Fast Wear: A Different Life

Chapter 259 Qinling Sacred Tree (18)

After Zhang Qiling hung up the phone, he said to Ji Xiao, who was lying under the peach tree reading a novel, "Xiao Xiao, the blind man just called and said there is a big business deal."

Ji Xiao put down her phone, stood up and leaned on Zhang Qiling's back and said, "Oh~ He's back? Is he willing to share the money with us?"

Zhang Qiling let Ji Xiao lie on his back while he held a fork and fed her the fruit from the fruit bowl. After Ji Xiao finished speaking, he replied, "He just came back last night and will be here soon. He said he has a big business deal for me."

Ji Xiao curled her lips and said, "Well, alright. Come if you want, you're the God of Wealth who brings money to your door. I was wondering, how can he, the money-grubbing, stingy guy who ran away right after his eyes were healed last year, have time to call you."

After saying that, Ji Xiao picked up the phone that was placed aside and lay down to continue watching.

Zhang Qiling smiled, adjusted his position, and continued to feed Ji Xiao fruit. Not long after, Hei Xiazi arrived.

After he came in and saw Zhang Qiling and Ji Xiao being intimate, he teased, "Mute, are you feeding the pigs? You two are stuck together all day long, aren't you tired of it?"

Ji Xiao put down his phone and looked at Hei Xiazi who was sitting opposite them. He rolled his eyes at him and said, "You stupid blind man, who do you think is the pig? Why do you have to control our relationship? I wonder why you still can't find a wife at your age."

Hei Xiazi smiled and said, "I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about someone. And your personal attack is not acceptable."

Zhang Qiling glanced at Hei Xia Zi calmly and said, "Tell me, what's the big deal?"

Hei Xiazi put away his smile and said seriously: "This business is not simple, it is about an underwater tomb..."

"It is said that the underwater tomb contains many precious cultural relics and treasures, but it is also full of dangers." Hei Xia Zi paused and continued, "There are various traps and elusive sea monkeys. However, our main task this time is to protect the boss's nephew."

After hearing this, Ji Xiao almost couldn't help but roll her eyes, but her good upbringing made her just roll her eyes silently in her heart, and she muttered to herself: "The Wang family was destroyed by the two of them and the country two years ago. How come Wu Sanxing and Jie Lianhuan still don't know the truth of the matter? I told you, you should pay more attention to national news when you have nothing to do! They don't even know such an important thing."

Zhang Qiling was silent for a while, then finally said, "This mission is too risky, and I'm not short of money now."

Hearing this, Hei Xiazi hurriedly said, "But the reward given by the boss this time is very generous!"

When Ji Xiao, who was originally a little listless, heard the word "money", she instantly perked up, sat up from the rocking chair, and asked, "How much money is it? Too little won't do. After all, there are two of us here. How can there be such a good thing as buy one get one free?"

Zhang Qiling looked at Ji Xiao's appearance and his heart couldn't help but move slightly. He knew that Ji Xiao had always been a little money-grubber, and the two of them had not been out for more than two years.

Now, if someone were to ask Ji Xiao why he likes money so much even though he lives in such a big courtyard and obviously has no shortage of money?

Then she will tell you: How can it be the same? Who would complain about having too much money? Isn't it that there is too much monotonous and peaceful life, and it needs some excitement to balance it out?

Hei Xia Zi gave a number, and Zhang Qiling thought about it and finally nodded and agreed.

After that, the three of them began to prepare the materials needed for going to the sea. In fact, Ji Xiao had several water-repellent beads in her space, but it would be difficult to take them out. There would be so many people and it would be very troublesome. However, she still gave one to Zhang Qiling and Hei Xiazi.

Early the next morning, Hei Xia Zi came to the living room in the front yard of the courtyard with a packed breakfast and waited for the two to set off together.

Ji Xiao and Zhang Qiling walked out from the back hand in hand. While eating breakfast, Ji Xiao handed Hei Xia Zi a bead that was about 25 inches in size.

Hei Xiazi took it in his hand and looked at it, then asked, "What is this? I am a grown man and I have no use for this pearl. You can keep it for yourself."

Ji Xiao swallowed the food in her mouth, looked at him, rolled her eyes and said, "Just take it if I give it to you. Stop hesitating. This can avoid water and allow you to breathe normally underwater."

He did not ask why she had these good things, because he only needed to understand that it was a rare treasure. After all, she had taken out the storage bag that only appeared in novels, and now it was just a water-repellent bead (not).

