Chapter 299 The Spirit Fish 1
Xiao Ma burst out into laughter, "You don't need to worry about this. Little Ye is Zhou Jingru's admi--" He caught Ye Shaoyang's expression and quickly changed the words, "Ahem, best friend, best friend. I don't think those wealthy people will turn her down."
Zhu Zhongying looked astonished. She felt surprise about the special relationship between Ye Shaoyang and Zhou Jingru.
She added, "Besides, I heard Mr. Hu is not the big boss. A powerful sorcerer is behind him and he makes all the Kuman Thongs. However, he is more secretive than Mr. Hu. None of us have met him before."
Xiao Ma chuckled and wanted to say more but Ye Shaoyang stopped him and spoke to Zhu Zhongying, "Thank you for the clues. I will be more cautious in every step I take. I just need you to give me the contact number of Mr. Hu."
"Sure. Umm... Mr. Ye, is there any way for you to get back my Kuman Thong?"
Her request stunned Ye Shaoyang and the other two.
Zhuang Yuning rebuked her at once, "You are lucky to get rid of your Kuman Thong. Why do you want it back so desperately? And, what was your purpose of getting a Kuman Thong?"
"I am different from you, and I fed my Kuman Thong with normal food, so my Kuman Thong will not harm me. I must find it because…. can I just keep the reason to myself?" Zhu Zhongying pleaded to Ye Shaoyang.
"And you will tell me if I find your Kuman Thong?" Ye Shaoyang asked.
Zhuang Yuning shook her head, "No. I am sorry. I can do anything for you and Yuyu except for this. Please don't force me to tell you. If Mr. Ye promises to find it for me, I am willing to give you a good pay as reward. I beg you, Mr. Ye."
Ye Shaoyang shrugged his shoulders helplessly. Since she had implored for him to find it, he could not reject her request. So, he nodded.
"Alright, but I need ten thousand, not for me, but for him," said Ye Shaoyang as he pouted his lips at Xiao Ma.
Xiao Ma's eyes beamed with joy once he heard he would earn another large sum of money. He smiled, "Don't worry. You can count on me."
At the same time, someone knocked on her room door. Mr. Zhu came in with a bowl of noodles after getting Zhu Zhongying approval. He handed the noodles to her, turned around, and spoke to Ye Shaoyang and the other two, "Sorry for the bad service. I have booked a restaurant for our lunch as an appreciation for saving my daughter."
Then, he left the room.
Zhu Zhongying gulped down a mouthful of soup; a satisfied look appeared on her face, "Finally, I can taste Aunty Cui's delicious shredded meat noodles."
Ye Shaoyang did not crave for noodles as he just had his breakfast not long ago. He thought for a while and asked, "I can help you to find your Kuman Thong, but it is difficult for me to find it without any clues. Do you have anything that is related to it?"
Zhu Zhongying pondered for a moment before she answered, "Before I threw away my Kuman Thong, I realized it was empty inside the puppet except a few pieces of shining stuff. I kept it; not sure if this is useful to you."
"Can you show me, please?"
"Okay, but can I finish up my noodles first? I am starving."
Then, Zhu Zhongying hurriedly finished the noodles and led them to the room next door. Turning over a few boxes and trunks, she finally found a jewelry case and opened it in front of them:
Inside the box laid a few slightly curved, thin slices. Just as Zhu Zhongying had said, the slices glowed a fluorescent blue.
Ye Shaoyang laughed happily once he saw the slices, "Great. We can easily locate your Kuman Thong now."
"What are these?" Everyone cast a look of wonder at Ye Shaoyang.
"These are spirit nails. They look like this when they are kept in the mortal world." Ye Shaoyang handed each slice to Zhuang Yuning and Xiao Ma. The two studied the nails curiously.
"Why would the spirit nails be kept in my Kuman Thong?" Zhu Zhongying wondered.
"Spirits change nails every six months, like how a silkworm exuviates. The nails can be used to make potions, and they are very valuable in the Underworld Market." As Ye Shaoyang spoke, he picked up a slice of nail and sensed it with his Gang Qi. He sensed that the nail had a thin layer of pure Spirit Qi, which indicated that the spirit cultivated in the righteous way.
Then, Ye Shaoyang asked Zhu Zhongying for a few more details before he asked her to wait at the house and left.
While Zhu Zhongying sent them out, they met Mr. Zhu.
Mr. Zhu thanked Ye Shaoyang again and insisted on buying him a meal, but Ye Shaoyang turned him down with an excuse of rushing for another job. Before he left, he gave Mr. Zhu his bank account and reminded him to bank in only thirty thousand Yuan. Mr. Zhu nodded and thanked him again.
"Why did Xiaoying insist on getting back her Kuman Thong?" Zhuang Yuning started the engine and asked Ye Shaoyang, "Besides, why would she need a Kuman Thong? She comes from a wealthy family and does not plan to become a celebrity."
Ye Shaoyang shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know. You can ask her in the future if you are really curious about that. I have no interest in knowing about it. I just need to help her find the Kuman Thong and solve this case."
"Where are going to find it?"
Ye Shaoyang instructed Xiao Ma to use his cell phone to search for the location where Zhu Zhongying abandoned her Kuman Thong, and set a five kilometers radius in the map while he checked on the place names nearby. His eyes suddenly caught on the words, 'Children Amusement Park' on the map. It was about one kilometer away from the place where Zhu Zhongying abandoned it.
"This, the Children Amusement Park. But, we will go there at night. We can go back to your house and settle the things in your garden." Before Zhuang Yuning headed back to her house, Ye Shaoyang asked for her to stop by a farm tools shop and buy two flat spades with sharp ends. He handed them to Xiao Ma, and she drove them back to her house.
"Oh yeah," Ye Shaoyang suddenly thought of something. He turned around and asked Xiao Ma, "Just now, when you were trying to deceive Mr. Zhu, how did you know the University of 'Penn' has a computer engineering course?"
Xiao Ma chuckled and answered proudly, "It is the University of Pennsylvania. The first computer in the world was born there, and it was known as ENIAC. I learned and remembered the history of computers quite well when I attended the computer class since I was young. This thing struck my mind when Mr. Zhu asked."
Ye Shaoyang and Zhuang Yuning exchanged a look and smiled.
"How about you," asked Zhuang Yuning, "How did you find out Xiaoying was disturbed by a spirit before you met her?"
"Initially, I did not know there was a spirit disturbing her. But I sensed Spirit Qi once I stepped into the house and after I saw the Fengshui arrangement in the house. At that time, I was sure that there was a spirit haunting the house. If not Xiaoying, then who?"