Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

Yi Youyou chuckled:

"Like when I stayed at your place the other day, you were actually able to sit up and draw a design in the middle of the night while we were sleeping, saying that you had a burst of inspiration... I still believe you in this regard."

"Then why were you looking at me like that just now?"

Qin Huanyu let out a soft moan:

What does that mean?

“I wasn’t talking about you, Ayu… I was actually talking about Yuwang.”

Yi Youyou sighed and patiently explained, as if coaxing a child:

“You said that reincarnation and restarting have nothing to do with academic geniuses… but what if they were reincarnated in Baiguang City? With the help of the Jade Network, it would be easy for students in Baiguang City to become academic geniuses now, right? Many of the freshmen at Shendu University this year are from your hometown.”

"The students in our Baiguang City become top students because of their own hard work, okay?"

Qin Huanyu still insisted on her own opinion:

"YuNet didn't directly give knowledge to those students, nor did it help them cheat on exams! YuNet simply removed the limitations imposed on their talents, ensuring that every drop of sweat they put in was rewarded... Can that really be considered cheating?"

"Ayu, do you really think so?"

Yi Youyou gave Qin Huanyu a deep look:

"You know, the ability 'diligence can make up for lack of talent' has already been officially registered as one of the superpowers by the Investigation Bureau... Isn't that cheating? Is this really fair to candidates from other regions?"

"...Hmph, even if that were true, you have no right to say that, Youyou!"

Qin Huanyu looked away and pouted:

"The cutoff score for people from your capital city is the lowest. Is that fair? Actually, I think everyone is fairly treated, it's just that some regions are more fair... Fairness is not the same as equality. Complete equality is inherently unfair to some people."

"...Fine, fine, you're the one who knows how to talk."

Yi Youyou clearly didn't want to argue with Qin Huanyu anymore, so she chose to end the conversation.

Qin Huanyu chuckled mischievously and rubbed her foot against Yi Youyou's leg under the table.

"My mouth isn't just good at talking, it's also great at kissing. Youyou, would you like to experience my sharp tongue and silver tongue again?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? We're still on campus... Let's at least wait until we get home to talk about those indecent things."

Yi Youyou clamped Qin Huanyu's restless feet tightly between her legs, glared at her, and then took a deep sip of her drink.

"Speaking of which, is there anything else on campus you'd like to see?"

"Have."

Qin Huanyu replied almost without hesitation:

"I want to see the place where Dad did his research... It shouldn't be abandoned, right? Who's using it now?"

"You want to see that... emmm, okay then."

Yi Youyou frowned slightly, but still nodded in agreement:

“It’s still empty there, no one uses it. But the area where that research lab is located is currently a classified area of ​​the school, and the security is very strict. It’s very difficult for outsiders to get in… Even if I wanted to bring someone in, I would have to ask Grandma for permission first.”

"That place has been empty for almost 30 years, hasn't it?"

Qin Huanyu was quite surprised, but seeing that Yi Youyou's expression seemed a bit strange, she didn't rush to ask about the truth. Instead, she planned to ask her clearly when they arrived at their destination.

After finishing their cold drinks, the two set off again. Yi Youyou led the way, and they soon arrived at an inconspicuous corner of Shendu University.

The houses in this area are all old-fashioned, including a few brick and tile houses. The architectural design is also quite vintage, making it probably the oldest campus of Shendu University.

But Qin Huanyu dared not underestimate this old building complex. From the moment she approached, she noticed several sharp gazes fixed on her. These gazes were not those of ordinary teachers and students in the school; they were more like those of elite soldiers, soldiers who had seen blood.

Indeed, as Qin Huanyu followed Yi Youyou closer, three heavily armed soldiers emerged from the shadows and stopped them.

As the principal's granddaughter, Yi Youyou could naturally use her connections directly, but Qin Huanyu's situation was a bit more complicated.

"Yes, Grandma... Yes, that's right. I brought Ayu to see the place where Dad and the others did their research together back then... Okay, I understand."

