C23 (1/2)

I jumped in fright. The voice coming from the phone belonged to Fifth Master Zhao, but it puzzled me. How did he know I took the phone from Master Zhao's family?

His heartbeat quickened and his breathing became disorderly.

Holding the phone, I paused for a moment, daring myself to say, ”You! Do you know who I am? Are you calling the wrong number? ”

The phone went silent. There was a crackling sound of electric currents. Suddenly, a burst of wild laughter came from inside the phone. The sound was extremely frightening, appearing and disappearing at the same time.

”You are Wu Lei!” Your dad is in my hands right now, how can I not know you? ”Even if you turn into ashes, I can still recognize you.”

Sure enough, it was the Fifth Master Zhao. I shuddered, feeling as if my body was being blown by a cold wind. My entire body shuddered and I almost fell to the ground.

”Humph!” Since you know who I am, why don't you hurry up and release him?

I became angry from embarrassment. I thought that my father, who was kidnapped, was extremely furious. It seemed that he was threatening me again. Thinking about it, it seemed that he had gone too far.

”What is it? Are you coming or not? If you come, I'll let your dad go right now, but if you don't come, then that's fine. ”

Zhao Wu's voice was quite domineering and I felt very unhappy listening to that, but there was nothing I could do. My own father was captured, so I needed some capital to bargain, but I don't have anything right now, so what's the use of bargaining?

”Alright! ”But don't lie to me, I don't have any money right now, but you should know that.”

As I said earlier, the only thing I have left in my pocket right now is my old Apple phone. That thirty thousand is an astronomical number for me.

I won't lie to you, your dad has been eating and drinking here for free for several days, and that silly woman is also not easy to deal with. She has to take care of everything from eating to drinking, and I don't want to find two burdensome people to take care of it.

Fifth Master Zhao's words sounded like bullsh * t to him. He did not mention anything about Soo Soo and Zhao Quan's ashes. The two of them were the true start of a disaster, how could he forget about them?

”Alright!” I promise you, as long as you give me the old man, you can deal with that stupid woman as you wish. ”

I hung up the phone, feeling that it wasn't right. That woman was stupid, but she didn't deserve to die, but it seemed to me that Dad had bought her with money anyway. I wouldn't pay the thirty thousand yuan, so I would just use that woman as repayment.

Ding dong!

The phone thought for a moment and then sent a text message with the address: ”Eastside Earth Temple of the village.”

I smiled wryly, it seemed like Fifth Master Zhao was trying to cover it up. The village east of the temple was a desolate place, originally a mountain rock, with a small house built on top of it as the temple.

Of course the Grand Matron overheard my conversation. She took my arm and looked at me anxiously.

”Don't go! It's definitely not that simple. There might be some kind of trap. ”

The Grand Matriarch was right, Zhao Wu was not a simple person, he might be able to do some dirty stuff.

”Grand Matriarch, don't stop me. Isn't there a saying that if we don't get into the tiger's den, then we will get into the tiger's den? The Fifth Master won't let me go so easily, but it's a chance for me. Wouldn't it be better if we knew where my old man is?”

I made up my mind to deal with this Fifth Master Zhao. After all, I am a man too. I am afraid of ghosts, but I am not afraid of humans.

The Grand Matriarch sighed and said, ”I'm afraid it won't be that simple. However, it's not like you can't go now, even after you've thought about it. Let's go and see what's going on.”

It seems like grandma thinks the same as me, whether it's fortune or misfortune is unavoidable. Now that Lord Fifth has captured Dad, we can only solve the problem after we find him.

The sky had already darkened, and I was trembling with fear, afraid of encountering any ghosts. However, my luck was not bad. The temple at the east end of the village was not far behind me.

A white mist suddenly rose from the misty road. Under the gusts of the cold wind, the entire scene looked extremely eerie. I braced myself to walk towards the location. As expected, there was a low building in sight.

The temple saw me tiptoeing over, but when I took a picture with my cell phone, there was no one at the door.

”Fifth Master Zhao?”