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At the temporary parking spaces outside the residential complex.
Jiang Fu frowned at the man getting out of the car.
"Why is it you?"
Shen Yan carried a huge box over two meters across.
He could clearly sense the displeasure in Jiang Fu's eyes and gave an awkward laugh.
"I happened to be passing by, so I thought I'd pick up your package."
"Are you in a bad mood, Classmate Jiang?"
Jiang Fu curled his lip and said nothing.
Instead, he looked at the man making a phone call across the street from the complex.
The man looked about thirty, dressed in a royal blue suit with a briefcase in his hand.
His hair was clearly waxed, every strand meticulously arranged.
Shen Yan noticed the man too.
Something about his outfit seemed oddly familiar.
Wait!
Wasn't that exactly what I wore when I received Classmate Shi yesterday?
Pretty tasteful, actually.
Shen Yan instinctively asked, "Do you know him?"
Jiang Fu curled his lip. "Insurance salesman."
Shen Yan: "..."
An insurance salesman?
Shen Yan's expression stiffened.
No wonder the people at the Martial Artist Guild looked at me like that yesterday.
I'm throwing that damned suit away as soon as I get back!
Meanwhile.
Although the man in the suit was on the phone, he wasn't speaking.
His phone had clearly been specially modified.
Even Jiang Fu's spirit power couldn't pick up what was being said on the other end.
He was already quietly on his guard.
This man looked familiar. He must have seen him before.
But he hadn't left much of an impression.
I'll look through the video I took at the hospital this morning when I get back.
"Let's go."
With that thought, Jiang Fu turned and walked into the complex.
Shen Yan hurried after him, carrying the box.
In truth.
Shen Yan still harbored a little reluctance to give up, along with a sliver of hope.
What if?
This was a genius psychic master whose initial spirit power had reached 1,000.
He stood a very good chance of condensing psychokinesis and becoming transcendent in the future.
He had to at least try to recruit a genius like this.
Otherwise, he would never quite be able to let it go.
As for what had happened last night...
A coincidence!
Definitely a coincidence!
Given that Little Ancestor's status and strength.
Even the head of the Bin City Martial Artist Guild would have to bow and scrape before her.
How could she possibly take an interest in a minor martial artist like Jiang Fu?
The potential to become transcendent?
Even an actual transcendent might not catch her eye.
That Little Ancestor should have left by now.
Shen Yan thought he finally understood where Jiang Fu's displeasure and resentment came from.
He couldn't help sighing.
He gently patted Jiang Fu's shoulder.
Jiang Fu was thinking about the man in the suit.
When Shen Yan suddenly patted his shoulder.
He instinctively turned to look.
And met Shen Yan's deeply sympathetic gaze.
Jiang Fu was about to ask.
But Shen Yan cut him off.
Speaking like someone who had been through it all, he said, "I know you're hurting and feeling lost right now, but don't lose heart just yet."
"Take some advice from your big brother. Some people are beyond the reach of people in our position."
"They're like the stars above. Their light falls to earth, making you feel as though she's close to you."
"But the stars are still in the sky, beyond the reach of mortals like us."
"So you should give up those unrealistic ideas and stop chasing impossible dreams."
"The starlight has left, but you're still young. You have a long road ahead..."
Shen Yan spoke earnestly, painstakingly trying to persuade him.
Jiang Fu looked baffled.
He couldn't understand a word of what Shen Yan was muttering.
Hurting?
Lost?
Starlight?
Left?
What was any of this supposed to mean?
Meeting Shen Yan's gaze.
Jiang Fu felt that Supervisor Shen wasn't just getting creepier; there was something wrong with his head too.
Better not let him inside.
We'll count everything in the yard.
Jiang Fu said nothing and continued walking.
Soon, they arrived back at Villa 666.
Jiang Fu used his spirit power to move the neatly arranged combat uniforms into the yard.
"Just count and sort everything here."
Shen Yan didn't take offense.
Instead, he headed inside as though he owned the place.
"Aren't you going to invite me in for a bit? I'm a supervisor at the Martial Artist Guild, you know."
