July 4th!
Sunny!
A beautiful day is often so ordinary, yet full of yearning.
Downstairs at the Special Department building.
Yao Ji was dressed sexily, with heavy makeup, yet she didn't look vulgar. Instead, she exuded a kind of sexiness, nobility, the goddess in every man's heart, for whom they'd willingly shorten their lifespan just for a single kiss.
Passersby stared, their eyes glued to Yao Ji.
There was only one thought in the men's minds:
She's truly beautiful.
Some male passersby, even with female companions, kept staring at Yao Ji, angering their partners who pulled their ears, stepped on their shoes, or, if particularly short-tempered, directly threw their bags at their faces.
"Hussy!"
In the short time Yao Ji stood there, she was cursed at by at least a dozen women.
She was the embodiment of "blamed for being beautiful."
The security guard of the Special Department was standing guard. He was a man of principle. Those who could become security guards for the Special Department all possessed absolute psychological fortitude. They could remain unfazed even with a naked beauty standing before them. Instead, they would...
Stare directly.
After Yao Ji appeared, the security guard stared straight at her.
At the same time, he was very envious.
She was here for Lin Fan again.
Although envious, he was definitely not jealous. After all, to be honest, in his opinion, their Lin Fan was actually very handsome, and also very young, with fair skin and good height. Except for lacking money, he had everything, a perfect existence.
At this moment.
Lin Fan and Old Zhang came out of the department, looking around, and quickly spotted someone waving at them.
Yao Ji smiled, showcasing her most beautiful side.
Her purpose was simple... to seduce Lin Fan.
Just look at my figure, looks, personality, temperament, which aspect can't seduce you?
The two arrived in front of Yao Ji.
Old Zhang's expression was normal, but Lin Fan frowned, as if recalling something.
"Are you here for Lin Fan again?" Old Zhang asked.
Yao Ji really wanted to tell Old Zhang, isn't that obvious? If I'm not here for him, am I here for you? But she had to keep up the act, so she smiled and said, "Yes."
Old Zhang nudged Lin Fan's shoulder. "She's looking for you."
Lin Fan stared at Yao Ji, a very serious look that made Yao Ji shyly lower her head. "You're staring at me like that, I'm so shy."
Yao Ji wasn't a shy person, but she was good at pretending, especially when dealing with men. Her methods were quite powerful, and ordinary people were no match for her. In fact, not just ordinary people, any normal male would basically be unable to resist.
But unfortunately.
Lin Fan wasn't an ordinary person.
He was a special talent from Qing Shan Mental Hospital.
After a moment of thought,
Lin Fan apologized, "Excuse me, who are you?"
A hundred years had passed in a dream, and those he wasn't close to had long been forgotten. Only those Lin Fan considered friends or important people would remain in his memory, retaining their past emotions without any change.
Yao Ji held no place in Lin Fan's heart; she was like a stranger.
So, after a century,
Even as a talent from Qing Shan Mental Hospital, Lin Fan couldn't remember who she was.
"You're so mean. We haven't seen each other for just a few days, and you don't recognize me anymore?" Yao Ji pretended to be a little angry, but it looked more like she was acting coquettishly.
Lin Fan said, "I really don't recognize you."
He truly couldn't remember who she was. The memory was too distant, very blurry, without clear recognition.
Old Zhang said, "You really don't recognize her?"
"Yeah." Lin Fan nodded. "Didn't I go to a faraway place and spend a long time there? Maybe I really knew you before, but after so long, I really can't remember."
"Then do you remember me?" Old Zhang hurriedly asked.
Lin Fan smiled. "I remember. You're my best friend. How could I forget you?"
Old Zhang patted his chest happily. "That scared me. I thought you wouldn't remember me. As long as you remember me, I'm at ease."
For Old Zhang, as long as Lin Fan remembered him, it didn't matter who he didn't remember. It had nothing to do with him.
Yao Ji's mouth hung open, dumbfounded.
So heartless.
This was simply more ruthless than anything.
"You're not joking, right?" Yao Ji asked incredulously.
Lin Fan said, "I really can't remember. But looking at you, it seems like we're very familiar. You can remind me of some details, maybe I'll remember."
