Chapter 395
Before they came from the imperial capital, they had confirmed that the suitable candidate was the eldest young lady of the Ying family.
The Eldest Elder said that the eldest young lady of the Ying family was born at 1:01:01 on March 24, so there was no mistake.
How could she not be?
The man’s gaze was cold, like a knife blade.
Zhong Manhua had never seen such a thing before, and her body trembled: “It’s true, it’s true. Xiao Xuan wasn’t born on the 24th of March, but when we adopted her, we changed her birthday to that date.”
She also knew that Ying Yuexuan’s actual age was a little older.
It was just that she was in such a poor state of mind during those days that she was afraid she would have gone into a mental hospital if she hadn’t been accompanied by Ying Yuexuan.
She didn’t know why these people were so concerned about the point in time when she was born, but they definitely couldn’t be allowed to take Ying Yuexuan away either.
Hearing these words, the man sneered.
He took a big step forward, cupped Zhong Manhua’s collar with one hand, and lifted her up directly.
Zhong Manhua’s face turned even whiter.
Her feet were in the air and her eyes were filled with fear.
On the other side, Ying Zhenting was still on the ground, also bloodless.
Although he was over fifty years old, he had always been fit and was in better shape than the average young man who drank and smoked.
But the man in black’s seemingly light kick, which didn’t use much force, made him feel like his internal organs were tumbling.
Even the bodyguards carefully a*signed to the family’s sons by the four giants were not this strong.
“Adopted?” The man looked at Zhong Manhua indifferently, with more than a part of a sneer at the bottom of his eyes, “Trying to fool me with a few words, do you think I’m a fool of your secular families?”
Zhong Manhua’s brain was no longer able to turn.
She was completely unable to understand some of the words coming out of the man’s mouth, and only subconsciously went to protect Ying Yuexuan.
Who the hell were these people?
How dare they?
Zhong Manhua’s voice trembled so badly that her words were out of tune: “I, what I said is true, you, you just need to go to any family in Shanghai City and ask, they, they all know that Xiao Xuan was adopted by the Ying family, so she really wasn’t born on that date!”
“What about your real daughter?” The man was half convinced, but his voice was even colder, “You smile at your adopted daughter and shush her, how come your real daughter isn’t there? Is she your enemy?”
They had been squatting outside the old Ying family home for half a day.
The men were also afraid of catching the wrong person, so after observing and double-checking the way Ying Yuexuan and Ying Zhenting got along with Zhong Manhua, they were the real ones.
A word that made Zhong Manhua’s face go red with shame.
But life and death were in the man’s hands, and even though she was embarra*sed, Zhong Manhua had to say the next words.
Her lips trembled: “She, she has broken off with the Ying family. I swear, everything I said is true.
The man’s eyes narrowed, the strength in his hands eased, and he slowly spat out three words: “Ying Zidian?”
“Yes!” Zhong Manhua pleaded, “It’s her, it’s really easy for you to check, everyone in Shanghai knows about it, how could I lie to you?”
Only then did the man turn his head and give the man in black to his left a look, “Go and ask.”
Then he let go of his hand and casually threw Zhong Manhua to the ground.
The man in black complied and quickly left.
Zhong Manhua was able to breathe in fresh air and breathed heavily.
After seeing the man’s action, she froze and shivered as she took out her mobile phone, “You, you can call and ask.”
The man took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, coldly: “Don’t like to use these things, understand?”
Zhong Manhua didn’t dare to say a word, his teeth gritted and creaked.
The man swept the hall and sat down on the sofa, very leisurely.
But every minute and second felt like torture on fire for the three members of the Ying family.
Ten minutes later, the man in black went and returned.
He clasped his fist and knelt on one knee in ancient etiquette, “Second young master, after asking several families, she is indeed the adopted daughter of the Ying family, the true daughter of the Ying family is called Ying Zidian.”
“Good.” The man raised his head and looked at Zhong Manhua, his gaze cold and hostile, “Ying Zidian, where is she?”
“She’s ……” Zhong Manhua was about to answer, but realized she didn’t know anything about it.
The man’s eyes swept back to Ying Zhending.
Ying Zhending’s body stiffened, “I don’t know either.”
He wasn’t even going to pay attention to Ying Zidian, he was still busy with the company these days, how could he have any other energy?