"What, are you hiding a little girlfriend in there?"
At those words.
Jiang Fu inexplicably felt a pang of guilt.
Shen Yan laughed. "I'm not some stranger. What are you afraid of?"
"Come on, let's talk inside."
Shen Yan hadn't come in person just to collect a few combat uniforms.
If he didn't go inside.
How could he sit down, discuss terms, and persuade Jiang Fu to join the Martial Artist Guild?
Jiang Fu rolled his eyes.
He quickly followed.
The moment Shen Yan entered the living room.
He saw a girl curled up on the sofa, looking down at her phone.
She was wearing fluffy black-and-white panda pajamas.
The panda hood was pulled over her head, and she wore matching fluffy panda slippers.
He had to admit, she looked pretty cute.
Shen Yan couldn't help laughing. "So you really do have a little girlfriend at home!"
He casually greeted the girl on the sofa.
"You must be my younger sister-in-law."
"I'm Classmate Jiang's big brother... Uhhh!!!"
The next instant.
Shen Yan froze completely.
Like a duck seized by the throat.
He stood rooted to the spot, making strangled sounds for ages without managing to finish his sentence.
The girl had already raised her head.
Revealing a face that was bare of makeup yet outrageously beautiful.
Shi Jiu sounded puzzled. "Supervisor Shen, since when were you Jiang Fu's big brother?"
Shen Yan snapped out of it.
He stumbled several steps backward. "Y-you-you... h-he-he-he..."
Why was this Little Ancestor here?!
And wearing such... ridiculously cute clothes?!
For a moment.
Shen Yan's brain stalled.
The scene before him.
Was even more outrageous than Jiang Fu carrying Shi Jiu through the streets yesterday!
If last night could be explained as the result of various circumstances coming together.
Then this scene... completely shattered everything he knew about her!
Jiang Fu unobtrusively stepped in front of Shi Jiu.
Blocking Shen Yan's view.
Then, with a flick of his spirit power.
He tossed the box beside Shen Yan outside.
Jiang Fu said expressionlessly, "Your stuff's outside. Count and check it yourself."
Shi Jiu looked away.
She lowered her head and went back to her game.
Shen Yan swallowed and asked cautiously, "Classmate Shi, why are you at Classmate Jiang's house?"
Shi Jiu remained curled up on the sofa without even raising her eyes.
"What about you? Since when were you Jiang Fu's big brother?"
Shen Yan: "I-I-I..."
He stammered "I" for ages without coming up with an explanation.
In the end, he could only flee in panic.
He ran out of the villa.
If he'd known the Little Ancestor was here, he never would have made this trip!
Jiang Fu was a little surprised. "He seems really afraid of you?"
Shi Jiu's eyes flickered. "Maybe he's seen me kill someone."
Jiang Fu said, "Oh," and sat down on the sofa.
"...Then next time, I'll kill someone in front of him too."
Shi Jiu: "..."
Suddenly, something occurred to Jiang Fu.
His eyes lit up. "Actually, I could do it right now!"
There was still a suspicious man in a suit outside.
Jiang Fu hurriedly took out his phone.
He brought up the video he'd recorded at the hospital that morning.
Before long, he found that figure in the footage.
The same face, the same suit and briefcase.
He was utterly inconspicuous in the vast crowd.
But his outfit was far too similar to what Shen Yan had worn yesterday.
Jiang Fu couldn't help taking a few more looks.
The man left a faint impression on him.
Besides,
if he hadn't shown up at the entrance to the residential complex just then,
even Jiang Fu wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong with him.
Jiang Fu muttered, "Now that's a real Sixth Brother. Looks like I still have a lot to learn."
Shi Jiu slid along the soft back of the Sofa and onto Jiang Fu's shoulder.
She looked at the phone in front of him.
Frowning, she asked, "Is he with the people who tried to kill you before?"
Back in the Wilderness Area,
Jiang Fu had mentioned them in passing.
Shi Jiu had guessed a few things even then.
Jiang Fu steadied Shi Jiu.
"I'm going out to bring him back."
Then he would kill the man right in front of Shen Yan!
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