Under One Person: The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain

Inside the restaurant, Xu Xiang and Feng Baobao were also chatting.

Feng Baobao tilted her head and looked at Xu Xiang: "You little rascal, why won't you let me speak?"

Xu Xiang didn't answer, but pointed to the door and asked, "How did you two meet?"

Feng Baobao scratched her face: "I don't know that boy. It's that girl, Xia He, she smells really nice, so I played with her. She bought me all these clothes."

Xu Xiang frowned.

Xia He?

He thought of an internal investigation conducted by the company in Xiangfan, which seemed to be related to a girl named Xia He.

Is it the same person?

He thought for a moment and asked, "Why did she buy you clothes?"

Feng Baobao scratched her face: "I don't know either. We were supposed to go find a restaurant because they said there was a little Taoist priest who could eat a lot, but he dragged me to a clothing store instead."

She added, "Oh, that little Taoist priest is the same boy from earlier."

Xu Xiang: "..."

He still felt it was too much of a coincidence.

Ah Wu is indeed very likable, but it's really strange that Xia He bought clothes for Ah Wu as soon as they met.

Cheng Mo also found Zhang Chulan; these two things couldn't possibly be unrelated.

Xu Xiang said to Feng Baobao, "Awu, you go back first. There are still some things to do at the company."

Feng Baobao nodded: "Yes."

She held the back of her head and walked away with an air of indifference.

Once Feng Baobao was out of sight, Xu Xiang immediately took out his phone and called Xu Si: "Hey, Lao Si, get me two people investigated."

Xu Si's voice came through the receiver: "Who is it?"

"Cheng Mo and Xia He," Xu Xiang told Xu Si about the two, adding, "They saw A Wu."

The voice on the other end of the phone was nonchalant: "Dad, you're too nervous. It's not like no one has seen the baby before. Everyone in the company knows she's a temporary worker from North China."

Xu Xiang lowered his voice: "You don't know anything! Cheng Mo came to see Zhang Chulan, and he actually knows that Zhang Huaiyi is Zhang Xilin!"

Xu Si was stunned for a moment.

"Don't forget, Zhang Xilin knows A-Wu!"

Xu Si immediately realized what was happening.

Since they know that Zhang Huaiyi is Zhang Xilin, they probably also know Feng Baobao.

It's hard not to feel malicious when someone who lived more than seventy years ago now looks like a young girl.

He pondered for a moment, then a question came to mind: "Cheng Mo couldn't possibly know so much. Could it be that his master, Daoist Cheng Shou, told him?"

Xu Xiang shook his head: "Back then, Master Cheng didn't interfere in Zhang Huaiyi's affairs, so why would he send his disciple to find Zhang Huaiyi's grandson now?"

Xu Si was somewhat surprised: "You mean, this might be Cheng Mo's own idea?"

"That's why I'm asking you to find out the truth."

"Understood."

……

Two hours later, Xu Si called back to Xu Xiang: "Dad, I've found out."

Xu Xiang awaits further developments.

"Cheng Mo has connections with Tu Junfang and Xia Liuqing of Quanxing, as well as people from our company, like Yao Xian..."

Xu Xiang interrupted him: "Why are you spouting this nonsense?"

Xu Si quickly said, "What I mean is, judging from the current situation, there's no way he could know about the baby."

Xu San's voice came from the other end of the phone: "In addition, I also found out that Master Cheng Shou did have connections with several people from the Celestial Master's Mansion back then. It is recorded in the information of the Zhongnan Mountain Taoist Association that a high-ranking Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain once stayed temporarily at Liangyi Temple with Master Cheng Shou."

Xu Si continued, "Judging from the timeline, that high-ranking official should be Zhang Huaiyi, before he became one of the Thirty-Six Thieves."

Xu Xiang then asked, "Where's Xia He?"

Xu Si flipped through the documents: "Xia He is a naturally gifted person. According to the registration information, her special ability is to make men obsessed with her and unable to control themselves. Even if she disguises herself as a fat man, she cannot eliminate this attraction."

Xu Xiang was taken aback: "Huh? That's not right, I didn't sense any unusual Qi at all."

