Chapter 1 Phone Call

The phone rang.

It was an unfamiliar number.

After hesitating for a moment,

Zhou Ze answered anyway:

"Hello, who is this?"

"Who I am isn't important. I just want to tell you something:

Your woman is in my hands."

Standing by the window, drinking juice, Zhou Ze paused.

Not because he was overly surprised,

But because he was thinking,

My woman?

Which one?

Just as Zhou Ze was about to ask further,

The other end of the line was filled with the "beep beep beep" of a busy signal.

Boss Zhou tried his best to keep his composure.

He found the person who called him very strange.

Even if it was a kidnapping, they should at least offer a price and discuss conditions. At the very least, let him know what the other party wanted. But just this simple sentence, and then they hung up?

This didn't seem like a simple phone scam.

One reason was that the other person's Mandarin was very non-standard...

Another reason was that if phone scammers were all at this mediocre level, they would probably starve to death long ago.

Zhou Ze tried his best not to overthink it.

He opened his phone's contact list.

Without the slightest hesitation or delay,

He directly dialed Yingying's number.

"Beep... beep... beep..."

"Hello, Boss!"

A familiar voice,

A familiar tone.

Zhou Ze narrowed his eyes, a smile appearing on his lips.

Many people think that the phrase "If you are well, then it is a sunny day" is a bit too affected.

But in this world, if there is someone you can see every morning when you wake up by your side,

It is also a great happiness.

"Yingying, is that you?"

"Huh?" Yingying on the other end of the phone seemed a little puzzled. "Boss, what's wrong?"

"Yingying."

"Here, Boss!"

"Say a few words for me to hear."

"Yingyingying!" (sound of whining/crying)

"Okay."

Confirmed by the voice, it was the original, genuine article.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, just wanted to hear your voice."

"Ah... oh... hehe."

"Okay, hanging up now."

"Okay, Boss."

Zhou Ze held his phone,

Shaking his head.

Yeah,

I'm overthinking it.

Who would kidnap Yingying?

And who could even manage to kidnap her?

But he still had to ask, otherwise he wouldn't feel at ease.

A little later,

Boss Zhou began to ponder the conceptual definition of "my woman" again.

After hesitating for a moment,

He finally dialed Doctor Lin's phone.

Actually,

She should be his woman in the legal sense.

However,

The phone was answered quickly.

"Hello, Boss!"

Zhou Ze took the phone away from his ear and looked at it.

Confirmed the number.

Not a wrong number...

"Yes."

"Boss, is there anything else?"

"I..." Zhou Ze thought for a moment, and said, "Say it again."

"Yingyingying?"

"Yes, very good."

"Huh?"

"Where are you?"

"I'm at Doctor Lin's house. She just went to get me some stockings, saying she's going to match me with some styles. Wow, Doctor Lin has so many stockings! Boss, what color do you like?"

"Bl... Hey!

She's at home?"

"Oh, right, this is Doctor Lin's phone, Boss. I'll let her answer the phone."

"No need, I just need to confirm that she's at home, that she's by your side."

"Yes, she's at home. She's coming.

Miss Lin, answer the phone. It's my boss, your husb... um, emmmm... 's phone."

"Hello?"

Doctor Lin's voice came from the phone.

It's her.

She's also okay?

"Is something the matter?"

"Is she bothering you?"

"Not at all, we're getting along very well."

If an ordinary man heard this "we're getting along very well,"

He'd probably be naturally fantasizing about killing two birds with one stone...

However,

Zhou Ze began to grumble in his heart.

Who the hell did that bastard who just called him

kidnap?

"That's good, nothing else."

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone,

Boss Zhou propped his chin with his hand,

And began to contemplate life:

Which other woman do I have?

...

Some people have many women.

Zhou Ze once saw in the newspaper that a disgraced official would leave behind a strand of hair every time he slept with a new mistress. Over time, he even made several writing brushes out of them.

But this situation doesn't exist on Boss Zhou's side.

Because he's virtuous!

The last incident with the deformed child Xu Le allowed Zhou Ze to instantly analyze the cause and effect, also thanks to the good lifestyle of "self-discipline."

After thinking and thinking,

Boss Zhou still couldn't think of a third person who could be called "his woman."

Never mind.

Zhou Ze dialed the strange number from earlier.

Soon,

The other side answered.

"Hello, you've confirmed it, haven't you?"

The very non-standard Mandarin pronunciation came out again.

Confirmed what?

Also, where does this mysterious confidence of yours come from?

"I..."

"You don't need to say anything. I just want you to agree to two things:

First, a bronze ring. You should have it. It should be on your finger right now."

