Chapter 52: The Phone

Actually, my behavior was a bit abrupt. After all, modern technology is so advanced that tracking devices are nothing new. If I answered the call…

I don’t really understand it, but I always feel that if you’re going to do something like this, you don’t need to be so serious about it. You can do it in the car, too… This is also the reason why I insisted on changing my car.

However, it was also this reason that made me press the answer button with a bang. It was so urgent that I had to dial twice. What was so important that I had to say?

With some curiosity, I put the phone to my ear, but I was cautious not to speak first. Neither did they speak first, and the environment seemed very quiet, with silence on the phone.

In any case, given the situation between me and my master, I would never speak first. Finally, he couldn’t hold back any longer and said, “Hello.”

Although it was only a soft “hello,” I immediately recognized it as Yun Xiaobao’s voice… I frowned, and the anger in my heart immediately rose. I couldn’t help but sneer and say, “What? Master Yun, you’re calling to see if Master and I are dead?”

When Master heard that it was Yun Xiaobao, his expression changed slightly. I gestured to Master not to say anything, then put the phone down and put it on speakerphone.

My words to Yun Xiaobao were quite rude. He seemed very embarrassed and hesitated for a long time before he said, “Master Jiang, Chengyi, I know I don’t have the face to talk to you now… but I’m not the person you think I am.”

Yun Xiaobao’s voice came from the phone, very weak, and his explanation was unintentional.

I took a cigarette out of my pack and lit it. After exhaling a puff of smoke, I lazily picked up the phone and said, “So what do you think Master and I should think of you? A righteous person who repays a favor with a spring of water? Or do you think of you even worse? You set up a trap in the car and now you’re calling to delay us, so that your son can come and kill us again?”

At this point, I paused for a moment, then continued, “Well, by the way, can you search our bodies to see if we still have the spirit jade you want?”

My ruthless words made Yun Xiaobao silent again, while I leaned half-way on the car seat, smoking a cigarette and holding a mobile phone in my hand, looking out the window as if I didn’t care, but actually I was a little nervous.

I was obviously trying to get Yun Xiaobao to talk, but there was no need to pretend with him. I was obviously trying to get him to talk, and I could see some flaws in his words.

“Chengyi, if you were me, what would you choose? On one side is your only son, and on the other side is someone you respect and have a debt of gratitude to… I’m actually torn between the two.” Yun Xiaobao’s voice was very helpless and full of pain. This pain was not fake, and I was sure he was really suffering.

However, this did not make me less angry with him. On the contrary, all my muscles immediately tightened, and I sat up suddenly. I said in a low voice to the other end of the phone, “Master Yun, so you mean you really did something to the car? And then you dragged us out of time?”

Master’s thoughts were obviously the same as mine. At that moment, he had already signaled me with his eyes not to say anything else and get off the car… At least one car is a much more obvious target than two people. If we abandon the car and hide in the vast crowd, it is unlikely that Yun Baogen will be able to find us.

“No, I definitely didn’t! How could I possibly do such a thing to you? Even if I was helpless this time, at least as a father, I still know that I don’t want my son to go further and further down the wrong path…” This time Yun Xiaobao quickly answered me and my master.

His sincerity was beyond doubt. Although we weren’t face to face, I could still feel it. Unlike the rest of the world, they needed to trust their own reason, but I needed to trust my own feelings… and they had never been wrong.

Originally, my master and I had already gotten off the bus. After hearing Yun Xiaobao’s words, I stopped in my tracks and gestured for my master to get back on the bus. I whispered to my master, “I feel very certain that he is not lying.”

The master sat back in the car as he had been told, and his expression was somewhat relieved… After all, it is extremely uncomfortable to be betrayed by someone who has trusted you and even given you kindness. When you find out that there may be a misunderstanding, anyone will be relieved.

Yun Xiaobao continued on the phone without pausing: “Maybe it sounds ironic when I say now that I don’t want my son to go further and further down the wrong path, but I’m sincere! When I told you at dinner, I wasn’t lying. I’m not a fool. I can feel that my son’s heart has changed, and I can also see that my son has changed, and he’s become very bad… Otherwise, why does he wear a mask every time he comes back, and can’t even see his own father? There must be something terrible.”

When he talked about this, Yun Xiaobao’s voice trembled, showing that he was really scared…

“But what does it matter? You are still helping the devil and fueling the flames… You betrayed us, but can you save your son and make him go back to the right path from the wrong path?” My voice was full of sarcasm, but I had to admit that Yun Xiaobao’s anger had melted away a little, and I was a little soft-hearted.

“I didn’t. Do you believe me? If I did, I could have completely not prepared the car for you, and I could have completely tampered with the car! Compared to the repairer, I, Yun Xiaobao, am not very capable, but I can still do this kind of small thing, can’t I?” Yun Xiaobao’s voice was a little agitated.

“If that’s the case, why bother to go to so much trouble? Can’t you just warn me and Master directly about the danger? What if I and Master were to fall into your hands like this? Wouldn’t you be aiding and abetting evil? Do you need to say that you are so helpless and miserable?” I couldn’t help but let out a low grunt when I said this, and the anger that had just subsided rushed out again.

The truth is that since he had already decided to favor his son and betray us, why did he have to act nice in front of us? Even if he had made some preparations, wasn’t he gambling with us?

“Yes, I didn’t dare to directly remind you and Master Jiang, because if I did, Baogen would turn his back on me… But I have tried my best to remind you. Chengyi, if I hadn’t deliberately said that there were so many loopholes, would you have thought that there was something wrong with this matter? For example, Baogen clearly saw you, and I said that he didn’t know that Lingyu was given to you and Master Jiang. For example, you clearly knew that Lingyu was broken, but I deliberately said that there were a few cracks… At the time, I wasn’t sure if you could still remember these small details and then ask me… I was also very anxious because it looked like you really couldn’t remember.

At this point, I had completely calmed down, threw away the cigarette butt in my hand, and said, “Go on.”

‘Phew’, seeing that my attitude had eased, Yun Xiaobao let out a sigh of relief, and then continued to explain: “Originally, I was planning to use the words full of loopholes to make you suspicious, and then under questioning, I deliberately pretended to be stupid and confused, making you suspicious and leaving. Because I got news from Baogen that you seem to be being chased by their sect, and you should be very cautious. When I saw you, I could tell that you were in a bad situation. Any details that made you suspicious, you should…” At this point, Yun Xiaobao paused, sighed, and continued.

“Who would have thought that Chengyi couldn’t even remember my words. At that time, I could only do the most risky thing, and I deliberately shouted Baogen upstairs… I’m not sure if this will remind you of anything. I only know that Baogen vaguely told me that it was actually possible to really meet you. That’s all I can do. As a father, I can’t turn my back on Baogen. If I do, I won’t be able to help him in the future, and I won’t even have the right to know what happens to him… Besides, the forces he’s in are very powerful, and he’s also threatened me implicitly.

“Even you are threatened? Even your own father is threatened?” My voice was full of doubt, and I found it hard to imagine.

“Huh, what else? Otherwise, why would I say that he has become very powerful and I don’t want to see him like this anymore.” Yun Xiaobao’s voice was full of sighs.

At this time, the master took the phone and said to Yun Xiaobao, “Do you think you should explain the whole story a little more clearly?”

“Then Master Jiang, are you still willing to fulfill your promise?” Yun Xiaobao’s voice was a little timid, but he had to make this request firmly for his son.

“Yes!” The resounding voice of the master echoed in the car!