Meet again
He Lizhou looked back, his eyes fearless and unavoidable, "You are the first person I have ever seen who can track down a relative or friend who has gone missing. Besides, the inexplicable disappearance of a large number of people in society will always attract the attention of special departments."
After a few breaths, Li Zhengqing's expression returned to normal. He smiled and stretched out his hand towards He Lizhou, "You are indeed very smart. I hope our cooperation will go smoothly."
He Lizhou stretched out his hand and clasped his hands tightly together, "Everything went well."
Que Ming watched the two people finish their charades, thought hard for a while, and suddenly realized: "Boss, you!"
He Lizhou quickly stepped forward to cover Que Ming's mouth, "Don't talk nonsense about this."
The moment he covered Que Ming's arm, He Lizhou clearly felt the tenseness of Que Ming's muscles. After looking at Li Zhengqing, the muscles quickly relaxed and allowed He Lizhou to move. He Lizhou's gaze stayed on Que Ming's arm for a moment, then turned to look at Li Zhengqing with an intriguing and meaningful look.
"Mr. Li still needs to bring bodyguards with him?"
Li Zhengqing didn't show any guilt on his face, and looked back at He Lizhou calmly, "This is a very normal thing, isn't it?"
Li Zhengqing originally thought that he might make some jokes or ridicule him, but what he didn't expect was that He Lizhou thought about it seriously, so he nodded and said, "Indeed, this kind of place is really dangerous, and it is better to have someone to protect it. You have thought it through."
So Li Zhengqing was too embarrassed to say that he was the one who abducted someone in the game, so he just accepted it.
He Lizhou raised his wrist and glanced at his watch. "It's late. I won't disturb you guys to rest. I'll leave first."
Li Zhengqing stood up and sent He Lizhou out. "I believe in being cautious and proceeding on our own, and contacting each other at the last moment. Is that okay?"
His words were inquiring, but perhaps because he had been in a high position for many years, he felt like he was being ordered, so He Lizhou smiled and said, "I am happy to report our progress to you at any time, but - I hope you will too, after all, we are in a cooperative relationship."
Li Zhengqing was stunned for a moment, then nodded earnestly and promised: "Okay, I'll remember that."
He Lizhou gave Li Zhengqing a final deep look before turning and leaving.
Li Zhengqing looked at He Lizhou's gradually receding back, sighed, and closed the door.
Although his identity was exposed, it was not completely a waste. At least he had tested He Lizhou's strength and confirmed that the other party was really capable and would not compromise easily.
Li Zhengqing recalled the conversation between him and He Lizhou, thought about it carefully, and raised the corners of his lips slightly. He was quite satisfied with his temporary partner.
only……
Li Zhengqing lowered his eyelids. Although He Lizhou knew that he was Li An's father, he did not tell him about Li An. Li Zhengqing originally still had a glimmer of hope that maybe He Lizhou would know Li An's situation, for example, that he was not really dead.
Now it seems that fantasy is just fantasy after all.
Li Zhengqing exhaled and closed his eyes tightly. He was an incompetent father. He had never cared about his daughter's growth and did not want to look painful after his daughter left.
And this matter was something that He Lizhou had deliberately concealed from Li Zhengqing after careful consideration.
Lili's story, including the players imprisoned in "White Mansion", made He Lizhou suspect that the players who died in the copy were not really dead, but like Lili, were taken to a certain space in the system, waiting for their memories to be cleansed and "recycled" into other copies to serve as NPCs.
However, this matter was just He Lizhou's own conjecture without any support. In order to avoid disappointing Li Zhengqing again, He Lizhou decided to wait until he found a clue before telling this matter.
However, what he didn't expect was that the "clue" would soon come to his door.
That day, He Lizhou was asking Lili about the relationship between the copy and the system as usual, but was startled by a knock on the door outside the hotel.
What He Lizhou and Lili discussed was very confidential, so He Lizhou deliberately closed the hotel. However, there was still a knock on the door. He Lizhou quickly went through the authorized personnel in his mind, but found that everyone was in the hotel, ready to rest, and there was no one who met the requirements.
When He Lizhou opened the door, he saw a familiar figure, "Sister Meimei!"
Sheng Ju also heard the knock on the door. He became suspicious and went downstairs to see what was happening. However, through the gap in the door opened by He Lizhou, he saw the figure he thought he would never see again.
Bai Yimei raised her head. She was very different from her usual image. This time she came in plain clothes and without makeup. She looked a little embarrassed, but her temperament was still elegant.
She smiled faintly, her pale lips almost cracked. He Lizhou hurriedly helped her into the house and poured her a glass of water.
Sheng Ju watched Bai Yimei finish drinking the water, then frowned and asked softly: "Sister Meimei, what's wrong with you?"
Unexpectedly, Bai Yimei was even more surprised than them. "Didn't I ask a girl to help deliver the message to you?"
Lili leaned out from behind everyone and raised her hand. "I'm sorry, I should be the person Miss Bai mentioned - I remember now, what I forgot at that time was that I met a Miss Bai in that place, and she asked me to come to you and tell you that she is still there."
Sheng Ju scratched his head, twitching his lips and saying speechlessly, "Your memory has been restored at this time."
