Chapter 47 Necklace
Ye Heng's words reminded Lin Yao of the examiner Xia He who stopped him from taking the test.
At that time, she ran over quickly to stop him, and at the same time glanced vigilantly at the examiner not far away, and told Lin Yao about the remedial measures she had taken, but in return she was met with indifference and disregard from her boss.
Lin Yao still clearly remembered that when Xia He said the last few words of the chief examiner, there was obvious anger in her voice, and her knuckles turned white from the force:
"This is ridiculous! Don't they know how dangerous the Death Mark is? How could they include such a deadly area in the assessment?
He could have activated the emergency plan to change the pattern, but he refused! This isn't an assessment, it's murder!
She knew that she was just a newly hired examiner with little influence, but she couldn't bear to watch a talented candidate go to a dead end.
"Do you know the chief examiner?" Lin Yao looked at Ye Heng with doubt in his eyes.
Ye Heng was looking at the people outside the window. He paused when he heard the words and tapped the light computer screen with his fingertips.
Half a second later, the image of a middle-aged man in a White Tower uniform hovered between the two of them.
His hair was neatly combed, and the look behind his gold-rimmed glasses was somewhat condescending. The badge on his chest showed that he was a three-star examiner of the White Tower.
"Lin Xiuwen, a senior examiner of the White Pagoda Assessment Department." Ye Heng's voice was flat, but it made Lin Yao's heart skip a beat.
A guide from the Lin family, he was assigned from the main branch of the Lin family to the Assessment Department of Baita five years ago to serve as an assessor.
"Lin family?"
Lin Yao repeated these two words subconsciously, and his fingertips tightened suddenly.
How could it be such a coincidence?
Lin Zhixiong, who wanted to attack Ye Heng, and Lin Xiuwen, the examiner who seemed to have pushed him into a desperate situation during the test, are actually from the same family?
The chief examiner is a member of the Lin family, so this seemingly unexpected Jueluwen incident is probably not just a coincidence.
"What's his reputation like in the White Tower?" Lin Yao pressed on, his fingertips tapping the table unconsciously, the pace getting faster and faster.
Ye Heng turned off the computer image and looked up at him:
"On the surface, he seemed impeccable, having been named the 'Best Examiner' for five consecutive years. But last year, a parent of a candidate complained that he had deliberately increased the difficulty of the exam, and the Lin family ultimately suppressed the complaint."
He paused and added, "The father of that candidate was the Sentinel who followed me to recapture Gamma Star."
A chill suddenly ran down Lin Yao's back.
"Are they coming for you?" Lin Yao's voice was a little heavy. "Or rather, are they coming for everyone who might help you?"
"No, I'm a loser, so why are they targeting me? Just because you admitted you'd marry me? What do their families want?"
Ye Heng picked up the teapot on the table and refilled the tea for him and Lin Yao: "It's just to eliminate dissidents for my son-in-law."
"son in law?"
"The Third Prince is Karen Thorne, and his imperial consort is the youngest daughter of the Lin family." Ye Heng took a sip of tea and continued, "I'm sorry for getting you into trouble."
But Lin Yao kept shaking his head. That piece of dead pattern was clearly prepared for the original owner. The original owner who drank the poison would definitely not be able to survive that piece of pattern, so the Lin family must have something to do with that medicine.
This means that Wen Suhua is also related to the Lin family.
"Does the Wen family have a good relationship with the Lin family?" Lin Yao asked Ye Heng again.
But this time, Ye Heng asked him which Wen family it was, and Lin Yao said the name that had always troubled him:
"Wen Suhua! A White Tower physician, haven't you heard of him?"
Ye Heng shook his head. Facing Lin Yao's expression that said, "There's still something you don't know," he tapped his fingertips on the light brain and brought up the Wen family's family tree.
"The Wen family of Central Star is divided into two branches. The most prominent one is the Wen family's side branch. You should have heard of Wen Yu, right?"
"This lineage does have a good relationship with the Lin family, and they can be said to follow their lead."
As he spoke, his fingertips traced the branch line on the map, landing on another conspicuous yet inconspicuous main node:
"The main branch of his family is much more low-key. Headed by Wen Suhua, they specialize in the research and development of mental potions.
