Chapter 81: Everything Disappeared

The courtyard in Beijing had been repossessed because of the departure of the master. I had been staying with Hui Gen in Qinhuai’s family in Beijing. Since Hui Gen had delayed her studies for a long time, and she did not want to repeat a grade, there were more chores to do.

I also paid special attention to Zhang Haiyan, a cute little girl. I believe that her relationship with Huigen is very pure now, but who knows what it will be like in the future.

I listened to Ru Xue and chose not to interfere, so I just paid special attention to it, that’s all.

After finishing some trivial matters in Beijing, I was also free from work. For a moment, I didn’t know how the future would begin. Qin Huai tried to persuade me to stay in Beijing for a few more days. Thinking that I was still a bit confused, I agreed to Qin Huai’s suggestion.

That night, Qin Huai and I were half drunk and walking home. Qin Huai said to me, “Chengyi, why don’t you stay in Beijing to develop? I’m not bragging, but I have connections in Beijing. What do you think?”

Stay in Beijing? I shook my head. I was destined to wander around in the future, and when I had time to relax, I wanted to be as close to my parents and family as possible. I definitely wouldn’t stay in Beijing, but Beijing wasn’t a place I didn’t miss.

Thinking about this, I suddenly said to Qinhuai, “Let’s go with me to a place. Let’s climb over the wall and take a look.”

“Where is it?”

“It’s the courtyard where I lived with my master.” I walked forward, not looking back.

“Fuck, just take a look outside. What if someone else has already been assigned to live there?” Qin Huai yelled behind me.

“Are you afraid?”

“Go, who am I afraid of?”

In this way, Qin Huai and I walked all the way to the old courtyard, laughing and joking, and walked into the familiar alley. It was hard to imagine that anything had changed here, not even the old neighbors. But I knew in my heart that I would never be able to open the door and see my master sitting in the courtyard waiting for me.

I just wanted to come here to reminisce.

However, as Qin Huai and I were about to reach the courtyard, we both saw a person standing in front of it. Due to the distance, we couldn’t see who it was.

At the same time, the man also saw us, and then he seemed a little excited, and walked towards us in big strides.

Qinhuai saw this scene and shouted, “Who the hell is this? Wearing sunglasses at night! Pretending to be a big bad wolf?”

Back in the day, I got into so many fights in Beijing and caused so many problems, and more than half of them were thanks to Qin Huai’s mouth. Even now, this kid can’t change his ways, but I didn’t stop Qin Huai, because this person is someone I know, and I don’t have a good impression of him.

In a flash, the man was in front of us, and then took off his sunglasses, revealing a pair of very haggard eyes. He looked at Qin Huai and said, “You are the child of a high-ranking official, I know you. But you are not yet a nobleman, and you don’t know that it is rude to let others see your haggard face.”

Qin Huai looked at the man in silence, then scratched his ear and said to me, “Chengyi, is this person crazy?”

I ignored Qin Huai and just looked at the person in front of me and said, “Xiao Chengqian, are you here to preach your doctrine and your theory of nobility to me again? If so, I’m not interested in listening.”

Yes, the person in front of me is Xiao Chengqian. I have crossed paths with him twice. I never thought that an unintentional action of mine would lead to my meeting him here.

Qin Huai saw that it was someone I knew, so he didn’t say anything to embarrass him. Xiao Chengqian didn’t seem to want to talk nonsense with Qin Huai either. He put his sunglasses back on and said to me, “Chen Chengyi, I have something very important to talk to you about.”

“If you want to go to a bar, I’m not interested. Besides, I’m not interested in you showing off your superiority in front of me.” I put my hands in my pockets. Indeed, I’m not in the mood to bullshit with Xiao Chengqian. Even if their organization is going against the heavens, I don’t want to care as long as they don’t bother me.

Just like my master, I don’t care about them unless they bother me.

“You’re not interested in your master’s affairs either?” Xiao Chengqian said to me.

I frowned and couldn’t help but take a step forward and say, “Do you know about my master?”

“Yes, are you interested in playing it?” Xiao Chengqian’s face was mostly hidden under his sunglasses, and I couldn’t see his expression clearly. However, when it came to my master’s affairs, it was like grasping my weak point. I almost agreed without hesitation, and I didn’t bother to see if there were any traps or dangers.

