Chapter 48: Being Played by Others

  I thought Yu Gang wouldn't notice these details at all, but I didn't expect him to be even more meticulous than me.

  Yu Gang's words made the old professor lose his temper, and he said angrily: "You're still young and don't understand many things. You have your own thoughts, I have my choices. After all, this is not something that can be communicated with you. Don't think you're so noble, if it weren't for Dr. Tang, your secrets would have been exposed long ago. Coincidentally, I already know."

  As soon as he heard this, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he almost couldn't stand up. He stuttered and said, "Who told you?"

  "If you want to keep it a secret, don't do it yourself. There's no wall that doesn't leak in this world. If Dr. Tang can find out, how could I not? You're still too naive." The old professor was very pleased with Gang's reaction and let out a cold laugh.

  "Damn it, I'm warning you..." Just as he rushed up and grabbed the old professor's collar with one hand, ready to take action, I saw a gun pressed against his temple.

  "Put your hands down, kid. Otherwise, I'll smash your head." The black-clad woman called out coldly.

  Although this 'woman' looks harmless, I also believe she would really open fire.

  "Xiao Bo, put down the gun." The old professor said in a low voice. The woman named Xiao Yu looked at the old professor and then put away her gun. Yuan Gang also released the old professor with a scowl on his face, looking at him with anger.

  I was just about to let out a sigh of relief when Xiao Bo suddenly wrapped his arm around Yu Gang's shoulder and slammed him heavily to the ground with a single throw. Xiao Bo's face was icy cold as he stared at him, saying: "Don't ever let me see something like this happen again, or else I'll kill you."

  Then, she casually patted the dust off her clothes and walked up to the old professor, saying word by word: "Teacher, I don't want you to be merciful to them. If there's a mistake, I can take care of it myself."

  He hadn't even reacted yet, and he was already lying on the ground in a daze. His eyes were staring blankly at Xiao Bo's figure, as if he couldn't believe that he had been knocked down by a woman.

  Her slender figure is just like her name, a bit thin, but still has what it should have, with a prominent front and back, only belonging to the bony beauty type. Just such a 1.6-meter-tall 'woman' threw Yu Gang under my eyelids.

  How much strength is required for this!

  I looked at Xiao Bo with a face full of admiration, if it were me, I would be like a 'female' warrior, unfortunately, she is a bad 'female' warrior.

  It wasn't until half a day later that he came to his senses, muttering curses under his breath. His voice was too low to make out what he was saying, but it was probably just swear words and the like.

  The old professor said helplessly: "You should know, some things are not up to me to decide. I won't do it, others will. You'd better just follow us and go together. Previously, they didn't know you two, the impression was bad, quarrels and whatnot, unavoidable. If it doesn't involve other matters, there won't be any loss of life. Actually, they're quite easy to get along with."

  Get along with each other's butt.

  I don't dare to lose my temper either. I can only let it rot in my stomach, because they have guns and you have to do what they say, no room for negotiation.

  But this way, I also knew how these young people knew about this place, it was because the old professor that old man leaked the secret.

  Their actions were quite fast, and they arrived in one or two days.

  "You have the ability to kill us." Yu Gang's nose was emitting flames, he gritted his teeth tightly: "I've disliked you for a long time, now if you don't kill me..."

  The old professor knew what secret Yu Gang had, and suddenly he was furious like this? What secret did Yu Gang have?

  Seeing the old professor's face getting uglier, I realized that things were not going well. I immediately jumped up and covered Yu Gang's mouth, smiling at the old professor: "This kid was just beaten silly and doesn't know what's going on yet. Professor, don't bother with him, just tell us what to do and we'll do it. Whatever you say, just don't mention anything about killing or whatever, we're all in this together..."

  The old professor's face softened a bit, and without saying anything, he walked towards them.

  Yu Gang suddenly pushed me away, his face red with rage, and cursed: "You damn coward."

  As soon as I heard that, I became unhappy and hastily pulled him outside the yard, scolding: "I think you have shit in your brain, they can do anything, killing people is a small matter, offending them will not bring good results."

  Yu Gang said in a low voice: "You're just afraid of death."

  "What's wrong with being afraid of death? Who wants to die? Besides, if we clash head-on with them, we'll definitely be the ones to suffer. Anyway, we all want to go in and find them, aren't you saying that Lin Wu Xuan is your brother? They're still waiting for us inside. If you can't even take this much, what are you doing working for Tang Guang Ze?"

