Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 1629: Chapter 1624: Midnight Cursed Doll

It was taken seriously, yet not really taken that seriously.

The name just now, Fu Qian had to rummage through his memory to retrieve it.

Accompanied by a poker face with an innate aura of ’keep away,’ and a head of flying long hair.

It was his first time serving as a bodyguard, ensuring Miss Wen’s smooth promotion when a meddlesome Night Watchman got involved.

This trip to Xi Yuan, unexpectedly he encountered so many familiar faces, truly an unexpected delight.

Without a doubt, Ms. Tan was the elite dispatched to strengthen security.

And if he remembered correctly, the office where she currently resided used to belong to the local chief, Captain Qiao, so was she even the new lead?

Although it had been a while since their last meeting, she appeared to have made slight improvements, but she definitely wasn’t above the Fifth Phase at present, still slightly lacking, wasn’t she?

This was even a subtle evaluation of her power; Ms. Tan’s professional abilities were even more memorable.

If someone must be drawn out from their base, Fu Qian thought the glasses-wearing Qi Xue would be more suitable.

Although he wasn’t evidently much stronger in power, Brother Qi had a much keener insight.

Is this the legendary keeping the highly capable ones for doing business?

Even a Night Watchman is starting to contract big organization problems?

Of course, no matter what, diligence is unquestionably undeniable.

With a sigh of regret, Fu Qian did not let personal grudges lead to outright denial.

In the room with dimmed lights, Fu Qian observed the diligent figure hunched over a desk, confirming his memory was accurate.

Indeed, it was Group Leader Tan.

Even the attire hadn’t changed much, still clad in black, appearing simple.

And at this late hour, she seemed completely awake, casually flipping through the materials in her hand, looking remarkably diligent and preoccupied.

The problem was there’s a phrase ’triumphant in spring breeze,’ not only has her power slightly increased, but she even presides over a foreign land wielding grand power, following her always not easy to communicate character, she’s probably even harder to communicate with now.

Luckily, he wasn’t planning to have a friendly conversation.

As his fingers rubbed, in the next moment, there was an ice-blue luminous gemstone ring.

Yet Fu Qian did not activate the Clear Dream Ring, but his gaze fell on the object beside Group Leader Tan.

Slightly longer than a palm, it appeared to be a roughly made rag doll, and its design was rather crude.

Without eyes, only a single coarse sewn mouth on the polygonal head, it seemed like something that would not sell even at a street stall.

But at the same time, the doll’s clothes were extraordinarily exquisite and made of stark contrasting red and white colors.

White as pale, red as if stained with blood.

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By Ms. Tan’s style, the likelihood of her liking to play with dolls should not be high.

Even if it’s stereotyping, and she actually does like them, surely she wouldn’t be extravagant enough to use high-level Extraordinary items as toys.

That’s right, Fu Qian was very certain that thing carried a trace of ’Divinity.’

Slight but distinct.

And a little further away, there was a luxuriously decorated but coffin-shaped wooden box.

The latter was already open and the size was evidently very suitable for the doll.

A grand Night Watchman figurehead, staying up late to fiddle with such sinister things, undoubtedly added a few more degrees of eerie to the otherwise peaceful night.

But Fu Qian did not think Ms. Tan was secretly falling into the Magic path, intending to practice some Evil Technique or such.

It was clear she was somewhat reluctant to even look at the doll; the pile of things in her hand seemed more like a way to distract her attention.

The situation before his eyes seemed more like she was compelled by some necessity, having to bring out the doll for a breather at this time.

So even though he didn’t think it could help resist Dream invasion, Fu Qian didn’t mind being generous, allowing Tan Mingxue to finish what she was doing first.

Phew—

As evidence, Ms. Tan did not disappoint this courtesy; not long after, she let out a silent sigh of relief.

Dropping what she held, her gaze fell on that rag doll, carefully examining it up and down, as if checking a child for tattoos like a parent.

And a few moments later, clearly gaining no results from her examination, she finally appeared completely relieved, holding one hand and one foot of the doll separately, gently putting it back into the wooden box, following which she closed the lid bit by bit.

Having finished all this, she cradled the latter and went to the side, locking it into a cabinet.

It seemed like this midnight task was finally complete, and having relaxed, she astonishingly wasn’t in a hurry to rest, choosing to walk to the window to look into the distance.

And it was hard to say if it was mere coincidence, but she was looking in the direction of the volcano’s mouth.

Unfortunately, under such dim lighting, hardly anything could be seen, and soon she turned around—dong dong!

Almost simultaneously, a rhythmic knocking sounded.

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”So late in the night, what’s the matter you seek me?”

Evidently very puzzled, but after freezing for a moment, Tan Mingxue still personally went forward to open the door, frowning at the slightly graying hair figure outside as she asked.

”I suddenly thought of a question and couldn’t sleep, so I wanted to see if you were also awake.”

Nodding slightly, Fu Qian glanced behind the door.

”Can I come in and speak?”

”...You indeed came at an opportune time, any later and I would have gone to sleep.”

Her gaze circled around his face several times, and Tan Mingxue finally stepped aside, gesturing for him to come in.

As expected, no matter what, occupying someone else’s office, one must still maintain basic courtesy.

Fu Qian clearly seemed very satisfied with this development, promptly going with the flow.

The reason for this smoothness lay partly in the fact that the Clear Dream Ring had already been activated; on the other hand, the form he chose at this moment was indeed that of Xi Yuan’s former head, Captain Qiao.

For such a supplanted predecessor, there’s typically a certain victorious magnanimity from the successor, and it seemed even Ms. Tan was no exception.

Faced with the abrupt midnight visit, she did not outright refuse.

”What exactly is the matter?”

Of course, even so, when the two sat down, Tan Mingxue had no intention of small talk and went straight to the point.

”It’s still about the Huang Family, I just feel they’ve been acting a little too normal lately.”

Fu Qian didn’t hesitate, immediately using the newly acquired information, even offering his service proactively.

”Especially Huang Zhixun, it’s really uncharacteristic for him to come back home after being away for so long without a special reason, should I go have a word? The tranquility in Xi Yuan has been hard-won.”

”Didn’t I tell you not to worry about this anymore? Everything on their side is completely within my control.”

However, the leader frowned upon hearing this, seemingly unappreciative of his enthusiasm.

”Including Huang Zhixun——”

But the next moment, a certain urge to confide prevented her from decisively ending the topic, and after a slight hesitation, she continued.

”I even know he didn’t come back alone; there were two others with him.”