Chapter 54 Divine Stick 01

  For the person who had tried to take his life seventeen years ago and recently made a series of moves to test Qin Fei's identity, Gu Yin had a general direction of suspicion. He thought that person was among the four major families: Geng, Qi, Ren, and their own Gu family. And if he were to find a breakthrough in these four families, his target could only be the Ren family.

  Jiang Xu, who had previously attempted to get close to Qin Fei, was a yin corpse that had borrowed the yang lifespan, and the yin corpse was cultivated through the Ren family's secret technique of Yin Corpse Array. This obvious connection would not be ignored by Gu Yin, regardless of whether the person was really in the Ren family or not. All clues about the person were related to the Ren family. That's why he reminded Gu Wenqing to pay attention to the movements of the Ren family.

  Regarding the leads obtained after Qing Shui Town, after the discussion came to an end, Gu Yin returned to his own room to fetch his coat and was about to head out.

  "Big brother, where are you going?" Gu Wenqing shouted to stop Gu Yin who was walking quickly towards the gate. "You didn't forget about returning to G city today, did you?"

  As the Lunar New Year approaches, almost every family is busy preparing for it. For a large family like the Gu's, apart from making preparations for the new year, there are also social interactions with other families of the same surname. As the heir to the Gu family, even if he didn't participate in these interactions, making an appearance was unavoidable.

  Gu Wenqing pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and looked at Gu Yin, who was standing in the entrance hall with a cold expression. "Big brother, if you don't leave now, you'll miss your flight." So... maybe they would meet again after the New Year.

  So, originally planning to finish talking with Gu Wenqing and then go to Qin Fei's house, Gu Yin ended up going to the market with Gu Wenqing instead, heading towards the city where the main branch of the Gu family was located.

  Gu Yin will follow Gu Wenqing back to G City, of course not because of the obligation of inheritance. Gu Yin is not so obedient after all. He will choose to return to G City on time, just because among the people who come to visit before the New Year, there must be people from the four major families. This is the reason why he returns home once a year at the end of the year. If the suspect or the suspect's related personnel come to the door, he naturally wants to go back and see them.

  People walking on the line between yin and yang, including the four major families of Gu Jia, will rarely visit each other intentionally even if they are familiar with each other unless it is necessary. The time when they will visit each other without necessity is only during the New Year's period at the end of the year. Such rare visits will all come to an end before the old year ends and the new year begins.

  So the guests that Gu's family entertained before the New Year were all people who wandered between the world of the living and the dead, while during the first month after the New Year they only received relatives and would not see this kind of person again.

  The family's trivial matters before the New Year have been handled by Gu Wenqing since he came of age, and this year is no exception.

  Gu Wenqing's busy days were dizzying, but after New Year's Eve, he could finally catch his breath.

  After a whole night of heavy snow on New Year's Eve, it stopped in the early morning of the first day. The courtyard was covered with a thick layer of snow, and the white mist filled the air. Gu Wenqing felt an inexplicable joy when he looked at it. Standing in the corridor, he breathed out a small puff of white mist, raised his arm, and stretched lazily.

  Just as Gu Wenqing had barely finished stretching, a flurry of hurried footsteps echoed from the other end of the corridor.

  Gu Wenqing turned his head and looked in the direction of the footsteps. He saw Gu Wenkai walking towards him with big strides, and soon he arrived in front of Gu Wenqing.

  "Second brother, have you seen big brother? Grandfather is looking for him!" asked Gu Wenkai.

  "Didn't see him, he's not in the room?"

  "I've looked everywhere, but there's no one." Gu Wenkai shrugged and said, "I've almost turned this old house upside down, but I still can't find anyone. Where did that guy go so early in the morning?"

  Gu Wenqing's eyebrows jumped and then slowly furrowed, he had a bad premonition.

  "Go ask Shao Guanjia," said Gu Wenqing.

  Shao Guan's family has always followed Gu Yin, and he is also the clearest about Gu Yin's whereabouts.

  Compared to Gu Yin who never carries a mobile phone, it's much more convenient for Shao Guan Jia to get in touch with him since he always has his phone on hand. Gu Wen Qing and Gu Wen Kai don't have to run around the whole house, Gu Wen Qing just makes one call and gets news of Gu Yin's whereabouts from Shao Guan Jia.

  Gu Yin has returned to Hui City, and his ticket was booked by Shao Guan Jia.

  Gu Wenqing thought to herself, "It's indeed like this," and hung up the phone with a stuffy heart, letting out a long sigh. In previous years, although Gu Yin wouldn't stay at the old house for too long during Chinese New Year, he would at least stay until after the fifth day of the new year before leaving; but this year, he had already disappeared on the first day of the new year.

  As for what Gu Yin went to the city to do, Qin Fei couldn't think of any other reason. Gu Wenqing suddenly felt that although Gu Yin's temper was harsh, in ancient times he would unexpectedly make a good lord who could play with fire and deceive his vassals.

  "Where did that big brother go?" Gu Wenkai asked aloud when he saw Gu Wenkai hadn't spoken for a long time.

