Chapter 178 - Chapter 178: Chapter 178: You are not following me, are (1/2)

Chapter 178: Chapter 178: You are not following me, are

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After having visited “Master Niu” with the woodcarving on the 28th and, under the guidance of driver Old King, taken the wood carving to the Zhenfa Building for the consulting company to conduct the “ritual”, Feng Xiuye went alone to the City First Hospital to do a full body check-up the next morning. Of course, this included going to the dermatology department for a blood test.

Although some of the results would take a few days to come out, the overall situation seemed to be fine, which temporarily relieved him and made him feel much more relaxed.

However, what surprised him was that he found out from the house cleaner at his father’s house, after his check-up, that his father had also gone to the hospital for a check-up.

A question naturally arose in Feng Xiuye’s mind: Did his father also go for a check-up because he had a dream? What kind of dream did he have?

In any case, after the check-up, Feng Xiuye felt much more comfortable. On top of having severed ties with his mistresses, it felt as if the constant weight on his shoulders had been lifted.

When he got home and spent time with his wife and children, Feng Xiuye was in a rare mood for conversations. He talked about work and upcoming travel plans with his wife. Even his younger son, who usually ignored him, suddenly became more affectionate, although it turned out he wanted a new toy…

On the 31st, Feng Xiuye went to work early in the morning. While he was reviewing the materials for an upcoming meeting, his secretary told him that a strangely dressed man who claimed to be from a certain consulting company was there to see him with a box.

As soon as he heard the name of that consulting company, Feng Xiuye understood that it was the gentleman from Zhenfa Building. However, according to the agreed upon terms, shouldn’t they have sent the video first, and then he was to head over to the Zhenfa Building for the “verification”, once they were done with the ritual? Why did they suddenly show up at his door? They weren’t trying to upsell some sort of subscription package and ask for more money, were they??

Although puzzled, Feng Xiuye decided to let the front desk let them in.

What he did not expect, however, was that Tang Baona followed the handsome young man from the consulting company in. Feng Xiuye was taken aback: “Nana, why are you…”

Indeed, Tang Baona frowned at the young man and asked Feng Xiuye, her boss and uncle, “This wood carving… It wouldn’t happen to be the one from grandpa, would it? How did it end up in his hands?”

However, the young man shrugged off their questions. He put the box on the table and said to Feng Xiuye, “Mr. Feng, this thing… The ‘problem’ is too big. Our ‘master’ can’t handle it. We will refund you the money to your previous account.”

When he saw the young man wanted to leave after putting down the box, Tang Baona and Feng Xiuye stopped him simultaneously.

“What did you just say? What’s wrong with this wood carving?” Tang Baona asked.

“What do you mean your ‘master’ can’t handle it?” Feng Xiuye queried as well.

“I don’t know either. Our ‘master’ instructed me to deliver it this morning. He said there was a big problem with the woodcarving and he couldn’t fix it… anyway, his idea was not to take your money, return the woodcarving to you, and let you find someone else to handle it…” After saying this, regardless of their reactions, the young man left.

Actually, he did not quite understand it himself. Their “boss” was always greedy. The money was already pocketed, the ritual completed, but still ejected voluntarily. It was very unusual.

But remembering his boss’s bloodshot eyes and pale face from this morning, and his constant muttering about “it’s coming for me,” he couldn’t help but worry:

Did the “boss” go insane?

After the young man left, Tang Baona naturally continued to inquire about the wooden carving. Feng Xiuye did not hide anything, telling his niece about the eight-armed, eight-eyed monster he saw in a nightmare when he fell asleep on the 28th afternoon, in his father’s living room.

Next, he told her about the young man’s identity – he worked for a consulting company in Zhenfa Building that dealt with these kinds of “special issues”.

In conclusion, Feng Xiuye said to Tang Baona, very seriously, “Nana, it seems that there really is something wrong with this wood carving. Your grandfather must have had a similar dream. Now, even that ‘master’ couldn’t handle it. Shall we either return this carving, or just get rid of it? By the way, what’s the story with your friend? Could it be that he didn’t actually carve this himself, but got it from someone else and it’s not clean?”

This angered Tang Baona, who grabbed the wood carving and stormed off.

Only then did she realize what her uncle wanted to do when he called her on the 28th to ask about the wood carving.

How could the wood carving made by Xiang Kun be eerie? Having nightmares? She had the saber wood carving in her bedroom all along, why didn’t she have any nightmares? Opposite, they actually suspected that her friend’s wood carving was “unclean”?

This made Tang Baona angry with her grandfather too. If he thought there was something wrong with the wood carving, he could have contacted her first! Why would he let her uncle take it to some “consulting company”? They sounded like scammers! It was fine if her superstitious uncle was fooled, but how could her grandfather be so confused too?