The Lost Tomb Vol. 7

Chapter 33: Plans

As Xiao Hua introduced the whole plan to us very quickly, I felt dizzy and overwhelmed in both mind and body. I listened a little reluctantly at first, but didn't really pay attention to what was said towards the end.

It was hard to say what kind of feeling it was. Maybe frustration? For example, when you were having a good chat with others and a group of people suddenly rush in and say to you, "Hello, let's go and play the day after tomorrow." You don't even have time to think about whether you have time the day after tomorrow. Then they add that if you go, they'll give you a lot of money. But you have to decide immediately; otherwise, the opportunity will be given to others. Then the countdown begins.

At that time, your friends agree one after another and under such circumstances, you can't think at all. Then they start happily discussing where to play and you calm down.

Fuck, in hindsight, this was exactly like a shitty scam.

After they left, I looked at the picture Xiao Hua left behind and asked Fatty a few questions to find out where they were going.

The first thing I understood was that it wasn't one team this time, but two.

One team would go to the lake in Banai, Guangxi, while the other team would go to Sichuan. Both teams would have to be connected, however, and neither was in charge of the other. They would have a communication system set up, and through various means, the two teams would be able to exchange information.

When I asked why, Fatty said Xiao Hua didn't know, but the old woman said it was very necessary. There had to be some kind of connection between the two places and both sides had to cooperate.

They were obviously going to Guangxi for the ancient building. Xiao Hua said they had determined the building should be located in the mountain, maybe even enclosed in the whole mountain. They wanted to find the gap that we came out of before, enter through there, and hopefully find the location of the ancient building that way.

On the other side was Sichuan. I immediately thought of the place where Jin Wantang said the largest grave robbery in history had taken place. Indeed, it seemed that everything was inextricably linked. Fatty decided to go to Guangxi because he missed Yunyun, and said that this time, he would bring a lot of gifts to see if he could get engaged.

I didn't even want to think about it, so I looked at Poker-face sitting there staring at the sheets of paper. I took a deep breath and walked over to him. "Why?"

He looked up at me without any expression on his face.

"Before agreeing, you should discuss it with us." I said. "I think they tricked us today."

He looked down at the drawings and said, "It's none of your business."

"I..." I was so angry I almost exploded, but I immediately deflated when I saw him looking intently at the drawings. It was obvious he wasn't staring at them in a daze, but researching.

When I looked into his eyes and felt a sudden distance, I suddenly realized that Poker-face had gone through some changes. I actually wasn't a stranger to this sense of distance, because it was the aura he had before he lost his memory. It had disappeared after he lost his memory and suddenly seemed to have returned.

Did he recover his memory? I felt a stab in my heart, but it didn't seem to be the case. If he had really recovered his memory, he would've disappeared suddenly without a care for anything else.

I sighed. I was afraid of provoking him again and just wondering what to do, when he suddenly got up and walked out.

"What's going on?" Fatty was startled and jumped up.

Poker-face walked to the door before suddenly stopping and looking at us, "Who has the money?"

Fatty and I looked at each other and walked over. I asked, "What do you want?"

"I'm going out to buy something." He said quietly.

Fatty and I looked at each other again. I couldn't describe how I felt, but I suddenly wanted to smile. I didn't know whether it was a wry smile or an inexplicable one. Fatty hooked his arm around Poker-face's shoulder, "Well, you poor thing, I'm finally starting to think you're a normal person. Come on, let me treat you. Where are you going, Lane Crawford or the zoo?"