One day, after forming a contract with the old god,

"Excuse me...can you tell me what happened?" Cao Jing's weak voice reached the captain's ears.

He was about to jump into the passenger seat, but her voice stopped him.

"Hey, who do you think you are?" There was an undisguised smile on his face.

His elation was in sharp contrast to Cao Jing, who was as haggard as a dying person.

Cao Jing tried her best to ignore the uncomfortable greasy tone, and gradually leaned her weight on the half-open door.

"Ma'am, there is no free lunch in this world."

Under those greedy eyes, she gritted her teeth.

Then he silently took off his earrings and a valuable bracelet.

In order to manage relationships these days, almost all the federal coins at home have been spent on them.

Now there are no extra federal coins at home, and all their accounts have been frozen.

She knew what the other person meant.

Even though it was an insulting hint, she still tried her best to act neither humble nor arrogant: "This bracelet can be sold for 50 federal coins even if it is taken to the black market. Please do it for your convenience."

His smile deepened, and he took the ornaments unceremoniously: "This is natural, haven't we always been like this?"

Cao Jing's face turned pale, and her lips tightened unnaturally.

She said nothing, but stared at him closely.

But this time, he didn't answer her question immediately like before. Instead, he humiliatingly put the bracelet under his nose and sniffed greedily.

She gritted her teeth and turned away, wanting to curse someone in her mouth all the time, but in the end she endured it in order to know the news about Gao Yu.

Her appearance caught his eyes and brought a deeper smile.

"Congratulations then, madam."

"Chairman Gao, he————"

Almost the moment he said that word, Cao Jing's vision suddenly went dark, and her body, which had been holding on for a long time, staggered a few times, and then fell to the ground.

The scene in front of him not only failed to gain his sympathy, but instead made him feel a little funny.

"Sometimes, rich people make money easily."

He waved, jumped into the truck full of investigators and drove away.

*
"Shan Yi, wake up!" Xiao Qingyan pushed open the door of Gao Shan Yi's room.

The light from the phone, which was still on, clearly illuminated the mist in his eyes.

His shaking movements were not as gentle as usual, but there was some hysteria in them.

Gao Shanyi then opened his eyes from his half-awake state: "Brother...? What's wrong?"

Xiao Qingyan's lips trembled, but the moisture in his eyes instantly made Gao Shanyi completely awake.

He had never seen Xiao Qingyan show such a gloomy expression. The uneasiness he had felt for many days reached its peak at this moment: "Brother...brother!"

"Dad... something happened..."

"In the end what happened!"

*
The time goes back to 28:[-] in the morning.

Xiao Qingyan received a call from Lu Xiuli.

Logically speaking, the call at this time is a bit weird no matter how you look at it.

At first, he thought Lu Xiuli wanted to cover up the deal between them.

But soon, the other party’s words were like a bucket of cold water that woke him up:
"I'm sorry, our cooperation is about to be terminated." Lu Xiuli's voice could not hear the ups and downs of emotion.

Xiao Qingyan's heart tightened and she was about to ask why.

The person on the other end of the phone took a deep breath, sounding very tired: "Gao Yu is dead."

Xiao Qingyan's fingers tightened and tightened uncontrollably on the phone, and the knuckles turned a little white.

The other end continued: "By the time we found out, the deceased had been dead for at least more than an hour. After our on-site investigation, we initially ruled out the possibility of homicide."

"Suicide...how is it possible?" For such a result, Xiao Qingyan only found it extremely ridiculous.

Dad, how could he commit suicide?

Obviously the matter has not been investigated clearly.Obviously he and Gao Shanyi are still working hard to rescue.

Why did he die quietly in prison?

"I know what you're thinking, and that's what makes it so confusing for us."

Xiao Qingyan's lips trembled uncontrollably.

He wanted to say something, but was swallowed back by the surge of tears.

"Sorry, we are also responsible for this matter. The investigation on Yiyuan Creatures will not end because of Gao Yu's death. Minister Zhao will do his best to investigate this matter thoroughly."

The two of them were silent for a moment.

Finally, Lu Xiuli said with great regret: "My condolences."

The memory ends abruptly here,

Xiao Qingyan's voice contained obviously suppressed crying.

"I don't believe it! Dad must have been killed by them!" Gao Shanyi's emotions finally broke out at this moment.

Xiao Qingyan suppressed his grief and made a silent movement, then pointed to Cao Jing's room next door: "We can't let mom know about this for the time being. I'm going to the Federation, and I'll leave the house to you."

He immediately swallowed down the sadness, anger and grievance he felt and nodded solemnly.

"The investigators downstairs made a lot of noise just now, and they can't go far now. Mom has not been sleeping well recently. Go and see how she is doing. If you ask about what happened downstairs, you can Let’s put it off first, but you must not tell her about her father, do you understand?”

Gao Shanyi nodded, quickly got up and walked towards Cao Jing's room.

But as soon as he opened the door, he was dumbfounded.

The messy quilt on the bed and the curtains on one side fell to the floor. These changes in the room that should not have happened caught his eye.

But Cao Jing was the only person missing in the room!

"Brother! Mom... Mom is missing!"

Suddenly, in a flash of lightning.

The strange movement in the courtyard and the curtain that was obviously pulled down by someone made him run to the window sill in three steps at a time.

The curtains were pulled open by him forcefully.

A bloated figure of a woman appeared in the dim courtyard, stumbling towards the roadside to stop a car.

Gao Shanyi didn't dare to delay, and immediately turned around and ran downstairs.

Xiao Qingyan, who came after hearing the sound, was left behind by him.

For the first time, he felt that time was so urgent.

By the time they ran to the gate, Cao Jing had successfully stopped a car and got in.

"mom!"

The hoarse voices of the two did not attract her attention, or maybe she could no longer hold other things in her mind.

The two realized the seriousness of the problem after stopping a car.

Gao Shanyi stopped Xiao Qingyan from following him: "Brother, you go to the Federation, the sooner the better."

The voice just fell.

He got into the car without looking back, pointed at the car in front of him that had already run several hundred meters away, and shouted: "Catch them!"

The driver didn't ask any questions and simply stepped on the accelerator.

Fortunately, there were very few vehicles on the road at this time.

Two speeding cars chase each other.

"Master, can you stop them?"

"Hey, young man, I'm driving, not racing, and how do you want me to stop you in this situation?" The driver pursed his lips, "I see that the person in front clearly doesn't want us to catch up. You see, I The speed has reached 120 miles, and he is still accelerating."

Whenever the distance between them tended to shorten, the car in front would suddenly kick the accelerator and leave them heavily behind.

Soon, Gao Shanyi saw something fishy.

　Ahem, I don’t know if the friends who have followed me so far like Gao Shanyi’s family, because his story line is a bit confusing...

　　(End of this chapter)