Chapter 5 Family

Lijing, Guyimai Community. In front of a three-story residential building.

Half of the setting sun has sunk below the horizon, and the last hint of crimson and golden yellow lingering in the sky is slowly fading away.

It was almost night, and the summer cicadas were still singing tirelessly in the trees. Ji Minghuan stood motionless under the shade of the trees, with no expression on his face.

He was wrapped in the heat, staring blankly at the door in front of him. A drop of sweat flowed down his forehead, slid across his pale cheek, and fell along his jawline to the collar of his school uniform.

It was too hot, so he took off his school uniform jacket on the way home and put it on his wrist.

He tugged at his wet collar and breathed a sigh of relief.

At first he didn't quite understand why Gu Wenyu had to wear a school uniform jacket to school in such bad weather, for fear that others would not look at him twice at school and might think he had a cold.

Now he understood that Gu Wenyu put on the coat just to make it easier for him to use his supernatural powers. He hid the restraints in his long sleeves so that they would not be easily discovered. For example, if he exercised too vigorously in physical education class and accidentally called out the restraints, he could still hide and save the situation by wearing a coat, but would be exposed in an instant by wearing short sleeves.

Stopping outside the door, he lowered his head and glanced at his phone.

The time now is July 9, 2020, 17:30 in the afternoon. I turned off the screen, looked up from the mobile phone screen, and looked at the brown-red door in front of me again.

The evening breeze blew in from over the city, lightly lifting his hair and bringing a hint of coolness into the night.

"Home... this word is so unfamiliar." Ji Minghuan thought.

The reason why he was standing at the door of his house instead of sitting in the house with the fan on was to think carefully about how to play this role well in the eyes of Gu Wenyu's family.

As an orphan abandoned by his parents at a young age, Ji Minghuan has no experience of getting along with his family.

In that orphanage, he grew up with other orphans, teachers who neglected their duties and waited for the end of get out of class with a sullen face every day, annoying nurses, and an old director who was hot and cold.

So he could only start from Gu Wenyu's memory, understand his family members' personalities and behavioral logic one by one, and then remember Gu Wenyu's different attitudes towards each family member. Then, he slowly figured out how to get along naturally with these "family members" who shouldn't exist without them noticing anything.

Ji Minghuan lowered his hand and touched his trousers, then he remembered that the key was in his coat pocket.

While he was taking out the school uniform in his hand, he went over Gu Wenyu's "background memory" in his mind again.

Gu Wenyu's family relationships can be described as complicated.

The family originally consisted of five people: father "Gu Zhuoan", mother "Su Ying", brother "Gu Qiye", sister "Su Zimai", and "Gu Wenyu" who was sandwiched in the middle.

At the beginning, it was a very standard happy family - the father was kind and the children were filial. The mother was not only gentle but also very smart. She was always patient and attentive to every child and always took care of the emotions of each child. Gu Wenyu and his brothers and sisters all relied on her.

That all changed five years ago.

On June 15, 2015, his mother was involved in an accident. The official version was that one of the members of the elite superpower organization "Rainbow Wing" affiliated with the United Nations was fighting a powerful enemy while on a mission and had no time to pay attention to the surrounding environment, so he accidentally injured a resident of Guyimai Community.

And their mother, Su Ying, was one of the ordinary people who was accidentally injured by the members of "Rainbow Wing". To be precise, it was not accidentally injured...

Instead, they were killed, leaving no residue behind.

In fact, this situation is not uncommon. Similar things often happen in today's world. When people with special powers fight, they accidentally injure ordinary people, just like a human accidentally stepping on an ant to death while pushing and fighting.

Who can have the energy to notice an ant under his feet when he is fully focused on fighting with others?

After that, my father appealed to the government many times, but the status of "Rainbow Wing" is very high. It is recognized as the strongest organization of superpowers in the world. It is composed of the top superpowers of each major "member country" strictly selected by the country and directly serves the top figures of the United Nations.

It is rumored that each "Rainbow Wing" has a total of 12 members, and the information of all members is strictly kept confidential. Unless there is a compelling situation and it cannot be concealed, it will never be allowed to be leaked, especially their special abilities - the detailed effects of their superpowers are exposed, which is equivalent to giving the enemy a chance to counterattack.

