In Qing Chen’s eyes, Qing Zhun and Li Xiurui Old Master were completely different.
Li Xiurui Old Master had reached the end of his life, seeing through the meaning of his existence, and wanting to end it all.
But his brother Qing Zhun was absolutely not like that. He had his life wasted by others, ultimately leading to his unavoidable departure.
In the last moments of his life, he was exceptionally reluctant to part with everything in this world. He didn’t even have much time to hug his younger brother, and he didn’t have enough time to wait for his brother to come home.
Qing Zhun had merged with the will of the world. Even if reincarnation and the underworld truly existed in this world, he couldn’t go down to find his sister-in-law, Ning Xiu.
Therefore, Qing Chen must find a way to separate his brother’s will from the will of the world.
Currently, Demi-Gods can’t do it, not even Yan Liuyuan.
Then can a god do it? Qing Chen didn’t know.
But he had to try!
Qing Chen asked, “Is there any way to find the god Ren Xiaosu? Didn’t he leave a way to call him in this world?”Qing Ji pondered, “There shouldn’t be. There are barriers between worlds. If he could be called, the one sleeping in the North would have called him long ago. So, you won’t be able to find the god.”
Qing Chen stared at the small house for a long time. A group photo was still on the shoe cabinet. It was a holographic photo secretly taken when Qing Zhun sneaked out with him to find Ning Xiu.
Qing Zhun and Ning Xiu in the photo were still moving. Ning Xiu gently held the young Qing Chen in her arms and rocked him, her face full of maternal love.
Qing Zhun looked at Ning Xiu with a doting expression, then at Qing Chen.
Qing Chen stood in the living room. He could even imagine his brother coming home from work, opening the door, and smiling, “Wife, I’m home.”
That voice seemed to be real, warm.
Qing Chen suddenly said, “If I can’t find a god… then I’ll become a god myself.”
He had to try.
Qing Zhun had been a god for a quarter of an hour for him. He could also be a god for Qing Zhun in this life.
Qing Ji was surprised. He felt that at this moment, Qing Chen’s expression revealed an incredibly firm belief.
Become a god? Do you think you can become a god just by saying so?
That’s a realm countless Demi-Gods yearn for but can’t achieve! Only one person in the world has become a god!
Qing Ji remained noncommittal, “I understand your desire to resurrect your brother, but instead of thinking about such illusory things, why not fulfill his last wish first?”
Qing Chen was stunned, “Last wish? Did he have a last wish?”
“Do you know what Xiao Zhun’s greatest wish was before his death?” Qing Ji said, standing in the small house.
Qing Chen looked at him, “What?”
“He wanted to spend more time with you, to help you raise your children,” Qing Ji said calmly, “He had already absorbed Shadow Gate and didn’t plan to find anyone else in this life, so he placed his hopes on you. He hoped you could have more than ten children, and then he would stay at home and play with them. When he talked about this, his eyes were full of longing. Unfortunately, you didn’t do anything serious after you came back, and he didn’t wait for it.”
Qing Chen was full of question marks, “Is this his wish, or someone else’s wish? Why is it so closely related to the topic of blind dates?”
Qing Ji glanced at him, “I never lie. The world knows that I, Qing Ji, never lie.”
Qing Chen sighed. The more such a person is, the more deadly their lies are.
But the problem is, he couldn’t verify it.
“Wait, are you going to arrange a politically arranged marriage blind date for me?” Qing Chen asked, “Who are the people I’m going to have a blind date with? Are they wealthy families or officials’ daughters in Qing Family territory? Or the daughters of military generals?”
Qing Ji thought for a moment and said, “The Qing Family’s foundation in the Southwest is solid, and we don’t need to use arranged marriages to stabilize our political position. Therefore, when choosing a wife for you, her family background is not our first consideration. On the contrary, a powerful background will be a minus point for her. We all hate relatives.”
“Huh?” Qing Chen felt strange, “Then what is your first consideration?”
Qing Ji said seriously, “Fertility.”
Qing Chen: “…”
Looking at Qing Ji’s serious expression, he thought, Brother, how do you manage to deliver such a serious punchline?
Even Zard can’t do it!
“So, you want me to have children before I go to die?” Qing Chen asked.
