Chapter 326: Gathering (You can skip the cliché plot)

Leaving the Extreme North, Lin Chao returned to his residence.

The Small Reincarnation Method was operating at every moment.

What Lin Chao needed to do now was cultivate, and relax.

Each reincarnation required an interval of one month.

In this world, this could be shortened from the Reincarnation Point.

Lin Chao chose not to use it.

In the Ancient War World, he had stayed for millions of years, one could even say tens of millions of years.

Returning to the Main World, his tense heart finally calmed slightly.

The Main World could give him a sense of peace and tranquility.

Lin Chao opened his phone, browsed the news, and enjoyed the life of an ordinary modern person.

"Lin Chao, do you want to go exploring together? A dangerous site was recently discovered, suspected to have an Immortal!"

The one who sent the message was Lin Chao's classmate, Chen Longxuan.

This guy had joined some organizations exploring the Supernatural, seemed to have some connections with the authorities, and had been searching for information regarding the Supernatural.

"Not going, tired." Lin Chao replied casually.

He returned to the Main World to enjoy life.

"What a pity." Chen Longxuan replied casually a few times, then stopped talking.

Lin Chao flipped through his phone; there were many messages inside.

Among them were a few photos sent by Qi Xueyan.

She was not dressed skimpily, looking exquisite and beautiful.

Lin Chao replied casually with a few words.

A thousand miles away, Qi Xueyan sat on a high-speed train, wearing a moon-blue long dress, her waist-length hair draped over her chest; even with the relatively loose dress, the scale of her chest was quite large.

At this moment, she held an extremely special book in her hands, carrying a touch of intellectualism amidst her charm.

She looked at the book, extremely focused, as if she were not a person of the mortal world.

Beside Qi Xueyan sat a girl, a look of disapproval flashing in her eyes.

This book was completely blank, with no text at all.

What was she pretending to be? A literary girl?

"Beauty, can I add your contact information?" Not far away, a young man gathered his courage and asked.

Qi Xueyan raised her head to look at the man and shook her head.

The young man was immediately dejected, incomparably disappointed.

At this time, Qi Xueyan took out her phone, saw the message on it, and a sweet smile appeared.

The young man felt even more heartbroken; all the good cabbage had been arched by a pig.

Qi Xueyan put down her phone and continued to read the book seriously.

Originally, the book without text, as she turned the pages, had some dense text appearing on the pages she had previously read.

On the other side, Lin Chao had just put down his phone when a call rang.

"Mom, yes, we are on break now."

"A gathering, huh?"

"Fine, I'm free now, I'll accompany you all to go in a few days."

With nothing to do, Lin Chao once again integrated into life.

According to what his mother said, a relative in their family had made it big and become successful.

Consequently, that relative was hosting a banquet in Qingyang City, inviting all the relatives to gather and build connections.

Such things were very common.

Lin Chao's father and mother were just ordinary people, but his grandfather's generation were authentic farmers, living in the countryside and making a living by farming.

His parents worked hard to move to the city to live.

However, the connections from the village back then still remained.

Back then, the year Lin Chao was admitted to Tianhai University, a boy from the same village was also admitted to university and even held a celebration banquet, inviting the whole village to attend.

Of course, the gift money had to be given.

Such gatherings, Lin Chao had attended several times from childhood to adulthood.

However, he did not really like the atmosphere of such gatherings.

Building connections was good, but there was always someone who had "made it" looking down on everyone with a high-and-mighty attitude.

At the last gathering, Lin Chao remembered that an uncle from the same village had drunk too much and spoke quite recklessly.

Among other things, he told Lin's father that schooling was useless, a waste of money and time, and it would be better to let Lin Chao go to his factory to work.

After working for a few years and learning a skill, a monthly income of over ten thousand was no problem.

At that time, Lin's expression was not very good.

After all, it was not easy for Lin Chao to get into Tianhai University.

At the time, that person also said that Lin's father was doing so poorly now precisely because he continued his schooling instead of following him out to venture into the world.

The gathering at that time ended on a sour note.

Such scenes were very common, but they were also the most real life.

Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea—everyone was living an ordinary life.

Of course, compared to the laboring people of ancient times, such a life was already extremely superior.

"Is this gathering initiated by Li Guoliang's family?" Lin Chao pondered, and he had some certainty in his heart.

After all, Li Guoliang had now become the Speaker of Li Zhu Country.

His status and position were completely different.

This gathering was simply to get together.

Of course, it was also possible that Li Guoliang wanted... to have a chat with him.

After all, ever since Li Guoliang had muddled his way into becoming Speaker, he had not yet seen Lin Chao.

Li Guoliang's feelings toward Lin Chao now must be incredibly complex.

However, he did not dare to expose anything.

He had no choice but to contact him in this way.

