Chapter 125: Relics of the Ancestors

Of course, Luo Fan couldn't order Huo Shizhen to work, so in the end he could only drink a glass of water in one breath, and then left with a large box of other prepared drinks.

Before leaving, he did not forget to wave and say hello to Lin Guantang who was coming downstairs.

Lin Guantang had also walked into the living room, to the sofa where Wen Tiange was sitting, and cast his eyes on the table.

Saw a lot of...

A bunch of tea bags without even any packaging.

Even the lemon slices are washed and cut by a machine, and another ice-making machine is also working hard to spit out ice. The drinking water is divided into large barrels and small bottles, but they are the most popular brands on the market.

——He was overthinking it.

Because he didn't see the table on the stairs just now, Lin Guantang thought that Wen Tiange was sitting upright in a serious manner, handing out homemade drinks, starting with brewing fresh tea leaves and cutting fresh fruits, demonstrating some superb drink-making skills.

The result is a tea bag mixed with water and formed into a shape.

Wen Tiange’s main role is to put these things together in a cup and then seal it - the sealing of the cup mouth is also done automatically by a machine.

“Although it looks like a three-no product, it’s actually very fresh.”

Wen Tiange understood Lin Guantang's silent gaze and added a sentence.

Now that I have become the host, I say this with some regret:

"Haitang, you wouldn't be like a certain noble young master who disdains to drink these common ingredients, would you?"

How is that possible?

Lin Guantang's own background was not even that of an ordinary citizen. He boiled and drank the drinking water at home directly from the tap. The word "disdainful" could definitely be used.

Huo Shizhen didn't drink, probably because he rejected everything equally.

But at this moment, there is also a hint of disdain mixed in——

It doesn't refer to the tea bags, but to the person "Wen Tiange".

Lin Guantang placed one hand on the sofa, looking at "Wen Tiange" and hesitating to speak, but in the end he couldn't help asking:

"Senior Sikong, do you have some unspeakable secret? Do you have to use Wen Tiange's identity? Can't you use your true face?"

Wen Tiange—no, Sikong Tan suddenly showed a look of surprise:

“You can actually recognize it?”

Because you didn't hide it at all!

Lin Guantang couldn't think of a reason why he couldn't recognize it.

Although Wen Tiange would occasionally perform some suicidal performance art, it was not seeking death. He was very self-aware and would never tease Huo Shizhen in that tone.

And talking to myself in this tone as if teasing a cat.

So Sikong Tan himself did not hide the difference at all.

Just like now, when Lin Guantang recognized his identity, he just pretended to be surprised and didn't panic at all.

The overall performance seems to be that he likes the appearance of this junior Wen, so he just imitates him for fun.

——If it weren’t for this reason, Lin Guantang wouldn’t have called out the words “Senior Sikong” so directly and clearly.

But this answer is still too idealistic, and Lin Guantang does not lack more convincing evidence.

Lin Guantang said quietly:

"Because he's playing me now."

To be precise, Wen Tiange borrowed the identity of "Lingchen" to carry out the mission, and also borrowed the system permissions, and located thousands of miles away.

So no matter from which perspective, the person in front of him could not be Wen Tiange.

This reason is really irrefutable.

Sikong Tan of course knew that Wen Tiange was going to perform other tasks, so he borrowed his identity to come here, but he didn't expect that Wen Tiange also borrowed Lin Guantang's identity to perform his tasks.

But now I hear this news, it’s not surprising.

This is how their intelligence department exchanges identities with each other. It is common for them to randomly pick a lucky relative or friend to impersonate someone else. As for creating fake identities out of thin air, it is even more commonplace.

——Relatives and friends still need to be taken care of more. Small pits can bring joy, but big pits can be fatal. You can't use them in all situations.

In short, it is very common for the Intelligence Department to mix up identities. Even people in the headquarters cannot guess who their colleagues are. Except for the single-line contact person for the ongoing mission, everything else may be fake.

