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

Xie Yuchen had long noticed that Cheng Ji seemed to have some conflicts with the Huo family, but he could not figure out the reason.

Out of respect for the two people, Xie Yuchen tactfully chose not to speak.

Huo Xiuxiu was stunned by Cheng Ji's questions and didn't know what to answer for a moment. According to common sense, most people would give her this face, but the person in front of her did not have this awareness.

Seeing that Huo Xiuxiu stopped talking, Cheng Ji retracted his gaze. It was indeed not a gentleman's behavior to keep holding on to a little girl.

Although he himself feels that he is not a gentleman.

Fortunately, Hei Xia Zi chiseled open the wall, which gave the few people some space to relax the atmosphere and drew everyone's attention over there.

Inside was actually a long-dusty laboratory with all kinds of sophisticated equipment placed inside.

But perhaps because it was sealed too hastily, the things inside were not arranged neatly. There were even some discarded papers scattered on the ground, covered tightly by dust.

Xie Yuchen stepped in carefully, bent down to pick up the papers left on the ground, and without caring about his own cleanliness, he brushed away the thick layer of dust on it with the back of his hand.

The content on the paper was something he had not expected. When he saw it for the first time, Xie Yuchen was stunned.

He didn't know much about the things above, but he had deliberately tried to find out when he was investigating Cheng Ji before, and he knew a little bit about it.

This is an experiment of Project 056, and the Huo family has been conducting it secretly using the data brought out from Gutongjing.

It’s just that for some unknown reason, this experiment was forced to be terminated a few years ago, and the Huo family sealed it up.

"Did you see it?" Cheng Ji did not go forward to see what was written on the paper that Xie Yuchen was holding. He still leaned against the wall with a calm expression and asked casually.

Xie Yuchen nodded, but did not speak.

Cheng Ji didn't need him to say anything. He asked him to come here today simply to peel off half of the mask that the Huo family had been wearing, so that he could sound a wake-up call in his heart.

"This is Gutongjing 056 Project. You should have seen it when you were investigating me. It was something that Zhang Qishan ordered to be made at that time. There is nothing important in it, but it is the subject of that research."

"These are some gadgets left by Wang Zanghai. I didn't expect that Master Huo would be so interested in them and insisted on studying them himself."

Xie Yuchen folded the paper in his hand in half, put it in his pocket, frowned and asked, "What exactly is that plan for?"

Cheng Ji chuckled and replied, "What else could it be? When people reach a certain age, they will have this kind of thought, especially when there are successful examples around them, they firmly believe that they will succeed too."

Xie Yuchen guessed something: "Eternal life?"

Cheng Ji didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

This information contained too many things for Xie Yuchen. Immortality, the Huo family actually wanted this, but immortality was not so easy to obtain.

Xie Yuchen seemed to understand why Cheng Ji called him over, but why did he call Huo Xiuxiu over as well?

This is something Xie Yuchen couldn't understand.

Perhaps Cheng Ji understood Yu Chen's doubts, so he kept smiling, took out his cell phone from his pocket, found a number on it and dialed it.

Of course I didn't forget to turn on the hands-free function.

The phone was quickly picked up. Probably knowing Cheng Ji's current movements, the person who answered the phone went straight to the point and threatened Cheng Ji without even bothering to say hello: "Cheng Ji, I'm telling you, don't touch my granddaughter, or I won't let you go."

Cheng Ji heard the familiar opening remarks of the old acquaintance in the receiver and sneered without giving any face: "You told me the same thing last time, Mrs. Huo."

She paused for a moment and imitated the tone of Huo Xiangu: "I remember you said 'Don't touch my daughter' last time. I can't understand why you think I have the time to make things unpleasant for the younger generation of your Huo family."

"you……"

Before Mrs. Huo could finish her words, Cheng Ji interrupted her and said, "I'm afraid your precious granddaughter might misunderstand. Let me explain. The last archaeological operation was done by people from the Nine Gates. It had nothing to do with me. You are blaming me without any reason. How hurtful it is, don't you think?"

"It's the same this time. This is your Huo family's territory, your own experiments, and the things that happened in your own building. Why are you blaming me again when your granddaughter comes? Well, let's end the reminiscing. Bye~"

After saying that, he hung up the phone without caring about the feelings of the person on the other end of the line.

Putting away the phone, Cheng Ji looked at Xie Yuchen with a smile and asked softly, "Do you understand this time?"

Xie Yuchen: ...I understand.

"What case is this? The corpse burning case?" Xie Yuchen quickly grasped the key point and asked.

Hei Xia Zi handed the stack of experimental materials he had just sorted out to Jie Yuchen under Cheng Ji's instruction, and answered Jie Yuchen's question: "Yes, Master Cheng found the body, but--"

Hei Xiazi's words hinted at something: "I think the Huo family is not unaware of this."

Although he didn't say a word, he almost pointed at Huo Xiangu's nose and scolded her.

When Xie Yuchen heard what Hei Xia Zi said, he was also stunned. In fact, he had always known that the Huo family had been making some small moves behind the scenes, and he also knew that Huo Xiuxiu's purpose of approaching him was three-quarters true and seven-quarters false.

But he didn't expect that the Huo family wanted so much, nor did he expect that the Huo family would not even tolerate capable people under other families.

Hei Xia Zi said it so clearly, what else could he not understand?

To put it bluntly, this corpse burning case was a trap set by the Huo family for Chen Pi. After all, Chen Pi now had the most capable people under his command among all the Nine Gates, and he was also the only old patriarch of the Nine Gates who was still alive except herself.