"Brother Chen, there seems to be something wrong with this old guy, but I can't quite put my finger on it!"
At that moment, Lao Dao leaned close to my ear and whispered a reminder.
I gave Lao Dao a reassuring look. Lao Dao was right. I had sensed something was off when Xu Feng appeared earlier.
I've been through so much lately, which has made me wary of everyone.
Including Xu Feng, who just appeared in front of us.
His appearance was so perfectly timed; he returned just as we were coming back.
The older woman had searched for it several times before but couldn't find it.
I followed them in without making a sound. The room was quite spacious, and the overall layout was very grand.
"Young man, you're here because of the Fox Village, aren't you?"
As soon as I entered, Xu Feng suddenly turned around and stared straight at me.
The young man made it clear that I was a young person.
As for Fox Village, that immediately explains my purpose.
It seems this old guy was aware of this from the very beginning.
"Besides this, I want the rest of the fragments!" I nodded vigorously and then took a step forward.
Since we're going to talk business, we should state what we want.
"I only have one fragment; the other fragment is in my daughter's hands!"
Xu Feng found a chair, sat down calmly, and spoke with considerable composure.
My heart skipped a beat when I heard this.
I had a bad feeling that this guy didn't want to hand it over to me so easily.
"I know everything you want to know, I have what you want, and I'm willing to give it all to you!"
But I have only one condition: I need your help to find my daughter!
Xu Feng's words confirmed my earlier guess.
In other words, Xu Feng only had one fragment, and the whereabouts of the other fragments were unknown.
"Even you don't know where your daughter is?" Zhou the tailor was dumbfounded when he heard this.
"I only know that your daughter is in the city. Don't you know where she has been all these years?"
Tailor Zhou quickly asked.
It's clear that Zhou the tailor is completely unaware of the situation at hand.
After listening to Zhou the tailor's words, Xu Feng shook his head and gave a bleak smile.
“My daughter disappeared many years ago. I told everyone she was in the county town, but I really don’t know her exact location!”
Xu Feng's expression was somewhat bitter; it seemed that he was really worried sick about his daughter.
"Then why didn't you start looking sooner? We mobilized the whole village to help you search, and with your connections, it should have been easy to find it!" Zhou the tailor still didn't quite understand.
Because Xu Feng is no ordinary person.
His medical skills were exceptional, and he enjoyed a high reputation in the surrounding area.
Not only people in the village, but also many people in the county town have heard of his name and received his favors.
If his daughter were lost, it shouldn't be that difficult to find her if he really wanted to.
"Yes, if you really wanted to find it, with your abilities you might have already found it!"
I agree with what Zhou the tailor said.
I also learned from the older woman that this guy is quite famous; everyone in the surrounding area has heard of him.
The daughter is missing, but he hasn't told anyone.
Unless there's some unspeakable reason, it means they don't want to look for someone.
We sat down separately, and Xu Feng got up to make tea for us.
After we finished our tea, he spoke eloquently, recounting the whole story to us.
"A few years ago, my daughter went missing unexpectedly. Later, I went out of the village to look for her and met a hermit master."
He once advised me that my daughter wouldn't go far and would stay in Shenwu County, but for some reason, I couldn't actively look for her!
Five years later, I met a kindred spirit, and only through this person's help was I able to find my missing daughter.
Xu Feng picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and continued telling us his story.
"At first I didn't believe it and wanted to actively search for it, but unfortunately, every search was fruitless and my body suffered a backlash."
So for all these years, I've been waiting for that destined person, and today you've finally arrived!
Xu Feng looked at me as he said this!
How can you be so sure I'm the one destined for you?
I'm not particularly interested in this story.
Although it sounds well-organized, it contains many logical flaws.
The key point is that I've heard similar stories many times before.
After being deceived many times, one becomes immune to deception.
"Because that person said you lack an earth spirit, and you are also a corpse-stitching craftsman!"
Xu Feng stood up and stared intently at me.
His words made me move slightly, as if it were an instinctive reaction.
The conditions of being a mortician and lacking earth spirits seem to have already locked me in.
"What's that expert's name?"
The corners of my mouth turned up slightly.
"I think his name is Chen Bazhong!" Xu Feng said.
I wasn't surprised, because this wasn't the first time I'd heard a similar story.
I can't even be bothered to believe a single punctuation mark of that kind of talk anymore.
I no longer believe that such coincidences exist in the world.
It just so happens that my grandfather traveled all over the world, it just so happens that my grandfather came here, it just so happens that he told this person's fortune, and it just so happens that it is related to me, which made that person wait until now.
Although I didn't really believe it, I pretended to be excited.
“I can help you find your daughter!” I said without hesitation, with unwavering certainty.
Although I wasn't sure if what he said was true or false, a bold idea had already formed in my mind.
It's his daughter, most likely the one we've met before.
"Deal! Of course, you can have this fragment before that!" Xu Feng gave a wry smile, his expression quite helpless.
Then he pulled something out of his pocket, and when I looked closely, I realized it was one of those broken pieces from the old lady's house.
"Don't worry, everything I said today is true! It's not that I don't want to give you the other one, it's just that the other one is in my daughter's hands!"
He handed me the fragment, and I examined it in my hand before nodding vigorously.
Yes, this is the fragment I've been looking for.
For some reason, this thing, which should have been whole, was cut in two with a knife.
There is a neat scratch on this fragment.
The previous fragments were all irregularly shaped, but the one in his hand seemed to have been deliberately separated.
"So you're sure the rest of your piece is with your daughter?"
I put the fragments into my pocket and sat down again, my eyes fixed on him.
"That's right, so if you really want the fragments, you have to help me find my daughter first!"
According to that expert, you have that ability!
Xu Feng was resolute.
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