Zhu Fu’s reason for doing this was entirely due to his chronic leg condition, a decades-old ailment that had never been cured.
He had hoped to use the tai sui to heal his leg.
He managed to steal the tai sui, but fearing discovery by Zhu Ji and his father and sons, he hadn’t dared to use it and had kept it hidden.
Hearing this, Xu Fei nodded and said, “In that case, I won’t hold it against you for now, but you’d better take me to find the tai sui quickly, or else…”
Xu Fei didn’t finish his sentence, but Zhu Fu clearly felt the intense pressure of his aura and hurriedly led the way.
As the Zhu family’s head butler, Zhu Fu knew the estate better than many of the family members.
He took Xu Fei straight to the Zhu family’s back garden.
Befitting a prominent clan, the Zhu family’s back garden was vast, resembling a small forest.
Zhu Fu had taken advantage of his position as butler to secretly bury the stolen tai sui under a large tree in this forest.
“It should be just ahead, Mr. Xu. To avoid confusion, I marked the spot.”
After walking through the forest for about ten minutes, Zhu Fu pointed, and Xu Fei looked up to see a red ribbon fluttering on the large tree.
But what Zhu Fu never could have anticipated was that when he brought Xu Fei to the tree, they found a large pit dug in the ground before it!
“No! This… how is this possible? I didn’t tell a soul when I buried the tai sui!”
Seeing the pit, Zhu Fu’s heart sank, this was indeed where he had hidden the tai sui.
Who could have imagined that even buried here, it would be discovered and the tai sui gone?
“You, are you trying to lie to me?”
Xu Fei stepped to the edge of the pit, peering inside to find nothing but loose dirt, and began to suspect Zhu Fu.
“No, no, no… you’re wronging me, Mr. Xu! I swear on my life, I know nothing about this!”
Under Xu Fei’s suspicion, Zhu Fu, desperate to prove his innocence, began frantically searching the area for the tai sui.
“Hey, wait for me!”
Seeing Zhu Fu’s panicked state, Xu Fei grew concerned.
After all, Zhu Fu was currently the only lead, losing him would mean losing everything.
As Zhu Fu dashed off, Xu Fei immediately followed.
But just as Xu Fei started moving, a scream echoed through the small forest.
“Damn it! Has something really happened to him?”
Xu Fei quickly activated his clairvoyant vision. Though its range was limited, he could still see a figure through the trees not far off and rushed toward it.
When Xu Fei reached the scene, he found Zhu Fu lying on the ground, a massive wound across his abdomen, his insides visible.
“Mr… Mr. Xu, save me…”
Zhu Fu’s words came in broken gasps, but Xu Fei didn’t tend to him.
It wasn’t that Xu Fei was heartless, he knew Zhu Fu had sustained a fatal injury. Though a disciple of a divine healer, Xu Fei wasn’t a miracle worker and couldn’t yet bring the dead back to life or mend such grievous wounds.