Xu Si pondered, "Could it be that she's learned to take control?"

Xu Xiang then remembered something: "But A Wu said that she smells very nice, so this is not a simple matter of control."

Xu Si thought for a moment: "We only saw it in the information. You, Dad, know better because you've been in contact with people."

Xu Xiang pondered for a moment: "I understand. You two help me check the hotel where Cheng Mo and Xia He are staying. I'll follow them tonight and find out what's going on."

Xu Si's tone became flippant: "Dad, are you trying to eavesdrop?"

boom!

A muffled thud came from the other end of the phone.

Xu Si exclaimed in pain.

Then came Xu San's angry shout: "Xu Si, I've put up with you for far too long!"

Xu Xiang shook his head and hung up the phone.

Not long after, Xu San called: "Dad, they're staying at the Zibo Hotel, the one on Jiefang Road, room number xx."

Xu Xiang wrote down the address, hung up the phone, and returned to his hotel.

He disguised himself, changed into inconspicuous clothes, and went out to the Zibo Hotel.

The hotel lobby was very warm. Xu Xiang wandered around the front desk and confirmed his room number.

He quietly went upstairs, found a dark corner in the corridor, hid himself using some tricks, and waited patiently.

……

After a long while, Xia He walked to Cheng Mo's door and knocked.

"Little Taoist priest, I'm afraid of the cold."

Cheng Mo opened the door, and a wave of heat rushed out of the room. He looked her up and down and said, "The hotel heating is so strong that I'm sweating. And you're saying you're cold? Little Hehe, you should at least come up with a more plausible excuse."

Xia He slipped inside, chuckling, "I like it this way."

The door closed.

Xu Xiang changed his position and hid on the corridor ceiling, about to approach—

Inside the room, Cheng Mo closed the door and casually set up a Qimen Dunjia formation to isolate the sound.

Xia He looked around and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you say Xu Xiang was coming to find us? Where is he?"

Cheng Mo, the little bear, shrugged: "He's already here."

Xia He's eyes widened: "?? Where is it? Is it hiding in the closet?"

She opened the wardrobe, inside were only two bathrobes and a few clothes hangers.

Xia He turned to look at Cheng Mo: "Little Taoist priest, you're not kidding me, are you?"

Cheng Mo shook his head: "How could that be? Xu Xiang is already here, he's in the hotel. It's up to you whether you can find him."

Xia He refused to believe it and started rummaging through drawers and cabinets.

Cheng Mo watched her busy herself with a smile.

In this small room, Xia He searched for almost ten minutes, even opening the drawers of the bedside table to look inside—after all, superpowers are strange and unpredictable, and who knows if Xu Xiang has the ability to grow bigger or smaller.

Xia He turned to look at Cheng Mo, somewhat discouraged: "Didn't find it. Little Taoist, are you sensing something wrong?"

Cheng Mo chuckled and pulled her along, saying, "Let's go get some late-night snacks. Xu Xiang will naturally come along."

He dismantled the Qimen Dunjia formation and went out with Xia He.

……

Xu Xiang watched them leave from inside the ceiling of the corridor.

After they entered the elevator, Xu Xiang quietly jumped down and stretched his arms and legs.

He then used the tracking skills he had learned throughout his life to slowly hang from Cheng Mo and Xia He, twenty meters away.

In a corner where Xu Xiang couldn't see, Feng Baobao, dressed in all black, blended perfectly into the night.

Watching Xu Xiang's furtive figure, she muttered to herself: "That bastard is so unfair! He didn't even call me when he was doing something so fun like following someone."

Luckily, I'm smart. I could tell something was wrong when I saw his expression.

Cheng Mo led Xia He through the night market in Zibo.

The night market was still bustling at this hour, with various stalls steaming and the aroma of grilled skewers wafting everywhere.

After searching around, I found a place that supposedly has very authentic Zibo barbecue.

"This is the place."

Cheng Mo pulled Xia He inside, and as they entered, he glanced in a certain direction, seemingly unintentionally...

While reading Chapter 168 of the novel "Cola," Xu Xiang thought he had made no sound and was so engrossed in it that he couldn't pull himself out.