18: Beautiful castle

Hei Mei let out a long sigh of relief after sorting things out like this.

Looking at this message, she hesitated for a moment before replying, "How did you find me?"

"Looks like I found the right person." Li Quan's message came quickly: "I heard you're a world-class hacker. Can you help me investigate something?"

Investigate something?

Hei Mei, in front of the computer, looked puzzled and replied under the name Dark Rose: "Don't you hate me for what I did to Li? You still want me to help you investigate?"

"If you find it, I won't hold your actions against Li."

Li Quan's words were simple, yet revealed a sense of sincerity.

Seeing this message, a surge of joy welled up in Dark Rose's heart.

Li Quan was saying that he could forgive Dark Rose, which meant she, Hei Mei, didn't have to worry about hiding this identity!

"What do you want me to investigate?"

Hei Mei had no doubts whatsoever.

On the other side of the computer, Li Quan, looking at this message, couldn't help but shake his head.

Sure enough, women who unknowingly fall in love are usually not very sharp.

If they were strangers, Hei Mei would definitely scoff at Li Quan's forgiveness; how could there be any further conversation?

However, Li Quan didn't expose her but continued the conversation.

"Can you find out how the fire at Happiness Residential Area in Mo Hai City on the evening of May 7th, 2***, was caused?"

"This." Seeing this message, Hei Mei paused.

This timeline, this location, she naturally knew clearly.

The fire Li Quan mentioned was the blaze from ten years ago that caused her to lose her parents!

"Why do you want to investigate this matter? It seems unrelated to you?"

"A friend of mine lost her parents in this fire. I want to help her find out the truth behind it."

Li Quan said this.

And Hei Mei, looking at this message, instantly froze.

So, Li Quan was doing it for her!

Was he willing to reconcile with Dark Rose just to help her investigate that fire?

Under a strange impulse, Hei Mei typed a line in the message box: "Why are you so good to that friend of yours?"

As soon as she sent it, Hei Mei regretted it.

She was currently talking to Li Quan as Dark Rose. Asking this question looked problematic no matter how you saw it!

Just as Hei Mei wanted to recall the message.

Li Quan's message arrived.

"I like her."

Looking at this message, Hei Mei's beautiful eyes froze, then she covered her blushing face, the corners of her mouth lifting uncontrollably.

Li Quan's unconventional confession made her heart leap with joy.

However, regarding the fire from that year, she herself had investigated for so many years without an answer, so it was clearly difficult to reply.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I'm afraid I can't find it."

As she sent the message, Hei Mei's heart was prepared for Li Quan's hatred.

But thinking that all this was because Li Quan cared about her, Hei Mei felt relieved again.

The hateful words she imagined did not appear.

Li Quan sent a folder.

"Inside, there are some things I've collected that might be helpful for investigating that fire."

"I'll wait for your news."

After sending this message, Li Quan went offline.

"Some information about that fire?" Hei Mei became serious.

She opened the file.

Target: Mo Duanjiang

Strength: Earth Realm Full Stage

Temporary Residence: Happiness Residential Area, Mo Hai City

Assigner, Ghost Tooth's No. 1 Killer, Lin Tianhong.

...

May 7th, mission submitted.

Mission accomplished.

"Ghost Fang Killer, Lin Tianhong?!"

Seeing this information, Hei Mei's fair brows furrowed tightly.

Before this.

It was because she discovered that the fire was related to Ghost Tooth that she investigated inside Ghost Tooth, leading to being hunted by Ghost Tooth until now.

And Lin Tianhong, Hei Mei was not unfamiliar with him!

This person wasn't someone she found online; he was someone Lin Fan had mentioned to her, saying Lin Tianhong was his Master.

His Master, his Master was Ghost Tooth's No. 1 Killer!

And when she investigated that fire and traced it to Ghost Tooth, attracting so many Ghost Fang Killers, Lin Fan came to save her every time but never mentioned his relationship with Ghost Tooth!

As the apprentice of Ghost Tooth's No. 1 Killer, did Lin Fan not know his relationship with Ghost Tooth? How ridiculous!

Every time Ghost Fang Killers hunted her, Lin Fan could appear in time. Was this really Luck? This was suspicious!

Lin Fan had always been hiding his relationship with Ghost Tooth from her. If he had nothing to hide, why would he conceal it from her?!