So after hearing its purpose, he couldn't wait to put it away, fearing that Ji Xiao would change his mind and take it back a little later.

Ji Xiao looked at Hei Xia Zi who was sitting opposite with disdain, and said unhappily: "Why do you have to? Since I gave it to you, I won't take it back. I don't need it."

After putting the things away properly, he continued to enjoy his breakfast with peace of mind. He swallowed a mouthful of bean juice, a satisfied sound came out of his throat, and then responded: "Of course, of course. This thing is not rare to you, but it is a treasure to me. I will be heartbroken if I lose it! I really envy the dumb man."

"Hehe... I don't want to bother with you." Ji Xiao snorted, then turned around and whispered to Zhang Qiling beside her.

Soon, the three boarded a flight to Hainan and arrived at their destination smoothly. After leaving the airport, they took the car arranged by the hotel to pick them up at the airport.

After arriving at the hotel, Zhang Qiling and the other two rested for a night. The next morning, Ji Xiao changed into more convenient clothes, while Zhang Qiling disguised himself and went to the hotel restaurant for breakfast.

As the three of them were heading to the dock, Hei Xia Zi joked, "Mute, your outfit is not worthy of your wife!"

Zhang Qiling held Ji Xiao's hand and didn't say anything. He just glanced at him casually and turned to listen to Ji Xiao. He nodded from time to time in response.

It took the three of them about half an hour to reach the dock for boarding the ship. Not long after the three of them arrived, Aning took Wu Xie on board. She first took Wu Xie for a general tour of the ship, and then went to the rest cabin to rest for a while. Then she took Wu Xie and Fatty Wang to the second floor of the cabin.

Then he introduced them: "The one wearing sunglasses is called Hei Xia Zi; and the one next to him..." When Aning was about to introduce Zhang Qiling to him, he stepped forward enthusiastically, shook Wu Xie's hand and said: "Zhang the Archer, whose given name is Hao, Zhang Hao. This is my wife, and I won't tell you her name. Hello, hello."

Ji Xiao smiled and nodded to them in response.

The corners of Hei Xiazi's mouth slightly raised, he gently pushed up his sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, and said with a generous smile: "Boy, you can call me Hei Ye from now on."

Fatty Wang introduced himself: "Fatty Wang, everyone calls me Fatty."

At this time, Aning continued to introduce: "This is the underwater ruins expert invited by our company."

Wu Xie nodded respectfully and called out, "Master Hei."

Then, he looked back and forth between Zhang Qiling and Ji Xiao, and said jokingly, "Professor Zhang, you and your wife don't seem to be a good match!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Qiling gently took Ji Xiao's hand, led her to the table and sat her down. With a happy smile on his face, he responded, "Haha, who says it's not true? My wife is younger than me, so I have to work harder to make money to support the family, otherwise wouldn't I be creating opportunities for young men like you? And I'm not a professor, I just published a few papers in newspapers, hehe..."

Ji Xiao held the cup of water and sipped it gently, watching Zhang Qiling chatting with them. Hearing Zhang Qiling's words, she couldn't help but put down the cup in her hand, tightly grasped his hand, and said coquettishly: "Don't worry, dear, I don't mind at all. And with my ability, I can fully support you!" After that, she playfully kissed Zhang Qiling on the cheek.

Zhang Qiling's mouth curled up slightly after hearing this, but he did not refute it. After all, with Ji Xiao's financial resources, it was no problem for him to support more than a dozen people.

At this time, the black bear who had been silent finally spoke. He frowned and looked at the two people in front of him with disgust, and said unhappily: "Enough, you two, are you done yet? I ate too much this morning, and now I don't want to eat your dog food, which makes me sick every day!"

Seeing this, Ji Xiao leaned on Zhang Qiling more intimately and shouted at Hei Xia Zi provocatively: "Yo... We didn't ask you to look at it, are you jealous? If you have the ability, go find someone yourself, you poor single dog~"

"Hey..." Hei Xia Zi was so angry that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Okay, okay, I don't want to bother with you." After saying that, he turned his head and ignored them.

The boat was moving fast on the calm sea, and after a while, a violent storm hit. In this storm, except for Ji Xiao, Zhang Qiling and Hei Xiazi who were relatively calm, everyone else was terrified. Even Aning and others who were always calm could not help showing fear at this moment.

