“We Lian Tribe people especially love spicy food, but what are these honey three knives, hot pot base… you mentioned?” Lian Xin asked hesitantly.
“They’re delicious, that’s all that matters,” Zard chuckled, “Next time I come to the Inner World, I’ll bring you food from there. I can carry a lot in my body.”
Lian Xin was about to agree, but changed her mind, “I don’t like eating any food, but if you want to bring it, go ahead. No one can stop you.”
At this time.
“I’m thirsty, give me some water,” Chen Jiazhang, seeing the two showing signs of warming up their relationship, quickly shouted to interrupt them, “Xiaobao, tell the Golden Corpse to release me! Anyway, I’m an old bone, I can’t run even if I wanted to!”
“Don’t call me Xiaobao!” Lian Xin stopped in her tracks, looking thoughtfully at Chen Jiazhang, “You really don’t have the same charm as before. Since you ran away, since you said you were going to pursue your dreams, why did you ruin yourself like this? Since you chose to abandon my mother, you should have a better life. Otherwise, everything my mother sacrificed would have been in vain.”
Mentioning this, Chen Jiazhang fell silent.
In fact, he could also feel that Lian Xin’s tone not only contained resentment for being abandoned, but also a trace of concern for him.
After all, they are father and daughter, how could they completely cut off their feelings?
He understood Lian Xin’s resentment, but didn’t know how to answer.Zard said on the side, “He was framed by his best friend, ending his Knight path. Then he drank heavily every day and became despondent.”
Lian Xin was stunned, “Who did it?”
“The Demi-God of the previous generation of the Chen Family, Chen Chuanzhi,” Zard smiled, “But he’s dead now, severely injured by my Boss’s master, he lingered for a few years before dying. A few days ago, my Boss even took us to fight Demi-God Chen Yu.”
“You have a Boss?” Lian Xin questioned, “Who is your Boss?”
Zard thought for a moment, “The next leader of the Knight Order, independent director of the Li Clan Conglomerate and future Grand Tutor, destroyer of A02 Base, president of Whale Island War Academy, Master of Daybreak, leader of the Guardians’ Union, leader of the Masonic Lodge, leader of the Shadow Force, leader of the Secret Spy Agency, the Joker who frightens Western forces…”
Lian Xin was stunned, “Your Boss has so many titles, did they all besiege Chen Yu together?”
Chen Jiazhang said angrily, “That’s the same person… His Boss is called Qing Chen, you should have heard of him since you’ve been out of Xiuzhu Prefecture.”
Lian Xin: …
To be honest, after hearing Zard’s many titles, she almost felt sorry for Chen Yu.
So many people attacking one person.
However, Lian Xin had indeed heard of the name Qing Chen, from Yang Yang.
Yang Yang is in charge of the wilderness settlement, Qing Ling and Li Cheng, those intelligence personnel, and the Masonic Lodge all listen to her. The Lian Tribe interacts with the settlement, it’s impossible to bypass Yang Yang.
Now, Lian Xin and Yang Yang are good friends, and the name Qing Chen appears very frequently.
But it’s not just Yang Yang who mentioned him; it seems everyone casually discusses him.
Lian Xin looked at Zard, hesitated for two seconds and said, “If you become the chief of the Lian Tribe, you don’t have to be subordinate to others.”
“That won’t do,” Zard said with a smile, “His career is huge, and I have to help him.”
Lian Xin’s voice gradually became cold, “You can’t leave.”
For the Lian Tribe, life is simple, and feelings are simple too. Seeing the man you like, you take him home, feed him Red Heart Gu, and that’s your partner for life.
Once the Red Heart Gu is eaten, there will be no more twists and turns. All that’s left is to stay together and grow old together.
But the Red Heart Gu was only eaten recently. Although Lian Xin’s attitude towards Zard has changed, thinking that he might leave like Chen Jiazhang, she got a little angry.
She even threw the gnawing flower Zard gave her on the ground.
The Lian Tribe people started setting up camp. They sprinkled white powder near the bonfire, which was garlic powder, to prevent snakes, insects, rats, and ants from approaching.
