As soon as I heard that Lin Xia had gone missing, I remembered the person I had seen this morning. I had a strange and unlucky premonition. “When did he go missing?” 

Lin Qiusheng stuttered. “I can’t explain through the phone. Could you come to my house to talk?” 

To not let him figure out that I had followed Xiao Zhao yesterday, I even asked him the address. When the call ended, I grabbed my bag full of magic tools I had prepared and departed. 

“Hey, wait, I’m going with you!” Li Mazi called. 

“No need. I’m going there to check the situation. You should stay with Ru Xue and watch my shop!” 

When I arrived at the neighborhood entrance, I saw Xiao Zhao waiting for me. She was excited to see me and walked forward to welcome me. She took me to an apartment building and led me to the fourteenth floor. 

It was just one night, and I found that Lin Qiusheng was looking even worse than yesterday. He looked like a sick person in the last phase of cancer. 

When he saw me, he...