Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 364 Our Workers Were Detained

"Cousin Eileen, how's life in Tianxia?"

Back home, Eileen received a call from her cousin, "I saw your selfies on Instagram, and it looks like you've gained at least five pounds?"

"You're just spouting nonsense!" Eileen wasn't ashamed at all, and even struck a seductive pose in front of the dressing mirror by the door. "I work out every day, and my weight gain or loss has always been within ten ounces."

“Then I’m relieved. I don’t want to welcome a chubby little girl next Christmas,” Lawrence laughed.

"I thought you would come to Tianxia to find me," Eileen said quietly.

“You know I can’t go,” Lawrence sighed. “Otherwise, why would I come to you? Wouldn’t it be better for me to pursue Xiao Ya myself?”

Eileen raised an eyebrow and smiled, recalling Xiao Ya's genuine surprise when she saw Gu Zhao. "You have no chance. Xiao Ya has a boyfriend."

On the other side of the ocean, Lawrence was also looking in the mirror. In the mirror was a handsome blond man in his early thirties, showing off his eight-pack abs and a sunny smile.

"I don't believe any woman can resist my charm."

Lawrence was quite proud of this, because every woman he set his sights on had indeed never rejected him, and even if they didn't know his identity, they didn't mind sleeping with him.

Although he would most likely marry a woman from a prominent family in the future, he wouldn't mind forming a transnational marriage if she brought with her a terrifying superhuman.

Eileen pictured Gu Zhao's equally dashing and unrestrained handsome face in her mind, and shook her head with a smile, "You're not at an advantage."

Lawrence's eyes flickered. "It seems you've become friends with Xiao Ya and the others. You've even met her boyfriend."

"It was just a coincidence that we ran into each other on my way home from get off work," Eileen said casually.

"Didn't you guys talk about the extraordinary?" Lawrence asked.

“We’ll only talk about music,” Eileen said. “You promised me I’m an open secret, so there’s no need for you to pry into my background.”

Lawrence sighed, "That's right, but I'm under a lot of pressure here too, because you're the only one who can stay by Xiao Ya's side."

Eileen sneered, "Extraordinary events keep happening in Tianxia, ​​and Xiao Ya isn't the only one involved. Just a few days ago, there was news of several Taoist priests rescuing people in Xiyue. Didn't you send anyone there?"

“We sent men, but they found nothing,” Lawrence said.

"So you shouldn't have any expectations of me, because I'm even less professional." Eileen shrugged.

Lawrence sighed. "So you really don't have any news for me?"

Eileen said nonchalantly, "Or you could investigate Xiao Ya's boyfriend? Maybe that would make him back down, and then you could take advantage of the situation?"

Lawrence, "..."

……

While Eileen and Lawrence were chatting, Gu Zhao had already brought Xiao Ya and Jiang Shishi to eat hot pot.

"I wasn't planning on eating this, but Eileen mentioned it, and now I want to." Jiang Shishi dipped a few slices of beef in the broth, put them in her mouth, and felt quite satisfied.

"But why would she still like to eat spicy rabbit heads?" Xiao Ya asked, puzzled.

"Is it not tasty?" Gu Zhao asked.

Xiao Ya thought for a moment, then slowly nodded and licked her lips. "Delicious."

Gu Zhao and Jiang Shishi both laughed. "Are there any other questions?"

Xiao Ya laughed too, "It just feels a bit odd to see a foreigner slurping a rabbit head like that."

The group enjoyed their meal, and Xiao Ya and Jiang Shishi told Gu Zhao about their time in the folk music troupe, while also chatting about trending topics online. "Honey, you're amazing! We saw the news, you literally threw all the sandstorms from northern China to the capital of Northern Mongolia!" Jiang Shishi exclaimed.

They were put down by Gu Zhao that day, and seeing that Gu Zhao had left again, they only knew that Gu Zhao might have gone to clean up other sandstorms. Later, they also saw related news from other cities.

But they never expected that Gu Zhao would not only clear away all the sandstorms in the north of the country, but also march all the way to the capital of Northern Mongolia, giving them a warning.

"I later saw in the news that a delegation from the Northern Mongolian faction came to discuss cooperation. Is it because of this incident?" Jiang Shishi asked.

"It should be," Gu Zhao nodded, "but I don't know what happened afterward."

"And what about the Taoist priests of Xiyue who saved people? Do you know anything about that?" Xiao Ya asked another question.

“I know,” Gu Zhao replied. “Those Taoist priests in the video are also quite skilled.”

"Wow!" Jiang Shishi and Xiao Ya exclaimed in unison.

"Those two old Taoist priests are one thing, but there's also a young Taoist priest next to them who didn't seem to notice the drone at all." Jiang Shishi ate another beef ball, then her eyes lit up. "What if we accidentally expose ourselves? What do we do then?"

Xiao Ya nodded, her face also full of gossip. "I heard that a lot of people went to Xiyue afterward. Do you have any new information?"

"Yes!" Gu Zhao raised an eyebrow and lowered his voice.

Xiao Ya and Jiang Shishi's eyes lit up, and they both lowered their heads and leaned closer.

"Those two old Taoist priests went into seclusion, leaving the other three to handle the tasks," Gu Zhao said in a low voice. "The remaining three Taoist priests handled the tasks for two days, and then they also went into seclusion."

Xiao Ya and Jiang Shishi nodded, waited a moment, and seeing that Gu Zhao didn't speak again, they couldn't help but ask, "Is it over?"

Gu Zhao nodded. "It's over."

"Tch! What's so gossipy about that!" The two women turned around in unison, showing their disdain.

Just then, they heard several young people at the next table starting to discuss things related to the supernatural.

"Superpowers definitely exist in this world!" a boy declared confidently. "That video from Xiyue is absolutely real!"

The girl next to him shook her head. "It's definitely fake. What era are we living in? How can you still talk about feudal superstition?"

Another woman countered, "But there are eyewitnesses to many things. For example, my colleague's brother was on that plane when the Sichuan passenger plane incident happened."

The last boy shook his head. "I don't think there's anything extraordinary about him. Otherwise, in this internet age, how could he possibly keep it a secret?"

"Isn't this gradually exposing us?"

"But it's too recent. Smartphones have been around for over a decade. Why didn't this happen before?"

"Then how do you explain the sandstorm in northern Inner Mongolia?"

"It's just a sudden anticyclonic airflow. What else can it be explained by? It can't be that some Taoist priest in China used magic to sweep all the sand and dust back, can it?"

"And then it just so happens that they all ended up in the wealthy district of the Northern Mongol capital?"

"Who knows?" Those who don't believe it will never believe it. "If there are really people in China who are that capable, why don't they rescue those people detained in Africa?"

"Who goes there?" a girl asked.

“An opposition armed group from a small African country,” the boy explained. “They probably took money from some countries, staged a coup, and then detained our workers, demanding that we transfer our factories and mines.”

"Hmm?" Gu Zhao raised an eyebrow and took out his phone.

(End of this chapter)