I Got Together With the Fake Heiress - Chapter 68

It was during dinner that Wen Yunqing finally clicked on the text message Mu Kuan had sent her. Seeing the content, her action of eating the meatball slowed down, nearly causing the meatball to drop back into the bowl.

She had only just put the word out this morning, and by noon, someone had actually provided their contact information and address, allowing her to “deliver the goods”? Was this person underestimating her, or were they just overly confident?

“Who sent the message? I hope it’s not telling us to go back to training,” Wen Yimeng asked. As she spoke, she quickly picked up two pieces of lobster meat, avoiding the chance of jinxing herself.

“No, it’s something related to my work.” Wen Yunqing checked the location. Oops, what a coincidence, it was right near this restaurant. Should she go, or should she go?

“Work?” Wen Yimeng’s cheeks were slightly puffed up, and she asked vaguely, “Did Instructor Lu ask you to do something? Did another case happen?”

Wen Yunqing carefully chose her words. “A colleague wants me to bring him something. He just sent me the address; it’s nearby. Do you think I should go?”

Wen Yimeng asked, “If you go, how long will you take to get back?”

Wen Yunqing glanced at the navigation. “If everything goes smoothly, about an hour.”

“Then you should go. I’ll wait for you here,” Wen Yimeng said, flipping through the menu. “Perfect timing. There are a few time-consuming desserts here. If I order them now, we can eat them together when you get back.”

“Alright, I’ll be back soon.” Wen Yunqing also felt it was best to resolve this kind of matter sooner rather than later. If she took too long, that group might think she was afraid of trouble.

Casually hailing a taxi, Wen Yunqing gave the driver the address. “If you can get there in under twenty minutes, I’ll pay double the fare.”

“Got it! Don’t worry, we’ll definitely make it!” The driver was a middle-aged man. Relying on twenty years of driving experience, he zigzagged along the way, basically driving right up to the limit of traffic regulations.

Wen Yunqing sat in the back seat, using this time to pull out the copper coins she had “borrowed” from Fu Sanqiu from her storage space. She selected five of them, injected a portion of her spiritual power into them, and then pulled out a thin-tipped brush dipped in cinnabar, meticulously outlining the lines on their surfaces.

The driver glanced curiously at the rearview mirror, then looked at the time displayed on the screen, and quietly sped up the acceleration.

After eighteen minutes and thirty-five seconds, Wen Yunqing arrived at the destination. As agreed, she paid the driver double the fare. “I’ll need to head back from here later. Could you conveniently wait for me here?”

“Little girl, how long will I have to wait? A few minutes is no problem, but if it takes too long, I’ll have to charge extra,” the driver said with a smile. “I won’t charge too much; how does one yuan per minute sound?”

“That’s fine. Half an hour at most. This is the prepaid fare.” Wen Yunqing was quite satisfied with the driver’s speed and didn’t mind spending a little extra money.

The driver happily accepted the money. “Alright! I’ll wait right here for you.”

The location in the text message was inside a bar. Because it was daytime, the bar was quite quiet, with only a few scattered guests.

“Hello. I’m here to find the boss inside. He said he would be waiting here for me these few days,” Wen Yunqing said, addressing the bartender directly.

The bartender was stunned for a moment. “Please wait a minute. I’ll check with the boss.” He had indeed received a notice, saying that anyone who came looking for the boss should be led directly to him. However, he recalled the boss also mentioning that the person coming to cause trouble would likely look formidable, which didn’t seem to match the young woman in front of him.

“A young woman who looks about twenty?” The boss was also startled when he took the call. “She specifically asked for me?”

“Yes, Boss. She also said you would be waiting here for her these few days,” the bartender said.

“I understand. Bring her over.” After hanging up, the boss couldn’t help but stroke his small beard. Was this the person who could draw the Spirit Gathering Talisman? Or was she merely sent to scout for information?

Wen Yunqing followed the bartender. After passing through three doors and four corridors, she finally saw the person the bartender referred to as the boss.

“Hello. I hear you are interested in my Spirit Gathering Talisman?” Wen Yunqing looked at the boss, who appeared to be around thirty, with a slender and fit physique. He would likely look better without the short beard on his chin.

“Is this Spirit Gathering Talisman yours?” the boss asked, pulling out a Spirit Gathering Talisman that still had faint traces of spiritual power remaining.

The smile on Wen Yunqing’s face quickly faded, and she looked at the other party with a scrutinizing gaze. “Did you steal this Spirit Gathering Talisman?”

“What do you mean, ‘steal’? I merely discovered it,” the boss said with a smile. “Instead of leaving the Spirit Gathering Talisman with an ordinary person who doesn’t know its value, it’s better for me to take possession of it. That way, its inherent value can be demonstrated.” While speaking, the boss secretly picked up a fruit knife. As soon as he finished, he threw the knife directly toward Wen Yunqing’s head.

Wen Yunqing dodged the attack with a sidestep, simultaneously throwing one of the copper coins toward the boss.

“That’s all…” The boss had only uttered two words when a bolt of lightning, as thick as a thumb, materialized out of thin air in the room and struck the boss directly on the forehead with a loud Kuang sound. A puff of white smoke rose, and a pair of fuzzy ears suddenly appeared on the boss’s head. The spiritual aura around him began to destabilize.

