Gui Jia's Second Young Master

Chapter 374 The He Family's Ultimate Art: Shen Xian Shu

It was only because of this action that we noticed there was a staircase at the end of some side passage!

"Quick, chase!" I shouted, the first to rush forward, with He Xin following close behind. We followed the concrete path into a certain area of the cave. Upon reaching it, we found the place to be even more complex, with dense clusters of Zhongyu stones everywhere. The sound of dripping water was incessant, and we could see numerous holes, large and small, in the centers of the Zhongyu stones, which is the origin of the idiom "dripping water wears through stone."

As we passed these Zhongyu stones, our ears seemed to be listening to beautiful melodies, and for a moment, we forgot why we had come here.

He Xin tugged hard on my hand, leaning against me. I couldn't help but tremble. After all, although we called each other father and daughter, we were not related by blood. I originally wanted to push her away, but when she realized my intention, she tightened her grip on me even more and said, "Dad, don't be like this!"

"He Xin, do you know what you're doing?"

"Of course, I do. You let Gao Mingqiang get close to me, ha ha, you thought I didn't know?"

"I was just trying to..."

"Distract me, right? Don't worry! I won't do anything, I know you already have Yu Ning, even if she can never wake up!"

For some reason, the moment I heard the latter half of what He Xin said, I got angry. I raised my hand and slapped her across the face. "What did you say?"

"Dad... Dad." He Xin covered her red and swollen face, tears streaming down her cheeks, looking at me with grievance.

After all these years she had been with me, this was the first time I had ever treated her like this.

"Dad..."

She felt incredibly ashamed and turned to run, but I pulled her back from behind. "He Xin!"

I hugged her tightly and kissed the barely noticeable tear tracks at the corner of her eyes.

Kissing them again and again, bit by bit, this was the most intimate gesture I had ever shown her. He Xin hugged me tightly, "Dad, I'm sorry! Actually..."

A few minutes later, we had already come out. Recalling what had happened, we had both forgotten. From then on, He Xin kept her distance from me. An indescribable barrier appeared between us, or perhaps, this shackle had already been broken.

"Dad, don't worry, I actually like Mingqiang Ge a lot too, because you chose him!"

"Oh? That's great then, I hope you two can be together when you have the chance!"

"Of course, and I hope Captain Liu will have woken up by then!"

I led her from the other side of the cave to a beach. To my surprise, the sun was already out. It was a bright morning, and a brilliant sunrise unfolded before our eyes, forming an incredibly perfect arc with the horizon. I murmured, "He will definitely wake up!"

At this moment, my radio communicator crackled to life: "Team Leader, where did you go? We've been looking for you for a while!"

"We're fine. We encountered a strange person earlier, someone dressed like a god of the night!"

"I see. You guys come back first, everyone is worried sick!"

I agreed. It was Gao Mingqiang's voice. I had He Xin speak on the radio, and she said, "Mingqiang Ge, I'm okay!"

"Thank heavens, He Xin, you scared me to death!"

"Uh, don't be so mushy, everyone can hear!" He Xin teased, her tone full of ambiguity.

I looked at her relieved face, but for some reason, I felt a hint of pretense. Perhaps she still had something she hadn't confessed, but it no longer mattered, because logic told us that things could only end here.

That's right, no matter what, men are always rational, their thoughts more scattered, while women prefer to act on emotions, like a straight line extending to its endpoint.

Back at the base camp, Xie Chuchu told me, "I re-examined Wallace's body and found something clutched in his hand. After analysis, it turned out to be a piece of paper, but without any other precision instruments, I couldn't discern its content!"

I took the scrap of paper and looked at it. I realized it was made of some kind of fine paper. I pinched a bit and put it on my tongue. This action surprised everyone. Xie Chuchu, however, said, "Could it be a will?"

As soon as she said that, my eyebrows shot up. "So you already knew?"

"Yes, only this kind of material is suitable for use in a will, or rather, all wills are made of paper of this material. It seems Wallace was holding it when he came to the altar..."

"It would be great if we could restore the text on the will, but there's no such technology now, not in forensics, but I can use the methods of a coroner!"

"Oh? Can you? Senior, do you already have a plan?"

I nodded and closed my eyes. Ancestors, this was the first time I was using the Divine Manifestation Technique for Xuan Paper Restoration (abbreviated as Divine Manifestation Technique). I hoped it would work, otherwise, these two deceased individuals would suffer injustice.

I opened the investigation kit and found Xuan paper, white vinegar, and onions, but I was missing one ingredient: Nansheng!

The village should have this traditional Chinese medicine. I said to Gao Mingqiang and the others, "Everyone, please put in some effort and look for Nansheng. We only need one jin!"

"Understood!" Everyone immediately left the base camp, determined to find Nansheng even if they had to dig three feet into the ground, otherwise, the Divine Manifestation Technique couldn't be used.

I closed my eyes and gazed at the fragments. I estimated there were dozens of pieces of paper. If I could manifest them, I could piece them back together immediately.

I don't know how long I waited, but I heard footsteps. Judging by the sound of them on the ground, it was Gao Mingqiang and He Xin returning.

When I saw them, for some reason, they seemed much more intimate.

Gao Mingqiang held up a white plastic bag and said, "Here! Is this Nansheng?"

"Well done! Did you buy it from somewhere?"

"No, a villager had it planted. You're lucky, we searched many villagers and couldn't find any, but this house had it!"

"That's good. Now, none of you come in. I need some time alone!"

"Okay, when you're done, we'll come back then!"

Gao Mingqiang said, and He Xin left with him. As they were leaving, He Xin gave me a wink.

I closed the door of the base camp and, next to the two corpses, I placed the Nansheng in a jar and ground it with a stone pestle. Then, I added onions and white vinegar. I dripped the resulting medicinal liquid onto the Xuan paper, which then acted like a filter, placed on the wooden table. Next, of course, I easily laid the paper fragments onto the Xuan paper.

I closed my eyes and made a prayer: "Ancestors He Shenlong and Song Ci, the great Song Dynasty coroner, please grant me infinite power to save these two unfortunate victims!"