Not a god

Chapter 136 Call the Police

In the old times, those people with destiny who could emerge were all geniuses at the same level as Su Jiuer and their abilities were quite amazing. For example, Xuanjizi, a third-level gatekeeper of public destiny, was the most amazing one among the current middle-aged generation.

At the age of eight, he was brought back to Qingcheng Mountain by Yuxu Zhenren of Shangqing Palace. Because the distance between his eyes was different from that of ordinary people, the physiognomy book called him "Heavenly Eye Seam" and asserted that he was the reincarnation of "Leaking Yin Pupil" described in the fragment of "Ma Yi Ghost Physiognomy".

Before the revival of spiritual energy, Taoist Xuanji relied on these eyes to read people's faces and tell fortunes, and thus became famous, and his wise eyes had judged countless people.

Just now at the dinner table, Taoist Xuanji was unable to get a close look at Chen Xi because he was far away from him. But now that he was looking closer, he felt that Director Chen's face was so... blurry.

He doesn't read people's faces every time he meets them. He has been doing this in the mountains for more than ten years. It's like a doctor's occupational disease, so after seeing a person's appearance he subconsciously applies a formula.

As a result, when he saw Chen Xi today, he subconsciously put on a set, but hey, nothing was put on. Isn't that strange?
Taoist Xuanji felt that his career was challenged by this man's face. He thought it was interesting and couldn't help but take it more seriously.

But the strange thing was that the more he looked at this person, the weirder he looked. Not only was his features unclear, but his entire face began to become blurry.

The person is clearly standing here, and looking at each other's face, it's like looking at flowers in the fog or the moon in a well. The more you try to look carefully, the blurrier the person becomes, and it seems like the image is about to change from 4k to 360p.

What's going on? !
Taoist Xuanji thought it was strange, then he activated his spiritual energy and became more serious. His pair of [Leaky Yin Pupils] started to move as he mobilized the spiritual energy.

But no matter how he tried, he couldn't see anything. Instead, he felt a vague warning in his heart, as if something big would happen if he continued to look.

If the warning in my heart could speak, it would probably be like this:
"Don't look at me, or something bad will happen."

"You're just bragging. Can you read this?"

"If I look at it again, I'll explode~"

Just when the uneasiness in his heart reached its peak, Xuanjizi discovered that the fog on Director Chen's face suddenly dissipated, and it seemed... the so-called fog had never existed, and this man had always looked like this.

Nothing happened, nothing changed.

The disciple beside him looked at him puzzledly and asked, "Master, why is there so much sweat on your face?"

Taoist Xuanji was still feeling strange, but he couldn't figure out why. He wiped his forehead and asked, "Are you sweating? Maybe it's too hot?"

He looked at Chen Xi a few more times, but still didn't find anything wrong.

In fact, everyone present felt that the originally ordinary Chen Xi suddenly became extremely handsome.

It's just that this change was too smooth and not abrupt at all. It was more like no one had looked closely just now, and only now did they realize there was such a handsome guy next to them, so no one was suspicious.

A few of them chatted for a while and exchanged some feelings. They were all young people, and after the leaders were gone, the atmosphere became a lot more lively.

Situ and Gu Nanzhi were both very interested in these people with a legacy from the old times, so now that they had this opportunity, they asked some questions out of curiosity.

Then they found out that it was not as mysterious as they had imagined. In the Dharma Ending Age, due to the scarcity of spiritual energy, even if they awakened their destiny, they were not much better than ordinary people.

However, the tempering of their state of mind during the practice process allows them to make rapid progress in a short period of time after the recovery of spiritual energy.

They chatted for a while, and Taoist Qingluan suggested going to sing karaoke in the second half, but was kicked by her master again.

"It's getting late..."

"There will definitely be a chance to get together again later..."

"I heard that Director Chen has opened a coffee shop. I will definitely visit him when I have time..."

“At your service…”

After the show was over, Taoist Xuanji still felt something was not right, as if he couldn't appreciate the flavor.

The two disciples next to him saw his frowning face, and the eldest disciple asked, "Master, what are you thinking about?"

Xuanjizi asked his two disciples: "Do you know where Director Chen came from?"

"I've never heard of it before, do you know about it, Junior Brother?"

The second disciple was puzzled and said, "Didn't you just say that Director Chen is very good at decision-making and management, so he was appointed as the leader by Su Jiuer?"

Taoist Xuanji asked again: "How strong is this person? How is his ranking in the Investiture of the Gods?"