Hearing this, Zhou Ze

looked down at the bronze ring on the ring finger of his left hand.

The other party was interested in this ring. The lake spirit only recently moved in, so they shouldn't be here for the lake spirit.

This bronze ring doesn't seem to have any other use besides forming a barrier.

What Boss Zhou didn't know was that the greatest use of this ring was actually "isolation." It wasn't a barrier formed in a human way, but a barrier formed by "invisible" power.

This magical artifact,

When undergoing tribulation,

Will exert a very strong effect and can provide a very large boost!

Boss Zhou doesn't need to undergo tribulation, so he doesn't have this feeling or awareness.

"Second, my brother. I want to take him away. You have to undo his imprisonment."

"Your brother?"

"My brother, the one you planted in the ground."

"Oh?"

Boss Zhou suddenly understood. The problem lies here.

"As long as you agree to these two conditions, your woman, I will return her to you unharmed, without touching a single hair on her head."

"Okay, but I have to ask you a question first."

"Speak."

"Was that fish you sent this morning?"

"A small gift, not worth mentioning."

"You're too kind."

"You flatter me."

"You wait for me, I'll be right there."

"I'll wait for you to come and undo the imprisonment of my brother.

After this transaction,

You,

Will gain the friendship of the sea."

"Okay, okay, it's my honor, a great honor."

"I like making friends with people like you. I'm very sorry for my previous abruptness. I hope these things won't affect our future friendship."

"It won't, it won't."

Because,

Who gave you the courage to mistakenly believe that you still have a future?

"Oh, right, is it convenient to give the phone to your brother? I want to say a few words to him."

"You can. I know you're a sentimental person."

The implication is that,

If I didn't know you were a sentimental person, I wouldn't use kidnapping to force you to submit.

The phone

was handed to the Dead Servant.

A little later,

Zhou Ze said into the phone:

"He's your brother?"

A very faint "yes" came from the other end of the phone.

"But I don't remember having a son like him."

Silence,

But it didn't last too long,

Because the Dead Servant knew that

the person on the other end of the phone wouldn't give him too much time to be silent.

Finally,

The Dead Servant answered:

"I understand... Father."

...

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Ze put the phone in his pocket and walked towards the door.

"Boss, where are you going?"

The black girl, who had just delivered fresh juice and helped Zhou Ze tidy up the new room, happened to come out at this time.

Honestly, the black girl had changed a lot from when he first met her. Back then, she was innocent and carefree, although she would always say something shocking like an old woman;

Now, she was still innocent and carefree, carefree to the point of exuding the aura of a married woman.

"To the wax museum."

Zhou Ze didn't plan to hide it from her.

In the entire bookstore,

She and the Dead Servant were the closest.

The Dead Servant's development today was also the result of her careful service.

Actually,

Many times,

Zhou Ze would subconsciously avoid the question of whether the Dead Servant had awakened to who he was,

Because the Dead Servant's performance from beginning to end

was impeccable,

Absolutely loyal among the loyal;

In addition,

With the very sensible black girl by his side, Zhou Ze felt that it really didn't matter whether he had really awakened his past memories.

He could give him what others couldn't. Following him was definitely the most promising.

But now,

Some questions couldn't be avoided anymore. In the end, it was still because he was too lazy. He should have noticed this problem when Attorney An showed the Dead Servant "Naruto" back then.

"The wax museum?"

The black girl was surprised.

She was a very smart woman,

And,

Women might really have a special sixth sense, especially when it came to people they were close to.

And,

Zhou Ze's current expression,

And that indifferent tone.

"What's wrong with him, Boss? Did he do something wrong?"

"He didn't."

Zhou Ze answered.

"At least, not yet."

After saying that,

Zhou Ze walked towards the door.

"No, no, Boss, really, he's loyal. I can feel it. He sincerely regards you as a father. He's not who he used to be, really. He's reborn, like a zombie, and has nothing to do with the past. Really, Boss!"

The black girl grabbed Zhou Ze's arm with both hands.

Her body was trembling. She was afraid.

Then,

She actually knelt down directly in front of Zhou Ze.

"Boss, I beg you, I beg you. Whether he's done something wrong or not, please give him a chance, please give him a chance. Really, I beg you..."

"You should know how he came to be, right?"

"I... I know."

"Then do you know why he's been able to live until now?"

"I... I..."

"Because he's never made a mistake, not once."

"Mm..."

"I hope it's the same this time."

Zhou Ze reached out, pulled away the black girl's hand that was holding his right arm, and continued:

"Because he has no room for error at all, not even a little bit."