Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

292 Rainborite ore’s disappearance

“Calm down and talk to me, what did you say happened?” the old man frowned. He had no idea what his children had done. 1

Rex stood up and turned to leave. Why would he stay back to continue feeling uncomfortable in the presence of this old man that refused to die when his mates are already below his seat?

“Wait, you should drink some tea,” the old man said.

Rex didn’t look back and started walking away.

This old man is mad!‘ thought Rex.

Drink some tea from a notorious family? Over his dead body. Seating with the old man alone stirred his heart, especially when their eyes met.

It felt like the man was draining his blood. Rumor within their circle has it that one of the ancestors of the Feng family was a sorcerer and left her powers in an object in the family’s shrine.

Some said that Old Man Feng was able to gain enlightenment and became the family’s sorcerer which was why he got blind and his eyes turned white. Others said it was just a coincidence that the man was blind and still has white eyes.

Whatever the people say is not Rex’s problem. His problem and that of everyone else’s who knows the Feng family is:

How could a blind man see?

In a desert…

A few black cars were seen speeding through the desert and in no time, they stopped a few meters away from a huge dark cave–like structure.

the car and strode towards the

of the entrance were Maverick’s men, lined up to receive their boss.

in greetings, but Maverick ignored them

hands tucked in his pocket as he gazed around the huge hole on the wall- where

asked, “What happened?” his voice wasn’t loud but it sent chills down their spines.

who were stationed around the cave stepped forward and knelt on one

were raided. After the fight, we found that the mine had disappeared.”

the location found?” Code

moments before speaking up, “I sent a few men to the town to

but they failed to watch

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anything on those we killed or injured. We tried to force the injured ones to talk but they committed suicide,” the

casualties?” Maverick asked.

fifteen were injured. I’ve sent them to the facility,”

the enemies‘ corpses?” Code 10 asked again.

at the facility,” the head

and walked out of the mine, heading to the

Inside the facility…

were divided by curtains to see the

known that using guns would mean that their identity would

it would have been easy for Maverick to

being scheming doesn’t mean Maverick still won’t be able to find out who these people were. It might only take some

a while as his men were getting their injuries stitched

the dead enemies and his men. The dead enemies had pure white faces and their eyes were

never seen this type of poison where the person’s eyes and mouth turned