Chapter 38 Those People

  It's just that the Qi family is so prominent and powerful, when have they ever suffered such a loss of face? Qi Zhuxin is not good at flattering people, she really couldn't hold back her anger, almost wanting to rush out and slap that guy in the face twice to vent her anger, but was stopped by an old man's gaze.

  "Dad, what's your take on this?" Ji Zhongxin had a bitter smile on his face as he looked at the 4A paper in his hand, which was simply a mockery.

  He didn't expect that his small warning would trigger such a big reaction from the other party, although it hadn't reached the point of completely falling out, but this was even more unbearable for Ji Zhongxin than if they had.

  "This kid has the skills of a national master, but not the demeanor! The old man chuckled and carefully put away the medicinal pill in his hand. He glared at his son with a cold smile: "You want me to take a look? I think you're just unlucky, too arrogant, and your eyes are on top of your head, so it's inevitable that you'll run into walls. As for me, I'm lying down and getting shot, following you is unlucky, even this kid Bamboo Heart got hit by two shots. Now it's all good, not only did you lose face, but next time you go to find someone, whether they come or not is a problem, and whether they make an effort or not is another problem! It was just a small matter, wasn't it? Just a corrupt district secretary who abused his power for personal gain. This kind of person should have been taken out and shot long ago. Why did you need to use this matter to repay him a favor? If it were me, I'd rather owe more debts like this, because what's owed isn't debt, it's lives! Now it's my life, your father's life, maybe in the future it'll be your wife and children's lives. Are we, these family members, not as important to you as a corrupt official?"

  "Dad, I didn't! Earlier when I saw you listening to him being beaten and then not saying a word, I thought you were very dissatisfied and wanted me to suppress his evil spirit." Ji Zhongxin was covered in sweat, extremely frightened.

  "I was thinking about something very important, so I didn't respond. Besides, do you think it's necessary for me to ask and investigate such a trivial matter of children playing house?" The old man gave him a bad look and said coldly: "In the past few days, I haven't believed that you didn't go investigate that child's identity."

  Ji Zhongxin was taken aback, not knowing why his father suddenly changed the subject, but had to answer: "I investigated a bit and got little information, just knowing that he is an orphan who grew up in an orphanage."

  "What about before the orphanage? I don't want to believe he's a Monkey King who popped out of a stone? Is it that your powers can only investigate things after he was twelve years old, and as for what happened before he was twelve, there isn't even a single clue?" The old man snorted coldly, not giving his son any face in front of his granddaughter.

  "According to the information I've investigated, there is indeed no record of anything about him before he was twelve years old."

  Here is the translation:

  "Up to this point, Ji Zhongxin also felt strange in his heart, feeling as if someone had intentionally destroyed all of Qin Di's past before he was twelve years old. Thinking of this, Ji Zhongxin's heart skipped a beat, and his gaze suddenly sharpened. He carefully asked: 'Dad, have you found out something?'"

  The old man smiled and didn't answer. Instead, he stood up, walked to the desk, opened a drawer, took out some documents, and handed them to his son.

  Ji Zhongxin took it over, lowered his head to flip through it, and his body shook, staring blankly.

  "This information comes from the National Security Ninth Bureau, it's the result of my investigation through a contact." The old man looked at his son and sat back in his chair, chuckling: "At first, I thought it would be easy to investigate a child who grew up in an orphanage. But after this investigation, I was surprised to find that the kid's background is not simple at all. Ordinary methods can't uncover anything, which you should also know. So I had to use some special powers to get things done. An old friend from the National Security Ninth Bureau gave me face and sent two people over. One went to the orphanage where the kid grew up, following leads, then went to Qinling, and finally one came to Deep Sea. But as soon as he arrived in Deep Sea, he immediately rushed back to Qinling. As for the investigation results, it's what you see in your hand - 'Cannot be investigated'! This is the answer from the National Security Ninth Bureau... What does it mean? At that time, I immediately called them and asked again. The initial response from the Ninth Bureau was still those three words - 'Cannot be investigated'. It wasn't until I pressed them for an answer that they finally gave me a true statement: the two people sent by the Ninth Bureau to investigate the kid were both killed... They died without sending back any news, just like that."

  Ki Tadane's hands holding the documents were trembling slightly.

  "The National Security Ninth Bureau, each one stronger than the last, with the ninth being the strongest. The people inside are all ruthless killers, I'm sure you've heard of them too. They're a group of people who can take down an entire armed squad with ease. But these two men, both high-level experts, were killed on the first day of investigating that young man's identity. What does this mean?"

  The old man looked strange, took a sip of tea, and seemed to have caught his breath: "My first thought was that someone dared to mess with the Ninth Bureau, they're looking for death. But what did my old friend say?"

  "What to say?" Ji Zhongxin smiled wryly, his heart didn't know the answer. After all, there weren't no one in the country who wouldn't sell out the Ninth Bureau, but those who truly dared to kill people from the Ninth Bureau, Ji Zhongxin couldn't think of anyone even if he cracked his brain.

  Not to mention Ji Zhu Xin, who has never been interested in politics and national affairs, when she heard these words, it was as if she had heard a heavenly book, with only a face full of confusion.

  "What to say..." The old man didn't answer, and remained silent, as if lost in memories of the past. He just lightly waved his hand at Kijō Chūshin and Kijō Takeko, indicating for them to leave.

  Although Ji Zhongxin wanted to know the answer, he didn't dare go against the old man's wishes and immediately left the study. Only when he turned back to close the door did the old man suddenly say to him: "The medicine written on that piece of paper by that Qin boy, find it all and have someone send it over to him!"

  "Yes." Kijō Shigenobu smiled wryly.

  "By the way, tell Zhuxin that girl not to cause trouble and look for that kid's trouble. The other person's background may not be worse than hers, can't afford to offend, do you know?" The old man instructed seriously. After his son left, a hint of sharpness suddenly appeared on the old man's face: "That's it, old friend, this is your answer to me. Even if you don't want to say it, I'm clear in my heart... Who dares to kill the ninth place? In this world, except for that group of people, it seems that no one has the ability to make you suffer and not have any thoughts of revenge... But what kind of relationship will that group of people and Qin Di have?"

  The old man closed his eyes and muttered: "Is it fate or a person of the same kind?"

  The old man couldn't get an answer and didn't want to find out this answer either, because the cost was too high, so high that even the entire Ji family might not be able to bear it.