Because of this, no matter how many times the father appealed to the government, he was never able to find out who the psychic was who accidentally killed his mother in that incident... No matter how hysterically he vented his anger, he even organized the families of the victims who were also accidentally injured at the time to protest together.

The final response was just a cold letter from a lawyer and a series of official responses that were so straight that there was no flaw in them.

Soon after, the matter was slowly suppressed, and the people around him chose to compromise and withdraw from the protest, leaving my father alone standing on the street.

The only thing to be thankful for is that at least my father received hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation in the end.

After my mother's funeral, my father fell into despair and was too exhausted to even take care of his three children.

Later, because his sister Su Zimai ran away from home, the eldest brother Gu Qinye had a big quarrel with his father at home. The relationship between the two became completely strained. They didn't want to see each other and behaved like two strangers who were forced to live together at home.

Nowadays, my father works away from home all year round, and it seems that the only link between him and this family is the living expenses he sends back every month and a few symbolic greetings on the phone.

For Gu Wenyu and his sister Su Zimai, their eldest brother, who has always taken care of them meticulously, is more like their "father".

The real father has long since disappeared in name only, becoming a money-making machine that cannot be seen or touched but sends money back on a regular basis every month.

My father hasn't been home for two years.

The eldest brother Gu Qinye was admitted to a local university in Lijing City.

The school is not far from Guyimai Community, and it only takes half an hour to get home by subway from the station next to the university. Therefore, he can take care of his younger brothers and sisters who are in high school without delaying their studies.

Ji Minghuan yawned and looked up at the sky in a daze: "It's actually not a bad idea to think this way: since Gu Wenyu's father is usually not around, the only ones we need to deal with are his brother and sister. As long as we reduce the interaction with these two people, it won't be noticed that there is anything wrong."

"Oh, right," he seemed to have thought of something, "Speaking of which, I remember that the character background when I created the file said - 'Every family member of Gu Wenyu hides an unknown secret.'"

"But as far as I know, in Gu Wenyu's memory of the past ten years, except for his mother who has died and cannot be verified, the remaining three family members, whether it is his father, brother or sister, have always regarded themselves as ordinary people and have never revealed their true colors. So, is this family actually a secret agent?"

After thinking for a while, he finally felt a long, hard object from his coat pocket, took out the silver-plated key, and inserted it into the lock of the door handle.

The next second, just as he was about to turn it a circle, there was a "click" and the door opened from the inside.

Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows, took the key out of the hole, and saw a clear face through the open door.

The person who opened the door for him was Gu Qinye, who was also Gu Wenyu's brother.

He is tall, with shoulder-length black hair, regular features, a high nose bridge, and a curve at the corner of his mouth that is between confidence and frivolity. He has never lacked suitors since he was a child, but in Ji Minghuan's opinion, he deserves a beating.

At this time, Gu Qiye had a silver cross necklace hanging around his neck, and he was wearing a plain black T-shirt, jeans on the lower body, and a pair of ordinary indoor slippers on his feet.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time." Gu Qinye said with a smile.

He leaned against the door frame and casually threw a bottle of iced cola to his brother.

"Thanks, brother." Ji Minghuan didn't even blink. He quickly caught the Coke and unscrewed the lid while saying thank you.

With a "click" sound, a stream of cool air gushed out of the can and he put his face close to it to cool down.

Gu Qiye hugged his shoulders with one hand and used his phone with the other. He looked down at the incoming text message and asked casually, "Why are you back so late? Didn't you say that tomorrow is summer vacation, so school will be dismissed early?"

Ji Minghuan drank a sip of Coke, raised the back of his hand to wipe the sweat on his chin, and explained helplessly:

"We can't help it. Our head teacher talks too much. Students from other classes have already left school, but he is still on the podium, talking non-stop."

As he spoke, he looked up at Gu Qinye again, and at that moment a long text panel popped up in front of him.

[Main Mission 1: Explore what your "brother" - Gu Qiye is hiding. ]

[Task Rewards: 1 Split Point (collect a certain number of Split Points to create a new game character in the real world), 1 Skill Point (can be used in the development of the "Character Skill Tree"), 1 Attribute Point (can be used to improve one of the attributes in the "Character Panel")]

(End of this chapter)