Chapter 198 Dinner at Gu Qiye's house, Lin Zhengquan on the verge of death (asking for monthly tickets)

César was having dinner alone with the new housekeeper. There was only a small shark left in the crystal ball in the bedroom, staring at the gradually darkening sky outside the window.

The night slowly enveloped the small garden like a curtain, and its pupils dimmed.

Yagubaru lay in the crystal ball in a daze for a while, then closed his eyes and transferred his consciousness to the No. 1 machine.

"Beep beep..." A message alert sounded, Gu Wenyu took out the mobile phone beside the pillow, leaned against the headboard and took a look at it.

[Gu Qiye: You can come down for dinner now. See if you can wake up my sister.]

Gu Wenyu yawned, immediately got up from the bed and walked out of the room.

Like a crab, he took two steps sideways in the corridor in a very strange way and stopped in front of the next room. He raised his hands and banged on the door, making a loud noise like a demolition.

"Wake up, great magician! If you want to sleep, wait until after dinner." He shouted while playing Minesweeper on his phone.

A moment later, a "bang" sound was heard from the room, as if someone accidentally rolled off the bed and fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a sound of murderous footsteps was heard, as if a general in ancient times was about to lead his troops to war, turning around in the palace and taking a few steps to show the emperor.

Finally, there was a "click" sound, and the door handle was turned forcefully.

The door opened.

Su Zimai was seen standing behind the door with messy hair and head hung, motionless, like a wandering ghost just fished out of a sulfur spring.

"I'm out--!" She raised her head and looked at Gu Wenyu with resentment, "Are you satisfied?"

Gu Wenyu raised his eyes from his phone and looked at her dark circles: "Did you secretly go on a date with Hei Pupa last night? You have such dark circles under your eyes."

Su Zimai rolled his eyes at him and said, "Last night, your sister and I went on a date with the Monkey King. We watched a movie together called Jurassic World."

Gu Wenyu also rolled his eyes at her.

"Do Sun Changkong and Mario agree with what you said? The big sister is not a lesbian like you. She will only date handsome guys with abdominal muscles, do you understand?" He secretly complained in his heart.

"I'll wash my face and go downstairs to eat." Su Zimai said, "You don't have to stand guard here anymore, understand?"

"I'm supervising you washing your face, in case you fall asleep in the bathroom later."

"That day I should have sacrificed my own life for the greater good and watched you fall off the pigeon's back."

"If I had super powers, the first thing I would do is beat you up."

"Haha, it's a pity you don't have one. If you were like your brother..."

Having said this, Su Zimai suddenly covered his mouth.

"Like my brother?" Gu Wenyu asked curiously, "Like my brother what? A diligent, hard-working university student?"

"nothing."

Su Zimai heaved a sigh of relief, shifted his gaze silently, and thought to himself that it was a good thing that his second brother was simple-minded and had a low IQ.

Soon, the brother and sister went downstairs while arguing, passed the living room with warm orange light, stopped to blow the fan, and then moved into the kitchen.

The two looked up at the dishes on the table, sniffed, and a thick aroma hit them. Over the years, Gu Qiye's specialty was basically those ordinary home-cooked dishes, such as stir-fried shredded potatoes and tomato stewed beef, rather than those fancy and beautiful dishes that could be posted on social platforms to attract attention.

But the advantage is that the skills are good, the color, aroma and taste are all just right, and it is hard to get tired of it.

Gu Qiye first learned cooking from his mother. When he was a child, he would sneak home after school every day, find a chair in the kitchen, squat on it, hold his cheeks, and quietly watch Su Ying's back as she cooked.

The young Gu Qiye watched very attentively every time, observing Su Ying's movements and every detail when she cooked. Her back against the warm light of the kitchen made people unable to take their eyes off her.

Gu Qiye leaned against the sink, hugged his shoulders, and stared out the window at the dusk in a daze.

"Where's Dad?" Su Zimai asked as he found a place to sit down.

Gu Qiye shrugged and said as he took off his apron, "He hasn't come back yet, let's eat first."

"Oh oh." Gu Wenyu said.

"Brother, your cooking is getting better and better." Su Zimai held the chopsticks in his mouth and looked up at Gu Qiye, "Why don't you consider becoming a chef after you retire?"

"My brother hasn't even started working yet, and you're already helping him arrange his retirement?" Gu Wenyu said, "You're worthy of me."

"Is it your business?"

Su Zimai glanced at him coldly and wanted to tell him that your good brother has been working in the Alien Association for several years, but it’s a pity that you don’t know anything about it.

At this moment, she suddenly felt a sense of pleasure in her heart, thinking that she knew more about her brother's secret identity than Gu Wenyu. A wonderful sense of cohesion and superiority prompted her to raise her head and look at Gu Qinye happily.

