Chapter 40: Pointed Words

  "You two are the strongest combination of the Feng and Cui families in thousands of years, so you are the most likely to break the curse of the Cui family's ten thousand souls!"

  Listening to Father's words, I have a very strong suspicion, "Am I counted as one of these two?"

  Father nodded very seriously.

  Iron Clothes' skills are indeed impressive, giving off a high-handed and superior vibe. However, recalling my experiences in the underworld, it seems that aside from the Blood Fiend's mark on my chest, the Devouring Dark Hands, and a face that surpasses Iron Clothes by a hair, I don't have much else to show off about.

  Is it because I'm too humble and low-key that I haven't discovered my own goodness?

  Why do I feel a bit guilty? The strongest combination? Let's just listen to it then.

  Upon hearing my father's words, I suddenly felt a deep respect for this man who had been through the eighteen layers of hell. The difficulty was far greater than that of the Eighteen Copper Men Formation. However, at this moment, I lost interest in Tie Yi Gao Da's skills. If the price of these skills was going through the eighteen layers of hell, then I was completely uninterested.

  Not to mention those perverted scenes under torture, just thinking about what our ancestors said about those beasts makes me feel weak.

  "Years ago, due to the curse of the Cui family's Wan Hun, in order to protect the Cui family bloodline, I sent you to Ande. Before you were 7 years old, your Shadow Guard was Tie Yi's father, Tie Chong, who took on a part-time role. After you turned 7, Tie Yi took over as your Shadow Guard. Calculating from then, it has been almost 20 years!"

  In these 20 years, wherever there is a shadow, Tie Yi exists. The Cui family's physical constitution belongs to Yin, and they are prone to ghostly invasion. As the most yin among the yin, you are simply the favorite of the little ghosts in the Yang world. If it weren't for Tie Yi...

  Although Father's words did not continue, the hardships in them are self-evident and need no further explanation.

  But I still feel that Father's words are exaggerated. As a normal person, someone has been following you for nearly 20 years without any discovery.

  I really don't know if it's because my perception ability is too poor or Iron Clothes' hidden skills have reached the pinnacle!

  Looking at my noncommittal expression, Tie Yi spoke directly:

  "When you were 6 years old, a boy named Wang Momo came to the Ande Welfare Institute. He liked to show off his masculinity in front of girls and during dinner time, he pulled down your pants to attract the attention of a girl named Murong'er, from then on, you were called Zhuo Dandan at Ande until now."

  At 8 years old, you were introverted and retained the hobbies of infancy, wetting the bed, and used diapers until age 10.

  When you were 12 years old, you started to mature early and wrote a love letter to a classmate named Ruhua for the first time. You got into the habit of using saliva to style your hair into a five-partitioned look whenever you saw her, and after each class, you would go to the bathroom to add water and fix it. Unfortunately, Ruhua didn't take notice of you, and she posted the love letter on the school bulletin board. Your work became the most famous love letter in school history, causing a sensation at the time.

  At 18 years old, you watched a human anatomy educational video for the first time. At that time, your seven orifices bled, and you fainted for three days. The doctor issued a critical illness notice. The cause of the illness was excessive excitement, abnormal sexual arousal leading to excessive blood loss.

  At 19 years old, you flew for the first time and suffered a local bone fracture injury and was hospitalized again.

  At 20 years old, you were with a girl named Zhou Mo at Chuan Dong Hotel...

  Listening to Tieyi's words, my face turned red and white alternately.

  How humiliating, it's already shameful to say such things in private, but this guy actually says them right in front of me; and not only does he say them in front of me, but also to my father, and not only to my father, but also deliberately chooses to say such indecent things... If I didn't consider this iron lump's skills, I would have silenced him immediately.

  At this moment, I have already tied the iron clothes into a small person, and thousands of needles are fired at once. The good feeling that was just stirred up has disappeared instantly, what kind of guardian is this, it's simply an eight-way entertainment reporter.

  "To prevent this dead brain from bursting out more intense stuff, I quickly said 'stop it, Tie Yi Ge, if you say any more I'll really go die. Luckily I'm just a root vegetable and not some kind of superstar, or else with this explosive revelation I'd be completely ruined, and could directly go wash up and die."

  After experiencing this moment, I finally understand what it means that words can hurt people and language can be fatal.

  It's really something to see introverted and wooden Iron Man suddenly become a whistleblower.

  Unfortunately, this guy completely ignored the flirtatious glance I threw at him to stop and continued to spill the beans.

  I stood up and gave him a bear hug, whispering: "Iron brother, no, Iron uncle, my dad is here, leave some face for your brother." I couldn't help but shiver when I thought of the cold eyes that had been watching me from behind for over 20 years. In front of Iron Clothes, I felt like I was stripped naked, and my face turned as red as a pig's liver, saying something very embarrassing.

  "Let's not dwell on past regrets and instead look forward to a brighter future! Mainly, I'll talk about my experiences as a top student, excelling in both academics and character."

  "You don't have to be embarrassed, I'll see what I should see and won't see what I shouldn't. I'll keep your secret! That's the principle of us Shadow Guards." said Tie Yi seriously.

