Chapter 016: Qing Ning and Lemon

  "Really!" I looked at him in surprise, because I knew that not many people knew the inscription inside, and what I said was not on the surface, but inside the cat's eye stone, one of which had a word inscribed inside. This was something I discovered unintentionally when I was bored. Only I knew about this matter, not even my dad. But how did he know?

  "That's right." He lay back down, looked up at the tombstone and said faintly: "I once had a friend who also had one like that. The cat eye stone bracelet could only be worn by his genes, it recognized only one master in its lifetime, when the master died, it would die too."

  After hearing his words, I was as if struck by five thunders, stunned and sat down for a long time without saying a word. The master died, then why did he do it for me? If it's really what he said, how would that geomancer know my genes? Or... is my dad lying? In fact, from start to finish, there was no such wandering fortune teller? He has been deceiving me all along? Why...

  "You deceived me!" Although I knew he had no reason and no need to deceive me, I still couldn't believe it! I couldn't believe that for so many years I had been living in a lie...

  He looked at me with a complex expression in his eyes, but I couldn't see anything more than that. He just sighed and said, "Let's just say I'm lying to you."

  After a while, I finally calmed down and asked, "What happened to your friend later?"

  He looked at me and seemed to have expected that I would ask this question, but he didn't answer immediately, as if unwilling to recall the matter. He said faintly: "He... disappeared..."

  No matter how I asked him again about the bracelet, he chose to directly ignore my existence. I finally gave in and said dejectedly: "Then I'll ask another question, what's your name? You can't not tell me that, right?"

  He didn't ignore me this time, and instead uttered two words in a light tone: "Green Lemon."

  "This name really suits you, Lemon!" I almost burst out laughing, only to suddenly realize that this nickname actually fits him quite well, a gorgeous exterior filled with heartache.

  "Green lemon!" He emphasized again.

  But I pretended not to hear it, patted the mud on my body and stood up, smiling and asked: "Lemon, why did you steal the tomb?"

  He was called Lemon by me, he looked somewhat helpless, shaking his head and saying: "Immortality."

  "Immortality!? You're also searching for clues to immortality!" I widened my eyes in surprise and asked, "Do you want to be immortal?"

  He shook his head and said, "I can't tell you."

  But I still asked relentlessly: "Since you don't want to be immortal, is it that you also want to destroy that thing like me?!"

  He seemed surprised at my words and chuckled: "If there's a way to destroy it."

  "Then, since our goals are the same, let's set out together!" I said with great joy. If Lemon can be with me, I believe the chances of finding that thing will increase by a hundredfold, or even a thousandfold! This person is so formidable, although it seems difficult to get along with him, but after being with him for a while, I have basically figured out some of his temperaments. Moreover, he may know the clues about my bracelet, and most importantly, he doesn't need to get anything from me, which means he won't cheat or take advantage of me like others do, making him a truly worthy friend to befriend with sincerity!

  He just smiled and didn't say anything, so I took it as a default agreement.

  But I, have never been as happy as I am now, especially after Dad was taken away, I'm even more so on the surface smiling, but my heart has always been anxious. Everyone has a weakness, which is to like relying on the strong, and I'm no exception. But I believe that I can learn a lot from him, I believe that I won't always be holding him back, who knows, maybe one day I'll even be able to save him... Ah, this sentence may have been said with some lack of confidence, but I believe in him, and someday he will need my help too!

  He stood up and said faintly: "Let's go."

  "En." I had just nodded when I remembered that he was injured, but looking at his calm expression, I also restrained the urge to ask him, and quietly followed behind him. Although his attitude was still cold as ice, I still felt that something was different...

  When my friend and I arrived at the place where we were supposed to part ways with Pei Zi and the others, we found that they hadn't left yet. They were all surprised when they saw me and Ning Meng, seemingly not expecting Ning Meng to come with me. At this time, 'Dad' called out to me, and I glanced at Ning Meng before walking over to him, pretending to be worried as I asked: "Dad, are you feeling better now?"

  "En." He nodded weakly and pulled on my hand, asking, "Did you bring the key?"

  "Key?" Although I wanted to pull my hand out, I endured and frowned in puzzlement: "What key? What do we need a key for in the tomb?"

  After finishing, I stared at 'Dad's' eyes without blinking, and found that he seemed to be a little unbelieving of my words. He coughed twice again, perhaps to cover up something, and said even more weakly: "Zi'er, that key is very important to Dad, but Dad can't find it. Have you ever seen that black key?"

  "Dad, what are you talking about? What black key? I've never seen it before!" I looked at him in confusion, but was secretly sneering inside. So, you guys pretended to be my dad just to cheat me for a black key? Too bad, grandpa has never even seen it! Even if he had, he would absolutely not tell you!"

  "Ah……” My old man let out a long sigh, seemingly convinced that I wasn't lying, and didn't even bother to pretend to be a kind father anymore. He released my hand and fell silent beside me. Seeing him like this, I could only stand up "helplessly" and prepare to ask Lemon if she knew anything about the black key.

  "Song Ah! Feng Zi! I've discovered a huge secret, come and take a look quickly!" Just as I took a few steps forward, Su Dai's voice came from the empty tomb chamber. I looked towards the source of the sound and indeed saw Su Dai excitedly waving his hand at us, and anxiously saying: "What are you looking at? Why don't you hurry over here?"

  "Sudai, where have you been running to for so long?" I smiled and walked towards her, the others who heard "big secret" also curiously followed.

  "You'll know soon enough!" Her expression didn't seem to be joking, it looked like she had really discovered a big secret. We didn't say much more and followed her, Lemon naturally also quietly followed behind me, from start to finish not saying a word, everyone else was also used to it.

  "I'm telling you guys, that place is amazing! I've never seen anything like it before!" Su Dai exclaimed excitedly from the front.