Corpse Recovery Diver

Chapter 1554 284:

"Didn't he also try to fool you?""Ha, he couldn't fool me. I knew from the start he was just an ordinary man, but he did make an impact, making me suspect he might be part of your plan in a scheme within a scheme."

"Oh."

"You asked him to buy cars for you? Several cars? And you arranged bodyguards for him? The relationship between you two is so deliberate and deep?"

"Brother Liangliang isn't afraid of those minor consequences."

Zhao Yi paused his apple chewing, sat up with surprise and said:

"This kid is that kind of person?"

"Yes."

"Why didn't you introduce him to me earlier?"

"What's the point? He's just an ordinary person."

"Do you know what it means to genuinely befriend such a person when he's young?"

Li Zhiyuan didn't reply and merely picked up the water cup from the nightstand and took a sip.

"We navigate the Jiang to accumulate merit, but this person is naturally protected!"

After speaking, Zhao Yi calmed down, expressing displeasure:

"Li, how do you always encounter all the good people and things?"

Li Zhiyuan: "Have your opportunities been few?"

Zhao Yi: "Sigh, if I hadn't met you, I'd truly believe I'm a chosen one."

"Yes."

"Heh heh, this 'yes,' I find it very comforting."

Zhao Yi doesn't have smooth sailing in everything. In fact, he's faced many setbacks and crises, some triggered passively or actively by Li Zhiyuan, yet he always manages to come out unscathed.

Li Zhiyuan is a cautious person, and the man he once regarded as a threat has successfully shed that identity, now sleeping in the same room with him.

"Never mind, I'll abandon that idea. Intentionally befriending such a person might bring misfortune due to scheming."

"Whatever you want."

"Let's sleep. The rain probably won't stop tomorrow. I'm planning to go for a run in the mountains to find a secluded place and check the changes in myself."

"How do you feel?"

"I feel great. Those three incense sticks were equivalent to three opportunities, and I've benefited greatly. I have to thank you for helping me survive."

"No need for thanks. You were shielding everyone."

"I intentionally grabbed that opportunity, with not so pure intentions."

"There's something I want to tell you."

"Why mention it now?"

"Because it's just a feeling."

"Go ahead, I'm listening."

"I have some doubts about Mr. Zhai's identity."

"Ah?" Zhao Yi looked puzzled. "What's up with him? Actually, when I first saw him, I investigated him. He's a normal person, no issues?"

"I didn't find any problems, either, but my intuition wants to question his identity."

"Describe this feeling."

"In order to later reunite with my teacher and the others, I've deliberately avoided much contact with him lately, but in those few brief interactions, he gives me a different feeling. For example, in conversation, he often gives seemingly correct answers but actually carries another layer of meaning.

This kind of scene happened frequently in my exchanges with Grandmaster in the past.

Grandmaster possesses Luck, so some crises, even if I told him directly, under the influence of Luck, he'd unwittingly avoid them.

Our conversations would appear normal, but weren't talking about the same thing at all."

Zhao Yi showed a look of envy, marveling:

"Damn, really envy you having so many reference points.

The elders in my family all seem to be constantly unlucky, always claiming to act for my benefit but nearly leading me to ruin.

Can you specify some conversations?"

"Today, when playing chess with him, I asked where he was from, and he replied he was from Nanyang. I remember reading a report about him saying he was from Xi'an.

Worried the report might be wrong, I sought documents on their bus and confirmed his origin is indeed Xi'an.

For this, I even chatted with his disciple, learning that Mr. Zhai was an abandoned orphan, ruling out ancestral origin."

Zhao Yi murmured: "Nanyang..."

Zhao Yi would certainly do his homework, especially knowing who he was going to meet this time.

He immediately thought of a related detail, saying:

"The Yin family, Nanyang County, Yin Lihua was born there."

In the Eastern Han, the Yin Family produced not just one Empress, truly belonging to the royal kin.

Li Zhiyuan: "Yes, he even mentioned he had a protective sister as a child."

Zhao Yi: "But he's an orphan... perhaps he met some sister while roaming as a child?"

Li Zhiyuan: "The main thing is, when he mentioned this sister, the surrounding disciples watching us play chess didn't react strangely.

I even asked one, who said their teacher never spoke of having a sister before."

Actually, when Li Zhiyuan and Mr. Zhai chatted, he didn't immediately notice anything amiss until realizing Evil Ghosts were approaching. The young man replayed all his memories of interactions with Mr. Zhai and discovered the oddities.

Zhao Yi: "No way, unbelievable, too absurd..."

Li Zhiyuan: "This is just a hypothesis about his identity; try to pay more attention next."

Zhao Yi: "After you've said that, it'll be hard not to pay attention."

The next day, the rain continued.

Devastated by losing two young disciples, Mr. Zhai fell into a serious fever, his consciousness growing fuzzy.