Chapter 1921: Chapter 1921: Seeking Immortality at Yellow Springs (2)
The robot seemed to have crashed, and after a while, it weakly said, "But you don’t have to change my owner, you’re different."
"I just purely want to replace you, that’s all."
The robot wailed, "I knew it, you just want to abandon me! You heartbreaker, how can you treat cute little me like this?"
Chuzheng kicked the robot under the sofa.
After lying there for a while, Chuzheng put away the contract and went downstairs to No. 13 Yellow Springs Road.
Xing Qiao was just about to open the door.
"Xing Qiao."
Xing Qiao retracted the card he was about to swipe and turned to look at the person who called him, his young face still cool and collected.
He heard the girl on the other side say, "From today, I am your mentor."
A trace of confusion crossed Xing Qiao’s face, "What do you mean?"
"Literally." Chuzheng folded her arms, "I will teach you everything I know, and you will take over the Wenxian Road from me and become its new master."
Xing Qiao frowned, "Why?"
"You have been chosen."
Xing Qiao: "..."
Xing Qiao still appeared very calm, which was quite different from a normal person’s reaction.
What Chuzheng said wasn’t hard to understand.
Xing Qiao understood what Chuzheng meant, but why him? He was just a newcomer to this world, hadn’t glimpsed even the tip of the iceberg, so why him?
But Chuzheng had already answered that question earlier and would not give any other reason.
So asking was futile.
"Any more questions? If not, come with me." Chuzheng turned and left.
Xing Qiao hesitated, then followed Chuzheng back to Yellow Springs Road.
"From now on, you can come and go from here freely." Chuzheng pointed to the main door, her finger brushed through the air and landed on an ornament at the counter, pressing it lightly, and the adjacent shelves moved apart.
The staircase leading downward appeared in Xing Qiao’s view.
Downstairs was not large, nor was there much there, just a few rows of bookshelves filled with books.
"You have to memorize every single book here." Leaning against the bookshelf, Chuzheng’s tone inexplicably carried a hint of schadenfreude, "Once you’ve memorized them all, I will teach you other things."
Xing Qiao’s cool face showed clear signs of cracking.
So many books... and he had to memorize them all?
"Can I refuse?"
"Yes." Chuzheng appeared easygoing, "If by the due time you haven’t received the recognition contract from me, your life will also end. If you’re not afraid of death, then feel free."
Chuzheng wasn’t lying about that.
"..."
Chuzheng patted Xing Qiao’s shoulder, "Rest assured, since you’ve been chosen, it’s clear you have the potential, memorizing this stuff won’t be too difficult, keep it up."
Chuzheng happily climbed the stairs and left.
He was soon left alone in the basement, and after a while, Xing Qiao pulled a book from the shelf.
"The Evolution of Living Beings"
"Feasibility of Genetic Modification"
"History of Unknown Creatures Volume One"
"Mystery"
"Historical Records"
Xing Qiao pulled out several books in a row, covering all genres, from science to history to theology...
There was no classification, just randomly arranged on the shelves.
The implication seemed to be ’Since you have to memorize them all anyway, classification is irrelevant’.
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Xing Qiao came up from the basement, Chuzheng was sitting with her legs crossed, eating noodles at the table, with two paper mannequins sitting beside her.
"The appearance of unknown creatures can be traced back thousands of years, and your name appears in history, guarding here all along, why do you need a new owner?"
Chuzheng turned her head to glance at Xing Qiao.
A moment later, she turned back and casually said, "I am not the owner of Wenxian Road, I only belong here."
This statement was slightly contradictory, Xing Qiao frowned slightly, and after a while, he realized, "You only belong to Yellow Springs Road?"
She had previously mentioned that he would take over Wenxian Road, without mentioning Yellow Springs Road.
"See, the chosen ones are smart. You should believe in yourself, memorize the books below first, everything you want to know is also recorded in there."
Chuzheng seemed to be in a good mood, putting down her chopsticks, leaning back slightly against the chair, "When Wenxian Road has an owner, it is managed by its owner; in the absence of an owner, I temporarily manage it. Does that make sense?"
"Then who is the owner of Wenxian Road?"
"Of course, it’s under my management," Chuzheng said, "After all, you have to call me mentor."
Thinking that she could soon stop managing all the Wenxian Road stuff, Chuzheng felt wonderful.
But facing Xing Qiao’s somewhat puzzled eyes, that bit of joy sank slightly again.
Alright.
Who knows when Xing Qiao will officially take over.
This is so hard for me.
Xing Qiao didn’t have many questions, which left Chuzheng quite satisfied. Xing Qiao seemed to have accepted his new identity and began seriously reading those books.
When Liu Zhong heard Xing Qiao call Chuzheng ’mentor’, his expression went blank for a moment, then was filled with surprise, but he asked nothing.
Including others, when they heard this title, they were curious, surprised, shocked, but no one asked a thing.
Xing Qiao thought the people here were all very strange.
And now he was one of those strange people...
After memorizing books, Xing Qiao came up, stretched his shoulders, and looked over at Chuzheng who was leaning by the counter.
"Mentor."
"Hmm?"
Xing Qiao saw the materials spread out on the counter, and the first thing he saw was a photo of his uncle.
"Why are you looking at my uncle’s data?"
"Can’t I look?"
"..." He just found it strange, didn’t say she couldn’t look.
Xing Qiao was not a talkative person, quickly left, and returned to his place.
Not long after Xing Qiao had left, he came back: "Uncle Hu said there’s a new situation at the estate."
"Unknown creatures?"
"No."
"Oh." Not my business.
"You’re not going?"
"Not going." No mood.
Xing Qiao hesitated, then went outside on his own.
As he was considering whether or not to call someone over to pick him up, he saw his mentor walking out in flip-flops, looking indifferent to everyone.
"What are you standing there for, want me to carry you?"
Xing Qiao: "..."
Didn’t she say she wasn’t going?
Why did she change her mind?
Women are really hard to understand.
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At the Xing Family Estate, there were quite a few people, even Su Tiyue was there, and when Chuzheng brought Xing Qiao over, Su Tiyue greeted them.
Chuzheng didn’t want to see him, leaving him with only a view of her back.
Su Tiyue: "..." What on earth did he do to offend her?!
Hu Shuo was directing people to set up the gaming pod, placing it next to Xing Jue.
"What’s going on?"
"Miss Chuzheng, you’re here. Young Master Xing Qiao..." After greeting Xing Qiao, Hu Shuo said with slight excitement, "The team over there cracked the key, and now we’re about to log into the game. If we can enter the game, maybe we can wake up sir."
Even though these people knew the inside story and were aware of Xing Jue’s situation, Hu Shuo was still uneasy, which is why he wanted Chuzheng to come over, just in case.
Because he wasn’t sure if Chuzheng would actually come, Hu Shuo called Su Tiyue over first.