Seven Golden Corpses guarded nearby. With these seven Golden Corpses, comparable to A-Class Gene Soldiers, ordinary people in Xiuzhu Prefecture couldn’t beat the Lian Tribe.
When everything was done, the Lian Tribe people took out wooden boxes from their chests, cut their fingertips, and fed their Red Heart Gu with their blood.
The originally motionless Red Heart Gu finally came to life after smelling the blood of its owner.
Lian Xin sat by the bonfire, staring blankly. Just yesterday, she was still feeding the Red Heart Gu with her blood with the rest of the tribe. But today, the Red Heart Gu was gone…
Thinking of this, she glared at Zard.
Zard saw her expression and thought that Lian Xin was envious that other members of the tribe had Red Heart Gu, but she didn’t.
Thinking of this, Zard suddenly reached into his heart, took out a small seven-star ladybug, the Red Heart Gu.
He chuckled, “What others have, you must have too.”
Lian Xin was stunned.
What the heck, what others have, you must have too, this is Red Heart Gu, how did you just take it out?! And it’s still intact!
Everyone was stunned, and the Lian Tribe people’s faces changed. Taking out the heart is already something they can’t understand, but what’s even more incomprehensible is that the Red Heart Gu is still intact?
Lian Xin’s face changed, “What’s going on? Why is it still there?”
Zard scratched his head, “It’s so cute, I couldn’t bear to chew on it. I’ve been keeping my body in an elemental state recently, and it couldn’t find a way out while rolling around in my body, so it finally stopped at my chest and started sleeping.”
Everyone opened their mouths wide, none of them had expected this to happen.
Chen Jiazhang was also inexplicably shocked: So, swallowing Red Heart Gu in an elemental body is useless?
Then what about the change in Lian Xin’s attitude towards Zard?
Along the way, everyone clearly felt a significant change in Lian Xin’s attitude towards Zard.
If it’s not the effect of the Red Heart Gu, it means Lian Xin has truly developed feelings.
At this moment, Lian Xin exclaimed, her face burning. She said to her people, “Don’t look, focus on feeding your Red Heart Gu!”
The people of the tribe stifled their laughter and bowed their heads.
Lian Xin adjusted her expression, looked at Zard and said coldly, “Since you didn’t eat the Red Heart Gu, why did you pick flowers for me, why didn’t you run, why did you still bring me food?”
This question also stunned Zard, “Because I like you.”
Lian Xin snorted coldly, “Sweet words.”
While others were feeding the Red Heart Gu, Chen Jiazhang secretly whispered to Zard again, “Since you don’t have Red Heart Gu in your body, why are you still here, do you want to be made into a Golden Corpse? I’m your Boss’s grand uncle, if I become a Golden Corpse, how will you explain it to your Boss?”
Zard thought for a while and said, “Now the Knight Order already has Thunder Knight, Yin-Yang Master Knight, and Preemptive Strike Knight. Everyone has started to change jobs, don’t you want to change jobs too?”
Chen Jiazhang was stunned, “What job do I change to?”
“They make you into a Golden Corpse, and you can change to Death Knight.”
Chen Jiazhang: ?
…
…
City 5 in the evening. The setting sun shone through the buildings, cut into different shapes of light pillars by the uneven buildings, like a dream city.
Qing Chen sat in Qing Ji’s beat-up pickup truck, staring out the window, “In the Royal Organization’s eyes, I should still be in a state of death. You organized a banquet for me to attend, which is equivalent to revealing that I’m still alive. Including when you arranged a blind date for me before, you deliberately revealed my identity to the blind date partner, which is also an act of disrupting my plan.”
“Fake death? What are you going to do?” Qing Ji asked curiously.
“I’m going to kill people on the other side of the Forbidden Sea, and take a look at the real strength over there,” Qing Chen said.
Qing Ji: “Isn’t this why we asked you to leave a few children behind?”
Qing Chen suddenly frowned.
Recently, he always felt that the head of the family on Ginkgo Mountain seemed to be able to foresee the future, or even see certain fragments of the future.
As time went on, this feeling became stronger and stronger.
Qing Chen was wondering if the head of the family saw that he had met with an accident, so he organized this blind date?
After all, there are indeed Forbidden Artifacts that can predict the future in this world, at least the tissue box in Shinguji Maki’s hand can!
