novelnext Chapter 116 I will completely make you a part of me, never to be separated.
Chapter 116 I will completely make you a part of me, never to be separated.
Chapter 116 I will make you a complete part of me, never to be separated.
Gu Qingyi and the others also arrived, and the hotel manager brought them breakfast.
Gu Bai helped Qin Dayou to the table.
"These tea leaves?" Gu Qingyi and Yanran noticed the tea leaves immediately.
Yunwu Tea House's copper tea contains yang energy.
"Old Daoist," Qin Dayou glanced at the tea leaves, "I don't like drinking tea, so I'm giving it to you."
"This tea is very precious. I've drunk it before; it's good for your health," Gu Qingyi said. "Daoist Master, you should keep it and drink it yourself."
"I'm too old for this, it's too late for me to exercise, so I won't waste my time."
Qin Dayou ate a steamed bun and drank some porridge.
"It's never too late to improve your health. There are ten packets of tea here, and we'll pay for five." Gu Bai said.
"Boss Gu," Qin Dayou said, his eyes reddening and his hand holding the spoon trembling, "I have something to say to you."
"Please speak." Gu Bai paused and looked at him.
Gu Qingyi and the others put down their breakfast and their eyes fell on him.
"I... I'm actually a fake Taoist priest." Qin Dayou lowered his head even further.
Gu Bai nodded slightly: "I know."
Gu Qingyi and the others remained calm and showed no surprise.
"You all knew all along?" Qin Dayou looked up at them incredulously. "Then why did you keep up this charade with the old man for so long?"
"It's very simple for the police to check someone's identity," Gu Qingyi said calmly. "I just didn't know before how you could calculate it so accurately."
Qin Dayou wiped away his tears: "I don't know anything about fortune telling. I just wanted to make a quick buck. I'm just an old man who wanted to earn some money for my son so he could take me back to live with him in his old age."
"Two years ago, my son abandoned me in Wudang Mountain. I was penniless, had no cell phone, and my ID card was taken away. I was taken in by the welfare home. When I called my son, he refused to take me back."
A while ago, I made some money and went back to the orphanage to visit the children. I woke up in the middle of the night because I needed to pee. I'm getting old, and I had to get up several times a night.
That night, I saw a cat entangled in silk threads, and a wooden carving killed the cat.
"Er Ya mentioned this," Gu Bai said.
"How could a wood carving kill a cat? It reminds me of shadow puppets, which are controlled by someone. You asked me to calculate it, but I couldn't figure it out. That's when I thought of this. I said they were controlled by someone, and it turns out it matches up."
Qin Dayou wept bitterly: "I can't sleep well with a bunch of security guards like you. I'm often woken up in the middle of the night. I feel guilty towards the orphanage, so I thought of bringing you over to take care of the orphanage and see if what you're looking for is related to that wood carving."
Gu Bai didn't speak, but listened quietly.
Gu Qingyi and the others listened patiently, gently comforting her: "It's alright, we don't blame you, please tell us slowly."
"I'm just a selfish old man. I want to go back to my old age and give back to the nursing home, but I don't have the means."
Qin Dayou slapped his thigh: "Two months ago, the third child in the welfare home reached the age limit. The children couldn't bear to part with him. The children were still young and didn't remember anything. The third child asked me to take his place and became the current Zhuge Buliang. Oh, and there's also the matter of finding his relatives. Never mind, that's his private matter, so let's not talk about it."
Gu Qingyi handed him a tissue: "If you hadn't led us there, we wouldn't have found any clues. You deserve credit."
"The old man doesn't want credit. Can you please let that child go? He's not a bad person," Qin Dayou pleaded, wiping away his tears.
"He has already made a grave mistake, and he's unwilling to stop now," Yang Xi shook his head and said, "unless you can persuade him to turn himself in."
"I don't know what he did, but he's a good person," Qin Dayou said.
The group exchanged glances but didn't say anything more, lest they provoke Qin Dayou, given his advanced age.
Gu Bai changed the subject, saying, "Honestly, what are your plans for the future?"
