When he met He Changyu in the private room of the café, the surface seemed calm, but his eyes were filled with anxiety.
Sitting on the sofa, Lu Zixun sized up He Changyu and then smiled, "Order a drink first, then tell me what exactly is going on."
After a waiter had casually served a cup of coffee, He Changyu began to explain.
It turned out that when the video appeared on the Night Talk Forum, He Tianming had already been feeling anxious.
After telling He Changyu that he was going out, he never returned.
At first, when He Changyu couldn’t contact He Tianming, he said that He Tianming was in places where it was not convenient to answer the phone.
He didn’t suspect anything and just sent a message asking He Tianming to call him back when he saw the message.
But a day later, He Tianming still hadn’t returned any calls.
It was as if he had disappeared from the Crimson Land altogether, and that’s when He Changyu started to panic.
After exhausting all resources the He Family could mobilize without finding any trace of He Tianming, He Changyu finally contacted Lu Zixun.
Upon hearing this, Lu Zixun roughly understood and pondered before asking, "So here’s the question, how do you want me to help you?"
"The old man must have disappeared while investigating the source of the Plague God video, so I think it has something to do with the Plague God."
He Changyu sighed wearily, "So I wanted to ask Lord Xun to help me find where the old man is."
Narrowing his eyes and thinking, considering he had some ties with He Changyu and recently there really wasn’t much else to do.
Perhaps he could find a breakthrough, Lu Zixun nodded slightly.
He analyzed what He Changyu had said and realized that there were just too many illogical parts.
Investigating the video source shouldn’t have involved any accidents.
This was something that not only the Order followers had verified but also people from the Demon Country.
So the disappearance of He Tianming couldn’t have been due to the video source investigation.
If not the source of the video, there was only one possibility left — someone had taken the opportunity to abduct He Tianming.
Considering this, Lu Zixun’s first suspicion fell on the Crimson, which was already apparent bias and obviously not very rational.
Holding a principle of being responsible for his friend, Lu Zixun did not voice his irresponsible analysis.
After thinking, he asked, "He Changyu, why would the old man personally investigate the source of the video?"
This was another peculiar point.
With so many people in the great He family, a bunch of them would have clamored to investigate as soon as He Tianming asked; it really wasn’t necessary for He Tianming himself to do it.
Rubbing his temples and fighting off the urge to yawn, He Changyu spoke, "After the old man disappeared, I turned his study upside down but didn’t discover anything."
Lu Zixun was somewhat speechless. He Changyu’s words meant that he basically knew nothing. Wait a minute.
Lu Zixun narrowed his eyes and looked up at He Changyu before asking again, "Are you sure you didn’t find anything?"
He Changyu nodded with certainty, stirring a vague guess in Lu Zixun’s heart.
If He Tianming had indeed found something suspicious in the video and thus needed to investigate personally, then he must have left some clues, such as...
Where exactly he had gone.
Since nothing was left behind, there were two possibilities: one was that He Tianming was confident that what he was doing was very safe.
The second possibility... He Tianming had already become a follower of the Plague God.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Zixun organized his words, "He Changyu, have there been any strange behaviors lately from the old man?"
When He Changyu heard Lu Zixun ask this, he knew that Lu Zixun might have discovered something.
After recalling carefully, he slowly said, "Lately, the old man seemed somewhat absent-minded. One time, I had to call him several times before he responded as if he was thinking about something."
A bit helplessly rubbing his temples, it’s normal for older people to be lost in thought.
That didn’t necessarily imply anything; it seemed they still needed to visit the He Family.
However, meeting He Changyu at this sensitive time was already difficult...
Thinking of Zeng Haoyang’s reminder, Lu Zixun thought it over and still chose to share his two suspicions with He Changyu.
After listening, He Changyu’s pupils shrank.
Lowering his head to ponder for a while, he bowed to Lu Zixun, "Thank you, Lord Xun, for your help. Could you cover this up from the Order for a couple of days? I think I know where the old man is now."
Lu Zixun didn’t speak.
After watching He Changyu leave, Lu Zixun called Qing Yuanyang.
After explaining the situation with the He Family, Lu Zixun hung up the phone.
Lu Zixun wasn’t someone who would wield resources in an unrighteous way, but he knew what kind of inhuman acts a follower could commit.
Better to wrongly kill than to let go.
Staring at the untouched milk tea on the table, Lu Zixun looked down at his own reflection mirrored in it.
Suddenly, he sighed softly. Indeed, he had become the person he disliked the most.
After returning to the Demon Country, Lu Zixun asked Ge Changming to keep a close eye on the news from the families of the Crimson Land.
Afterward, he began to practice his Spiritual Energy; he couldn’t afford to slack off now.
If you don’t flip yourself occasionally as a salted fish, you’ll be treated as a dead fish.
When Lu Zixun finished his practice, the day had already ended.
And on his phone, several missed calls and unread messages had appeared.
Not hurrying to return the calls,
Lu Zixun checked the unread messages and his eyes gradually narrowed, murmuring to himself, "Interesting, has it already started?"
The messages were from He Changyu, essentially stating that he had found He Tianming.
He had been kidnapped by followers of the Plague God and was found in a warehouse.
And in hundreds of words, he expressed his gratitude to Lu Zixun and extended a cordial invitation.
The excuse of being kidnapped by followers of the Plague God... that really didn’t hold water.
Lu Zixun took another deep breath; it seemed that visiting the He Family now was not advisable; he was quite apprehensive.
He made a call to Qing Yuanyang, but no one answered; it seemed Qing Yuanyang was still busy.
Putting his phone away, Lu Zixun looked up at the ceiling.
The Plague God had already started to invade the Crimson Land, and currently, only the Order was popping up to resist.
Beside that, there was another unclear Crimson.
For now, it seemed that the Demon Country was staying out of it.
However, Lu Zixun had a premonition that the Demon Country would eventually be dragged into the fray.
Someone wanted to make the waters muddier to fish in troubled waters.