Lin Guantang has also become accustomed to the intelligence department's ancestral tradition of layering dolls.

Although I still often feel speechless.

Just like now, watching "Wen Tiange" sitting in front of him making words and gestures that he himself would not do, it is really an indescribable feeling of disharmony.

But since Sikong Tan did this, he must have his own reasons. Pointing out his identity was enough. Since he had no intention of taking off the hood, Lin Guantang automatically skipped the topic.

As he spoke, Lin Guantang walked towards the sofa next to Huo Shizhen. On the way, he glanced outside the room and asked casually:

"Why did you dig up all the soil in the yard?"

"Of course it's mission-related, but—"

Sikong Tan said meaningfully:

"But digging and turning the soil is actually optional. It doesn't really matter whether you do it or not. It's just that a certain great demon king and his companions got impatient waiting, so they simply enslaved others to do this useless work and blamed it on their bad mood. Isn't that pretty mean?"

Lin Guantang: ...

Although he was clearly implying something about Huo Shizhen, he was the one who felt embarrassed.

After all, it was he who arrived late, which caused everyone to be stranded here.

As for Huo Shizhen, he simply ignored Sikong Tan's words.

Seeing Lin Guantang walk over to the seat next to him and sit down, the arm that was originally resting on the backrest naturally fell on his shoulder.

Also add a sentence:

"Digging is part of the mission and has nothing to do with you. The food is in the big refrigerator at the back."

"Not hungry."

Lin Guantang shook his head and looked at the unopened bottles of water on the table. He felt a little thirsty. After thinking about it, he thought that the water should be prepared for Luo Fan and other people who do manual labor, so he asked:

"Can I drink it?"

Huo Shizhen: "Whatever you want."

Lin Guantang reached out and took a bottle from the table, unscrewed it and drank it.

This was a natural interaction that did not require attention, but it made Sikong Tan squint his eyes, feeling that something was wrong.

As an excellent intelligence officer, Sikong Tan immediately noticed that the interaction between them had clearly exceeded the social distance between ordinary friends.

What's more, Huo Shizhen has always been unkind, so this proactive and unconscious closeness seems even more unusual.

Sikong Tan suddenly realized that he might have missed a lot of good things during his disappearance.

In his memory, the relationship between Huo Shizhen and Haitang was to avoid trouble, so they simply announced the ambiguity to the outside world. This was a temporary strategy, and it would become true someday.

——Sikong Tan was of course aware of all the news about Lin Guantang and Huo Shizhen, but as one of the instigators of the news that their relationship was unusual, and assuming that their relationship was just a temporary measure, Sikong Tan always felt that no matter what rumors were spread, these two people were just acting according to the situation.

It turns out that it wasn't just the explosive acting skills of both of them or their tacit cooperation, but the expression of their true feelings.

Thanks to him going to the forum to see others seriously analyzing the relationship between Huo Shizhen and Lin Guantang, including listening to related discussions among the nobles, he was very pleased that the Intelligence Department really had successors. The stories they made up were as popular as the real thing. Not only were the military academy students led astray, but they were even able to deceive the nobles of the entire empire.

The result is really true!

The mission was forgotten, gossip prevailed, and Sikong Tan spoke quietly:

"Are you serious?"

Lin Guantang looked up in confusion and gave him a puzzled look.

Huo Shizhen simply ignored his unnecessary nonsense.

However, since you've asked this question—

"If you want to confirm it with your own eyes, I can satisfy you."

Huo Shizhen stretched out his long arm and pulled Lin Guantang into his arms. With his other hand, he brushed away the hair hanging from his forehead, then gave him a solid kiss, leaving a crimson mark on his fair and smooth forehead.

His action was so sudden that Lin Guantang had no time to react at all. Moreover, he was holding an open bottle of water in his hand. He was just stretching out his arm to prevent the water from spilling, and then let him move.

