Chapter 50
Old Man Wang sneered, "You're still thinking about forgetting our old friendship? President, I'm not trying to humiliate my own people, but the truth is, even if all of us put together, we might not be able to defeat him. You all saw the golden dragon in the video, right? The golden dragon he summoned seven years ago wasn't this big. Even if we join forces now, we might not be able to withstand a single claw of that golden dragon! And that lively look, that vivid appearance, that terrifying pressure, is this really not summoning a real dragon?"
The others couldn't help but shudder when they thought of the dragon head as huge as Mount Tai slowly lowering and approaching through the screen.
Xu Jizong said with a gloomy face, "Even if we can't win, we have to fight. You don't think he's the only one who's causing us trouble, do you? Don't forget that the soul refining array in the ancient house has been discovered. The Special Management Bureau people arrived so quickly, they must have joined forces long ago. How could the Special Management Bureau not know the truth about the sealing of the Ghost Gate seven years ago?"
When talking about what happened seven years ago, many people's eyes flickered.
Although they kept telling themselves that they were not wrong and that everything they did was for the sake of the human world and the greater good, their consciences refused to admit it. So for the past seven years, they kept the matter of sealing the Ghost Gate and that person a secret, never mentioning it if possible, and not wanting to hear anyone else mention it.
It was also because of their silence that the metaphysical community only learned until now that there was a person named Qi Yue in the Qi family.
But when I thought that the Special Management Bureau knew the truth of seven years ago, it was equivalent to the official knowing the truth of seven years ago. Not only did they lose the credit of saving the world, but they also became despicable villains who stole the credit of the savior heroes, and all the uneasy conscience disappeared.
"Are they crazy? If this thing can come back, it must be no longer human. What's the difference between cooperating with him and trying to get the skin of a tiger?"
"It's not like they've done this for the first time. From what I've heard, their research department is still studying how to help evil spirits maintain their sanity, so they can recruit evil spirit employees to make up for the shortage of staff."
"Lin is just an ordinary person who knows nothing. He gives orders blindly. Do you think this is a novel or TV show where ghosts are more humane than humans? Do you know what it means that those who are not of my kind must have different hearts?"
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Xu Jizong waited quietly for them to finish arguing and vent their anger, then he coughed heavily and said in a deep voice, "You should all know that the current situation is very unfavorable to us. No matter how strong we are or how high our status was, we can't go against the entire country. What's more, if I'm not mistaken, the official special armed forces have surrounded the Ghost Gate Territory, waiting for us to escape and fall into their trap. We can choose not to go out, but looking at the remaining food and water, how many days can we stay here? But once we go out, what awaits me is prison uniforms, trial, imprisonment! It means disgrace and eternal infamy! If we want to break the situation, we must get rid of him!"
"There's no evidence left of what happened seven years ago. The Special Management Bureau only has his own version of events. What gives them the guts to turn against us?"
Xu Jizong sneered, "They just think that controlling a member of the Qi family means they can handle the future invasion of the Ghost Gate. As long as we eliminate him, the Special Management Bureau will have no evidence to prove that we are not the heroes who sealed the Ghost Gate. By then, we will be the strongest in the entire metaphysical world, and they will have to keep us. They will also have to treat us respectfully and beg us to continue to stand on the front line and do more to protect peace in the world when the Ghost Gate is broken in the future."
Everyone present was smart, so they naturally understood what Xu Jizong meant, but...
"We all understand the principle, but the prerequisite is that we have to be able to beat him. If we can't beat him, wouldn't it be like asking for death if we still go to fight him? If he is still wearing human skin, maybe he can let us go. Now that he has torn off his human skin, if we still go to fight him, isn't it tantamount to seeking death?" Old Man Wang muttered in a low voice.
Xu Jizong: "Don't forget, we haven't been completely unprepared for these past seven years. This is a good opportunity for us to test the power of our trump card. Besides, we have external support."
The others didn't understand what kind of external help they could get until Xu Jizong brought them to the Ghost Gate.
The faces of several people changed repeatedly, and after struggling for a while, they finally kept silent and watched Xu Jizong knock on the seal of the Ghost Gate with tacit approval.
After a while, a vague, ghostly voice sounded: "It seems that you have decided to cooperate with me?"
Xu Jizong: "That's right. We can work with you to eliminate him. But you should also understand that this seal is not so easy to break. The most we can do is open a small hole in the seal to allow a fragment of your soul to pass through."
The voice was very dissatisfied: "What can a fragment of soul do? You don't expect me to eliminate him with just a fragment of soul, right?"
Xu Jizong: "Of course I can't count on you. I'm afraid your soul fragment is not even enough to fill the gaps in his teeth."
"you!"
"You have another mission, and this mission is the key to our success."
The owner of the voice was intrigued, and his anger subsided. "Oh? What mission?"
Xu Jizong: "Go and capture someone. That person is the one he cares about the most, and is very likely his obsession."
"who?"
"Gu Yunshuang."
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The incident at the ancient house livestream caused a sensation, drawing widespread online attention. However, the Special Administrative Bureau issued a notice labeling the supernatural event as a cult. Those with inside information learned that the Tianshi Association had been shut down, and many of its senior officials were delighted to receive silver bracelets.
However, the official did not disclose further details, and all online recordings of the live broadcast were deleted. Anyone who dared to post them online or circulate them on communication platforms would be directly banned for spreading feudal superstition.
Many people who did not watch the live broadcast rushed to the news, but were very depressed because they could not even get a hint of the cloud.
Since they can’t discuss superstitious things, should they be able to discuss a few guests?
The authorities also deliberately directed netizens to shift their attention to the gossip about those people.
