Chapter 9: I Was Fooled (1/2)
Translator: Dragon Rider
He Zheng was unaware that his ”beloved” younger brother was the one who had inflicted this unexpected disaster on him on this day.
On the thought that soon he would see his maternal grandfather, He Zheng managed to adjust his mood with the intention to meet his maternal grandfather in the best state.
If there were still any people in this world who cared about him, he believed they would be the family of his maternal grandfather.
The moment He Zheng got off the plane, he saw a tall thin young man waving at him at the exit. ”He Zheng! Here!”
”Cousin?” He Zheng was briefly stunned, since he hadn't told anybody about this trip. But his maternal relatives were no common people. It seemed that they had foreseen his arrival.
Zhu Qi rested his hand on He Zheng's shoulder and immediately sensed that something was not right. ”Eek?” He stared at He Zheng, a serious look on his face. ”Little Zheng, did you encounter anything? There's demonic Qi about you.”
On hearing this, He Zheng was alerted and with that he realized what he had just experienced on the plane was not a dream!
He Zheng jerked his head back. There was an exclusive passage for business-class passengers, and he was the fourth or fifth one to walk out, but he didn't see those two men on his way out, so they must have got off the plane later than him.
Seeing the wary look on his face, Zhu Qi, his cousin, asked, ”What's wrong, Little Zheng?”
He Zheng watched carefully with widened eyes, but when all passengers walked out, those two men were still nowhere to be seen.
He Zheng knitted his brows deeply. 'What's going on?' he wondered.
In the distance, watching this, Zu Zhichong couldn't help but patted himself on the chest, turned around and said to the man standing beside him, ”Chief, why are we avoiding him?”
”With which eye of yours did you see me avoiding him?” The man played with the small lacquered wooden box in his hand, opened it to take a look inside and with that his brows fleetingly furrowed.
Zu Zhichong thought, 'I'm seeing you avoiding him with both of my eyes.' But he didn't dare to say it, so he gave an obsequious smile. Seeing the thoughtful expression on the man's face, he ventured to crane his neck over. On the sight of the box in the man's hands, he blurted in surprise, ”Eek? Why does this box look like a smaller version of the one He Zheng was carrying?”
”Because it was He Zheng's casket that this box fell out of.”
”Ah!” Zu Zhichong was stunned. Staring at the box in puzzlement, he mumbled, ”What is that thing in the box? Why is it making me feel so uncomfortable...” Zu Zhichong scrutinized it for quite a while, but before he could find out anything about it, the man closed the box and softly pocketed it. Then he looked in the direction of the two men in the distance and asked, ”Have people of Fengdu Office arrived?”
”Deputy team leader Su Disheng arrived. He's waiting for us outside,” replied Zu Zhichong.
”Tell him to go back. There's someone I need to visit first.”