Merchant of the Underworld

"What's up?"

The car window was slowly opened, and Basong, who was sitting inside, asked with a smile, not looking nervous at all.

The man in the T-shirt sent me his photo before, so he is easy to recognize. He has a square eyebrow, dark skin, and looks a bit bold.

I smiled and said that I was here to buy white ivory.

"Chinese?"

Basong paused slightly when he heard my opening, and then a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

I nodded, feeling a little embarrassed. Ivory is not very expensive. It only costs tens of dollars per gram. It seems that there is really no need to go all the way to buy ivory.

Looking at him like this, he shouldn't regard me as a partner who comes to seek cooperation, right? Thinking of this, I quickly explained that I really just wanted to buy some ivory and was worried about buying fakes, so I came here through a friend's introduction.

"No problem, let's go home and have some food first."

Basong nodded seriously after hearing what I said, and invited us in for dinner with a hearty smile, looking very hospitable.

I am somewhat wary of him. How can he be a saint if he reaches such a status? He must be a smiling tiger. But seeing his repeated invitations, I had no choice but to nod and agree.

I didn't get into his car and followed him on foot with Li Mazi. Li Mazi kept tugging at the corners of my clothes to tell me to be careful. He felt that Basong was not a good person.

I was very nervous at first, but after hearing what Li Mazi said, I was no longer afraid. We have no family or job here. What plans could Basong have for us?

As for money, he has no shortage of money in his status. There is no need to play tricks for millions.

The only possibility for him to deal with me is that he has some interaction with the black mage, or he himself belongs to the black mage's secret organization.

But this man was introduced to me by the man in the T-shirt. Even though he was not familiar with Basong, I was convinced without hesitation that Basong meant no harm to me.

This is not arrogance, but trusting the T-shirt man from the bottom of my heart!

After entering the house, Basong enthusiastically invited us to drink oil tea, and then took us to watch the elephant's performance. Li Mazi and I followed Basong's example and fed two bananas to the elephant, and we had a lot of fun.

Li Mazi was stubborn and forgot who he was when he was playing. He asked Basong with a shy face if he could let him ride an elephant.

Basong agreed, but when I slapped Li Mazi on the back and glared at him hard, he remembered our purpose and smiled awkwardly.

For dinner, we had pineapple rice and fried fish cakes. They are both Thai folk snacks, as common as porridge and pickles in our country.

I couldn't see the wealthy Basong living such a simple life, so I couldn't help but have some appreciation for him. After dinner we watched a boxing match, and Basong asked his servants to arrange for us to rest, and even carefully arranged a Thai bath for us.

Li Mazi was enjoying it silly, but I realized a problem. Although Basong tried his best to entertain us, he didn't mention a word about the white ivory trade.

Recalling the time when I was in contact with Basong, I prepared to mention ivory several times, but Basong changed the subject without leaving a trace.

He is completely leading us by the nose.

To put it bluntly, even if Basong is hospitable, there is no reason to treat us brothers like distinguished guests, right?

I vaguely smelled a hint of conspiracy, so I went to the window and opened the curtains to look through a gap, and found that there were two more cars in the villa at some point.

I remember clearly that there were no other cars in the villa when I followed Basong in.

Li Mazi was very considerate and said nonchalantly that this might be Basong's other car or that it belonged to his family.

It's okay if he didn't say it. After he said this, I realized that except for the security guards and servants at the door, Basong seemed to be the only one in this huge villa.

Where is his family?

My heart began to beat faster, for fear that Basong might have some plans for us. If that were the case, the white ivory would not be available.

Fortunately, the two cars left quickly, and Basong shook hands with the car owners in a friendly way. He looked generous and did not mean to go behind our backs.

I thought maybe I was overthinking it, so I silently recited a few calming mantras and lay on the bed with Li Mazi and fell asleep.

I am a very casual person when sleeping. Although it is not as exaggerated as sleeping standing up, I am not picky about where I sleep at all. This is due to the habit I developed from running around.

But tonight, lying on the soft big bed at Basong's house, my nerves were tense uncontrollably, as if something bad was about to happen.

I turned my face and prepared to ask Li Mazi if he felt this way. Unexpectedly, he was already fast asleep. This kid was a little drunk and had a hard time running around with me these days.

I put a calming charm on my chest, preparing to force myself to sleep. If I continued to use it, I would die suddenly.

I was suddenly awakened by the rapid ringing of my cell phone in the middle of the night. I was already awake subconsciously, and I even thought I had answered the phone.

I don’t know if you have had this experience. The next day we prepare to do something very important but seemingly impossible to accomplish, and the night before we will dream that we have done it.

For now, I thought I answered the phone and was about to go back to sleep, but after a while the phone rang again. People are extremely disgusted with this kind of sound when they are particularly sleepy. I had the urge to smash my phone to pieces. I gritted my teeth and wanted to sit up and turn off the phone, but I couldn't sit up.

I thought I was too tired, so I tried a few more times. Only when I was sure I couldn't sit up did I realize something was wrong.

I seem to have been tricked!

At this time, Li Mazi was also awakened by the constant ringing of his cell phone. He rubbed his eyes and asked me why I didn't answer the phone.

"Mazi, please bring me the phone."

I looked at him seriously. After hearing this, Li Mazi nodded and was about to get up. It could be seen that he used a lot of strength, but in the end he still couldn't get up.

"Bro……"

Li Mazi opened his mouth to speak, but I quickly stopped him with my eyes and glanced at the door with a sharp look.

There was absolutely no danger before we entered Thailand. After arriving in Thailand, we directly found Basong.

Thinking about it carefully, the enemy has no chance to attack us, and before going to bed, I also checked the room to make sure there was no problem.

Then, the problem must come from Basong's food.

Damn it, Basong must have added some ingredients to the dish!

Li Mazi also realized the danger, his face changed drastically, and he kept asking me what should I do?

I don’t know if anyone is watching us outside the door. Since Basong drugged us, it must be someone from the black-clothed mage, so why did he let us sleep but didn’t take action directly.

Maybe he was waiting for reinforcements and was poisoning the food just to keep us under control.

It is very possible that Basong has never fought against me, and I have killed many of their people, so it is not surprising that he is afraid of me.

The phone finally stopped after ringing for a long time, followed by a text message. The caller probably sent the text message when he saw that we were not answering.

I guess it was the man in the t-shirt who called me. Yin Xinyue is currently wearing a hair dye, so no one except the man in the t-shirt calls me so desperately in the middle of the night.

The more anxious the man in the T-shirt became, the more he explained that he had learned that Basong belonged to the black mage. In a sense, being unable to contact me was not a bad thing. At least he knew something had happened to me and would come right away!