Lin Shen found it deeply strange. Why was Great God Official Shi Zhongqing taking such good care of him? Could there be some scheme waiting for him?
Lin Shen's experience told him that pies did not fall from the sky, nor was there love without cause.
A Great God Official he had met for the first time was showing him such immense goodwill for no reason. Lin Shen felt there had to be something behind it.
"Second Brother Deng, are you and Great God Official Shi Zhongqing that close?" Lin Shen could not figure out what Shi Zhongqing wanted, and assumed Shi Zhongqing had some connection with Deng Kuang.
Deng Kuang froze at that. "Wasn't it you who had connections with Shi Zhongqing? You said you had a way. I thought your way was to find Shi Zhongqing."
Deng Kuang came to his senses and felt that something was off. "You don't have any connection with Great God Official Shi Zhongqing?"
"It was my first time meeting him. Before you arrived, I didn't even know he was Great God Official Shi Zhongqing," Lin Shen said.
"Something's wrong. There's something wrong with this." Deng Kuang frowned. "When Shi Zhongqing was young, his temper was exceptionally fiery. You could say he could not tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes. Anyone who violated the Immortal Court's laws would receive the harshest punishment from him. He gave no one any face—not even his own relatives and friends. Back then, he had a nickname: the Living Yama."
"Of course, I only heard that from the older generation. By the time I was old enough to remember, Shi Zhongqing was no longer like that. He had become extremely amiable and usually did not concern himself with affairs. He muddled through everything, turning a