Gu Qiye thought for a moment and said, "When I retire, I can open a small restaurant downstairs from our house."

"I will definitely visit here every day then." Su Zimai raised both hands in agreement.

"The question is, will you live to retire?" Gu Wenyu suddenly said.

"What do you mean?" Su Zimai was stunned.

Gu Qinye also tilted his head and was slightly stunned, thinking, could Wen Yu have noticed something?

Gu Wenyu said calmly, "It's nothing. I always feel that my brother is the type who works overtime desperately and eventually dies suddenly in the office."

Gu Qinye leaned against the sink with his shoulders folded, looked at his back and drooped his head helplessly, thinking that this brother was really mean, but he was indeed almost dying from working overtime.

Su Zimai nudged Gu Wenyu's shoulder with his elbow, "Are you a human being if you say such things?"

"Let's eat." Gu Qinye pulled a chair and sat down at the dining table, interrupting the two to prevent them from arguing.

He also left a spot for Gu Zhuoan who might come back at any time.

Soon after, the sound of a key opening the door came from the entrance, and Gu Zhuoan came back. He changed into indoor shoes and walked into the living room, turned his head to look at the three people at the dining table, and then walked into the kitchen and took a pair of chopsticks and a porcelain bowl from the disinfection cabinet.

The house became quiet. The chirping of cicadas in the old tree outside the window suddenly became much more pleasant. The only sound left was Gu Zhuoan's footsteps.

After a while, Gu Zhuoan sat down at the table, put his hands on his thighs, and was silent for a while, as if thinking about how to solve the current embarrassment, and then said:

"It seems like there's a new stranger in Lijing these past two days... He's making quite a big noise."

Gu Wenyu was just about to open his mouth to find a topic to talk about, but after hearing his old father's words, he and Gu Qiye beside him fell silent.

He thought to himself, Dad, why are you bringing up things that are irrelevant? This is not the way to find a topic to talk about.

However, he also understood that Gu Zhuoan wanted to hear Gu Qinye's opinion on Mu Long, and the old father was still worried about this electric hyena son.

Su Zimai knew nothing about this, so he turned to look at Gu Zhuo'an and asked curiously, "Who is it?"

"What's his name? I saw it on the news today, but I forgot his name." Gu Zhuoan raised his hand and scratched his cheek, performing a poor acting skill.

"Mu Taki." Gu Qinye said indifferently.

"Hey... sister, you really don't care about the news at all. This is such an important matter. He is a 'quasi-disaster-level' alien. There are only a handful of such people in the world. It is a blessing for us to have him in Lijing."

Gu Wenyu kept talking, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and searched for the word "Makutaki" on the browser.

"How can I have time?" Su Zimai shrugged, "Studying is already busy enough."

"Learn how to wear diapers correctly?"

Gu Wenyu thought about it and played a video of a press conference on his mobile phone, then placed it between him and Su Zimai.

"It's just right. I can let my sister comment on his style." He said, "It's my favorite part of the review."

After listening to what several people said, Su Zimai was still quite curious about Mu Taki, so he bit his chopsticks and lowered his eyes to glance at the video on his mobile phone.

On the screen, a young man wearing a dark blue medieval knight's helmet and a gray cloak shook hands with Lan Arc in front of the reporter's camera, and Lan Arc put his hand on his shoulder.

"Do you think the blue arc looks better?" Gu Qiye curled his lips and asked casually.

Su Zimai thought for a moment and said, "I feel...Blue Arc and this Makutaki are about the same, right?"

"Is that so?" Gu Qiye murmured softly.

After a pause, Su Zimai muttered quietly: "The appearance of these two is so ugly, even worse than the black pupa."

The smile on Gu Qiye's face slowly froze, and he was shocked for a moment: "No... not as good as the black pupa?"

Gu Wenyu raised his eyebrows and secretly clenched his fists under the table, thinking to himself, Yoshi, it seems that Comrade Hei Pupa has already maxed out my sister's favorability, and now you have come to this day, Mr. Lan Hu.

"What are you laughing at?" Su Zimai suddenly turned his head and stared at Gu Wenyu's profile.

Gu Wenyu's face tensed for a moment, like an old monk in meditation, "Nothing... Sister, I just think that you said Blue Arc and Makutaki, but you said Blue Arc is not as good as Black Pupa, isn't this a bit insulting to the people's hero? If you post it online, you will be attacked."

Hearing this, Gu Qinye's gloomy face smiled again, thinking that even though his sister did not approve of him, at least he still had a good brother. Hmm...his brother must understand that there is no comparison between Blue Arc and Black Pupa, right?