Yi Youyou called Yi Qiushui to explain the situation, and after waiting for about 3 minutes, another soldier came with a small notebook for Qin Huanyu to register as a visitor.

Qin Huanyu was somewhat bothered by what Yi Youyou had said when she called Yi Qiushui earlier. She didn't realize that the "father" Yi Youyou mentioned referred to Qin Hai.

Considering that Qin Hai had a like-minded friend back then, but they eventually parted ways, the answer becomes obvious... So the two had a grudge against each other in the previous generation?

Moreover, we've known each other for so long, yet I've almost never heard Yi Youyou talk about her parents. Is there some other hidden story behind this? Perhaps this time I can explain everything in one go?

With this in mind, Qin Huanyu patiently completed the visitor registration and then followed Yi Youyou into the old building area, finally stopping in front of a three-story building.

"...let's go."

Yi Youyou stood in front of the building entrance in silence for more than 10 seconds, as if in remembrance, before taking a deep breath and continuing to walk into the building.

The building is still in use, with lights on in many rooms on the first and second floors, and the sounds of equipment running and whispered arguments can be heard.

Yi Youyou didn't linger on the first or second floor, but took Qin Huanyu directly to the third floor. This floor was relatively quiet and currently unused; it should be where Qin Hai's research lab was located back then.

“…This is it.”

Sure enough, Yi Youyou pointed to several rooms and introduced them to Qin Huanyu as if she knew them very well.

These rooms contain different equipment, each with different uses in research, spanning a wide range of fields including physics, chemistry, and biology.

Qin Huanyu took a closer look and found that although these devices were old equipment that were almost no longer needed, they were all well maintained and the room was very clean, indicating that someone often came here to clean.

Seeing how familiar Yi Youyou was with the place as if it were home, Qin Huanyu became even more certain of her previous guess. However, she didn't rush to ask and patiently listened to Yi Youyou's introduction.

Finally, in the innermost room, Qin Huanyu saw a very obvious clue.

There was no research equipment in this room; it was probably a rest area for the research team. There were two sofas, a single bed, and a rectangular wooden table.

It was on that rectangular wooden table that Qin Huanyu saw a photograph, a framed photograph placed upright on the wooden table.

The photo is a group photo of three people, two men and one woman, all very young and dressed as students.

The girl was quite pretty, certainly not as pretty as Qin Huanyu or Yi Youyou, but her overall looks were around 85 points. She was the cool, confident older sister type. She had her hair tied in a side ponytail and stood between the two boys with a bright smile, her arms around their necks, showing that they had a good relationship.

Qin Huanyu recognized the boy on the left. Although he had changed a lot since then, she immediately recognized him as Qin Hai from her student days.

The boy on the right, Qin Huanyu, was meeting him for the first time, but upon closer inspection, one could see a slight resemblance between him and Yi Youyou in their eyes and brows, making it entirely plausible to say that the two were related by blood.

“…As expected.”

Having seen these photos, Qin Huanyu naturally wouldn't remain silent any longer and directly stated:

"So, Youyou, your father and my dad were good friends back then... No wonder I was so attracted to you the first time I saw your face. Perhaps this is some kind of karmic entanglement?"

"What a tragic fate! You're just a simple-minded person!"

Yi Youyou rolled her eyes at Qin Huanyu, but her previously heavy mood brightened considerably.

Seeing this, Qin Huanyu put her arm around Yi Youyou's waist, and the two sat down close together on the sofa.

"Putting aside the fact that I might actually be a slut, Youyou, you're so beautiful and charming, don't you have any faults at all... Uh, okay, okay, Youyou, you're not wrong, it's all my fault."

After deliberately teasing Yi Youyou with nonsense, causing her to start pinching him again as before, Qin Huanyu tentatively asked:

"So, Youyou, you actually knew all along that our dads were good friends? Then why didn't you mention it before? And I don't think I've ever heard you talk about your parents..."

"..."

Yi Youyou, who had just regained a smile, immediately froze again.

After a long while, she finally let out a long sigh, tilted her head and leaned it against Qin Huanyu's shoulder, her body becoming very supple, and her voice also:

"Alright, since I've already brought you here, I'll tell you... Actually, you've always been curious about what happened to your father and the others back then, right? How much do you know?"

