After the opening ceremony, Ye Shuang went straight to the chairman’s office. He had a pretty good idea why Anshi Yilang had summoned him. After all, he had provided Bobo’s information to the old man before, and the Anshi family must have taken action over the course of the summer.
Jin Sha had also revealed quite a few things during their last operation. Among them seemed to be a connection to the cloning technology the Anshi family had once researched. Clearly, modern society would never tolerate such technology being made public. What was more, Anshi Yilang had lost his own son because of it.
Just as Ye Shuang had expected, Anshi Yilang pointed to the seat in front of him when he saw Ye Shuang and said, “You’re here. Sit down. I have something important to discuss with you.”
Anshi Yilang’s expression was solemn. His silence made Ye Shuang wonder what exactly had happened.
Ye Shuang nodded.
Once he had sat down, Anshi Yilang interlaced his fingers on the desk. After pondering for a moment, he let out a sigh and said, “You know why I asked you to come here, don’t you?”
His voice was low, as though he were about to say something serious.
Ye Shuang certainly knew. He gave a small hum. “Go ahead. I know.”
Anshi Yilang studied Ye Shuang deeply, then slowly exhaled and said, “Since my granddaughter has already moved in with you, is Little Fish pregnant yet?”
Ye Shuang failed to process that for a moment. A few seconds later, he stared blankly. “Huh?”
“What do you mean, ‘huh’? Are you planning to have your fun and then refuse to take responsibility?!” Seeing Ye Shuang’s feigned confusion, Anshi Yilang immediately slammed his hand on the desk and rose to his feet, glaring at him.
“I never thought you were that kind of person!”
“I’m going to lock you up! You can be Little Yu’s toy for her to dote on... No, for her to bully!”
“No, that’s not what I meant. I thought you had called me here to discuss Jin Sha...” Ye Shuang quickly replied. Who would have thought you wanted to talk about this?!
And what did he mean by making me her toy and doting on me? No matter how you interpreted it, that sounded extremely inappropriate!
Clearly, in the old man’s heart, An Shiyu and Anshi Yi came first. That was understandable, considering that his son and daughter-in-law were both gone, leaving him with only his beloved granddaughters. They were probably his entire world.
“Jin Sha? Hmph. Is that old woman more important than my precious Little Yu?” Anshi Yilang merely snorted at the mention of her. Naturally, he was more concerned about his granddaughter.
“That’s true,” Ye Shuang said, forcing a laugh.
After a brief silence, Anshi Yilang rubbed his brow, his gaze once again settling on Ye Shuang. “Now, let’s get back to the important matter.”
“Right.” Ye Shuang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“So, is she pregnant or not?” Anshi Yilang asked seriously.
“You’re still calling this the important matter?!”
“What else would it be?!” the other man shot back, as if to say, If this isn’t important, then what is?
“I haven’t done that sort of thing with Little Yu,” Ye Shuang replied bluntly.
The next second, Anshi Yilang’s expression turned strange. He looked Ye Shuang up and down, and at last, his gaze settled on a certain place.
“Could it be that you can’t?”
“Our Anshi family has a few little ancestral secrets…” Anshi Yilang began to share. “Back in my day, I could go all night—”
“Stop!” Ye Shuang immediately cut him off. He had no interest in hearing about the old man’s past exploits.
“You never did it at all, did you?” Ye Shuang was rendered speechless by the old man. He slapped the table. “Old man, can you please tell me about Jin Sha properly?”
“Jin Sha this, Jin Sha that. You’re thinking about her all day long. Why don’t you just go after her?” Anshi Yilang muttered under his breath.
“…”
“All right, all right. I’ll tell you.” Anshi Yilang quieted down considerably. “From the information you provided earlier, I managed to locate several of their hideouts. Unfortunately, by the time we got there, almost everything inside had already been destroyed.”
“So we found nothing?” Ye Shuang sounded somewhat disappointed. No matter how he looked at it, there should have been at least something to show for it. The information had been so important.
“No.” Anshi Yilang shook his head. “We did find something.”
“When I sent people over, they discovered that the other side hadn’t cleaned up quite as thoroughly as they thought. We managed to find a few useful things.”
As he spoke, Anshi Yilang rummaged through a drawer and finally pulled out a folder. “Take a look at this.”
Ye Shuang accepted the folder and opened it. After taking one glance, however, he found that it was filled with photographs of An Shiyu and Anshi Yi in all sorts of poses. Some showed them lounging on the sofa, others showed them playing around, eating, or sleeping in.
Ye Shuang: “…”
What did this have to do with Jin Sha?
Or was there something related to cloning hidden among them?
After a moment of silence, Ye Shuang looked at Anshi Yilang. “I don’t understand. What does this have to do with anything?”
Anshi Yilang, however, asked, “You can’t understand even this?”
“They’re all photographs. How am I supposed to understand them? What do they have to do with Jin Sha?” Ye Shuang pointed at the pictures in the folder.
The next second, the folder vanished from Ye Shuang’s hands like a flash of lightning and returned to Anshi Yilang.
“Ahem.” Anshi Yilang casually stuffed it back into the drawer, then took out another folder. “It’s not your fault that you couldn’t understand that one. Look at this instead.”
Ye Shuang: “…”
He stared blankly at him. “You grabbed the wrong folder, didn’t you? And why do you have so many pictures of Little Yu and Xiaoyi in your drawer?”
“My Little Yu is so adorable. What’s wrong with taking a few extra pictures?”
Afraid of provoking another robotic response, Ye Shuang picked up the new folder and began reading. It contained a translated record, so some of the wording was rather awkward, but it was still understandable.
After reading for a while, Ye Shuang slowly looked up, his voice filled with disbelief. “Is the information in here real?”
“Mm.”
“When a clone is first created, its body contains a special type of stem cell similar to those found only in children. An injection made from these stem cells has the ability to prolong a person’s life.” Anshi Yilang continued, “So we suspect that Jin Sha is mass-producing clones in order to extract their cells. Whether the clones are deformed or even capable of surviving is irrelevant.”
Ye Shuang: “…”
This was far darker than I’d imagined.
“But Jin Sha has probably gone into hiding for now. All we can do is follow the clues and keep investigating.” After saying this, Anshi Yilang took a deep breath.
“All right, that’s enough about Jin Sha. Let’s get back to Little Fish.”
“You still haven’t given up?!!”
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
