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.

strode towards the cave–like structure in

Maverick’s men, lined up to receive their

bowed in greetings, but Maverick ignored them and strode

was supposed to be brightened by the rainborite ore, Maverick stood there, with his hands tucked in his pocket as he

eyes fixed on the huge hole, he asked, “What happened?” his voice wasn’t loud but it sent chills

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

fight, we found that the

found?” Code

before speaking up,

they failed to watch their

who?” Code 2 asked.

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

casualties?”

fifteen were injured. I’ve sent them to the

enemies‘ corpses?” Code 10

facility,”

out of the

Inside the facility…

were divided by curtains to see the

blades instead of guns. The assaulters must have known that using guns would mean that their identity would

they had used bullets, it would have been easy for Maverick to

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

getting their injuries stitched before leaving to see the dead ones in the morgue.

morgue were the dead enemies and his men. The dead enemies had pure white faces and their eyes were bulging out. Their

type of poison were they given?” Code 10 asked with a frown. He had never seen this type of poison where the person’s eyes and mouth turned