I took the key to the office from Tao Jianhua and left their house straight away.
It wasn't that I was so eager to help. The main reason was Pan Lijuan. I felt like her mouth had no connection to her brain.
She asked me why I couldn't cast a spell remotely and send whatever had harmed her daughter on to the afterlife.
I wasn't fucking Sun Wukong. How was I supposed to cast spells remotely?
Even Sun Wukong would have to know what that thing actually was first.
So I drove, while An Ning rode her motorcycle, and we headed straight for the Pan family's branch office.
On the way, I called Yi Yang to ask him to come over.
After all, I'd only been in this line of work for a year. My experience was limited, nothing like Yi Yang's, who had grown up under his master's tutelage.
It was as if the guy didn't know how to say no. I'd barely finished speaking when I heard him heading out the door.
An Ning and I reached the company first but didn't go in yet. After we'd waited a little over ten minutes, Yi Yang arrived in a taxi.
He had a canvas bag on his back, a Compass in his left hand, and a small peachwood sword in his right.
Seeing him so fully equipped amused me. "Senior Brother Yi, you're really dedicated, huh? Bringing all that stuff in the middle of the night."
We were only here to investigate tonight. Surely that thing couldn't happen to be here too.
Yi Yang smiled. "Well, mah master... my master said you should always be prepared, whatever you're doing. If something unexpected happens and you haven't brought anything, you could easily come to grief over something small."
We went