Chapter 53: The Old Daoist and Huang Chengye

On the way to the Murong family estate, Jiang Cheng suddenly thought of something.

He turned to Lin Zhou and asked, "By the way, Lin Zhou, how did you get caught by the people from the Bee Sect?"

Lin Zhou sighed and explained, "Mr. Jiang, after I left yesterday morning, I went to look for a friend in the underworld and showed him the photo of Xu Fei. He immediately recognized him as Xu Fei, a subordinate of Cheng Dong from the Bee Sect.

"With my friend's help, I quickly tracked down Xu Fei and started following him. But as I was tailing him, that scar-faced man from the other night appeared out of nowhere. I was no match for him and was captured by the scar-faced man in no time! He even dislocated both of my arms.

"Later, they found the photo you sent me on my phone, and that's how they knew it was you!"

Jiang Cheng nodded; it was pretty much as he had guessed.

Jiang Cheng suddenly asked again, "Lin Zhou, did you and Xu Fei go to any strange places before, like the outskirts or a warehouse?"

Lin Zhou pondered for a moment and replied, "A warehouse? No. But we did go to the outskirts. Xu Fei went to the suburban area of Dongxing District at the time, though I didn't see any warehouses or anything like that. Right after that, I was discovered by the scar-faced man."

Jiang Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up. "Where did you encounter the scar-faced man?"

Lin Zhou answered, "A place called Wuliu Village in the southern suburbs of Dongxing District!"

Wuliu Village?

Jiang Cheng's eyes instantly brightened.

Given the situation last night, the fact that the scar-faced man hadn't shown up made Jiang Cheng suspect that he had been assigned by Cheng Dong to guard the warehouse!

That batch of cultural relics was simply too important. If he were Cheng Dong, he would never let anything happen to them.

He would definitely send a trustworthy and formidable expert to watch over them.

And that expert, the scar-faced man, was the ideal candidate.

Yet the scar-faced man happened to appear near Wuliu Village.

In other words, the warehouse where Cheng Dong was hiding the cultural relics was most likely located near Wuliu Village!

Analyzing it this way, Jiang Cheng instantly grew excited!

He had accidentally overheard the conversation between Huang Kun and Xu Fei, and then coincidentally sent Lin Zhou to tail Xu Fei, which had unexpectedly yielded general information about the hiding place of the cultural relics!

Neither Cheng Dong nor Huang Kun would ever imagine that their shady dealings had already been more or less uncovered by Jiang Cheng.

A flash of coldness crossed Jiang Cheng's eyes. Truly, heaven was about to destroy these two social parasites!

However, Jiang Cheng still needed to verify the exact location of the warehouse.

Yet, thinking of the scar-faced man who had easily captured Lin Zhou, he found the situation tricky!

If he rushed over there rashly, would he be discovered by the scar-faced man?

And would that scar-faced man silence him?

The matter was of great importance; without absolute certainty, Jiang Cheng could not make a reckless move.

This was a massive game of chess, and a single careless step would lead to total defeat!

It seemed this matter had to be handled with caution.

Lost in deep thought, the car soon drove into an upscale residential compound and came to a stop in front of a luxurious villa!

Looking at the unbelievably luxurious villa before him, Jiang Cheng could not help but feel secretly shocked.

The lives of the wealthy were truly something he had never dared to imagine before!

However, once those four jade pieces were cut, a luxury villa like this would no longer seem like an unattainable dream to him!

After getting out of the car, he saw an old man walking toward them from a distance!

It was Xu Ping, the veteran butler of the Murong family.

Jiang Cheng stepped forward and nodded to Uncle Ping.

Uncle Ping said, "Mr. Jiang, you're here! The master and young miss are already waiting for you in the living room!"

Jiang Cheng tilted his head in confusion and asked, "Your young miss?"

Naturally understanding what Jiang Cheng meant, Uncle Ping explained, "This morning, Young Master Huang brought a Daoist priest over, claiming he could cure the young miss's strange illness. The master decided to give it a try, and to our surprise, it really woke her up!"

Jiang Cheng was slightly stunned, but then he smiled. "Well, that is truly something to celebrate!"

From now on, he could consider himself rid of a clinging follower!

And he would be much more free!

Following behind Uncle Ping, they walked successively into the villa's living room.

Upon entering, Jiang Cheng saw several people seated on the sofa.

