249: Chapter 245 Uncle Si 249: Chapter 245 Uncle Si “Splish splash…”
Half a bucket of cold water poured down, and Jiang Zhendong shivered several times.
His blurred eyes finally appeared somewhat more clear.
“Fourth Uncle!” Upon seeing the middle-aged man before him, he was stunned for a moment before hurriedly calling out.
His parents held high positions with heavy power, and they were usually so busy with endless affairs that their heads spun.
Within the Jiang family, the person Jiang Zhendong was closest to was his fourth uncle, Jiang Limin,
In their household, apart from his own parents, he feared no one.
It was only this fourth uncle who kept a tight rein on him, causing him to feel a sense of fear that came from deep within.
“Good that you’re awake.
Look at yourself, what a mess!”
“Hurry up and change your clothes, take a hot shower, and I’ll wait for you in the living room!”
Glaring at him impatiently, Jiang Limin instructed.
“Mm!” Hanging his head, Jiang Zhendong nodded in agreement.
The climate in the Capital City was different from Yuedong.
At this time of the year, it was truly December.
Although today was a sunny day and the temperature had not dropped below zero, it was barely three or four degrees Celsius.
With half a bucket of cold water drenched over him and his clothes all soaked, Jiang Zhendong was shivering uncontrollably, suffering to the extreme.
After Jiang Limin had spoken, Jiang Zhendong, now slightly more awake, hurriedly scampered towards the room inside the courtyard.
Sitting on the sofa in the living room, leg crossed, Jiang Limin had just finished smoking a cigarette.
Having taken a bath and changed into a fresh set of clothes, Jiang Zhendong finally emerged from the bathroom and sat down on a sofa near Jiang Limin.
Some alcohol, after drinking oneself into a stupor, can render a person unconscious, impossible to wake up no matter how much you call them.
What kind of foreign liquor had Jiang Zhendong been drinking, and from which country was it produced?
Before, when he was in that drunken state, having been doused in cold water by Jiang Limin and then taken a hot shower, even though his drunkenness was still there, at least he was now mainly sober.
“Fourth Uncle, how did you come here?” With a hint of suspicion, Jiang Zhendong asked after glancing at Jiang Limin beside him.
“The incident at the Ye Family’s engagement banquet has already spread to the Capital City!”
“You, what am I supposed to do with you?”
“Trying to disrupt someone’s engagement banquet, don’t you think to use your head a little?”
“Stripping off your clothes and rolling on the ground at someone’s engagement banquet?
Are you out of your mind?
Such behavior, do you not feel ashamed…”
When it came to this topic, Jiang Limin was full of anger.
While scolding his nephew Jiang Zhendong, his finger was almost pointing at his nose.
In his eyes, his nephew always handled matters methodically and skillfully.
He simply could not understand how Jiang Zhendong could have suddenly pulled such a stunt at the Ye Family’s engagement banquet.
He even began to wonder if his nephew, after going to Yuedong, had his brain kicked by a donkey…
Knowing that his nephew Jiang Zhendong had hurried back to the Capital City, Jiang Limin immediately came here.
After all, the matter of the Ye Family daughter’s engagement was something that he had told Jiang Zhendong about, urging him to return from the USA.
Now, with such a significant upheaval, he naturally wanted to get to the bottom of it!
“Fourth Uncle, I really didn’t mean to behave like that!”
“In that banquet hall, I suddenly saw a large swarm of leeches coming towards me.”
“Those things were disgusting to the extreme, wriggling into my clothes…”
With a face full of grievance and on the verge of tears, Jiang Zhendong recounted the incident in the banquet hall to his fourth uncle.
In front of outsiders, if he told the truth, he would likely be regarded as a lunatic.
But in front of his fourth uncle, he felt that Jiang Limin would believe him, understand him.
“Dong, are you saying that you suddenly saw a swarm of leeches in the banquet hall?”
“Those things, no one else could see, only you?”
“Is it because you saw countless leeches crawling into your clothes that you stripped and rolled on the ground in your underwear?”
With furrowed brows and eyebrows nearly merging into a straight line, Jiang Limin gazed intently at his nephew, seeking confirmation.
“Yes!
That’s exactly what happened!” Jiang Zhendong nodded affirmatively, his face sure.
After a brief pause, he added, “I’m physically healthy, so logically speaking, I shouldn’t be experiencing any hallucinations.”
“I also can’t figure out what exactly those leeches I suddenly saw were all about.”
With a troubled expression, Jiang Zhendong heaved a long sigh.
The thought of how this incident, once it spread within their circle, would become a point of mockery among those fellows made him extremely dejected.
If it weren’t for Jiang Limin sitting beside him at that moment, he would probably grab a few bottles of alcohol and start gulping them down.
“Dong, if there’s nothing wrong with your body, have you ever considered that someone might be playing tricks on you behind the scenes?”
After a long silence, Jiang Limin spoke up solemnly once again.
“Fourth Uncle, how could someone play tricks with such a thing?” Jiang Zhendong asked doubtfully, completely at a loss.
“A Japanese friend of mine once told me about some matters within the Cultivation World.”
“He mentioned that some accomplished practitioners in Japan could do many things beyond ordinary people’s comprehension.”
“Initially, I wasn’t quite convinced, but then I saw my friend instantly freeze a steaming hot cup of water with a single touch, and I came to believe about seventy or eighty percent of what he said!”
“He also said that there are hidden practitioners within China!”
“If such people took action, causing you to have those hallucinations, it would probably be a trivial matter for them!”
“Hold on, I’ll give my friend a call, have him come over here and take a good look at you!”
Jiang Limin spoke with a serious countenance, slowly explaining to his nephew.
The Ye Family of Yuedong had a profound heritage; they were well aware of some things unknown to ordinary people.
Compared to the Ye Family, the Jiang Family, which had only come into prominence over the last decade, hardly had much heritage to speak of and knew very little about certain matters.
Moreover, neither Jiang Limin nor Jiang Zhendong had held any high-ranking positions within Yanhuang Country, so there was a lot they didn’t have access to.
“Mysterious Realm?
Fourth Uncle, you even know people from that realm?”
“Hurry up and have him come over, take a good look, and see what’s wrong with me!”
Jiang Zhendong’s interest was piqued by those few words, and he hurriedly made his request to his fourth uncle.
“Alright, I’ll call him now.”
“This Mr.
Murakami I’m talking about serves as a military officer at the Japanese embassy; we hit it off when we first met and became close friends.”
“As long as he has some free time and receives my call, he should come over right away.”
“With his abilities, as soon as he arrives, he will be able to tell whether what you experienced was hallucinations or someone’s doing with just one look.”
Jiang Limin explained with a smile.
His acquaintance with Mr.
Murakami might have been a chance encounter, but over the past few years since they had known each other, the two had engaged in many mutually beneficial dealings.
To some extent, they had common interests.
With such a relationship, he believed that Mr.
Murakami would be more than happy to do him this favor as long as he asked.