Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

Chi Yu and others came out of the mountains and rested for one night in a temporary camp by the lake.

When the sky in the distance turned slightly white, Xie Yuchen called two free guys and asked them to go and pick up the guys who had accidentally been separated from the main force at the beginning.

Chi Yu opened the door curtain and walked out of the tent.

He listened to Xie Yuchen instructing the waiter on some things that needed to be paid attention to, thought for a moment, walked over and asked Xie Yuchen if he had any paper and pen for writing.

Xie Yuchen nodded, subconsciously softened his tense voice, said "Yes", and directed one of the guys to get it now, then asked Chi Yu softly: "What do you want the paper and pen for?"

"You need to go pick up those two guys. I'll draw out the mechanism and the solution, which will help you reduce some of the trouble and the probability of error."

Chi Yu took the paper and pen handed to him by the waiter, casually turned the pen twice, and began to draw on it.

"If you can still mess this up even with the analysis on the blueprint, then I think there's no need for you to do this anymore."

Xie Yuchen smiled and asked him: "You are so kind to come and help me, should I thank you?"

"A simple thank you is worthless. You can thank me with something practical."

Chi Yu said, handing the annotated blueprint to Xie Yuchen, "Here are the blueprints, let them take care of themselves. If something bad can happen even with this, don't call me in. I won't save idiots."

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Xie Yuchen and Chi Yu were on the plane back to Beijing.

They parted ways with Wu Sanxing in Guilin, chatted casually for a few more minutes, and finally decided to return together.

In order to ensure the privacy of this trip, Xie Yuchen chartered an entire plane.

They were at an altitude of ten thousand meters in the stratosphere at this time. Chi Yu and Jie Yuchen were sitting opposite each other at the table in front.

The Xie family's servants sat in the back, separated by a curtain, forming two independent spaces.

Chi Yu fiddled with the jade box which had returned to his hands at some point in time.

This box, carefully carved by ancient craftsmen, exuded a warm glow in his hands and looked somewhat mysterious.

Chi Yu's fingers gently stroked the surface of the jade box, as if he was quietly feeling something. The top light from above cast a bright light, which fell right on him.

The light caused Chi Yu's thick eyelashes like crow feathers to cast a faint shadow on his face, making it impossible for Xie Yuchen to accurately capture his emotional changes at the moment from his lowered eyes.

Xie Yuchen stared at Chi Yu, trying to interpret some information from his expression and movements, but he was still unable to see what was in the other person's mind.

So he spoke in this silence and asked Chi Yu: "Aren't you going to open it?"

"If you are curious about what is recorded in the silk book inside, you shouldn't just give me the box."

"This jade box is something you originally got. It belongs to you." Xie Yuchen raised the corners of his mouth, and a gentle smile shone from it like the warm sunshine of spring.

He winked at Chi Yu.

"Instead of waiting for you to suddenly mention this to me someday, why not take the initiative now and return it to its original owner, right?"

Hearing this, Chi Yu stopped playing with it.

He pondered for a moment, and pressed the jade box lightly with his slender fingers. With a few mechanical sounds, Chi Yu placed it on the table and pushed it to Li Yuchen.

"Since you want to know, then take a look." Chi Yu said, "I guess if you can't figure out why Jie Lianhuan wants to get this scroll, then you will keep thinking about it after you go back."

Xie Yuchen opened the jade box and took out the silk book. He spread the silk book flat on the table, revealing a large area of ​​pictures and texts.

Chi Yu actually didn't care about the contents recorded in the silk book.

So he did not look at the silk book carefully like Xie Yuchen did. Instead, he propped his elbows on the table, supported his face with one hand, and looked at Xie Yuchen with his head tilted.

Chi Yu could see that Xie Yuchen was now undergoing a process of self-reorganization.

After this commission, he shattered those parts of his past self that Chi Yu had never understood with his own hands, and pieced together a brand new Xie Yuchen in this pain.

Some of the influences exerted on him by Jie Lianhuan were erased by Chi Yu, but some other influences still existed on Jie Yuchen.

For example, the Xie family, for example, the Jiumen.

Chi Yu looked at Xie Yuchen, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, as if he was playing a silent game of chess with someone:

If you want to control the young Jie Dangjia, now is the best time.

——But Xie Yuchen is not someone who can be controlled at will.

He had a keen sense of crisis for all this. Xie Yuchen noticed Chi Yu's silent invasion and resisted.

Young people's thinking is jumpy and elusive.

Just like the view that Xie Yuchen gave Chi Yu when they were negotiating business before they really got to know each other, if Chi Yu wanted to achieve this goal, he would need to put more energy into the process.

Chi Yu was thinking about how to put one piece down.

Xie Yuchen detached himself from the content on the screen.

“The content here looks familiar.”

Xie Yuchen said, "I have seen similar records in Xie Lianhuan's relics. But that was a silk book from Lu State, and this one is from Chu State, so the specific form of the record looks a little different."

"Xie Lianhuan said he was looking for immortality, but I know what he wants is definitely not that simple. Otherwise, the Xie family alone would be enough to support him to do these things, and there would be no need for him to transform himself into another person."

"He disappeared after he went on a sea expedition with Wu Sanxing. I remember that there were other members in the expedition team who were also related to the Nine Gates, but they all disappeared one after another after that expedition."

Chi Yu raised an eyebrow: "It seems that you have been paying attention to these things."

"I just... am a little unwilling."

"Just some?" Chi Yu asked critically.

Xie Yuchen: "..."

Xie Yuchen rested his elbows on the table, crossed his index fingers, and stared at Chi Yu in silence for a few seconds.

His eyes, which usually always glowed with light, now looked somewhat dim, adding a sense of oppression for no reason.

But Chi Yu turned a blind eye to this and still sat opposite Xie Yuchen, waiting for him to give an answer.

So Xie Yuchen sighed softly, with a tone of compromise: "Okay, I admit that I am very unwilling."

"Although Jie Lianhuan is my nominal father, in reality, I didn't spend much time with him. Not long after that, he 'died', and my biological father and other uncles also died one after another."

"I wanted to know what caused all this, so I never stopped investigating these things. But now it seems that the direction of my investigation was wrong from the beginning."

"The Wu family has three brothers. The second oldest of the Wu family is not someone who can be treated casually. If Jie Lianhuan is still alive and kicking, he must have received the other party's tacit approval."

"So they all knew about this, but I didn't know."

"So you just don't like the feeling of being excluded," said Chi Yu.

"Yes." Xie Yuchen nodded. "If they were willing to tell me these things, even just a few words, maybe I wouldn't feel so painful when I knew the truth."

"So what do you want to do now?" Chi Yu looked at him.

"Since they are unwilling to tell me in person, I will go find them myself. One day I will see clearly what he and the Wu family are planning."

Xie Yuchen took out the camera and gestured to Chi Yu: "Do you mind if I take a picture?"

Chi Yu shook his head, so Xie Yuchen took a picture of all the contents on the silk book, put it back into the jade box, and returned it to Chi Yu.

"I can't find out what the place recorded here is for the time being. After I go back, I will check the relics again to see if there are any other clues."

"I'll contact you again when I get more accurate information."

Xie Yuchen smiled softly as he spoke: "This time you called me to Quanzhou with just one phone call. Next time, it should be my turn."