Chapter Thirty-Two: A New Heaven

  "Hey, Chicken Brother, do you think the person Grandpa was talking about is him?" In the warehouse, Fatty and Chicken Brother chatted with me for a while without going to sleep. After entering another room, Fatty lit a cigarette and said.

  Fatso's face turned pale, and of course Ji Ye knew what had happened, but the anxiety in Fatso's eyes made Ji Ye even more worried. "I don't know, but it's probably him, we should think about what to do, disturbing the heavenly machine, how could it be him?"

  The chicken scratched its head, looking very annoyed. In fact, the fat man had been calculating something in his heart just now, but at that moment, a sense of crisis suddenly emerged in his mind. He knew why - fortune-telling has many taboos, and some people's fate cannot be calculated, just like ancient emperors, who would be punished for violating heavenly secrets if they tried to calculate their own fate. But Lin Hao was an ordinary person, so how could his fate not be calculable? Suddenly, he remembered the message from the family elder two days ago: "The heavenly machine is in chaos, and something big will happen on earth." They were asked to investigate what exactly had happened.

  A catastrophic event that occurs once in a thousand years, which is closely related to every individual under heaven. The four major families attach great importance to this matter and have been searching for clues recently, but there has been hardly any news, yet it appeared here unexpectedly.

  "You said, could it be the reason for that reincarnation eye? The reincarnation eye is probably not an unfounded rumor. Chaos has appeared in the Jianghu," asked the fatty, who was able to make him calculate and immediately produce a backlash. Apart from the reincarnation eye, he couldn't think of anything else.

  "Nonsense, that kid's fate was just an ordinary person from the start, we confirmed it at first glance. But now? Besides the reincarnation eye, do we have a better guess?" Ji Ye said with a roll of his eyes.

  "What should we do then, catch him back?" asked the fatty again.

  "Grab, grab a fart, grab him first and turn against the entire righteous and evil two factions. Can our four families withstand it?" Ji Ye thoughtlessly refused. Now the two factions of righteousness and evil are eager to move, all investigating the information about the reincarnation eye. This shows that the people of the two factions of righteousness and evil are heartbroken, they want to take action, then the matter of the reincarnation eye is settled, at that time, the four families will become the target of public criticism, offending the entire Xuanxue world.

  "What if we do nothing? How can we explain it to the family?" The fatty also didn't want to intervene, but thinking about explaining it to the family, he was a bit worried. These thousand-year-old families were able to pass down to this day because of their family cohesion. If they did nothing, it would be unconvincing, and that would be against the rules of the clan.

  "Report it, tell those old men to make their own decisions. We only have a little over a year left in Jiangbei, I don't want to stir up more trouble," Ji Ye said thoughtfully. After a year, they would leave Jiangbei and might spend the rest of their lives holed up in that big mountain, never coming out again.

  "I'm worried about this, what if someone comes to our house and insists on taking him away, do we help or not?" asked the fatty. This was a very difficult decision, in their conscience, Lin Hao had already been unfortunate enough, if he were to suffer any harm because of this issue, they would feel guilty, but if they didn't help, that would be violating the clan rules, which would be an even bigger deal.

  "Never mind, we are not saints, can't control the world's big things, I just want to take care of my own family, but let's not take action, let them talk, if they can come to an agreement it's best, if not, it's none of our business." Ji Ye sighed and said, in such a big matter, their experience is still too shallow, can't make decisions at all.

  "Alright, it's settled then. Let's go tell the folks at home. Be nice to him for these two days." said Fatso after exhaling a smoke ring.

  ……..

  "Say, what did you eat last night?" I was sleeping, but a scream woke me up. When I opened the door and took a look, I was stunned.

  In the hall, Jīyé and Pàngzi curled up on the sofa like a little daughter-in-law, while Chénchén stood on the coffee table, raging.

  "No way, we didn't eat anything. Don't believe me? Ask Fatso, he's the most honest one and definitely won't lie," said Ji Ye with an innocent face.

  "Right, right, we haven't eaten anything, and recently our training has made some breakthroughs. It seems like we've reached the legendary Bigu stage, so we're not hungry anymore." Fatso nodded vigorously, like a little chick pecking at grain.

  "Great, from now on you guys won't even have instant noodles to eat. Conveniently, I still need a few more equipment for my game, so I went and bought them today." Chenchen said with a cold smile.

  But the two of them, Ji Ye and the other, changed their faces greatly after hearing this, and immediately shouted "Stop it, Chenchen! Although we have made some breakthroughs, that's just touching the threshold. As for Berzerk, it's completely impossible for us, so earlier was just a joke."

  "Ah ah, that's completely our misconception. Oh, I'm so hungry! Chenchen, get me some old jar sour cabbage!"

  "Hmph, think again. Now the instant noodles are gone, go drink water! Morning's two hands were on her hips, her mouth raised high, not paying attention to their flattery, making the two people's faces even darker."

  "What's wrong, what's wrong, so noisy in the early morning" Seeing the two of them frozen there, I broke their awkwardness. Actually, when Chenchen said that they didn't even have instant noodles, I clearly saw anger in Fatso's eyes, but he quickly covered it up. This made me a bit suspicious. This trio is quite strange, but they've been together for several years, how could this be?