Having said this much, Lin Fan had made it very clear: I really can't remember you, but I'm willing to accept your details to help me recall, and I might actually remember who you are.
"I know! She's your wife's cousin," Old Zhang helped Yao Ji by providing this detail.
Hearing Old Zhang mention Mu Qing, Lin Fan's eyes softened with tenderness, full of longing.
"Let's go, I'll take you to my wife."
Old Zhang said, "But your wife said she's already left here."
"No, I can smell her. She's still here," Lin Fan said.
Old Zhang stood on tiptoe, sniffing the air, but after a long while, he didn't smell anything.
"Why can't I smell anything?"
Lin Fan said, "That's my wife, not yours. Of course, you can't smell her. Isn't that right?"
"Yeah, that makes sense." Old Zhang nodded in agreement, feeling that Lin Fan's words were very reasonable.
Yao Ji felt very uncomfortable, a deep sense of frustration. She had indeed come to seduce Lin Fan, because his strength was worth recruiting for the organization. But sometimes, the battles between women were even fiercer than those between men. Men's battles were bloody, while women's were bloodless, yet could still be deadly.
She believed she was in no way inferior to Mu Qing.
But she really couldn't understand why this guy's eyes lit up when Mu Qing was mentioned. Was she, Yao Ji, really no match for her?
Though she thought this way,
She didn't show it. Instead, she followed Lin Fan, preparing to meet Mu Qing. Or rather, she didn't believe he could find Mu Qing.
Find her by scent?
Clearly impossible.
But soon...
She discovered it was truly magical. Lin Fan actually found Mu Qing in the park. Mu Qing, wearing sunglasses and a hat, sat quietly there. No matter who saw her, they definitely wouldn't recognize her.
But Lin Fan came to the stone table and sat down directly, smiling. "I've come to find you."
Not to mention Yao Ji's shock,
Even Mu Qing was surprised, clearly not expecting to be found.
"How did you find me?" Mu Qing asked.
Lin Fan stared at Mu Qing's face. After a hundred years, she still looked the same. The image of her in his mind was still so clear, not blurry at all. "Your scent."
Mu Qing didn't reply, but looked at Yao Ji, as if asking, Did you bring him here?
Only this explanation made sense as to why he could find her here.
But that wasn't right either...
Even Yao Ji didn't know she was here.
Yao Ji took the initiative to sit next to Mu Qing, pretending to be intimate, holding her wrist, acting coquettishly, and tattling, "Cousin, he said he doesn't remember me, and he doesn't know who I am. What you said didn't work at all."
Confused words.
Mu Qing didn't know what trick Yao Ji was playing. How could he not remember? They had just met a few days ago; it was impossible to forget so quickly.
"So you're her cousin. I really can't remember. I've lived through a very long time. In that long time, I only remembered you two, but not others."
Lin Fan scratched his head, smiling foolishly, looking a little embarrassed, as if saying, I really forgot, not intentionally forgetting anyone. The brain often uncontrollably chooses to forget some unimportant people.
Mu Qing, who was sitting quietly, chuckled.
Lin Fan asked curiously, "What's so funny?"
Mu Qing pointed to two dogs in the distance. "That dog is chasing the one in front, as if trying to please it, but the other dog doesn't seem to want to pay attention."
As she said this, Mu Qing realized something was wrong, that her analogy was flawed. If it were truly like that, wouldn't it mean Lin Fan was also a dog?
Lin Fan's thoughts weren't that complicated.
He didn't realize anything wrong with what Mu Qing said.
"Really? How pitiful," Lin Fan said.
Yao Ji's beautiful face was about to explode with anger, but she could only hold it back. She couldn't act impulsively just because she wanted to. This hateful guy actually forgot her.
Reality was harsh. Even though Lin Fan remembered that Yao Ji was his wife's cousin, he still ignored her and chatted with Mu Qing.
Bored, Old Zhang rested his chin on his hand and looked into the distance. Then, he saw an ice cream cart passing by. His cloudy eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked,
"Do you have any money?"
He was asking Yao Ji.
Yao Ji, who had been treated as a lightbulb, as air, was a little excited to be spoken to, but when she saw it was Old Zhang, her interest waned considerably.
"Yes."
