Blind Spot
Chapter 174 - 163 Ability Three

Chapter 174: 163 Ability Three

Suiyang.

"Your sister sent a message!" Feng Yurong, bursting with excitement, held her phone as she came out of the kitchen, her face beaming with a smile.

"She made it, she’s now a real national Mecha Engineer!"

Li Zhao was attentively fiddling with his new automatic tea-making cup, a birthday present from Li Chengyi.

Hearing this, he instantly looked up, somewhat astonished and delighted.

"Really? Are you serious?"

"Would I lie about this? Even the certificate is here! Look, this is the photo!" Feng Yurong showed Li Zhao her phone.

"Wow, way to go! She finally made it!!" Li Zhao stood up, snatched the phone, and leaned in to look closely. He used both hands to zoom in on the photo to read the text on it.

"What’s all this excitement about?" Li Chengyi came out from the bedroom, yawning.

He had crashed into bed and slept soundly since returning home yesterday, all the way until early this morning.

Then he was awakened by his parents’ exclamations. The damage from the Blind Spot evidently targeted both the body and the mind, and without a Radiance Field, a common person probably couldn’t eliminate the Blind Spot at all.

"It’s your sister, she’s finally a real national Mecha Engineer! All her hard work over the years has paid off!" Li Zhao said with a smile.

As he spoke, he handed the phone to Li Chengyi to see.

On the screen, Li Chengjiu held a dark red certificate with a black frame against her chest, standing straight and tall.

With her were about a dozen others, all standing in the same pose for the photo, obviously the same group newly inducted.

"This national Mecha Engineer position is no trifling matter, not only are all expenses waived, but if you perform well you can also earn military merit! You can even become an officer!" Feng Yurong happily explained.

Li Chengyi listened smilingly, without speaking.

After looking at the photo, he suddenly said,

"By the way, Dad, the leader at my company is back in the country, and I’m now in charge as the deputy at the branch office. I’ve been promoted quite a bit. The benefits have also improved a lot."

"That’s no comparison, your sister’s achievement isn’t something that can be matched by just doing business." Li Zhao waved his hand dismissively.

He thought Li Chengyi was feeling competitive and wanted to compare himself with his sister.

"No, what I mean is, the company, as a benefit, has allocated me a house, much bigger than ours. Why don’t we all move in together?"

He had thought about this for a long time and now finally had the opportunity to speak out.

"A house? Where?"

Li Zhao and Feng Yurong asked simultaneously, stunned, and in unison.

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After four in the afternoon.

Li Chengyi took his parents to see the new house. Although it was only a modest fit-out, the sheer size of the villa still left the two elders astonished and feeling surreal.

They grabbed hold of him, repeatedly questioning whether he had been involved in any illegal activities.

Li Chengyi assured them time and again that all his earnings were clean and absolutely untainted.

He had this confidence because his acceptance as a Jiu Yi Commissioner indirectly meant that everything he had done before was in the past.

So the money in his account no longer needed to be concealed, and he wasn’t afraid to spend it openly.

Having finally calmed his parents down, Li Chengyi then checked on the rest of his team to make sure everyone was alright for the time being.

After that, he himself prepared to rest easy, to rejuvenate and store up energy, waiting for action.

The Blind Spot was fading slowly.

After sleeping for a day, it was still visible on his skin, on his palms, the backs of his hands, even the skin on his torso was covered all over.

Even his face had faint traces, which Li Chengyi covered up with the Rainbow Candy concealer.

After checking on the botanical garden again, he finally found himself at leisure.

Suddenly left with free time, he was surprised to find that he couldn’t think of anything to do.

So he strolled for a while and found a teahouse on the road, ordered a pot of floral tea and a few plates of snacks.

In a private booth with one side featuring a computer projection screen, he could freely watch a variety of programs.

Li Chengyi settled down in solitude.

In his previous life, he enjoyed this kind of rest.

Quiet, undisturbed, able to think through things at his own pace.

This life, it had been hard to find such an opportunity.

Inside the booth, a brown curtain imprinted with advertisements constantly swayed with the movement of the staff outside.

Li Chengyi sat quietly on the sofa, closely examining the faint black patterns on his hands.

When pressed, they didn’t hurt.

They were also imperceptible to the touch, like painted fine lines, completely smooth without any texture.

Beep beep.

A text message arrived on his phone.

Li Chengyi’s train of thought was interrupted, and he picked up his phone to check.

It was from Chen Pi, Chen Yijun.

The guy organized small gatherings every two or three days, frequently sending him messages to invite him to the events.

But this time it seemed different.

Li Chengyi looked at the content, which appeared to be a mass message.

"Half Love Marriage Agency grand opening, Chen Yijun sincerely invites all friends and family to attend the opening ceremony, Time: December 14th. Location: 119 Pengcheng Road, the former Lanxi Hotpot City."

"....." Li Chengyi was somewhat speechless.

That Chen Pi was actually opening a marriage service...

He scrolled up to check his messages and saw that there were numerous ones, all inviting him to gather.

Putting his phone away, Li Chengyi began to ponder where he could find a large number of Feilians.

The New Divine Flower Position required an evolution to unlock, so he needed to absorb enough mutated floral essence and Evil Thoughts to complete an evolution.

Now with Evil Thoughts, there was Zhuang Yijing, as well as the Marian Union, so there was no big issue. The main problem was actually finding the mutated variety of Feilians.

These flowers were usually just wildflowers, and because they weren’t very valuable and didn’t look very pretty, they tended to grow scattered about. To find a concentrated patch wasn’t easy.

