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.

car and strode towards the

men, lined up to

greetings, but Maverick ignored

the dimly lit dark mine that was supposed to be brightened by the rainborite ore, Maverick stood there, with his hands tucked in his pocket as he gazed around the huge hole on the wall- where the rainborite ore was supposed to be.

happened?” his voice wasn’t loud but it sent chills down their

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

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

found?” Code 10 frowned.

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

but they failed to watch

who?” Code

anything on those we killed or injured. We tried to force the

casualties?” Maverick

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

corpses?” Code 10

are at the facility,” the

out of the mine, heading to the facility.

Inside the facility…

strode into different sections that were divided by curtains to see the injured

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

it would have been easy for Maverick to

person is scheming, however, being scheming doesn’t mean Maverick still won’t be able to find out who these people were. It

injuries stitched

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

poison were they given?” Code 10 asked with a frown. He had never seen this