After a pause, Gu Wenyu continued, "Well, actually I also think that Blue Arc is not as good as Black Pupa. Black Pupa is the one with true kindness and beauty, and he was just giving away free gifts to fans at Lijing Plaza."

Gu Qinye's mood became heavy again, and his expression took a sharp turn for the worse like a roller coaster.

At this moment, Gu Zhuoan suddenly spoke.

"I feel that, well, if we put aside his identity, the outfit and style of that ghost bell..." Gu Zhuoan said intermittently, "well, he looks like a tough guy."

There was complete silence at the dinner table.

Several people looked at him with disdain, thinking that after all, we are talking about a Riddler with unclear affiliations and two strangers, so how come you went straight to the topic of criminals?

After a moment, Gu Zhuoan lowered his head silently, seeming a little ashamed.

After dinner, Gu Wenyu was too lazy to take another shower. He went straight upstairs to his room, lay down on the bed, and stared at the ceiling in a daze with his arms as his head rested.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered what his father had said to him today: "His name is Lin Yilong, and he has an older brother named Lin Zhengquan."

Makutaki's real name is Hayashi Ichitaki.

His elder brother "Lin Zhengquan" is a third-level exorcist affiliated with the Exorcist Association and a member of Ke Qirui's Ghost Train Group. He has a buzz cut and usually wears a vest and trousers. Tianqu is a cybernetic body.

"It's a small world...Do these two brothers know each other's identities?"

"If I use the relationship between Lin Zhengquan and Su Zimai to tell him that Lan Hu is actually Su Zimai's brother, and your brother Lin Yilong wants to attack Lan Hu, will Lin Zhengquan try to persuade his brother to stop, or will he turn against Su Zimai?"

Thinking of this, Gu Wenyu took out the spare mobile phone under the pillow and sent a message to Ke Qirui.

[Black Pupa: By the way, how is Mr. Lin Zhengquan doing recently? ]

[Hei Pupa: I heard someone say today that he seems to have a younger brother with an unusual background. I suddenly became interested, so I wanted to come and ask you about it.]

[Ke Qirui: I just wanted to talk to you about this. ]

[Black Pupa: What happened? ]

[Ke Qirui: Lin Zhengquan was attacked today. When I went to look for him tonight, I found that he almost died in the apartment building. The Exorcist Association is still looking for the murderer. ]

Gu Wenyu was slightly startled.

After a while, his fingers began to tap the screen again.

[Black Pupa: Almost died? He is a third-level exorcist.]

Gu Wenyu was deeply impressed. After Lin Zhengquan was equipped with cyber prosthetic limbs on the grassland, he was able to fight against the demonized Firion head-on for a long time. With such strength, how could he be beaten to the point of near death?

[Ke Qirui: I suspect it was done by the Salvation Society. After all... it was Lin Zhengquan who took the initiative to propose moving Red Street Light's body to the Exorcist Association this morning.]

Gu Wenyu lowered his head and pondered for a long time before continuing typing.

[Black Pupa: I roughly understand the situation. Is there anything I can help you with? ]

[Ke Qirui: No, the specific situation is still under investigation. We will tell you after the investigation is clear.]

After a long silence, Ke Qirui sent a message.

[Ke Qirui: You just said he has a younger brother. What does that mean? He never told us about it.]

[Black Pupa: His brother is... Never mind. There's no need to talk about this right now. We'll talk about it next time.]

Gu Wenyu was stunned for a while: "Is that so? Mu Long's brother will also die with a high probability." He thought to himself, "I thought the people from the Salvation Society would take action, but I didn't expect them to act so decisively."

Objectively speaking, if he had not intervened that day, the members of the Ghost Train Group might have been crushed to death by Mario's dinosaur.

But even though he saved the people in the train group, their death might still be inevitable.

Because these four people have been targeted by the Salvation Society.

It is still unclear who attacked Lin Zhengquan, but it is highly likely that this was a warning to the Savior Society to warn the four members of the Ghost Train Group not to interfere in these matters any further.

Suddenly, an idea came into Gu Wenyu's mind:

"How about trying to divert Makutaki's hatred after this? Let him seek revenge on the Savior Society first, instead of coming to my brother. Maybe these two can work together temporarily."

He shook his head and collected his messy thoughts: "It's unlikely... Even if Mu Long is temporarily distracted by Lin Zhengquan's matter, it's too late for him to stop now. He will definitely find an opportunity to attack my brother in the near future."

Thinking of this, Gu Wenyu set an alarm and decided to find time to talk to Mu Long tomorrow no matter what.

He suddenly felt a little tired, slowly closed his eyes, and soon fell into a deep sleep in the dim room.

(End of this chapter)