Arranged marriage, love blossoms; a fiercely devoted soldier dotes on her alone.

"Haha, if it were me, I would also want to get revenge. It's really infuriating to almost fall into someone's trap like this."

Xia Keke said with a smile.

Xiao Zhan sneered, "I was almost shot in the back by Wang Guoyong, which is a disgrace to me. I would be a gentleman if I didn't avenge this. Since Liu Chuanren has challenged me, how can I not retaliate? Being beaten is not in my nature. An eye for an eye is my life motto."

Xia Keke laughed and said, "Let's do it this way."

Then he took out his phone and said, "I'll call a ride-hailing service."

They had just arrived by helicopter, and since they didn't have a car with them, it would take too long to arrange for another vehicle. It was more convenient to take a taxi. Two or three minutes later, a ride-hailing car arrived quickly, and Xiao Zhan and Xia Keke got in.

The ride-hailing driver was a middle-aged, greasy man. His cunning eyes scanned the handsome man and beautiful woman in the car. Seeing that the destination was an abandoned warehouse in the suburbs, he, with his extensive experience in judging people and his professional knowledge, assumed that the couple was on a date...

But upon closer inspection, they don't seem like a couple, because although they both sat in the back seat after getting on the bus, they didn't stand close together or hold hands like other couples; instead, there was some distance between them.

The driver thought to himself, "This couple is unlike the ones I've driven before who were having affairs or going on dates offline. They wouldn't hug each other tightly as soon as they got in the car, and they would start kissing and groping each other. It felt like they wanted to do it right there in the car."

at this time,

Neither Xiao Zhan nor Xia Keke spoke.

After all, there were outsiders present.

Their conversation involved classified information.

The driver, while driving, asked tentatively, "Young men, are you going over there to have fun?"

"I heard that area has now been transformed into a cultural and historical tourist attraction."

Xiao Zhan casually responded.

Driver: "Young man, that old abandoned warehouse has been transformed into a paintball game and a retro-style guesthouse. I heard it's incredibly popular."

Xia Keke then became interested and asked, "Uncle, you seem to know this area quite well?"

The driver grinned and said, "Hehe, we in this line of work sweep the streets all day long, and we know every nook and cranny of Beijing like the back of our hand. I used to only come to this old warehouse area once a year, but lately I've been delivering a lot of orders to this warehouse for fun. I heard that live-action CS is a lot of fun."

There's a saying: "The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it to heart."

Xiao Zhan and Xia Keke exchanged a glance.

Xia Keke asked, "Uncle, I also heard that the abandoned warehouse has now been transformed into a unique guesthouse, with a nostalgic style like that of the 60s and 70s, an antique feel that is completely out of place with modern elements."

Driver: "Really? No wonder so many people have been going there these past few days. They're trying to experience what it's like back then."

"Are you two going to play paintball or stay in a retro-style guesthouse to experience the feeling of the past?"

Xia Keke, as if possessed, said, "Let's stay at a guesthouse."

The driver thought to himself with disdain, "Tch, so after all that, they still went to a hotel to have sex. They were even pretending not to know each other well in the car."

The driver grinned and said, "You two are a perfect match, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, a lovely couple."

Xiao Zhan said calmly, "We're not a couple."

Xia Keke's pretty face immediately turned bright red. She looked at Xiao Zhan deeply and then said, "Uncle, we are colleagues."

The driver gave me a knowing look and said, "Hehe, nice to have a colleague, we know each other inside and out."

"Hehe, I didn't see anything."

Xia Keke asked casually, "Uncle, what kind of people are the guests you bring here?"

The driver, with a lewd expression, said, "Most of them are middle-aged men and women in their thirties and forties, but there are also young couples."

Xia Keke: "So, are they playing Counter-Strike or staying at a guesthouse?"

Driver: "I don't know."

"squeak!"

At this moment, the driver stopped the car and said, "You two have arrived. Have a great time."

Xiao Zhan pointed to the main gate and said, "Why don't we open it?"

Driver: "The car can only go this far. No cars that are not registered are allowed to go in. There are security guards at the gate, and they are checking very strictly. If anyone is caught trespassing, their car will be impounded."

"Please get out of the car, both of you."

Xiao Zhan and Xia Keke got out of the car and looked up. What came into view was a building about five or six stories high. The exterior walls were made of red bricks with mortar joints. It looked very old and seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see. They wondered how many such buildings there were.

Xiao Zhan asked curiously, "What kind of warehouse was this used to be? It's so big!"

Xia Keke: "This was a grain reserve warehouse built in the 1950s and 60s. It was abandoned more than ten years ago. I heard that it was to be developed into a commercial and real estate project, but it was later bought by Great Real Estate."

Xiao Zhan raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh, it was bought by Xu Jiaying?"

Xia Keke: "Yes, I heard that the land price was the highest in Beijing back then, which caused a sensation and was even reported in the newspapers. I just don't know why Great Real Estate has never developed it."

Xiao Zhan looked at Xia Keke thoughtfully and said, "Do you think it's possible that Xu Jiaying knows Liu Shiyuan or Liu Chuanren?"

Xia Keke's expression froze for a moment, then she said, "You mean Xu Jiaying is also a pawn in Liu Shiyuan's game?"

Xiao Zhan neither nodded nor shook his head, and said, "It's not impossible. I only realized how terrifying Liu Shiyuan was after the Wang Guoyong incident. He had already made his plans long ago."

"That old man is too cunning."

At this moment, a young man quickly walked to Xia Keke's side and said in a low voice, "Director Xia, please come with me."

After speaking, the man walked towards the alley opposite the warehouse.

Xia Keke said to Xiao Zhan, "My men should have discovered what's going on. Let's go, let's follow them and see."

at the same time!

Inside the Mahavira Hall of Tanzhe Temple.

Abbot Jueyuan is treating Deng Zhi...

The Mahavira Hall of Tanzhe Temple is one of the highest-ranking and most central halls in the temple complex.

Moreover, the Mahavira Hall of Tanzhe Temple is located on the central axis of Beijing, behind the Hall of Heavenly Kings, and is the main building of the entire temple. Its architectural style is a double-eaved hip roof, with the upper layer covered with yellow glazed tiles and the lower layer with yellow glazed tiles with green trim. This specification is extremely rare in Buddhist temples, reflecting the esteemed status of royal temples.

"Phew~~".

Master Jueyuan let out a soft breath, removed his hand from Deng Zhi's back, stood up and said, "If a person has a strong aura, proportionally speaking, it would be three parts calmness, three parts nobility, three parts murderous intent, and only one part roguishness."

Deng Zhi looked at Master Jueyuan, completely bewildered...

Jueyuan continued, "Of all the qi, only the wicked qi resides in the heart but lingers outside the body."

Deng Zhi looked completely bewildered and asked, "Master, what level of cultivation is required to distinguish between these different types of energy?"

Jueyuan: "I have never seen anyone with such an aura in real life. Perhaps their level of spiritual attainment is too low for me to reach!"

"In this uncertain and even cruel world, you can't control whether others will harm you, nor can you predict whether there will be a tsunami tomorrow."

"But what you can control is whether you can still smile when you're facing an abyss, and whether you can still treat your parents and those around you kindly when you're at your lowest point."

"Your temper is your greatest asset."

"Your kindness is your strongest protection."

Deng Zhi, completely bewildered by the master's profound and enigmatic Zen words, respectfully said, "Please enlighten me, Master!"