"Who's there! Show yourself! I'm the chosen one of this world..."
In a vast, mist - shrouded white space, a weaselly - looking man was shouting. But before he could finish his words, a blinding white light flashed. He didn't even have time to dodge, and was instantly knocked unconscious.
The mist in the white space parted like the Red Sea in the story of Moses, gradually revealing the handsome outline of a man. He was tall and muscular, with long legs, broad shoulders and a narrow waist. His eyebrows and eyes were like a bold and beautiful Chinese landscape painting, exuding a classical charm.
He bent down and lightly tapped the weaselly man's glabella with his index finger. Water - like patterns spread from the man's glabella and gradually enveloped his entire head. Huo Qizheng gently flicked his index finger, and a yellow light ball was picked out.
The light ball sensed a heavy pressure from Huo Qizheng. Its program detected that this man posed a great threat to it, and it visibly panicked. "Great one... I... I can provide you with anything you need, as long as you pay a little bit..."
Huo Qizheng didn't even bother to listen. He pinched his finger, and the light ball scattered everywhere. Then he gently gathered the fragments of light, held them in his hand, and with a slight squeeze, kneaded them into a beautiful, crystal - clear bead.
When the bead took shape, a faint smile finally appeared in Huo Qizheng's eyes. This was the three - hundredth system he had destroyed. The previous systems were all shoddily made, not as well - programmed as this one. Only a well - written program could make a beautiful bead.
He made a hole in the bead, gathered power in his hand, and with a casual wave, a delicate chain appeared. He gently pulled the chain through the crystal - clear bead. In the blink of an eye, a beautiful necklace was made. He shook the necklace in his hand and finally showed a satisfied smile.
He glanced at the man lying on the ground and then at his watch. The people from the Special Supervision Bureau should be here. It was time for him to go. Recently, because of these people, he and Yaoyao had rarely had time to be together. With this necklace, he hoped it could make Yaoyao happy for a while.
Huo Qizheng waved his hand, the barrier shattered, and he disappeared from the spot.
After Huo Qizheng left, the Special Supervision Bureau quickly arrived at the scene and caught the weaselly man who had just woken up. A team leader took out a device and scanned the man. There were only residual system fluctuations. He looked at his superior, Zhou Boxiang. "That great one has helped us remove another system again. But this time, we don't know why he took the system away."
Twenty years ago, the Special Supervision Bureau was established. At that time, they caught a "second - stage syndrome" patient who wanted to destroy the world. But there were many strange things about him, so he was sent to the research institute. The scientists in the institute captured a mysterious fluctuation from him. After a long - term study, they caught what that man called a "system".
The Special Supervision Bureau was thus set up. In these years, the frequency of strange events was not high, and everyone could handle them with ease. However, six months ago, the number of people bound to systems suddenly increased explosively. All kinds of strange abilities emerged one after another. Everyone thought they were the chosen ones and were going to achieve great things. Fortunately, they had anticipated this situation early on, and the device for removing systems was finally made in a hurry.
But recently, they had been running around in exhaustion. Every person who had been bound to a system would gain a special ability after losing the system. So they still had to arrest the criminals with bad intentions. As for the others who cooperated, other means would be used according to the situation.
Although the appearance of the great one had reduced their workload, they didn't dare to trust this person completely. After all, for now, this great one was on their side, but who knew if one day he would turn against them?
They were responsible for billions of people in China. They couldn't rely on the kindness of one person. They had to keep all uncontrollable factors in their hands. For those they couldn't control, they had to be prepared for them to get out of control.
Zhou Boxiang looked at the weaselly man lying on the ground and tiredly rubbed his glabella. "Let's arrest this man first."
As for the great one's purpose, they would find out sooner or later. In any case, they had counter - measures, so there was no need to worry too much.
Zhu Shuangyao declined Cen Yun's offer to send her home, saying that she could take a ride. Cen Yun was still worried and wanted to send her home. Just as they were talking, Zhu Shuangyao's phone rang.
When she saw the name on the phone, her eyes lit up. Cen Yun saw her expression and understood everything. She took a step back and leaned into Lu Jing's arms. Lu Jing subconsciously put his arms around her.
Zhu Shuangyao answered the phone. On the other end, Huo Qizheng's deep and magnetic voice came. For some reason, Zhu Shuangyao always felt that there was a hint of gritted teeth in his words. He asked, "Yaoyao, where are you? I'll come and pick you up now."
Zhu Shuangyao instinctively reported her location. Huo Qizheng drove over to pick her up. After she hung up the phone, Cen Yun said meaningfully, "So that's why you didn't let me send you home. It turns out there's someone else who can send you home."
Zhu Shuangyao stamped her foot. "Senior sister, don't make fun of me."
Cen Yun covered her mouth and laughed. "Okay, okay. You have someone to pick you up. We won't be the third wheel here. We're leaving first."
Zhu Shuangyao obediently said goodbye to her. Cen Yun also said goodbye to her. Seeing Lu Jing standing there stupidly, she gently pinched him. "Say goodbye to Yaoyao. We're leaving first."