  When I came out, the two fat men were overjoyed, but in their hearts they were scolding, damn it, damn it, it's all because of you. Last night, I ate so much delicious food, now I can still eat instant noodles, and another thing is that instant noodles are really making me sick to my stomach.

  "Huh, you're not that Lin Hao, what are you doing here? Oh right, did your girlfriend get rescued or not?" Chenchen turned her head to look at me with a somewhat surprised expression. Last time when we were rescuing Li Mingxue, she had fainted, and since then I hadn't come back, so the others didn't tell her about all the things that happened to me.

  "Anyway, I've already become numb to Li Mingxue's disappearance. By the way, what are you guys doing? Getting up at this hour is for having breakfast?"

  It's not even 10 o'clock yet, but we didn't sleep until after 5 last night. Fatty, are you sure you're that hungry?

  "Think you're so great, still eating breakfast? Hmph, three bowls of instant noodles a day, isn't that excessive?" Chenchen said with a pout, looking very unhappy.

  "No way, eating instant noodles early in the morning? Forget it. What do you guys want to eat, tell me and I'll go buy it." "Are you kidding me? Who eats instant noodles first thing in the morning? It's not like we've never eaten before."

  "No way, you can't treat them to food, it's not even a month yet and they can't eat anything else." Hearing me say I wanted to invite them out, the two fat guys' eyes lit up, but Chenchen was furious.

  "Why not, no way, for a month, don't tell me, you guys are going to eat instant noodles for a whole month?" I was somewhat dissatisfied with Chen's intense reaction. It's none of your business that I'm treating you, but then I thought of an even more serious issue.

  "Cough, that, that, Lin Hao, we appreciate your kindness, but we still quite like eating instant noodles," said Ji Ye and Pang Zi with smiles on their faces and tears in their hearts.

  "Stop, what do you like? Don't suffocate me. When I was in college, I ate instant noodles for three days and almost threw up. How can you possibly like it? Chenchen, why don't you let them eat something else instead of just instant noodles?" Even a fool could see the awkwardness on the faces of the two fat men, which only proves that my guess is correct. It seems that there are some problems between Fatso and Chenchen too."

  "Why are you asking them, for not knowing what kind of thing they actually drugged me with, making me sleep for two whole days? Do you know how many things I missed in those two days? So I'm going to punish them, for a month they'll only eat instant noodles!" Chenchen said furiously. She was already unhappy thinking about how she had mysteriously slept for two days the week before, but what made her even angrier was that the two fat guys were trying to deceive her. If it weren't for someone asking her why she hadn't appeared in the game for two days, she still wouldn't have known.

  As for this, both Fatso and Chicken Grandpa fell silent, their eyes fixed on my expression. Last time, it wasn't for me, but they gathered people from both the righteous and evil paths here for my sake. But given Morning's temperament, how could they put their minds at ease? So they came up with a desperate plan, using a secret technique to make her fall asleep, intending to deceive her. However, it was quickly discovered, and Morning made a big fuss before ending up like this.

  But I listened to this and then unreasonably got a little angry, coldly saying "Even if they let you sleep is their fault, how can you do this? Yes, you don't give them anything else to eat, that's your right, but you can't stop others from inviting them to eat"

  What a nerve, how can there be such people? What puzzles me the most is that two heroic guys like Ji Ye and Pang Zi can tolerate her, not letting others eat. It's really ridiculous.

  "It's none of your business, this is between me and them. I want them to eat what I want them to eat. You, you leave, I don't like you, don't stay here." Chenchen suddenly became furious towards me, pointing at the door, telling me to leave.

  This thoroughly enraged him, even though Fatso had been making eyes at me all along and I pretended not to see it. He bellowed at Chenchen, "Are you freaking crazy? Who are they to you? You let them do whatever they want, and is this your place? Let me out! Are you brain-damaged or something? Come on, Fatso, let's go, what do you want to eat?"

  "You, you bastard, how dare you say that to me? You're the one who's crazy, your whole family is crazy! Fatso, little chicken, get him out of here, I don't want to see him!" Morning was taken aback by my rebuke, but in the next second she transformed into a bullied little girl and started acting coquettishly.

  Damn it, what the hell is this? I really can't understand women. I give up, I won't bother with Chenchen anymore, but instead focus on Fatso and his gang, now let's see what they're up to.

  "Cough, that, Lin Hao, don't be angry, Chenchen was just momentarily upset, apologize to her and everything will be fine." The fatty said with a cough, looking somewhat embarrassed, and then he and Jiye both lowered their heads.

  After hearing what Fatso said, Chenchen immediately looked at me with a smug expression, perhaps waiting for my apology. I stared at them with wide eyes - were these two still the Jiangbei Double Heroes I knew? Had they been possessed by ghosts or something?

  "Apologize, apologize, and apologize to me, then I'll forgive you. Otherwise, I'll kick you out!" Chenchen said with a smile.