Old Zhang said seriously, "Can I borrow a hundred yuan? As long as I have money in the future, I'll return it to you immediately. Trust my sincerity. Just like Lin Fan, when I borrow money from others, I always return it."
Yao Ji smiled. "It's fine, it's just a hundred yuan. I have it. Consider it a gift, no need to return it."
"No, I'll definitely return it." Old Zhang took the hundred yuan, his expression serious, not wanting to take it for free. Then, he hurried to the ice cream cart and communicated with the vendor. Perhaps due to difficulty in choosing, he took a long time to decide.
"Here!"
"Here!"
Old Zhang handed two popsicles to Mu Qing and Lin Fan, then unwrapped his own, putting the remaining change in his pocket.
He enjoyed it with relish.
Yao Ji stared blankly at Old Zhang. Even if I don't eat one, there's no need to not buy me one, right? And what she found most unacceptable was that Mu Qing had one, but she didn't.
Lin Fan, kind-hearted, took a bite of his popsicle and saw Yao Ji sitting blankly. He asked, "Old Zhang, why didn't you buy her one?"
Old Zhang was slightly surprised. "Aren't we not familiar? So I didn't buy one. I'll go buy one now."
After saying that, he got up, ready to buy one.
But the ice cream cart was long gone.
Old Zhang looked at Yao Ji, then at the popsicle in his hand, seemingly reluctant. Finally, he opened his mouth and took a big bite, then extended the half-eaten popsicle with teeth marks to Yao Ji.
"Have mine."
Old Zhang, who knew how to share, was Lin Fan's favorite.
Yao Ji felt like she was about to lose it. She felt the world was not friendly to her.
Mu Qing watched indifferently, perhaps enjoying seeing Yao Ji embarrassed.
At the Special Department, One-Eyed Man came to the research lab. The researchers were all busy. The members who could participate in this analysis project were all top-notch, with clean backgrounds, and there was absolutely no chance of spies among them.
And One-Eyed Man basically guarded the door.
He didn't dare to be careless.
Although the investigation was thorough,
What if...
"Old Chen, how's it going?" One-Eyed Man asked. He didn't understand scientific research, but he could listen. As long as the data was explained clearly, he could understand it.
Old Chen held a research document. "We analyzed the fruit brought back. It contains very strong vitality. We've never encountered something with such powerful vitality before. Simply put, a hundred-year-old ginseng is a good thing, right? Appropriate consumption is beneficial."
"But according to research, we found that the lowest vital energy of this fruit is at least a thousand times that of a hundred-year-old ginseng. Just imagine, if an ordinary person consumes it, there's only one outcome: death by explosion."
When he got this conclusion, Old Chen was shocked. It was simply too amazing.
And that was just the lowest vital energy.
The highest was probably more than ten thousand times.
One-Eyed Man was surprised and hurriedly asked, "What level of cultivation is required to consume it?"
Old Chen said, "If consuming the whole fruit, it's best to be Town Guard level. But even for Town Guard level, there's still some risk, just relatively low. However, the effect is very significant, capable of greatly increasing strength."
"Can it increase strength to Heavenly King level?" One-Eyed Man asked.
Old Chen said, "Theoretically, yes."
One-Eyed Man was overjoyed. If that were true, then the Dragon Kingdom would have many more strong individuals. Several more Heavenly King level experts would be a qualitative change.
"What about the spring water?" One-Eyed Man asked.
Old Chen said, "It's still being researched. The substances in the spring water are somewhat complex and require slow analysis. It won't yield results so quickly. However, the fruit analysis is almost complete, and it can be consumed directly. Moreover, we can decompose one fruit into a hundred portions of energy liquid for many people to consume and enhance their strength."
One-Eyed Man shook his head. "No, these fruits can only be used to enhance the highest level of strength. The current situation is too complex. Only absolute strength can control everything."
Old Chen nodded, not thinking too much. "Alright, we're only responsible for the research, not other matters. How to distribute it is your responsibility as the leader. However, I hope you can leave one for me. I want to try and see if it can be cultivated."
"Yes, this will be hard work for you, Old Chen."
One-Eyed Man breathed a sigh of relief. With the research clear, he felt much more at ease. As long as they could catch up to the Starry Sky experts, there was still hope.