The reason why Zhang Chulan sent Feng Bao over was obviously not to do something bad to the old man.
He just wanted to test whether this foreigner, Charles, who was trusted by the old man, came from a force around Liu Xiaojiang.
After all, he had roughly guessed before that Yinggou was not alone in the plan, but was very likely to have received help from the higher-ups.
In addition..,
The reason why Zhang Chulan noticed the old man was also because of Feng Bao Bao's keen perception. She noticed the 'familiar' feeling on Charles and remembered that Liu Xiaojiang had personally gone abroad several times to do things.
He just didn't expect that not only was his guess right, but the person who helped Liu Xiaojiang from the higher-ups was actually a giant-like existence like the old man.
The words that Feng Baobao brought to the old man at this moment were completely based on Zhang Chulan's impulsive actions after careful consideration after she had already confirmed her suspicions.
Because..,
A person like Feng Bao Bao, who was full of problems, came personally. Regardless of whether the old man already knew about Feng Bao Bao's matter or not, Zhang Chulan took the initiative to expose his own weaknesses in front of the old man;
Even the few words that Feng Bao Bao conveyed to the old man were all taking the initiative to express their importance to Feng Bao Bao, hoping that the old man could understand that these restless elements were actually very well-behaved.
As for the subsequent words that were similar to surrendering, Zhang Chulan went one step further on the basis of reassuring the old man. He tried to test whether he could reach a cooperation with the old man by declaring his' loyalty ', and whether he could solve the problem of Liu Xiaojiang's unwillingness to tell Feng Bao Bao's background through the old man.
After all, in the eyes of Zhang Chulan and the others, the way to get close to Feng Bao Bao's background with the least risk was undoubtedly to get the information they wanted directly from Liu Xiaojiang's mouth.
Force it..
They couldn't do it.
Probably no one in the world could do such a thing.
Therefore, if the hard way didn't work, they would use the soft way.
Zhang Chulan knew very well that Liu Xiaojiang was not really that ruthless. On the contrary, it was very likely that because he was not that ruthless, he still chose to hide it after learning about Feng Bao Bao's background, even if he knew what they wanted.
Even though..,
Brother Liu actually did not want to treat his friends badly, nor did he want to be like an ingrate who repaid kindness with ingratitude, but he still did something that was completely contrary to his character.
In addition, based on his understanding of Liu Xiaojiang..,
Zhang Chulan also understood that the reason why the other party did this was probably because of Feng Bao Bao's background. It might really not be a good thing for him and the others, so much so that it was more likely that things would develop in a way that he did not want.
However, considering Feng Bao Bao's own wishes, even if he could understand Liu Xiaojiang's' good intentions', he did not want to see his sister Bao'er live in confusion in the world. She had already obtained the immortality that others were jealous of, but in some aspects, she was even inferior to an ordinary person.
Therefore..,
After careful discussion with Xu Si and seeking the wishes of Feng Bao Bao herself, Zhang Chulan finally made the choice to adhere to the previous agreement, hoping to help sister Bao'er become 'complete' like a normal person, trying to let Feng Bao Bao finally be truly free and unfettered.
But it was a pity that even though it was soft..,
Zhang Chulan still believed that he and the others couldn't do it at all and couldn't get what he wanted from Liu Xiaojiang, who had already made up his mind. Therefore, after deciding to take things slowly, he turned his attention to the old man.
Liu Xiaojiang's ambition was so broad that it was as if he wanted to change the world with the identity of an ordinary person that even the 'gods' couldn't do anything about. He wanted to fundamentally give humans a chance to seek change.
The difficulty of this was needless to say. After all, perhaps even the so-called gods in the legends couldn't do it because even if the gods could move mountains and fill seas, they could also easily change the world. But for the human heart … At most, they could only make people afraid.
Changing the human heart with one's own strength..,
Liu Xiaojiang … No, no matter how strong Yinggou was and how much fear he could make all humans feel, without the help of someone who could influence the entire world with their identity, it would be a foolish and naive idea.
