Chapter 18 Jiude Maiyi (two chapters in one)
Xinyu Internet Cafe.

After watching Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang leave, Lao Lei went upstairs and tidied up their camera positions.

Just as I returned to the front desk and sat down, the sound of messages from friends on MapleStory began to ring. It was the female apprentice I accepted a few days ago who asked for help again.

Lao Lei was about to reply when the door of the Internet cafe was pushed open.

Against the glaring sunlight, I couldn't see her face, I could only see the light outlining a tall and graceful curve in the dusty air.

Lao Lei glanced at it and lowered his head, his eyes returning to the computer screen:

"Two yuan an hour. If you top up ten yuan as a member, you'll get ten yuan free. If you want to turn on the phone, show your ID card."

The woman slapped a card on the counter. Without even looking up, Lao Lei reached out to touch the card, and his fingertips fumbled twice before he found it.

The moment he held the card in his palm, Lao Lei was suddenly stunned.

It has a strange touch, a bit like metal, but it is not real metal, and the surface has been subjected to a very high-end matte treatment.

It's obviously not an ID card.

Lao Lei slowly opened his palm, and a black card lay in his palm. There was no text, only strange abstract lines and digital symbols. Turning it over, there were two crossed silver guns on the back, and under the silver guns was the English word "Hunter".

Lao Lei was silent for two seconds, then handed the card back from the counter: "We won't accept it if it's not an ID card."

"Do I need an ID card?" asked the mature and lazy woman.
"Is there no temporary card or something? I just flew here from Japan this morning. I only have my passport with me. I haven't had time to apply for a temporary residence permit yet."

"Sorry, this is a regular Internet cafe." Lao Lei took out a sign that said "Minors are prohibited from surfing the Internet" from under the front desk and placed it on the counter.

At this time, the door was pushed open again. It was Lu Mingfei who came back after sending Su Xiaoqiang off. Lu Mingfei put his hands in his pockets and said, "Boss, I'm back. Give me another two hours."

Just as he finished speaking, he noticed the woman standing next to him. She was fair-skinned, beautiful, with a slim waist and long legs, and her long hair was tied up high.

Although she was wearing a pair of huge sunglasses and her entire face could not be seen, one could vaguely tell that her facial features were quite beautiful, and she was carrying a small suitcase in her hands.

The three of them looked at each other, embarrassment floating in the air like dust.

A hint of surprise suddenly flashed across the woman's pretty face, but then the surprise turned into a charming smile.

She tapped the counter with her black-nailed fingers and looked at Lao Lei:

"Aren't minors prohibited from surfing the Internet?"

"I, I, I went to the wrong door."

Lu Mingfei keenly sensed that something was wrong, and combined with what Lao Lei had said this morning, “the investigation has been strict recently,” he was suddenly shocked and wondered if the beautiful woman in front of him was the one being investigated.

Although he had actually reached adulthood a long time ago, he was not yet an adult in name only. So he bowed to the two of them quickly and ran away slickly, without leaving a single cloud behind.

"Look, he's gone. I told you this is a legitimate Internet cafe. You can't access the Internet without an ID card," said Lao Lei.

"Okay." The woman shrugged, put the card inside her clothes, took out a new card and handed it to Lao Lei, "Then take a look at this one and see if it works?"

The content on this card was even simpler. There was nothing written on it. Only one side was engraved with a picture outlined in silver thread. In the picture was a lush world tree.

Lao Lei suddenly felt his throat tighten, as if someone had suddenly grabbed his neck.

"Who are you?" Lao Lei's voice was hoarse.

"It seems you recognize this card."

"I know half of it."

"Knowing half of it is enough."

The woman put the card away.
"Don't be too nervous. I came here today just to trouble you to help me check someone. Of course, I will definitely pay you. The reward can be given to you offline. If you are worried, we can also go through the Hunter platform to check the account. It's up to you."

"If I say I don't need money, will you leave?"

The woman smiled: "Of course not."

"You are forcing me to buy and sell." Lao Lei spread his hands helplessly, "Then tell me quickly, and it's better to finish it in a few words. I still need to take my lovely female apprentice to the dungeon."

"Okay, I'll explain it briefly." The woman pressed her body lightly on the counter. "You have a big company in your area called the Black Prince Group. Did you know that?"

"Of course I know. The city's leading enterprises are major taxpayers every year."

"The boss of the Black Prince Group has a driver with this name."

The woman borrowed paper and pen from Lao Lei, wrote a few words on the paper, and handed it to Lao Lei.