He had already asked the botanical garden to specially collect wild Feilians and transplant them back.

Beep beep.

The text message came again.

Li Chengyi picked it up and glanced at it; this time, it somewhat surprised him.

It was from Zhou Xingtong.

"Can I ask, have you seen that golden-haired girl at the entrance of the self-service bank that day? The one called Qiu Chenai, you even asked for her name." — Zhou Xingtong.

"I haven’t seen her." Li Chengyi replied succinctly.

As a Blind Spot Individual, aside from him, maybe the difference for the others was just between dying sooner or later.

So... he didn’t plan to explain so much to Zhou Xingtong.

"Can we... meet in person?" — Zhou Xingtong.

Li Chengyi’s brow twitched slightly, sensing that this girl seemed to know something.

His impression of this girl had always been simple.

Hardworking, diligent, positive, a grounded and pretty girl.

Despite her pretty face, she was unwilling to rely on her looks to make a living and worked hard outside.

So he had quite a good impression of her.

"How about this, I’m drinking tea at the Shuangfu Teahouse; if you are free, come over for a face-to-face talk. Come find private room number 5." Li Chengyi thought it over and decided to tell her the truth.

There wasn’t really anything intentional about concealing the Blind Spot; it’s just that most people simply didn’t believe it.

The nation, for the sake of stability, did not promote it actively either.

But many relatives of Blind Spot Individuals had spontaneously organized some investigation forums and small groups of various sizes on the internet.

So among the common people, there were those who knew. Just very few in number.

"Great! I’ll be there immediately." — Zhou Xingtong.

Her reply was exceptionally decisive, clearly showing that her relationship with Qiu Chenai was deep.

Putting down his phone, Li Chengyi closed his eyes briefly.

Suddenly, he remembered a topic he had discussed with Rainbow Candy.

A common person who enters the Blind Spot has a high probability of certain death, without any accidents.

Only a very few astute individuals might temporarily escape a dire fate.

Actually, before the Blind Spot arrives, most cases have premonitions. If these people could get sufficient mental preparation and various kinds of assistance ahead of time.

The possibility of surviving the first encounter with the Blind Spot was actually quite high.

’The crux is, the Blind Spot doesn’t produce any benefits.

Helping most Blind Spot Individuals similarly doesn’t yield benefits.’ He sighed to himself.

’There is no organization in the world that only gives without receiving anything in return; such an organization simply cannot sustain.’ He took up his flower tea and poured himself another cup.

Roses, chrysanthemums, lilies, three kinds of petals gently tumbled in the clear crystal cup.

Eating the snacks and drinking the flower tea, only a dozen or so minutes passed.

Soon, a series of rapid footsteps approached from outside the partition’s curtain.

Following that, a girl wearing a purple T-shirt and dark jeans gently lifted the curtain, revealing a face that was somewhat haggard but still beautiful.

It was Zhou Xingtong.

She had her hair simply tied into a ponytail, her black hair just settling down from its earlier swaying as she had run here.

Her ample chest made the originally loose purple T-shirt look extremely tight.

In the center of the T-shirt were a few words: Kangaroo Movers.

"Hello... hello." Zhou Xingtong gasped for air, a faint sweat visible on her forehead as she had clearly run here.

"Please take a seat." Li Chengyi gestured to the seat opposite him.

The partition wasn’t large, only containing a square table and two sofas in the space.

The sofas were placed against the wall, sandwiching the table in the middle.

"Thanks, just by chance, where I work is not far from here, so I... ran over." Zhou Xingtong entered, sat down, and seemed a bit constrained.

Because she had run all the way here, not only was she gasping for air, she was also continuously sweating, the T-shirt getting increasingly soaked with sweat, becoming even more form-fitting.

A strong scent of sweat faintly spread throughout the partition.

Her cheeks, whether from exertion or shyness, were seriously flushed.

"It’s okay, have some iced lychees. Take a rest." Li Chengyi handed over a small plate of lychees from the plate of snacks.

"Thank you." She took the lychees, placing them on the table in front of her. "Can we talk about my friend now?"

"How do you know that I know about her?" asked Li Chengyi.

"I can’t find her anywhere, and that day only you, only you asked about her. I intuitively feel like you must know something." Zhou Xingtong said earnestly.

"I do know a bit." Li Chengyi nodded, candidly admitting it.

These words made Zhou Xingtong widen her eyes suddenly, revealing faint blood vessels and dark circles under her eyes.

Clearly, she had not rested well these past few days.

"Can you... tell me?" Zhou Xingtong inquired.

"She... in some ways, she helped me." Li Chengyi paused before continuing. "Do you know about the Blind Spot?"

"...!?" Zhou Xingtong’s face turned pale instantly.

Obviously, she knew.

"Chenai was searching all over the internet about this... None of us believed it... later... she said she was afraid of not being here, that her little brother wouldn’t be able to survive..." She spoke in stops and starts.

"So... she went to work at the night KTV?" Li Chengyi had researched Qiu Chenai’s background and knew about this as well.

"She said she wanted to make more money while she was still around..." Zhou Xingtong’s voice started to choke up.

She lowered her head.

"I thought she was joking before... After she started working at the KTV, I even scolded her. But she always laughed."

Tears fell from her lowered head, dripping onto the lychees on the table, wetting their shells, making them look darker.

"She wouldn’t have chosen this path if there had been any other option." Li Chengyi replied.

Qiu Chenai’s situation wasn’t only a source of guilt for Zhou Xingtong; for him as well, it struck a chord.

"I always thought it was fake. I thought she was joking." Zhou Xingtong covered her face with both hands.