Lin Xu, who was about to lower his head to write the script, noticed Zhuge Qing was still there from the corner of his eye and looked up at him in confusion.
"What's wrong, Lao Qing? Is there still a problem?"
Zhuge Qing looked at the serious-faced Lin Xu, unsure how to ask.
"Nothing, I'm just curious why the Boss said the jia shen year would be fine. Is there some special meaning to the jia shen year?"
"Uh..." Now it was Lin Xu's turn to be at a loss for words.
Could he possibly say that he knew the original plot, and that the Thirty-Six Thieves became sworn brothers in the jia shen year?
He definitely couldn't say that!
Lin Xu gave an awkward laugh, waved his hand, and casually explained.
"What special meaning could there be? I just mentioned it offhand."
"Really?"
"Of course it's real, how could it be fake?"
"Lao Qing, hurry up and get busy. I still have to write the script."
Seeing that Lin Xu, as the Boss, had already given the order to leave, Zhuge Qing, as an employee, could only put down his doubts and slowly backed out... Zhuge Qing's eyes flickered as he closed the office door. His mind kept replaying everything Lin Xu had just said.
He didn't believe that Lin Xu had any connection to Yiren.
Not only had he worked for Lin Xu for two years without noticing any problems, but Zhuge Qing also hadn't detected any Qi belonging to an Yiren in Lin Xu's body, which indicated that the other party was definitely an ordinary person.
At most, he was just interested in supernatural powers.
Zhuge Qing glanced at the corridor from the corner of his eye and made a Spell gesture in a spot where the surveillance couldn't see.
Xun Character · Listening to the Wind's Chant!
The next moment, the originally erratic air began to flow in a fixed direction.
The sounds from Lin Xu's office were completely transmitted into Zhuge Qing's ears.
But besides the clatter of keyboard typing, Zhuge Qing heard nothing else.
"Could it really be that I'm overthinking?"
Having found nothing, Zhuge Qing could only dispel the Spell and dismiss all his questions as his own overthinking.
Returning to his lounge, Zhuge Qing lay down on the sofa, feeling exhausted. He thought he should find some time to rest properly.
Or simply leave the entertainment industry and focus on being an Yiren.
To avoid being suspicious all the time.
Just then, a phone call reawakened Zhuge Qing.
When he saw that the call was from his father, Zhuge Qing subconsciously frowned.
"What's he calling for? Is he going to ask for my help again?"
Zhuge Qing's father's name is Zhuge Gong, the current Sect Leader of the Wuhou Sect in Zhuge Village.
Although Zhuge Gong led all the descendants of the Wuhou Sect in Zhuge Village, he himself was not a very reliable person.
In Zhuge Qing's opinion, his father, in this life, had only been somewhat competent in his Yiren methods; in other areas, he hadn't done many reliable things!
Especially after he entered the entertainment industry and made a name for himself, every now and then, star-struck members of the clan would pull strings with his father to ask him for celebrity autographs, concert tickets, and the like.
Zhuge Qing himself was, at best, a third-tier celebrity; he didn't have such capabilities. For this, he had bothered Lin Xu, the big director, quite a bit.
Frowning, Zhuge Qing answered the phone, but the voice on the other end was not his father Zhuge Gong's.
"Brother! When are you coming back? I miss you so much!"
Zhuge Qing's tightly furrowed brows immediately relaxed, and a warm smile unconsciously appeared on his face. The voice on the other end was his younger brother, Zhuge Bai.
"It's Bai. I'm filming right now, so I might not be able to come back so soon."
"Oh... you can't come back...?"
Hearing that his brother couldn't come back, Zhuge Bai lowered his head sadly.
Although he couldn't see his brother's expression, Zhuge Qing believed that Zhuge Bai must be very sad right now.
Unable to bear it, Zhuge Qing made a promise, "Forgive me, Bai, this is the last time."
But what Zhuge Qing didn't expect was that Zhuge Bai not only showed no sadness but instead chuckled.
