The Chairman, wearing a silver mask, silently gazed at Zhang Yuanqing, his eyes beneath the mask as deep and unfathomable as pools.
Zhang Yuanqing met his gaze without changing expression.
A long silence descended upon the room. Neither of them spoke. The clamor and honking of cars from outside occasionally drifted in. The two of them stared at each other in silence.
Suddenly, the Chairman chuckled softly, "How could you think I'm your uncle, even though he is outstanding?
Only a disgrace to the family would say something so shamelessly!"
Zhang Yuanqing rolled his eyes, "That day you asked me to meet you at my grandmother's house, I became a little suspicious afterward. Zhang Tianshi is wary of even the members of the Free Federation, and didn't reveal his real-world identity, yet you knew everything about his wife and children, knew where his mother-in-law's house was. That's not reasonable. Why would he trust you? But if you were his brother-in-law, it makes sense."
The Chairman retorted, "Foolish, have you forgotten Song Hai's Gouzi?"
Zhang Yuanqing said:
"Indeed, you might know Zhang Tianshi's identity for other reasons, just like Gouzi. But what about my mom?
"Chen Shu, such an opinionated and arrogant woman, took my dad's doppelganger and ran abroad to work for you? What reason would she have to trust you unconditionally? And the Jishi Society, which you painstakingly built, you entrusted it to an ordinary woman to manage. During the battle for the Light Compass, you emptied your coffers and finally snatched the core fragment, only to hand it over to my dad.
"I don't believe there's no special relationship between you." This time, the Chairman didn't retort, and said, "Continue." A stay://boquge
"I was incredibly puzzled a long time ago, why did Little Doubi like stealing your wallet so much? He has treasure hunting abilities. At first, I thought he was after the money. At that time, I hadn't been a Wayfarer for long, and didn't understand the treasure hunting mechanism very well. Later, I realized that he's not sensitive to money, but sensitive to items of destiny."
"You revealed far more than that. The Chairman of the Merchant's Guild is a Hua countryman. I remember when you were young, Uncle, you dreamed of roaming the world with a sword, and ran away from home for a few years. You never mentioned your experiences during that time. You sent the precious Perfect Human Skin to me through Mr. Bill. You want to support me to become the Lord of the Sun. Besides considering me as your successor, I can't think of anyone else who would favor me so much. During my time in Newy County, although you concealed it somewhat, the personality you showed was too much like the family disgrace, even your fashion sense was so similar."
Zhang Yuanqing poured out all the words that had been bottled up in his heart for a long time. "When I was a child, the whole family thought it was strange. How could Aunt, such a shrewd woman, have fallen for a family disgrace like you, and even put up with Grandma'såéŸ, can't be because you were a half-baked rap, can be?"
The Chairman said unhappily, "Don't talk about your uncle like that. I believe your uncle is an excellent rap."
"Whatever kind of rap doesn't matter, I have an important piece of ironclad evidence." Zhang Yuanqing hummed, "After realizing that you might be the family disgrace, I finally remembered why Diana looked familiar. When I was squatting near the red-light district with Bing Ge when I was little, I saw her. I personally saw her greeting you into a hair salon. Hmph, I'm going to tell Aunt."
"Okay, you win. I'm not acting anymore." The Chairman surrendered, "Yuanzi, Diana and I are innocent. She was a dispatched member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs back then, came to Hua country to collect intelligence, just like Annie. I saved her twice during my travels abroad. After she came to Hua country, she contacted me, and it was also through her relationship that I became more and more involved with the Venus Association, and finally reached an alliance."
As he spoke, he took off his mask, revealing a face that was handsome with a touch of flirtatiousness, and fine crow's feet at the corners of his eyes.
It was indeed the family disgrace, Uncle.
Uncle held out his hand to him, and Zhang Yuanqing responded by extending his hand. The uncle and nephew bumped shoulders, reaching a consensus.
During this time in Newy County, as he interacted more and more with the Chairman, Zhang Yuanqing deduced his identity.
In fact, Uncle didn't deliberately hide it too much, and had been hinting at it to him, such as clothes with the same taste, such as the day he asked him to meet at home, such as indulging Little Doubi to steal wallets.
These were all signals given by Uncle. Otherwise, with the identity and abilities of a Void Demi-God, Little Doubi wouldn't have been able to steal his wallet at all. His behavior and dress style could have been flawless. But Uncle didn't say it explicitly, so Zhang Yuanqing pretended not to know. After all, he was still a Saint back then, and Uncle hid a lot from him. In the past, he could explain it by saying that his level was too low. Now that he had become a Sovereign, he was qualified to participate in higher-level games, and Uncle had no reason to hide it from him anymore.
So Zhang Yuanqing didn't want to pretend anymore, and chose to reveal his hand.
Uncle leaned back on the sofa, crossed his legs, and conjured a goblet from the void, saying:
"You should have guessed the Palace Master's identity too, right."
Zhang Yuanqing rolled his eyes, "Jiang Yu'er, I've known it's her for a long time."
Little Aunt revealed it even earlier, Little Doubi stole her underwear, liked
Hugging her calf, the Palace Master's unreasonable favor towards him, and many coincidences in the details, and so on.
Zhang Yuanqing suspected that the Palace Master was Little Aunt during the Little Red Riding Hood incident, but he was still a newbie at that time, and didn't know that the Musician class could create physical clones. When he saw the Palace Master and Little Aunt appear at the same time, he was fooled.
"Actually, after guessing Little Aunt's identity, I suspected you even more. Little Aunt used teleportation items more than once, and they were teleportation items that could be used repeatedly. There's no intersection between the Palace Master of the Stop Killing Palace and the Chairman of the Merchant's Guild, but Jiang Yu'er and the family disgrace are siblings. Little Doubi is also evidence that exposes you two. How could a little infant spirit be compatible with the treasure hunting skills of the Void class?" Zhang Yuanqing spoke eloquently.