Lin Chao cast these emotions aside; for this month, he would just enjoy life and be an Ordinary person, with his main goal being to practice the Small Reincarnation Method.

After all, according to the rules of the Reincarnation Simulator, the next world might not necessarily be peaceful.

……

Five days later.

A group of fifteen people boarded a plane.

The current Lin Chao no longer had any misgivings about flying.

These fifteen people were all related to Lin Chao's family and also had some kinship with Li Guoliang.

"Little Chao is studying at Tianhai University? That's very promising," a middle-aged man said in greeting, then glanced at his own son, frustrated that he wouldn't improve, "Unlike my Xiao Kai, who plays games all day and says he wants to be an internet celebrity or a game streamer; he's not doing his proper work."

Beside him, the thirteen-year-old chubby boy was immediately dissatisfied: "What's the use of going to school? In the future, I'll just be working for someone else, earning a dead wage of three or four thousand. It's better to be a streamer; if I happen to get popular, I could earn millions a year."

"You, get popular?" The middle-aged man was even angrier when his son talked back, "You insisted on borrowing my account to play last time, and ended up dropping me from King to Diamond. You have the nerve to say that?"

This large group of people all revealed smiles when they saw this scene.

"I'm still young, I still have potential!" the chubby boy retorted, "Besides, Brother Lin Cai has connections. If I become a streamer, he would definitely be willing to promote me!"

"Hmph." Hearing this name, the middle-aged man's expression changed slightly, "You stay away from Lin Cai; don't learn bad habits from him!"

"What's wrong with Brother Lin Cai?" the chubby boy was unconvinced.

Lin Chao's gaze was calm.

He knew Lin Cai, and he also knew Lin Cai's father, Lin Youjin.

At the last gathering, it was Lin Youjin who said that Lin Chao's schooling was useless and even secretly disparaged Lin Chao's father.

As for Lin Cai, in the eyes of these elders, he was absolutely not a good person.

He was Proficient in eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling.

Relying on his family's wealth, whenever he occasionally returned to his hometown, he would look down on this and that, looking at people with his nostrils.

Most importantly, there were rumors that Lin Cai used... drugs.

That was why the group was so repulsed by him.

This time, going to Qingyang City, Lin Chao and Lin Youjin's five families had originally agreed to go together.

However, Lin Youjin clearly looked down on this group of people and left on his own first, without telling them.

"Old Qi, don't say that. Although Lin Cai is good-for-nothing, once he takes over his father's business in the future, he will live better than all of us.

Don't look at our next generation; the one who studies best is Lin Chao, whose ancestral grave is smoking with good fortune to be able to get into Tianhai University, but after graduation, how much money can he earn a year?

I estimate, at most, four or five hundred thousand.

Lin Cai doesn't have to do anything and has tens of millions coming in every year.

People, their fates are different; you can't compare.

Some people's lifelong efforts don't even reach others' starting point.

If you want to blame someone, blame us parents for being too spineless and not giving our children a good future," another elder said, sighing with emotion.

The people present nodded one after another.

It was indeed the truth.

Lin Chao did not expect that this matter would suddenly involve him innocently.

"It is already great that our parents were able to give birth to us, raise us to be healthy, and provide us with a good learning environment," Lin Chao replied casually.

People can be greedy, but they cannot be without self-awareness.

If one is not capable oneself and still blames one's parents for not providing enough help, to be honest, Lin Chao does not like such people.

"Haha." Several people present laughed.

The elder who had just spoken looked at Lin Chao's father: "At this gathering, you will see Lin Youjin. Should you offer a toast and say some nice things? It would be good for Little Chao's future development. The relationship is always stiff, which is ultimately not good."

At the last gathering, Lin Youjin had held a grudge against Lin Chao's family.

After all, at that time, Lin Chao had been quite impolite to that Lin Youjin.

The relationship between the two families was also very stiff.

Lin's expression was somewhat conflicted.

However, after struggling for a long time, he finally spoke: "They say what they say, we do what we do."

Beside him, Lin Chao smiled.

He quite liked his father's temperament; to a certain extent, it was somewhat similar to his own.

Two hours later, the plane landed at Qingyang Airport.

At the airport, there were already people there to pick them up.

The group of fifteen people got into three cars and headed to the hotel.

The location chosen for this gathering was the Yindu Hotel, a five-star hotel.

The group entered the hotel and first checked in; the gathering would not officially begin until the next day.

Looking at the magnificently decorated hotel, the group all revealed a trace of envy.

"Eating a meal here probably costs quite a bit of money," the chubby boy's father smacked his lips.

"This restroom is built better than our bedroom."

"People, oh people..."

Compared to the reactions of these people, Lin Chao was rather calm.

He had experienced so many worlds and seen so many things that not much could stir ripples in his heart.