Qing Ji said, “You don’t understand. If you die, the child in your wife’s womb will become the only heir to the Qing Family. In the past, this had another name, called ‘national foundation’. Without an heir, the vast Qing Family will have no one to inherit it.”
“No,” Qing Chen shook his head, “The Qing Family follows Shadow Succession. This Shadow Succession is the basis for the Qing Family to select candidates. Why can my child inherit the Qing Family?”
Qing Ji shook his head, “The foundation of the Qing Family has never been the Shadow Succession system, but the bloodline left by Qing Zhen, a unique bloodline. If you have a chance to go to the Ginkgo Manor and see the successive Heads of the Qingshi Clan, and then look at the development trajectory of the Qing Family, you will understand that when the family heads who resemble you are in power, the Qing Family will have rapid development. Now, there are only three people in the world who have this bloodline, two are very old, and the young one is only you.”
Three? He was one of them. Who were the other two?
Qing Chen had met Old Shen, so he knew that Old Shen was also one of the ancestral bloodlines, most likely the Head of the Qingshi Clan’s brother or younger brother.
Then the remaining one should be the current head of the Qing Family.
Qing Ji continued, “Moreover, no one can guarantee that your wife’s first child will have the ancestral bloodline. So you need to choose seven wives. Based on probability, only in this way can you leave a child with the ancestral bloodline in a 16% probability.”
Qing Chen’s desire to complain finally couldn’t be suppressed, “You guys are too dismissive of Federation law! This is bigamy! And how do you know I’ll definitely die? How many enemies have I killed so far? Why can’t the enemy die? Also, where did you calculate this probability from? It’s too outrageous! Outrageous to the extreme!”
Qing Ji raised his eyebrows, “Xiao Zhun said you’re a cautious person, very steady.”
“Then you have to do something steady,” Qing Chen sighed.
Qing Ji thought for a moment, “The head of the Qing Family is like an emperor. For the sake of the family’s stability, you must have more children to ensure that there are excellent children born. You can’t guarantee that the only child is a genius, so you can only have more children, using quantity to offset probability.”
“Why didn’t the family head have ten or more children?” Qing Chen asked.
“His first child was of the ancestral bloodline, and so was the second, so he didn’t need to continue having children. If another child with the ancestral bloodline appeared, it would compete for power with you,” Qing Ji explained seriously, “When you and Xiao Zhun are both geniuses, having any more children is irresponsible to the Qing Family.”
“What you said makes sense…”
Qing Ji said, “Actually, you have two more younger brothers.”
“Huh?” Qing Chen was puzzled.
“But in order to prevent them from competing with you and Xiao Zhun for power, they were all accidentally killed,” Qing Ji said.
At that moment, Qing Chen’s hair stood on end, a gust of cold wind swept across his back, and he felt a chill all over his body!
Qing Ji awkwardly squeezed out a smile, “I’m just kidding. This is the outside world’s guess about the family head, but he actually didn’t do that.”
Qing Chen: “?”
What a hellish joke!
Qing Ji in front of him was like a heartless robot, even his jokes were so stiff.
However, Qing Chen also realized a problem from his words: the Head of the Qingshi Clan intended to overthrow the Shadow Succession system!
Qing Chen asked, “No matter what, Shadow Succession has ensured the stability of the Qing Family. Why overthrow it?”
Qing Ji replied, “You’ll know later. The family head has his own ideas. Just honestly go on blind dates. It officially starts tomorrow.”
Qing Chen thought to himself that he had just escaped the pursuit of the Chen Family Demi-god, and the next day he would go on blind dates in City 5. His life’s twists and turns were too bizarre.
The key is, he didn’t want to go on blind dates at all. First of all, he didn’t have time to date anyone now. Secondly, he wasn’t interested in meeting other girls.
So… he just needed to put it off for two weeks, find a way to reject everyone, right?
Although doing so would hurt many people, the problem is he had no choice.
No, Qing Chen was thinking, if the family head was going to find him seven wives, how many girls would he have to meet in these two weeks?!
Just as Qing Chen was about to ask clearly, Qing Ji had already turned to leave, “The door code is your birthday, always has been. Help yourself. Keep your phone on until we call you. After two weeks, regardless of the outcome, City 10 will receive a new batch of aid. The anti-missile troops have arrived near City 10, and they will guard City 10 24 hours a day, this is our sincerity.”