"I only know the general outline."

Qin Huanyu thought for a moment and said:

"I know that my dad had a very good friend back then, and a senior from his senior class. Later, the experiment failed and the senior died. My dad and his friend were both very sad. After their grief, they chose two completely different paths... They haven't been in contact since. My dad always sighs when he vaguely mentions this."

“Then you really don’t know much… Perfect, I’ll tell you a story slowly. This matter is actually related to my mother.”

Yi Youyou became even more docile. She first raised one hand and pointed to the woman in the center of the photo on the square table:

"Her name is Lan Ruo. She was a year older than both my dad and your dad, and she was also the object of their affections back then... I guess. I definitely never met her in person, but I heard a lot about her from my grandma. She was a very individualistic and strong-willed girl, and she was very popular at school back then."

"And my mother... you know, my maternal grandmother was the principal, so my mother was the student council president and the school beauty back then. How should I put it... her relationship with Lan Ruo is a bit like that bitch Nangong Yue and me. The two of us were very dissatisfied with each other, but my mother ultimately had more resources and was more beautiful, so she always had the upper hand over Lan Ruo."

"Lan Ruo is very competitive. She rarely says it, but she is always thinking about producing a great result and beating my mother. This makes Lan Ruo quite radical and enthusiastic when it comes to research."

"Driven by their fervent interest in scientific research, our father and Lan Ruo and the other two naturally became good friends and achieved many results together, making their reputations as geniuses shine even brighter... and among them, your father, Dr. Qin Hai, is the most outstanding."

"Finally, when our father was a junior and Lan Ruo was a senior, the authorities approved their application based on their previous research achievements. They provided them with research facilities, equipment, and sufficient funding, allowing them to carry out a research project that seems quite radical now—artificially creating superhumans through genetic modification."

“My mother is quite different from me. She inherited almost everything from my maternal grandmother. She is a complete conservative and believes that this research is very risky. Afterwards, she used our family’s traditional divination techniques many times, and all of them yielded very bad results.”

"To avoid that bad outcome, my mother wanted to stop my father and Lan Ruo's research. To this end, she often used her position as student council president to cause trouble and obstruct the research, trying to make my father and Lan Ruo give up."

"But Mother miscalculated. Her actions not only failed to stop Father and Lan Ruo, but also made the three of them more radical... especially Lan Ruo. She firmly believed that her mother was stopping her because she was afraid that she would steal the limelight and overshadow her mother, so she wanted to have research results even more."

"Ultimately, this led to that tragedy... Lan Ruo, who was about to graduate at the time, was too eager for quick success. She wanted to use herself as a test subject to undergo the Ling Su gene injection experiment when she had no control over several data variables... At that time, their research theory had not yet passed the technical review by the higher authorities, and they did not have the resources to conduct human trials. If they wanted to forcefully advance the research progress, they could only use themselves as test subjects."

“Our fathers were against it at first, but they couldn’t persuade Lan Ruo, who was determined, so they had to agree to the experiment… As a result, the experiment failed. The spiritual gene injected into Lan Ruo’s body clashed severely with Lan Ruo’s own genes, and Lan Ruo turned into pus during the experiment.”

"After that, the research could not continue. Our fathers were also very sad because of Lan Ruo's death and were depressed for several months."

"However, after they recovered from their grief, they each had different insights. Your father, Dr. Qin Hai, believed that Lan Ruo's sacrifice should not be in vain, and that the research should continue to fulfill Lan Ruo's unfulfilled wishes... This behavior clearly conflicted with the ideals of our conservative faction, and Dr. Qin Hai had a falling out with my grandmother because of this. Although there is no longer the term 'expelled from the school,' the meaning is roughly the same. Dr. Qin Hai completely joined the technological innovation faction and gained recognition all the way to becoming a leading figure."

