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Zhou Xi stopped in his tracks, frowning and examining the building in front of him.

This is a very ordinary residential building. If it weren't for the house number marked on it, it would be impossible to find this place among the identical residential buildings around.

Such an ordinary place that is hard to recognize is the office of the Council of Elders in human society.

This is not the first time he has come here, and every time he stands here, he finds it hard to explain.

He pushed open the door of the unit, ignored the dirty and old corridor in front of him, and walked straight up.

There was only one family on the top floor, and the dilapidated double wooden door was on the verge of falling, but it didn't fall down even after being kicked by Zhou Yan, and it automatically opened to both sides.

Ordinary humans can only see a dark, dilapidated room when they enter here, and monsters registered with the Council of Elders can pass through the barrier and enter another space.

The office of the Yaozu Elders' Association hidden in the old residential area will adopt a completely modern decoration design style, and Zhou Xi, who is wearing a black robe, looks out of place here.

The female secretary, who turned into a human but kept a pair of fluffy fox ears, was waiting at the front desk with a smile on her face. She didn't care about the impatience on the man's face, and greeted him warmly and politely: "Mr. Zhou is finally here, the elders are waiting for you!" It's been a while."

Zhou Yan looked past her and looked at the wall clock on the back wall: "Did I make them wait?"

The fox demon shook his ears, but still kept a smile on his face: "The veterans are in the meeting room, turn right in front and at the end of the corridor, you have been there before."

Recently, due to various reasons, Zhou Jie has indeed been here several times.

Every time is a new grumpy experience.

A few well-dressed middle-aged men were sitting in the conference room, chatting happily about the latest stock market while sipping tea.

Zhou Yan pushed the open door, looked at several old monsters who were thousands of years old, nodded his head as a greeting, and sat directly on the empty seat opposite: "What's the matter?"

The chat of several elders was suddenly interrupted, and their faces were not very good-looking. After looking at each other, the one in the middle coughed lightly, and looked down at the time: "It's quite early today, let's have a cup of tea first."

After finishing speaking, he looked sideways, and a man who looked like an assistant standing beside him immediately stepped forward to pour Zhou Xi a cup of tea.

Although the assistant was in human form, it was probably because he was in the Council of Elders, so he didn't deliberately hide his evil spirit.

Zhou Yan sniffed lightly and frowned.

Another fox demon.

The Council of Elders seems to have stabbed a fox's nest recently, and one or two are fox demons.

He glanced at the cup of tea, didn't touch it, and tapped the table with his knuckles: "Elders, speak up when you have something to say, don't waste time."

"It's not a big deal. It's a routine inquiry. Don't be nervous." The elder had long been accustomed to Zhou's stingy attitude, and said with a smile, "I heard that you have been to Yunzhou in the past few days. Do you have a clue?"

Thinking of that Kui Niu who sometimes appeared and disappeared without a trace, Zhou Yan rubbed his nails with the corner of the table: "No."

The elder smiled: "The monsters in the forbidden area are not idle people. Although part of their spiritual power has been sealed, it is not difficult for them to hide their tracks."

As he spoke, he took a sip of tea slowly.

Zhou Yan's patience was about to run out, he sat up straight: "Can you finish it in one breath?"

The elder put down the teacup: "It has been a few days since the barrier was broken, and the monsters have fled to various places and hid in the world. It is difficult to catch them all by yourself. The elders have ordered the branches in various places Designate an area and carry out a large-scale detailed search, and you will not be responsible for this matter in the future."

Zhou Xi frowned, a little wanting to throw the table under his hands on the faces of these old monsters.

He couldn't really do that, he slapped the table hard, and stood up with a loud noise: "I'm back to the forbidden area."

"You don't need to go back." The elder said, "The enchantment of the forbidden area was jointly set up by the seniors who founded the elders' association. Now that the seniors have all fallen, no monster race in the world knows how to restore the enchantment. Furthermore, the forbidden area The location is too remote, which is not conducive to control, which caused the incident, so we decided to close the forbidden area and find another place in the world to detain the monster who made mistakes."

He pushed forward the cup of tea that Zhou Yan had never touched, "If you want, the post of guard will be reserved for you in the future."

"You decide?" Zhou Yan frowned, and stared at the elder condescendingly, "How did you break the barrier and haven't found out yet, what qualifications do you have to decide to close the forbidden area?"

What he said was really blunt. The elders have been respected for hundreds of years, and they couldn't accept being scolded face to face. Even the one in the middle turned pale, put down the cup in his hand, and said coldly: " You don't have to worry about other things, you have guarded the forbidden area for hundreds of years, and you just have a few days to rest, and you will go back to accompany Lord Long."

Accompany Long Jun?

Zhou Xi, who had already reached the door, turned his head: "Where am I going in the future, I don't need to rest, I don't need you trash!"

"Zhou Xi! Who do you think you are? If it weren't for the face of Lord Long, you would have..."

Zhou Xi sneered, and pointed at the elder who had just spoken: "Now! Don't look at anyone's face! What can you do to me?!"

"Little miserly!"

Zhou Yan turned his head abruptly, facing a pair of peach blossom eyes with a smile on his face.

The visitor was tall and thin, with an exquisite face, wearing a well-styled white suit, wearing a pair of rimless glasses, the corners of his lips were naturally raised, and his eyebrows and eyes naturally smiled when he spoke.

