Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

Chi Yu completely dismissed Zhang Haike with just one sentence, "I'm only on my side."

Zhang Haike looked at Chi Yu and saw that he didn't intend to continue talking after saying this. He was silent for a moment and turned his gaze to the patriarch who was standing there in a daze.

The other party responded with a "What else don't you understand?"

Zhang Haike: “…”

So he looked at Zhang Haixiong again, hoping to get some comfort from his sister.

But he found that she was looking at him with a teasing expression on her face, and when she saw him looking at her now, she smiled as if to say, "See, what I said before."

Zhang Haike: “…………”

Alas, I am so tired.

Zhang Haike sighed in his heart for the umpteenth time today. After thinking for a while, he reminded Chi Yu, "I roughly understand your position, but the situation of the Nine Sects is complicated. You have been getting more and more involved with them over the years, so you have to be careful."

Thousands of years ago, Wang Canghai had woven a big net in order to spread the secret beyond the Zhang family's defenses. Starting from the details that they had never paid attention to, he quietly wiped out many members of the Zhang family.

The airtight defense began to show flaws, and they became increasingly overwhelmed over the years.

The Old Nine Gates is also a part of this thousand-year-long plan, or in other words, the Old Nine Gates is just a chosen carrier. If the Old Nine Gates were not there, other organizations would have emerged to replace the missing part.

It was a partial manifestation of the plan, but it was able to trap their patriarch in a vortex of conspiracy for years.

And they have only now received such news from the person involved.

If Chi Yu really did what he said, and his actions were just based on his own feelings and had nothing to do with these things, then his presence over the years must have attracted the other party's attention.

In such a situation where the enemy is hidden and we are in the light, Chi Yu's situation is also very dangerous.

Chi Yu was very familiar with this kind of complicated things. Facing Zhang Haike's reminder, he responded nonchalantly and was not worried: "I know what I am doing."

He was thinking mainly of other things—

The Qilin that the stone-faced man originally referred to was from the Zhang family, and later he said that it was suppressed by the emerging Phoenix.

Combining the information provided by Zhang Qiling and Zhang Haike, it is not difficult to find out what this phoenix refers to.

However, if the phoenix here refers to the Wang family, then what is the connection between them and the phoenix that he saw in Kangbalo’s dream before?

"Do the people of the Wang family carry totems related to the phoenix?"

Zhang Haike was stunned for a moment: "I don't know the answer to this question."

He looked at Chi Yu with a curious look, and then began to talk about a rumor: "But I once heard a story that during the Ming Dynasty, someone got a magical herb that was watered by the blood of a phoenix."

"After the man took the magic herb, strange phenomena suddenly occurred in the world. First, hundreds of birds chirped non-stop, and then the sky was filled with rosy clouds that lasted for a long time."

"The news eventually reached the ears of the emperor at the time, who was very interested and ordered someone to come and see the man. However, when the man opened the door of the house, he found that the mansion was already empty, with only a lifelike phoenix totem left."

"So what you mean is that that family is the descendants of the Wang family?" Chi Yu asked.

"Maybe it is, maybe not. Unless we see it with our own eyes, we have no way of judging the truth or falsehood of things in the past. But this story is indeed the only one I can think of for now, and it is related to what you mentioned." Zhang Haike said.

Chi Yu nodded, and was quite satisfied with the result of this conversation. He glanced at the time on the system interface, stood up, and ended this long intelligence exchange meeting.

"What happened before is written off," he said. "There won't be a next time."

Zhang Haike's tone was also firm: "There won't be a next time."

After several people talked it out on the spot, they realized there was no reason for them to stay in the lama temple any longer, so they packed up their things, said goodbye to the lamas in the temple, and quickly went down the mountain.

But just on this short journey, a small incident still happened.

A young man met Chi Yu on a narrow road in the snow. The other party did not expect to see someone here. He was stunned for a moment, then stepped aside, intending to let Chi Yu go first.

Zhang Haike came late from behind. He looked at the young man with some confusion: "Zhao Xingyang? Why are you back again?"

Zhao Xingyang scratched his head and said, "I left something in the temple, so I came back to look for it."

"What is that? Maybe we've seen it before."

"It's a special gift for my mother, wrapped in black cloth."

Zhao Xingyang recalled for a moment, but his eyes kept glancing at Chi Yu, until he slapped his head as if he finally remembered something: "Ah, I was saying I've seen you somewhere, you're that one..."

Chi Yu looked at him with a calm expression.

Zhao Xingyang took full advantage of the opportunity to meet an acquaintance and excitedly said to Chi Yu: "Have you forgotten me? We met in a Beijing hutong when you were with that friend wearing sunglasses. You were waiting for him, so we chatted for a while."

"At that time, I recommended our travel plan to you. Although you refused, since we meet here now, it can be considered as fate, right?"

"I don't think so." Chi Yu said.

Zhao Xingyang's face fell immediately: "My friend, I didn't expect you to be so blunt. It's really sad."

But he soon recovered his mood, glanced at his watch, waved to them, and left in a hurry: "My uncle and the others are still waiting for me at the foot of the mountain. I won't stay here any longer. Friends, let's talk again when we get back to Beijing. Bye!"

Zhang Haike frowned as he looked in the direction Zhao Xingyang left.

"He invited you to Medog before?"

Chi Yu nodded: "The fact that you asked this means that he was not arranged by you."

Zhang Haike laughed dryly: "Of course it wasn't arranged by us. The only person I found to help me at the time was Boss Zhao, so how could I..."

He glanced at Zhang Qiling, who looked calm, and suddenly an idea occurred to him: "This Zhao Xingyang might be a problem. Hai Xing and I will go over to check out the situation. Chi Yu, we will leave our clan leader to you!"

Chi Yu:?

Zhang Haike’s ability to act has always been no worse than anyone else. He pulled Zhang Haixing and quickly disappeared from the sight of Chi Yu and Zhang Qiling, leaving the two of them staring at each other in the spot.

Chi Yu was silent.

No, Zhang Qiling is such an adult, are you going to let him take care of a child?

And hand the person over to him?

Chi Yu chuckled in his heart, and without caring about what Zhang Qiling said, he turned around and left.

If you want to play, go play by yourself. He won't accompany you.

Zhang Qi Ling:"……"