Lao Lei looked at the name on the paper and frowned: "Chu Tianjiao?"

"Yes."

"I've never heard of this person."

"This is the first strange thing." The woman crossed her legs and leaned on the counter. "I have never heard of this person. I even checked the social security records of the Black Prince Group, but couldn't find this person."

"Is it possible that you don't exist at all?"

"According to an extremely reliable source, this person must exist, or must have existed in the past, and like you, he also graduated from Kassel College." The woman paused, "and his bloodline is even above A-level."

"Impossible!" Lao Lei immediately denied it decisively. "The permanent executive department commissioners in each city know each other. I have never heard of such a person. Moreover, he has such a high pedigree. You must have made a mistake."

"This is the second strange thing." The woman said, "I mobilized all the forces I could to investigate this man.
Although we didn't find any of his identity information, we did find his son's information.

Isn't it strange? A man who may not exist actually left a son in this world."

"..."

"You should know his son. He is your schoolmate."

"what is it call?"

"Chu Zihang."

Lao Lei took a deep breath. He had indeed heard of this name before.

As the founder of the Shilan Middle School's "This Beast Should Be Killed" list, the name Chu Zihang has firmly occupied the top position since the inception of the list.

Chu Zihang is also listed in the academy's records as one of the people in this city who may have high-risk bloodline.

From a genetic point of view, Chu Zihang can have such a high bloodline, at least one of his father or mother is a high-level dragon bloodline.

The woman continued quietly, "We have checked Chu Zihang's information. According to the information we found, Chu Zihang's biological mother is just an ordinary beautiful woman.

His current nominal father, Lu Tianming, is only his stepfather. So his dragon bloodline could only be inherited from his biological father."

"But how did you know for sure that Chu Zihang's biological father is this man named Chu Tianjiao?"

Lao Lei discovered the contradiction.

"Logically speaking, since you can't find any information about Chu Tianjiao, how do you know for sure that he has a son? You can't just randomly claim someone's father just because they both have the last name Chu, right?"

"Because our source of information is quite reliable... Even if the whole world is wrong, he can't be wrong."

The woman moved her body away from the counter.

"If you don't believe me, you can verify it and see if you can find any clues about Chu Zihang's biological father. A man who disappeared out of thin air and a father who can't find any information, I believe that putting the two together should be able to prove some problems." "If I have time, I will check it." Lao Lei said, "But I have one last question."

"explain."

"Why did you find me to help you investigate this matter?"

"Of course because you are the most suitable person to investigate this matter."

The woman tilted her head, and the pair of slender eyes behind her sunglasses stared at Lao Lei lightly.

“Raymond, Commissioner B007 of Kassel College, you have been in this city for many years, and no one knows every detail of this city better than you.

And when you were studying at Kassel Academy, you were one of the members participating in the "EVA" design project.

There are not many hackers in the world who can hack into the Norma database, and we believe you are one of them."

"..."

Lao Lei was silent for a long time before he nodded, a smile on his face: "It's really interesting. I'll take this private job. How can I contact you when there is a result?"

"This is my phone."

The woman wrote a string of numbers on the piece of paper with the name "Chu Tianjiao" on it, handed it to Lao Lei, and smiled seductively:
"You better keep it. I don't know how many men want my phone number."

"I admit that you are very beautiful, but unfortunately you are not my type." Lao Lei pouted, "I like cute types, shorter, flatter-chested, the kind who speak in a coquettish voice and like to act like a spoiled child, and the kind who like to eat snacks."

"What a coincidence, I have a friend who is the kind of girl you are talking about."

"Fuck, push me, sister, push, faster." Lao Lei's little eyes like Li Ronghao suddenly widened and he was instantly excited.

The woman shrugged. "You should remember my phone number and name first, and then I will consider whether to introduce her to you."

"Okay, it's a deal. What's your name, little sister?"

The woman's lips moved slightly, and she uttered a few words with a smile: "Jiu De Mai."

……

While Jiude Mai and Lao Lei were negotiating, Lu Mingfei was walking on the road and fell into deep thought.

For some reason, Lu Mingfei always felt that the beautiful woman wearing sunglasses looked familiar, and he seemed to have smelled the perfume on her body somewhere before.

This is not the first time.

Ever since that day when he saw Xia Mi on the viaduct in the rain, Lu Mingfei always felt a strong sense of déjà vu recently, and everything he saw seemed familiar.

Even when looking at Lao Lei, I felt like “I’ve seen this brother before.”

But Lu Mingfei was relieved immediately. It was only natural for him to know Lao Lei.

