Chapter 104 Xingyihui might as well jump into the sea now
Shi Can's low and hoarse voice struck Lin Zhuyue's eardrums, and the warm breath made the tips of her ears itch. Lin Zhuyue felt the danger of being stared at by a wild beast, but she also felt that the voice was beautiful and charming, with a faint lemon scent. She wanted to listen to it again.
Lin Zhuyue blinked, raised her hand to grab Shi Can's wrist, and moved his palm away from her mouth.
Shi Chan’s phone rang.
He glanced at the incoming caller and, without avoiding Lin Zhuyue, simply swiped the answer button to answer the call. He held the cat in one hand and the phone in the other, and said:
"Dad, why are you calling suddenly?"
In this era, Shi Yingshao and Shi Can, like many fathers and sons, rely on sending messages to each other on social platforms to keep in touch on a daily basis. This way they can keep in touch without disturbing the other person when they are busy. It is much more convenient than making phone calls.
Phone calls usually involve important matters.
"At the National Security Headquarters, the investigation into Chen Junhao is almost complete."
Shi Yingshao went straight to the point and said,
"Besides the obscure Tianluo Society, which the Spiritual Master's House had revealed from him during his last arrest, he's also a member of the Shuiyue and Xingyi societies." Suspecting the Spiritual Master's House's innocence, the Shi family proposed sending Chen Junhao to the National Security Bureau in Yuancheng for direct investigation. The Shi family's actions likely made some in the Spiritual Master's House anxious, but since any attempt to intervene would expose them, they suppressed their anxiety and continued their seemingly silent pursuit.
"The Shuiyue Society was shut down by the Spiritual Master's Mansion five years ago, and it seems the shut down wasn't clean."
Shi Yingshao paused and continued,
"As for the Xingyi Society, you may not have heard of it. But nineteen years ago, I touched upon it. It seems they were involved in Ling Yan's affair. I wanted to get to the bottom of it, but your grandfather wouldn't let me investigate further, saying he'd force your mother to have an abortion. Then your grandfather passed away, and when I tried to investigate the Xingyi Society again, it had already hidden itself, and I couldn't get to the bottom of it."
Ling Yan...
Lin Zhuyue captured the names of his loved ones.
"Have I ever faced such a life-threatening situation?"
Shi Can scratched Xiaoyu's chin and asked,
"What is the relationship between Chen Junhao and Xingyihui? Is he just a member?"
Shi Yingshao replied:
"He studied under a Yin Master who was a member of the Shuiyue Society, but his master was from the Xingyi Society."
Shi Chan understood, but there was still more he couldn't figure out, so he asked:
"So, Chen Junhao's master is from the Xingyi Society?"
"Chen Junhao has never met his great-grandmaster, and still doesn't know his identity, nor has he been able to contact him. However, his great-grandmaster would take the initiative to contact him, asking him to do things and providing him with help. This time, extending Yan Shifeng's life in Nanyao City while ambushing you was his great-grandmaster's request. ... This great-grandmaster should have a background in metaphysics."
Shi Yingshao sighed,
"The General Administration wanted to extract more information, but the inheritance Chen Junhao received seemed to contain a curse. He only revealed what little he knew about this mysterious master before vomiting blood and fainting."
"There are ways to continue digging deeper, but it will be difficult and take time. And if you kill someone once, there will be a second time. Before everything comes to light, you must protect yourself and, more importantly, protect Lin Zhuyue."
Shi Can responded, "Okay, okay, the adopted son you picked up from the trash can will protect your biological daughter. Is there a reward for completing the bodyguard order? Cole..."
"beep--"
Shi Yingshao hung up the phone.
Shi Can buried his head in sending a message to Shi Yingshao:
[Since my mom and I didn't allow me to raise Call ducks, I raised Beagles at home!]
Shi Yingshao replied: [If you can bear it, then take care of it. After all, you are the one who stays at home all year round.]
Shi Can: “…”
Lin Zhuyue said, "That..."
Shi Chan looked up at her and asked:
"Did you not hear anything clearly on the phone just now?"
"Listen carefully. I want to ask, does Ming Hui know about this mysterious-sounding 'Xingyi Society'?"
Lin Zhuyue told Shi Can her guess.
"Look, this mission we're doing in Nanyao City was probably assigned to us by Chen Junhao, the master lurking in the Spiritual Master's Mansion, but the mission was also assigned to us through Minghui's hands..."
"I think Minghui should be the kind of ghost who has a complete grasp of the overall situation and has no blind spots..."
Shi Chan took over the conversation:
"Remove the 'should' and he is. To what extent does he control the Spiritual Master House? How could he not know about the Xingyi Society?"
Shi Can put Xiaoyu down, stood up and reached out to Lin Zhuyue.
Lin Zhuyue asked: "What are you doing?"
Shi Can invited, "Let's go question Ming Hui. Are you coming?"
Lin Zhuyue thought about it and held Shi Can's hand.
Lin Zhuyue's hand was cool, light, and very delicate. Shi Can couldn't help but squeeze it a little harder, but he was very restrained not to hurt Lin Zhuyue.
Shi Can drove the car and drove Lin Zhuyue to Violet Apartment.
Tiancheng isn't the only island in this sea; it's actually one of an archipelago, surrounded by many other islands. Because Tiancheng is made up of old houses and can't accommodate many residents, the Spiritual Master's Mansion has developed the nearby islands, building buildings on them and constructing bridges to connect them.
Many students and spiritual masters who do not have particularly outstanding family backgrounds live in the buildings on these small islands.
Fu Xingwei lives here.
Duan Junheng is also there.