"I'm planning to go back to my hometown. He bought me a sleeper ticket for 8 PM tonight. I'll be in Jiangcheng after a good night's sleep," Qin Dayou said. "You're all good people. Thank you so much, old man."
"Why."
Yang Xi and Gu Qingyi sighed softly, "You're still thinking about going back to your hometown? Your son—"
Qin Dayou wiped away his tears and remained silent.
"Alright, write down my number. If you're not doing well after you go back, call me and I'll send someone to visit you." Yang Xi wrote down the number and handed it to Qin Dayou.
Qin Dayou gripped the note tightly: "Thank you. The tea is for you. I'll take a taxi to the station later."
"Take a nap after you finish eating, and we'll take you home when it's time," Gu Qingyi said.
After finishing breakfast, Qin Dayou began packing his things.
Gu Bai and the others left his room and returned to their own rooms.
A message came from the group chat:
Yang Xi: "Qin Dayou is also a pitiful person. Guo Jin sent me a message that Qin Dayou's phone had an extra 300,000 yuan transfer record last night."
Gu Qingyi: "It's good to go back. It's not peaceful here. I hope his son will treat him well for the sake of the 300,000 yuan."
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Zhang Qingguan: "Tell Jiangcheng to pay more attention to this."
Looking at the messages in the group, Tai Sui said, "What a pity, Qin Dayou is really just an ordinary old man."
Gu Bai said, "Isn't this good? If it were someone stronger than me, that would be troublesome."
Tai Sui: "Isn't this missing a big meal? He's quite lucky. Going to the orphanage was quite an adventure. With the protection of Jiangcheng's security, he should have a good old age."
Gu Bai said quietly, "Do you really think he can return to Jiangcheng alive? He probably won't even be able to leave the Wudang Mountains area."
Tai Sui asked in confusion, "What do you mean? Who would kill that old geezer?"
"Have you forgotten about the one in the shadows? He was just involved before, and they wanted to silence him. Why did Zhang Qing take him away yesterday, and why did she specifically give him tea?"
Gu Bai sorted through the information in his mind: "Why buy a ticket for the night and then specially deliver it back instead of just putting it on the train? There are plenty of tickets to Jiangcheng from here, you can buy them anytime."
Tai Sui asked in confusion, "That guy in the shadows didn't give up, and even wanted to kill him? But now he's confessed everything, telling us things he should and shouldn't have said."
Gu Bai stroked his chin: "If one day you chose a human, spent a day with that human, and even gave them nice things, what do you think I would do?"
The mycelium of the Tai Sui scratched the mycelium bead: "What do you mean, what should we do? Given our relationship, of course we should take care of that human together."
"If humans and law enforcement are mixed together, you'll soon be exposed to their surveillance as well," Gu Bai said.
"Impossible, how could I possibly—"
"To give you an example, in human thinking, this is called putting yourself in someone else's shoes," Gu Bai said irritably. "Think about it carefully. You've decided to coexist with me, so stop acting like a stupid monster."
Tai Sui pondered for a long time, its mycelium gleaming coldly: "You will kill humans, sever all traces, and take me back into the shadows."
But Zhang Qing won't kill Qin Dayou, nor will he harm the orphanage; we are ultimately different from him.
Gu Bai said, "No matter what Qin Dayou said, he must die the moment he came into contact with the police; as for what he said today, it doesn't matter. If it were me, I would rather kill the innocent than let the guilty go free."
He paused, then added, "If necessary, Zhang Qing can also be abandoned."
Tai Sui shuddered: "Damn it, does this mean you'll abandon me when necessary?"
Gu Bai's voice was gentle: "Don't say such harsh things. You and I are interdependent, how could I abandon you? I will completely make you a part of me, never to be separated."
"You ate it, so what? You make it sound so good, you heartless bastard."
"If you don't even have a skeleton, where does your conscience come from?"
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"Sleep and recharge. We'll go check out what that thing in the shadows is tonight, without us having to go through the trouble of searching for it."