“You… you can actually summon Divine Thunder?” The boss’s expression was anything but calm, especially after feeling the fuzzy ears that had sprouted on his head. He was practically about to cry. “Why didn’t you say you were so powerful earlier? You’re bullying spirits! Who uses Divine Thunder against a spirit?” The boss protested with a look of deep grievance, as if Wen Yunqing were a heartless betrayer.

“You used a knife. Why can’t I summon Divine Thunder?” Wen Yunqing said, pulling out another copper coin. “I prepared five on the way here. Now I have four left.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Wen Yunqing mercilessly threw out another copper coin. Divine Thunder reappeared in the room, striking straight down at the boss’s head.

“Aow—” The boss shrieked. This time, not only did he sprout ears, but his hands also became fuzzy.

“I am sorry! I was wrong! I shouldn’t have been greedy! I’ll never dare to do it again, woo woo woo…” The boss dropped to his knees with a thud, his half-human face confessing his mistake.

“…” Seeing long, thin whiskers sprout on the boss’s face, Wen Yunqing paused for a moment. “Your original form is a weasel?”

“Yes, I am a weasel. I transformed during the Republic of China era, going by the name Huang Shu,” the boss, or Huang Shu, cautiously replied. “I was temporarily muddle-headed just now. Can you be the bigger person and forgive me this one time?”

“Among the newcomers recruited by the Special Affairs Department, who do you know to be the strongest?” Wen Yunqing asked.

“The strongest?” Huang Shu was stunned for a moment. “Among the humans, they should all be slightly weaker than me. There’s an old bear who came with me, but he doesn’t like fighting, so I don’t know if I could beat him.”

“Besides you, who else is coveting the Spirit Gathering Talisman?” Wen Yunqing continued to ask.

Huang Shu shrank his head. “There are six of us who were absorbed together. The bear and I are spirits. Of the remaining four, three are rogue cultivators, and one is a former association member. Other than me, that former association member named Yu Qi seems to want your Spirit Gathering Talisman very much, Boss.”

“I see.” Wen Yunqing pulled out another copper coin, placing it in her palm and tossing it up and down casually.

“Boss, I’ve confessed my mistake. I’ve said everything that needs to be said. Please don’t strike me again. If I am struck back into my original form, my cultivation will regress,” Huang Shu said, simply lying face down on the ground and covering his head with his tail.

“I still have three Divine Thunder Talismans here. If you don’t want to be struck, who do you think should be struck?” Wen Yunqing asked with a knowing smile.

Huang Shu’s mind worked quite quickly, and he soon understood Wen Yunqing’s meaning. “Boss, how about I help you teach Yu Qi a lesson?”

“Help me teach Yu Qi a lesson? Am I the kind of person who seeks revenge?” Wen Yunqing raised an eyebrow.

“Of course not! I’m the one who finds Yu Qi displeasing, so I want to teach him a lesson!” Huang Shu quickly corrected himself, simultaneously cursing Wen Yunqing’s deviousness in his heart.

Wen Yunqing chuckled, seemingly seeing through Huang Shu’s thoughts. “I have urgent matters to attend to. I’ll give you the remaining three Divine Thunder Talismans. Give one to Mu Kuan for me, and use one to make sure it lands on Yu Qi. Once you handle these two matters, the remaining one is yours.”

“Really?” Huang Shu was overjoyed. He immediately forgot about being manipulated. This Divine Thunder Talisman was a powerful offensive weapon! If he encountered someone he couldn’t defeat, throwing the Talisman at them could potentially save his life!

Wen Yunqing wrote down her phone number and bank account on a piece of paper, then placed it, along with the three copper coins, on a nearby table. “This is my contact information. If anyone in the Special Affairs Department is ever unhappy with me or makes any moves, you should know what to do, right?”

“Understood! Understood!” Huang Shu climbed up, enduring the pain, and cherished the items as he put them away. “From now on, I’m following you, Boss! You tell me to go east, and I won’t go west!”

Wen Yunqing gave Huang Shu a brief, indifferent look, then turned and left. Such complimentary talk should only be half-believed.

Wen Yunqing muttered, “The Divine Thunder Talismans are one hundred thousand each. I’ve wasted five hundred thousand today…”

Dealing with Huang Shu wasted nearly twenty minutes of Wen Yunqing’s time. As soon as she walked out of the bar, she got into the original taxi. “Driver, same rules as before: double fare if we arrive in twenty minutes.”

“Got it! Hold on tight!” The driver quickly put out his cigarette, turned on the car’s air conditioning, and hit the gas.

Nineteen minutes later, Wen Yunqing paid generously. After tidying her clothes, she returned to the restaurant.

“You’re back! That was exactly an hour,” Wen Yimeng said, looking at the wristwatch on her left hand. “Waitress, the desserts can be served now.”

“Sorry to keep you waiting,” Wen Yunqing said, pulling out a wet wipe to clean her hands. She then handed a card to Wen Yimeng. “My colleague was overly enthusiastic, so I gave him a little something, and he insisted on giving me one million yuan.”

“The password is six sixes. Let’s just spend the money from this card today.”