Because I had mentioned that I didn’t want to go to a bar, the place where I talked to Xiao Chengqian was a high-end hotel. He had booked a high-end suite, and Qin Huai naturally came along, but Xiao Chengqian didn’t mind.

In the spacious living room, Xiao Chengqian finally took off his sunglasses and put on a slightly more comfortable outfit. After he sat down, he picked up a bottle of foreign liquor, gulped down a few sips, and then said to me and Qin Huai, “There is wine in the wine cabinet. You can choose and drink it yourself. I won’t serve you.”

His expression was very decadent, and under the lights, his haggard face was even more unconcealable.

Qin Huai naturally went to get the wine, but I was anxious to hear news of my master and had no mood to drink. I asked directly, “Didn’t you say you had news of my master? I came with you, so can you tell me now?”

Xiao Chengqian looked at me with a meaning that was not clear, and then took another sip of wine before saying, “I’ve been waiting for you here for a long time, more than a month! I couldn’t find you, so I waited for you at your Beijing address, and I didn’t expect to wait for you.”

“Why are you waiting for me? Didn’t you want to tell me about my master?” I felt a bit confused.

“Yes, because I met your master just over a month ago. He came to the headquarters of our organization and met my grandfather. Then my grandfather and my uncles all disappeared.” Xiao Chengqian didn’t beat around the bush and said it directly to me.

I was a little overwhelmed by the news at first, took a deep breath, and asked, “Who is your grandfather?”

“You don’t know who my grandfather is?” Xiao Chengqian laughed a few times, then looked at me and said seriously, “My grandfather is Wu Liyu. Do you remember now? Our lineage originally had a pivotal position in the organization, and this time we also brought back the eggs. But as soon as your master arrived, all the mainstays of our lineage, the official heirs of my grandfather, disappeared, along with the eggs. Now, our lineage has lost its influence in the organization, and even my position is in jeopardy. Haha, your master is really something…

I sneered. It turns out that this kid is more concerned about his position. But I remembered a question and asked Xiao Chengqian, “Didn’t your family establish the organization? How could you lose power?”

This sentence seemed to have stirred up Xiao Chengqian’s thoughts. He gulped down a few more drinks and said, “At first, yes, but hundreds of years ago, there were already many other forces in the organization. This was inevitable for development. It’s just that our branch was still able to maintain its advantage. Now that everyone has left, there’s nothing left…”

I grabbed his wine and took a sip for myself. I suddenly remembered what my master had said about the stolen eggs. He said that together, they were not as strong as apart. So that’s what he meant? To go with Wu Liyu and the others from his branch?

I was very direct and said, “What clues do you have? What is the purpose of your meeting with me?”

In fact, by this time, I had already vaguely understood what Xiao Chengqian wanted from me.

“I want to cooperate with you. I have financial and material advantages that you don’t have, but your lineage also has advantages that I don’t have. At least, your lineage is better than ours in terms of inheritance, and you should know more secrets than we do. I have to find my grandfather, or my position in the organization is now in jeopardy. I need external support. Do you want to cooperate with me?” Xiao Chengqian looked at me and said.

I looked at Xiao Chengqian for a few moments and said, “To be honest, I still don’t know what kind of organization Xiao Chengqian belongs to. Our lineage has a lot of bottom lines. At least we won’t do anything that harms society, the country, or ordinary people, but they will.

I shook my head at Xiao Chengqian and said to him, “There is only one thing we can cooperate on, and that is their whereabouts. I am not interested in your organization’s affairs. I hope you don’t provoke me. Although I am not qualified to fight with you, I can still bite off two pieces of your flesh. The conditions are like this. If you agree, it’s fine. If you don’t, it’s fine too.”

Xiao Chengqian took another big sip of wine and said, “With the connections your master left behind, as long as you discover them, you are certainly qualified to fight with us. Okay, then cooperate on this matter, and you will know how important financial resources and materials are! Damn Lin Chen, I won’t let him take the throne, but I need to find my master, at least know where they are, so I have the capital, damn it!”

Xiao Chengqian was a little crazy, but I was in deep thought. After my master left, did a different future begin that belonged to me?