Chapter 170 Searching

The first continent, Tianhai City.

On a certain path in the dark street, two figures, one tall and one short, were walking side by side among the crowd.

The short young girl has bright eyes and holds a piece of hawthorn ice cream in her hand; the tall adult woman has long flowing hair and white silk like a waterfall, which is quite eye-catching.

The two of them were Bai Yuejian and Lu Xiaoye who had returned from traveling. They had just returned to Tianhai today and were still looking for a place to live.

"Master, how are we going to find Uncle Chu next?" Lu Xiaoye licked his lips that were stained red by the ice cream.

Uncle Shi is an honorific title, and she is talking about Chu Yao.

It seems that Bai Yuejian still accepted Xiaoye as her disciple. I don't know why she changed her mind after not accepting a disciple for a hundred years.

"Don't be impatient. With your Uncle Chu's temperament, he's probably going to turn Tianhai into chaos. We might be able to find clues when we find someone to ask."

"Yeah." Lu Xiaoye nodded.

Although she only spent a short time with Chu Yao, she was deeply impressed by this uncle with an out-of-the-box personality.

Looking at the familiar street scene in front of her, Xiaoye couldn't help but feel emotional.

Two years have passed in a flash, and everything is still the same. But there have been changes. I wonder if it's her imagination, but the security in the dark streets seems to be much better than before.

She remembered that the dark streets in the past were very chaotic even in broad daylight. There were often fights between gangs, and robberies were commonplace.

But now there are almost no such people. There are more vendors pushing carts and more passers-by wandering around.

Three girls in school uniforms passed by the two of them and ran towards a milk tea shop not far away. Looking at their appearance, the memory in Xiaoye's eyes became more intense.

Speaking of which, she is already seventeen this year. If she had not met Chu Yao and Bai Yuejian, she would be either working part-time or in high school now.

A chance encounter changed her life.

"Master, I...want to visit grandpa's tomb."

"This is natural. But let's find a place to stay first. Let me look at the map..." Bai Yuejian's eyes turned to the mobile phone.

In the past two years, they have not been living the life of hermits in the mountains. The two of them have visited almost every city on the first continent.

Bai Yuejian's understanding of heaven, human society and technology is no less than Chu Yao's. Before arriving in Tianhai City, she booked a hotel using her mobile phone.

Lu Xiaoye was munching ice cream silently beside her, and when he was thinking about making milk tea, his whole body suddenly froze, and his eyes flashed sharply.

While she was secretly scanning the area, she transmitted a message to Bai Yuejian's ear:

"Master, someone is following us."

"He has been following him for five minutes." Bai Yuejian's eyes were still on the mobile phone screen, as if he didn't care that someone was following him. "I know what you are thinking. Go ahead and find out the details of this person and try to avoid people's eyes."

"Okay." Lu Xiaoye threw the ice cream pole into the trash can beside him, waved his hand in front of his chest, and then suddenly disappeared.

Except for the stalkers in the far corner of the alley, no one noticed a little girl disappearing into the crowd.

The stalker was a young man in his twenties, and he was shocked.

Why is it that when I look up, one of these two people is missing? Where did that girl go?

The panicked young man stood on tiptoes and looked around. Before he could look far, a strong force suddenly came from behind him, and he was pulled by his clothes and dragged into a narrow alley one person wide behind him.

The young man's body trembled suddenly. He saw the disappeared girl appear in front of him, with one hand on his collar and a cold look in his eyes.

"Tell me, why are you following us?"

Lu Xiaoye even held a short knife in his other hand. The cold blade was pressed against the young man's neck, causing him to break out in a cold sweat.

"Wait, wait a minute! Don't be impatient...your name is Lu Xiaoye, right?"

The short sword came closer, and Xiaoye's face tightened: "Why do you know my name? Come on, the sword has no eyes!"

"I don't mean any harm! I'm a cat's eye..." The young man seemed to want to explain his identity, but thinking of his superior's instructions, he changed his explanation:

"It was 'Sister Chu' who asked us to come to you!"

"Sister Chu?" Lu Xiaoye was stunned.

Apart from her uncle, she didn't seem to know anyone named Chu.

Lu Xiaoye thought for a moment, took back the short knife, and led the young man to Bai Yuejian's side.

Bai Yuejian was not surprised by the young man's intention. They found a café nearby and sat down to talk.

The young man still touched his neck with lingering fear and revealed his identity and origin to the two people.

"Maowei Company." Bai Yuejian took a sip of coffee and repeated the name, "Chu Xiaoye, is this the name of your chairman?"

"Yes. My boss said that if we find you, we must take you to the third continent as soon as possible. So please be accommodating. I am also following orders."

"When was this order?"

"About two days ago." The young man thought for a moment and felt that this was not some secret that could not be told.

If you want to complete your mission, you must first gain the trust of two people.

"Two days? Why are you so anxious?"

"Sorry, that's not something I can know. Our job is to find people. I just know that the people above are urging them urgently." The young man's movements were a little awkward.

Bai Yuejian turned around and glanced at Lu Xiaoye: "Xiaoye, you don't have to stare at him like this."

"Hmph, you're so sneaky, you don't look like a good person! Do we have to believe whatever you say? Since you are from Maowei Company, why can't you provide evidence!"

"This..." The young man looked at Bai Yuejian and pointed to his pocket.

It wasn't that he didn't want to take it, it was because Xiaoye looked at him like a thief on the way. He couldn't even walk a few steps faster. His eyes looked as if he was about to take out a knife and chop him in the next second.

"It's okay." Bai Yuejian looked at Xiaoye, who walked up to the young man and took out a smartphone from his pocket.

"No tricks!" Lu Xiaoye handed the phone to the young man.

After some twists and turns, the young man finally got in touch with his superior. After many layers of contact, a video call across the ocean was connected in front of the two of them.

After seeing the appearance of the person on the other end of the video, Bai Yuejian's worries suddenly disappeared.

"Master Chen!" Bai Yuejian's face showed the joy of meeting old friends again.

"Elder Bai, we have been waiting for you for a long time." Chen Qingyu's face looked a little heavy, but he still squeezed out a smile. "Without further delay, we have prepared a special plane over at Tianhai. You just need to follow their arrangements."

"Chen Qingyu, tell me the truth." Seeing Qingyu's unnatural expression, Bai Yuejian's face became serious. "You are looking for me so anxiously. Is it because something happened to Chu...Chu Xiaoye?"

She had already guessed that Chu Xiaoye should be the pseudonym of junior sister.

Junior sister is very self-reliant, even a little too self-reliant, and she never asks for help in anything.

But such a junior sister suddenly started looking for herself, so she could only think of this possibility.

"...Yes." Chen Qingyu nodded after being silent for a while. "We will discuss the details after you arrive."