  "Keep it a secret, you sister! Principle, you brother!" I seriously suspect that my advanced deeds are known to the entire Fengdu City, at least this Cui family is well-known to everyone. You're not saying anything now, are you? I thought angrily in my heart, secretly burning with rage.

  What bodyguard do I need? This is obviously a disaster, not a blessing! When that Wang egg was beaten into a pancake, I reckon this Iron Clothes guy must have been holding drinks and eating popcorn while watching the action movie.

  I helplessly flattered and said: "That's natural, Tiege's character is obvious! I trust you very much, and you will definitely keep it a secret for me!"

  These words that I don't mean make me despise myself.

  As I watched him, he didn't seem to plan on continuing the conversation, and I let out a heavy sigh of relief in my heart. Earlier, I was so tense that I broke into a sweat. But seeing Father's sinister smile, I knew that this guy had already reported it, thinking that with my handsome appearance, muscular physique, and ten-pack abs, I would actually play the role of a comedic actor in such a farce, truly humiliating.

  "Brother Tieyi, you've worked hard for 20 years, let's not bring up past matters. Life is already full of ups and downs, let's move on to the next topic." Although I ask myself if my life has been upright and honest, with no change in name or surname, but since I've changed my name and surname now, I'd better keep a low profile.

  Looking at this serious and long-winded person in front of me, who keeps tattling on me, I really don't know whether to admire his ability to lie in wait or despise my own slowness to realize what's going on. From now on, when walking, I must remember to look back frequently to see if someone is following me, this thing is just too risky.

  "After you jumped off the cliff at Yishan, it was still Tieyi who saved you and brought you back!" Father said with a smile. Looking at our you-one-eye-and-I-one-word expression, Father seemed to be watching a comedy show.

  "Dad, I would have forgotten about this if you hadn't mentioned it. Right, I remember that day I clearly jumped down, although I didn't do any front flips, backflips or 360-degree turns and other high-difficulty moves, but I definitely jumped, at least a zombie jump!"

  I'm a man of my word, since I said I'd jump, I'll definitely jump, but how did I end up here after jumping? Could it be that there's some kind of lake or something under Yishan Mountain that leads all the way to our Cui family?

  "It seems like this plot is from a godly drama, even kids who still drink milk know about this rule! Of course, there's also a possibility that I've space-traveled with just one jump, who knows!"

  "Have you been watching too many online shows? Still talking about secret passages and time travel? If you really jump down, even the great Luoyang immortal cannot save you!" The father's words hid both blame and concern.

  Who knew, just as I was enjoying the warmth of fatherly love, that damned Iron Shirt added another knife to my wounds: "However, I've always suspected that when you were at Yishan Cliff back then, whether you really jumped down yourself or accidentally slipped and fell. Fortunately, it was lucky that you were in a head-down position at the time, allowing me to grab your ankle, otherwise saving you wouldn't have been easy!" Iron Shirt had an air of disdain.

  "Your sister is the one who's upside down, your whole family is upside down, your whole village is upside down." Iron Clothes' extremely damaging remark made me very angry, I just didn't get the angle quite right, how could I be upside down?

  Relying on having gone through hell to bully people too much! After all, I am also a person who has returned from the underworld, the master of crawling over the ghost gate city wall dog hole. Hearing this guy tease me, I take out my hands, roll up my sleeves, and prepare to ignite the devouring dark catcher to fight, although it's just pretending to be forced, letting this guy have some eye power.

  Suddenly remembered that Father's arms were boneless, Xu Bo hadn't woken up yet, and this went up the stairs but didn't go down, feeling extremely embarrassed, his face started sweating frantically. Fortunately, Father shouted: "You're all grown-ups, why are you still like children?"

  Seeing the ladder of father, I hurriedly climbed down along it, muttering to myself, considering my father's face and not arguing with this iron-headed guy, anyway, it's not worth it.

  Looking at my embarrassed appearance, Tie Yi still had an expressionless face. It was as if all the facial muscles were dead, just like a Hollywood action movie star who strips off his clothes to show off his muscular physique, but with stiff movements.

  At this moment, I seemed to remember something. Standing on the edge of Yishan Cliff, a quiet and handsome man stood facing the wind, looking up at the sky with a melancholic 45-degree angle. The sunlight reflected off his perfect side face as he slowly opened his arms and jumped down in a beautiful swan dive pose. "No, how could it be a swan dive? It's all because of Tieyi's influence that my thoughts are skewed, it definitely wasn't a swan dive." I thought resentfully, but I really had thought about it - with this death, I was truly wasting this handsome and dashing face, and it was a bit of a pity.

  Tie Yi said, "I've been following you. When your life is not in danger, I will definitely not appear. That's the rule. The day you came out of the restaurant, I felt that something was going to happen. Otherwise, with your personality, even if you were drunk, it's impossible for you to hold a beer bottle and fight with someone, and your appearance was really too decadent."

  Looking at Tie Yi, I said solemnly: "Brother's bones are filled with melancholy."