Chapter 258: Duped Again
Returning home, Lin Tian did nothing but immediately began cultivating.
Sitting cross-legged in meditation, he sat for an entire day.
At first, he couldn’t calm his mind, but after a while, he was enveloped in a sense of intangible, ethereal tranquility.
He felt as if the airflow around him was swirling.
"This feeling, it’s quite marvelous!" Lin Tian murmured to himself.
After a day of cultivation, it wasn’t until evening that Lin Tian was surprised to find his legs seemed to regain some strength, allowing for simple movements.
Lin Tian immediately understood what was happening: "It seems my body was depleted, and as long as I cultivate and fill this void, I should be able to walk soon!"
For the next week, Lin Tian devoted himself almost entirely to cultivation, except for eating and sleeping.
Though he hadn’t reached a significantly higher level of cultivation, by the fifth day, he could finally walk normally.
The additional two days of cultivation filled his entire body with strength, making him feel much lighter.
"With my current state, I already feel powerful. How formidable would a lower-level Martial Artist be!" Lin Tian thought to himself.
Just at this moment, his phone rang. Picking it up, he saw a message from an unfamiliar number.
"7 PM tonight, Room 66 at Jinluan Palace Hotel!"
Lin Tian slapped his forehead, almost forgetting his main task in the midst of busy cultivation.
Thinking about going there alone without cover or anyone to watch his back, Lin Tian decided to call upon Wu Yong.
As for how to invite Wu Yong.
A phone call: I’m inviting you to dinner at Jinluan Palace Hotel tonight.
On the other end, Wu Yong exclaimed in surprise and agreed without hesitation.
He even praised Lin Tian continuously, calling him a tycoon, a big tycoon, claiming he would eat until Lin Tian was broke tonight.
Jinluan Palace, after all, is a luxurious hotel!
Upon taking a taxi to Jinluan Palace, at 6:30 PM, Lin Tian was uncertain if the person had arrived early, so he called Wu Yong.
"My most handsome Tian!" Wu Yong greeted him warmly with a flattering remark as he answered the phone.
"Where are you right now?"
"I’m right at the hotel entrance, where are you?" Wu Yong replied.
Lin Tian surveyed the surroundings and spotted a person standing at the hotel entrance, talking on the phone.
From a distance, Lin Tian waved at him, and Wu Yong trotted over gleefully upon seeing him.
"What’s the happy occasion? Why are we dining at Jinluan Palace?" Wu Yong asked excitedly upon meeting Lin Tian.
"No happy occasion, just wanted you to help me with something!" Lin Tian chuckled.
With that chuckle, Wu Yong’s face suddenly darkened.
He felt something was amiss, sensing a hint of being duped.
"What kind of help?" Wu Yong, already caught in the hook, asked with a forced bravado.
"Just stay by my side and be ready to adapt!" Lin Tian patted Wu Yong’s shoulder, signaling him to follow him inside.
In Room 66 of Jinluan Palace, Lin Tian and Wu Yong walked past, smoking.
Seizing the moment, Lin Tian looked inside, seeing a middle-aged man and a young man sitting inside.
Due to the narrow crack of the door, Lin Tian could only squint slightly, peering inside.
In an instant, the scene before him changed; he saw a middle-aged man whom he suspected was the person from the phone call.
As for why Lin Tian was so sure, it was because sitting across the middle-aged man was an old acquaintance, Xiaogang.
"What is he doing here?" Lin Tian was filled with nothing but surprise upon seeing Xiaogang’s face.
After recovering from the shock, Lin Tian was bewildered.
If this middle-aged man was a middleman, then was Xiaogang the one who hired the middleman to kidnap Bai Shishi?
If so, it would completely overthrow my theory about Bai Jiaming.
Checking the time, it was still before 7 PM, leaving fifteen minutes before the appointed time.
Perhaps it was just coincidental that Xiaogang and someone were in that room resting.
After all, it wasn’t yet the agreed time between Lin Tian and the others.
Luckily, outside Room 66 was a spacious hall. To avoid arousing suspicion from those around, Lin Tian and Wu Yong found a table directly facing the private room door and sat down.
Wu Yong asked curiously, "Tian, what are you looking at?"
"Don’t talk, I’m observing that room!" Lin Tian intently focused his gaze on the private room.
But in the next second, a waiter closed the private room’s door.
"The door’s closed; what are you looking at?" Wu Yong was dumbfounded.
"Shh!" Lin Tian gestured for silence, indicating that a closed door made no difference to him.
"Would you gentlemen like to order something?" At this juncture, a waitress approached with a menu.
Sitting at a restaurant table and not ordering anything was a bit peculiar.
Lin Tian told Wu Yong, "Order a couple of dishes!"
Wu Yong took the menu and began chatting with the waitress, asking things like "Is this dish delicious?" "What is this dish made of?" "Which dish should men eat more for their health?"
While Wu Yong engaged the waitress in conversation, Lin Tian’s dark eyes kept focusing inside, and the private room door instantly vanished, revealing the middle-aged man and Xiaogang seated at a round table.
He saw Xiaogang hand a black suitcase on the floor to the middle-aged man, who beamed with a wide smile, his hands trembling with excitement.
"What’s in that suitcase?" Lin Tian examined more closely and found the black suitcase was actually filled with money, roughly estimated to be around a million!
"That much money?" Lin Tian was a bit startled.
Yet amidst his surprise, he suddenly recalled the phrase from the phone call, "A million can make someone disappear?"
"Tian, which beauty are you looking at?" Wu Yong, having finished ordering, noticed Lin Tian fixated on a direction and was curious.
"Nothing, just looking around!" Lin Tian withdrew his gaze.
"Were you looking at the lady in the white dress over there?" Wu Yong pointed at a distant, ethereal beauty who looked like a goddess descended from the heavens.
"If she were my wife, I’d gladly lose ten years of my life!" Wu Yong licked his dry, cracked lips.
"You’re really reckless when it comes to women!" Lin Tian couldn’t help but tease.
"Oh, I was just joking!" Wu Yong sighed, "If only I had X-ray vision!"
Lin Tian’s interest piqued upon hearing this: "What would you do with X-ray vision?"
"I’d stare at women all day and see through everything!" Wu Yong got lost in his own fantasy world.
"Haha!" Lin Tian chuckled without commenting, thinking that maybe his vision would indeed be better utilized with Wu Yong.
At that moment, the door to Room 66 swung open, and Xiaogang, wearing sunglasses, hurriedly left.
It was as if he had committed a theft and was fleeing frantically.
"Wait here, I’ll follow him and take a look!" Lin Tian instructed.
"Alright!" Wu Yong nodded.
Lin Tian got up to pursue Xiaogang, leaving Wu Yong in a daze.
After a while, Wu Yong slammed the table, "Damn, I got tricked again!"