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Chapter 79 Dispatching Away? Performing a Ritual

After comforting his wife and letting her fall asleep, Zhang Hengquan stayed by her bedside for a long time before leaving.

Back in his study, he held a string of Buddhist prayer beads in his hand, his face grave.

He obtained this string of Buddhist prayer beads from a temple a few years ago.

Whenever he feels agitated or restless, he would twirl his prayer beads to calm himself.

Perhaps it's because he's getting older, but Zhang Hengquan is much less aggressive now than he was when he was younger, and he's much gentler in his actions now.

Perhaps, although he didn't agree with what that man said back then, he still took it to heart.

He feared that his sins would be punished on his son and wife.

That was something he couldn't bear or accept.

He knew and understood the sins he had committed, and he didn't care even if it meant going to the eighteenth level of hell after his death.

But don't involve his wife and children.

Thinking of the recent incident at the Chengze Building construction site, a look of seriousness flashed across Zhang Hengquan's eyes.

That was the only ruthless thing he did after years of cultivating his character.

but……

Zhang Hengquan closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were calm and still.

He must do it.

The master said that only in this way would the existence of Chengze Building have meaning, and only then could Xiaoze return.
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Zhou Shun remained at the construction site, seemingly reverting to his previous gloomy demeanor.

The workers were puzzled. Why was their son writing to them? Zhou Shun had seemed quite happy before. Why was he going home?
Why aren't they going back now? And it's made me feel even worse?

Someone asked, but this time Zhou Shun said nothing.

However, Zhou Shun seems to have become attached to Li Xiang lately, and he goes to see him whenever he has free time.

But after failing to persuade Zhou Shun to resign, Li Xiang kept avoiding Zhou Shun, seemingly afraid to see him.

"What's going on with these two?" The workers were completely baffled.

Zhou Shun's intuition told him that Li Xiang must know something about Ping An.

The more Li Xiang urged him to leave, the more Ping An's disappearance seemed to be related to the construction site.

However, Li Xiang refused to tell him and even avoided him.

Therefore, he would not leave until he found peace.

Besides that, Zhou Shun was also looking for the girl who gave him the letter, but the girl seemed to have disappeared. He never saw her again, and no one else had seen her or knew about her.

It was as if the girl's appearance was merely to deliver a letter to him.

After the letter was delivered, it disappeared.

Where is his safety?
Ping An, Dad, I miss you, I really, really miss you!

Thinking this, Zhou Shun's eyes gradually reddened.

Unbeknownst to Zhou Shun, Zhou Ping'an stayed by his side every day. When he saw his father secretly wiping away tears because he missed and worried about him, his own tears of blood also flowed down his cheeks...

When the work was finished for the day, Li Xiang gathered everyone together and announced something.

"Because we've been doing a good job lately, the higher-ups gave me some money. Tonight, I'll take you guys for a foot massage, a relaxing break."

"You can stay in a hotel at night!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone erupted in excitement and was overjoyed.

"By the way, we don't need to eat dinner. Let's go to a restaurant outside, one with air conditioning."

"Okay."

Zhou Shun was one of these people, so he naturally went along as well.

After the meal, I was invited to get a foot massage.

This was something Zhou Shun had never experienced before, and he seemed somewhat at a loss and bewildered, while his coworkers next to him all seemed to be enjoying themselves and looking relaxed.

After all, the daytime work involves physical labor, which already leaves the body tense and tired.

Zhou Shun was not used to it at first, but gradually he relaxed, and even his tense nerves relaxed a little.

These days, his body and nerves have been constantly on edge because of his search for peace.

I can't even sleep well.

Now, as soon as I relaxed, I fell asleep. I wasn't awake until an hour later when my coworkers woke me up and we left for the hotel.

A hotel room is not a one-person-one-room arrangement; there are two beds in one room, and two people sleep in one bed.

But for the workers who have always lived in the greenhouse, this is already very good.

Zhou Shun lay on the bed, while his coworkers were excitedly chatting about all sorts of things, unable to sleep.

Zhou Shun remained quiet and did not participate.

It wasn't until late at night, when everyone had fallen asleep, that things calmed down.

Zhou Shun still hadn't slept.

After a while, he got up and got out of bed.

The coworker on the same bed groggily opened his eyes and saw Zhou Shun getting out of bed. He muttered, "Is he going to the toilet?"

Soon, he fell into a deep sleep again.

Zhou Shun didn't go to the toilet after getting up. Instead, he left the hotel and headed straight for the construction site.

For Zhou Shun, tonight's dinner, massage, and hotel stay were all extremely unusual.

He always felt that they were being tricked into leaving.

So, what should we do after we get rid of them?

In fact, Zhou Shun had always wanted to visit those supposedly haunted places on the construction site that had been temporarily closed off.

He always felt that the answer to Ping An's disappearance might be found in those places.

Soon, Zhou Shun arrived at the construction site and, by the moonlight, walked step by step toward the closed-off area.

Actually, it was only because Zhou Shun couldn't hear it that he could hear the strange and mysterious chanting coming from the place he was about to go.

Meanwhile, out of Zhou Shun's sight, Zhou Ping'an's soul was silently following him.

Looking in the direction his father was heading, he sighed softly.

He had always known that his father was stubborn, especially when it came to his own affairs.

He tried to lure his father away with the letter, but he failed.

Now, he has no other choice but to stay by his father's side and protect his safety.

Although Zhou Shun couldn't hear, his intuition was very accurate.

He didn't know how long he had walked, but suddenly he saw what appeared to be flickering firelight and human figures ahead.

He hid.

Looked over.

He squinted and saw two familiar people.

One was a contractor, not Li Xiang. Li Xiang was a small contractor, someone who was this person's subordinate. This contractor was in charge of their construction site, and I think his name was Qian Yong.

The other person was someone Zhou Shun had met once, but not really. Zhou Shun had only met him once, and the other person didn't even recognize him.

That person was none other than Zhang Hengquan.

Besides these two, there were several other men wearing Taoist robes. The one in the lead was a middle-aged man, and the others seemed to be his disciples, who were relatively young.

There was an offering table in front of them, with many items on it, and a black banner standing next to it.

The middle-aged man in the Taoist robe held a peach wood sword and led his disciples behind him, chanting something.

With just one glance, Zhou Shun roughly understood what was going on.

Perform a ritual!
Considering the ghost stories I heard from my coworkers, performing a ritual is understandable.

Could it be that inviting them to dinner tonight, letting them relax, and letting them stay in a hotel is just to prevent them from disturbing the religious ceremony here, or from spreading bad rumors after seeing it?
possible.

but……

Zhou Shun always felt that things weren't that simple.

Moreover, why would a group CEO like Zhang Hengquan need to come in the middle of the night for a simple religious ceremony?
Even if one attaches great importance to this ritual, it is unlikely to be effective.

Just then, the wind suddenly stirred at the previously quiet construction site!
It wasn't a gentle breeze; suddenly, a fierce wind arose.

Wherever the wind went, there was only coldness!

(End of this chapter)