After it was over, she had time to cover the water, then reached out to smooth down her curled up hair. She felt that it must have been a mess, so she looked at Huo Shizhen with dissatisfaction.

The latter showed no remorse. Noticing his gaze, she pretended to observe seriously and noticed a few strands of hair that were still sticking up, but she didn't intend to remind him and responded perfunctorily:

“It’s pretty.”

Although Lin Guantang still had doubts, he thought that he had short hair, and no matter how messy it was, he would not turn into a crazy lunatic.

And having said that, I can kind of forgive it.

So Lin Guantang said "oh" and put the matter aside. The few strands of hair on his forehead swayed slightly in the wind, which did add a sense of liveliness.

Sikong Tan sat opposite and watched the whole process, stunned.

Anyone here want to see it?

How to start with zero frame.

The red mark on Lin Guantang's forehead quickly disappeared, but the shock in his heart remained for a long time.

Sikong Tan thought seriously. In fact, the person wearing the human skin mask was not him but Huo Shizhen. Otherwise, how could he do such a character-destroying move?

Haitang is still cute, but Huo Shizhen seems to be infected with some love-brain virus.

Or maybe he had entered some twisted dimension and saw the unbelievable scene of Huo Shizhen praising someone for being pretty.

Sikong Tan thought about it and felt that it was necessary to verify the authenticity of Huo Shizhen's identity, but before he could say anything, Huo Shizhen spoke first:

"I'm trying to persuade you to stop spouting such meaningless nonsense, or do you want to be Yin Zhiyou's intelligence assistant? He left a message saying that obtaining intelligence for this mission is quite difficult, and he needs someone proficient in this field to come and assist."

Sikong Tan: ...

Of course, he was happy to challenge various dangerous tasks, but helping Yin Zhiyou made him feel as disgusted as eating a fly.

It seems that Huo Shizhen was not replaced. Not everyone is as sinister as him and can come up with such a torturous idea.

Sikong Tan finally confirmed that Huo Shizhen had just entered the relationship period and unlocked a new form, but this form was only open to the relationship partner and not to everyone.

He could only convince himself that he needed to adapt to the new environment - it was impossible to ask Huo Shizhen to be more normal.

For a while, Sikong Tan's mood went back and forth between "how can people be so shameless as to be affectionate in broad daylight in front of single people" and "you two are actually in love, this world is really crazy" and "the honeymoon period can't stop the harm to the world".

Finally, he decided to respect the blessing and asked sincerely:

"When are you planning to get married and hold the wedding banquet?"

He will prepare the gift carefully and deliver it on time, but he himself will definitely stay as far away from it as possible.

Of course he was very interested in attending Haitang's wedding and was happy to help design some fun games.

But the thought of Huo Shizhen's wedding was scary. The probability of an accident was as high as 99%. He could not find any reason to take the risk.

For the sake of my own heart safety, I can only apologize to Haitang.

Lin Guantang: ...

Why does it feel like I've heard this sentence somewhere before?

It is a common phenomenon for young couples to break up, especially when the gap between their families is too big, which should not be favored. But why is it that everyone who knows that he and Huo Shizhen are very close assumes that he and Huo Shizhen will definitely get married?

He even thought so before he made his feelings clear to Huo Shizhen.

Lin Guantang decided to ask Senior Sikong what he was thinking.

"It's still a long way off. Are you sure we'll get to this point, Senior?"

Sikong Tan looked at him with pity:

“There is no other person in the world who would willingly offer himself to the devil knowing that he is facing the devil.”

That must mean that one has made complete preparations, or his mind has been completely seduced by the devil and he has fallen into the devil's arms. Whether it is the former or the latter, there is no turning back.

Either you go to the end of death with the devil, or you are abandoned by the devil and end up committing suicide alone.

Huo Shizhen's actions have already announced that their ending will be the first one. It is possible that even the first choice was actively induced by Huo Shizhen.

Sikong Tan didn't believe that someone like Huo Shizhen could be moved by love unless he fell in love first.