At this moment, other ordinary crew members were horrified to find that a dilapidated ship was heading towards them. Faced with this strange scene, they became more and more panicked.

Only Zhang Qiling held Ji Xiao tightly to his chest without hesitation and held the handrail of the cabin tightly; while Hei Xiazi stood quietly by the side.

At this time, everyone on the boat screamed in panic: "Ghost ship! It's a ghost ship!"

“It’s going to hit! Ah~~” Fear hung in everyone’s heart.

Aning held Wu Xie tightly, trying to stop him from looking back. But Wu Xie did not believe in these superstitious legends and turned around to check. When he turned his head back again, he suddenly found that there was a strange thing lying behind Aning's neck.

Wu Xie looked at Aning with horror on his face and asked in a trembling voice: "Aning, Aning, what's wrong with you?"

He couldn't understand what was happening before his eyes, and his heart was filled with confusion and anxiety. Aning's body seemed to become unusually heavy, and she tried hard to break free from the shackles of the mysterious object, but she was powerless.

Fatty Wang, who was holding a gun opposite the two men, heard the sound and pulled the trigger without hesitation, firing a shot. This shot successfully frightened the mysterious creature temporarily and made it hide.

When Wang Pangzi came to the two of them, he wanted to find out what the strange ghost ship was, but he was hit hard by the sudden surging waves and fainted on the deck. Wu Xie and Aning saw this and hurriedly worked together to carry him back to the lounge. After settling him properly, they returned to the deck.

Not long after, Aning mysteriously disappeared right under Wu Xie's nose! Then, Wu Xie was shocked to find that she appeared on the eerie ghost ship across the street.

At this time, everyone on the boat was thinking about escaping. Seeing this, Wu Xie shouted angrily and quickly found a thick and strong hemp rope and tied it firmly to the opposite boat. Seeing that no one was willing to take the risk to rescue Aning, Wu Xie resolutely climbed over alone and almost fell off on the way.

After the ship stabilized a little, Zhang Qiling and the other two slowly moved from the back to the front deck. At this time, Wu Xie had successfully climbed to the other side.

Seeing this, Zhang Qiling tightly held Ji Xiao's hand, looked around anxiously and asked, "Where are Wu Xie and Aning?"

The other crew members responded one after another: "Aning was captured by the monster and taken to the ghost ship on the other side; Wu Xie went to rescue her.

After hearing that the two were on the ghost ship opposite, Zhang Qiling's originally tense expression became even more solemn. He frowned and whispered nervously: "Ah~ Then I must go over to check out the situation, lest they encounter any accidents." Before he finished speaking, Zhang Qiling let go of Ji Xiao's hand and was about to rush to the opposite ship alone.

Ji Xiao, who had been standing beside him, was quick to grab his arm and turned to look at Hei Xia Zi, who was standing beside him, and said, "Blind Man, stay here and keep an eye on it. We'll go over and take a look."

Hearing this, Hei Xiazi calmly put one hand on his waist, gently pushed up his sunglasses with his other hand, and responded confidently: "Well, with Hei Ye here, you can go with confidence. I guarantee that they won't lose a single hair!"

"Yeah." Ji Xiao responded softly, then followed Zhang Qiling without hesitation, leaped up as lightly as a flying swallow, and rushed towards the ghost ship opposite.

Seeing that the two of them could reach the other side so easily without any external help, the other people on the boat were stunned. They stood there for a while and it took them a long time to come back to their senses.

……

At the same time, Wu Xie followed An Ning closely from the deck to the bottom of the ghost ship's cabin. After a careful search, Wu Xie found his grandfather's notebook in a shabby cabinet.

However, after Wu Xie quickly flipped through a few pages, his expression suddenly changed and he quickly hid the notebook.

I took out my grandfather's notebook and prepared to share its contents with everyone.

However, when he opened the notebook, he found that the handwriting inside was blurred, as if it had been eroded by some force.

"What's going on?" Wu Xie asked puzzledly.

Zhang Qiling looked at the notebook carefully, frowned and said, "It looks like it has been affected by some evil force. Maybe we need to find some way to solve this mystery."

At this moment, the ghost ship suddenly shook violently and seemed to be sinking.

"Get out of here!" Zhang Qiling shouted.

Everyone hurriedly climbed up the ropes and returned to their boats. As the ghost ship slowly sank into the sea, a thrilling adventure ended. But Wu Xie knew that this was just the beginning, and they still had to face more challenges and mysteries.