Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

Wu Xie followed Fatty Wang out of the secret room, ate a hot dinner, and then locked himself in the basement again. Fatty Wang prepared and delivered three meals a day to him. However, that "Wu Xie" still left the Wu family every once in a while to attract the attention of those who were spying on Wu Xie.

After Xie Yuchen learned the news from Black Shadow, he asked Black Shadow to arrange his men to investigate what was in the laboratory underground in the Wu family. As for Wu Xie, he only monitored him as usual and did not do anything else.

Although Pangu is smart, his subordinates are not so smart. In Xie Yuchen's words, "Which page of the Classic of Mountains and Seas are you on? You are the 51st in the periodic table! You can't make it in the mythical beast circle, so you've moved to the chemistry circle?"

Xie Yuchen was sitting in his study at home, leisurely flipping through the book in his hand. At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door, and a servant came in and handed him a piece of information respectfully. This information came from his men who went to monitor the Wu family and found that Pangu also sent people to monitor the Wu family. However, Xie Yuchen's men found that Pangu's men who went to monitor the Wu family were somewhat naive, so they sorted it out and sent it to Xie Yuchen.

Every few days, Xie Yuchen would receive similar reports, which recorded in detail the ridiculous "operations" performed by his subordinates while performing their tasks.

It turned out that for some reason, these people who were sent out kept a close eye on the Wu family from morning to night, and they neither changed their people nor their clothes, completely disregarding whether their identities would be exposed.

What's even more outrageous is that one time they were even discovered to be behaving abnormally by a street snack stall owner, who called the police without saying a word and sent them to the government for disrupting market order.

Every time Xie Yuchen finished reading the news, he would shake his head helplessly, and then carefully sort out all the information. In the evening, he would tell his father in another world through the crystal in his room, and tell him everything.

On this day, when Xie Yuchen finished speaking as usual, Hua Yu was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but smiled bitterly: "People in Pangu really have a kind of beauty that is missing the brain stem! How can people not find it ridiculous and infuriating to act like this?"

While the father and son were talking, Xie Yuchen suddenly remembered something. He asked with some confusion: "Dad, what is Yuanbao busy with recently? I seem to have not seen him for a long time, and it seems that he has never contacted me." His words revealed his concern and longing for his younger brother.

"Yuanbao went to look for Yuanzheng. He was worried that Yuanzheng would feel lonely staying there alone during the New Year." Hua Yu sighed softly, her words full of concern for Yuanzheng.

"Oh, so that's how it is! Oh, then I must have completely forgotten about preparing the New Year's gift for the expedition?" Xie Yuchen slapped his head, a look of annoyance on his face. After being reminded by others, he suddenly realized that he had neglected such an important matter.

At this time, Xie Yuchen was filled with regret, thinking to himself: How could I forget about preparing red envelopes and gifts for Yuanzheng during the Chinese New Year? He is also my beloved younger brother! Thinking of this, Xie Yuchen couldn't help but frown and fell into deep self-blame.

Seeing this, Hua Yu on the other side of the water mirror hurriedly said to comfort her, "Don't worry, little Hua! I have already prepared it for you in advance. You can prepare an extra generous gift to send over in a few days. Yuan Zheng is a kind and soft-hearted child, and he will definitely not care too much about these things with you."

However, Xie Yuchen's mood did not completely calm down. He still said worriedly: "However, your father recently gave Yuanbao a task, and the place where the incident happened happened to be near the palace gate. I don't know if he has successfully completed the task now? If not, please don't make any mistakes..." At this point, Xie Yuchen's eyes unconsciously looked into the distance, as if he could see Yuanbao who was carrying out the task through many obstacles.

Hua Yu thought about the chat Zhang Qiling had with him last night when he was sorting out the files, and about the monster-collecting mission he had given to Yuanbao.

"What kind of mission is that?" Xie Yuchen asked curiously. He was very interested in the monster-collecting work that his brother Yuanbao was doing.

Hua Yu hesitated for a moment, then his face turned a little strange, and he slowly said: "Uh... this task is called 'The bride becomes the groom halfway'!"

Hearing this, Xie Yuchen was stunned at first, as if he was frozen in place. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. He stared at Hua Yu blankly with his eyes wide open, as if trying to understand the meaning of this sentence.

"Dad, are weddings in your place so fancy?" Xie Yuchen said, shaking his head, saying that he really couldn't understand such a strange way of expression. But then he added, "Although I don't quite understand it, I am still willing to respect everyone's unique choices and customs."

"No, the matchmaker did pick up the bride before she got into the bridal sedan, but when the groom was halfway through picking her up, it suddenly started to rain heavily. The bride-picking party waited for the rain to stop in the dilapidated temple, and the bride got off the bridal sedan. Originally, this was an unlucky thing, so the matchmaker stepped forward to stop it. Unexpectedly, a gust of wind blew over the bride's red hat, and the bride turned into the groom! And the groom was a man who had been dead for a long time!"

Hua Yu simply repeated the introduction of the task.

After Hua Yu said this, Xie Yuchen found it a little unbelievable. The bride was alive before she got on the sedan chair, and there would be no problems along the way. How come she turned into a man and a dead body after getting off the sedan chair!

By the way, after Zhuo Yichen and the others received the mission, they originally wanted to refuse it. After all, he came to the palace just to accompany his younger brother.

Zhuo Yichen found Gong Yuanzheng somewhat embarrassedly, and was hesitant about how to tell Yuanzheng that he could not spend the New Year with him.

"What's wrong, brother? Why are you so sad so early in the morning?"

Gong Yuanzheng was sitting in front of the dressing mirror, braiding her hair with small bells.

Zhuo Yichen took the braid and the small bell from Gong Yuanzheng's hand and said, "Brother Ling gave us a mission near the palace gate. But the trip back and forth plus the time spent investigating the case meant that by the time we came back, the New Year had already passed."

"So, second brother came here to apologize to me? Is it just because you can't spend the New Year with me?" Gong Yuanzheng looked at the unhappy Zhuo Yichen through the dressing mirror.

Zhuo Yichen combed Gong Yuanzheng's hair intermittently, took the small bells and jade pieces that Gong Yuanzheng had chosen, and braided them into his black hair one by one.

"We originally agreed that I would come here to spend the New Year with you. How could I go back on my word?" Zhuo Yichen lowered his head sullenly.

"Second brother! It's okay! We still have a lot of time. Even if we miss this year, we can still spend it together next year, right?" Gong Yuanzheng turned around and held Zhuo Yichen's hand.

Gong Yuanzheng suddenly looked at Zhuo Yichen with sparkling eyes, "Second brother, I have a way to celebrate the New Year with you!"

Zhuo Yichen looked at his clever brother Yuan Zheng and became more alert. "What's the solution?"

"Take me with you to collect monsters! Then we can celebrate the New Year together, right?"

Zhuo Yichen was a little hesitant. After all, Yuanzheng had no spiritual power and no means to deal with monsters. If he was entangled, he would not be able to rush to Yuanzheng's side in the first time.

Zhuo Yichen was about to say no when he saw Yuan Zheng's expectant look. He closed his eyes and made up his mind, "You can come with me, but you have to listen to me. You can't leave my side casually, and I won't allow you to act on your own! The most important thing is that I have to say hello to Master Jiao!"

Gong Yuanzheng nodded vigorously, but froze when he heard his second brother was going to talk to his eldest brother. He was not sure whether his eldest brother would agree to let him go with them to hunt monsters!