Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

After Xie Yuchen received the news that Wu Xie had a falling out with his third uncle, he rushed to Hangzhou to have a falling out with his second uncle. After that, he has been hiding in the Wu family in Hangzhou and has not come out. It has always been Fatty Wang who shows up to purchase daily necessities.

"You mean, you saw Wu Xie leave the Wu family's back door alone, and then enter the Wu family's back door again the next day?"

Xie Yuchen was standing in the study practicing calligraphy. After receiving the report from the black shadow, a drop of ink fell on the rice paper, "What a pity for this calligraphy!"

The black shadow took the piece of rice paper ruined by ink that Xie Yuchen handed over, folded it, and stuffed it into his arms.

"I have sent people to surround the Wu family inside and out. As long as they make any movement, I will get the news immediately. And we will rotate the guards every once in a while to prevent the same face from appearing there for a long time, in case someone notices something."

"well-done!"

"However, there is one thing that is rather strange! Wu Xie has been gone for such a long time, why is Fatty Wang silent?"

"You said it yourself, Fatty Wang didn't make any noise, so do you think the Wu Xie who left through the back door was really Wu Xie?"

Xie Yuchen stopped writing and looked at the finished typing, pinching the two corners to admire it.

"But our people have been monitoring them from morning to night. How did they find a man who looks exactly like Wu Xie right under our noses and in such a short time? Even his movements and habits are the same?" The black shadow asked Xie Yuchen puzzledly.

"The Wu family is the local boss of Hangzhou, and they are also very wealthy. They must have a basement or something. Since they have a basement, can't they have another entrance and exit?"

Xie Yuchen waited for the ink to dry before setting it aside and grinding the inkstone again. "What Wu Erbai lacks the most is patience. He is like a poisonous snake in the dark, biting you out of the blue."

"But, haven't Wu Xie and Wu Erbai already?"

"Do you really believe that Wu Xie would break up with his second uncle?" Xie Yuchen raised his head slightly and glanced at the black shadow standing beside him. "It's just a show for everyone to see! Wu Xie has no one behind him now. Apart from relying on his family, he has no ability to turn things around for their Wu family."

"Young Master, are you saying that the scene between Wu Xie and Wu Erbai was a show for all of us to see? Was it just for the dark vein in Wu Erbai's hand?"

"The Wu family's old house can be regarded as Wu Xie's base camp. No one is more familiar with the house than Wu Xie. Only if Wu Xie can calm down and cooperate with the connections that Wu Erbai has secretly cultivated, he can naturally get out of it unscathed and even pull the Wu family out of the quagmire. But what a pity!"

The shadow didn't understand why the young master sighed.

"You don't understand why I sigh?"

The black shadow hesitated, nodded, and then shook his head.

"Unfortunately, his every move is under our surveillance, and Pangu's people will not let the Wu family rise again. After the Wang family fell, they realized that they had been fooled by the Wu family for so many years. How could Pangu's people swallow this?"

"Pangu has always been vindictive, so how could he swallow such a big breath? The downfall of the Wang family was not only due to us, but also the result of the Wu family taking advantage of the situation. Therefore, the Wu family will definitely not rise again, and even if they do, they will only be struggling on the line of food and clothing. Wanting to be as rich and powerful as before can only be said to be daydreaming." The black shadow heard Xie Yuchen's hint and immediately figured out the key.

"Besides, who knows if the person staying at the Wu family now is the real Wu Xie? According to the information my father and his friends found, there is a laboratory under the Wu family's old house. They didn't tell me what's inside, but it shouldn't be a small matter. And later, when they looked at Wu Xie, the pity in their eyes disappeared quickly, but I still caught it."

Xie Yuchen took the teacup handed over by the black shadow and took a sip, then continued, "I guess it has something to do with Qi Yu. How difficult is it to artificially create an identical person? Just talking about the human skeleton, no two are exactly the same, unless..."

There was a gleam of light in Xie Yuchen's eyes, and he couldn't help but panic for a moment. Then he shook his head, thinking that it was impossible. After all, Wu Xie was the only child of their Wu family, and they couldn't give him up to an enemy!

"Unless someone surgically grinds another person's skeleton to be exactly the same, it is impossible for two skeletons to be exactly the same."

