Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 579 Email!

Hu Ming wasn't in a hurry. By the time he leisurely crossed half of Hangzhou and arrived at Wu Sansheng's villa, it was already past midnight.

Wu Sansheng's villa is located in the old town, and the surrounding area of ​​about three kilometers is full of old buildings that were built in the last century.

This area is not actually remote. According to Hangzhou's urban planning, it should have been demolished and rebuilt as early as the year 2000.

However, due to certain connections, the Wu family spent a lot of time and resources to remove this place from the city's planning.

The reason for this is rather intriguing.

At this moment, Hu Ming was standing on the edge of this special area in the city, his feet on the critical point where light and darkness met.

This area is really strange. For more than 30 years, once night falls, it is always pitch black. No house within a three-kilometer radius is ever lit, and it is filled with eternal silence.

Standing on high ground and looking down, it was as if one were looking down upon a sunless, desolate inferno.

More than 30 years ago, when Wu Sansheng had just made his fortune, he unearthed a large tomb of a Song Dynasty prince beneath this land, a fact that has long been confirmed.

It's no secret now; anyone with a keen eye can easily find out.

Therefore, even "he" didn't care that Wu Sansheng bought this area and turned it into his private property.

After all, for a tomb raider, the allure of a royal tomb is no less than some people's pursuit of immortality.

Over the past thirty years, the original inhabitants here have long been "persuaded" to leave by Wu Sansheng. Now, apart from the detached villas in the central area, there is no one else living here.

"That damned Wu Laogou, that damned Wu Sansheng, that damned...they're really family, a bunch of cunning old foxes with empty eyelashes!"

"What are the grand tombs of Song Dynasty princes and nobles compared to this? This whole affair has deceived the world for a full thirty years! If I hadn't thoroughly read the original text, I really wouldn't have known that this land held such a hidden secret!"

Hu Ming stood on the roof of a dilapidated house, looking at the lights of the villas in the central area, and gave a strange smile.

Looking at the sky, knowing it was almost time, Hu Ming stopped lamenting and walked familiarly along a secluded path towards the central area.

It is worth mentioning that Wu Sansheng's villa in Hangzhou was his main business, where he handled many of his businesses in Changsha over the years.

A month after Wu Xie returned, he officially moved into Wu Sansheng's villa and became its "master". During this time, he didn't even go back to his own shop once, and he didn't even see his shop assistant Wang Meng.

In the darkness, many sentries immediately spotted the brazen intruder carrying a bottle of liquor. After recognizing the intruder, the sentries concealed the menacing look in their eyes and slowly disappeared into the darkness.

Third Master specifically emphasized upon his return that whenever Second Master of the Hong family arrives, he will have free passage!
"Hey, what are you doing? Giving up a promising career as a big boss to be working as a plumber in the middle of the night?"

As soon as Hu Ming stepped into the villa, he saw Wu Xie, who looked unwell, lying face down in the sewer opening in the yard, digging through the mud with his hands, looking extremely disheveled.

Looking around, there were shadowy figures of men loitering about, seemingly searching for something.

"...By tonight, even that guy has become a little lax? Does he think that it really is Wu Sansheng who has returned to this villa?"

"He contacted you through that old computer connected by a single network cable, but you didn't understand the code between him and your third uncle, so you were exposed?" "And now you're searching for the secret underground room?"

Hu Ming suddenly understood and quickly guessed what had happened.

"Him? Uncle Ming, do you know that person? Who is he? What is his relationship with my third uncle? And what is his relationship with you?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie's expression changed. He suddenly realized that his naive belief that he knew everything about the past was actually quite cruel.

There are still many secrets he has not known over the past thirty years.

For example, who exactly is the mysterious person who connects to Wu Sansheng through that internet cable buried deep underground?
Wu Xie's intuition told him that he should know that person very well!
Just today, after Wu Xie finished dealing with matters in Changsha, he was sitting in Wu Sansheng's study in a daze when the screen of the computer, which was older than him, suddenly lit up.

The desktop is Windows 83, and it's unusually clean, with nothing but a few standard icons.

But Wu Xie remembers very clearly that he has come to this study at least eight hundred times, if not a thousand, in the past twenty years.

He had watched his third uncle handle things here countless times out of curiosity, but he had never seen his third uncle use that computer.

Wu Xie knew perfectly well that Wu Sansheng was a complete computer illiterate, and his knowledge of computers was limited to two-finger typing!
However, Wu Xie received an email from an unknown source on the computer that was suddenly turned on that night!
My part is all ready. You're back. How's the plan going? Did Hu Ming come to Hangzhou with me? The final moment is approaching. If I can, I still want to say goodbye to him.

These few words sent chills down Wu Xie's spine.

He tentatively imitated Wu Sansheng's tone to reply with platitudes, but unfortunately, that person knew Wu Sansheng too well!
Before Wu Xie could extract any useful information, the person decisively disappeared.

However, in just a few words, Wu Xie was already quite certain that the mysterious person had a close relationship with Wu Sansheng and Hu Ming and was deeply involved in Wu Sansheng and Hu Ming's plan to fight against "him"!
Moreover, just a moment ago, that mysterious person was monitoring every single plant and tree in this villa!
However, even though Wu Xie found the deeply hidden network cable and dug all the way from the second floor to here, he still couldn't find where the mysterious person was hiding.

At this moment, Hu Ming's undisguised words undoubtedly proved that he knew the mysterious person lurking in the shadows, and that their relationship was quite close!
“He’s an old friend, a friend of over twenty years. During his most difficult time, I was his neighbor for ten years and heard a lot of his sighs and complaints.”

“You’ve met this person before, nephew. He’s the stranger you know best.”

Hu Ming looked at the eager and excited Wu Xie, laughed, and teased Wu Xie, keeping him in suspense.

"The most familiar stranger I've ever met?"

Wu Xie was truly dumbfounded. Even with his pride and joy, he couldn't extract a single useful piece of information from Hu Ming's description.

“A year ago, at the Seven Star Lu Palace, he traveled with us.”

“I came here specifically to see him off. Come on, I’ll take you to the place where he lived for the past twenty years.”

"Before that incident, he was a good-for-nothing second-generation rich kid and a playboy. His father used to get angry at him a lot. He was very particular about all sorts of things when he was young."

"However, for the past thirty years, that guy has been like a stray dog, never daring to show his face. Consider this rare collection as a farewell gift for him."

Hu Ming waved the 71 Romanée-Conti wine he had treasured in his hand, still half-hiding it with a strong sense of wicked humor.