New Times, New Hell

Ch9 - The Ancient Well Reincarnation Point

Wei Xiao placed all his focus on his career when he was younger, so didn't have his daughter until much later. Thus, he and his wife adored their precious daughter even more. But just so it happened, their baby daughter had poor health from an early age. Even after seeing many famous doctors, it did not get better. If she were only weak it would be manageable, but as his daughter eventually grew up and gained self awareness, he slowly realized that she would occasionally blank out or become dazed. Sometimes, this lasted over several days, and even the doctors couldn't give any reasons either.

Wei Xiao was your classic STEM student; at first he didn't even consider any unscientific causes. It wasn't until the kid's grandmother thought about it some more and inquired a religious man that Wei Xiao and his wife realized their daughter's health problems possibly were greater than the typical weak immune system.

According to the religious man, Wei Mo's problem was a natural deficiency and light eight characters, making it easy for her to bump into creatures of the Underworld. Temporarily losing her soul was nothing. The biggest worry was that one day she would run into a true demon, one difficult to get rid of, and her life would be in danger.

In the beginning, Wei Xiao still had his doubts, but after the kid's grandmother brought back some anti-evil and protection items from the religious man, Wei Mo's symptoms became a lot better. She even temporarily lost her soul less often, so he had no choice but to believe what the religious man said. But at the same time, he was even more distraught, because the religious man very clearly stated that the most important cause was Wei Mo's eight characters. He could help relieve disasters and prevent evil, but could not solve the problem from its root. The religious man was getting old too, thus evidently could not protect Wei Mo for her whole life.

The events that happened today had Wei Xiao in a cold sweat. Even though he understood his daughter's condition, the most severe thing that had happened previously was Wei Mo "losing" her soul for a couple of days. It was his first time witnessing this current situation of actually running into a ghost. Of course, Shang Que's method of catching ghosts without abandon left an unforgettable impression on him.

He was even more polite as he led Yu Zhengdu and Shang Que back to the meeting room. The bright light in the meeting room allowed the terror and stifling feelings in his heart to slightly dissipate.

Wei Xiao exhaled, and, without even thinking about it, took out his checkbook and scribbled a line of 0's, then handed it to Shang Que. "Mr. Shang, this is the gratitude fee for today."

Shang Que crossed one leg over the other and glanced at Yu Zhengdu from the corner of his eye. He raised his chin in a haughty, bossy manner and said, "Get the money."

As expected from someone who overly cares about their image......

Yu Zhengdu peeked at Boss. He didn't have as many issues as his boss, so simply picked up the check and looked. After seeing the five 0's in the number, he suddenly became excited. At least he wouldn't have to worry about his annual wage as per their contract anymore. But after feeling excited for a bit, he started to hesitate.

Shang Que saw his dilemma and remembered what he said in the stairwell. He lowered his eyes and told Wei Xiao, "We aren't accepting money for the situation with the child. You don't need to give this much."

Yu Zhengdu looked at his boss in surprise. He never expected that an Underworld capitalist would have so much awareness.

"I do, it's necessary." Wei Xiao was very stubborn. He paused for a moment and then finally shared his true purpose, "Actually, I have something else I need to ask of you two......"

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When Hou Guangzong left the Double Horn building with Zhou Ke and the others, he finally exhaled out the dissatisfaction that had been trapped in his chest since morning. He could barely hide his pride as he took out his phone and updated his status.