And for the believers chosen by the devil, there is no room for escape.

After a moment of silence, Lin Guantang blinked and looked back at Huo Shizhen thoughtfully.

Huo Shizhen simply reached out and held his fingers, then slowly inserted his fingers between his fingers, finally interlocking their fingers, and whispered:

"So I'm pitiful. I only have you who are brave, right?"

Lin Guantang felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what it was for a moment, so he could only squeeze his fingers and comfort him hastily:

"As long as you don't ask me to leave, I won't leave you."

Huo Shizhen raised their clasped hands, kissed the back of Lin Guantang's hand, and chuckled:

"This will be an eternal promise."

Although he knew that love words were like sand and running water and were not reliable, at this moment, Lin Guantang was still excited by these words. He clenched his fingers tighter and looked at Huo Shizhen with a more intense expression.

This would have been a very beautiful scene, provided there were no other people around.

Sikong Tan watched the whole process and wanted to roll his eyes countless times, but he held back.

After all, he still has a second face now, and rolling his eyes too much will reveal his flaws.

So he coughed to remind the two people to stop.

Fortunately, Haitang is more knowledgeable than Huo Shizhen, at least she knows that there is a third person in the living room.

After Sikong Tan coughed, Lin Guantang looked away from Huo Shizhen and quickly put down his finger - he wanted to pull it out directly, but it didn't move, so he had to put it down.

In short, the practice of abusing single young men has been stopped on the surface.

Then quickly change the subject.

"So what kind of mission is it that requires digging so deep into the ground that even Senior Sikong has to follow."

Under normal circumstances, Lin Guantang would certainly not ask about Huo Shizhen's mission, but he could roughly assess that Huo Shizhen's mission this time was quite easy and the level of confidentiality was very low.

This is what made Lin Guantang even more curious about what the mission was.

"Just collecting the relics of our ancestors."

Huo Shizhen took out a file from the table and handed it to Lin Guantang.

It was a profile of a person named "Zhou Wencheng".

He was the founder of the Central Military Academy, but he passed away many years ago. Compared with other predecessors of the same period, he was quite low-key.

He was a single-son family for three generations. His wife died early and he had only one daughter who married out, but she also died early.

In other words, when he died, he had no children, siblings, or other close blood relatives, and his estate had no one to inherit, so it was eventually handed over to the local government.

However, when he was alive, he had donated almost all of his money. His so-called legacy consisted of two houses and various books and materials left in the houses. They were not of any great value, and most of them were his personal favorites.

All the items and the two courtyards were sealed up by the district government. No one has entered or left for many years. Only people are arranged to clean them at a fixed time every year, but the cleaning is always perfunctory and the place is generally in a state of disrepair.

The district government is planning to make a new plan for the entire district. These two courtyards occupy a large area and are in a good location, so they are certainly within the scope of disposal.

However, it is still uncertain whether it will be demolished and a new one built, or renovated and used as a memorial hall for tourists.

But no matter which result is achieved, it needs to be reorganized from the inside out, which is beyond doubt. However, since it involves the Central Military Academy, it is not easy to make a decision on one's own. After discussing with the Central Military Academy, it was decided to only retain one main house as a memorial hall, and the other house will be disposed of at will by the district government.

Of course, before that, the two courtyards need to be thoroughly tidied up from the inside out, and all the information that can be taken away needs to be taken away.

Then Huo Shizhen brought people over to deal with it.

A fairly simple task indeed.

If that were the case, then anyone could have completed the task, and there would have been no need for two S-class people to come in person and dig up the entire yard.

Lin Guantang asked with some doubt:

"that's all?"

Huo Shizhen handed him another photo.

That is also a very old photo.

It is in good condition, with only some stains on the edges.

Lin Guantang took the photo and just glanced at it, his attention was attracted by a figure in it, and his heartbeat began to accelerate uncontrollably.

He even broke free from Huo Shizhen's fingers, gently grasped the edges of the photo with both hands, and stared at the portrait in the center of the photo.

