatch the fate of becoming immortals, and the whole set of zodiac jade carvings is exactly the opportunity for me to obtain that fate.”
Tang Yunde felt relieved after hearing the explanation from his son. Yet, as a father, he didn’t want to lose face in front of him either and hurriedly shifted the topic and said, “Let’s just forget it and leave this topic, shall we. I knew about your matter and business, though. If anything, I’ll arrange everything whenever you got the photos later. But you gotta be careful in dealing with my issue here too, Sonny! It’s regarding my business here that always pays me hundreds of million yuan annually in dividends.”
“Please tell me about it, Dad,” said Tang Xiu with a serious face.
Tang Yunde thought for a while before he suddenly said, “Bah, just forget it! I’ll solve it myself. If I can’t solve it, then I’ll find you to deal with the problem. Your issue is extremely important, so we’ll deal with it first.”
“Alright then!” Tang Xiu nodded and said, “I won’t hurry to ask you since you don’t wanna tell me now. The jade rat is really important to me and I must find it no matter how difficult it is, regardless of price. But you can tell me about your problem at any time too if you need me.”