And since Liu Xiaojiang received the old man's help and even treated him as a business partner, it meant that the trust between the two of them in certain aspects was far beyond the feelings between ordinary people.
The two of them weren't friends or even comrades. But no matter what their motives were, they both hoped that the land under their feet could be better, which was why they reached an extremely solid partnership on certain matters …
Even though this sounded strange, it wasn't something that people had never seen or understood before. On the contrary, it had repeatedly appeared in human history and society and every time it appeared, it meant that something big would definitely happen.
Zhang Chulan was an existence who had just entered the Inhuman circle. Even though his perspective of looking at problems was still immature compared to Liu Xiaojiang and the old man, it was indeed true that he could always jump out of the limitations of his personal identity and view the problems around him from a more objective and broader perspective.
That was why back then, he was able to fool the adults around him with the identity of a child and even the people in his company thought that he was an ordinary person.
That was why he could roughly guess Liu Xiaojiang's series of plans and specific thoughts through all sorts of unclear information today. He even saw through the relatively strange relationship between the old man and Liu Xiaojiang and was certain that the old man could definitely help Liu Xiaojiang find out about Feng Bao's background.
After all, the old man's status was very high, so high that he was above everyone. If the old man spoke from the perspective of future social order, with Liu Xiaojiang's temperament, how could the other party treat Bao 'er as a threat?
Therefore, as long as the old man was willing to help, there would always be a reason to get the truth about Feng Bao Bao's background from Liu Xiaojiang.
However, this could only be said to be a good plan on Zhang Chulan's part.
But the truth didn't always go as he wished.
Even though he considered that Liu Xiaojiang was willing to cooperate with the old man because he had developed a strong sense of trust in the old man, he didn't consider that this matter was actually the same for the old man!
"Hope to be qualified to inherit my will, huh …" The old man stood in front of the attic and gazed at Feng Bao Bao in the distance. After understanding her identity as the messenger and 'hostage', he shook his head and said,
"That's why I say you youngsters are really bold. You want to cut off all means of retreat right from the start. You don't even want to leave a way out for yourselves. You even want to hand over your lives to the other party."
"If I had any thoughts about you guys, your actions today would be enough for me to condemn you. If that's the case … wouldn't your little boat sink directly?"
Of course, the old man understood the meaning behind Zhang Chulan's words. He also understood that when she said she wanted to be qualified to inherit his will, it was not because she was overestimating herself and wanted to transition from the inhumans to this side. She even wanted to directly become his student to 'inherit' something.
Everything was just a way of saying that they wanted to surrender.
However, he didn't want to see this kind of thing happen, nor did he care if Zhang Chulan and the others were willing to inherit him and use the identity of the Inhumans' 'flower' to persuade the other 'flower buds' around them in the future.
After all, a forcibly picked melon was not sweet. Compared to using disasters to force the world to change their minds, the old man was actually more like using Yinggou as a warning, and then letting the people who had been warned think for themselves and choose a path suitable for the land under their feet in the future.
Of course.
If one warning wasn't enough, then Yinggou would become the next warning until the people could finally choose the right path. And this … Although it was also a kind of coercion, it was a solution that couldn't be helped. It wasn't forcing others to make a choice 'independently' from the beginning.
In addition …
This wasn't a coercion, but a solution that couldn't be helped. Perhaps in the future, it could also prompt people to make a choice that was better than his and Yinggou's ideas. It could also be considered as giving people more possibilities and not only having one path to take from the beginning.
The old man and Yinggou's plan was like the existence of the law. It only set a bottom line for human nature and didn't shackle the upper limit of human nature …
Therefore, whether Zhang Chulan was willing to help or whether more people could follow the plan now, the old man actually didn't care at all. He didn't even want anyone to 'guide' too much because the existence of a 'warning' was enough.
Anyway, 'Yinggou' wouldn't really destroy everything.
"You can't keep me here …" When Feng Baobao heard the old man's words that sounded like he was uncooperative, he habitually wanted to make a move. However, when he recalled Zhang Chulan's instructions, he just stood there and looked at the two people in front of the attic with his head tilted.