It was just a hotel; in his eyes, it was merely an Ordinary building.

Nearby, the chubby boy held his phone, a look of excitement on his face: "Dad, Brother Lin Cai is calling me, I'm going to go play for a while."

In the hotel lobby, there were quite a few people at the moment, though most were young.

Lin Cai was wearing a T-shirt with a silver chain hanging from his pants; he waved his hand: "Let everyone meet him, this is my younger brother, Lin Kai."

Lin Cai had a rather thin build, and his eyes carried the dissipated air typical of a playboy; on his lap sat a good-looking woman wearing a deep-V top, revealing a small portion of her chest, though there wasn't much substance to see.

At this moment, a group of young people sat together, vaguely led by Lin Cai.

After all, Lin Cai's family had a net worth of over a hundred million; among Li Guoliang's relatives, Lin Cai's family was the richest and held the highest status.

"Wow, Sister Lulu, it's actually you! I'm your fan and even follow your blog account!" The chubby boy saw the woman on Lin Cai's lap, a look of excitement appearing on his face.

Sister Lulu was a gaming streamer with over a million fans and was quite famous.

Of course, her fame had nothing to do with her gaming skills; it was mainly because she had a selling point—the audience wasn't there to watch the game, they were there to watch her "balls."

"Brother Lin Cai, you are truly awesome!" The chubby boy was envious to an extreme degree.

Looking at the posture between Sister Lulu and Lin Cai, their relationship was clearly not simple.

"Haha, it's a small matter." Lin Cai was very happy, his hand unobtrusively giving Sister Lulu's butt a squeeze, drawing a coquettish sound from her.

Lin Cai was her Gold benefactor, her top-ranked supporter.

Originally, she had only been stringing Lin Cai along, giving him at most some small benefits offline.

However, one time Lin Cai boasted to her that his family had a kinship connection with the family of the new Speaker of Li Zhu Country.

Lulu probed a few more times, confirmed the relationship with Lin Cai, and insisted on tagging along for this gathering.

Lin Cai naturally did not refuse.

"Right, Lin Chao came too?" At this time, Lin Cai asked casually.

He did not like Lin Chao.

When he was a child, every time he returned to the village, a group of little brats would follow behind his butt, looking at him with the admiration of those who had never seen the world.

Lin Chao was the only exception, being cold and indifferent toward him.

Once, he brought back many precious and novel cards, which were very popular.

At the time, he stood on top of two chairs with his legs spread and said that whoever wanted a card had to crawl through.

Back then, many children crawled through.

Lin Chao naturally did not.

Moreover, the table suddenly collapsed at that moment, causing him to fall to the ground.

He had always been dissatisfied with Lin Chao.

At the last gathering, there was even more conflict.

"He's here," the chubby boy replied.

"Hmph." Lin Cai snorted, not paying it any mind.

In his eyes, Lin Chao didn't count for anything at all.

The main purpose of coming to this gathering was to establish a connection with Li Guoliang.

Unfortunately, having been at the hotel for so long, he had yet to see any of Li Guoliang's family members.

Lin Cai had already memorized the details of Li Guoliang's few family members.

Among them, the one most worth his attention was Li Guoliang's daughter, Li Xiangqin.

The two were similar in age, making it easiest to build a connection.

Unfortunately, he had been unable to find an opportunity, which was quite frustrating.

A group of people were eating, drinking, and flattering each other here.

At this moment, a voice rang out in the hotel.

"Miss, Lin Chao... has arrived; he has already checked in and is in room 1718." The person speaking was a middle-aged woman.

The middle-aged woman was not from Daxia, but from Li Zhu Country.

Mentioning Lin Chao, a strange look flashed in her eyes.

"He's here?" Li Xiangqin was somewhat hesitant.

In her memory, Lin Chao was a good-looking older brother, but the two had almost no interaction.

For this gathering, her father had specifically instructed her to pay special attention to Lin Chao.

Especially when Lin Chao arrived, she was to go and pay her respects in person.

Li Xiangqin's heart was filled with endless reverie.

Her recent life had also felt like a dream.

"Sister Linda, what exactly is the relationship between this Lin Chao and my father?"

"I do not know." Linda shook her head.

Li Xiangqin frowned: "Could it be that he is one of those unknown... crooked-mouth war gods?"

Li Xiangqin had watched many short videos.

Among them, the ones that attracted her attention the most were those crooked-mouth war gods.

Guarding the frontier for three years, no one dared to violate the border.

Yet upon returning home with glory, his daughter is living in a dog kennel.

Could it be that Brother Lin Chao is that kind of person?

Does his father becoming Speaker have anything to do with him?

The young girl guessed wildly.

Thanks to 【Jiejin】 for the tip!

(End of chapter)