The City of Terror

 “Is it not good here?”

Naturally, Wei Xiao Bei wouldn’t be returning to their country so soon. He still had to wait for Andre to come over and meet up with him. As such, he started joking with Huang Kun.

Not good? Huang Kun really couldn’t say so. His future stepfather and his mother’s fiance, Gustav, treated him well. He bought him anything he wanted and was as good to Huang Kun as an actual father.

Ever since Huang Kun’s mother became engaged with Gustav, his status here had risen tremendously. It was said that Gustav even recognized him as his only heir.

Disregarding everything else, he would still get a viscount title once his mom and Gustav were married.

In conclusion, Gustav was truly a good man.

The problem was that Huang Kun just couldn’t get used to this place. Even when he hid in his room to play his computer games, he still felt out of place.

“I want to go back. Zhao Guang is waiting for me to return with souvenirs.”

Huang Kun really couldn’t find an excuse to say that this place was bad, so he used Zhao Guang as his excuse.

As an unregistered citizen that had come from the Dust World, it was difficult to provide Zhao Guang with proper identification, even after Wei Xiao Bei asked Shan Bing to help him do so. As such, Zhao Guang couldn’t follow Wei Xiao Bei and the rest to Denmark. Instead, he had to stay at the dojo.

Wei Xiao Bei suddenly remembered that Zhao Guang had been left alone in the dojo when Huang Kun mentioned him. He realized that it might not have been such a good idea.

Even though Zhao Guang’s power meant that there was no concern for his safety, it was hard to tell if any trouble would crop up.

At the thought of this, Wei Xiao Bei grabbed a phone and called Zhao Guang’s number.

The first modern device that Zhao Guang learned to use was the computer and the second was the phone.

“Uncle?”

Zhao Guang’s crisp voice came over the line.

The twelve-year-old Zhao Guang’s voice had yet to change. It still sounded like a child’s voice. Anyone who didn’t know who was speaking on the line might have thought that it was a girl speaking.

“Mm, everything’s alright, yes?”

Wei Xiao Bei asked caringly.

“Everything’s fine. I just miss you a little since you left.”

Zhao Guang was pretty attached to Wei Xiao Bei. Aside from the fact that Wei Xiao Bei was his second uncle, he was also scared of the foreign world around him.

“It’s good if you are fine. Uncle will be back soon. Don’t make trouble outside.”

Wei Xiao Bei reminded him and was about to hang up the phone. However, he thought for a bit. He couldn’t possibly just let Zhao Guang be bullied, could he? So he added, “If anyone bullies you, beat them up! If anything happens, just call this number and say you are my nephew, alright?”

Wei Xiao Bei gave him Wei Xing Wu’s number. If anything were to happen to him, Wei Xing Wu would be able to deal with it.

However, Wei Xiao Bei never expected that this last line of his was what created a fairly big problem back home.

After dealing with Zhao Guang, he called Andre’s phone.

In Wei Xiao Bei’s eyes, Andre was taking far too long, like he was dragging his feet with the whole thing.

However, when the call connected, Andre immediately started crying and asking for help.

It seemed like this fellow had bought plenty of things on loan before this. His house, his car and a whole bunch of other stuff.

His bank heard that he was about to move, so they immediately went to stop him and denied him from moving until he returned his loan.

Then again, the bank wasn’t afraid of Andre running away. After all, the house and the car were all collateral. They could just confiscate it and sell it off.

However, the bank would not be making much money if they dealt with the loan that way. They might even make a small loss. In the end, confiscating collateral and selling it off was just the last resort. It was too much of a risk and a bad price at auction might cause them to take a loss.

It was better to have Andre return his loan. At the very least, they could guarantee a profit that way.

Under such circumstances, Andre didn’t need to do much to repay his bank loans.

Unfortunately, he didn’t have enough savings, while the house and the car was a bit hard to liquidate. As such, he was stuck in an awkward position.

If Wei Xiao Bei didn’t make a call, who knows how much longer he would have taken?

“How much?”

Wei Xiao Bei frowned, but he couldn’t leave the issue be.

“Fifty thousand euros. I just need fifty thousand euros. I still have a bit of cash on hand.”

Andre immediately calmed down after hearing Wei Xiao Bei’s question. He was really scared that Wei Xiao Bei would just ignore him because of these little annoyances.

“Alright. I will send a hundred thousand euros to your account. Remember to act fast. You will be going back to China with me in three days, at the very latest!”

Wei Xiao Bei urged Andre to hurry up even as he calmed him down. Otherwise, he didn’t know when they would be able to go back to China.

Wei Xiao Bei’s frown grew even larger after he hung up.

He had plenty of money to work with. Once the auction was held, he would have tens of millions of dollars. That would be two million euros upon conversion.

However, that money would not come into his bank account until mid-January!

