On the operating table, the glaring white light bulbs swayed, just like sunlight on a beach, making people feel dazed.
"Your good father-in-law, Su Wei." The mocking voice of Black Cocoon ca from the phone, he paused for a mont, then leisurely added, "He is our last ally... Surprise? Unexpected?"
"Who is that?" Lin Yilong asked.
"Su, Wei?"
Gu Zhuo Case raised his head in astonishnt, hoarsely murmuring the na, wondering, how could it be? Wasn’t this person... At that mont, his thoughts were abruptly interrupted, replaced by the sudden flash of a man’s face in his mind.
The first ti they t was when he and Su Ying were still in college. It was a late autumn day, the wind sweeping the fallen leaves, breezily brushing past the people on the road.
Gu Zhuo Case and Su Ying had just finished class and were about to visit the nearby food street.
Halfway there, Su Ying suddenly stopped, changing her mind by saying she had sothing urgent and told him to wait there for a while. Then she hurried to the school gate. Gu Zhuo Case looked from afar, suddenly feeling like he was in a fog, only seeing a man with glasses, who always squinted when he smiled, coming to find her.
Su Ying chatted with this young man for a while, the two discussing a girl nad "Tong Zizhu," seemingly arranging her accommodation and whereabouts.
Gu Zhuo Case was then filled with bewildernt and mixed feelings, but out of courtesy, he instinctively avoided them.
Later, he learned from Su Ying that this overly young-looking man was Su Wei.
And he was also Su Ying’s father.
Previously, when agreeing to watch "The Matrix" at the cinema with Su Ying, Gu Zhuo Case heard her ntion: Su Wei was an invisible executor of Lake Hunting, with power comparable to the previous mber of Lake Hunting.
Even in the Exorcist Realm, Su Wei’s strength was notable, absolutely considered a big shot, but due to an agreent between the Su Family and the four clans of Lake Hunting, he had to retreat behind the scenes as a hidden knife, thus remaining obscure.
The second ti Gu Zhuo Case t Su Wei was already long after, when he and Su Ying had successfully graduated. It was the day before their wedding, and Su Wei ca to see Su Ying, resulting in a huge argunt.
Eventually, Su Wei slamd the door and left. This man, who seed amiable with glasses, never showed such a cold expression.
After that, Gu Zhuo Case never saw this father-in-law again. The two didn’t even exchange a word from beginning to end.
When ntioning this father-in-law’s na, only a distant and elusive world would surface in Gu Zhuo Case’s mind. At that ti, he was just an ordinary person, while the other was a high-ranking existence in the Exorcist Realm, with a pitiful chasm of estrangent between them.
Gu Zhuo Case understood where this bias towards him ca from, but he didn’t care, nor did he want to care. At that ti, he chose to devote all his attention to Su Ying, the girl who abandoned everything for him.
And after Su Ying passed away, in a mont of utter despair, Gu Zhuo Case once thought about using the powers of the Exorcist forces for revenge. But he couldn’t find Su Wei, nor did he have the face to visit him.
He knew what kind of look that man would give him, looking at soone who was such a failure in protecting his own daughter. Until today, how could he possibly have the face to find Su Wei, thinking this, at that ti Gu Zhuo Case gave up the thought.
After so ti, Gu Zhuo Case awakened to his superpower, donned a mask, and completely abandoned the idea of seeking help from others, forging his own path to the present.
Thoughts converging here, the other side of the phone call fell silent under Black Cocoon’s long pause, with only the rustling sound of flipping book pages audible, as if leaving a little ti on purpose for Gu Zhuo Case to process his emotions.
"You’re saying, Su Wei?" Gu Zhuo Case lifted his head with a burning look, confirming once more.
"That’s right, that’s right, also Su Ying’s father." Black Cocoon lanted, "That old man, who not only looks down on you but also hates you to the core, in his eyes, you should be nothing more than a complete scoundrel, right... It sounds very reminiscent, this déjà vu, what exactly is it? Let think, oh... I got it, are you now going to follow the plot lines of those modern absurd satirical blockbusters?"
He sneered, "What I an is the kind of script where ’the three-year ti limit is up, the Dragon King returns; back then you mocked as a Muggle, unworthy to join the Exorcist family, yet I’ve beco a Catastrophe Level Ti-Series Superpower User’... Hmm, exactly the sa."
Gu Zhuo Case took a deep breath, trying hard to ignore Black Cocoon’s provocations, furrowing his brows as he pondered over the puzzle. He knew Black Cocoon was intensely focused on their family, but how could Black Cocoon get entangled with Su Wei?
The two had nothing to do with each other; would his father-in-law really bother with Black Cocoon given his personality? Thinking to this point, he continued to ask:
"How do you know him? This doesn’t make sense, could it be that you even know his whereabouts clearly?"
"Uh... That’s another way to see it." Black Cocoon hesitated for a mont before bragging, "Mmm, mmm, mmm, as expected of our mysterious and charming Comrade Black Cocoon, even able to command the whereabouts of a Catastrophe-level mber of Lake Hunting, who else in the world can do such a thing? I bet Mr. Ghost Bell you are already full of admiration for , since I know a person from your father’s generation, by Chinese cultural standards, I should be considered from a senior generation to yours."
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