The black shadow couldn't help but feel frightened. He felt that if the Wu family was really found out to have done such a thing, they would probably have no chance of survival.

"You can change your appearance, but it's not so easy to change your bones. If you're not careful, you'll end up dead!"

After hearing what Xie Yuchen said, he felt that the Wu family might really do this, but they would definitely not use their only child for the experiment, so they would definitely implement their plan after the most precise calculations.

"Xuan Ming, I want you to do a test on Wu Xie and his parents. I suspect that the Wu Xie who was spoiled by the Wu family now is not the real Wu Xie! I'm afraid that the real Wu Xie was sent out of the Wu family a long time ago, and an unknown baby was brought from somewhere to have bone surgery done on him, and he was given the name Wu Xie."

Xie Yuchen asked the black shadow to come closer to his ear, whispered a few words in his ear, and then let the black shadow leave.

"I hope this is all my illusion!" Xie Yuchen opened the window and looked at the sun above his head. The sunlight felt warm on his body, but his heart was cold.

In the basement of Wu's house, the endless darkness seemed to swallow up all the light. However, in an inconspicuous corner, there was a candle as faint as a red bean burning tenaciously. The warm yellow light it emitted could only illuminate a small limited space around it.

The light gently fell on a fresh and beautiful face. It was Wu Xie. At this moment, he was holding a candlestick and carefully flipping through the book in his hand. This book seemed to carry countless secrets and knowledge, and each page was densely recorded with various information.

Wu Xie had a blank expression on his face, his eyes focused and empty, as he mechanically flipped through the pages. He seemed to be immersed in another world, oblivious to everything around him. As time passed, the flame on the candlestick became dimmer and dimmer, as if it would go out completely at any moment.

Suddenly, a cool breeze blew past quietly, ruthlessly blowing out the remaining candlelight. In an instant, the entire basement was shrouded in darkness again.

At this moment, there was a creaking sound, and the heavy stone door was slowly pushed open. Fatty Wang's tall figure gradually emerged from the light coming in from outside the door. He walked into the basement and saw Wu Xie, who had a haggard face and bloodshot eyes.

"Wu Xie, you've been here for a long time. Come out and eat something!" Fatty Wang said as he walked to Wu Xie and looked at him with concern.

Wu Xie seemed to have not heard what Fatty Wang said at all. He still sat there blankly, staring at the books on the table that were blown by the wind. After a long time, he raised his head as if waking up from a dream, staring at the ceiling with his lifeless eyes, muttering to himself: "Fatty, who... who am I?"

"I... I don't even know who I am! I am not the so-called Wu Xie at all! I am just a container, a container called Wu Xie! A chess piece that can be replaced at any time to help them out of trouble! And an impostor who bears the disaster on behalf of the real Wu Xie!" Wu Xie shouted excitedly, his face full of despair and pain that seemed to tear the air around him apart.

Seeing this, Fatty Wang on the side stepped forward hurriedly, grabbed Wu Xie's shoulders tightly, shook him vigorously and said: "Wu Xie, don't be so stubborn! No matter what you were like before. I, Fatty Wang, know it very clearly in my heart that you are my good brother, and you are the real Wu Xie! This will never change!" After saying that, Fatty Wang patted his thick chest hard to make a solemn promise to Wu Xie.

Hearing this, Wu Xie's eyes, which had been empty and lifeless like a pool of stagnant water, suddenly seemed to be injected with vitality when he looked at Fatty Wang, and he came back to his senses.

He stared at the close friend who had always been with him, his eyes gradually moistened, and he said with a slightly choked voice: "Fatty Wang, I, Wu Xie, am so lucky to have a true friend like you in my life. Even if I die right now, I feel that my life is worth living!"

At this time, Fatty Wang chuckled, rubbed his head with his hand, and said in a relaxed manner: "Okay, okay! We have been staring at each other and chattering here for a long time, and look how fast time has passed! I have prepared the food for a long time, and it will be completely cold if you don't eat it! Come on, come with me to fill your stomach! In this big world, nothing can be more important than having a full meal!" Before he finished speaking, Fatty Wang strode to Wu Xie's side, stretched out his palm as broad as a palm-leaf fan, and patted Wu Xie's back heavily, then took him into his arms, and walked quickly towards the door with him.