Lackey Chen Ling
"Long ti no see, Maternal Uncle." Lu Xun looked at the sowhat unfamiliar man before him, his gaze sowhat complex.
"Is it really you? You're back?"
The man imdiately stood up, walked forward, and carefully scrutinized Lu Xun. Only at this ti did Lu Xun clearly see the mixed white hair at his temples and the deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.
"You've grown so big... Back then, you were still just a little bit of a thing." The man's tone was full of emotion. "Before, I heard people say that you grew up to beco a scientist, and even went on television and newspapers... Right, I still kept that newspaper! Wait for to look for it... let look for it..."
The man turned around and rummaged through boxes and chests under the counter looking for sothing. Not long after, a crumpled newspaper was placed on the table. In it, there was a page that was precisely Lu Xun's interview at the astronomical observatory, with a handso photo of him on it.
The man's fingertips gently rubbed the photo of Lu Xun on the newspaper, and then carefully scrutinized the real Lu Xun before him. Reminiscence surfaced in his eyes.
"Aiya... you look too much like your Mother, especially these eyes... The more you grow, the more you look like her..."
Hearing this, Lu Xun's brows furrowed slightly.
The man seed to realize sothing and imdiately changed the subject,
"Little Xun ah, you coming back this ti..."
"I ca to handle so matters. I'll leave after it's done." Lu Xun glanced at the stairs behind him. "Are there still rooms?"
The man was taken aback, then subsequently recovered his wits,
"Oh, there are, there are... But there are only two rooms left, you guys..."
The man looked at Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei behind Lu Xun, his expression sowhat hesitant.
"Two rooms is two rooms." Lu Xun pulled out a few banknotes from his inner breast pocket and placed them on the table. "I'll trouble Maternal Uncle."
"Aiyo, Little Xun, what are you doing?" The man's expression changed, and he hurriedly returned those banknotes to Lu Xun. "We are all one family, why do we still need money... Just stay here!"
Lu Xun's brows furrowed tighter and tighter. He pushed the money back and spoke again unquestionably:
"However it should be calculated, that's how it's calculated."
Seeing this, a touch of bitterness flashed in the man's eyes. He struggled for a long ti, but still took the money into the drawer. At the sa ti, he handed out two keys,
"Alright then... 201 and 202. If you need anything, just call ."
"En."
Lu Xun took the two keys, turned around, and walked toward the stairs. Seeing this, Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei followed closely behind.
The footsteps of the three stepped on the old wooden boards, making creaking sounds. After fully entering the second-floor corridor, Yang Xiao finally couldn't help but ask:
"Lu Xun, you and your Maternal Uncle... don't seem very close?"
Lu Xun gave an 'En', and spoke calmly:
"When I was young, my parents secretly opened an underground Casino and made quite a lot of money. Back then, this Lotus Guest House was opened for him by my mom... Later, the Casino was busted, and the two of them were both caught and sent to prison. I was also kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers.
"That gang of human traffickers was one of my parents' enemies from back then. They planned to exact revenge on . As a result, I found an opportunity and escaped... The police originally wanted to transfer to stay at the hos of these few Maternal Uncles. As a result, because they feared my parents' enemies in society, not a single one was willing to take in... Ultimately, they could only send to an orphanage."
Hearing this, Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei were both stunned in place. His parents broke the law, both went to prison, he was kidnapped by human traffickers, none of his relatives dared to take him in, and he ultimately could only wander to an orphanage... Who could have thought that the current Dr. Lu actually had such a past?
Lu Xun didn't seem to care about his past. He calmly inserted the key into the door lock and continued speaking,
"However, I don't hate them. Under those circumstances, anyone would be afraid. Shutting out is also human nature... If it weren't for them all rejecting , I wouldn't have entered the orphanage, and I wouldn't have co into contact with astronomy either."
"No wonder you insisted on giving him money," Su Zhiwei sighed.
"In this kind of situation, owing each other nothing is indeed the best way to interact..."
Click—
The room door opened, and a musty sll of old wooden boards assailed their noses.
Lu Xun slowly walked in, heaving a long sigh. "The accommodation conditions here are even worse than I imagined..."
"Other than us, are there really other people staying here?" Yang Xiao glanced at the moldy ceiling of the bathroom, his brows similarly furrowing tightly. "I really don't know what they were thinking..."
"Dr. Su, take a look at which room is relatively cleaner. You stay in that one, and Yang Xiao and I can stay in the other one."
Lu Xun handed both keys to Su Zhiwei.
"I'm fine with whatever, let's just use this one... Anyway, we're not purely here for accommodation."
Su Zhiwei walked straight to the window and pushed open the old window with both hands. Following a light creak, the hazy misty rain mixed with a cold wind blew her white training uniform, making it flutter gently.
Looking from this angle, on the other side of the street, the main gate of the eting Immortal Guest House was clearly visible.
...
[Director Chen, we've checked into the Lotus Guest House next door to you.]
Seeing the ssage pop up on his phone screen, Chen Ling simply replied and then put it away.
Since Lu Xun and the others were already in position, the most important thing right now was naturally finding Chu Changqing's location...
Chen Ling understood Ying Fu's character. Even in the extrely dangerous Wuji Domain, he kept A Qian by his side. This showed that he was accustod to keeping important people or objects close by... And it was absolutely impossible for Chu Changqing to be placed in the eting Immortal Guest House by him. Like this, the search scope was actually already much smaller.
Of course, searching for Chu Changqing was the task of Lu Xun and the others. The current Chen Ling still had more important things to do.
Chen Ling's fingertips lightly tore at his chin, and his entire person transford, turning into a youth wearing a black Tang suit. The clothing was almost the sa style as Sun Bumian's, but the color was more low-key. At first glance, he looked exactly like a lackey that Sun Bumian had brought back from abroad.
"Not bad, that's exactly the flavor!" Sun Bumian saw Chen Ling in the mirror and couldn't help but clap.
"You're sure you can bring into the venue, right?"
"Definitely!"
Chen Ling nodded, glanced at the ti on the wall, and slowly closed his eyes...
A mont later, he opened his eyes again. He had already spent another month studying at the Integration Faction. Compared to before, he wasn't that haggard this ti. After all, Chen Ling knew he had to deal with Ying Fu tonight, so he specifically went to bed early and woke up early for two nights in advance to adjust his schedule.
"Let's go."
Chen Ling turned around and walked outside the door.
Just after taking two steps, he was pulled back by Sun Bumian. The latter, wearing Round Sunglasses, clicked his tongue.
"What, did you forget what your identity is now? You really have no situational awareness..."
Chen Ling: ...
After speaking, he put his hands behind his back and, while playing with a string of beads, swaggered toward the end of the corridor...
Chen Ling rolled his eyes, silently recording this grudge on the head of the Integration Faction's Sun Bumian, and quietly followed behind him.
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