In my previous life, when I was in junior high school, Lao Lei was also a network administrator in this Internet cafe. What he was most passionate about was to have online romances with girls from MapleStory and Audition.

However, because Lao Lei has a pair of small eyes that resemble Li Ronghao's, Lao Lei's online romances always fail when exposed.

So Lu Mingfei often saw Lao Lei sitting on the threshold of the Internet cafe, crying like Jia Baoyu.

However, not long after Lu Mingfei entered high school, Lao Lei left the Internet cafe. It was said that he met his true love online and they met in person.

"If I can meet Su Xiaoqiang in an Internet cafe, then it won't be strange if I meet anyone else."

Maybe if I go to Xinhua Bookstore now, I will run into Chen Wenwen right away.

But Lu Mingfei just thought about it, so he decided not to let him try his luck at Xinhua Bookstore.

From the moment he saw Zhao Menghua holding Chen Wenwen's hand and putting the engagement ring on her finger in the choir, Lu Mingfei had let go of everything about Chen Wenwen.

The dwarfs took Snow White in and protected her when she was at her lowest point, but she will only remember the prince who woke her up with a kiss and made her spit out the poisoned apple.

Chen Wenwen is destined to have her own prince charming, so what can a little dwarf like me do? Of course, I can only congratulate her.

Fairy tales are the most innocent stories, but also the cruelest stories.

No matter how good the dwarfs are to Snow White, there is still an insurmountable gap between them.
The ugly duckling that can become a swan is because it was originally a swan;
No matter how hard the mermaid princess tried or how much she paid, she could not enter the prince's world...

Damn it, I don't want to think about it anymore. The more I think about it, the more I feel that my life is a tragedy. I have been in middle school for almost ten years, and I have never even kissed a girl.

"Hey, there's nowhere to go, let's go back first."

Lu Mingfei has been quite short of money in recent times.

Some time ago, Lu Mingfei mentioned the graduation trip to his aunt.

I thought my aunt might refuse, or get furious, or just use her loud voice like a trumpet to talk to me about a lot of things, to show me how difficult it was for her to raise me, and to ask me to understand her as an aunt, and thus reject my request for a graduation trip.

However, what was unexpected was that this time, my aunt agreed very readily, but the money would be slowly deducted from Lu Mingfei's future pocket money.

"Since it's a graduation trip for the whole class, let's go."

While picking vegetables, my aunt said without turning her head:
“It’s not easy for classmates to study together for three years, and this gathering with so many people together may only happen once in a lifetime.

But you have to save your money for me, don’t spend it lavishly, and remember to bring back some local specialties so your uncle can give them to others as gifts…”

This was the first time since Lu Mingfei could remember that his aunt had agreed to something so readily.

Although there was a graduation trip in his previous life, Lu Mingfei did not tell his aunt about it, but went to find his uncle.

My uncle doesn't have control over the family's finances, but at least when it comes to spending money, he's generally not stingy.

Uncle lived up to everyone's expectations and generously gave Lu Mingfei money for his graduation trip. Of course, the price he paid was that in the next three months, his cigarettes changed from Yunnan Yunnan Yunnan to Lao Baisha.

Including the time when I was having dinner with Eri in a restaurant in Neon. My uncle, who thought I was wanted, chased me out of the restaurant and stuffed his wallet into my hand.

Many times, the person you think likes you may not actually like you. For example, Chen Wenwen.

Many times, the person you think doesn't love you may actually be quite caring towards you, such as your uncle.

……

When Lu Mingfei walked back home, it was almost two o'clock.

There was no food in the refrigerator. Fortunately, when he was in the Internet cafe, Lu Mingfei had a bowl of instant noodles, two eggs and two sausages from Su Xiaoqiang for free, so he was not hungry now.

It was the height of summer, the air was hot and stuffy, and even the cicadas outside the window seemed feeble.

Lu Mingfei first turned on the air conditioner in the room, then took off his clothes and took a shower. This way, after taking a shower, the room would be cooled to a cool temperature.

However, Lu Mingfei could only do this when his aunt was not at home. If his aunt saw him, she would say he was wasting electricity.

After taking a shower, I turned on my computer and logged into QQ. Just as I was about to start StarCraft, the QQ message notification sound rang. The little penguin in the lower right corner flashed.

Who would be looking for me in broad daylight?

The few online friends he knew who played StarCraft were all night owls.

Lu Mingfei moved the mouse to the flashing little penguin and clicked it with a "click".

(End of this chapter)