After his wife discovered that he was keeping a mistress and had a son, despite him not mentioning divorce, he started coming home less and less, which naturally made his wife feel threatened.
As a result, his wife’s brother, her younger brother, who was an accountant with a degree from Finance University, also felt insecure.
This is easy to comprehend, but he never expected that his wife, who had been with him for over twenty years and was unfailingly loyal, would betray him.
When he hurriedly arrived at the company, it was at the intersection of the urban and suburban areas, where there were two connected two-story houses, with iron gates and a courtyard.
When he arrived, the gate was locked tight, and inside was silent as a grave. But the place wasn’t sealed off.
Fortunately, he had always kept a key for this place, swiftly opened the gate, and then went in to open the door of the house, rushing to the office of his General Manager on the second floor, taking out a key to open that door too.
As soon as he entered, he saw two members of the Chen family, grandfather and grandson, lying on the ground, barely breathing.
They had their hands and feet bound, and several rounds of tape wrapped over their mouths, unconscious.
The bald man angrily cursed at the sight, quickly reaching out to check their breath; the elder was already on the verge of dying, while the younger was slightly better, but still in bad shape.
The bald man cursed vehemently multiple times.
When he had gone for role-playing, he had instructed people to bind this grandfather and grandson, but never to tape their mouths or bind them so tightly, nor to leave them without food and drink.
No doubt, his brother-in-law was behind this.
If anything happened to this grandfather and grandson, the blame for these two lives would inevitably fall on him.
This was a truly vicious scheme. Luckily, he had arrived in time.
After a series of emotions flashed across the bald man’s eyes—an instant of ferocity, then hesitation, then terror—he finally picked up the desk phone and called for an ambulance and the police.
The ambulance and police cars arrived almost simultaneously; the grandfather and grandson were first taken away by ambulance, while the bald man was handcuffed and taken into custody.
A day later, the police also apprehended Brother Xiong and his gang, and old Chen ultimately suffered misfortune; when the police came to arrest Brother Xiong and the others, he, not wanting to be taken hostage, hurriedly tried to flee and ended up falling down a slope, breaking both legs, and sustaining serious injuries.
During the misfortunes of the Chen family, Chen Feng, who was from the same five-hundred-year-old family as them, was having a great time in a large city hundreds of kilometers away with two women.
The affairs of old Chen and his uncle had long been forgotten by Chen Feng.
He was now in W City, a genuinely large city with over ten million residents, abundant tourism attractions, and more importantly, an abundance of great food, with hot dry noodles and savory soup buns being representative dishes.
The trio stayed there for five or six days and were reluctant to leave, and Chen Feng was not in a rush to procure the required calligraphy, painting, and photography works, allowing for a more leisurely and enjoyable experience while playing around.
Their slow travel style is generally not something everyone can do, especially without worrying about money.
The trio stayed for a full ten days in this big city, and even then, Chen Feng considered buying a house there so he could return and enjoy his time whenever he had the chance.
Ultimately, he resisted the impulse to buy a house.
That day, Wu Mengting received a call from her mom, saying her dad was hospitalized.
Initially, Wu Mengting thought her mom was tricking her, as it wasn’t the first time her mom pulled something , though this time it was real; her mom directly started a video call with her, showing her dad looking pale, lying in a hospital bed, noticeably thinner.
Once Wu Mengting saw her dad’s condition, her eyes immediately turned red, and she hurriedly asked what happened.
Only then did her mom tell her that about twenty days ago, her dad suddenly developed a persistent cough and high fever, prompting a hospital visit; at the time, they thought it was just a severe cold, but hospital tests revealed it was pneumonia, necessitating hospitalization.
Originally, they intended to go to Xiu Zhou to talk to Chen Feng, but due to the pneumonia, they couldn’t make the trip.
Eventually, over a week later, her dad recovered and was discharged from the hospital.
After recuperating at home for a few days, the couple planned to go to Xiu Zhou to talk to Chen Feng again. But the following morning, while her dad was walking in the neighborhood, he slipped on a banana peel and fell, injuring his coccyx, requiring hospitalization once more.
The injury was somewhat serious, and considering the saying about injuries taking a hundred days to heal, he remained hospitalized for over ten days without recovering. Thus, finally, the couple, especially old Wu, started thinking about their daughter.
They hadn’t informed their daughter about the pneumonia before, but now that old Wu had injured his coccyx and been hospitalized over ten days, old Wu sincerely wished for his daughter to visit, hence contacting Wu Mengting.
When Wu Mengting learned about her dad’s situation, she certainly couldn’t go on enjoying her travel; she immediately booked the earliest flight to Lu City.
Without Wu Mengting by his side, Sun Xiaorui was rather happy, staying close and intimate with Chen Feng, but Chen Feng found himself rather unaccustomed to it.
So, after staying another two days in W City, he simply took Sun Xiaorui back to Xiu Zhou, along with the seven pieces of calligraphy and paintings acquired during their stay.
Despite having four pieces of oracle bone script in hand, seemingly containing significant amounts of energy, it was not inexhaustible.
At first, the piece of turtle shell from which he had absorbed energy had been utilized for over ten days, absorbing roughly one-third of the energy contained within. So, this piece of oracle bone appeared to have just over a month’s worth of energy absorption left.
Of course, this assumes he’s absorbing energy for at least two hours a day, at maximum effort.
If he absorbs for only half an hour each time, the duration would certainly extend much longer.
Nonetheless, the acquisition of energy-laden calligraphy and photography works must continue; it’s just less urgent than before.
Moreover, he now has added several calligraphers and photographers who meet the energy work requirements, ensuring future supply won’t run short.
Upon returning to Xiu Zhou, Chen Feng dedicated himself to being a homebody, staying at home to absorb the energy from the turtle shell, and also began pondering Qi Gong healing practices.
This resembles most cancer patients, who, upon discovering that medicine cannot cure their terminal illness, often turn to theology and supernatural abilities, seeking even the slightest glimmer of hope.
Initially, Chen Feng didn’t lean in this direction because he had yet to confront his Lucky Attribute or become aware of his suddenly keen sixth sense.
This sixth sense first emerged in A City, and over the subsequent ten days, Chen Feng verified it through several others.
Thus, he suspected he might have developed supernatural abilities due to the tumor in his brain. If he could harness and utilize these through Qi Gong practice, he might better leverage this sixth sense and potentially use it to cure his terminal illness.