Uncle immediately rapped, "Stupid Yuanzi, don't underestimate that child, he is the great brother-in-law, a cub given to you."
Single rhyme for half a lifetime, when did you learn double rhyme? While Zhang Yuanqing complained about the brother-in-law, he asked:
"Wasn't it Little Aunt who gave it?"
"Wasn't it Little Aunt who gave it?"
"It can also be considered that she gave it. That child had a difficult birth and died early. Yu'er discovered that he was full of spiritual power and was very suitable to be a spirit servant. She couldn't bear to let him dissipate like this, so she asked me to give him characteristics, and then brought him home as a gift for you becoming a Night Wanderer."
Damn, you two were acting on me from the beginning! Zhang Yuanqing muttered in his heart, and then asked, "Does Grandma know Little Aunt's background?"
"Of course she knows. Yu'er wasn't cut out of her belly. How could she not know? However, when Zhang Tianshi fostered her at your grandma's house back then, he only said that she was a friend's child, whose parents died in a car accident and had no relatives at home. Your grandparents aren't Wayfarers, so he didn't mention the Chu family." Uncle replied.
"No wonder, no wonder Grandma kept forcing Little Aunt to go on blind dates, because she knew that Little Aunt wasn't 25 years old, but a 27-year-old girl." Zhang Yuanqing suddenly realized.
The ages of the Palace Master and Little Aunt didn't match, and Zhang Yuanqing was puzzled by this at the beginning.
Now that I think about it, in order to cover up her identity, Little Aunt's age was lowered, but Grandma knew her real age, so she was so anxious to marry off her daughter.
Not having a boyfriend at 27 is quite shocking even in a big city like Song Hai.
In addition, when the Xiahou family came to Song Hai to retaliate against the Palace Master, they once used the relationship of the Public Security Bureau to investigate the household registrations of women of matching age in Song Hai.
They didn't find the Palace Master.
Now that I think about it, it's right that they couldn't find her. Grandpa was the former captain of the Public Security Team, wouldn't it be easy to modify the household registration?
"Actually, your mom wanted to raise Yu'er as a future daughter-in-law, and brainwashed her every day, saying that if she gave birth to a son, she would let her marry you, so that they would be a real family. Yu'er fell for this, because she lost her family at a young age and craved kinship." Uncle tsked:
"But your dad died young, and she had to go abroad, so Yu'er stayed at your grandma's house. Your grandma raised her for more than twenty years, and treated her as her own daughter. How could her own daughter be with her grandson, how could she not feel uncomfortable, so she was particularly wary. Whenever she saw Yu'er being close to you, she would get angry."
I suddenly understand why Chen Shu unreasonably disliked Guan Ya! Zhang Yuanqing thought.
At the same time, I also understand why Grandma was so delighted after she knew he had a girlfriend, and even encouraged him to live together.
"Chen Shu went abroad with Zhang Tianshi's doppelganger back then, right, Uncle, do you know where Chu Shang and Master Wuhen's doppelgangers are?" Zhang Yuanqing asked with anticipation.
The Free Federation's quartet entered the dungeon with the determination to die, wanting to unlock the secrets of the Spirit Realm. They all left behind doppelgangers in reality. Once they died, the Chu family could use the Womb of the Mother Goddess to resurrect them.
Now, except for Zhang Tianshi's doppelganger being taken abroad by Chen Shu, the whereabouts of Chu Shang and Master Wuhen's doppelgangers are unknown. The former died twenty years ago, and the latter died this year.
"I don't know, I'm not very familiar with them." Uncle said unhappily, and then changed the subject, "But your dad definitely knows. As long as your dad is resurrected, Chu Shang and Zhang Tianshi can be resurrected. But the Mother
The Womb is in the Army of the Divine Mother. It's almost impossible to resurrect your dad."
"Wouldn't it be fine to find the Devil's Eye?" Zhang Yuanqing said matter-of-factly
Uncle shook his head slightly:
"Zhang Tianshi is a Peak Sovereign. As long as he is resurrected in the Northwest, Shura will instantly sense it. You were able to resurrect successfully last time because you were like an ant in Shura's eyes. When you are sleeping, would you care if an ant crawled past you?"
Although it was a bit hurtful to his self-esteem, Zhang Yuanqing couldn't refute it. "Then we can only find another opportunity. Perhaps we can let the Devil's Eye Heavenly King steal the Womb of the Mother Goddess. We can discuss this later. By the way, what about my cousin?"
When he asked this question, his face was full of expectation.
"He's the successor to your grandpa's mantle, not mine." Uncle shrugged. "Yuan Jun is a useless commoner."
"You're a Demi-God, and your only child isn't a Spirit Realm Wayfarer."
"Does a Demi-God necessarily give birth to one? The Master of the Taiyi Sect has many children, but less than a tenth are Wayfarers. How many did the Demi-Gods of the Spirit Realm families, who have been breeding like studs for a hundred years, give birth to?" Uncle took a sip of red wine, and hummed:
"Besides, Yuan Jun isn't one now, maybe he will be in a few years. Didn't you only get a Character Card this year? And I went to great lengths to snatch it from the Demon Lord for you."
Zhang Yuanqing's heart stirred. "Speaking of the Demon Lord, Uncle, I was just about to tell you that the Demon Lord appeared in the Slaughter Dungeon. To be precise, it was his obsession. It was he who used my body to summon the sun, remove the Yin's concealment, and restore the moral value."
"What?!"
Uncle jumped up from the sofa, his expression more flustered than ever. "Impossible, there's no way the Demon Lord could have any remaining obsession."