"Hehe, I knew Brother couldn't come back, so I've already decided to come find you, Brother!"
Zhuge Qing gasped, sitting upright.
"Are you coming alone? Did Dad agree?"
"How could I come alone? I'm still so young! Auntie will come with me then."
Auntie?
Zhuge Qing thought for a moment, and a young figure immediately appeared in his mind.
Zhuge Qing tentatively asked, "Zhuge Meng?"
"Yes, I'll come see you with Auntie Da Meng then," Zhuge Bai nodded.
After confirming that the person coming was Zhuge Meng, Zhuge Qing couldn't help but gasp.
Although Zhuge Meng was his aunt by seniority, she was much younger than him.
Zhuge Meng was at the age where she was obsessed with celebrities, and most of the people who usually asked for various autographs and tickets were her!
Zhuge Meng's visit this time was probably a pretense; her main purpose was to chase celebrities.
Zhuge Qing sighed with a headache.
Forget it, since things have come to this, and she's already coming, he can only accept it now.
"Alright, then be careful on your journey. Stick close to Zhuge Meng, don't wander off by yourself. Call me when you arrive, and I'll pick you up then."
"Understood!"
Zhuge Bai loudly agreed, then happily went to pack his luggage.
A moment later, the phone was picked up by its original owner, Zhuge Gong.
"Qing, anything else? If not, I'm hanging up."
"Dad, did you buy Bai's train ticket? When is it for?"
"Train ticket, huh? I don't know about that. You can ask Zhuge Meng."
Zhuge Qing sighed. His father was too unreliable; he didn't even know when his own son was leaving for a long trip.
Just before the call was about to end, Zhuge Qing suddenly recalled the conversation he had just had with Lin Xu in his office and subconsciously asked.
"Dad, do you know about the Eight Wonders?"
Zhuge Gong on the other end of the line paused, then said after a moment of silence, "Why are you asking about this? Why are you suddenly interested in these things?"
Zhuge Qing didn't tell Zhuge Gong that Lin Xu was about to film a movie related to "Yiren" and just made up a reason.
"Just curious, someone was talking about it on the forum today."
"What's wrong? If you can't talk about it, then never mind."
Zhuge Gong let out a long sigh and said, "It's not that I can't talk about it. So many years have passed, what's there not to say? It's just that I'm not clear about many of the details. You'd have to ask the older generation for the specific content."
Zhuge Qing wasn't very interested in these things to begin with.
Since his father wasn't very clear either, he didn't bother to press further.
The only thing Zhuge Qing was curious about was why everyone in the Yiren Jie (World of Superhumans) suddenly collectively hunted down the owners of the Eight Wonders. He recalled the setting Lin Xu had provided him and asked jokingly.
"By the way, Father, do you know why the Eight Wonders were hunted down back then? It couldn't really be because those thirty-six people became sworn brothers and then were hunted down by the entire Yiren Jie (World of Superhumans) for colluding with Demonic Path fiends, could it?"
But what Zhuge Qing didn't expect was that his father actually agreed with him.
"Ah! So you know!"
"Huh? Know what? What are you talking about?" Zhuge Qing said, utterly confused.
"The Thirty-Six Thieves! In 1944, for some unknown reason, a group of Righteous Path individuals, defying all taboos, became sworn brothers with Quanxing fiends, forming a brotherhood."
"They came from various Schools across the land, totaling thirty-six people. They called themselves the Thirty-Six Righteous, but to the outside world, they were collectively known as the Jia Shen Thirty-Six Thieves."
"Initially, there were no Eight Wonders. Each School sent people to clean house on their own. But during their escape, several survivors among the Thirty-Six Thieves somehow comprehended ultimate techniques called the Eight Wonders, and that gradually changed the objective."
At this point, Zhuge Qing was gradually unable to hear what his father was saying. In his mind, only Lin Xu's eloquent demeanor in the office a short while ago remained.
