Nightmare’s Call

During the school weekend, Pei Lin’s cousin, Pei Peng had passed by on a business trip and dropped by to visit.

He did not come alone, and brought with hima few people from his hometown.

After lunch, Pei Peng and Pei Shangyu chatted for a while in the study, and after a while, he saw Pei Lin who had just came out from her room.

Pei Lin had a deep impression of this elder cousin of hers.

It was none other than the fact that this cousin had the ability to communicate with elders on an equal basis without reservation towards them.

After witnessing that a few times, Pei Lin had somewhat admired this cousin of hers.

“Yes, I’ve not went back for a long while. Maybe it’s because of my increasing homework, and I really don’t have the time now.” Pei Lin replied politely.

While her reply was not really appropriate, as a young person, no one would purposely poke holes in her arguments.

“If you have the time, you must communicate with your relatives, otherwise even the closest of relatives would gradually drift apart.”

Pei Peng had a slender and handsome face, with narrow eyes with a trace of a phoenix’s eyes in it, as his pupils were was the rare double pupil.

There was another pupil within his pupil, and if one were to look closely, it had give out a bizarre, empty atmosphere.

“Alright, I will visit uncle when I have the time.” Pei Lin replied hurriedly.

Pei Pengwei smiled, and said no more as he walked away in huge strides with his men.

As he left the Pei’s house, they got into a fully enclosed soundproof car.

The car sped along the street, and soon left the city area and went quickly into a standalone manor at the outskirts.

The car slowed down, and stopped by the gate of the manor.

Pei Peng and the rest got down from the car, and looked up at the manor before going in.

The gate was left open, as the master of the manor had already knew of their arrival, and had opened the gate ahead of time.

After a few people entered, the dark metallic gate slowly closed.

On the spacious green lawn of the manor, a bald old man in white casual clothes held a golf club and hit the golf ball on the ground.

The ball flew accurately into a small hole more than thirty meters away.

“I’m really old now… Back in the day, I could send this ball flying into any hole with a single random stroke.” The old man sighed.

“Father, you are old yet strong, and in fact, you are still at the peak of your life, where did that oldness come from?” Pei Peng smiled as he flattered.

“I know how I am, and I’m no match for you youngsters any more.” The old man shook his head. “How is it, how did your third uncle do?”

“Very poorly.” Pei Peng casually said, “Although third uncle had some resources at hand, he is too indecisive. The family’s resources and important position should not be held by such a person.”

“Then act as we had planned.” The old man nodded. “Pei Shangyu not only did he not support his own family, he had instead went to support that peace bill. Who knows what is going with him.”

“Why did our previous attempt to ‘persuade’ him failed?” He then asked.

Pei Peng lowered his head, “They were detected by a Corpsedemon that was protecting Pei Lin, but no matter, just a little test anyway. I have a clear idea of how much resources Pei Shangyu could mobilize. That goal had been achieved.”

“Then, see it to completion as soon as possible. Take care of Pei Shangyu and Zhuang Qing, and don’t let them be the additional obstacles to our plan.” the old man said.

“Don’t worry, father. The arrangement has been made, we only need a moment of opportunity.” Pei Peng smiled.

The two then talked about other topics, and did not further mention anything about Pei Shangyu’s family.

The moment they decided to turn their backs on the family, no matter how strong Pei Shangyu was, his fate was sealed.

“Right, get a count on the number of Line-class Corpsedemons we have in our hands. We need to cooperate with the Chamber of Joyous Sounds for something.” The old man suddenly added.

“The Chamber of Joyous Sounds? If they are helping, then it will help us cover this up.” Pei Peng immediately understood.

“Yes, Feng Ling has at least three Faceless-level elite at her disposal, as we are taking this into our own hands, it will leave too obvious a trail. But if the Chamber of Joyous Sounds were to act, it will be much more hidden. Bring them to deal with Pei Shangyu, and you kill two birds with one stone.” The old man explained with a smile.

“Father, you are wise. Pei Shangyu has been relying on that Bermann, and none of his underlings are Faceless, so they can only rely on themselves.” Pei Peng was effusive.

“Then, I will hnad the task of receiving the Chamber of Joyous Sounds to you. Take care of Feng Ling and Pei Shengyu before next month. I don’t suppose that will be a problem?”The old man asked back.

“Please seat back and wait for the results.” Pei Peng smiled slightly.

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Hiss….

On a curved runway in between the verdant plans, two race cars, one red one black sped along the track.

The thundering engine roared like a beast, as it roared time and time again.

The red racing car had a mirror-sheen surface, and constantly ripped through the yellowish dusk glow in the sky.

Within the tinted car’s window, Pei Shangyu bit his lips tightly as he held the steering wheel, his eyes under the helmet was calm yet bright.

The two racing cars sped all the way through as they crossed the long, winding track, and finally they slowed down at stopped at the end of the track marked with chequered line.

The black car had crossed the line first, and Pei Shangyu was still a bit too slow.

As he stopped, he got out of the car with a smile, and walked towards the black racing car.

A middle-aged man with some baldness too had gotten out from the car.

“That’s amazing! I’m still not up to your level.” Pei Shangyu smiled with a thumbs up.

“No way, I haven’t been racing for a long time now. If it wasn’t for Shangyu you deliberately made it easy for me, I would not even be seeing the tail end of your vehicle.” The bald man smiled bitterly.

“I’m certainly in no position to make it easy for you.” Pei Shangyu smiled in return.

The two took off their helemt and chatted as they walked to a seating area by the curb.

“Right, Shangyu, I’ve heard the wind spoke, that there seems to be a huge disagreement between you and your family? Somethings are better handled as soon as possible.” The bald man said cryptically.

“Actually, it’s okay. Jus a tiny matter.” Pei Shangyu did not take it too seriously.

“It may be a trivial matter to you, but some might not think so. Do you have enough men around you, should I move some people to help you shore up your forces for the time being?” The balding man suggested.

“Don’t worry, in any case, my family is the base camp of the Pei family, anyone who dares to lay their hands there have a death wish no?” Pei Shangyu laughed.

“It pays to be careful. You… shouldn’t rely too much on the Pei Clan…” The balding man said.

Yet, seeing that Pei Shangyu did not take it seriously, he sighed within and did not mention it anymore.

There were somethings that was ultimately dependent on one self, but this sort of thing, not only saying too much would not be useful, it may even be counterproductive, even as the very best of friends.

So he simply decided to not say anything more.

As he thought about the place Pei Shangyu was living was indeed the area governed by the first uncle of the Pei Clan, there should not be any problems.

“Speaking of which, Pengpeng had came over to my place as a guest the other time, and brought me a lot of special goods he brought in from Savilla, do you want some?” Pei Shangyu gave the balding man an ambiguous look.

“Oh, Savilla? That thing?” The balding man’s eyes suddenly brightened. “Yes, of course!”

“I’ll send you some when I get back.”