They rarely participate in any public activities, their laboratory remains semi-closed year-round, and even within their family, few people know about their research progress.
"Look and see if this is the Wen Suhua you are looking for."
Lin Yao leaned closer to the screen and looked at the picture with Wen Suhua's name on it. It was completely different from the 'Wen Suhua' that Chen Ke had found for him.
"Not the same person? Why do they have the same name?" Lin Yao exclaimed in surprise. He finally understood why Ye Heng shook his head. It was not that he didn't know, but that he was not sure.
The Wen Suhua in Ye Heng's mind is a researcher obsessed with research, while the Wen Suhua in Lin Yao's mouth is a White Pagoda doctor.
"Are there other Wen families on Central Star?"
After Lin Yao told Ye Heng the information about Wen Suhua, Ye Heng firmly denied the question.
Because the position of Wen Suhua in the White Pagoda is not something that an ordinary guide can sit on, so this "Wen Suhua" must come from one of these two lineages.
"Then it is still related to the Lin family. Don't you say that the head of the Wen family turns a deaf ear to the outside world and only focuses on doing the deeds of saints?" Lin Yao expressed his own opinion very subjectively after analysis.
"Why do you ask this?" Ye Heng frowned: "Is it related to your previous injury?"
It took a long while before Lin Yao admitted the matter. He told Ye Heng the story of the original owner's memory.
He did not use "I" to tell this story, but instead addressed it as "Lin Yao".
In my memory, Uncle Fu brought bowls of yellow-green medicine to Lin Yao.
Wen Suhua appeared at the right time when Lin Yao collapsed and prescribed medicine to "restore" Lin Yao's spiritual body.
He downplayed the heart-wrenching pain he felt after stopping the medication.
Now that he thought about it, the two potions were of different stages. He now suspected that the medicine that destroyed the original owner's spiritual body when he drank it was probably made by Doctor Wen Suhua.
Ye Heng was filled with disbelief after hearing this, and then his eyes were filled with heartache. He raised his eyes to look at Lin Yao, his Adam's apple rolling for a long time before he found his voice again, with unprecedented difficulty:
"You mean... putting me aside, they set a trap for you from the very beginning?"
Lin Yao nodded: "A scheme targeting Lin Yao. I am now very curious about what Lin Yao has done that is worth being calculated against."
He suddenly laughed at himself, and everyone thought he was lucky that his mental body could suddenly recover even though it was so rotten.
Now that I think about it, there was no such thing as luck. It was just that someone first pushed me into the abyss and then threw down a rope dipped in poison.
The original Lin Yao really no longer existed. He was just a soul that traveled through time to face these despicable people.
Lin Yao shook his head irritably, indicating that he didn't want to talk about it anymore. Seeing that he was indeed in a bad mood, Ye Heng didn't say anything more but just reminded him one last time.
"Then you should pay attention to your cousin."
Lin Yao nodded. Because Delinwei was a herbal spirit body, she had always had a good relationship with the Lin family and was considered the second Wen Yu.
There was silence at the table for a while, and the two of them just looked out the window. Ye Heng didn't know what he was looking at, but Lin Yao knew that he was looking aimlessly.
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Just when Lin Yao was emptying his mind, Ye Mang came in and told them that the Shen family in the northern border had sent compensation and that they knew about the Shen family's handling of Chen Yan.
Lin Yao looked at Ye Heng in confusion.
"Do you think I'm too calculative?" Ye Heng answered Lin Yao's confusion.
Lin Yao shook his head. "I thought you had already taught him a lesson at the auction."
"The lesson I taught and the instructions given by the Shen family are not contradictory." Ye Heng raised his eyebrows slightly, with a subtle dissatisfaction in his tone:
"Do you think he didn't mean to leave you there alone?"
Lin Yao was stunned when he heard this, then frowned: "Of course I know he did it on purpose."
Having said that, there was a hint of annoyance hidden in the tail end of his tone that he himself was not aware of. After all, no one would feel comfortable being left behind by their companions in an unfamiliar underground trading place.
However, Lin Yao had already gotten rid of this dissatisfaction. He had already decided to keep his distance from Shen Yan. After all, they might not meet in the future.
