Yet the result was obvious. Over the past few days, Chen Cheng had used magic and Battle Aura, but the system had not reacted in the slightest.
This made Chen Cheng somewhat doubt whether the omnipotent system the whole world spoke of truly existed.
Chen Cheng strolled back from the garden and happened to run into Melinda as he passed through the corridor.
"Chen Cheng, my parents will be home soon. If there's anything unpleasant, I'll apologize to you first."
Chen Cheng stepped forward and wrapped an arm around Melinda.
"How could you think that? As the saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son. Maybe our dad and mom will treat me like their own son."
For some reason, perhaps because this was an entirely new parallel world, Chen Cheng always wanted to tease Melinda. He liked seeing her face flush with embarrassment and annoyance.
"I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going to work. Once my parents are back, we can tell them about finding people. Mom might have some good connections."
These past few days, Melinda had not only consulted and hired many detective agencies to search for Melos and the others, but had also contacted the media and released many missing-person reports.
But those were all passive measures, meant to let Melos and her group contact them and reunite of their own accord once they saw the news.
As for truly tracking people down through personal information, not only was that illegal, but the only clues they had now were some verbal descriptions provided by She Li.
Chen Cheng hugged Melinda, feeling somewhat guilty at the same time for using her.
But guilt was guilt. There was no way he would give up just like that.
Chen Cheng lightly kissed Melinda on the forehead, making her