Chapter 25: Secret Talk
After dinner, I could no longer see the sunset in the sky, but the trams on the elevated railway were still roaring.
The Guyimai residential area is far away from the city. When night falls, there are no colorful neon lights, only the dim lights from the bulbs in the street shops.
Ji Minghuan put his left hand in his pocket and walked forward while playing with his mobile phone.
The streets were filled with gentle voices, as children laughed and chased each other, passing by him; outside a convenience store, an old man was sitting in a rocking chair, fanning his face with a fan, and occasionally one or two dogs could be heard barking from the alley.
In this environment, even if the "restraint sense" is maintained, it will not cause much burden on hearing.
Hearing Su Zimai's footsteps stop in the park, Ji Minghuan put the restraints back into his sleeves.
He was keeping his eyes down, concentrating on playing the Snake game that came with his phone.
Just at this moment, a text message popped up on the phone screen. He clicked on the message, a small window popped up, and continued playing his game, occasionally glancing at the text message in the small window.
[Gu Qiye: Aren’t you worried that I’ll have someone find out your email address?]
"Is it necessary? You'll only find out your own address anyway."
Ji Minghuan teased in his heart while typing in the dialog box on his mobile phone.
[Black Pupa: Can you not make people lose the desire to communicate with your first sentence? Where are the witty words you said when you were flirting with that Green Wing in the square? Listening to your conversation, it almost makes people suspect that you two really have a romantic relationship.]
[Gu Qiye: You also know that I needed to delay time at that time.]
[Black Pupa: Let’s get back to the topic. I suggest you stop checking me randomly.]
【Gu Qiye: Why? 】
[Black Pupa: Of course it's because I still control your identity, know your purpose, and every little thought in your heart. Maybe I am the person who knows you best in this world... Of course, you may be wary of me. After all, I know your identity. Once your identity is made public, it will affect your family. You have so many enemies, don't you? No one knows whether they will do something to your family.]
[Black Pupa: Besides...if the association knew that you and I were in private contact, the outcome would probably not be good, right?]
【Gu Qiye: How despicable.】
[Black Pupa: I didn’t mean to be so confrontational.]
[Gu Qiye: Then I'll give you a suggestion. It's best not to let me know who you are.]
[Black Pupa: This is a good suggestion. I also think you don’t want to know who I am.]
After sending the message, Ji Minghuan looked up from the screen of his mobile phone. He was very close to the park where Su Zimai was. An electric bike carrying a couple drove past him.
[Gu Qiye: But you are right, my father does look a little strange.]
[Black Pupa: I never deceive my collaborators.]
[Gu Qiye: How well do you know him? ]
[Black Pupa: I probably know you better than you think, but I need to emphasize one point to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings: I know many people, just like I know you, and you are not an exception.]
【Gu Qiye: What did he hide from me? 】
[Hei Pupa: Maybe when our cooperation goes further, I will consider telling you. If some suspense is revealed too early, the script will lose its tension.]
【Gu Qiye: One last question.】
【Black Pupa: Ask.】
【Gu Qiye: You are... my father? 】
At this time, Ji Minghuan looked away from the snake and glanced at the message from Gu Qiye in the small window. As if forgetting to play the game, the green snake bumped into the wall and a "Game Over" prompt box popped up.
Ji Minghuan was silent, thinking: "I treat you as a good brother, and you treat me as your father?"
It took him a while to regain his calm expression. He raised his finger, symbolically punched a few ellipsis marks, and clicked send.
[Black Pupa: ...It's not impossible.]
【Gu Qiye: Did I guess right? 】
[Black Pupa: Well, I don't know if there is any misunderstanding between us, but I would like to hear why you think so.]
[Gu Qiye: The time you appeared was the same as the time he returned to Lijing, and the day after you appeared, he returned home, and you sent me a message just as he walked away from me.]
[Black Pupa: Please, can you imagine your father walking around outside dressed like a moth? ]
【Gu Qiye: Okay, I was just kidding.】
[Black Pupa: It seems that you have no sense of humor. ]
[Gu Qiye: My younger brothers and sisters often say this, but after I put on the combat uniform, I was rated as the most talkative Alien. I am really curious about which evaluation is correct.]
[Black Pupa: Mr. Blue Arc, is there a possibility that being a chatterbox and having no sense of humor are not actually contradictory? ]
[Gu Qiye: So what do you need from me? ]
[Black Pupa: Keep it secret. I just want you to know that if I wanted to be your enemy, I would have done so long ago. As long as your identity is revealed, your brothers and sisters will become your biggest weakness, but I didn't do that.]
[Gu Qiye: That's true. Although I don't trust you yet, I can cooperate with you temporarily for the sake of mutual benefit.]
[Black Pupa: This is a wise decision. I won't let you down.]
At the same time, in another corner of the Guyimai Street District, inside a residential building.
[That's it for now. I'm in a bad mood right now. Don't let me see your message for a while.]
Gu Qinye had just finished editing the text message in the dialog box and clicked send when an exclamation mark suddenly popped up in front of him, saying "SMS sending failed, you have been blacklisted by the other party."
He raised his eyebrows, then realized that he had been blocked by Hei Pu before he could even send his words out.
It was as if... the other party had anticipated that he would say this.
"Heh..." Gu Qinye shook his head and smiled.
Not knowing whether he felt helplessness or anger, he took a deep breath, put his phone back into his pocket, put on an apron, and began to clean up the dishes and leftovers on the table.
Meanwhile, near Guyimai Park.
After Ji Minghuan unilaterally blocked Gu Qiye, he devoted himself to playing Snake on his mobile phone.
If he hadn't just received that shocking text message, he would have finished the game long ago. He wouldn't have collapsed halfway through and had to block Gu Qinye to vent his anger.
Suddenly, he stopped moving forward.
He yawned, tears of fatigue welling up in his eyes, and looked at the red and black panel hovering in the air.
[Completed the main mission 1 (Phase 2): Reached a cooperative relationship with the Outlier "Blue Arc", and then developed interpersonal relationships in the Outlier Association. ]
[Task rewards obtained: 1 split point, 1 skill point, 1 attribute point. ]
[Main Mission 1 has been updated: Complete the first cooperation with the alien "Blue Arc" and deepen the trust of the other party. ]
Ji Minghuan stared at the reward on the panel, closed the Snake game running on his phone, and put the phone back into the pocket of his school uniform jacket.
He whispered to himself, "So... I have collected all three split points."
Thinking of this, he called up his personal panel.
[Current attribute points: 2]
[Current skill points: 2]
[Currently held split points: 3]
[Hint: You have collected 3 split points. Open the "Create Game Character" option to enter the character building phase and create your second game character in the real world. ]
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