"This matter has something to do with me." Ye Heng explained briefly, and then talked about how he asked Ye Mang to find out the inside story.
Chen Yan already knew that his second uncle's assistant would be purchasing medicines on the fourth floor of the underground trading floor. He went there on time, thus having an excuse to separate from Lin Yao.
Chen Yan didn't expect Lin Yao to go to the pharmacy, so his escape to the toilet went smoothly.
"And that day..." Ye Heng changed the subject, "He knew I was also at the auction."
These words made Lin Yao look at him suddenly.
"He was certain that with me here, even if you really ran into any trouble in the trading field, my people would be able to take care of you."
Ye Heng looked at Lin Yao's face which darkened instantly and continued:
"That's why he dared to leave you behind so confidently."
The words "I can leave you here without worry" in Ye Heng's words were like a thin needle, gently piercing Lin Yao's heart.
He was indeed not in danger, but it was not a pleasant feeling to be abandoned like this.
According to Chen Yan's logic, he would not be harmed because Ye Heng was there, but what if Ye Heng didn't know he was there?
If he didn't go to the auction house, if Lin Yao didn't have the badge given to him by Ye Heng, would he and Ye Heng have met?
The answer is of course no.
Although Lin Yao knew that he had the ability to protect himself, in the eyes of others he was just a piece of trash that could be bullied.
Even in this situation, Chen Yan still chose his own logic, which is really difficult for Lin Yao to comment on.
No wonder when Chen Yan saw him during the evacuation, his eyes were filled with joy and apology, but he was not surprised at all. It turned out that he just happened to think the same as Chen Yan.
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Lin Yao no longer cared about or tried to understand Chen Yan's logic, as it was meaningless.
He looked out the window, his fingertips tapping unconsciously on the table, so he didn't see Ye Heng's secretive look.
"Guide Lin, this is the compensation sent by the Shen family." Ye Mang's voice interrupted his thoughts.
The tray in his hand was filled with neatly stacked credit card chips and several velvet boxes.
Lin Yao raised his eyebrows and was about to ask him why he called him. This shouldn't be left to Ye Heng.
Finally, Ye Heng said from the side: "Keep it."
His tone was as calm as if he was talking about today's weather, but when he looked up at Lin Yao, his eyes were filled with a layer of meaning that did not allow for discussion:
“Since Chen Yan dares to gamble with your safety, the Shen family can afford the price.”
Lin Yao couldn't resist him, so he thanked Ye Mang and asked him to put the tray on the dining table.
Before putting them away, Lin Yao wanted to see what was in the boxes.
He tapped his fingertips on the velvet boxes and decided to open them from right to left.
Inside the first one lay a fist-sized piece of crimson ore, its surface covered with dense crystal clusters, reflecting dazzling light under the lamplight.
The second box contained a translucent milky white stone with cloud-like patterns inside. It felt warm to the touch, like a piece of warm jade.
Lin Yao put it back into the box and opened the third box.
This time it was a piece of gray ore with a bumpy surface. It looked insignificant, but the moment his fingertips touched it, it trembled slightly, as if it had life.
Very good, I didn’t recognize any of the three!
When Ye Mang retreated, Ye Heng happened to be looking for him for something. The two of them went outside to discuss the matter, and he now had no one to ask questions to.
There was no way Lin Yao could only continue driving and wait for Ye Heng to come back and ask again.
The fourth box was opened. This box was slightly smaller than the previous ones, and the gold lines on the corners were more delicate.
The moment the lid of the box was opened, a blue light spread out, like an overturned lake that shattered the starlight.
Lin Yao's breathing suddenly stopped. The good news was that he recognized this stone, but the bad news was that it was the Silent Night Stone.
He picked up the stone and looked at it carefully. It was a semi-finished piece of Silent Night Stone. The beautiful stone still had the skin of the mineral.
But it did not prevent Lin Yao from seeing clearly that the fine sparks floating in the stone were sparser than the raw ore he had seen in the trading market, but a bit denser than the one on the necklace in his hand, as if someone had deliberately intercepted the intermediate state.
The Night Stone on that necklace is exactly the same color, but...
At this time, Ye Heng just walked in from outside and saw the Silent Night Stone in his hand at a glance. He walked over and stretched out his hand to Lin Yao.
