Chapter 133: The Lost Scholar

The God of Wealth's thin and withered body stood motionless in the rain, the head he held in his hand flipping up a pair of pale white eyes, his expressionless face as if saying to Ning Zhe, you idiot, are you doing business or not.

Ning Zhe's eyebrows twitched slightly, and the features on his face changed again, turning into a dirty man with a stubbly beard, and said to the God of Wealth:

"I'm selling this life to you."

It's easy to invite a god but hard to send one away. As long as the God of Wealth comes, he won't leave without doing business. This guy has the bad habit of forced buying and selling.

Hearing the hoarse voice from Ning Zhe's throat, the God of Wealth nodded slightly with his headless shoulders, followed by a crisp sound of ding, and an inverted copper coin, square on the outside and round on the inside, rolled out of the money bag in his left hand and fell to the ground.

Ning Zhe's body stiffened slightly, and the features on his face returned to his original appearance. At the same time, the God of Wealth disappeared.

He sold 1 life for 1 coin.

Ning Zhe bent down to pick up the copper coin that leaked from the God of Wealth's fingers, as well as the urn that had been pried into two halves by the shovel, and looked at the name 'Tian Chengyun' on the tombstone beside him, lost in thought.

"I can think of using the method of buying a life from Wealth Wu Tong to interrogate the dead, and others can naturally think of it too. Ji Bochang was a very famous Gridder before he died. There are many people on the Gridder network who know that Wealth Wu Tong can bring the dead back to life."

"That is to say, the reason why Tian Chengyun's ashes disappeared is likely that some Gridder destroyed the evidence behind the scenes, preventing others from using the God of Wealth's rule to trace back along this clue."

Thinking of the conflict in the memories of Yu Zi Qian and Tian Zaixu, a prototype of a guess emerged in Ning Zhe's mind:

"In the Bishuiwan Manor incident, there was such a Gridder. He should have the ability similar to forging facts, or tampering with memories, or modifying cognition. He tampered with the cognition or memory of either Tian Zaixu or Yu Zi Qian through his ability, hiding the true cause of death of Tian Chengyun."

"After that, he took away Tian Chengyun's ashes and destroyed the evidence, preventing other Gridders from using life-buying money to resurrect Tian Chengyun and interrogate the dead. The meticulousness of this person's thinking and the caution of his actions can be seen from this."

Looking at it this way, Tian Chengyun's other body tissues were likely also taken away, hidden, or destroyed by that unknown Gridder.

This clue was completely broken.

Ning Zhe closed Tian Chengyun's urn, buried it back under the tombstone, rearranged the scene after covering it with stone bricks, and then left the cemetery by the river in Gubei Town.

Before returning home, Ning Zhe spent some time dealing with Zhang Yangxu's family affairs and public affairs: giving his son living expenses, giving his daughter pocket money, flirting and sending red envelopes to several mistresses one after another, pushing off some unnecessary chores... Zhang Yangxu's identity can mobilize a large amount of funds and social resources, which is worth spending some time and energy to operate and maintain.

Fortunately, the relationship between Zhang Yangxu and his wife was disharmonious, so Ning Zhe was able to go down the slope naturally, calling Zhang Yangxu's son directly to say that I made your mom angry, and now I'm hiding outside and don't dare to go home, which cunningly saved a lot of trivialities in managing family relationships and saved a lot of energy. Energy in every sense.

For example, not having to pay the 'public grain' for Zhang Yangxu.

The drizzling cow-hair rain gradually stopped. Ning Zhe, who had returned to his original appearance, carried a wide black umbrella and walked through the wet streets, following his memory back to the front of his old house.

But standing at the door, what greeted Ning Zhe was not the familiar courtyard and mottled door. The old camphor tree that he often climbed and played with neighborhood children in his childhood was also nowhere to be seen, leaving only a piece of broken walls pushed down by the project, and a deep pit with accumulated water.

He had no home.

The umbrella in Ning Zhe's hand leaned on the ground like a pitch-black cane, supporting the teenager's thin body in the cool wind after the rain. Looking at the mess in front of him, Ning Zhe didn't say a word.

"What are you doing standing here? It's just demolition. I knew it a long time ago. Am I such a sentimental person? Will I be sad about an old house I've lived in for more than ten years?" Ning Zhe asked himself in his heart, but he didn't want to hear the answer.

Since the house in his hometown had been pushed down, now, his grandparents should have moved into Jiangcheng Junjing in Taoyuan City, right?

Ning Zhe lifted his umbrella and prepared to leave. As soon as he turned around, he suddenly saw two familiar figures walking under the eaves by the street, one old and one young, one man and one woman.

The man was the owner of the breakfast shop that Ning Zhe had eaten at since he was a child. His surname was Chen. He didn't know what his specific name was. Ning Zhe had called him Uncle Chen or Boss Chen since he was a child. The girl next to him was Boss Chen's daughter. If he remembered correctly, her name seemed to be Chen Yaming.