Lu Jing's expression softened a bit. "Zhu Shuangyao, thank you this time. We're leaving first. Goodbye."
Cen Yun keenly sensed something strange in his words. "This time"?
That meant there were other times? Cen Yun gently patted him. "Tell me, what else did you do to Yaoyao before? It must not be something good, right?"
For the first time, Lu Jing showed a embarrassed expression in front of Cen Yun. He touched his nose, looking embarrassed. "This... Can we talk about it at home? It's too... inappropriate to talk about it here."
Cen Yun magnanimously said, "Okay, then we'll talk at home. Yaoyao, we're leaving now."
Zhu Shuangyao waved goodbye to them. Lu Jing also nodded. Then the two of them left. Not long after they left, Huo Qizheng arrived.
He saw Zhu Shuangyao waiting by the road at a glance. Zhu Shuangyao also saw Huo Qizheng's car at first sight. She happily opened the door and got in the car.
She said excitedly, "It's so rare! You actually came to pick me up."
"Can't I come to pick you up?" Huo Qizheng glanced angrily at the boys and girls still filming in the store and slowly said, "Should I not come and pick you up, and let you form a CP with others?"
In fact, Huo Qizheng was very busy and usually didn't have time to go on Weibo. But there was something called news push. As soon as he saw this news, his blood rushed to his head, and he drove here at full speed. Fortunately, he still had a bit of sense and knew not to break traffic rules. He managed to get here as fast as he could.
Zhu Shuangyao pretended to be unable to stand the smell. "Oh my god, where does this smell of vinegar come from? Let me see. It seems like you've drunk more than a whole vat of vinegar. It's so sour! I think we'll use the vinegar on you to make sweet - and - sour fish tonight. How about it?"
Huo Qizheng snorted and turned his head, looking like he was waiting for her to coax him.
Zhu Shuangyao really wanted to kiss him, but they were in the car. Being distracted while driving was not only irresponsible to oneself but also to others.
Zhu Shuangyao nodded her chin and pretended to be righteous. "Alas, there's no other way. Since the great demon king is angry, the only way is for me to sacrifice myself to the wolf. I wonder if the great demon king will spare me?"
Huo Qizheng coughed lightly. "It depends on your... performance."
Zhu Shuangyao burst into laughter. "Mr. Huo, who taught you this? You're so cute. I like this side of you so much."
It seemed that studying love books was still a bit useful. At least the generation gap between him and Yaoyao was a bit smaller. He said mysteriously, "No one taught me. When I see you, the words just come out naturally."
After saying that, he motioned for Zhu Shuangyao to get the box in the back seat. The box was specially customized by him in the store. If he hadn't gone to the store to get the box, he wouldn't have known that his girlfriend's CP with another woman had made it onto the hot search.
Poor him, the rightful partner, still had no formal status, while other suitors were flocking to her, and even had a CP name. How could Huo Qizheng not be jealous?
Zhu Shuangyao opened the box. Inside was a simple and fashionable necklace. The silver chain exuded a cold texture, and the yellow bead in the middle glowed faintly. It was a very delicate, beautiful and fashionable necklace. Zhu Shuangyao fell in love with it at first sight.
"I like it so much! You must have spent a lot of effort on it!" Zhu Shuangyao examined the necklace in her hand and quickly closed the box. "When we get home, I'll let you put it on for me!"
"Okay." Huo Qizheng smiled. Indeed, he had destroyed more than three hundred systems to find one that could be made into a bead for Yaoyao. The chain was also an energy crystal he specifically condensed, which was equivalent to an intelligent self - defense amulet that could react accordingly to the sensed malice.
"Just now, if I'm not mistaken, that person was Lu Jing. Did he give you trouble again?" Huo Qizheng was now on high alert against Lu Jing, not only because Lu Jing had a bad impression of Yaoyao, but also because of their extremely strange so - called "fate".
"No, actually, I feel... Lu Jing seems to have a better impression of me recently." Zhu Shuangyao thought for a while and explained to him, "It was senior sister who found me, and then Lu Jing came to find senior sister. That's how we met."
She didn't go into details about what had happened, only saying that senior sister was very jealous and she had comforted Cen Yun.
It was this kind of strange coincidence again. The alarm in Huo Qizheng's heart instantly reached the highest level.
He smiled and said, "That's really a coincidence. I didn't expect Lu Jing would make his girlfriend jealous. I thought he was a perfect man..."
Speaking of jealousy, Huo Qizheng suddenly felt something was wrong. They had been together for so long, but Zhu Shuangyao had always been very sensible. She had... never been jealous.
He thought that being able to make Yaoyao rely on him a little more was already a great progress. But why... had she never been jealous?
Huo Qizheng thought so and asked her. Zhu Shuangyao said, "I trust you. How could I be jealous?"
His heart instantly sank like a stone into the deep sea. He was so dizzy that for the first time, he impulsively asked, "Yaoyao, do you not love me at all?"