Tomb Raider: The Fox's Ways to Seducing the Kirin

"stop!"

An old voice came from outside the door, interrupting Huo Sanniang's actions.

Cheng Ji sat there quietly without moving, but the familiar voice made Huo Sanniang tremble. Out of awe for the visitor from the bottom of her heart, she almost instantly took off the dagger from the boy's neck and saluted the visitor politely.

The visitor did not look at Huo Sanniang, but immediately apologized to Cheng Ji who was sitting in his original seat, "I am sorry for not welcoming you, Mr. Cheng."

Cheng Ji looked at the former head of the Huo family, who had gray hair, and stood up to show respect and extended his hand to shake hands with the visitor. He smiled and said, "Mrs. Huo, what are you talking about? I came to visit you suddenly today. I am very grateful that you can come here despite your busy schedule."

"I have read the letter that Mr. Cheng gave me. I don't know how to thank you for the righteousness expressed in the letter." Old Mrs. Huo bowed deeply to Cheng Ji on her crutches, but Cheng Ji stopped her as soon as she was about to do so.

Cheng Ji said quickly: "You are embarrassing me a little bit. What's more, you probably know what I said. I dare not stop such a great achievement."

Old Madam Huo glanced at Huo Sanniang who was standing next to her with a look of dismay: "Sanniang, I liked your seriousness from the beginning, so I let you take over the position of the head of the Huo family. But how are you leading the Huo family? You want to bring the Huo family down!"

"From today on, you are no longer the head of the Huo family. Go back and reflect on yourself. I will consider it again later. Go back."

After Huo Sanniang left, Mrs. Huo took care of her household affairs and sat back in the main seat. Cheng Ji then brought up the main topic of his visit: "I came here this time to make a deal with you. What do you think...?"

Mrs. Huo had just heard something about the purpose of Cheng Ji's visit. She waved her hand, dismissed all the servants at the door, and closed the door before she said, "Young Master, please speak frankly."

Seeing that Huo was a straightforward person, Cheng Ji stopped beating around the bush and continued, "You should also know the current situation of the Nine Gates. That family reached out to us long before the Nine Gates were unified, but the action was not very obvious, so you didn't notice it."

"But since Zhang Qishan started the plan and sent the students from the Nine-door Genius Class there, Changsha has had many more spies for no reason, putting the entire Changsha under their surveillance. Lu Jianxun is just one of them, a pawn used to test Zhang Qishan."

Mrs. Huo heard what Cheng Ji said and shook her head slightly: "I am different from them. I know very well who is behind this. I have known it from the beginning. I have my own ways and channels. This is why I choose to believe you. Child, I know much more than you think I know."

"I want all the plans and drawings of Zhang Qishan's final plan for Gutongjing." Upon hearing this, Cheng Ji stopped beating around the bush and spoke directly.

Mrs. Huo put down the jade bracelet she had been fiddling with, raised her head and looked at the boy who was standing aside with a normal expression, as if he was talking about a trivial matter. She hesitated and asked, "Do you want the Huo family to betray the Nine Gates and become the target of public criticism?"

Cheng Ji shook his head and said softly, "If I tell you that Zhang Qishan didn't go there for any treasures when he was researching Gutongjing from the beginning, and that he won't be able to take any treasures out of it in the end, and that everyone who goes in except Zhang Qishan will die in it, would you believe it?"

"You know what's underneath." Old Mrs. Huo revealed the truth.

"Wang Zanghai's memory."

Hearing this, Mrs. Huo's eyes changed again: "Are you sure?"

Cheng Ji didn't care whether Mrs. Huo would be interested in that thing. A smart person would naturally make the right choice. The young man put down the teacup in his hand and chuckled, "Why would I lie to you? A stray dog ​​with mixed blood and driven out of the family listened to the lies of outsiders and decided to find a way to immortality from a person who pursued immortality but had been dead for hundreds of years. Do you think this is ridiculous enough?"

Mrs. Huo thought for a long time in silence, then said, "If I help you, what can our Huo family get?"

Cheng Ji was not surprised at all by Mrs. Huo's relenting. After Mrs. Huo finished speaking, he said slowly, "I will protect the lives of the children who left your Huo family, but you need to solve their identities after they come back. I can also help you remove all the eyes in your Huo family now."

Seeing that Mrs. Huo was about to give in, Cheng Ji continued, "In the future, one of your direct descendants will be sacrificed in the Nine Gates Operation. I can protect her life."

"Okay, I promise you." Old Mrs. Huo had heard a little about the abilities of the Cheng family, so she naturally took his subsequent words as what he had learned from fortune-telling, without any doubt.

Pulling his thoughts back from memories to reality, Cheng Ji relaxed for a while before taking out several drawings and plans from the envelope. After taking a quick look at them, he handed them to Zhang Qiling.

Zhang Qiling saw the map-like papers handed to him and was slightly startled before taking them: "This...map."

Cheng Ji had no idea for a moment, he just wanted Zhang Qiling to see if there were any records or memories about this place.

As expected, Big Brother Zhang never disappoints. Zhang Qiling just took a quick look and locked onto the two rooms inside.

"The Zhang family has records of this place."

Cheng Ji's eyes lit up when he heard this, but soon a trace of suspicion emerged: "Is this true? If your Zhang family has records of Gutongjing, why did those idiots mess it up like this?"

Zhang Qiling shook his head helplessly, refolded the blueprint in his hand, handed it back to the boy, and then continued: "The Zhang family is very arrogant. They don't believe that an ant can bring down an elephant."

When Cheng Ji heard Zhang Qiling's words, he didn't know why, but they touched his funny bone and he burst out laughing.

Seeing Zhang Qiling's doubtful expression, Cheng Ji said something that he had suddenly thought of during those years in the turbulent flow of time and space: "I once thought that if I were a member of the Zhang family, I would definitely be more proud than the people in your family. I would even kick a passing dog and tell it, 'I am the best.'"

Zhang Qiling heard Cheng Ji's long-lost nonsense: "..."