"Is that friend of mine still around?"
Kou Ying shook his head. "Senior Ying Shi passed away many years ago. The one who found me was his daughter, Director Yingcao."
"I see." Kou Cheqie'er sighed. "I was right about him. He was someone worth trusting."
Kou Ying asked in confusion, "You knew Ying Shi was an ordinary person. Why did you entrust this to him?"
As far as he knew, Director Yingcao was an ordinary person, and her father had been an ordinary researcher too.
After Kou Cheqie'er died, Ying Shi had spent his entire life searching for the so-called legacy, following the clues Kou Cheqie'er had left him. When his life reached its end, he had handed his unfinished task to his daughter.
Yingcao had followed her father's path and continued the search, going from a radiant young woman to a decrepit old woman before finally finding him.
"Because he was Ying Shi."
Kou Cheqie'er raised his head, recalling the past.
"He liked petty bargains, wasn't much of a smooth talker, and was pretty stubborn too. He liked complaining to me about his teacher behind his back. What he hated most was being asked by his teacher, 'Do you have any ideas?'
"I offered to step in and help him, but he turned me down every time. When he learned who I was, he was so nervous his palms sweated, but he was someone who took his promises very seriously.
"There was no one more suitable than him. No one."
Kou Cheqie'er sighed with feeling. "The situation was urgent then. I didn't have more time to figure out who the Fallen Evil Dragon was. After all, they were all people I'd fought alongside. No matter how I thought about it, I couldn't bring myself to suspect them.
"Only Ying