Chapter 172 What about your mother?



Regardless of what netizens think about this incident, the head of the Zhongli family hurriedly brought Zhongli Tingzhou back to the Zhongli family and asked him when his eyes started to turn red.

Zhongli Tingzhou looked puzzled, "Brother, why do you look so serious? Does it matter when your eyes turn red?"

"Don't worry about it, just tell me what happened." The head of the Zhongli family obviously didn't want to talk about it anymore.

Zhongli Tingzhou actually wasn’t very clear either, because he seldom looked in the mirror.

"I only know it when I look in the mirror occasionally, but I'm not sure about the exact time."

The head of the Zhongli family took a breath, not knowing what he was thinking of.

"Tingzhou's eyes turned red. Is there something wrong?" Gao Han knew that the eyes turned red when Zhongli in white and Zhongli in black switched places, but he still asked despite knowing the answer. He wanted to know if anyone in the Zhongli family knew about this.

Zhongli Tingzhou's performance today seemed to indicate that he knew a little, but not everything.

Patriarch Zhongli retorted without hesitation, "No, it's just that I had an attack once when I was a child and my eyes turned red. I'm worried that it might be the same as when I was a child."

Gao Han nodded. It seemed that Zhongli Tingzhou's situation was related to his childhood. He looked at the living room and various entrances and exits of Zhongli's house and asked a question he had wanted to ask for a long time.

"Why don't I see Tingzhou's parents?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that the temperature of the air suddenly dropped.

Zhongli Tingzhou's expression was even colder than when he first entered the room, and it seemed as if ice was condensing around his body.

The change in his mood was so obvious that he couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to.

Patriarch Zhongli looked embarrassed, but since Gao Han was Tingzhou's boyfriend, it was normal for him to ask this question, "Tingzhou's father is in the main disaster area."

Gao Han nodded and waited for him to continue.

Patriarch Zhongli looked at his younger brother's face and said, "As for Tingzhou's mother, wait for him to tell you himself."

Gao Han noticed the little action of the Zhongli family head. It seems that Zhongli Tingzhou and his mother must have a story. "Then I will ask him in private later."

The head of the Zhongli family seemed to take a breath, and looked at his younger brother again. Seeing that he just had a cold expression and was not angry, there was a trace of doubt in his eyes.

Gao Han noticed this and laughed in his heart. It was rumored by outsiders that the head of the Zhongli family was a very majestic man. It seemed that the facts and the rumors might not be the same.

"Brother, if you have nothing else to say, we'll leave first." Zhongli Tingzhou stood up.

Patriarch Zhongli came back to his senses, "Are you leaving so soon? This is Gao Han's first time to visit our house. Aren't you going to take him upstairs for a tour?"

Zhongli Tingzhou's expression froze for a moment.

Gao Han smiled, stood up and said, "I am indeed curious about the place where Tingzhou grew up, so let him take me to visit. If the head of the family has something else to do, just go and do it, don't worry about us."

“That’s fine,” Patriarch Zhongli nodded in agreement when he saw that his younger brother didn’t show any impatience. He then said, “Don’t call me Patriarch. Just call me Big Brother like you call Tingzhou. We’ll be a family sooner or later anyway.”

Gao Han coughed lightly, "Will this mess up the generations?"

The head of the Zhongli family waved his hand indifferently, "There are not so many rules in our family. You can call me whatever you want, as long as it's not excessive. You can go up. I have to go out to deal with today's affairs."

The battle took place in the imperial capital. Although it was not in the downtown area, it was not a remote place either. If it had been a little later, more people would have probably known about it.

"Do you need our help?" Gao Han asked meaningfully.

Patriarch Zhongli knew what he was referring to, "No need, the Yuan family won't admit it, those two old ghosts are not from the Yuan family, I will come to you again if I have any questions."

Gao Han nodded, and as soon as the head of the Zhongli family left, he took the initiative to go upstairs.

"What's wrong?"

I turned around and saw Zhongli Tingzhou standing there without moving.

Zhongli Tingzhou said coldly, "There's nothing good to see in my room."

Gao Han smiled and didn't respond. He looked around the room again and said as he walked upstairs, "Do you want me to look for them one by one, or do you want to come up yourself?"

Zhongli Tingzhou knew that he was capable of doing it, so he reluctantly went up and took him to his room.

His room has not been occupied for a long time, and he has come back less often since he went to Penglai University.

It's nice to be able to live here for a few days every year, but the servants still come to clean every few days, so it's always kept tidy and clean.

"It faces south and north, which is quite nice." Gao Han went in and took a look around.

There were very few things in the room, and the colors were either white or black, which was very similar to his personality.

There are also photos on the wall, including photos of Zhongli Tingzhou himself, as well as photos of his family, including one that is a family portrait.

Gao Han was very sure that this family portrait was not hung up by Zhongli Tingzhou himself, but most likely by his family members.

The Zhongli family seemed to love hanging photos. There was a photo or portrait of a family member hung every one meter in the living room and corridor downstairs.

"Why don't you tell me why there are only photos of you, one person is missing?" Gao Han turned around and asked Zhongli Tingzhou who had a wooden face.

Zhongli Tingzhou seemed to know that he couldn't escape, his face was cold and cold, "There's nothing to say."

Gao Han looked at him with a smile, "You know everything about my family and its members, but I don't know yours. Isn't that unfair?"

