Chapter 421: Investigation Team (8)

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"Who did Qionglin send?"

"Liu Li."

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Luo Qi and Du Zhengyi couldn't help but exchange a glance; Luo Qi asked instinctively, "Who?"

"Liu Li. Qionglin has sent Great Mage Liu Li as the new head of the Investigation Team, replacing Peng Xiaopeng," Zhou Quan said.

"Who?" Luo Qi's eyes were already squinting in confusion.

"Peng Xiaopeng is that pretty boy who was in charge of the investigation today, the grandnephew of Venerable Peng, the one who was scared shitless by you and Du Zhengyi," Zhou Quan explained.

Luo Qi wanted to ask which Venerable Peng he was, and how many more of their family members were in key positions, but he stopped himself in time. Those things weren't important right now; if he were to casually open that topic, he would definitely get beaten up.

Zhou Quan pulled something out from his Mage's robe. Only then did Luo Qi notice that Zhou Quan had changed into the standard robe of a Qionglin Mage, a traditional long robe with wide robes and large sleeves. But Luo Qi could also see that he was still very sloppy; he was dressed carelessly underneath, wearing a popular Champion hoodie on his upper body and joggers on his lower body.

What he pulled out from inside the traditional long robe was something the size of a mobile phone, blue on one end and red on the other.

Du Zhengyi didn't recognize it, but Luo Qi did.

"A Nintendo Switch?" Luo Qi pointed with his finger. "Want to play a round before we go?"

Zhou Quan followed his finger to look at the game console in his hand, immediately wearing an expression as if he were about to vomit blood. He hurriedly stuffed the game console back, felt around in his pockets, and this time pulled out a mobile phone.

He coughed twice in embarrassment, unlocked the phone, swiped a few times, and handed it to Du Zhengyi. "I received a WeChat from Wen Lin while in the city. She sent this to me and asked me to show it to you."

Luo Qi curiously looked into Du Zhengyi's hand. On the phone was an opened image of a giant ape tearing apart a dinosaur.

"Oh, this is the movie *King Kong*," he immediately explained to Du Zhengyi with interest. "The King Kong ape from Skull Island is hand-tearing a T-Rex, and he's also swatting planes on top of the Empire State Building for his beloved woman..."

Feeling the lethality of Du Zhengyi's gaze, Luo Qi's voice automatically weakened, and he tactfully swallowed the rest of his words.

Zhou Quan let out a "ha" and interjected, "Wen Lin told me to show this photo to the T-Rex of Qionglin. I thought about it for a long time and figured she must mean you."

Du Zhengyi returned the phone to Zhou Quan and turned his head to stare at Luo Qi.

"What?" Luo Qi asked immediately.

"You know what I mean," Du Zhengyi said in a low voice.

Luo Qi did indeed know what Du Zhengyi meant. Wen Lin had sent word to warn them about the gorilla...

There weren't many Mages who looked like a gorilla, and finding the gorilla Wen Lin knew among them was even easier; besides Chi Yu, the personal thug of Fan Shi, there was probably no one else. Luo Qi smacked his lips in boredom and muttered a few words silently.

Zhou Quan looked the two of them over and finally said, "I've delivered my message. I think it's time for us to go see Mage Liu Li. Mage Liu Li has long been engaged in teaching work; I presume you are both very familiar with her and should know that she is not a patient person."

Luo Qi shrugged and anxiously scratched his hair, striving to look presentable. "What else can I say? Everything is like a circle; I have the illusion that I've returned to the starting point."

Du Zhengyi was also somewhat emotional, his expression rarely turning bitter. "I should have insisted on a return that day."

Luo Qi glared at him. "This is what they call 'when the golden wind and jade dew meet, they surpass countless others in the world.'"

"Why does that sound so awkward to me?" Du Zhengyi said with a toothache, while also starting to tidy his clothes. "Are you sure those words can be used here?"

"It describes the two of us forming a team, surpassing all mortals in the world; the best team is about to appear," Luo Qi said.

Zhou Quan laughed twice, didn't ask too much about what he didn't understand, and reached out to push open the room door.

"Asshole," Du Zhengyi said. "Did you write that paper on Kongzi?"

Luo Qi paused. "I remembered it when I first arrived at the Guan Family, but later... after being kicked by the lion, I never remembered it again."

"Don't blame it on me," Du Zhengyi said ruthlessly, pushing Luo Qi to follow behind Zhou Quan as they went out.

Luo Qi stepped into the corridor with a heavy heart. Several people were standing in front of the door next door. He turned his head and saw the pretty boy Peng Xiaopeng, with Mahjong standing behind him looking constipated, and Guan, who looked as if she didn't care about anything at all.

"Hey," Luo Qi looked around and gave the person in front a brilliant smile. "Pengpeng."

The young man's face was pale, and he looked at him with caution, as if he had once stolen his virginity. He must have thought that all the privacy in his heart had been seen by Luo Qi, and that Luo Qi was the peeping tom who had stolen his virginity. He avoided Luo Qi's gaze, as if even speaking to Luo Qi made him panic. He looked at Du Zhengyi and said coldly, "Great Mage Liu Li is always fair; I presume you can accept the new arrangement."

Du Zhengyi nodded slightly, turned his head indifferently, and led Luo Qi forward.