But he couldn’t just ignore the missed call, so he quickly dialled Wang Ye’s number again.
“Hello… Mr. Wang…”
While Xu Fei was busy making calls, on the other side, Bogu Tong and his two companions had another discussion and decided to approach Orchid.
“Little girl, if you want those three jade arhats back, come with me!”
“You… stay away! I’m waiting for… for my senior to return!”
At first, Orchid was very wary of Bogu Tong and his companions as they were the ones who had tricked her out of the jade arhats.
“Don’t be scared, little girl. We had no choice back then due to work, but now we can talk things over.”
“I don’t trust you. I’ll wait for my senior to come back!”
Seeing that Orchid was still on guard, one of the Bogu Tong brothers suddenly had an idea and said,
“I see your senior has been gone for almost half an hour making a phone call. He must be in some trouble. How about we make a deal? I promise you’ll get the jade arhats!”
This statement successfully cracked Orchid’s psychological defenses, as she had indeed been waiting for a long time and was starting to feel doubtful.
“What kind of deal?”
Orchid asked, still somewhat cautious.
“It’s very simple. The jade arhats are currently with our boss. He’s a devout Buddhist. If you just have a meal with him and we put in a good word, the jade arhats will surely be returned to you!”
Seeing the three men smiling warmly, Orchid timidly asked again,
“Really… just a meal?”
“Of course! Our boss is a true Buddhist believer! He donates tens of millions to the Buddhist Association every year! You can’t doubt that, can you?”
“Besides, although we had no choice back then due to work, you were too naive to not even recognize a box full of blank paper.”
The Bogu Tong brothers took turns speaking, not only painting a glorious image of their boss as a devout Buddhist but also subtly implying that the responsibility for the previous transaction lay mainly with Orchid.
Orchid, being naturally timid, became even more concerned upon hearing this.
“It’s true, I was really… too naive back then. How could I have been so easily fooled? Otherwise, my senior wouldn’t have to be running around now…”
After some thought, Orchid nodded.
“I agree, but you mustn’t lie to me. It’s really just a meal to get the jade arhats back, right?”
“Of course, of course! Come with us!”
Before leaving with Orchid, the Bogu Tong brothers glanced at the parking lot entrance and, seeing that the man still hadn’t returned, confidently led her away.
About twenty minutes later, Xu Fei returned after finally getting through to Wang Ye.
“Where is everyone?”
But when Xu Fei got back to the parking lot, he found that the four people who had been standing there earlier were gone.
He could understand if Bogu Tong and his companions had left, but where had Orchid gone?
For some reason, a sense of foreboding crept into Xu Fei’s heart.
He quickly rushed back to the Bogu Antique Association, activating his full-powered clairvoyance.
But after searching for a while, there was no sign of Orchid.
Although the Bogu Antique Association’s building was grand, Xu Fei’s clairvoyance could easily see through it.
If his clairvoyance couldn’t find Orchid, it meant she wasn’t there.
“Excuse me, have you seen the little girl who was with me earlier? She’s about this tall, quite thin…”