Lin Yao placed the stone in his palm, and Ye Heng looked at it carefully.
"Last year, the Shen family's mine unearthed a piece of top-grade azure Silent Night Stone. They were rumored to be trying to sell it for a high price, so they've been keeping it in the warehouse. It seems they're quite sincere this time."
Ye Heng's words refuted Lin Yao's question, but also deepened his doubts.
If this stone, which Ye Heng agreed was of top quality, was the original state of the light-colored Silent Night Stone, then the one in his hand must have been tampered with.
Lin Yao tightened his grip and asked, "What would cause the tiny flashes inside to decrease?"
Ye Heng's fingertips rested on the center of the stone, where the tiny sparks shimmered slightly as he touched it.
"The characteristic of Silent Night Stone is to absorb sound and mental fluctuations.
If you're in a high-frequency noise environment for a long time, or are exposed to strong mental shocks at close range, the fine flashes inside will gradually become sparse."
"When it's diluted," Ye Heng's fingertips gently brushed across the surface of the Silent Night Stone, "it will release the absorbed energy in reverse."
As soon as Ye Heng finished speaking, Lin Yao slapped the table.
The loud bang made the credit point chips in the tray jump, and even Ye Heng blinked in surprise at the sudden movement.
"What are you doing?" Ye Heng almost subconsciously pulled his hand up from the table.
There was a large red spot on the palm of his hand, obviously he had used a lot of force.
He frowned, rubbing the reddened skin lightly with his fingertips, his tone carrying a barely perceptible urgency, "You don't want your hand anymore?"
Lin Yao seemed not to feel any pain. There seemed to be two fires burning in his eyes as he stared at the Silent Night Stone that Ye Heng threw on the table.
The hand held by Ye Heng trembled slightly, not because of pain, but because of the anger that had nowhere to vent.
"Delinwei... She's really great!" He gritted his teeth and spat out these words, each word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, carrying cold hatred.
Ye Heng paused, followed his gaze and looked at the Silent Night Stone, "You mean..."
Ye Heng's voice dropped. "Did she tamper with your Silent Night Stone?"
"What else?" Lin Yao's eyes shot fiercely at Jiyeshi.
"Although the mine owner at the trading market said that light-colored Silent Night Stones are rare in terms of fine shimmer, this top-grade, pristine stone has more than double the shimmer in it than the one I have. If she didn't do it, could it be that the stone has developed its own abilities and hidden the shimmer?"
He took a deep breath, his chest heaving violently.
"High-frequency noise... strong mental impact..." Lin Yao repeated these two words in a low voice.
Suddenly he sneered. Did his good cousin start planning so early?
Ye Heng looked at his red eyes and felt like something was pulling at his heart.
He patted the back of his hand gently, his voice soft and gentle: "Don't be angry, it's not worth it. Your hand is so red, use the instrument to treat it first."
Lin Yao's tense body slowly relaxed under his comfort, but he still couldn't help cursing, "What a poisonous insect in human skin!"
Ye Heng sent a message to Yan Rufeng asking him to send a portable medical device over. He also asked when Lin Yao had come into contact with the stone, how long he had been in contact with it, and where it was now.
After getting Lin Yao's answer, Ye Heng frowned, "Something's wrong."
"What's wrong?" Lin Yao's surging emotions were blocked for a moment, and he quickly asked.
"According to your description of the fine flashing state of the Silent Night Stone, its anti-release ability is very strong. Even if you only stayed with it for less than half an hour, this time is enough." Ye Heng expressed the doubts in his mind.
"And Delinwei has been holding it all the time. Isn't she afraid?"
This last sentence completely calmed Lin Yao down. He wanted to think that maybe the box was special, but when he recalled it, it was just a metal box that De Linwei had casually found.
Oh! He remembered that there was an Interstellar brand logo on it, which once again confirmed that Delinwei had just randomly picked it from his pile of jewelry boxes.
"Then why did she remind me to bring the necklace?"
Lin Yao's brows were twisted into knots, and the scene of going out yesterday flashed through his mind.
Delinwei had just returned from outside. Her hair was a little messy, her expensive silk skirt had many wrinkles, and most of her usual exquisite makeup had been wasted.
