"So, Lao Hei and his men are all working for those people?"
Peng Jun nodded.
Just then, there was a knock on the door. I turned around and saw Old Black leading a man in a cloak.
"Come in! The door's unlocked."
After I finished speaking, Lao Hei opened the door, but let the man with disheveled hair and a face covered come in first.
"Lord Peng Jun!" The cloak was lifted, revealing a delicate face whose age was hard to guess.
Peng Jun smiled and said, "I thought you wouldn't see me."
"I wouldn't normally know how, but my mission involves your apprentice, so I have no choice but to ask you for help."
These two seem to have some kind of history.
What was Peng Jun hiding just now?
The woman then looked at me: "Is this your esteemed student, Mr. Zheng Yang?"
"I dare not accept the title of your disciple; I am Zheng Yang."
The woman extended her hand to me: "Hello! My name is Hailey!"
"Hello!"
I shook hands and then let go, but Hailey grabbed my hand and wouldn't let go:
"What a wonderful child! I want to adopt you as my godson."
"ah?"
If Peng Jun hadn't told me that they met twenty years ago, I would have thought she was trying to take advantage of me when she said that.
Peng Jun sighed: "Haley! You don't need to do this. For the sake of our past friendship, I'll have Zheng Yang help you."
Um?
Is she trying to get closer to Peng Jun through me?
Hailey gave Peng Jun a resentful look: "I really like Zheng Yang."
"Um...can I say something? I don't have the habit of immediately recognizing someone as my godmother upon meeting them."
Hailey: "Do you know who I am?"
I don't care who you are. If it weren't for her relationship with Peng Jun, I wouldn't have given her a friendly look just because she's in cahoots with Lao Hei and Cheng Bao.
"Even if you were a god, I wouldn't just come up here and acknowledge you," I said, pulling my hand away.
Hailey was surprised: "You really do look a lot like your master!"
"Alright, Hailey! If you want us to help you, you need to know why, what your ultimate goal is, right?"
Hailey turned and waved to Old Black, who then left and closed the door.
"Our goal this time is the Flower of Immortality, which is located in... how should I put it? In your words, it's in a place beyond the mortal realm."
Was she referring to those hidden places that haven't been discovered yet?
I don't care where it is; my only responsibility is to unlock the device. Whether they can get in or not is not my concern.
Peng Jun clearly didn't think so; he wanted to know more:
"Is someone in need of the Everlasting Flower to save their life?"
Hailey gave a wry smile: "Alright! Our boss is sick and we need to find the Longevity Flower as soon as possible."
However, we only knew the general area, and we sent people to search for a long time but couldn't find it.
We still need Zheng Yang to quickly decipher that device so we can get in quickly.
Peng Jun looked at me and asked, "So, what's in it for us now that we've untied it?"
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