  Gu Wenqing glanced at Gu Wenkai and said, "Let's go back to the city."

  "...Gu Wenkai's facial muscles twitched and he gritted his teeth, saying: "Second brother, can I go back to the city to work overtime now?"

  Gu Wenqing patted Gu Wenqing's shoulder and said with a serious tone: "Big brother is not easy to mess with, you'd better not get involved."

  ……

  Qin Fei's home was a two-story Western-style house. Before, only he and his mother lived there, making it feel particularly spacious. But on New Year's Day, the Qin family suddenly gathered together, and even standing in the large living room, Qin Fei felt a sense of suffocation. His grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, as well as his cousin Qin Zhen and his wife Chen Li, along with their five-year-old son Qin Wei, and finally, Qin Fei's own family of three - suddenly there were nine people in the house.

  After a lively lunch, the whole family gathered in the living room to chat and gossip.

  When adults are chatting, kids always feel bored. Qin Wei lasted for more than half an hour before running to Qin Fei's side, pulling his sleeve and wanting him to go out and play together.

  "Vivi, Mom is taking you out to play, your little uncle's body is not good, don't disturb your little uncle." Qin Fei's sister-in-law Chen Li said.

  Qin Wei looked at Qin Fei with a pitiful expression, hesitated for a moment, and then let go of Qin Fei's sleeve.

  "Sister-in-law, you sit down, I'll take Weiwei out to play." Qin Fei stood up from the sofa and held onto Qin Wei's small hand, "It's a good opportunity for us to get some fresh air outside."

  Qin Wei's eyes lit up and he raised his other hand to grab Qin Fei's fingers.

  "But outside has just snowed......" Chen Li hesitated, "Vivi's body is fine, it's just you..."

  "Sister-in-law, you've been taken in by my brother's nonsense again, have you? I'm not so weak that a gust of wind could knock me over." Qin Fei looked at Chen Li with a mixture of laughter and tears.

  "Who's spouting nonsense? Who was it that ran a fever and went into the hospital a month ago?" Qin Zhen hummed.

  "Weiwei swears, Weiwei will protect Little Uncle!" Qin Zhen's nephew loudly declared as soon as he finished speaking.

  "Uh-huh, Weiwei will take good care of Little Uncle." Qin Fei smiled and rubbed Qin Wei's head, helped him put on his coat, and wore the down jacket that Qin Mu had handed to him. Then he took Qin Wei out the door.

  Qin Fei didn't take Qin Wei very far, just circling around the neighborhood near home, buying some small firecrackers for Qin Wei, and playing in the snow with Qin Wei in the community park. When Qin Wei had played until he was sweating, he planned to take him back.

  Just helped Qin Wei wipe his hands dry and was about to take him back, but turned around to see a young man standing three steps away from him at some point.

  The man was extremely handsome, wearing a long black coat, with rare jet-black long hair tied back with a silver hair tie, the ponytail hanging down his back. His face wore a smile, but there was no emotion in that smile, as if it were just a decorative expression.

  The man looked extremely elusive and had an inexplicable sense of danger, apart from that, Qin Fei also felt that the man looked somewhat familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.

  Qin Fei furrowed his brow and thought for a moment, soon coming up with an answer. It was on Christmas Eve last year, when he was seeing off the ghost of Xiao Rong's deceased husband, in that crowded night market, where he had seen this person once before. At that time, all he saw was the back and side profile of this person, if not for the fact that the silver hoop tied up hair was too distinctive, leaving a deep impression on people, even with Qin Fei's good memory, it would have been difficult to remember this person.

  "Qin Fei?" The man looked at Qin Fei for a while before speaking up and asking.

  Qin Fei was taken aback. Although he remembered having seen the man before, he didn't recall knowing him personally. How did this person know his name?

  "I am Qin Fei, and you are..." Qin Fei looked suspiciously at the long-haired man three steps away.

  "I'm Ren Shaoze, I came here on purpose to wish you a happy new year." The long-haired man said, turning around and waving his hand at Qin Fei, "Well... that's it then."

  Qin Fei: "......"

  Qin Fei watched as the inexplicable Ren Shaoze, whom he had never met before, gradually walked away until his figure disappeared from view. Only then did Qin Fei believe that the man had truly just come to wish him a happy new year. As for why this person wanted to wish him a happy new year, Qin Fei couldn't think of any reason even as he led Qin Wei into their own courtyard.

  Pushing open the door of his own home, Qin Fei changed shoes with Qin Wei in the entrance hall. Then he took Qin Wei's hand and walked into the living room, planning to find Chen Li to change Qin Wei's clothes. This child had just played outside and was sweating; if he didn't change clothes, he would catch a chill.

  However, Qin Fei took Qin Wei into the living room and unexpectedly saw Gu Yin holding a teacup and sitting in his living room. His family was warmly entertaining him, treating him as an honored guest.

  Qin Fei: “……” What happened during this short period of time when he went out? Why did Gu Yin appear at his home? And... was warmly received by his family...