Qing Chen asked, “What exactly does the Head of the Qingshi Clan want me to do this time? It can’t be just a blind date. Such a big figure, like the southwest emperor of this world, why would he be free to pay attention to such trivial matters as blind dates?”
“Are blind dates trivial matters?” Qing Ji said disapprovingly, “You underestimate your own status. Whether the royal family has offspring or not has always been the most fundamental issue in all dynasties. It’s because you haven’t gotten into the role yet, so you think it’s insignificant. If it’s really not important, do you think the Old Master would give out two Forbidden Artifacts at once?”
Qing Chen pondered.
In fact, the person who truly made Qing Chen realize how terrifying the power of the Conglomerate is was the blind date partner, Li Kerou.
The way she held the Conglomerate high above, and was even willing to bow down and kiss the tip of the shoe of power, is the truest portrayal of ordinary people in this era.
However, this is also the reason why they want to change all of this.
Qing Ji continued, “However, the Old Master’s purpose in bringing you back is indeed more than just blind dates. For example, tonight’s banquet, he thought it was very important and planned it for several weeks.”
“What’s the theme of tonight’s banquet?” Qing Chen wondered, “Is it for me to meet those big shots of the Qing Family?”
“Oh, that’s not important,” Qing Ji said, “You’ll understand after the banquet is over.”
Qing Chen said, “Have you ever considered that I don’t really have a sense of belonging to the Qing Family? Before my brother left, he never said that I should return to the Qing Family, and he never thought of tying me to the Qing Family.”
Qing Ji suddenly said, “Although the Old Master is ruthless and not good at expressing himself, I hope you don’t judge him too much before you get to know him. Actually… he’s not like what the outside world imagines.”
“What do you mean?” Qing Chen was puzzled.
“We’re here,” Qing Ji said.
Qing Chen looked at the magnificent Ginkgo Manor outside the car, like a city within a city, a country within a country.
Two Mute servants greeted them with a silly smile and signed, “The clothes are ready, young master can go change clothes first.”
Qing Chen asked Qing Ji, “Change what kind of clothes?”
Qing Ji glanced at him, “You wouldn’t wear that tracksuit to the banquet, would you? Of course, it’s a dress, a suit or a tuxedo, you can choose later.”
20 minutes later, Qing Chen looked at himself in the mirror. The black suit fit perfectly. The Mute servant tailor, with a tape measure hanging around his neck, happily looked at his masterpiece and gestured, “Young master’s figure is perfect, it’s my greatest honor to have my clothes worn by the young master.”
This Mute servant tailor was so skilled at flattering with Sign Language.
Ginkgo Manor was already brightly lit, as if it was preparing for a grand festival.
Qing Chen followed Qing Ji to the banquet hall, the Mute servants on the way saw him and smiled happily and sincerely.
“They all know me?” Qing Chen asked.
“Of course, and you have a high status in their hearts,” Qing Ji said, “Mute servants are all those who were poisoned and silenced by Shendai. From the moment you broke out of the A02 Base, you were destined to have a different status in their hearts. Rest assured, everyone at the banquet tonight is from the head of the family’s faction, there are no enemies. Of course, whether they can become friends depends on you.”
Walking into the banquet hall, music, chatter, and laughter intertwined, like a huge playground.
But Qing Chen suddenly saw balloons at the entrance, with many slogans inside… Happy birthday.
He was stunned in place, Qing Ji said on the side, “Today is your birthday in the Inner World.”
Qing Chen has two birthdays, and today in the Inner World is his real birth date, the one in the Outer World is not the real one.
But the problem is that the Qing Family made such a fuss to hold a banquet, called all the generals and officials of the head of the family’s faction to Ginkgo Manor, and the whole manor was brightly lit, just to celebrate his birthday?
That’s a bit absurd.
Qing Ji said, “Not being able to accompany you was also a regret of the Old Master’s. Although he didn’t say anything, I know this regret has always been there. You went to the Outer World so young, giving you a grand birthday is also a kind of compensation.”
Qing Chen laughed and cried, “Why are you so childish?”
This is something the Head of the Qingshi Clan would do?!
…