Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

Chapter 667

Boss! Help me! Boss! A heart-wrenching scream suddenly came from the dense bushes.

Old Chen and Cheng Ye, who were chatting idly, suddenly stood up, their muscles tensing instantly, their eyes fixed intently on the swaying bushes in front of them.

Not long ago, one of the underlings said he needed to relieve himself nearby and plunged into this grove of trees. However, at this moment, the underling came running out of it with a look of utter terror on his face, clutching his groin tightly with both hands, as if he had suffered a very serious injury there.

"Boss! It's terrifying in there! It's like there are ghosts in there! Boss!" the henchman shouted hoarsely as he ran in a disheveled state.

Upon hearing this, Old Chen, without saying a word, immediately turned around and slapped the underling hard across the face, then followed up with another heavy slap on the head. The underling, in pain, continued to cover his groin with one hand while quickly raising the other to protect his head, which Old Chen had just hit.

By this time, the underling was already terrified, tears streaming down his face. He looked pitifully at Old Chen's gloomy face and said in a sob, "Boss, I'm telling the truth! Not a single lie! There really are ghosts haunting that place!"

"Shut up! Stop spouting nonsense!" Old Chen roared, his voice stern and furious. "I've been too lenient with you all, which has emboldened you to act so recklessly! What ghosts and monsters are there in this world? You must be blind and have mistaken some unknown beast for a ghost!"

After cursing, Old Chen angrily grabbed his underling's collar and headed straight for the mysterious thicket.

The younger brother shrank back behind Old Chen, trembling with fear. Cheng Ye followed behind the two, gripping the dagger tightly in his hand.

Old Chen cautiously reached his hand into the bushes, his movements slow and deliberate, as if afraid of disturbing anything unknown hidden within. However, just as his fingers were about to touch the leaves, a sudden tremor made him shudder.

Suddenly, the seemingly calm bushes began to sway without warning, as if some mysterious force was stirring them. The henchman standing behind Old Chen, seeing this, was terrified and let out a bloodcurdling scream.

The scream was like a sharp sword piercing the night sky, soaring straight to the heavens. Old Chen, who had been relatively calm, was also taken aback by this sudden change, especially when the shrill scream rang close to his ears, which made his heart clench and almost jump out of his throat.

The younger brother's scream was so loud that it alerted the entire camp. People who were fast asleep were awakened, rubbing their eyes as they crawled out of their tents, looking around in astonishment.

"What happened? Why is there such a commotion?" someone asked first.

That voice... it sounds so familiar! It sounds like Jin Jin, doesn't it? Another person chimed in.

"That's right! What did Jin Jin see? She's screaming like a pig being slaughtered!" another person chimed in.

In my opinion, this guy is probably scaring himself again, maybe he's imagining some monsters and ghosts in his head! He ended up scaring himself! This last sentence made everyone around burst into laughter, and the laughter was mixed with taunts directed at Jin Jin.

At that moment, Old Chen felt his face burning, wishing he could disappear into the ground. Just as he was at a loss, Butler Xu, looking somewhat weary, hurried over from his residence. He was yawning as he hastily threw on a coat, with Wu Xie and Fatty Wang following closely behind.

Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi were woken from their sweet dreams. Their eyes were still drooping, and they looked like they had rushed out in a hurry. They didn't even realize that they were wearing the same shoe.

"Uncle Xu, it's nothing, it's just that one of your men is a coward. I don't know what he saw that scared him." Old Chen glared fiercely at Jin Jin, who was cowering behind him.

Jin Jin wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground, because a group of people had gathered around him, relentlessly mocking his lack of courage.

"Boss, if there's nothing else, you two should hurry back to your tents and rest!" Old Chen said helplessly, waving his hand as he looked at the two unsteady, swaying men in front of him—Wu Xie and Fatty Wang.

While covering his mouth and yawning, Steward Xu nodded repeatedly and replied, "Make that fire even bigger, it's so cold at night!" Before he finished speaking, he grabbed Wu Xie and Fatty Wang with his left and right hands and pulled them into the tent like they were chicks.

Upon entering the tent, Wu Xie and Fatty Wang lay down on their pillows without a word and instantly fell fast asleep. However, Butler Xu, on the other hand, did not fall asleep immediately. Instead, he closed his eyes and began to recall the scene he had just witnessed outside...

"Alright, alright, stop dawdling! Look at the time! There are still some of you still awake!" Old Chen glared at the group of guys who were gathered around Xiao Jin, still chattering and mocking it, and scolded them impatiently. "You're never this enthusiastic during training, but now that you hear any noise, you run faster than rabbits!" With that, he waved his hands and shooed away the idlers around him like flies.

Jin Jin looked like she was about to be steamed alive. She was curled up in a circle by the fire, and from a distance, she looked like a big black ball.

"Alright! Someone who could beat the Russian coach back then is now afraid of this kind of supernatural stuff!" Old Chen slapped Jin Jin on the head.

"Boss, I've embarrassed you!" Jin Jin muttered, his voice muffled as he huddled in his arms.

"Good to know! You'll have to work on your courage from now on!" Old Chen comforted Jinjin.

Cheng Ye sat to the side, whittling a wooden stick with a sharp dagger in his hand.

At this moment, all is peaceful and serene, unaware that their path has already been paved. In the blood-red sunset, Old Chen, carrying the tokens of all his brothers, walks step by step towards his dream.

How far are they from that place?

"Less than a kilometer left." The person hidden in the darkness hesitated for a moment, then continued, "I reckon they should be able to arrive by tomorrow afternoon."

"Have the people following them keep a close eye on them, so that they don't lose sight of them like last time."

"That's natural. This time, we not only have people following us closely, but also spies from both underground and above. We guarantee that nothing will go wrong this time."

"I hope so!"