The father and daughter seemed to have just bought things from the vegetable market, carrying a large pile of bags. Chen Yaming was carrying two large bags of radish seedlings, grass mushrooms, and asparagus used for chopping bun fillings, and Boss Chen was carrying a heavy bag of corn starch on his shoulder.

Seeing Ning Zhe standing in front of the demolition ruins in a daze, Boss Chen roared in a rough voice: "A-Zhe, when did you come back? The college entrance exam is in a few days, you can't be distracted."

"I... just came back today." Ning Zhe carried his umbrella and walked up, naturally taking a heavy bag of radish seedlings from Chen Yaming's hand, and the three of them walked toward her family's breakfast shop together. While walking, Ning Zhe said: "I haven't been home for a few days. It's rare to come back once today, who would have thought that I wouldn't even be able to enter my own door."

"Demolition, it's a good thing that many people can't wait for." A drop of sweat slid down Boss Chen's temple and fell on his shirt, which was soaked by sweat or rain: "It's a pity that my shop is not in the government's demolition plan. If there was a choice, who wouldn't want to take millions and go into the city? Life is not up to people."

"Mm, everything is fate, nothing is up to people." Ning Zhe said softly.

Chen Yaming carried two full bags of grass mushrooms and asparagus, looked at Ning Zhe silently, and didn't speak.

Boss Chen's shop was not far from Ning Zhe's house, just a street away, and it was there in a few steps. Putting things down in the shop, Boss Chen wiped a table and greeted Ning Zhe to sit down: "Yaming, go and make a pot of tea for A-Zhe."

"No trouble, I'll leave in a while." Ning Zhe declined his kindness: "I'm in a hurry to go to the city to find my grandparents, and I don't know if they are used to living in the city."

Chen Yaming, who was squatting in front of the faucet washing the teapot, looked up upon hearing this and said suspiciously: "Grandpa Ning didn't go to the city. They rented a room next to the health center and have lived there for many days."

"Is that so..." Ning Zhe was a bit surprised, but not that surprised. His grandparents were used to being simple. Although the location of Jiangcheng Junjing was good, it might not be as comfortable for the two old people as staying in Gubei Town.

Of course, the main reason was that the old couple couldn't bear to live in a new house; they wanted to leave the house in the city to Ning Zhe as a wedding room.

"Only reading the books of sages, not hearing things outside the window. You don't even know where your family moved, which shows that you have been very focused on preparing for the exam recently." Boss Chen laughed, took the teapot from his daughter and put it on the table, and asked: "The college entrance exam is in a few days, A-Zhe, have you decided where to fill in your application?"

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"Yundu, I guess." Ning Zhe said without hesitation: "Yundu is a good place, the scenery is good, and the people are good."

The educational conditions of Yunlu Academy are also one of the best in the country... although this is not important to Ning Zhe.

"Ambitious." Boss Chen laughed and slapped his thigh.

Chen Yaming stood by the table, washed the cup with boiling tea, and poured a cup of new tea for both of them. Ning Zhe took the teapot and poured one for her too.

"If I remember correctly, Yaming is taking the college entrance exam next year, right." Ning Zhe picked up the teacup and took a sip, then asked: "Although it's a bit early to ask now, have you decided on your own application?"

Chen Yaming's hand holding the teacup paused slightly, and she lowered her head and shook it.

"Mm?" Ning Zhe frowned.

Boss Chen seemed a bit displeased and said in a rough voice: "Oh, A-Zhe, you know, Yaming is not like you. What's the use of a girl going to college and reading so much culture? Anyway, she's going to get married, so middle school is about enough."

"But Yaming has very good grades." Ning Zhe said: "I remember she got fifth in the grade in the final exam last semester. It's a pity not to continue reading with such grades."

Boss Chen said indifferently: "The sage teaches that a woman without talent is a virtue. I didn't ask her to get into the top five in the grade. What's the use of a girl having such a high diploma? It's the right thing to find a good family to marry while she is young and has a good figure."

Drinking the tea in the cup in one gulp, Boss Chen continued: "Uncle thinks you are not bad, A-Zhe, a good young man I watched grow up. It can't be cheaper for outsiders. How about this, after you finish the exam, I'll marry Yaming to your house as a daughter-in-law, how about that?"

Ning Zhe looked at Boss Chen's eager expression, then at Chen Yaming, who was blushing and lowering her head, not daring to speak, and picked up the teacup and took a shallow sip.

It seems that his grandparents didn't manage to keep the family secret, and even Uncle Chen knew that the old Ning family had recently had a huge windfall from the sky.

Although he knew it in his heart, Ning Zhe didn't break this layer of relationship on the surface. He put the empty teacup on the table and responded softly:

"Okay."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 134 =====