Ultimate Note: You Are Worthy

Family Ties, Iron Triangle

Wu Xie

Giving the fact that Zhang Qiling was unwilling to part with Wu Xie just yet, even when he was unconscious and running a fever, Wu Xie stayed with him for a few more hours, taking care of him, when trying to reduce his fever until Xiaoge relaxed enough for him to leave him for a short while.

When he went out, both Pan Zi and Pangzi were having something to eat and as soon as Pan Zi saw him, he offer Wu Xie a bowl of herbal soup that will replenish the nutrients he lost on the desert. He sat by them, slightly nodding his head into Madam Dolma and her grandson Tashi, close to the camp fire and had a taste of his food. It was a bit bitter, but if he help him be back to health, he didn't mind it, because he needed to take care of Xiaoge as well.

"Tianzhen... we had been talking... you know, about your uncle..." Pangzi begin the painful subject.

"Where is him? Did you parted ways so soon, Pan Zi?" Wu Xie asked to the man sat at the other side of the fire and didn't fail to notice the distress reflected on Pan Zi face.

"You found him, right? Did he went back with Xiao Hua?" Wu Xie asked again, ignoring the possibility of his 'uncle' still been lost.

"Tianzhen... neither Pan Zi, nor Xiao Hua find him when they went back and they looked for him all the way from the Queen Mother's palace to the desert." Pangzi answer for Wu Xie first.

"There was no sign of him no matter how hard we try it... but there was no body either and no signs that he was taken by the snakes. He was not alone when Master Hua went down to find us and the man that Mop left with him was not found either... I believe that Master San is still alive... I have worked with him for decades and know he will not be taken down by snakes..." Pan Zi said, in a way trying to also convince himself of it as well.

"Chen Wenjin said there was a force they had called It and that she feared it was among us too... what if they took him?" Wu Xie asked and all of them freeze at the implication none of them had thought before.

"No... Master San will not be taken so easily. I'm sure he got out of that hell all on his own..." Pan Zi said while he panic.

"Yeah, Tianzhen, it's not the time to think in such possibilities. Master San had also know about this It, which is probably the reason why your real Wu San Xing uncle and Xie Lian Huan had exchanged places. He is not going to let them take him as easy as that after so many years of... whatever they were planning." Pangzi reasoned.

"That's right, Master Xiao San... as soon as we go back, I will head to Changsha and watch the stock market for him. I'm sure he will contact me at some point... Master San will return for sure..." Pan Zi said with visible anxiety and Wu Xie force all his insecurities in, so not to distress the man even more.

"Okay... Once back I will book you a flight ticket to Changsha. If you hear anything from him, no matter the day or hour, please let me know." Wu Xie conceded.

"Of course." Pan Zi said with conviction.

"Then I will leave my uncle's business to you. It will not be in better hands than yours." Wu Xie whisper back as he look at Pan Zi with gratitude, which make Pan Zi smile slightly at Wu Xie in return.

"Yeah... it's better like that, you had your own problems to take care off. Right now, Xiaoge don't remember anything at all and it's like he had lose his soul or something... Oh, right, Madam Dolma! Xiaoge seems to have lost his soul in the Queen Mother's Palace... do you know of a way to bring it back to him?" Pangzi asked to the old woman that was also sat by the fire, along with her grandson, which translated the word to her and respond back.