"I haven't heard you mention your father before. How is Uncle doing now?"

Zhang Feng asked out of the blue.

He hadn't called for so long, and when he did, he skipped the usual pleasantries and jumped right to asking about Uncle's health?

This is so unusual, isn't it?

It left Lin Rui dumbfounded.

"Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

Zhang Feng actually didn't want to ask this abruptly!

He had hoped to set the stage a bit first.

And then broach the question with Lin Rui to avoid sounding so abrupt.

But right now, he's too weak.

He needs to immediately sit down cross-legged, meditate, and recover his Inner Qi without any external disturbances.

Otherwise, Zhang Feng feels like he might just faint.

So he had no choice.

Hearing Lin Rui's retort, Zhang Feng could only say:

"I'm currently undercover in a bad organization, so I don't have much time to call. Just answer my question."

If it weren't for recognizing Zhang Feng's voice over the phone, Lin Rui would have thought she'd encountered a scam call.

Given he's undercover, the situation must indeed be urgent.

Thus, Lin Rui put away her questions and said:

"My father... has passed away."

What kind of expression is this?

If your dad passed away, then he passed away, why say "joined the immortals with a crane"?

Why does it sound... like you're indifferent to your dad's death?

It left Zhang Feng at a loss, and he blurted out:

"How many years of flying experience did your dad have?"

"What?!"

With a single question, Lin Rui's voice on the other end became sharp.

"Uh... no."

Zhang Feng was also visibly awkward.

Using strange expressions for his own father was...

Indeed a bit disrespectful.

Of course, he said it without thinking, just a slip of the tongue...

"I meant..." Zhang Feng coughed and continued asking:

"How many years has Uncle been gone?"

Lin Rui's tone on the other end turned a bit somber and she replied:

"Three years ago... the year my nephew was born."

"The year your nephew was born?" Zhang Feng was taken aback, Lin Rui actually has a nephew?

But obviously, that's not the crucial part.

Zhang Feng's eyes flashed with a hint of understanding!

Three years ago!

He had memorized every entry from the previous ledger.

The year the fourth target was assassinated was, indeed, three years ago!

Without a doubt!

The frozen corpse he saw in that Blinding Technique hidden room was none other than Lin Rui's father!

This...

The gang has Lin Rui's photo, and the frozen body is actually Lin Rui's father.

Why does this criminal organization seem so closely connected to Lin Rui's family?

What secrets are still hidden within this?

Zhang Feng kept pondering, silent.

So his voice remained caught on the previous line: "The year your nephew was born?"

Lin Rui seemed to be responding to Zhang Feng's question by saying:

"That's right..."

"To tell you the truth, our family... is very strange!"

"It's like we've been cursed."

A curse?!

This word instantly brought Zhang Feng's thoughts back, he asked:

"What kind of curse?"

Lin Rui's voice on the other end sounded a bit helpless as she said:

"From what I know."

"Our family, starting from my grandfather's generation, always has twins, both siblings, that is, my father and my aunt."

"And when my father got married and had children, giving birth to my brother and me, my grandfather soon passed away."

"Now, it's my brother's turn to have twins, and my father also passed away three years ago..."

"Moreover, the girls in our family generally have short lives. Not long after my grandfather died, my aunt also passed away due to a sudden heart attack."

"My great-grandfather and my old aunt were said to be the same, so I might be too..."

Lin Rui's voice on the other end became increasingly somber, carrying a touch of sadness.

To her, it seemed there was no way she could accompany Zhang Feng for many years.

In Lin Rui's eyes, it appeared that there was just no escaping this family curse.

But in Zhang Feng's ears, this sounded different.

This... seems manmade!

Lin Rui's grandfather and her aunt were father and daughter!

A few years after the grandfather died, the aunt passed away.

Now, the fourth corpse is Lin Rui's father.

And the secret room had Lin Rui's photo.

This indicates that Lin Rui might end up following her father's footsteps!

Also, her grandfather...

Seemingly to confirm the imminent theory, Zhang Feng asked again:

"You were born in XXXX, right?"

The year Zhang Feng referenced was the year attributed to the death of the third target in the ledger!

Upon hearing Zhang Feng's question, Lin Rui answered without any hesitation:

"Yes, did you peek at my ID card?"

Who peeked at your ID card...

Zhang Feng's gaze trembled slightly.

This proves that the third target was Lin Rui's grandfather!

And the second target... was it her great-grandfather?

This...

Why is the Evil Cultivator targeting Lin Rui's family specifically?

Does her family have any special attributes?

Moreover, Lin Rui mentioned that the daughter among the twins also dies.

But the ledger doesn't record this!

So, where did these women go?

What is really going on here?

It couldn't be that target number one is Lin Rui's ancestor, right?

This Evil Cultivator must have lived too long, experiencing so many generations.

Suddenly, Zhang Feng felt that guessing the Evil Cultivator age as 150 was old, but now it seems that was underestimated!

This...

"Wait?!"

Zhang Feng's heart skipped a beat.

He suddenly thought of a crucial question!

"Mr. Lin!"

That's right...

The Dog Brother said they would celebrate Mr. Lin's birthday.

This Mr. Lin is probably the Evil Cultivator.

At the time, Zhang Feng thought Mr. Lin was an alias.

Now it seems...

Mr. Lin, Lin Rui... Lin Rui's father...

I...

Could this Evil Cultivator be part of the Lin Family?!

This...

Zhang Feng was shocked by his own thought!

My goodness, when I crossed into this world, the first person I saw was actually part of the Evil Cultivator's family?

This is too coincidental, isn't it?

Is it truly coincidence, or...

A divine plan?

For some reason, at the thought of a divine plan, Mu Qianqian's face appeared in his mind.

On the phone, Lin Rui noticed that Zhang Feng hadn't spoken for a while and asked:

"Zhang Feng, are you still listening?"

"Why did you suddenly ask me this question?"

Lin Rui's voice pulled Zhang Feng's thoughts back.

Zhang Feng looked a bit odd.

He called Lin Rui intending to clarify the identity of the fourth corpse.

But now, he's all in a mess, as if he's stumbled upon a major revelation.

Yet, he hasn't figured it out, so he surely can't tell Lin Rui. What if she breaks down too?

Thus, Zhang Feng found a rather flimsy excuse and said:

"Someone's here, I can't talk now!"

After saying that, he immediately hung up the phone.

Looking at the black screen of the phone, sitting on his bed, pale-faced, Zhang Feng's mind flashed with thoughts.

He seemed still entangled in the connections.

Yet now, a strange and somewhat unlikely hypothesis appeared in Zhang Feng's mind.

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