“Second Young Master.” The man in black stepped forward and quietly whispered a few words in the man’s ear again.
After listening to the man’s report, the man also understood over the matter of the Ying family.
“It’s disgusting that parents have reached this point in your lives.” He snorted lightly, condescending, “If the Hall of Justice hadn’t granted us only one spot, I’d see you all so revolted that you’d all be dead today.”
He stopped looking at Zhong Manhua and waved his hand indifferently, “Go to the Zhong family.”
A team of men came in a rage and left quickly.
Zhong Manhua collapsed to the ground, her face as white as paper and sweating coldly.
“Mum!” Ying Yuexuan also finally reacted, she jumped over and hugged Zhong Manhua, choking out a sob, “Mum ……”
“It’s okay, it’s okay.” Zhong Manhua barely lifted her arms to hug her, her voice still trembling, “They won’t come back.”
Ying Yuexuan pursed her lips, “But mum, they’ve gone to find her sister, wouldn’t that ……”
She was now suddenly glad that all the big and small families in Shanghai City knew about her being an adopted daughter.
Otherwise, she would have been taken away by these people for sure.
Zhong Manhua also just woke up like a dream, she panicked again, “Zhen Ting, what, what should we do? We have to save Ziggy.”
Ying Zhending was still weak, but his expression was extremely cold: “What should we do? Are these people something we can afford to mess with? Don’t meddle, she’s a spoilsport if you ask me.”
Zhong Manhua’s face went white.
She had been so preoccupied with protecting Ying Yuexuan that she had forgotten that Ying Zigui had only just come of age.
These people were so violent that they could say the word “death” at any time.
Even if Ying Zidian is close to Fu Yunshen, the venus group is a business empire and Fu Yunshen is only the president of the Asia Pacific region sent by the head office.
How could he compete with those people?
“Dad, mum, I can go to O Chau alone.” Ying Yuexuan suddenly spoke up, interrupting Zhong Manhua’s thoughts, “You’ve had a scare today, and dad is injured, I’ll take you to the hospital first.”
Zhong Manhua’s attention was really pulled back, she was a bit worried, “Will you be able to do it alone?”
“Senior will come to pick me up.” Ying Yuexuan whispered, “Mom, don’t worry, the place where isc is holding the finals happens to be in the city next to Yilan Public School.”
Hearing this, Zhong Manhua nodded her head.
She went forward with a trembling body and helped Ying Zhending up, “Zhending, let’s go to the hospital.”
After the two of them went out, Ying Yuexuan lifted the suitcase herself.
The corners of her mouth pressed down, but she couldn’t hide her smile.
She didn’t know how Ying Zidian had gotten into trouble with these horrible people, but it didn’t matter.
As long as Ying Zidian was taken away, no one would be able to threaten her anymore.
**
On the other side.
The man and the team of black-clad men he brought with him soon went to the Zhong family.
The Zhong family’s old mansion was closed to the public.
Usually it was only Master Zhong who lived here, and he had given the Zhong housekeeper and other servants a holiday after accompanying Ying to the imperial capital.
The man didn’t need to go in, he could feel it with his inner energy and knew there was no one inside.
He looked cold: “Go to the Wen family.”
A bunch of people arrived at the block where the Wen family was located again, but the door to the flat was still closed and no one was there.
“Second Young Master.” At this point, the man in black who had been spying earlier spoke up, “Miss Ying’s family is a high school student at Qingzhi, should we go to Qingzhi?”
“Grab a few of her cla*smates and threaten her, she’ll definitely come back.”
“High school?” The man frowned, obviously unfamiliar with the word.
The man in black was busy adding, “It’s the academy.”
The man pondered for a moment and shook his head, “No, it’s where the crowds gather, we’ll cause confusion if we go there, and the Hall of Justice, it’s not clear.”
This time they had come out from the Ancient Martial World, although they had the approval of the Hall of Justice, the Hall of Justice only allowed them to bring back an ordinary person.
If their whereabouts were exposed, they would be punished.
The man in black asked again, “What about going to O Continent?”
“Not allowed either.” The man wrinkled his brow, “Most of those hunters on the nok list are roaming the o-continent with deadly family enemies, going at this time would be like telling them we have a weakness.”