This is a group photo of about a dozen people. There is no uniform style in clothing and hairstyle. It should be a group photo among friends. In the center of the photo, there is a person standing with a gentle smile.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the man looks exactly like Lin Guantang.

He is just more mature and stable than Lin Guantang, his hairstyle is completely different, and his eyes are not as lively and bright as Lin Guantang's, but seem to carry some deep meaning.

Looking at him through the photo, Lin Guantang felt like he was sweating profusely.

"This is... me?"

Lin Guantang suddenly came back to his senses, looked up at Huo Shizhen next to him, then looked at Sikong Tan opposite him, and continued to look down at the photo, still feeling a little confused and dazed.

When he looked up again, Sikong Tan pointed to his cheek and said:

"That's why I came here. Tianshi Tao's grandmother is the only daughter of this senior."

Tao Tianshi...

Tao Chengyue, an S-class omega from the same class as Lin Guantang and a popular idol known as an angel!

Lin Guantang suddenly sat up straight, suddenly realized and understood everything.

This has to start with the All-O College anniversary at the end of May.

Tao Tianshi, who didn't even attend the freshman opening ceremony and had almost never been to O College, suddenly announced that he would return to school to attend the school anniversary. Everyone was shocked and almost everyone in the school was paying attention to his arrival.

To be precise, he was out to watch the fun and wanted to see what would happen when Tao Tianshi and Lin Guantang, two S-level and well-known figures of the same level, met.

As most people thought, Tianshi Tao was going to make things difficult for Lin Guantang. As a popular idol and an S-level omega, he should have trampled Lin Guantang, a special recruit from the countryside, into the mud. However, in just one year, Lin Guantang had become a campus leader.

As the saying goes, kings don't meet each other. When two well-known figures meet, it's inevitable that they will gossip about each other.

Besides, Lin Guantang and Tao Tianshi each have fans who look down on the other. Even if they don't say it explicitly, they are all very resentful. They either want Tao Tianshi to teach them what it means to be a descendant of a famous family and a true top omega, or they want Lin Guantang to slap the famous family in the face.

In short, the first meeting between Lin Guantang and Tao Tianshi was the focus of everyone's attention and the situation was tense. Even Lin Guantang, who didn't think it was a big deal at all, was infected by the atmosphere and became solemn.

Tianshi Tao lived up to everyone's expectations. Wearing sunglasses, he walked up to Lin Guantang with a menacing look, and silently examined Lin Guantang. Amidst the tense crowd, everyone was waiting, "This look, this confrontation... It's so serious, are they really going to fight?"

Tao Tianshi took off his sunglasses, looked at Lin Guantang again and again, and finally said in a complicated tone:

"You—really look like an ancestor of mine."

This sentence almost choked the onlookers to death.

In short, some people want to see the two S-level omegas fighting each other, and the cheering sticks are ready for cheering. Some people think that they may sympathize with each other, and the scene may be very touching and tearful.

Even handkerchiefs were prepared.

But no one could have imagined that what would happen in the end was a touching scene of family recognition!

This track is still beyond everyone's imagination.

It caught everyone off guard. There was all this comparison and criticism, and mutual admiration. There was no fresh gossip at all.

Whether on campus or on public platforms, there was a heated discussion about what kind of relationship they had, but in the end it was left unresolved and became one of the mysteries on the Internet.

In short, one of the reasons why Tao Tianshi rushed back to school to attend the school anniversary was to take this opportunity to meet Lin Guantang in real life.

He had only seen photos and videos of Lin Guantang before, but he felt familiar with him, as if he had seen him in photos kept by his grandparents.

But that was when he was very young. His grandparents had passed away, and no one knew which relative had disposed of the photos.

Tao Tianshi did mention Xiao Lin when chatting with relatives and friends, but he either shook his head and said he didn't know, or said that Lin Guantang looked like a celebrity or something. In any case, his memory didn't match.