Corpse Recovery Diver

Chapter 1553 284: 4

Li Zhiyuan was lying on the bed reading when Zhao Yi climbed in through the window and said, "There are two more police cars outside, and there are still cops downstairs taking statements.""Mm."

"Run Sheng and the others went back to that room to stay. They really do trust me, letting me be in charge of your security."

"At least for now, they can trust you."

The key to resolving this Fengdu situation lay with Li Zhiyuan. Let alone that, with the relationship between the two sides as it was now, there was really no need to guard against sneak attacks or assassinations anymore— even if Zhao Yi suddenly lost his mind and wanted to kill someone, he wouldn't do it during this period. If not for his own sake, he'd have to think of the Whole Clan.

"That old Monk is a total idiot. When I was checking his stuff and notes, I realized he really did cultivate 'compassion for all beings' to a certain Realm.

The old bastard has a bit of cultivation, but not much. When he caught Evil, he couldn't bear to disperse or suppress them, and actually wanted to keep them in front of him and use his Buddhist Law to ferry them across.

In the end, the Evil he caught just kept piling up, and one day they turned on him and turned him into a Ghost Monk.

But usually he only stole some livestock to replenish blood and food, he didn't go on some huge killing spree. Then today he runs into that young couple coming to the temple to burn incense, and it's like something set him off.

Not only did he kill, he even wanted to head for the town.

I don't think he was targeting us, he was targeting those research people."

"Mm."

"There are ghosts stopping us from going to Fengdu, and there are also ghosts stopping that group from going to Fengdu."

"Mm."

"Who the enemy wants to target is exactly who we're about to protect."

"Mm."

"Can you give me a bit more of a response?"

"If we're thinking the same thing, what else do I need to respond to?"

"Praise me for being smart and insightful."

Li Zhiyuan did not praise him. Instead, he pulled out his brick-sized phone and dialed a number.

No one picked up on the other end, so Li Zhiyuan sent a pager message.

Late at night, after the lights were already off and they'd gone to sleep, the big phone rang.

Li Zhiyuan answered. On the other end came Xue Liangliang's voice:

"Xiao Yuan, I just got the cars settled by the Jiang today. Don't worry, I test-drove all of them for you, drove them a bunch of times, there's no problem at all!"

"Brother Liangliang, thank you."

"It's nothing— ouch…" On the other end, there was a cry of pain from Xue Liangliang, then the sound of him punching himself a few times, followed by a rush of wind.

Just from the sounds, Li Zhiyuan could picture exactly what Xue Liangliang was doing now.

Standing by the Jiang, pounding his lower back while rotating his upper body, trying to ease the numb, aching soreness.

Once the receiver was back by his face, Li Zhiyuan said:

"Brother Liangliang, you've worked hard, driving for so long today."

The other end went quiet for a moment; his face was probably flushing red too.

Back in the day, whenever Xue Liangliang had free time he'd come to Nantong, and whenever he came to Nantong he'd jump in the Jiang. He'd even made it onto Nantong TV for saving someone while jumping in the river.

It had just been too long since he came back. Finally he had a perfectly proper reason he could use to convince himself to come, so he was a bit impatient. Mainly he missed that unborn child of his. And of course, he missed the child's mother.

"Ahem… ahem… Xiao Yuan, did you have something else?"

"Yeah."

"Then go ahead, I'm listening."

"Let her take the phone."

"Her… you mean her?"

"Mm." Li Zhiyuan paused. Xue Liangliang's face really did carry enough weight— enough that the teenager added, "Sister-in-law," at this time.

Only when that Bai Family's Lady wasn't around could he call her that. If she were present, even if Li Zhiyuan wanted to call her that, she wouldn't dare accept it.

"Then hold on, I'll go get her."

The brick phone wasn't waterproof, so it was left on the shore.

After that, Li Zhiyuan heard a "plop".

Though Xue Liangliang had seen strange things before, and had even blended with something strange and created a strange "crystal",

he still wasn't Xuanmen people. He couldn't do what Tan Wenbin and the others did, throwing a piece of Yellow Paper to summon the Bai Family's Ladies from the bottom of the Jiang. He could only use the original method and go down to knock on the door.

He was fast. Before long, the big phone was picked up again, so he probably hadn't done anything else.

"Xiao Yuan, she's up. I'll give her the phone."

"No—"

Before Li Zhiyuan could finish, a sharp screech of static blasted from the receiver.

The Bai Family's Lady wasn't human. With the phone beside her, the signal would go haywire.

Previously, when the Bai family town sent someone to call Lu Yi, they also had to possess someone to make the call.

"Xiao Yuan, she says you can't hear like this, right?"

"Yeah, Brother Liangliang, you relay my words to her."

"Okay, go ahead— hey hey hey, don't you…"

"Tell her to get up."

"Get up, Xiao Yuan wants you up. Okay, she's up now."

"Tell her to go to Fengdu with you, make sure you're safe on the way."

Without an order from Li Zhiyuan, the Bai family town wasn't allowed to leave the Nantong Territory on its own.

"Xiao Yuan, she's pregnant, it might be inconvenient. Can't we ask someone else to go with me?"

"No."

The other Bai Family's Ladies might be capable enough, but Li Zhiyuan didn't trust them. Only her— she would never allow the father of the child in her belly to die before the baby was even born.

"Xiao Yuan, she agreed."

"Mm. The new survey team is blocked on the road. It'll probably be another two or three days before they reach Fengdu. Brother Liangliang, you can stay in Nantong a bit longer. Help me fill all the cars up with gas."

"I'm almost out of gas myself."

"Good night."

Li Zhiyuan hung up.

On the other bed, Zhao Yi lay on his side looking over, propping his head up with his right hand and gnawing on an apple with his left.

"Brother Liang, that's the same Xue Liangliang, right?"

"Mm."

"The guy might've been born to act. I remember how he had those two from the Corpse Gu Sect so bamboozled they never knew what hit 'em."