Tomb Raider: Nine Gates Let Me Be the Group’s Pet

Adjutant Zhang and his party left Changsha relatively smoothly. In order to let Zhang Zixi know their whereabouts, he left marks along the way.

Zhang Zixi followed the marks and chased them, and met them in a dilapidated hut near dusk.

The previous experience and the long journey made her a little tired.

She sat against the wall in the dilapidated courtyard, with one leg bent and her injured hand resting on her knee.

Zhang Zixi searched the ancient books she had read in her mind. She wanted to figure out why her brother had ended up in this situation.

At this moment, Adjutant Zhang settled the others and sat next to her. He could feel Zhang Zixi's tiredness. At first, he just looked at her profile, which was coated with a layer of silver by the moonlight, without saying a word, his eyes full of heartache.

But when he shifted his gaze downwards a little, he unexpectedly saw the red marks on her wrists caused by the rope, with scattered purple bruises around them.

"Miss……"

When Zhang Zixi heard him calling her, she came to her senses and turned around to find that he was staring at her wrist and pulling down her sleeve.

"It's okay. I just fell into Lu Jianxun's trap. He threatened me with the safety of everyone in the Zhang Mansion and An Ran. I could only go along with him for now." Zhang Zixi explained to him.

"This Lu Jianxun..." Adjutant Zhang clenched his fists angrily after hearing what Zhang Zixi said.

"As expected... I should have stayed here..." Adjutant Zhang thought to himself...

"Then...did he do anything..." Lu Jianxun was cunning and insidious, and Adjutant Zhang knew it, so he asked worriedly.

Zhang Zixi shook her head slightly.

"Actually, I didn't know what to do at that time. Fortunately, Chenpi showed up in time to help me, so I was able to leave Changsha and come to find you."

"Tangerine peel?"

"Well, he took advantage of the time when no one was distracted to worry about him and returned to Changsha. Now he has firmly established himself as the Fourth Master. His power is so great that the Nine Sects will have to recognize him even if they don't want to."

"I hadn't been with Lu Jianxun for long when he came, so I'm fine. Don't worry." Seeing that Adjutant Zhang didn't say anything, Zhang Zixi thought he was still worried, so she quickly added a sentence.

"Okay..." Adjutant Zhang secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Zhang Zixi's reply. He was a little scared and thought that if something really happened to Zhang Zixi, he would probably regret it for the rest of his life.

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On the second day, several people rushed to the Zhang family's ancient house.

"Sister-in-law, please wait here for a while. I'll be back soon." Zhang Zixi took them to a room in the Zhang family's hidden building, settled Zhang Qishan, and spoke to Yin Xinyue.

"Okay, go ahead, we'll wait for you to come back." Yin Xinyue nodded to Zhang Zixi and told her to go.

"Everyone says that the Zhang family in Northeast China is mysterious, and it's true." Qi Tiezui said as he looked around.

After a while, the door opened and a man came in.

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"Chuansheng?" Adjutant Zhang looked at the person who came in and asked in confusion.

The man was called Zhang Chuansheng. He was very skilled and a steady person. He was the only playmate of Adjutant Zhang in the Zhang family during his childhood.

"Are you... Zhang... Baishan...?" Zhang Chuansheng asked, looking at Adjutant Zhang, unable to recognize him.

Adjutant Zhang nodded, indicating that he was indeed.

Of course, he simply ignored Qi Tiezui's surprised look. After all, all Qi Tiezui knew of him was Zhang Rishan.

"I heard there was a visitor, so I wanted to take a closer look, but I didn't expect it to be you."

"I didn't expect it was you." Adjutant Zhang said with a smile.

"Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Qi from Changsha Jiumen, and this is Miss Yin from the Xinyue Hotel in Peking, who is also Mr. Fo's wife." Adjutant Zhang introduced Yin Xinyue and Qi Tiezui to Zhang Chuansheng.

"Then I'm afraid the purpose of your coming here today is because of this gentleman?" Zhang Chuansheng pointed with his palm at Zhang Qishan who was lying unconscious on the bed and asked Adjutant Zhang.

"Yes. Master Fo is the defense officer of Changsha and the head of the Nine Gates." Adjutant Zhang answered affirmatively with a little pride.

"This name..."

"The grandson of the previous clan leader is indeed so extraordinary..." Zhang Chuansheng couldn't help but mutter to himself as he looked at Zhang Qishan.

"Chuansheng, Master Buddha has been in a coma and lost his mind since he went down the mine. What do you think caused this?" Adjutant Zhang always felt that Zhang Chuansheng was knowledgeable and powerful, and he had admired Zhang Chuansheng since he was a child.

"I'm not sure, but maybe... there will be a way to solve it if we go there." Zhang Chuansheng thought about it and gave the answer.

"Where?" Adjutant Zhang was a little puzzled as to why he was unwilling to say it clearly.

"I...can't say..." Zhang Chuansheng hesitated for a while but still didn't say it.

"why?"

"Because... that's not a place we can go whenever we want."

"Where is it? What will happen if we go there?" Adjutant Zhang was very anxious. Now that he knew there might be a way to cure Master Fo's illness, he kept asking Zhang Chuansheng.

"Brother Chuansheng, we are really anxious. I must cure my husband's illness no matter what, so could you please tell me where that place is?" Yin Xinyue watched the two of them talking for a long time without saying anything, and she became anxious.

"Yes, Chuansheng, where is it exactly? Just tell me." Adjutant Zhang added.

"Alas...Xiaoshan...that place is a forbidden area. If we go there, what do you think..." Zhang Chuansheng didn't say anything else.

"Even so, we must go!" Yin Xinyue said firmly.