The man in black also hesitated, “But if we don’t bring Miss Ying back, the young master’s illness ……”
“Wait first.” The man’s eyebrows knitted tighter, “Didn’t you say that whatever competition ends at the end of May and she has to come back for the entrance exams, this amount of time big brother can still afford to wait, let’s wait for her to come back and then take her away.”
The man in black spoke tentatively, “But I’m afraid she won’t want to, after all, she’s not too well known in the outside world, if she goes missing, this could ……”
“My elder brother, a dragon among men, if it weren’t for this kind of thing, the Lin family would be begging for a marriage at their doorstep.” The man’s eyes instantly went cold, “She is an ordinary person from a secular family, it would be an honor for her to marry there.”
The man in black bowed his head and didn’t say anything.
The ancient martial world was a mystery to the outside world, ordinary people wouldn’t even know about it.
The eldest young master was indeed a dragon among men, not only did he have excellent looks, but his ancient martial talent was also a genius that was rarely seen in the family for a hundred years.
But just last month, his body suddenly turned straight down and he was so weak that he couldn’t even get out of bed.
They took the eldest young master to the ancient martial world for a visit and took a lot of rare herbs, but the eldest young master still didn’t get better.
Later, the Eldest Elder returned from his travels outside.
The family’s Grand Elder was not a member of the family proper, but a trigonometer.
A long time ago, because the family’s former former family had saved the life of the Eldest Elder, he took the position of Eldest Elder and stayed in the family.
Then, the Grand Elder read a trigram for the Eldest Young Master.
The trigram said that the eldest young master had such a calamity in his fate.
If he wanted to recover, he had to find someone to marry him to make up for this calamity.
After this calamity, the eldest young master would be able to break his back and regain his health, and his ancient martial arts cultivation would be higher than before.
But the conditions for the candidate are harsh.
The candidate must be female, must be eighteen years old, and must be a descendant of a wealthy and powerful family.
She must be born half a second short of 1:00, 1:00 and 1:00 on the 24th of March.
The only and most eligible person was the eldest daughter of the Ying family.
That was why they had come out of the ancient martial world and travelled thousands of miles to Shanghai City.
“Now wait here in Shanghai City.” The man was faint, “Find an empty house to stay in, and as soon as the person returns, take them away back to the Ancient Martial Realm.”
**
The following day.
o Continent.
University city.
Ying Ziji got up very early.
After she had freshened up, she raised her head and squinted outside the window for a look around.
Apart from the cameras in the corners, there were also a number of forbidden guards from the royal families of the o-continent countries, who were responsible for the security of the perimeter and kept a very strict watch.
This was, after all, the first scientific knowledge competition in the global sense and, unsurprisingly, there were quite a few forces that wanted to disrupt it.
Even if it wasn’t during the progress of the isc international final, with two of the world’s top universities and laboratories, it would be a place that someone with an axe to grind would want to invade.
At the entrance to the university town, nameless packages are often found, which, when opened, many times contain time bombs.
Ying Zigui averted her eyes, got dressed and went downstairs.
As soon as she got downstairs, a balloon floated down from above her head.
It was a Donald Duck.
A fish was in his arms.
There was a low, slow voice falling with a smile: “Good morning, a balloon for our little friend.”
Ying Ziji glanced at the handsome looking man and really took the balloon as well. Her voice was light: “You raise your hand.”
Fu Yunshen raised his eyebrows: “What for?”
Ying Ziji tied the Donald Duck balloon to his wrist, stepped back and surveyed it: “Now, it’s you who’s being silly.”
Fu Yunshen looked at the balloon on his head, then stepped forward.
He braced one hand against the wall, circled the girl in his arms and lowered his head.
Chapter 396
His eyelashes are long and his complexion cold and white.
The light amber eyes were deep and glowed with a fascinating light.
The next second, I heard his voice pressed down, hooked in a smile, unhurried: “Almost two months, future girlfriend, can I come on board?”
Ying Ziyang looked paused, she raised her eyebrows, “You chase after it again, I’m not soft-hearted yet, let’s talk about it when I am.”
“Yao Yao, then your heart is really hard.” Fu Yunshen grabbed her hand, in a cynical tone, “Try it, my heart is already soft.”
Ying Ziji drew back her hand mercilessly and then stomped on him.
Fu Yunshen took a step back and couldn’t stop laughing, “Alright, I won’t say anymore, it’s fine to chase you for the rest of your life, otherwise, brother will really only be a bachelor.”