Duan Junheng seemed to have opened his clairvoyance. When Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can arrived, he was already making coffee, grinding more than one serving of beans. He calmly invited Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can to join him for a cup, and even asked if they wanted milk or oat milk.
Shi Chan asked, "Are you going to die drinking coffee at this hour?"
Duan Junheng replied indifferently:
"If I die, it's this body that dies. What does it have to do with me?"
Lin Zhuyue: "..."
Shi Can: “…”
Shi Can held his forehead and said with a headache:
"City Lord, Lord Ghost King, you've been possessing someone for such a long time. It's fine if you don't give them any benefits, but could you at least take care of their body?"
Duan Junheng calmly put the ground coffee into the coffee machine and said:
"No matter how much I take care of his body, it will eventually break down after being possessed by evil spirits and corroded by evil spirits for so long."
"You've come just in time."
Duan Junheng took out a form from somewhere and handed it to Lin Zhuyue along with a black pen, saying,
"Fill out the registration form."
What he took out was the registration form for the four-school league.
Shi Can could no longer bear it and said:
"That's not what we came here for."
"I know you are here for the Xingyi Society."
Duan Junheng caught the scalding coffee in a porcelain cup. The slightly bitter aroma of coffee beans filled the air. He opened a carton of milk, poured it into the cup, and said,
"But I don't think now is the time for the Xingyi Society to be destroyed. It must survive and shine its light and warmth at a more appropriate time."
Lin Zhuyue stared at him closely: "You really do know."
"I know a lot."
Duan Junheng shook the cup and said,
"If you want to know, win the Four Schools League. Then, as a reward, I'll tell you whatever you ask."
Lin Zhu asked doubtfully: "Champion?"
"I don't think I can win the championship, and I don't even want to participate in this four-school tournament right now."
Lin Zhuyue frowned, pushed the registration form aside, and said,
"Minghui, everything you've said and done so far has put me in danger. I'm afraid nothing good will happen in this four-school league, right?"
Duan Junheng was not in a hurry and reminded:
"No rush, there's still some time before the registration deadline, think about it carefully."
Shi Can and Lin Zhuyue came with the purpose of finding out the information about Xingyi Association, but brought back a registration form for the Four Schools League.
Lin Zhuyue sat in the passenger seat, holding the registration form, looking confused and bewildered, and asked:
"……what to do?"
Shi Chan sighed and said, “I don’t know either.”
Shi Can started the car and drove Lin Zhuyue home.
Lin Zhuyue took the registration form back to her room with a worried look on her face. Just as "Duan Junheng" said, she needed to think about it carefully.
Shi Can took a shower, dried his hair, and lay in bed for a long time, but he couldn't fall asleep. He changed his clothes and went downstairs. He fried five chicken legs in the air fryer, put them in a paper bag, and drove to Yunlin Guest House with the bag.
Shi Can knocked on the door of Yunlin Guest House.
Tushan Yunlin's voice came from inside: "Asleep!"
"You have to get up even if you sleep!"
Shi Can knocked on the door with some force and said,
"If you don't open the door, I'll tear it down!"
“…Here it comes!”
Tushan Yunlin's voice came from far away, and he said helplessly,
"Hey, young master, you're here at this hour. How are you planning to murder me? Oh, and you brought fried chicken? Is it poisonous?"
Shi Can stuffed the fried chicken bag into Tu Shan Yun Lin's arms and said unhappily:
"Poison you."
At the invitation of Tushan Yunlin, Shican walked in and sat in the restaurant. Shican asked for a glass of water, supported his face with one hand, watched Tushan Yunlin eat chicken legs, and told Tushan Yunlin what had happened.
Shi Chan asked, “What do you think?”
He wanted to hear Tushan Yunlin's advice.
"...How do I see it?"
Tushan Yunlin said to Shican,
"Will my opinion be of any use? You two are now completely controlled by Minghui and cannot resist. What else can you do except obey?"
Shi Chan asked, "Do you know the Xingyi Club?"
Tushan Yunlin waved his hand: "I know a little, but this is not information that can be exchanged for five chicken legs."
Shi Chan took out a pen from his pocket and gently pressed the button on the pen.
【Even if I die, this body will die. What does it have to do with me?】
[No matter how much I cherish his body, after being possessed by a fierce ghost and corroded by the evil spirit for so long, his body will eventually break down.]
I don't think it's time for the Xingyi Society to be destroyed. It needs to survive and shine its light and warmth at a more appropriate time.
Shi Chan pressed the button again.
[Do you know the Xingyi Society? ]
[I know a little, but this isn't information you can get in exchange for five chicken legs.]
Tushan Yunlin: “…”
"Just chatting, why are you recording?"
Tushan Yunlin snatched the recorder from Shican and said in panic,
"If the Spiritual Master's Mansion hears this, I'll be expelled from Tiancheng and possibly hunted down! How do I delete it?"
Shi Can took out another pen:
"Feel free to delete it. I've recorded several copies."
Tushan Yunlin was about to faint. He raised his hand and pinched his philtrum, saying weakly:
"What do you want?"
Shi Chan said, “Give me some useful advice.”
Tushan Yunlin was silent for a long time before he said:
"...Minghui, he's actually quite intelligent. You can doubt his character, but don't doubt his judgment. When he walks the same path as you, the choices he makes for you are generally the right ones."
"The young lady of the Ling family possesses immense potential, but she must be able to transform it into strength. Otherwise, she's useless. Have you two figured out how she can transform her immense potential into the power to defy fate and never again be controlled by anyone, including Ming Hui?"
Tushan Yunlin said very rudely:
"If you can't even figure this out, you might as well jump into the sea right now. That way you can die quickly and easily."
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