Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 329: Chapter 156 I Do Not Agree with This Marriage

He saved him?

The woman was taken aback for a moment, then looked at the middle-aged man with considerable delight and said, ”Really? Then we must thank him properly!”

She was genuinely happy. The other party was in a good position, and had such a relationship with the man she relied on.

Perhaps this could be an opportunity to climb the social ladder.

The man named Lu Shou was a well-known wealthy man nearby. After making some initial investments and establishing a small fortune, he ran a not-so-small company, enjoying a very privileged family background.

Although he already had a son and a daughter, he still exuded a male charm that the woman found irresistible.

Many called him Boss Lu or Mr. Lu; his friends were certainly not inferior.

Moreover, that very day, Lu Shou, with whom she had been ambiguously involved, finally gave her a status. This made her overjoyed, as she believed she had finally achieved a leap in class.

”Yes,” Lu Shou said, taking the woman’s hand as they entered a small villa near the street, smiling, ”He even wants to become my in-law. Now that I have an additional daughter, I can let Xiao Zhen get to know him. As Xiao Zhen’s mother, do you have any objections?”

”No, no objections. What objections could I possibly have?”

The woman laughed and waved her hand, then somewhat complained, ”Look at you, she won’t even call you dad, and yet you’re still considering her future. That ungrateful girl... Speaking of which, when are we going to let them meet? She may be unappreciative, but she’s pretty and smart. She seems to be working at some big company now...”

Lu Shou looked at the beautiful yet foolish woman in front of him and couldn’t help but nod with a smile.

Although he thought the woman was extremely foolish and merely a pretty shell, he indeed agreed with this view.

Xiao Zhen shared a seven-point resemblance with the woman in front of him, after all, they were mother and daughter.

But the difference was that Xiao Zhen was younger and more beautiful.

In her twenties, yet with a youthful appearance, like an eighteen-year-old bud waiting to bloom.

Usually cold and silent, showing no changes in expression, but this was exactly to Lu Shou’s taste.

If, in moments of pleasure, he could hear her suppressed moans and see the moment her icy face shattered, it would arouse his endless desire to conquer!

Thus, he allowed the woman’s closeness and seduction... intending to accept this grand gift together.

Unfortunately, now he had to abandon those previous thoughts.

Because there was something more important for the girl to deal with.

”Don’t worry, I will arrange it well,” Lu Shou said with a smile, leading the woman inside.

He then closed the front door and pressed the woman’s head down, making her crouch...

Some time later, Lu Shou returned to his study with a relaxed expression, only to see a young man hurriedly rise to his feet and ask, ”Dad? Are you really going to give that girl to him?”

When speaking of ’him’, the young man’s face showed clear fear.

Lu Shou glanced at the young man, his own son, who was the only one aware of what had happened at the time.

He frowned and said, ”What, can’t bear to part with her? Are you thinking of giving ’him’ your sister?”

”No... of course not,” the young man said softly, ”it just seems such a pity. Can’t we switch her for someone else? After all, no one will be able to trace it back to us...”

”Fool,” Lu Shou slapped the young man on the neck, ”do you think I was in such a hurry to get the marriage certificate with her mother for nothing? ’He’ might come to take the bride tonight, where would I find someone else on such short notice?”

The young man muttered from aside, ”But... is this really okay? Won’t it anger ’him’?”

Lu Shou’s expression softened as he said, ”No, it won’t. ’He’ traded with me for my daughter. And a stepdaughter is naturally also my daughter...”

Then, Lu Shou looked at the young man and said, ”You don’t need to feel too regretful, after all, you wouldn’t be able to have her. Now that we have made contact with ’his’ kind of extraordinary power, are you still afraid of a lack of women in the future?”

After contemplating, the young man nodded slightly, his face showing fear yet also anticipation.

Yes, with such an entity backing them, as long as they paid the price, their family would sail smooth waters!

And perhaps... perhaps by using ’his’ power, they could become Spiritual Ability Users with great power?

He longed for that power.

...

In the dead of night, Li Yelai was awakened by a knock at the door.

The knocking wasn’t loud, but it precisely penetrated his ears, startling him from sleep.

”Will someone answer the door? If not, I’ll come back later and ask again....”

Li Yelai opened his eyes to find that the Detective and Jing Lin had disappeared without a trace.

Clearly, the three of them were still gossiping in the room before.

The Detective was telling them how he had helped catch a mistress, the techniques of stakeout and surveillance.

Li Yelai and Jing Lin were greatly enlightened. Then, feeling sleepy, they immediately went to bed.

As a precaution against emergencies, they didn’t take off their clothes but just collapsed haphazardly on beds and chairs around the room.

Now, the other two were nowhere to be seen.

Li Yelai quickly got up from his chair and turned on the light, his gaze scanning the room.

However, he saw no sign of a struggle, and both his and Jing Lin’s armor was still on the floor.

Moreover, as a Spiritual Ability User, and one physically stronger than others at the same Awakening Level,

Li Yelai’s senses were extremely sharp; it should be impossible for anyone to take away two Spiritual Ability Users without detection.

Otherwise, the slightest sound of struggle would have woken him!

”Not taken away... but disappeared?” Li Yelai looked at his Communicator, indeed, there was no signal on it.