  Slowly, I have learned to measure what is beneficial for myself and choose accordingly, even if it means temporarily yielding and enduring humiliation for a period of time, all for the sake of a greater situation, as they say, "considering the bigger picture".

  I also really want to hit the old professor, but it's impossible to even touch a single hair on him, that's just the frustrating and helpless fact.

  "Believe me, that old man even dares to mess with my wife. If I catch him, I'll beat him up badly."

  "Was your wife screwed by him?"

  "Damn, your wife was screwed by him, everything on my computer has been seen by him, my computer was played with by him, you know, people say computers are like wives." I couldn't help but glare at him, this guy can twist my words, besides, damn it, I don't even have a girlfriend, let alone a wife.

  Yu Gang smiled with a somewhat lewd expression: "It was you who said your wife had been played with, but didn't say it was the computer."

  "We'll follow them for now, and if things don't feel right later on, we can slip away together." I whispered to Yu Gang, after all, that's the only option left at this point.

  As soon as I finished speaking, they gathered their men and prepared to set off, taking Jason with them.

  I saw the good intentions between the old professor and Xiao Bo, I firmly believed that these two people would not have such a good conscience, but I also didn't understand what kind of 'medicine' they were selling in their gourd. I could only guess based on previous clues - although the old professor hadn't found the box, he already knew some secrets about the thing in the box. This secret might be related to the "Yin" realm, it's just that he didn't know where the "Yin" realm was. Now, by chance, they followed Tang Guangze and found a clue, of course, they wouldn't miss this opportunity, no matter what, they had to find an excuse to go once.

  At the moment, I don't know what that so-called "Yin" place is all about. According to their words, the specific location should be Tieban River, where something happened in 1950. I don't know if the box my grandfather took was on my father's body, and why he came to the desert again for what?

  Before departure, the old professor quietly reminded us to be careful, saying that although on the surface it seemed like he was organizing everyone to go to Iron Plate River together, in reality he just wanted to find a few scapegoats for himself, so that when the critical moment arrived, there would be someone to take the fall.

  "Don't pretend to be a good person here, you also 'hoped' we would go, didn't you?" Yu Gang sneered.

  This time, the old professor didn't get angry. He let out a long sigh and said, "You're wrong, you don't really want to go there with her. I drove the car away in the first place because I didn't want you two to go, but who knew you'd still find this place."

  My heart suddenly skipped a beat, and at this moment I actually doubted the old professor's ultimate intention. Was he alone wanting to monopolize that box or what?

  If the box were in my father's hands, he would fight with my father for the box and might even kill him, then I would never see my father again.

  Yu Gang let out a cold hum and opened his mouth: "Sounds better than singing."

  We don't believe him, and the old professor couldn't do anything about it either; he just shook his head and walked away.

  Apart from the two of us, there's also Jason, that American guy. I think he wants to follow because he really wants to know if his friend is still alive and what kind of monster dragged him away.

  Of course, apart from us outsiders, Tiebu Li also found two local guides to help us. They were young men from the wine shop, one named Baza, who was sturdy and strong, and the other named Pakahai, who was slightly smaller in stature. He called Baza "young master". They were both Uyghur people. Tiebu Li had previously instructed them to take us to the forest and find the entrance.

  However, Bazaar and Pakha were not as timid as the other villagers, but rather very happy.

  The name of that forest is Houfengkou, actually a small river in the Liuyu River, and a nearby old forest.

  It is said that the place was called Houfengkou because it was behind the village, and the old people in the village said that the old forest was not always windy, but every time a storm came, there would be thunderous roars. The scene was like breaking bamboo, the sound was very intimidating, plus the long-standing legend of "man-eating fog", normally no one dared to walk here.

  "Master, you'd better wait outside, I'll go in for you." Pakahai glanced at the gloomy old forest, probably worried that if Baza went in and something unexpected happened, he wouldn't be able to explain it to the tavern owner when he got back. So, taking advantage of no one noticing, he pulled him aside and started advising him with good intentions. But before he could finish speaking, his butt was kicked again twice, and all he heard was Baza loudly scolding: "You damn bear! Are you planning on marrying a girl for me too? Get out!"

  "Master, I didn't mean it that way..." Pak Hai was about to explain when he received another kick on his buttocks, scaring him into silence.