Qing Chen looked at the departing Qing Ji, then lay on the sofa, feeling the atmosphere here.
“I will find a way to save you,” he whispered.
Saying this, Qing Chen got up, put on a mask, and walked out.
When going downstairs, he happened to meet the neighbor’s aunt. The aunt looked at Qing Chen, “Strange, this house really has someone living here. I heard the sound of the door opening and closing before, and I thought it was haunted. Hey, young man, what are you to Qing Zhun and Ning Xiu? Or did they sell the house to you?”
Qing Chen smiled, “I’m Qing Zhun’s younger brother.”
“So you’re their younger brother. Where are they now?” The aunt asked.
“They’ve gone to other cities to do business,” Qing Chen said.
“I see,” the aunt smiled, “My name is Qing Zhen. Your brother helped me repair many appliances back then, and your sister-in-law often sent neighbors snacks she made. We’re old acquaintances. If you have any difficulties, just tell Auntie, and Auntie will definitely help if she can.”
Qing is a big surname in the Southwest, equivalent to the Wang surname in the Outer World, so it’s not surprising to meet someone surnamed Qing casually. If you trace your ancestors back ten generations, you might even know Qing Zhen.
At this time, Qing Chen thought of his brother and sister-in-law’s kind deeds here, and his nose soured. He quickly smiled, “Thank you, Auntie, I’ll tell you if I need anything.”
The aunt looked at Qing Chen, “Although you look a little thin, you’re quite upright. By the way, what kind of work do you do now?”
“Ah, this,” Qing Chen replied, “I’m a repairman.”
“Repair what?” The aunt was interested. A technician came to the slums, which is quite popular. Skills in hand will definitely not starve.
Qing Chen smiled and answered, “Repairing phones.”
In fact, it’s not wrong for him to say he’s a repairman. He repairs anyone he doesn’t like, repairs Conglomerate if it has problems, and repairs Federation if it has problems.
Although the scope of repair is a bit wide, Qing Chen is now considered a skilled worker.
The aunt laughed, “Repairing phones is good. My phone is broken, there’s a bright spot on the screen, you can fix it for me. I won’t shortchange you a penny.”
Qing Chen was stunned. This is too coincidental…
He forced a smile, “Give it to me, I’ll fix it for you, but it will take a few days.”
“It’s okay,” The aunt handed the phone to Qing Chen and smiled, “How old are you, young man?”
Qing Chen: “17.”
“Do you have a girlfriend?” The aunt became interested, “Auntie will introduce you to one?”
“No, no, no,” Qing Chen took the phone and fled.
At this time, a girl’s voice came from inside the door, “Mom, who are you talking to?”
The aunt said, “Our new neighbor.”
“Huh? What does he do?”
“Repairing phones,” the aunt said, “He’s one year younger than you, but I think he’s quite clean. I was thinking of letting you meet him.”
The girl in the house muttered, “What do I have to talk about with a phone repairman? Many people are chasing me.”
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Qing Chen walked along the bustling streets. He hadn’t had a good stroll in other cities before, but now that he was in the city built by his brother for him, he felt that he couldn’t see enough of the scenery.
It’s like looking at the little easter eggs left in a wonderful movie, full of surprises.
In addition to hot pot and foot baths, Qing Chen also saw an Inner World ‘Sichuan Restaurant’.
Inner World doesn’t have the concept of provincial and regional regions, so there shouldn’t be Sichuan cuisine with local characteristics.
He went into the restaurant and took a look. The dishes compared to the Outer World were completely off. After careful inquiry, it turned out that this was actually a Qing Family-owned catering company.
So, Yan Liuyuan probably mentioned “Sichuan Restaurant” to Qing Zhun, Qing Zhun thought it was a brand, so he let the Qing Family open such a restaurant. Whether the business is good or not is not important, as long as it exists…
Whenever Qing Chen saw these familiar Outer World elements, he always felt amused, as if he saw his brother scratching his head and thinking about what “Sichuan Restaurant” is.
He walked north until a grand building appeared before him.
The black exterior reflected the sunlight, the whole building was as solid as metal.
City 5 Prison.
Qing Chen didn’t come to visit, but to find the missing prison warden.
He walked to the gate of this lonely prison and knocked on the door, “Yi, I know you’re inside, open the door!”