"Yesterday, thieves broke into my residence. Do you know anything about it?"
Fang Yu spoke indifferently.
Huang Qixin shuddered.
"I, I don’t know."
"So, this has nothing to do with you?"
Huang Qixin stopped and lowered his head: "I don’t know..."
Fang Yu stopped as well.
"If you don’t know, never mind, just tell me what you came here to do."
"Mr. Diao, did you ever read that letter I left you some time ago?"
"I did."
"And... what do you make of it?"
Fang Yu smiled.
"It involves the wilderness."
"Mr. Diao, fortune favors the bold!"
"Not interested."
Fang Yu flatly rejected, leaving Huang Qixin stunned on the spot.
Regaining his composure, he became anxious.
"Mr. Diao, do you remember the incident when we met in prison?"
Fang Yu certainly remembered and nodded.
"That day, I lied."
"I know."
Huang Qixin: ???
"You, you knew?"
"What Juling Gang was looking for is still in your possession, right? The package you threw into the water that day, there’s another story."
Huang Qixin’s eyes widened.
"Mr. Diao, when did you find out?"
"Since the day I rescued you from prison, people from Juling Gang have been suspicious of you. After you left me that note, I was pretty much certain."
Huang Qixin fell silent, realizing how exposed he had been that day, no wonder people are still trailing and trying to kill me.
He looked up at Fang Yu.
"Mr. Diao, knowing that the item is still with me, aren’t you tempted?"
Fang Yu was speechless, he didn’t even know what it was, what’s there to be tempted about.
"Tell me, what exactly is this item?"
"A book." Huang Qixin didn’t hesitate this time.
"A blank book, but I have decrypted some secrets and found a key location in it."
"The location you mentioned in the letter to me?"
"Yes!"
Fang Yu laughed.
So, it’s a treasure map.
"I won’t go into the wilderness; find another way yourself."
Huang Qixin immediately showed disappointment.
"Mr. Diao, I am willing to give you half of the gains from that place!"
"Fifty-fifty split, huh?"
Fang Yu looked at Huang Qixin and laughed, although he had no plans to go, this was indeed dishonest.
Huang Qixin apparently realized what Fang Yu misunderstood and quickly said.
"Mr. Diao, without my book, you can’t retrieve the item..."
Before he could finish, Fang Yu stopped him.
"Stop, I’m not going, find someone else."
"...I understand, I won’t bother you again."
Huang Qixin regretfully bowed and turned to leave.
With his back to Fang Yu, he bit his finger, contemplating what to do next.
"Should I really seek help from the Dreamshock Society? They are the worst and most uncontrollable ones."
While it’s possible to solve the payment issue with real money, he’s a player, and knows best, players are the most uncontrollable, the most likely to kill and abscond.
Therefore, Huang Qixin’s best strategy was Diao Deyi, an NPC with high status and power.
Not only powerful but also capable of mobilizing a force by virtue of his official position, forming the ideal treasure-hunting team in Huang Qixin’s mind.
Unfortunately, this plan failed.
And recruiting players was the worst of the worst strategies.
"Just buy gold, convert the money into Silver Tael in the game, and then recruit a skilled team in the game? There are many new Martial Artists entering, there should be plenty of strong ones."
"But recruiting capable hands... the cost of hiring players from the Dreamshock Society, it seems much higher, and I really can’t afford it..."
Huang Qixin didn’t want to end up like those in the news who sell their houses to play games, it’s a sure way to societal death.
Caught between a mediocre and a worse plan, Huang Qixin left with his inner turmoil.