Chapter 1826
by 林方方Chapter 1826 The Chance to Call Her Back
Hearing this, Lin Qiye nodded thoughtfully,
“Where is the safety passage?”
“I don’t know. It theoretically exists, but its specific location in the maze is something you’ll have to find yourself.”
“…Alright then.”
An Qingyu slowly stood up from the stone table, “Now, it’s my turn.”
“Where do you want to go?”
Lin Qiye naturally wouldn’t go back on his word, but if An Qingyu wanted to go somewhere with heavy foot traffic or involving Night Watchmen secrets, he would definitely refuse.
But An Qingyu’s answer left him stunned.
“…Erhai Lake.”
…
Mountain county town.
In a small roadside restaurant, several dining tables were pushed together, with more than ten people gathered around them and hundreds of empty plates stacked high nearby.
“Brother Fang Mo, I’m hungry~” One chubby boy licked the last drop of oil from his plate and turned with a pitiful expression.
Fang Mo: …
“Boss, five more plates of braised pork! Six plates of chicken hotpot! And seventeen… no, eighteen more servings of abalone!” Fang Mo called out reluctantly.
“???”
The restaurant owner walked out from the kitchen wearing an apron, sweating profusely with an expression of disbelief:
“More? There’s nothing left… really nothing at all this time!”
“The braised pork or the chicken hotpot?”
“Everything’s gone!” the owner said through gritted teeth. “I stocked up meat for several days, and you’ve bought it all. Three of my cooks are exhausted! My small restaurant really has nothing left to serve you! Please leave… I’ll even give you a 20% discount, isn’t that enough?”
Fang Mo looked back at the chubby boy, who was rubbing his belly with one hand, still looking unsatisfied… With no other choice, he could only take out his phone to pay the bill.
The members of Team [Demon] sat to one side, staring at the terrifying number of empty plates before them, their eyes nearly popping out… Could humans really fit that much food in their stomachs?
In contrast, the other Golden Immortal agents seemed completely used to this.
“Please don’t mind… Old Five carries the soul of Taotie, he’s always like this,” Luan Lie explained with a smile, seemingly noticing everyone’s strange expressions.
“Does each of you carry a different divine beast?” Li Zhenzhen asked curiously.
“That’s right.”
“Then… what divine beast does that girl in the corner carry?”
Everyone followed Li Zhenzhen’s gaze to see a woman curiously crouching in a corner by the door, doing something unknown.
“Oh, that’s Little Nine. She carries the Pixiu… Little Nine, what are you playing with?” Luan Lie answered Li Zhenzhen’s question while walking over to the woman’s side, looking puzzled.
They saw a gray rat cornered against the wall, completely enveloped by Old Nine’s shadow, giving it no space to escape.
Strangely, despite being trapped by a human, the rat showed no fear at all. Instead, it raised its head as if studying them as well.
“Second Brother! Look at this big rat, its eyes are red!” the woman exclaimed excitedly.
“They really are,” Luan Lie said suspiciously. “And this rat isn’t even scared away by the Pixiu aura around you… Could it have some strange bloodline?”
While the two were talking, Fang Mo had finished paying and was leading everyone out of the restaurant.
Hearing Luan Lie’s words, he glanced at the rat in the corner without much interest, and was about to say something to the chubby boy when he suddenly froze!
Rat?
The image of Instructor An Qingyu from the training camp flashed through his mind.
Fang Mo’s pupils suddenly contracted as if he’d realized something, and he whipped his head around:
“Stay away from—”
Before he could finish his last word, a deep thunderclap suddenly exploded in the sky!
Lightning containing terrifying divine power instantly cut through the air like a ferocious whip descending from heaven, striking the ground with precision!
BOOM—!!!
…
Erhai Lake.
A black commercial vehicle drove along the highway, eventually pulling over at a certain section of the road.
Lin Qiye pushed open the door and got out. The autumn breeze swept across the blue lake surface, carrying a hint of coolness. He waved to signal the driver to leave and walked alone toward the lakeside.
This was a relatively remote area of Erhai Lake with few residents nearby and some distance from the highway. Except for the sound of shoreline vegetation rustling in the wind, the world was completely quiet.
Lin Qiye stopped at a certain spot by the lake, and in the next moment, a figure materialized from the void beside him.
An Qingyu scanned the surroundings, his expression somewhat complex.
“Erhai Lake is so big. How did you know I wanted to come to this spot?”
“This is where you and Jiang Er parted ways back then, isn’t it?” Lin Qiye calmly replied. “Don’t forget, we were watching you from above on the Somersault Cloud at that time.”
“…I thought you would have had the decency to look away.”
“We were going to look away, but Cao Yuan said that since you wouldn’t know we were watching anyway…”
“…Was it Cao Yuan who said that, or was it you?”
Lin Qiye cleared his throat, looking somewhat embarrassed.
An Qingyu: “…”
An Qingyu’s gaze shifted to the other side, where the rippling lake surface reflected the shadows of some rural houses in the dim sunlight.
“I want to go over there and take a look,” An Qingyu suddenly said.
Lin Qiye looked in that direction, his brows slightly furrowed. “Are you… sure?”
“Yes.”
An Qingyu walked toward the cluster of houses with Lin Qiye following closely beside him. Before long, they stopped in front of the door of one of the houses.
The door wasn’t completely closed. Through the gap, they could see a woman sweeping the courtyard. She appeared to be in her forties, with almost no wrinkles on her face, her movements nimble and strong, full of vitality.
She easily swept half the courtyard, finally arriving at a corner where a dust-covered wheelchair was folded and placed on the ground, as if it had been abandoned for a long time.
Seeing the wheelchair, the woman seemed to recall something and sighed dejectedly.
“Little Er… she hasn’t posted any videos for so long. I wonder how she’s doing in the mountains.”
“Sigh, why worry so much? The child is just in the mountains, not at war. What could happen?” A man’s voice came from inside the house.
“Can’t I think about my daughter?” The woman glared back. “Counting the years, Little Er is at the age for marriage now… I had someone arrange a matchmaking for her a few days ago. When she comes back, we’ll set up a meeting.”
“Little Er is grown up now. Does she still need you to arrange matchmaking? Maybe she already has someone she likes?”
“That boy with the colored contacts from years ago? He disappeared who knows where, and you’re still thinking about him? I’ve thought it through, and arranged matchmaking is more reliable. At least we know the family background…”
Outside the courtyard, An Qingyu silently listened to the conversation inside. A ripple of emotion appeared in his usually calm eyes.
After a moment, he silently walked back toward Erhai Lake.
“Actually, if you stayed in Great Xia… you could come see the elderly couple often,” Lin Qiye tried to persuade him. “After all, they—”
Before Lin Qiye could finish, An Qingyu shook his head.
“…Thank you.”
“What?”
An Qingyu stopped at the edge of Erhai Lake.
A gray light flickered in his eyes, and in the next moment, a strange aura suddenly spread out from within his body!
“Thank you for bringing me here, giving me this opportunity…
This opportunity… to call her back.”