Then... His expression changed. He typed the words "suppress" and a large number of pictures related to suppression and sealing popped up.
Some of those pictures bore a slight resemblance to the characters on his jade pendant.
He kept searching for a long time until there was nothing more to find before closing the computer.
The moonlight outside the window shone in. At the intersection of light and shadow, his handsome profile was overlapped by the flickering tree shadows sneaking in from outside the window. A shadow fell on his high - bridged nose.
The next day, Yong Shanling walked into the living room but found that Mu Yijie, who usually waited for her on the sofa, was nowhere to be seen.
"Uncle, are you going with me to see Huang Dahai today?"
The room was dead silent. After a while, the sound of footsteps came. She looked up in surprise but saw the kind - looking butler grandfather.
"Butler grandfather, where's Uncle?" Yong Shanling asked a bit dejectedly.
Seeing the little girl with a bead of sweat on her anxious nose, the butler grandfather said with a smile, "Sir had something to do and went back to the old mansion today. He left you a note on the table."
Only then did she notice the note on the table. The powerful and imposing handwriting caught her eye.
Little girl, I have something to do today and can't accompany you to see Huang Dahai. Take the driver with you when you go. Be careful.
The signature at the bottom was a flamboyant "Jie".
Yong Shanling couldn't help pouting. Why was he just like her master, leaving without saying goodbye? Besides, what if another monster came without her around?
On the busy highway, a black Maybach sped by. A resolute chin in the car window flashed by.
Mu Yijie had the window down. The cold morning wind blew in his face, as if it could make him more sober.
When he reached a large gate, Mu Yijie drove straight in.
This was the famous Yingjingyuan in Huai City. Those who could live here were not only rich and powerful but also had family inheritances that spanned more than three generations.
The Mu family had been high - ranking officials in the imperial court since the Qing Dynasty. During the Republic of China, they had helped various organizations defend the country, and even after the founding of the People's Republic of China, they had been helping the country develop its economy.
Mu Yijie walked into the old mansion. The kind - looking old man sitting on the sofa, reading the newspaper with glasses on, heard the noise and said in a deep voice, "You still remember to come back and see me. I thought you had long forgotten about this old man!"
Mu Yijie slumped onto the sofa lazily, still expressionless. But this man was like a big cat returning to its territory, putting away all his claws and dozing off there.
"I've been working hard for Hengyu," Mu Yijie said slowly, seemingly oblivious to the old man's glaring eyes opposite him.
Grandpa Mu threw the newspaper on the table, took off his glasses, and his originally hidden sharp gaze was immediately revealed.
"Come to the study with me." After leaving this sentence, he got up and walked towards the study.
Mu Yijie put his hands in his pockets and took a few long - legged steps to follow.
"What's the deal with that little girl who's been following you lately?"
"Did someone tell you?" A cold glint flashed in Mu Yijie's eyes. It seemed that some people needed to be taught a lesson.
"The girl helped me with something. She had nowhere to stay recently, so I brought her here first," Mu Yijie simply explained.
Suddenly, Mu Yijie straightened up and looked at Grandpa Mu seriously.
"Grandpa, I have something to ask you. What's the story behind the jade pendant I've been wearing? Was there anything different about me when I was a kid?" After hesitating for a while, Mu Yijie finally asked directly.
Grandpa Mu's face immediately darkened. He stood up abruptly.
"Is there something wrong with that jade pendant? Have you been feeling unwell recently? Did you encounter something?"
Seeing the old man's anxious look, Mu Yijie quickly stepped forward to support him and whispered to comfort him, "I'm fine. But I did encounter some strange things. Fortunately, it turned out to be okay."
The old man scrutinized him carefully from head to toe before finally calming down. Seeing that he couldn't hide the truth any longer, he said tiredly, "Alas~ I thought that after all these years, you had been fine and wouldn't encounter those things again. I thought you'd be safe for a lifetime. Who would have thought that after thirty years, something like this would happen again."
Mu Yijie silently took out the jade pendant. There were more cracks on it. It seemed that it would break soon.
The old man stroked the black jade pendant with his hand. His old voice was full of reminiscence. "Your parents were already in their thirties when you were born. Our whole family was overjoyed. But who would have thought that you would cry and fuss a lot not long after you were born. We saw many doctors, but they couldn't find out what was wrong. You would always wake up suddenly in the middle of the night or cry out of the blue. Your throat was almost hoarse. Since the doctors were of no help, we had to turn to monks and others, but it was all in vain."
Saying this, a smile appeared on the old man's wrinkled face. "Who would have thought that later I met an old friend. His family has some research on these things. After he heard what I said, he said that it might be because your fate was too precious and suspected that there were evil spirits causing trouble. So he gave me a jade pendant and said it could help suppress your fate and prevent the evil spirits from finding you."
"So I didn't encounter any monsters until this jade pendant started to crack. Can we still contact that expert now?" Mu Yijie narrowed his cold eyes.
The old man said regretfully, "It's all my fault. I thought you were okay, and I accidentally lost his contact information. What should we do now? Have those evil spirits come after you? Are you in danger?"
At this moment, Mu Cangying was just a simple old man worried about his grandson. His wrinkled face was full of anxiety. Where was there any trace of his former shrewdness and cunning in the business world?
Mu Yijie patted the old man's back. "Grandpa, do you know the little loli bodyguard I found? Her master is a professional monster hunter. The last two times monsters appeared, it was this little girl who solved the problem. You can rest assured."
Mu Yijie explained seriously but didn't mention that the little girl could no longer suppress his fate.
At this time, Mu Yijie didn't know that Yong Shanling wasn't unable to suppress it but had never thought of doing so. After all, such a good monster - absorbing tool, why suppress it?
After Mu Yijie comforted the old man, he drove away. He wanted to find the person who gave the jade pendant. He couldn't put all the pressure on Yong Shanling. Just thinking of this delicate girl made his heart ache.
Moreover, he felt that things might not be that simple. After all, it was too much of a coincidence that an old friend happened to be a monster hunter and happened to have such a jade pendant.
"Hey, Assistant Fang, help me find someone named Yun Shan."