I Got Rich in Period Fiction-Chapter 612 - 594: The Bizarre Space

Qiao Qingyu was momentarily stunned because she had long forgotten the exact location of the place in Lianjiang Village that contained the Energy Stone. Once she gathered her thoughts, she pressed Wu Hong with a question, "Are you sure that he disappeared in the basement?"

"Absolutely, there were two other elders with us. The four of us were in the basement when we heard a man and a woman talking. We started looking around; initially, there were four people in the room. You know, there were lights in the basement, and we could all see each other, but when we turned around, only three of us remained; the elder... he just vanished into thin air..."

Qiao Qingyu looked at Wu Hong skeptically; not a hint of joy was on his face. She asked, "Isn’t this the outcome you guys had hoped for?"

Wu Hong hesitated for a moment, then slowly shook his head with a firm voice, "No, it wasn’t supposed to be like this."

Qiao Qingyu wanted to say, how would you know what achieving immortality is like if you haven’t seen it yourself?

But it wasn’t necessary to say that.

Not hiding her intentions, Qiao Qingyu directly asked, "So, what did you want to ask me?" freёweɓnovel.com

After pondering for a brief moment, Wu Hong looked steadily at Qiao Qingyu, his voice slightly strained, "Perhaps we heard wrong, but these past few days I’ve been thinking that the voices of the man and the woman sounded somewhat like you and Chief Engineer He..."

Qiao Qingyu’s heart skipped a beat. Three days ago, she and He Xiuyu had indeed entered the Space Device, but that was in an external laboratory. As for talking—of course, there had been conversation.

Fortunately, having experienced much, Qiao Qingyu managed to keep her composure. Her face showed just the right amount of shock.

"You must be joking, how could it be the voices of me and He Xiuyu?" Qiao Qingyu paused, "We did visit the Qiao Family Team recently, but we didn’t go to your place."

A trace of confusion flickered across Wu Hong’s eyes, "I’m not entirely sure because the voices sounded extremely distant at the time, and I couldn’t make out what was being said. But I knew it was a man and a woman."

Qiao Qingyu quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

She wasn’t overly worried, it’s just that with the Space Device, there were always too many unknowns, and Qiao Qingyu dared not take it lightly.

Then Qiao Qingyu directly inquired, "The person suddenly disappeared, did you report it to the police?"

And then added, "By the way, everyone has cell phones, didn’t you make a call?"

"We tried calling, but couldn’t get through; it seemed like there was no signal whatsoever. We haven’t reported to the police yet, you know, the Energy Stone in the basement is known to the relevant departments, but the local police station is still unaware."

"Didn’t you try contacting a responsible person in the relevant departments?"

"We did, this is no trivial matter. We contacted the responsible person in the relevant departments the next day," Wu Hong explained.

Those people also visited the scene, employed advanced equipment, but found no place where a person could hide.

And Wu Hong and the others insisted that the person had vanished right before their eyes, so the matter was kept within the smallest circle possible, with very few people in the know.

Wu Hong actually wanted to contact Qiao Qingyu back in Lianjiang Village because the elder had said that these two were people of great fortune, as long as they did no evil, any affair involving them would likely have a favorable outcome.

But such matters were secret and better discussed in person.

Thus, he hurried straight to Xichuan.

At present, it seemed there was no clue, and he felt that being so far removed, Qiao Qingyu and her group couldn’t possibly know or affect the elder’s fate.

Not to mention, how could their voices be heard in the basement?

Frowning, Wu Hong sighed and managed a weak smile, realizing that this trip might indeed have been meaningless; he would have to think of other solutions. He then said, "It’s quite cold outside; you should head back, I’m sorry for taking up your time."

"That’s alright, don’t worry too much, your elder might not be in any danger and could return soon."

A light sparked in Wu Hong’s eyes as if struck by a thought, and he hastily replied, "I appreciate your kind words."

He also inquired about He Xuerong’s current situation and then ran to the jeep, opened the door, and took out several paper bags, "These are for the elderly and children; I won’t come in."

Wu Hong had always been meticulous about etiquette. Whether passing by or visiting on purpose, he never came empty-handed.

So when Qiao Qingyu unexpectedly saw Wu Hong under the tree with empty hands, she found it a bit odd. Although the two families didn’t have overtly warm interactions, they had an unspoken understanding.