Qi Yue's performance was undoubtedly very eye-catching. Although he did not admit in the end that he summoned the golden dragon, and the official emphasized that all this was black technology, and Qi Yue was just an undercover cooperating in the acting, it also attracted a lot of fans for him.
Especially when compared with Xue Tinghe, Qi Yue's performance is so handsome that it is unprecedented and unmatched.
Xue Tinghe, as expected, was imprisoned for the second time, once again receiving a silver bracelet. Furthermore, his cowardly pleading for help while being chased by the corpse demon, and his act of leading the corpse demon into a crowded area in an attempt to deflect the blame, failed to quell netizens' anger, even after the Special Management Bureau claimed that the demon wasn't a real ghost but a robot created by a cult.
Aren't robots capable of harming people? Didn't you see how the armed forces' artillery shells couldn't do much damage to that thing? And yet Xue Tinghe still dared to lead it into a crowded area? He's simply lacking in virtue. He's being called a dog online.
However, the most hotly discussed topic was the melodramatic drama about the true and false young masters of Gu Yunshuang and Jiang Mingshuang. Even the stories about Xue Tinghe cheating on his wife and Xie Yuhua getting pregnant were not as popular.
The main reason was that Jiang Honghui and his wife reacted very quickly. No sooner had the matter at the old house been resolved than they held a press conference, crying their eyes out before the reporters. Their voices were incredibly sad, their voices tearing up as they lamented that they had no idea when their child was swapped, let alone the life-swapping incident.
In their eyes, Jiang Mingshuang was their son from beginning to end, but for some reason, he looked less and less like them as he grew older.
Then one day, the son suddenly became unhappy because others gossiped about him because he didn't look like them, so he suggested having plastic surgery.
They only had this one son, whom they loved like a treasure. What else could they do in the face of his request? Naturally, they had no choice but to agree to his request.
As for the reason why they targeted Gu Yunshuang before, it was because they misunderstood that Gu Yunshuang was deliberately having plastic surgery to scam them, and therefore they were very disgusted with Gu Yunshuang. As for why they misunderstood, it was also because of Jiang Mingshuang's deliberate guidance.
They simply couldn't believe that the seemingly innocent son they had raised from a young age actually had sinister plans behind their backs.
They still couldn't believe that Jiang Mingshuang was not their biological son.
They said they would take Jiang Mingshuang to do a paternity test, and hoped that Gu Yunshuang could also do a paternity test with them so that everyone could know the truth.
If Gu Yunshuang is really their son and was switched since childhood, they are willing to compensate him tenfold for the suffering he has endured over the years and the lack of parental love.
The couple spoke so sincerely that netizens who had previously angrily scolded them now hesitated. Could it be that what they said was true?
Some netizens retorted: "Isn't this too much of a lie? How could it be possible that their own son was switched without them knowing when? He wasn't disfigured. This couple couldn't have made up a more reliable lie."
But someone refuted: "Even if the life exchange case has come out, who would believe that there is no metaphysical master behind Jiang Mingshuang? It is not impossible that the master used some magic to make them recognize their mistaken son."
This statement has been recognized by many people. If you think about it carefully, it is really terrifying. If there really is something in the metaphysical world that can make parents mistake their children, and couples mistake each other, how terrible would it be?
Hasn't this kind of thing of usurping the magpie's nest happened countless times in places where no one has noticed?
For a time, everyone was in danger. Many wealthy and powerful people, seeing their children look like them, couldn't help but get paternity tests.
Gu Yunshuang also received many private messages, all of which were persuading him to do a paternity test with Jiang Honghui and his wife.
In their view, regardless of the original truth, as long as it was proven that Gu Yunshuang was the biological son of Jiang Honghui and his wife, he would be the crown prince of the Jiang Group, and the Jiang family's huge fortune would definitely be passed on to him. As for Jiang Mingshuang, he had already been disgraced and his reputation was ruined, so he was not a concern.
Anyone who is not a fool should know how to choose.
Netizens and fans also think that Gu Yunshuang will definitely agree.
Gu Yunshuang was video chatting with Gu Ma at this time.
Qi Yue could use the golden light of merit to seal his ghost energy, and he no longer had any scruples. He sat next to Gu Yunshuang, and the two of them snuggled up together. His hand was naturally placed on Gu Yunshuang's shoulder. Gu Yunshuang could lean on his shoulder by just tilting her head slightly.
Looking at the two people who were so close to each other, Mother Gu felt both happy and complicated.
The three of them talked about Mr. Gu's current condition. Doctor Wu said that Mr. Gu was getting better. He was found to have moved his fingers yesterday, which meant that he would wake up soon.
Then he talked about Qi Yue's experiences in the past seven years. Qi Yue repeated the version he had told Gu Yunshuang, which made Gu's mother very distressed. She said that when they came to Kyoto, she must make more delicious food for him to nourish him.
They talked again about the villa and car allocated to him and her by the state. She still insisted on writing Qi Yue's name on it. Qi Yue had no choice but to agree that the villa could have all of their names added to it, but the car was a gift from him to Gu Ma, and Gu Ma could no longer refuse.
Mother Gu thought of his relationship with Gu Yunshuang, and her heart tightened slightly. Finally, she took a step back and decided that instead of having her and Father Gu's names on the villa, they could just put his and Gu Yunshuang's names on it. This was also her own little selfish desire. Since she couldn't bear to split it up, she might as well give them a little more protection.
Qi Yue thought, this is fine, since the villa he and Shuangshuang own also belongs to Gu's father and mother.
They chatted about other things until they ran out of topics. The smile on Gu Ma's face became more and more stiff until it could no longer be maintained.
After both parties were silent for a while, Gu Ma finally couldn't help but ask, "Shuangshuang, don't you have anything you want to ask me about your life?"
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