Zhongli Tingzhou was silent for a moment. "I have three brothers and one sister. They are all married. The oldest child is 20 years old and the youngest is 7 or 8 years old. Those who go to school all live in the dormitory and don't come back often."

Gao Han didn't force him to talk about something he didn't want to mention, so he nodded and said, "What about your dad? Why haven't I seen him?"

It was his first time to visit Zhongli's home, so naturally he couldn't know everything. However, Mr. and Mrs. Gao often visited Zhongli's home, so they knew everything they should know, and everything they shouldn't know was waiting for him to find out.

"He is guarding the main disaster area." Zhongli Tingzhou said lightly.

Gao Han had just learned about the existence of the main disaster area and was quite curious, "Does the main disaster area still need your father to guard it?"

Seeing that he was interested, Zhongli Tingzhou simply said, "Not only my dad, but many strong people will go there. The main disaster area is not like other disaster areas. Many mutant creatures there have developed intelligence. If we don't guard the main disaster area well, the mutant creatures will flood into human cities, which will cause a great disaster."

"But the main disaster area is also an opportunity. Even though they know the danger is very high, there are still many soul refiners who continue to rush in. The big families will also send expedition teams in to look for opportunities and resources."

"I know about the opportunities, but don't other disaster areas have resources?"

Zhongli Tingzhou knew what he meant, "It's different. A mutant creature that has developed intelligence will grow a crystal core in its head. This crystal core is also a material for refining equipment."

Gao Han's pupils shrank, "Are you talking about the materials for the superior spiritual weapon?"

After deciding to embark on the path of a weapon master, he read many books on weapon refining materials in the Yayoi Ring. Naturally, he knew that the higher the level of the weapon, the harder the materials were.

Especially the superior spiritual weapons. Although they are both spiritual weapons, there is a huge difference between the superior and intermediate ones.

He had read in a book that a high spiritual aura of a spiritual weapon was no longer the only condition; something called a crystal core was also an important prerequisite. This type of crystal core was only found in mutant creatures, but he had never found this type of crystal core among the mutant creatures he had killed.

At that time, he thought that there were no crystal cores on the earth, and he could not find relevant information on the Internet. Moreover, given the demand for magical instruments and spiritual instruments by spirit refiners, even lower-level spiritual instruments were regarded as treasures. He guessed that higher-level spiritual instruments should be extremely rare, and that even large families might not possess them. In fact, he had never heard of any family head owning a higher-level spiritual instrument.

His guess was correct. High-level spiritual weapons were indeed rare, not only because few weapon masters could refine them, but also because the crystal cores were only possessed by the main disaster area.

For some unknown reason, since the disaster broke out, although disaster areas have appeared in various places one after another, no mutated creatures with intelligence have appeared, even in disaster areas reaching level S.

If this were not the case, the top leaders of humanity would not be able to keep the existence of the main disaster area a secret.

You know, mutated creatures with spiritual intelligence are no different from humans. They cannot speak human language, but they can communicate with each other, which is the so-called animal language.

Mutated creatures with intelligence can also command mutant creatures without intelligence. Once all the mutant creatures unite, it will not be good news for humans. Not to mention the creatures on land, even the creatures in the ocean, there are tens of millions of them, and humans may not be able to match them when combined.

"The materials in the main disaster area are of better quality than those in other disaster areas," said Zhongli Tingzhou.

Gao Han nodded, "I can guess that. So, the other people in your family who were not seen have all gone to the disaster area, including your eldest brother's son?"

Zhongli Tingzhou also nodded, "He didn't like going to Penglai University. When he grew up, he followed his grandfather to the main disaster area. The grandfather and grandson rarely come back, and usually they communicate through a communicator."

Gao Han said, "What about your mother?"

The cold air emanating from Zhongli Tingzhou was getting colder and colder.

Gao Han smiled when he saw his expression, "You didn't think I would forget it while we were chatting, did you?"

Zhongli Tingzhou indeed thought so. Gao Han could only give him two words: naive.

"Okay, if you don't want to talk, I won't force you. It's only a matter of time. Tell me about the two people from the Yuan family who wanted to kill me. Patriarch Zhongli said they were not from the Yuan family. What's going on?"

Zhongli Tingzhou heaved a sigh of relief and was more positive than ever before. "They are twin brothers, Yuan Zhengshan's thugs. They have no dealings with the Yuan family on the surface. Only the families who have investigated them privately know about their relationship with Yuan Zhengshan. If Yuan Zhengshan dares to send them to kill you, he is not afraid of being found."

Gao Han asked again: "What's going on with Yuan Tiansheng? He seems to be at odds with Yuan Zhengshan."

"The Yuan family has so many brothers and sisters. Before Yuan Zhengshan became the head of the family, the internal struggle was very fierce. When someone came to power, someone else stepped down."

His explanation was very simple, and Gao Han probably understood it. After Yuan Zhengshan came to power, he would definitely try his best to suppress his brothers and sisters, and Yuan Tiansheng should be one of them.

So did Yuan Tiansheng save him in the hope that he could help them and fight against Yuan Zhengshan? But the tone Yuan Tiansheng used when talking to him that day was obviously much more intimate, not like they had common interests and enemies.

Gao Han was able to resolve this doubt only when Yuan Yuxian came to him.


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