  "Haha, apologize, you're daydreaming, fatty chicken grandpa, say something. If you still recognize me as a friend, let's go eat. If not, then fine, I'll turn around and leave." I said to the two of them, I just don't believe that two grown men can still be so humiliated.

  The fatty and the chicken grandpa's eyes sank, they obviously didn't expect me to force them like this. They glanced at Chenchen, it's impossible for them to be willing to eat instant noodles for a month, and this is not just an issue of instant noodles, but a matter of dignity. If there were no outsiders around, then let her do whatever she wants, after all, eating instant noodles for a month won't kill anyone. But now that there are outsiders present, she's still doing this, recently she's been getting more and more out of line.

  Wanting to make a choice, but the poisonous oath in his heart floated again, the four major families uphold their ancient will, attaching great importance to promises, and once spoken words would never be retracted. Moreover, that was an oath of protection, the highest faith in protecting the family, how could they break it?

  When dignity encounters faith, it's enough to drive many people crazy.

  So they chose silence.

  "You, you fatty, hurry up and get him out of here. I don't want his apology, I don't like him, I hate him, I don't want her in my house." Just then, Chenchen shouted at Fatty again.

  "Pffft!" Suddenly, Fatty abruptly lifted his head, waved his hand in front of Chenchen's eyes, and a white light flashed by. Chenchen rolled her eyes and fell onto the tea table.

  "I can't take it anymore, Chicken Grandpa, say something! How long do we have to be treated like oxen and horses? Damn it, that Lin guy has screwed us over so badly, I really want to kill him!" Seeing Chenchen fall down, the two of them didn't even go to pick her up. The fatty was pacing back and forth on the spot, extremely furious.

  "Hey, fatty, hang in there, just a little over a year and it'll be over soon," Ji Ye sighed.

  "One year, I couldn't take it anymore. Look at what she's been doing all this time - eating snacks, playing games, going out to either the supermarket or internet cafe. What have we become in these three years? We don't dare work, we don't dare take orders, and even going out is a source of worry and fear. And her? She treats us like pets, slaves, or dogs! Are we protecting her?" Fatso shouted at Chenchen, his words leaving me stunned and overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information."

  "I know, but what can we do? We made a poisonous oath to protect her for five years. The time hasn't come yet, do you want to break the oath?" Ji Ye said helplessly, if he could leave, he would have run away long ago.

  "Oaths, oaths are just nonsense. It was her damn father who screwed us over. Just thinking about his smug face after we made the oath makes me want to punch him dead." Mentioning the oath made Fatso even angrier. If they hadn't been screwed over back then, would they have ended up like this today?

  "Never mind, calm down, you've endured for more than three years, almost four years, it doesn't matter this little time. Come and smell the calming incense." Ji Ye got up from the table, took out a 10-centimeter-long incense stick, lit it, and handed it to Pang Zi.

  The fatty took a few puffs, then closed his eyes and waited for a while. When he opened them again, the anger in his eyes had indeed dissipated by half, but he lay down on the sofa with a weak and listless expression. "Brother Ji, go ahead, you take care of it today, erase her memories from today, I don't want to argue with her when she wakes up."

  "Alright, you go rest first, I'll set up the formation and prepare for the ritual." Ji Ye let out a sigh, shouldering Chenchen and heading upstairs.

  "Fatty, what's going on here?" I asked after Old Man Ji left. What's going on? It feels like there are a lot of stories inside.

  "Don't ask, I'm in a bad mood and don't want to talk. Today's things are a bit embarrassing. You do what you need to do, but please, one thing, when she wakes up, don't ask or say anything, just pretend nothing happened," said the fatty.

  Alright, looking at Fatso's expression, he won't say anything, and I don't want to force him either. Anyway, I know they must have a reason for this. They mentioned several times before that they were tricked and made some kind of poisonous vow, so I guess someone set them up and they sent out something they shouldn't have, which is why they're being held here.

  Something so boring happened early in the morning, it's really hard to get excited about. After careful consideration, I still can't stay here. Although I don't know how powerful the memory washing that Fatso talked about is, my memories haven't been washed away. Most importantly, if Chenchen speaks to Lanjie like this, I'm afraid something bad might happen.

  So I made an excuse and left the warehouse where Fatso and the others lived, found a nearby hotel to stay in, and waited for news from Lan Jie. Only after she got the equipment would we have more confidence, and then do what we wanted to do, such as finding a way to rescue Li Ning.

  But it's strange, a day has passed and Lan Jie still hasn't come back, and there's no news at all, which makes me a bit worried. Although Lan Jie is skilled with her hands, those people on the black market aren't simple either, who knows what kind of tricks they have up their sleeves?

  "Ding Dong...", It was evening again, and finally, the doorbell rang.

  "I hope it's not a waiter or someone handing out flyers." I prayed sincerely before opening the door.

  "Who are you? Who are you looking for?" As the door opened, it wasn't a waiter or someone trying to pull a fast one on him, but rather a man wearing sunglasses, who was extremely tall and intimidating.

  "My name is Hsin-Tien Kao, Uncle of Kang City." The man's words left me stunned on the spot.