After being universally criticized online, I went viral on military-themed variety shows.

Chapter 814 describes a subtle, internal change, the characters appearing on the phone.

"Are you two planning a belated honeymoon?"

"If that's how you want to think, then so be it."

What do you mean he can think that way?
Guan Shanqi was caught between a smile and a frown, so he turned to look at Li Chengxiao and asked, "Instructor Li, what exactly are you and Hanying planning to do...?"

"We'll come back as soon as things are settled. Or I can stay behind to finish things up and let Hanying come back first, so as not to delay her work."

Although it still didn't specify what they were going to do, this response was much more reassuring.

Guan Shan's expression softened and he nodded. "Alright, in that case, I won't contact Han Ying for the time being. When you're done with your work and ready to return to Beijing, remember to let me know, and I'll try my best to coordinate."

"Thank you."

"You're too kind, it's what I should do."

Because of the unexpected turn of events—having to take leave to run errands just before filming was about to start—Guan Shan didn't even think to ask Jiang Hanying what was wrong with her face until she put down her things, patted her bottom, and turned to leave.

When I finally remembered, I went to the window and saw that all the cars parked in the open space downstairs had already been driven away.

The car was driven back to the old house.

Jiang Hanying stopped the cheap owner from taking the last bag out of the trunk, saying, "I'm taking these with me; they'll be useful."

Li Chengxiao turned his head and looked over, "Then I'll have Da Xiong and the others take them over first, these can't be taken on the plane."

"Row."

Li Chengxiao first called Da Xiong to ask him to come over and pick up the things as soon as possible, then took Jiang Hanying's hand and went back to the inner courtyard.

After rummaging through the house, Jiang Hanying saw the owner of the house walking towards her with a measuring tape in his hand. She swallowed the banana in her mouth and asked blankly, "What are you doing?"

"Stand straight against the wall, let me measure your height."

"Oh."

Jiang Hanying stood up straight, leaning against the wall, not understanding what was going on. Li Chengxiao marked her head with a sign and said, "It's okay."

After Jiang Hanying left, use a measuring tape to pull it along the wall to the marked spot.

"How many?"

172.9.

Jiang Hanying's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she reached out to touch the top of her head, "I've grown taller again!"

"Yes, and one more thing." As Li Chengxiao spoke, he reached out and lifted the face so close to his eyes. The smooth texture of his fingertips made him want to gently pinch it.

Jiang Hanying was just about to squint her eyes and wait for her cheap master to kiss her, but she was pinched and brought back to her senses. She glared at him and accused him, "You pinched my face!"

Li Chengxiao led her to the dressing mirror. "Sit down. Don't you think there are some changes in your face?"

"Hmm? Really?" Jiang Hanying leaned closer to the mirror, blinked, and the image in the mirror blinked too. "I'm so pretty!"

Standing behind and looking into the mirror, Li Chengxiao heard the self-absorbed person inside: "..."

Jiang Hanying admired her own face for a moment, then looked up at her cheap owner standing behind her in the mirror. "Don't be self-conscious, you're pretty too. Hmm, you have a great figure!"

Li Chengxiao: "...Do you still remember how Guan Shan looked when he first saw you in his office?"

Jiang Hanying tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Saying I'm beautiful?"

"They're asking if you've had any cosmetic procedures."

"That thing Dad secretly did to become younger?" Li Chengxiao nodded helplessly at her example. "We've been seeing each other every day lately, and I didn't really notice it, but you and Guan Shan haven't seen each other for over half a month, so he'll feel the changes more directly. I suspect it's also due to the Mirror Abyss Stone; while it's refining your physical body, it's also affecting your entire being..."

Jiang Hanying immediately understood and pinched her cheek as she continued, "I was also affected from the inside out. Not only did I grow taller, but my face also changed a little, which is why Guan Shan thought I had been getting cosmetic surgery lately?"

"Ah."

Jiang Hanying got up and walked to the bedside, looking at the Mirror Abyss Stone placed in the box.

Compared to the stones that almost filled the entire box at the beginning, the Mirror Abyss Stones have changed a lot now.

After more than half a month, it has turned into a small pebble the size of a fingernail!

She had a feeling that once tonight was over and she checked back early tomorrow morning, the box would be completely empty.

Thinking about it, she couldn't help but touch her lower back. The changes on her original mark had become more and more obvious these days, with light golden patterns spreading across the entire mark, though it still looked somewhat faint.

The remaining point is probably to facilitate the shift from the virtual to the real.

Li Chengxiao picked up his phone and glanced at the message he had just received. "Big Bear and Hummingbird have arrived. I'll go pick them up."

Jiang Hanying tossed the Mirror Abyss Stone in her hand into the box, saying, "I'll go with you."

Goodbye Hummingbird and Big Bear. Big Bear is still the same tall, strong man who can lift a cauldron. It seems that only he has the strength to move the remaining personal items in the trunk.

The hummingbird's appearance almost startled her.

"How did you become like this?"

"It's nothing, I've just been using my brain too much and not getting enough sleep lately." Hummingbird raised her hand to touch her hairline, which had receded quite a bit, and handed a phone with obvious signs of disassembly to Jiang Hanying with a wry smile. "Returning it to its rightful owner."

Jiang Hanying took the phone, not noticing the signs of disassembly, looked at the phone and then at him, "You did this to study this phone..."

Hummingbird neither nodded nor shook his head, but honestly reported: "After I took the phone back, I spent several days checking the internal software system one by one and found nothing unusual. Then I disassembled the phone to study the internal hardware, but at first I didn't find anything unusual either. It wasn't until I bought an identical phone and hacked and disassembled the software and hardware in the same way that I accidentally discovered that the two phones had one difference."

He pointed to the location, "It's on a small patch behind the battery, near the motherboard. With a polarizing magnifying glass, you can see that this phone has an extra ring of characters engraved on it, which is not present on new phones. So I specifically studied those characters, but I searched through all the relevant information and languages ​​and couldn't find the origin of these characters. Moreover, the engraving process is also the first time I've seen it; it's as if it was naturally generated inside the patch."

Upon hearing this, Li Chengxiao asked, "What kind of characters?"

The hummingbird, already prepared, handed over another piece of paper. "The characters are so small they're measured in millimeters. This paper shows them magnified a hundred times."

Li Chengxiao took the paper and squinted as soon as he saw it.

Jiang Hanying also peeked over to look, and after seeing it clearly, she couldn't help but let out a soft "Eh..."

"cough!"

Li Chengxiao folded the paper in half, looked at Hummingbird's large eye bags, and then glanced at the top of his head. "Let's stop here then. Thank you for your hard work these past few days."

Seeing this, the hummingbird wisely refrained from asking further questions and shook its head, saying, "It's nothing, I'm just glad I could help you, Captain."

"Go back and get a good night's rest. Tomorrow, take this bag and set off on your own. We'll meet up at Cuiping."

The hummingbird and the bear nodded in unison.

Li Chengxiao took out his phone and tapped a few times. Jiang Hanying didn't leave; she glanced over and raised an eyebrow.

Hummingbird quickly received the message, opened it, and exclaimed, "Captain, this..."

"Take this as compensation for your hard work during this time." He paused, then added, "Buy some hair growth supplements to nourish your hair and promote sperm production."

"Uh, thank you, Captain."

Waaah, he really dragged down the team's overall appearance; even the captain couldn't stand it anymore!