"I'm sorry!"
No matter what, Bai Yimei's safe return is a good thing, and everyone shouldn't dwell on it.
He Lizhou had reserved Bai Yimei's room for her. He wanted her to go and rest quickly, but she waved her hand to stop him.
"I have something I must say quickly."
Bai Yimei raised his eyes and said seriously: "I met the player I killed in the system space."
…
It was unknown how long it took He Lizhou to recover from this sentence. "You, killed the player? Are you sure it was him?"
Bai Yimei was very sure, "I am sure that the system put me in that system, probably to torture me intentionally."
Her eyes darkened, "I just don't know how the others are doing."
He Lizhou knew that she was thinking of Bai Qiuliang. Although Bai Qiuliang's position was a bit biased, they were still a family after all...
He Lizhou just thought of this and was wondering whether he should comfort her properly when he heard Bai Yimei say, "It would be better if she died! Otherwise, she would cause me more trouble!"
Sheng Ju laughed dryly and tried to ease the atmosphere, "I recognize Sister Meimei as my sister."
Bai Yimei touched Sheng Ju's head, her expression softened, but also a little melancholy, "You will leave sooner or later, how can you be my younger brother? Don't tell this to anyone casually, don't you know that NPCs have all kinds of strange abilities, be careful that one of them will keep you and prevent you from leaving."
No one knew why Bai Yimei suddenly mentioned leaving. This matter was too sensitive, so no one said anything.
Bai Yimei said to herself: "I would like to go with you guys."
She paused. "You don't know yet, but my father has been controlled by the system. The strange things he has been doing are actually to help us. It's just that he himself has not been able to get rid of the system. Now... he has probably lost even the last bit of consciousness."
"My brother is a lazy person. Sometimes I really want to leave him. But then I think about it, he is my brother after all."
Bai Yimei sighed, and the sadness between his brows became more intense.
Jiang Jiang couldn't help but look at Bai Yimei a few more times. She spent the least time with Bai Yimei and usually had the impression that she was just a pretty and beautiful sister. She didn't expect that someone so pure and innocent would have so many worries.
Bai Yimei talked to herself for a while, then smiled, "Why am I telling you this? It's just embarrassing for you. Well, I came here suddenly, you should go back and rest early - Boss He, if you are not tired, let's talk about something."
He Lizhou was keenly aware of what Bai Yimei wanted to say to him, nodded, stood up and took Bai Yimei to the attic.
Bai Yimei picked a recliner and sat down. "I won't beat around the bush with you. I'll get straight to the point and tell you directly. You can rest well."
She took a sip of water and said, "Just now I said that I found dead players in the system space. In fact, there are more than that. I found that they were in spirit form and conscious. Maybe they 'faked their deaths' after failing the mission in the dungeon, and their souls were captured and locked up by the system."
She narrowed her eyes slightly. "Some of the NPCs in the dungeon are transformed by them. And when they are transformed into NPCs, it means the true death of their souls."
The next second, Bai Yimei directly dropped the bombshell: "I saw Li An."
He Lizhou raised his eyes suddenly, "Are you sure?"
If Li An is really in there, the probability that Li Zhengqing will sincerely help them with all his strength will be greatly increased. Even though Li Zhengqing has agreed so well now, He Lizhou is sure that he will definitely cunningly leave some evidence in his hand.
But with Li An around, the situation is different.
"She was the first stranger I saw after I entered the inn. I had specifically asked her for information about other dungeons many times in order to research the situations in other dungeons. It was impossible for me to have recognized the wrong person."
He Lizhou nodded, "Okay, I understand. Is there anything else?"
He was a little nervous, wondering if Li Zhengqing was nearby. Li Zhengqing had strong reconnaissance abilities, so He Lizhou had to keep alert of the entire attic area at all times.
"And more." Bai Yimei nodded, "I found the reason why the copy collapsed."
He Lizhou raised his hand, signaling Bai Yimei to stop for a moment, and quickly brought Lili up, "This person is also a character from the Honkai copy, let's compare together."
Bai Yimei naturally had no objection, and she was even willing to do so in order to make the results more convincing. Lili was a little angry but dared not speak out, and wrapped herself in a blanket aggrievedly, "I was just about to go to bed. I haven't slept well for a long time."
He Lizhou promised: "If you work overtime tonight, I will give you a long vacation and you can sleep anywhere in the dormitory."
Lili nodded in agreement quickly, fearing that He Lizhou would go back on his word. After a while, she realized, "No, I'm not your employee!"
However, the discussion had already begun, and she briefly questioned it before returning her attention to the reasons Bai Yimei had given.
"I now believe that the collapse of a dungeon is mainly due to the death of important items or important characters in the dungeon."
"For example, in the instance I was in, my father lost control and caused us all to awaken. Your entry was the trigger. You directly discovered the reason for our awakening, destroyed the puppets, and took away the core, so the system had to declare the instance collapsed."
He Lizhou immediately thought of the yellow gem that Wu Guyun and Si Dongyun had worked so hard to bring out. After taking it out, Bai Yimei confirmed that it was the core prop for controlling the puppets in the copy.
"I see!"
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