He looked disheveled and haggard, as if he had just been offended somewhere.
He wanted to pretend he didn't see it and didn't even stop walking, but he was stopped by the other party's shrill voice: "Stop!"
De Linwei walked over quickly in high heels. She looked Lin Yao up and down, her eyes like thorns, and began to criticize Lin Yao.
Finally, a caustic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "What? You cut my face and blocked me with a knife just to find a necklace? Now you don't even wear it?"
Lin Yao stopped and when he turned around, there was no warmth in his eyes.
He had acted irrationally for that necklace, but he wasn't stupid, was he? He knew there was something wrong with it, but he still wore it. Was it him or Delinwei who was crazy?
"There is a sea in front of your door." Lin Yao left after leaving this sentence.
Now that I think about it, why didn’t I remind him earlier or later, but just when he was about to go to the desolate planet for the assessment?
Moreover, Delinwei was obviously not in good condition yesterday. Even so, she came up to talk to him. Was she being instructed by someone?
"No, that stone needs to be tested." Lin Yao stood up suddenly and looked at Ye Heng with burning eyes. He had no place to test it before, so he put the necklace in the safe for fear of problems.
He did not carry the safe with him in the storage ring, but placed it in the warehouse of Zhuyuan.
Ye Heng didn't hesitate at all: "Let's go get it."
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The two of them walked out of the restaurant quickly. As soon as Yan Rufeng arrived with a portable treatment device, Ye Heng told him, "Go to Xingyuan Laboratory and wait for us."
Yan Rufeng's hand, holding the treatment device, froze in mid-air. Behind his glasses, his eyes were filled with a speechless expression: "I rushed here just to get to the next destination without stopping?"
Lin Yao said sorry to him, and then the two of them disappeared around the corner of the corridor without even looking back.
Yan Rufeng looked at the treatment device in his hand, then looked at the empty corridor. He sighed and resigned himself to going to Xingyuan Laboratory.
The hatch of the Red Shadow warship was slowly lowering, revealing a black aircraft parked below.
The two of them got in without saying a word. Ye Heng started the engine, and the aircraft glided silently into the air, speeding towards the De Lin family.
The buildings outside the window were rapidly receding, and Lin Yao suddenly felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart. Looking at the streets below that were gradually becoming familiar, this uneasiness became stronger and stronger.
When the aircraft was still one street away from De Lin's house, Lin Yao suddenly said, "Let's find a secluded place to stop. I'll go over there myself."
Ye Heng frowned: "What's wrong?"
"I can't explain it clearly, but you just wait for me here." Lin Yao insisted that Ye Heng wait for him here.
Ye Heng stared at him for two seconds, and finally nodded: "Be careful, and call immediately if anything happens."
"I know." Lin Yao unbuckled his seat belt and quickly opened the car door. His figure quickly blended into the shadows of the street corner.
He returned to his bamboo garden as if he was familiar with the place. After quickly putting the safe into the storage ring, he thought for a moment, grabbed a backpack, and turned around and left quickly.
Before walking out of the De Lin family's gate, Lin Yao paused and took a few more glances at the hovercrafts parked in the main courtyard, with the family crest of cymes on their bodies.
Then, he quickened his pace and walked towards the intersection with his bag on his back.
Ye Heng's aircraft was still parked. Lin Yao sat in the co-pilot seat and breathed a sigh of relief: "I got it."
Seeing his expression change slightly, Ye Heng didn't ask any more questions and turned directly to go to the laboratory.
The aircraft soon arrived at the Xingyuan Laboratory under Ye Heng's name. The scanning device at the entrance slowly opened after recognizing Ye Heng's iris.
The two walked into the elevator and went directly to the laboratory.
Yan Rufeng, fully armed, had been waiting there for a long time. When he saw the two men come in, he pushed his glasses and said, "Marshal, Guide Lin, the equipment is ready."
Lin Yao took out the safe from the storage ring, placed it on the experimental table, told Yan Rufeng the password, and then walked out.
The heavy door blocked all sight. Ye Heng took him to the lounge. Now all they could do was wait.
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"There is indeed something wrong with the stone, but the energy inside is not aimed at the guide, but the sentinel!" Yan Rufeng came to the two of them with the test report and told them the result.
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