Corpse Recovery Diver
Chapter 557 - 102_5

Chapter 557: Chapter 102_5

The decline in the family meals made the old lady feel like she was sitting on pins and needles. By rights, at this time, she should have stepped up as the elder, but since she couldn’t, it only made her feel more useless.

Li Zhiyuan walked over to Uncle Qin and said, "Uncle, they are coming for me."

Just like the way Mao Chang’an moved with his hands behind his back in the General Temple revealed him to be a Corpse Recovery Diver, the walking style of those two people earlier also had traces of the Three-step Praise.

Of course, even without looking at their steps, you could see the faint image of incense draping over their heads, which meant they could start divination at any moment, or were even preparing to do so.

Uncle Qin looked at Li Zhiyuan, smiled, and said, "I know."

"Uncle, I’m crossing the river."

"I haven’t forgotten."

"Then you and Aunt Liu just now..."

Li Zhiyuan understood that the two of them were genuinely prepared to make a move earlier.

According to normal theory, any trouble he encountered while River Crossing, if the family intervened, they would bear the backlash of karma.

They surely knew this. In fact, they were already enduring some backlash when they separately taught Run Sheng and Yin Meng.

However, he had already mastered the rules of River Crossing.

The first wave had just ended, and the second wave had yet to rise.

Therefore, the two people who just arrived were not pushed by the river waters.

This meant that they were not, in the sense of karma, enemies who would fight to the death with him.

It further meant... he could really ask Uncle Qin and Aunt Liu to make a move to deal with these people who were not from the river.

Of course, Uncle Qin and Aunt Liu did not know these things.

"You are a child of this family.

Besides, if someone comes knocking, if they really push open the courtyard gate, you’d have no choice but to fight to the death. There’s no other choice.

This has nothing to do with whether you’re River Crossing or not."

Li Zhiyuan smiled at his words.

In his heart, he was secretly alert. It seemed he had to report to Grandma Liu.

Because from Uncle Qin’s look, he was genuinely willing to risk the cost of backlash to help him solve the Corpse.

It was not only for him but also a bit to make up for past regrets from his younger years.

Unfortunately, the knowledge of River Crossing in his mind now, and those which he was about to sum up in a book, could only be shared with his team, not with them, otherwise, they would suffer unintended consequences.

Alii could be told, for he had no secrets with Alii.

One reason was that Alii would not spread these matters;

The other was that their relationship and his method of using the Corpse outside Alii’s threshold as a question pool had them inherently intertwined.

This river was essentially walked hand in hand by him and Alii.

In essence, Alii joined the team even earlier than Run Sheng, who was nominally first.

Suddenly, Li Zhiyuan thought of a possibility.

If outsiders reading his book would suffer consequences, then when he sat on the second-floor terrace of Grand Master’s House reading Wei Zhengdao’s book, had the entanglement already begun?

Then recalling the evil book wrapped in layers in his dormitory... compared to his future writing and Wei Zhengdao’s book:

You dare to call yourself "evil"?

Liu Yumei was originally sitting upstairs, sipping tea.

When those two people had just approached, her eyes narrowed slightly. The thing that most pained her in the latter part of her life was people no longer revering the plaque of the Dragon King family.

It was fine now, someone dared to come knocking.

The flame in her heart had already been ignited. She had even thought about how to solve the matter with the two people and then follow the vine to address their connections behind the scenes.

This sleeping tiger must harshly deal with those who dared to approach first, or it would attract a heap of carrion-eating creatures, making life unbearable.

But when those two people suddenly quieted down and smoothly walked away without entering, as if just out for a stroll, it made Liu Yumei chuckle out loud.

The flame inside her heart also dispersed.

She even found it a bit amusing.

After all, it was like her instructions to Uncle Qin not to plant flowers in the courtyard but to grow vegetables and fruits instead.

Due to Xiao Yuan’s induction and River Crossing, Grandma Liu felt peaceful and serene, not as sensitive as before.

This world is always the same. The life and death of many depend on the whim of a few.

Tan Wenbin came upstairs, brewing emotions as he went so that in front of the old lady, he could begin his act:

"Grandma, you have to stand up for me. I was strolling alone, minding my own business, only to be followed secretly. Could their intentions be improper?"

One was a thousand-year-old fox, the other was sticking fox fur to himself.

In this family, only Xiao Yuan could spar with the old lady.

Liu Yumei put down her teacup and said, "Okay, okay, just say it directly if you want to plead for them. No need to twist words for such a minor matter."

"Heh heh heh." Tan Wenbin started making tea. This skill he learned in the dormitory, with Xiao Yuan teaching him each step.

Liu Yumei waved her hand and said, "No more tea, pour me some rice wine. I’ve not been sleeping well lately, I’ll drink a bit."

"Okay." Tan Wenbin brought the rice wine bottle, changed the set of cups, and poured the wine while saying, "It’s not really that I want to plead for them, it’s my fault for not handling things properly."

"Oh?"

"I took care of the young one; I didn’t expect the old one to come so quickly. It was my oversight."

In truth, Tan Wenbin couldn’t be blamed if you looked closely. He had already dealt with Lin Shuyou, and Lin Shuyou surprisingly cooperated, almost begging for Brother Xiao Yuan’s Secret Technique.