He naturally recognized Murong Shan and Murong Xue.

Beside them sat a middle-aged, gorgeously dressed woman in her early forties, though she was so well-preserved she looked like she was in her thirties. Her brows and eyes bore a faint resemblance to Murong Xue's.

Needless to say, this was Murong Xue's mother. On the other side of the sofa sat two men.

One was a young man dressed in high-end, custom-made attire. Exuding an aura of nobility and refinement, he looked every bit the young master of a wealthy family.

The other was a middle-aged man who looked like a Daoist priest.

However, when Jiang Cheng looked closely at the middle-aged man's face, he froze completely!

Because this middle-aged man was none other than the Daoist priest he had met in Ruili the other day!

Upon seeing Jiang Cheng, the middle-aged Daoist was also somewhat startled, but then he smiled and nodded at Jiang Cheng.

When Murong Xue saw Jiang Cheng, joy welled up in her heart, and she immediately walked over with a beaming smile.

"Jiang Cheng, you're here! Do you know what? My strange illness is cured! It was this Daoist master who examined me and cured it. Thinking about it now, it really feels miraculous!"

Jiang Cheng smiled and nodded. "Then let me congratulate you!"

He then focused his vision, and three days—no, three seconds later, Jiang Cheng indeed saw that the cluster of black Qi between Murong Xue's brows had shrunk significantly!

Its color had also faded a lot.

Previously as thick as ink, it was now resembling little more than wisps of smoke!

Jiang Cheng could not help but look at the middle-aged Daoist priest in a new light.

This fellow was no ordinary man!

Murong Xue, wearing a bright smile, grabbed Jiang Cheng's arm and pulled him toward the door. "Come on, Jiang Cheng, let's go unlock the remaining four pieces right now! I can't wait to cut open some good raw stones. As long as we get good materials, my jewelry brand is bound to cause a sensation a month from now!"

Seeing the intimate interaction between Murong Xue and Jiang Cheng, Huang Chengye's face instantly darkened.

The look he cast at Jiang Cheng was filled with murderous intent.

"Xiaoxue! Who is this?"

Hearing Huang Chengye actually calling her Xiaoxue, Murong Xue's brows knitted together tightly, and a trace of disgust arose in her heart!

However, she quickly regained her composure and said calmly, "Young Master Huang, he is my business partner."

Huang Chengye was stunned in disbelief!

He said with a sarcastic and weird tone, "A partner? Just him? Look at him, he's wearing cheap street clothes. Does he have the capital to cooperate with you? Is he just trying to make something out of nothing and scam you with empty promises? Xiaoxue, you must be careful; modern con artists can come up with all sorts of tricks!"

Murong Xue pouted and retorted unhappily, "I'm cooperating with Jiang Cheng because I value his ability!"

Hearing the word "ability," Huang Chengye instantly grew smug!

"Oh, really? I wonder what Mr. Jiang's educational background is? Which foreign university did he graduate from?"

Jiang Cheng frowned and replied indifferently, "I'm a high school student. I dropped out before the college entrance examination."

Hearing this, Huang Chengye became even more smug. "Heh! Didn't even finish high school, so he's just a junior high dropout! Then let me ask you, Mr. Jiang, as a mere junior high dropout, what qualifications do you have to say you're capable of cooperating with Xiaoxue?"

Only he, Huang Chengye, was qualified to cooperate with Murong Xue!

Ye Rong narrowed her eyes, carefully sizing up Jiang Cheng as if she wanted to see right through him!

Huang Chengye's words were very much in line with her own thoughts.

A person who hasn't even finished high school, what kind of ability could he possibly speak of?

According to her husband, this guy even had the raw stones bought with her daughter's money, yet her daughter still wanted to cooperate with him?

Making empty promises and demanding 30% equity right off the bat.

How was this any different from a swindler?

She absolutely could not let her daughter be taken advantage of!

Faced with Huang Chengye's sneers and taunts, Jiang Cheng's entire face turned cold!

After his adoptive parents passed away one after another and his family suffered drastic changes, he had been forced to drop out and abandon the college entrance exams to earn a living and take care of his younger sister!

Not taking the college entrance exam and not attending university was the greatest regret of his life!

Yet this very regret was being repeatedly poked and attacked by Huang Chengye!

How could he possibly endure this?

He coldly retorted in anger, "Whether I am qualified to help Ms. Murong is any of your business?"