"It doesn't seem that good. It should be that they didn't make it into the Investiture of the Gods. There are only four second-level monarchs in the [Jiangda Alliance]. In addition to the two just mentioned, there is also a sword-wielding Su Jiuer and a gardener Bai Yu. The rest are only first-level people."

The eldest disciple's thoughts jumped quickly, and he asked: "Master, do you think he is a master?"

“It’s hard to say…” Taoist Xuanji shook his head and sighed: “It seems that this [Jiangda Alliance] is not as simple as we thought.”

"Master, what you said makes us look like supporting roles."

"..."

After the dinner, Chen Xi also left with the two of them. He asked Gu Nanzhi: "Is it still impossible to contact Su Jiuer?"

"No... After the spiritual energy was revived, it seems that the signal was also affected, especially in remote areas, where network disconnection is a common occurrence."

"Is she going to be a hero again? No wonder I haven't seen her today."

Situ on the side also complained, "This guy is simply an energy monster..."

Gu Nanzhi paused, then continued, "But I was gone for quite a while this time. I wonder if I really encountered any danger?"

Chen Xi thinks not: "Being chivalrous is just her hobby. Although Su Jiuer is stupid, she is very smart when it comes to her own safety. She is not the kind of person who would put herself in danger to save others."

Moreover, this person has an extremely keen ability to seek benefits and avoid harm. If he really encounters danger while doing good deeds, he will run faster than a rabbit.

What's more, so far, no matter the evil corpses that have entered reality, or the revived living corpses, they are not too powerful. Most of them are still at the first-level, and the second-level monarch level is rare. There are very few that can threaten Su Jiuer.

Nothing to worry about.

……

At around eight o'clock, Assistant Chen finished his night run and took a shower. Just like a fixed NPC refreshing, he appeared in the living room with the TV remote control.

At this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang and he took it out to look.

Son: I'm going to have dinner with the leader tonight
Son: I have something else to do, so I may not be back so early.
Son: Please help me pick up Wanwan from the store

Assistant Chen looked at his son’s message and sent a message saying “I understand.”

He wanted to put the phone back, but he fell into deep thought as he looked at the text message.

I went to have dinner with the chief, so...

Assistant Chen has seen a lot of things and is not a father who would be easily frightened by his children. Even if Chen Xi said that he was going to have dinner with the big boss who often appeared on the news broadcast, he would just calmly send a message to let him know.

This is the calmness of Assistant Chen!

But, what does it mean... to ask him to go to the store to pick up Wanwan?
If I remember correctly, Wanwan is not 3 years old this year, but already 23 years old. She has even got married with Chen Xi and obtained a marriage certificate. She is a grown-up girl now.

Children of this age should not be playing less than two kilometers away from home and need to be picked up by their parents in the evening, right?
What exactly did Chen Xi think of Wanwan? A three-year-old child?
But if you think about it carefully, from childhood to adulthood, Chen Xi has always taken care of Wanwan as a little girl who would never grow up. Wherever Jiang Wanwan goes, Chen Xi will pick her up.

I just didn't expect that even though I'm about to graduate from college, it hasn't changed. The two children have a really good relationship, Assistant Chen sighed in his heart, and when he stood up, he looked at a photo of a woman on the TV cabinet.

He stood in front of the photo without saying a word, picked it up to look at it, wiped off any dust that might be present, and put it down again.

The woman in the photo did not age like him. She was forever frozen in her early twenties. She was beautiful and gentle. She smiled at the camera. Her smile was very contagious. Assistant Chen couldn't help but smile as well.

Chen Xi is very similar to her, and should be even more like her when he smiles, but Chen Xi's personality is more like his, he rarely smiles and always has a stern face.

Just then, his cell phone rang again and he took it out and looked at it.

Son: That’s right

Son: Due to some other reasons, Wanwan became three.

Son: Don’t worry about it, it will return to normal tomorrow.

Chen Minke: Got it

Although he replied with "I know", Assistant Chen was stuck in the same place for a long time when looking at Chen Xi's message, and it seemed that his brain was unable to process it.

What does it mean... Wanwan turned into three?

"..."

Forget it, Chen Xi said not to worry about it, so it must not be a big deal.

After changing clothes, I went downstairs and drove to the store to pick someone up.

It's only eight o'clock in the evening and there are still many customers in the store.

Many customers have noticed that there are three very cute girls in the store. The worst thing is that they are three sisters who look exactly the same.

