Hearing what Fatty Zhou said this week, I was quite shocked.

What does this mean?

Gone and never to return?

He even asked us to help him take care of his children.

I have no experience or skills in taking care of children.

Besides, it's just going out to look for something, not making him face scabies mites or some kind of hungry ghost.

Why must they all die out there?

Moreover, as the owner of the business on the west side of this roundabout, he should be quite familiar with the area.

If his companion got lost halfway there, or fell into some kind of ambush, that would be understandable.

But this week, Fatty has clearly been staying here for a long time, so how could he say that he would die out there?

"Why are you asking us to take care of your three-year-old son? Do it yourself!"

"I didn't want to either..."

As the fat man spoke, he rummaged through the bottom drawer of the counter.

Soon, he found a somewhat worn piece of paper, on which was written the ratio of sea marrow to water, as well as the feeding time for the child.

This is a rather simple piece of paper, but I can tell that Mr. Zhou has put a lot of effort into it.

I was utterly shocked to see this.

"Boss Zhou, what do you mean? I said you should go out and find the sea marrow yourself!"

You still need to save money to raise your son!

At this moment, Fatty Zhou seemed to be provoked by my words.

His entire body was covered in red eyes, which were bloodshot.

Then his body began to tremble uncontrollably again.

However, this time, he was clearly in much better condition than in the previous mutated state.

I stopped talking, and at that moment, Fatty Zhou also slowly stopped.

"Brother, this guy is a bit too terrifying. Whenever his outstanding qualities are mentioned or he encounters some contradictions that he can't face, he mutates directly."

It's like a baby that never grows up.

I think it's more like his son hasn't cried at all in all this time, while Boss Zhao is acting like a child, getting easily agitated.

I nodded slightly; Yiyi's analogy was quite apt.

Yes, his son has been quite quiet for a while now.

Zhou Pang took deep breaths of air.

The moment his eyes returned to normal, he immediately started searching for the piece of paper on the table.

Upon seeing this tattered piece of waste paper, Fatty Zhou was overjoyed, as if he had struck gold.

"There's no way... If I could, I would have done it already!"

Think about my buddy, is he really that much dumber than me?

He's much thinner than me; his legs haven't gotten any better...

I'm afraid I'll end up like that!

At this moment, Fatty Zhou was extremely excited.

Seeing his expression, I didn't know what to say.

There was definitely something hidden in his words. Under normal circumstances, if someone like Lao Liu and I had driven over, I don't think it would have been dangerous at all.

At least I didn't think anything would take my life along the way.

As for that fake corpse, even if it could scare people, it had absolutely no intention of harming anyone.

We passed by them several times, but they just stood there blankly.

"Since you're afraid to go out and find the sea marrow, why don't you just come with us and go find that shadowy figure!"

If we get back the sea marrow you lost, what are we afraid of?

Now that your son is about to lose his life, what do you care about rent?

If we work together, it would be best if we could catch that thief.

Even if we can't catch him, at least he'll learn his lesson, otherwise he'll just keep stealing from you next time!

I said this

To be honest, I can understand Lao Zhou's cowardice. After all, he also has to support his family and protect his children.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have given his life away and now he's drifting here like a lost soul.

"This one..."

I do know about the movie star's house...

However, he hasn't appeared for a long time, so I'm not sure if this means he's involved.

I felt helpless.

It turns out that this week, Fatty only knew whether or not the other person had come out.

He couldn't be sure either.

“Master, there’s no need to waste words with him. Let’s just watch this shop for him and let him go out to find sea marrow.”

Anyway, basically no one goes in or out of here.

Even if there were, I think with my business acumen, I could definitely sell a few more rooms!

Lei Jijian's words echoed in his mind.

Fatty Zhou didn't say anything more.

Just then, a violent cough suddenly came from above.

That's the voice of that child from just now.

It's Xiao Yuan!

The coughing sound became more rapid than before, and soon it turned into a cry.

Hearing that really made my heart skip a beat.

Fatty Zhou's expression immediately changed drastically, and he struggled to stand up from the chair.

And the chair made the same creaking sound.

Without saying a word, Fatty Zhou started running towards the stairwell.

"Be careful, that's a ghost wall!"

"They should have dispersed by now!"

Xiao Yuan, how are you! Xiao Yuan!

Yiyi and I quickly followed.

Fatty Zhou ran quickly towards the stairwell, and I glanced up at it briefly with my Heavenly Eye.

There was still a cloud of black mist gathering there, but it was slowly drifting over from one of the rooms nearby.

It wasn't like the one we just encountered, where when we were trapped in a maze, there was a faint black mist floating on the vines.

And now, it's clearly floating out of the room.

Just then, Fatty Zhou seemed to suddenly stop again.

"Aren't you worried about your son?"

I immediately spoke up. Just a moment ago, Fatty seemed to love his son so much, but now he seemed to be trapped by this tall staircase.

However, Lao Zhou offered another explanation.

"No... I can't get up there..."

It was as if Zhou Pangzi was being pulled by something. He first tried to lift himself up a step, then stopped.

His entire body trembled slightly.

Fatty Zhou looked back at us, his face full of despair.

"What's wrong? What's going on?"

I quickly asked, and Yiyi tugged at my clothes and then pointed to the fat man's trouser leg.

It was only then that I noticed a faint black aura swirling around his ankle.

It was as if an invisible hand was pulling him along.

Fatty Zhou also looked helpless, frowning and shaking his head at me.

"What's this?"

"I don't know either. Sometimes when I get lost in a maze, I get stuck on a certain floor."

Zhou Peng's voice trembled as he tried to take another step up the stairs.

But this staircase is the same as the one we came down from.

The head is completely out of sight!