"Where is he?" I asked hurriedly. "He's gone." "Gone? Where did he go?" I asked anxiously. Yu Mengxuan shook her head and said, "I don't know either. My dad should know. I'll take you to my house now." "Uh… it seems your relationship with your dad has improved quite a bit." I looked at Yu Mengxuan, genuinely happy for her. Yu Mengxuan nodded and said, "I used to think my mom's death was caused by my dad offending someone, so I hated him. Thanks to your third uncle and you, the truth was revealed. It turns out my dad deeply loved my mom, and her death had nothing to do with him. Besides, my mom also hoped we father and daughter would get along well." I didn't ask what had happened, just silently nodded, watching the street scenery whiz by outside the window, and suddenly thought of my parents who had abandoned me. Comparatively speaking, Yu Mengxuan was a hundred times happier than me. "Zhao Lianfan, I heard from your third uncle that you're about to start high school?" Yu Mengxuan seemed to know what I was thinking and changed the subject. I nodded and said, "Yes, the city's No. 1 High School." "What a coincidence, I'm also at No. 1 High School. Maybe we'll be in the same class." Yu Mengxuan said happily. "You're only a freshman in high school? How old are you?" I looked at her doubtfully. With her figure, she should be seventeen or eighteen, so why was she only a freshman? Yu Mengxuan said, "I'm sixteen, but I developed early. What about you?" "I'm fifteen," I replied. Yu Mengxuan was only sixteen—I really hadn't expected that. "Then you're my little brother!" Yu Mengxuan said cheerfully. I smiled helplessly and turned to look at the scenery outside the car. "From now on, you can stay at my house. There are servants and a driver at home, and we can go to school together and come back together," Yu Mengxuan said. I looked at her again and asked doubtfully, "Is this your idea or Master Zhen's?" "Hehe, it's both my dad's and my idea," Yu Mengxuan said with a giggle. I asked seriously, "Why?" To be honest, I didn't think the Yu family was a charity. Although Yu Zhen had asked me to move in before, that was when Zhuge Wu was still around. Now that Zhuge Wu was gone, would Yu Zhen still take me in? Yu Mengxuan snorted and said, "Why so many questions? Do you know how many people want to move into the Yu family?" "I'm probably the exception. If you don't tell me, I'm afraid I can't accept." "Then go ask my dad yourself." Yu Mengxuan pouted and stopped talking. When the car arrived at the Yu residence, I immediately found Yu Zhen and asked about Zhuge Wu's whereabouts. Yu Zhen led me to a study, closed the door, and then said, "Zhuge Wu offended a very mysterious organization. He didn't want to involve you, so he left." "The Lieguiren Lianmeng?" I asked aloud. Yu Zhen nodded and said, "Yes. I've heard of this organization in the underworld too. It's very mysterious and acts extremely radically. Before he left, Zhuge Wu entrusted me to take care of you." "Master Zhen, what exactly is going on?" I asked directly. Yu Zhen sighed and said, "I don't know the specifics either, but Zhuge Wu is in a very dangerous situation now. The Lieguiren Lianmeng has issued a league-wide kill order on him. The place you two used to live at, No. 44 Qianhunlu, was blown up by those people." "Master Zhen, do you know why he's being hunted?" I asked. Logically speaking, since Zhuge Wu had killed that Situ Jin and gathered a million, he should have been able to smoothly leave the Lieguiren Lianmeng. Yu Zhen said, "Zhuge Wu said it was because of you."
"Because of me?" "Yeah, he said something about a recording issue—I don't know the specifics." Yu Zhen said. "Then why did he have me brought to the police station?" I asked, puzzled. Yu Zhen shook his head again and said, "I'm not sure about that either. It should have been for safety. From now on, you'll stay here with me. I'll help you get a new identity so the Lieguiren Lianmeng can't find you." "Why does Master Zhen help me?" I asked seriously. It seemed he knew very little about Zhuge Wu's affairs. Yu Zhen smiled and said, "There are four reasons. First, Zhuge Wu is a talented man—I want to keep him by my side, and he helped resolve the rift between me and Xuanxuan, so this is partly repaying a debt. Second, you're only fifteen, yet you're mature beyond your years, and I like the look in your eyes. If you can be of use to me, you'll surely become a minister or general in the future. Third, many diviners have said my later years will be fraught with misfortune, and Zhuge Wu said you have the ability to ward off disaster and block calamity. As for the fourth, it's because of Xuanxuan—she's proud by nature and rarely looks up to anyone, so she has almost no friends. You're the first." I smiled and said, "Master Zhen certainly speaks bluntly." Yu Zhen said heartily, "If a man who's been in the underworld acted as timid as a woman, I wouldn't have reached the position I hold today." "Doesn't Master Zhen fear offending the Lieguiren Lianmeng?" I asked with a calm expression. Yu Zhen said, "Haha, I've been in the underworld for thirty or forty years. If I were afraid of trouble, I'd rather go back to my hometown and farm. The Lieguiren Lianmeng—hah, if they come looking for trouble, I won't make it easy for them either. Don't worry, I have ways to make you completely new. Even if the Lieguiren Lianmeng is searching for you, they won't find you." "Master Zhen is full of boldness—Lianfan admires that." "Heh, no need for flattery. Before Zhuge Wu left, he asked me to pass along two characters to you, saying they were a password." "What characters?" "Zhuge." I nodded and said, "Thank you, Master Zhen." "Mm, the servant has already prepared a room for you—it's at the far right on the second floor. Go take a shower first; dinner will be in an hour." Yu Zhen said as he walked out of the study. "Thank you for taking me in, Master Zhen," I said, following him out. For now, I really had no other choice. I followed Yu Zhen out of the study and arrived at my room. The room wasn't large, but it looked comfortable, and the decor was decent overall. Just as I opened the door, the door to the adjacent room also opened, and Yu Mengxuan stepped out. "You're staying next to me?" I asked, puzzled. Yu Mengxuan chuckled and said, "Yes, that way when I'm bored at night, I can come over and chat with you. Go on in—I'll help you tidy up." "No need, I don't have much stuff. I won't trouble you," I said with a smile as I walked into the room. The reason I declined Yu Mengxuan was that I now knew the password to Zhuge Wu's phone and was eager to see what he had left on it. "Hey!" Yu Mengxuan's dissatisfied voice came from behind, but I had already shut the door and immediately took out Zhuge Wu's phone. Zhuge Wu had left the two characters "Zhuge" as the password—that had to be the phone's password, no doubt. The characters "Zhuge" don't relate to numbers, but the only connection is their stroke counts: "Zhu" has 10 strokes, and "Ge" has 12 strokes, making the password a four-digit number: 1012. I entered those four digits on the password screen, and the phone indeed unlocked. The phone's interface was very simple, with only four icons: one for calls, one for messages, one for QQ, and one for notes. Without hesitation, I tapped the notes icon.