Meeting good-looking twins in real life is already eye-catching, but meeting triplets with such good looks is just like something out of an anime.

At this time, the three sisters were sitting by the window, playing with their mobile phones, as if they were playing games.

But there was only one mobile phone for the three of them, so from time to time they could hear the other two little cuties clamoring to play.

"Xiao An, you've been playing for a long time!"

"I'm not dead yet, so I can definitely continue playing."

"But you've almost reached the high ground, and you haven't died once."

"We agreed that everyone gets one life, you can't go back on your word!"

The three kids sat together looking at their phones, occasionally quarreling with each other, but this made their relationship seem even more friendly.

The scene was so beautiful that the customers in the store, both male and female, felt that they could forgive the world for a minute when they saw these three cute little girls.

In particular, there was an old lady at the next table. When she saw the three little gingers, she thought of her son who was in the first year of high school. She wondered who the girls were and whether she could let her little boy meet them.

Opposite their table, there sat a little girl who was less than two years old. She seemed to be the younger sister of the three sisters. She was also a very cute baby, and she would definitely be pretty when she grew up.

At this time, the little girl was feeding a big white cat with a shachima. She seemed to notice something, turned her head to look out the glass window, then held the sofa chair and stood up in her seat.

After she stood up, she leaned against the glass and looked out for a long time, her expression wrinkled. It seemed that she had finally confirmed the other person's identity. Suddenly, she raised her fists to her head, and after holding this position for a few seconds as if it was stuck, she suddenly turned around and walked to the sofa.

Because the sofa was too high, she could only lie on it, then move her butt outwards little by little. When her feet touched the ground, she waved her hands and feet and ran towards the door.

"Grandpa, grandpa!"

An ordinary middle-aged man appeared at the door.

Is this their grandfather? He looks so young, barely fifty years old, or is he well-maintained?
After the little girl ran to the door, she immediately ran back and shouted at the three sisters, which shocked the customers in the store:
"Mama!"

"Grandpa is here!"

"Mom, it's grandpa!"

Assistant Chen looked at the three Jiang Wanwans in the store and his brain froze for a while. But when he thought about what Chen Xi had told him, he still showed the calmness that a middle-aged man should have.

"Chen Xi won't be back so soon, let me pick you up first."

The three little Jiangs also knew that their cousin was here to pick them up, so they said goodbye to Douzi and Chen Yan from the store and took little Chen Yi back home.

"Great, let's go back to play games!"

"My brother hasn't come back yet..."

"Let's go back. Bye Yanyan, bye Douzi!"

Assistant Chen couldn't help but laugh when he saw the three little Jiangs whose personalities had become similar to those of Jiang Wanwan when they were little. However, when he turned his head, he met the eyes of Chen Yan who was waving at the three little Jiangs.

He knew that this person was an employee hired by Chen Xi, and he had also met this woman named Chen Yan several times.

Perhaps because he had just recalled some past events while looking at a photo of his wife at home, Assistant Chen looked at the man in front of him and recalled some memories.

But the memories were too old after all, and the images in the memories had long since turned yellow, so Assistant Chen only felt that this person was just a little bit like 'that person' in his memory.

Or maybe it's not just a little bit, but very similar. However, Assistant Chen was not familiar with "that person" and did not leave much impression on him. The last time they met was probably at his wife's funeral.

Obviously, 'that person' had a good relationship with his wife, but he did not show much sadness when he attended the event. He just showed up for a while and then left. Assistant Chen never saw him again. Two years later, he suddenly learned that she had unfortunately passed away in a car accident.

Seeing Assistant Chen's gaze on her, Chen Yan smiled quietly and said, "Good evening."

Assistant Chen nodded politely, said good evening, and then looked away.

"Uncle is leaving, go back quickly!" Jiang Xiaoao urged.

Jiang Xiaonian disagreed: "Why are you still calling him uncle? We are married to our brother... We should change our name to dad!"

"Well, only you can shout that out!"

Assistant Chen didn't care whether Jiang Wanwan changed his words or not. Or maybe he was used to calling him cousin after so many years that he was not used to changing his words.

"Let's go, Wanwan... guys, let's go back first."

The three little Jiangs and little Chen Yi followed obediently and left.

Some of the customers who were still in the store at this time, especially those who noticed Chen Yi calling the three little gingers "mom", were petrified at this moment, and their three views on the chaotic relationships in this family were shattered.

Besides, those three girls look like junior high school students, right?

Or... call the police?

(End of this chapter)