He naturally took Zhou Yan's shoulders and apologized to the elders: "I'm really sorry, the company has an impromptu meeting, and I'm a bit late, everyone forgive me!"

Several elders who were still sullen stood up and shook their heads one after another: "Mr. Long, you are being polite. It's not a big deal. I asked you to make a special trip."

Zhou Yan pushed down the arm that was on his shoulder, glanced at the man called Long Jun, turned and left.

"Little Xie," Long Jun called to stop him, "Wait downstairs, I'll have a few words with the elders."

"You say what you want," Zhou Xi said without turning his head, "I'm leaving."

"Zhou Xi." There was still a smile on the corner of Long Jun's lips, but his tone was much lighter, "The things your mother brought you are in my car. Besides, I have something to tell you."

Zhou Xi paused, scratched his hair irritably, and went out.

Walking along the corridor, you can still hear the commotion in the conference room. The elders changed their indifference and impatience just now, and greeted Long Jun enthusiastically.

Zhou Che is worthy of being the current head of the Dragon Palace, the Dragon Lord who will always be perfect in the hearts of the Yaozu.

After listening to a few words, Zhou Yan went downstairs without looking back.

There was a very exaggerated blue sports car parked outside the gate of the building. Zhou Yan recognized it as Zhou Che's car at a glance - although he had been staying in the forbidden area for hundreds of years, thanks to the monthly letter from his mother Lin Yuan Thanks, he is not ignorant.

Zhou Xi, who originally planned to leave directly, slowed down and walked up to the sports car.

He knows that people nowadays use cars as a means of transportation, and he also knows that even though these cars are already everywhere on the street, Zhou Che's car is very expensive and very rare.

Zhou Che had a much better life than most monsters who had adapted to human life.

"Little Xie!" Zhou Che came down from the stairs and saw Zhou Xie staying beside his car at a glance, and walked over in a good mood, "You really didn't leave."

Hundreds of years have passed, but Zhou Che still doesn't seem to have changed much.

The smile he kept on his face was still dazzling and annoying.

Zhou Yan frowned: "Where's the stuff?"

"What..." Seeing Zhou Yan's eyes widen, Zhou Che laughed, "Trunk, wait a minute."

Zhou Che turned around and took out a bag from the trunk, and handed it to Zhou Xie: "Your mother went to buy it after she knew you were back."

Zhou Xi lowered his head and glanced: "What?"

"The clothes are all the most popular styles now." Zhou Che glanced at him, "You always wear this black robe so monotonous."

Zhou Yan squeezed the bag loudly: "What else do you want to say to me?"

"Your mother heard about the forbidden area and wants you to go back and live for a while." Zhou Che blinked with a smile, and lowered his voice deliberately, "When I went out in the morning, I heard her ordering someone to prepare several dishes you like. .”

"Let's talk again, I..."

Zhou Yan squeezed the mouth of the bag tightly, and before he could finish his refusal, Zhou Che interrupted: "Go back to dinner tonight, and we'll talk about the rest later."

"I said I don't..."

Halfway through Zhou Yan's roar, he met Zhou Che's gaze.

From his birth to the time he went to the forbidden area alone, Zhou Che could always see such a look in his eyes.

There is no disappointment or dissatisfaction, and the shallow smile hides the little bit of impatience well, as if to say——you are still like this.

"it is good."

Zhou Xi agreed with a hoarse voice.

Zhou Che raised his lips in satisfaction, and patted Zhou Yan's shoulder: "Get in the car, I'll take you there first."

Zhou Xi didn't say anything until he was seated in the co-pilot. Zhou Che had probably finished what he wanted to say. He turned on the car stereo and chose a song, then put on his sunglasses and started the car.

Zhou Xi didn't know what Zhou Che was listening to, he just felt that it was very noisy, but he neither smashed the source of the annoying sound, nor jumped out of the car halfway, but just pressed his face against the car window, with no expression on his face. Looking at the scenery flashing by the car window with an expression.

In the past few days, he has seen the earth-shaking changes in human society, and he has also seen a lot of all kinds of novel things that Lin Yuan mentioned in his letter.

He always thought that these had nothing to do with him.

From the day he entered the forbidden area, he thought that he would stay there forever.

"arrive."

After parking the car, Zhou Che lowered the car window and pointed to the small single-family building outside: "That's where your mother lives now. My company still has work to do, so I won't go in."

Zhou Yan didn't answer, he fumbled to unbuckle his seat belt, and got out of the car with the bag he had been holding in his arms just now.

Zhou Che didn't look at him again, he stepped on the accelerator, and the sports car drove away.

Zhou Xi turned around and looked at the small building behind him. It didn't take up too much space, but the advantage was that it was in a good location. There was a small yard with a lot of flowers and plants. It looked very chic from the outside. It was obvious that the owner had put a lot of thought into it.

This is the first time Zhou Yan has come here, but Lin Yuan has introduced him many times in letters.

She said that the room with the best light on the second floor was Zhou Ling's room, and that it was their new home.

They did not include Zhou Che.

For Zhou Che, this is just a residence, one of his many residences.

The bag that had been in his hand was dug a hole by Zhou Yan. He looked down, frowned, and turned to leave.

The door of the small building suddenly opened, and a very young woman ran out in a hurry: "Xiao Ling! Why don't you come in while standing at the door?"

"I..." Zhou Yan met the pair of eyes that were very similar to his own, and opened his mouth, "...I thought I went wrong."

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