"A weak old man like me indeed can't keep you here, but I can choose to hold you accountable after you leave. You can escape … but can Xu Si and Zhang Chulan escape too?" The old man smiled.
"They … have been helping you from the beginning. Lass, even if you don't know how to interact with people, you shouldn't have no feelings for them, right?"
"…" Feng Bao Bao was speechless.
"Childish." The old man looked at Feng Bao Bao and subconsciously gripped the kitchen knife in his hand. It wasn't clear if he was referring to the mess Zhang Chulan created today or Feng Bao Bao's intention to 'silence' him.
"You guys aren't even fully aware of my attitude and yet you dare to hand your life over to someone like me …"
"Since Zhang Chulan wants to gain Yinggou's trust, why can't she realize that I have the same attitude toward Yinggou? Don't tell me you think that things that Yinggou doesn't allow … will change when it happens to me?"
"Now …"
"Even though I don't know about your past, or whether it involves the inside story that Yinggou is unwilling to talk about, since that person chose to ignore you, his friends, and keep his mouth shut, then he naturally has his reasons for making such a choice. Why would an old thing like me meddle in this matter?"
"After all, the Eight Mystical Techniques and the inside story of the Jia-Shen Rebellion … aren't these things one of the reasons why the situation developed to this day?"
At this point …
The old man knocked on the ground with his walking stick. "Lass, I know what you've been through. It's indeed very pitiful. But I also know about your situation. The loneliness and loneliness that comes with immortality … Don't take it for granted."
"Do you know how many people in this world are willing to endure your so-called loneliness and loneliness to do their best in the pursuit of immortality?"
"Are you pitiful? Yes, but are you really that pitiful? I don't think so, right?"
"Eat when you're hungry. Sleep when you're sleepy. Play when you're tired …"
"Can't the society that we've tried our best to create satisfy your appetite? It's just a past that has long turned into dust … What's there to be obsessed with?"
"If I were you …"
"If I knew that I had the ability, I would never only think about myself like you. At the very least … I would have to consider the feelings of the people around me, right?"
"In the past, perhaps because they doted on you, the Xu family didn't want to tell you …"
"But I, this old man, am neither related to you nor did I agree to help you find your background. At most, I have to treat you as my own child in terms of obligation and responsibility. But in my family's educational philosophy, there is no such thing as' doting '!"
"Feng Bao Bao, you … Perhaps it's not wrong to pursue your background, but if you know that your background may bring turmoil to the people around you and even the entire society, if you continue to pursue it … Isn't that too heartless!"
As soon as these words were spoken …
Feng Bao Bao also wavered, which was extremely rare.
Because although she wasn't that smart, she had never been classified as a fool. There were some things … She had always understood, but she had never thought about it in detail.
For example …
If he wasn't so stubborn about his past and his family members who might have died long ago, then he and the others wouldn't have clashed with Liu Xiaojiang, and Xu San … wouldn't have died, right?
Thinking of this …
Feng Bao Bao's obsession with her background caused her 'empty mind' to begin to have a headache again. At this moment, it was even accompanied by some guilt towards Xu San.
Seeing this …
The old man couldn't help but be slightly stunned. He didn't expect that his words would cause such a big reaction from Feng Bao Bao, so he softened his tone and said,
"Girl, I was too strict just now. After all, you were probably just an ordinary person before you became like this. And an ordinary young person really doesn't have to think about things …"
"Shut up!!!"
Before the old man could finish his words …
The Chinese kitchen knife in Feng Bao Bao's hand spun in the air and quickly flew towards the old man. Fortunately, Charles, who was watching from the side, was prepared from the beginning. He directly used the kitchen knife he had pulled out from his chest to block it.
"Feng Bao Bao! Are you crazy?! "
However …
After Charles blocked the flying kitchen knife, he regretted his words as soon as he opened his mouth.
Because …
He realized that the aura of Feng Bao Bao in the distance seemed to have increased a lot in an instant, but the feeling it gave people … was very similar to Liu Xiaojiang at a certain point in time!
You clearly knew that the other party's strength wasn't weak, but you couldn't sense any aura or superpower from the other party!
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