After saying that, he handed over the breakfast he had bought, lazily, “There are small dumplings that you like to eat.”
Ying Ziji was slightly silent: “Is this really the first time you’ve chased someone?”
She had watched many dog and pony dramas, but nothing like this yet.
“To be precise, it’s the first time I’ve ever liked someone.” Fu Yunshen looked sideways and restrained his thoughts of touching her head, “What?”
Ying Ziyi ripped open the yoghurt bag, “That really doesn’t show.”
“Well, maybe -” Fu Yunshen stuck one hand in his pocket, his peach blossom eyes raised, his mouth scattered, “That’s the untutored skill of a genius, isn’t it?”
At that moment, a voice rang out from behind the right of the two.
“It seems that you are too completely cured, and it has been proven that hypnotism is not as fast as emotional healing.”
Ying Ziji turned his head.
A few metres away, Yu Xuesheng stood there, smiling lightly.
He seemed to love wearing white and hadn’t changed into any other colour all year round.
“How did you get in?” Fu Yunshen also turned around, “You used hypnosis?”
A cadet, could only bring one family member into the accommodation area.
Ying Zigui had given this quota to Elder Zhong.
So even Ying Tianru could only wait until the competition started to buy tickets to come in.
Yu Xuesheng just smiled, not moving, “A small matter.”
Ying Ziyi raised his eyebrows slightly
If the guards here knew that the world’s second-ranked hypnotist had gotten in, I wonder how they would feel.
With Yu Xuesheng’s ability, he could hypnotize hundreds of thousands of people in a whole university city.
Ying said, “Go and sit in the teahouse in front.”
There are buildings from all countries in the university city, in order to meet the needs of students from all countries.
It was a building modelled on the ancient teahouses of China.
After the three of them took their seats on the first floor, Yu Xuesheng spoke up, “I actually arrived yesterday and then went over to Ilan Public School to see that Avatar, Ilna.”
Ying Zigui’s phoenix eyes narrowed slightly: “What’s so special about it.”
“I had a look.” Yu Xuesheng nodded, “Her illness, indeed, was cured by hypnosis, and she does know quite a bit of knowledge from centuries ago, most likely, indeed, she was awakened to a past life during the hypnosis process.”
“It’s not accurate to say it was a past life, because it was part of the memory that belonged to her, it was just suppressed in her subconscious and hypnosis tapped it out.”
“But this memory is not available to everyone, so there are only a handful of similar cases worldwide, and I have only come across one.”
“The hypnotist who can awaken this part of memory is bound to be famous on the list.”
Fu Yunshen’s finger lightly tapped the desktop, “I’ll have someone check it out later.”
“No matter what, this Irina does possess the level of learning of a scientist.” Yu Xuesheng picked up a cup of tea and smiled faintly, “Miss Ying, you must be careful.”
Ying Ziyi nodded slightly, “I will pay attention.”
She sat for a while longer before getting up, “You guys talk, I’m going to go to Helvin’s lab.”
**
At nine o’clock, Helwyn sent his a*sistant to wait outside the experimental area.
Although Helwyn had told him in advance, the a*sistant was still shocked to see how young the girl was, and couldn’t help but draw a breath backwards
It was known on this side of the o-continent that 17-year-old Ilna had become a researcher at a laboratory that had already set the whole continent abuzz.
But that laboratory was not yet comparable to this one in Helven.
Wasn’t this proof that this girl was even more powerful than Irna?
The laboratory where Helwyn was located had eight floors, and his office was on the topmost floor.
When Ying went up there, she knocked on the door.
Helwyn opened the door himself and was delighted: “Ying, you’re just in time, I’m sorting out the latest information from the lab.”
Ying nodded and walked in.
The office was a mess, with quite a few books piled up.
She glanced around and caught a glimpse of some withered yellow paper with Old English on it sitting on the other side of the desk.
Noticing her gaze, Helvin spoke up and explained, “That’s a document that was just unearthed a while ago and has just been repaired. Unfortunately, it’s all written in Old English and is too obscure, and the translation institute hasn’t translated it yet.”
“No need.” Ying picked up one of them, “I understand a little.”
She took out her pen and quickly finished translating the page.