Wei Xiao Bei didn’t need to look at his phone to know the date. It was the end of December and very close to New Year’s.

That meant that there was still half a month until he got the money.

Wei Xiao Bei barely had a couple of thousand dollars left in his card.

He might even have to ask Zhou Rong to purchase the plane tickets for him.

Zhu Xin Yi became worried when he saw Wei Xiao Bei’s frown grow with every call. However, she couldn’t understand the conversation that was happening through the phone.

“Master, is everything alright?”

“Yea, it’s no issue. I’m just thinking about how I can make money,” he sighed.

Wei Xiao Bei did not attempt to hide what was troubling him either.

In truth, he had already found a way to make money. He just needed to sell the World Tree Sap after disguising it in some way.

It wasn’t hard to imagine how much the World Tree Sap was worth.

However, he needed to analyze the risks of selling the World Tree Sap and the potential consequences it might create.

Wei Xiao Bei didn’t want to draw the attention of the major forces just by selling some tree sap.

 How to make money?

Zhu Xin Yi was also helpless when it came to this question.

Regardless of how much she trained in the Dust World, Xin Yi was only a sophomore in college. She knew how to get good grades and fight monsters, but her only idea for making money was to become a home tutor or work a part-time job.

Of course, Wei Xiao Bei had no intention of having his two apprentices think about his problems for him. After brooding for a moment, he made up his mind and pressed the electronic bell to call for a servant.

This was a small meeting room. The servants typically didn’t come in here when Huang Kun was using it unless it was to report an important matter.

As the bell rang, a middle-aged lady with golden hair that appeared to be about forty pushed the door open and asked in Danish, “Young Master Huang, do you have any instructions?”

Huang Kun looked at Wei Xiao Bei, unsure of why his master had called for a servant.

“Can you contact Miss Zhou?”

Wei Xiao Bei asked with a chuckle.

It couldn’t be helped. Zhou Rong hadn’t been seen in a few days, but even Huang Kun didn’t know her number. As such, he could only ask for a servant to help.

The golden-haired servant looked at Huang Kun. After all, Wei Xiao Bei was only a guest and Huang Kun’s held the highest status before the servants in this room.

“Go look for my mother.”

Huang Kun nodded his head. It seemed like the etiquette classes he had been taking recently had worked somewhat.

Zhou Rong finally returned before dinner.

She had gone to visit a government minister with her fiance.

Wei Xiao Bei could admit that she was a strong woman. Zhou Food and Beverage Company might truly grow to become a titan in the world.

Wei Xiao Bei passed a small vase to Zhou Rong when he met her.

Zhou Rong was a little surprised, but she didn’t ask any questions when she saw Wei Xiao Bei motioning for her to open the lid.

As the lid was opened, a strange fragrance emanated from the container.

“Mr. Wei, this is?”

Zhou Rong was still confused. The fragrance from the vase smelled like herbs, but also food, wine, and even roast meat.

“This is a world-class herbal wine I have created through my research. You can also call it a health care product. It has no side-effect and as for its effects upon consumption, Ms. Zhou, you may try it for yourself.”

Wei Xiao Bei wasn’t exaggerating in the slightest. The components of the liquid in this container were truly very complex.

There was the ordinary Inferior World Tree Sap, the rare roast meat, and a dozen Chinese herbs all mixed along with some white spirits. Even the most advanced machines in the world would have trouble analyzing its contents.

Of course, the only effective components in it was the World Tree Sap and the roast meat. The Chinese herbs and the spirits were just to mix up the contents.

“Oh? Then let me give it a try.”

If it was anyone else, Zhou Rong would never try this unknown herbal product.

However, Wei Xiao Bei held a very high position in Zhou Rong’s mind. Apart from being Huang Kun’s master and possessing powerful martial arts, he also had connections to people like Shan Bing and Zhou Xing Yuan. Wei Xiao Bei also appeared to be very mysterious in her eyes. Not only was he an expert at martial arts, but he also had world-class cooking skills.

All these factors added together made Zhou Rong trust Wei Xiao Bei quite a lot.

It only made sense. After all, there was no way Wei Xiao Bei would mix in any poison or laxatives in the drink.

Zhou Rong placed the container by her mouth and immediately drank one-third of the liquid. Her face flushed slightly red. This was the effect of the spirit, but her expression immediately froze.

After a short while, she finally let out a long breath of air. The look she was giving Wei Xiao Bei was filled with surprise and even excitement.

It was a pretty simple reason. The effect of this drink was obvious to anyone who drank it.

Zhou Rong might be naturally pretty, but even she couldn’t escape the touch of age. As a woman in her thirties working hard in the commercial world and spending long nights at work it meant it was easy for her to catch all sorts of sickness and disease.

However, Zhou Rong never expected warmth to start spreading from her stomach after a sip of this unknown herbal wine that she had only taken out of her respect for Wei Xiao Bei.