I Am Your Natural Enemy

He imitated a whistle, but Cai Qidong still slept soundly. He didn’t even wake in his dreams, a sign that he was probably in deep sleep.

Wen Yan wandered around the bedroom, which was quite ordinary. He opened the documents on the table only to find not a single word inside.

After a brief look around, he began to feel a bit bored. It hadn’t been easy to manage a dream visitation, and he had hoped to tease Cai Heizi, but the man was sleeping like a log. Wen Yan felt that leaving just like that would have been a wasted trip.

After a moment’s thought, he squatted behind Cai Qidong and whistled.

It was the kind of whistle adults blew when they helped a child urinate, the kind he had seen before.

After a minute of whistling, Cai Qidong’s brow started to twitch, and the environment began to change ever so slightly. Unbeknownst to Cai Qidong, the sound of DRIP, DRIP, DRIP from the pipes had started.

Wen Yan’s eyes danced with glee as he continued to whistle. He whistled until Cai Qidong turned over, and his eyebrows began to jump.

Then he saw a tiny figure with a very cross expression, wearing boxing gloves, emerge from Cai Qidong’s stomach.

As soon as Wen Yan stopped whistling, the little figure stood with an arched neck and glaring eyes, a defiant attitude through and through.

”What are you looking at? Ever seen a rebellion? Who told you to stop? Keep whistling!”

The little figure, with boxing gloves on, hammered away at Cai Qidong’s abdomen.

The DRIPPING sound around them started to turn into a spattering flow of water, GUSHING rhythmically—very diuretic.

Wen Yan continued to whistle for three minutes until suddenly, he felt a repelling force and was blown away, tumbling through the clouds and flying back upside down.

Wen Yan felt a bit regretful. He had been expelled the moment his dear Minister awoke.

Back home, he counted one, two, three and woke up from the dream.

After getting out of bed, he checked the time. It was just after five a.m., and he couldn’t sleep anymore, so he went to the backyard to practice boxing.

「Meanwhile, in Yu State.」

Cai Qidong stepped down from the bed, his prostate acting up again.

Exiting the bathroom, he noticed it was still early and recalled the dream he had just had.

In the dream, someone seemed to be whistling the whole time.

How annoying. He hated whistling more than anything.

He carefully examined everything on his bedside table—from Talismans to Amulets to the dreamcatcher—and all were intact. It didn’t look like anyone was taking a cheap shot or trying to steal any intelligence.

He sighed. When he found the time, he’d still need to visit the hospital for a proper check-up.

After all, it’s normal for the prostate to act up at his age.

However, he didn’t know why, but as he lay back in bed, turned off the lights, and closed his eyes, he felt like he could still hear the whistling sound. Just then, his phone rang.

He sat up, slipped on his slippers, and after two rings, he picked up the phone.

”I’m listening, go ahead.”

”Good, detain the relevant people immediately, no need to save anyone’s face. Bring a recording device for law enforcement, and if anyone resists, record them. I’m actually afraid no one will resist.”

”Those already detained, interrogate them separately immediately. No one is to see them without my order.”

No sooner had he hung up than another call came in.

”Cai Heizi, I curse your ancestors, what the hell are you up to!”

Cai Qidong held the phone away from his ear, laughing loudly.

”HAHAHA, you scaredy-cat! Now, you’re the first to call and curse at me. Do you have any idea what that means?”

”Cai Heizi, I swear...” the Guanzhong County Chief cursed, then abruptly hung up with a SLAM.

Cai Qidong listened to the DOO-DOO-DOO of the dial tone and actually felt much better.

He and the Guanzhong County Chief weren’t exactly on good terms.

Yet, he had always felt that with the man’s intelligence, he shouldn’t have gotten involved in these matters and gone undetected. Now it seemed his assumption was correct. After a few sharp words before dawn, the man was already calling to curse him.

Though he thought that what he needed to do now probably didn’t have much to do with the Guanzhong County Chief, he still dialed another number.

”If the interrogation turns up anything related to that Melon Peel from Guanzhong County, report it to me immediately.”

The person on the other end agreed without asking who the ”Melon Peel” from Guanzhong County might be.

「The next day.」

Feng Yao, bearing a huge pile of breakfast, appeared at the Wenyan family’s doorstep before Chen Qimo went to school.

Seeing Feng Yao like this, Wen Yan knew he must be up to no good. Such eagerness usually meant trouble.

Nevertheless, he didn’t say much. The whole family ate on the first floor, and even the four on the lower floor got their share.

After breakfast, Chen Qimo had gone to school, and Sparrow Cat and Little Zombie had gone to sleep. When only Wen Yan remained, he asked,

”Why have you come to me so early?”

”I need you to meet with the Water Ghost sent by the Water Monarch.”

”Wasn’t it not urgent?”

”Indeed, it wasn’t urgent. That Water Ghost carries a ring that shrinks over time as it moves away from the Huai River. It compresses and squeezes the entire Nether Soul.

But upon returning to the Huai River, it restores to its original size.

According to our estimates, it needs to return once within a month of leaving the Huai River.

Otherwise, it’ll certainly die.

And every time it returns to the Huai River, the Water Monarch may sense its presence.”

”And then?”

”You must have heard, the Water Ghost said the Water Monarch wants to meet with the General Director.

Moreover, the Water Ghost claimed that the ring would react when it got close to its target.”