"My father was different. He learned from Lan Ruo's death that all kinds of research must be more strictly reviewed, dangerous behavior must be completely prohibited, and the same tragedy must never be allowed to happen again... For this reason, my father later joined the student council and became a supervisor of researchers, using his professional knowledge to help the student council review those dangerous studies... This also brought him and my mother closer and closer, and he eventually won her heart and became my father."

"Your father was furious when he found out about this. He wasn't furious that my father and he had a difference of opinion, but that my father and my mother were together... After all, my mother and Lan Ruo were rivals back then. In your father's eyes, my father's behavior was like betraying Lan Ruo, so the two of them completely broke off their friendship and never had any contact again."

After telling the story in one breath, Yi Youyou was visibly much more relaxed. Although her tone was still soft, she was already secretly tickling Qin Huanyu's black-stockinged legs with her fingers.

"So this is what happened between our parents' generation... It's really interesting, it could be written into a campus romance novel of hundreds of thousands of words."

Qin Huanyu sighed sincerely and stole a glance at Yi Youyou's expression.

Seeing that Yi Youyou seemed to have really relaxed a lot, she tentatively asked again:

"What happened to your father and mother...? Why have I hardly ever heard you mention them?"

"..."

Yi Youyou's fingers, which had just started to get a little playful, immediately froze again.

Fortunately, she seemed to have been mentally prepared, so she didn't react excessively. She just gave a wry smile and continued:

"Because I have almost no memory of them, everything I know is from what my grandmother told me... How can I explain this to you?"

"what?"

Despite being somewhat prepared, Qin Huanyu still gasped in surprise and kissed Yi Youyou's cheek tenderly.

"I'm sorry, I really shouldn't have asked... Ugh, it's all my fault for this damn curiosity."

"...It's alright, and my parents might still be alive."

Yi Youyou, on the other hand, seemed to have completely let go of the past. Meeting Qin Huanyu's questioning gaze, she first returned the kiss before chuckling softly:

“My parents disappeared when I was 3 years old. My grandmother said they went to carry out a great mission related to the continuation of human civilization. I have never seen them since.”

“I don’t know the specifics of the mission. I’ve tried to find a lot of information, but I haven’t found many clues. The mission must be highly classified. Every time I try to find out from my grandma, she scolds me and tells me not to ask so many questions.”

"In short, the only piece of information I've gained over the years is..."

As Yi Youyou spoke, she suddenly sat up cautiously, even standing up and walking outside the door to look around. After confirming there were no eavesdroppers, she returned to Qin Huanyu's side and whispered in her ear:

"The mission your parents carried out back then was related to the catgirl... the catgirl you're thinking of now, one of the four strongest monsters, Schrödinger's catgirl."

"Schrödinger's Catgirl..."

Qin Huanyu frowned, unsure of what to say for a moment.

There is really very little information about the catgirl. According to the Bureau of Investigation, she is even more mysterious than the witch. She almost never interacts with humans and does not participate in any events. She is absolutely neutral in the nine-square grid of factions.

The catgirl's ability is also the most bizarre. By being in a superposition of life and death at the same time, she completely transcends the concept of life and death and can even travel through parallel universes... It's too difficult to find her. If you're going to carry out a mission related to her, it's normal to have no news for decades.

Therefore, Qin Huanyu could only comfort Yi Youyou by embracing her:

"Yes, your uncle and aunt just went on a mission and should still be in the human world... but they might have traveled to other worlds, since it's related to that catgirl. Maybe they'll suddenly come back one day and bring you a bunch of otherworldly specialties... If there's anything delicious then, remember to share some with me."

"...Pfft, you idiot Ayu, you're not only a glutton, you're a real foodie too."

That last sentence finally made Yi Youyou laugh out loud again... After all, this matter had been over for quite some time, and her previous depression was just a temporary reaction to the scene; she had actually moved on long ago.

After the two finished reminiscing about their fathers' legendary stories and lingered in the lounge for a while, it was already completely dark, and it was close to eight o'clock in the evening.

Qin Huanyu, who was sitting on the sofa holding Yi Youyou and about to continue kissing her, suddenly felt her phone vibrate in her skirt pocket, making both of them shudder.