A Crazy Wife-Finding Plan
Since Yu Jinli left, Feng Jinxuan has never returned to that empty and cold mountaintop mansion.
He turned himself into a work machine devoid of emotion and incapable of rest.
He sleeps and eats in the office, working more than twenty hours a day.
Assistant Wang was extremely anxious but helpless as he watched his boss's reckless behavior.
He knew his boss was using work to numb himself.
To numb that heart that has already been gnawed and riddled with holes by regret and pain.
That morning, Feng Jinxuan finished processing the last overseas email and leaned back wearily in his chair.
It was already daylight.
Morning light streamed through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating the dust floating in the office.
He stared blankly out the window at the city awakening.
Without her, even the sunrise in the world turns gray.
He got up and walked to the break room attached to the office, looking at himself in the mirror.
The person in the mirror looked haggard with sunken eyes and a stubble of bluish beard on his chin.
Those once sharp, eagle-like black eyes are now filled with a deathly silence.
He looked exactly like his legendary distant cousin who begged under the overpass.
He looked at his haggard figure and bloodshot eyes in the mirror, forcibly trying to create a facade of strength with an expensive suit. A deep, visceral self-loathing flashed in his eyes.
Did he use this grotesque appearance to hurt the only light in his life?
Did he push her away in such a pathetic and laughable manner?
"Bang!"
A loud bang.
Without warning, the man slammed his fist hard into the mirror!
The sturdy, explosion-proof mirror shattered instantly, like a spiderweb.
It also reflected his equally broken and battered face.
Fresh blood dripped down his knuckles.
But he seemed oblivious to the pain, staring intently at his disheveled reflection in the mirror.
Just then, there was a knock on the office door.
Assistant Wang brought in breakfast.
When he saw the mess on the ground and the shocking blood on the boss's hands, he was terrified.
"Boss! What...what are you doing! I'll call a doctor right away!"
"Need not."
Feng Jinxuan turned around, took out a first-aid kit from the drawer, and began to bandage his wounds expressionlessly.
His movements were steady and skillful.
It seemed that getting injured was already commonplace for him.
"Assistant Wang," he asked without looking up from his bandage, "have you found anything about what I asked you to investigate?"
Assistant Wang was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening.
He quickly handed over the tablet computer he was holding.
"I've got it. Boss, would you...would you like to treat the wound first?"
"Need not."
The man took the tablet and began quickly browsing the information on it.
It was an investigation report compiled by Assistant Wang overnight, containing an outrageously detailed account of all the hidden sects and legendary locations in the Kunlun Mountains.
His eyes, bloodshot from lack of sleep, burned with a desperate, almost insane flame.
The report is long and complex.
From the geographical environment of the Kunlun Mountains to the various myths and legends circulating in the area.
From the reclusive sects that appeared in history, suspected to be the Tianyan Pavilion, to the few unknown gathering places of cultivators that still exist today.
Assistant Wang mobilized the entire intelligence network of the Feng Group, and even spent a large sum of money to purchase top-level satellite maps and infrared scanning data from some international intelligence dealers.
Even so, the exact location of Tianyan Pavilion remains a mystery.
That place was like a true paradise that didn't exist in this world.
"Can't find it...?"
As Feng Jinxuan looked at the last page of the report, at the conclusion that there were no leads, the faint flame that had just ignited in his eyes seemed about to be extinguished again.
"Boss, don't be discouraged!" Assistant Wang quickly encouraged him. "We've already eliminated 99% of the wrong answers! There's only a 1% chance left! As long as we keep investigating, we'll definitely find it!"
"There's no time left."
Feng Jinxuan shook his head.
He knew that the sect leader of the Shadow Devouring Sect could find the Heavenly Evolution Pavilion at any time.
He knew even better that with Yu Jinli's headstrong nature, she would definitely be the first to rush forward if the sect leader came knocking.
He dared not think about the consequences.
He returned the tablet to Assistant Wang.
Then he issued a series of instructions that made Assistant Wang's heart pound.
"Pass down the word: all of the Feng Group's working capital will be injected into the Koi Fish Charity Foundation."
"Contact our partner world's top geological exploration and life detection teams and have them immediately fly to the Kunlun Mountains with all their most advanced equipment."
“Tell them money is no object. I want them to turn the entire Kunlun Mountains upside down within three days!”
“And another thing,” he paused, his voice growing colder, “get a plane ready for me. Whether I find it or not, I will go there in person three days from now.”
Assistant Wang turned pale after hearing this.
"Boss! You...you can't go! It's too dangerous!"
The Kunlun Mountains stretch for thousands of miles, with complex terrain and harsh climate, and are known as the Valley of Death.
Moreover, the Shadow Devouring Sect might also be entrenched there!
What's the difference between the boss going alone and committing suicide?
"This is an order."
Feng Jinxuan raised his head, his dark eyes burning with flames staring intently at him.
Seeing his boss's reckless attitude, Assistant Wang knew that there was no point in trying to persuade him any further.
He had worked for his boss for ten years and had never seen him like this before.
It's a kind of madness that's willing to destroy everything in order to achieve a certain goal.
Including himself.
"Yes, boss."
Assistant Wang finally nodded with difficulty.
Before you leave," Feng Jinxuan called out to him, "do one more thing for me."
Assistant Wang looked at him with a puzzled expression.
“Send an email to my grandfather in my name.”
He looked out the window, his voice soft and gentle, yet carrying an unprecedented tenderness.
“Tell him that his unfilial grandson might be going to find his grandmother.”
"Tell him to take care of himself."
The tone was resolute, leaving no room for retreat, as if he were making his final arrangements.
Assistant Wang could no longer hold back.
His eyes instantly reddened, even though he was a grown man nearing forty.
"boss……"
"go out."
The man didn't look at him again, but simply waved his hand, signaling him to leave.
Assistant Wang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, picked up the tablet computer stained with the boss's blood, and slowly walked out of the office filled with tragedy and determination.
He knew that a real war, a war of life or death, was about to begin.
And all he could do was stay behind him and protect the land that he was willing to risk his life to protect...
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