“Ying, you still know Old English?” Helvin put on his gla*ses, took it and was pleasantly surprised, “Great, I won’t have to go over to the language scientists specifically in the future, those people are really a bunch of old fogeys, it’s a lot of work to talk.”
Hearing this, Ying Zigui looked puzzled, “That’s not really too good.”
Seemingly, she had gotten herself into trouble again.
“You take this information.” Helvin put the documents into a folder and handed them to her, “Keep them safe, they must not be leaked.”
After a moment’s thought, he asked, “What are you going to do later?”
“The teacher from Yilan Public School is going to take us to visit the lab on the other side.” Ying said, “There’s another research base.”
Helwyn hadn’t cared about the other labs and nodded, “Go on then, and when you’ve finished reading this information and there’s something you don’t understand, come back and ask me.”
**
Thirty minutes later, Ying Ziyang rejoined Teng Yunmeng and Feng Yue.
This time, the visit was also divided into groups, with the ten people from Yilan Public School plus Irina, and the six people from China.
This was also the first time Ying Ziyi met Irina.
She lifted the brim of her hat and looked over.
Irna’s appearance was ordinary, but her eyes and look were very much at odds with her age of 17.
“The teacher is out today, we’ll take you there.” A blonde boy came over, quite contemptuously, “I just don’t know, if you guys can get in.”
A word that made Feng Yue furious, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to go forward when he was stopped by Teng Yun Meng.
Ying Zigui put his hands in his pockets and faintly: “Lead the way.”
The blond boy’s anger was squashed, and he grunted coldly as he walked forward.
After a ten-minute car ride, they soon arrived at the research base.
Ilna stepped forward first and handed over a piece of paper, “Please, I’ll take these people in.”
At the entrance, the manager took it and entered the username on the paper into the computer, his eyes lit up, “Miss Ilna, the last time I saw you, you were an E-level account, now you’re a C-level, you can take ten people in.”
“Did you hear that?” The blonde boy turned his head, then sneered, “To get into this research base, you need an nok forum account, you guys don’t even know what an nok forum is, do you?”
“Too bad, Ilna’s account can only take ten people, we have just enough, you won’t be able to get in.”
Teng Yun Meng had indeed never heard of such a forum, and she gritted her teeth, “Ziggy, they did it on purpose.”
Ever since they arrived here, these students from Yilan Public School had been looking down on them, clearly trying to embarra*s them.
Ying Zidian raised her eyes and gave a slight sweep of her gaze.
She took out her phone, tapped on her homemade app and logged into the nok forum.
This was the first time she had taken the initiative to knock a certain founder of the Hidden Alliance Society.
[Divine Reckoner]: So many o-continentals in the nok forum? Ordinary people can get on it too? It’s even become a pa*s to individual places?
[10]: ???? [shocked].
[10]: Oh, you’re talking about the front page, huh? This network is developed, spread fast, the front page is indeed a lot of people, especially some high-end areas, are quite a lot of people, I looked at the number of users on the front page, up to 50 million, of which 90%, are the lowest f-cla*s account, they are water posting.
[10]: But they basically can’t get into the hidden alliance club, hold out for a b-rank account, don’t worry don’t worry, world secrets are not for anyone to know, not into the hidden section, this is an ordinary forum.
The reason why there are so many people from the o-continent is because the Hidden Alliance originated from the o-continent, forget about when we started the a*sociation? You know very well, there are ancient martial arts and ancient medicine over there in China, and it’s so tightly protected, I didn’t think of letting the Hidden Alliance enter China at that time.
Ying Zidian’s eyes were slightly averted.
Many of the older ancient martial artists with high cultivation levels do not see the nok forum either.
Even those on the rankings were mostly foreigners.
But in reality, if ancient martial artists were back in the public eye, I’m afraid the top 50 killers would have to be replaced.
With ancient martial artists guarding China, those notorious hunters would not dare to set foot in the country.
Ilna swept a faint glance at the six people, not much interested either, and lifted her feet, “Let’s go.”
In her opinion, only the number one in the global overall ranking had the qualification to compete with her on the same stage.
These people were not worthy of her attention at all.
A group of high school students, even if they were geniuses, how high could their experience be?
They don’t even know about the nok forum, China is really quite closed.
Ying Ziji lifted her head and said indifferently, “An account on the nok forum, right? Yes.”