The fire, the answer to the origin of that fire, was about to be revealed!

"So this is how it is, so this is how it is!"

Hei Mei trembled all over, her heart filled with the rage of being deceived, the relief of the truth being revealed, and even more, the regret of becoming friends with Lin Fan in the first place.

Women with strong imaginations often don't need much guidance.

In the room, Li Quan, who was passing the time by browsing the System page, received a System notification sound.

"Ding ~ Hei Mei's perception of Lin Fan has reached a negative value of -100%, irreconcilable. Congratulations, Host, you have gained 20000 points! And one Silver Lottery Card!"

"Lin Fan's protagonist's Luck has decreased by 1000, current protagonist's Luck is 6100 points."

"It's done."

Li Quan smiled knowingly.

"System, what's the use of this protagonist's Luck thing?"

Seeing Lin Fan's protagonist's Luck decrease from the initial ten thousand to the current six thousand, Li Quan was also a bit curious.

"Protagonist's Luck represents the degree to which Lin Fan is protected by the worlds will in this World. It can be seen as the intensity of the protagonist's halo."

"Oh?" Hearing Ye Tian say this, Li Quan understood: "So, as long as Lin Fan's protagonist's Luck is completely worn down, it's time to kill him."

"The Host can think so."

"Soon..." Li Quan thought of his parents lying in a pool of blood, his killing intent towards Lin Fan had never lessened.

"System, use the lottery card."

Coming back to his senses, Li Quan also didn't forget the reward the System gave him.

Compared to points, the lottery card was also quite useful to him.

"Ding ~ Congratulations, Host, you have drawn 'Qi Li's Castle'."

After Ye Tian's System sound came out, the introduction about this item also appeared.

Item: Qi Li's Castle

Address: No. 1, Xianglin Suburb, Mo Hai City.

Introduction: This is the fantasy castle the Host once promised to build with Qi Li. It contains many of the Host's regrets.

"Qi Li's Castle." Looking at the introduction between the lines, Li Quan's mood was hard to calm.

In his mind, some memories seemed to resurface.

He got up and picked up his car keys.

Li Quan decided to go and take a look.

Xianglin Suburb, it wasn't as noisy here as the City center.

When Li Quan arrived at his destination, he stopped for a long time, looking at the scene in his sight.

In his sight.

Was a castle like something out of a fairy tale.

The castle walls were strictly enclosed.

Inside the City walls, what met the eye was a sea of violets!

The gently blowing wind made the entire sea of flowers sway in clusters, and the faint fragrance of violets was so clear.

Through the path in the flower bushes, Li Quan arrived in front of the castle gate.

"It's already completed, exactly as she said back then."

Li Quan sighed deeply with emotion; this great gift from the System made it difficult for him to control his feelings.

He reached out and pushed open the castle gate.

The decoration inside the castle was beautiful and cozy.

What was eye-catching were the photos hanging one by one on the wall.

The first photo was of two children.

In the photo, the girl, innocent, was pulling the boy, looking at the camera.

'This is our beginning.'

The second photo, the girl was 7 and the boy was 7. Their faces were dirty, but they were both laughing and pointing at each other.

'At this time, we both loved to laugh.'

The third photo...

Each photo after that showed them a little older.

Looking at these warm photos of childhood sweethearts, a slight smile unconsciously appeared on Li Quan's face.

Until the photos reached the time they were 18...

In the photo, the boy and girl were holding hands, the girl tilting her head to peek at the boy, her face showing shy hesitation as if wanting to speak but holding back.

'At this time, I didn't realize you liked me.'

The photos stopped abruptly here.

He looked upstairs.

Li Quan stepped up.

On the wall, as expected, hung the subsequent photos.

On a table to the side were several diaries, some new, some old.

"The System has found all the diaries the Host lost over the years."

When Ye Tian said this, he also felt a little melancholy.

Those diaries recorded the most sincere feelings of Li Quan, the villain in the book, for Qi Li, who grew up with him as childhood sweethearts.

...

He stayed in the castle for several hours.

Only then did Li Quan leave, his heart filled with melancholy.

As soon as he got home.

Ye Tian's voice appeared in Li Quan's mind.

"Ding ~ Level 0 Killer 001 has completed the mission."

"Has the killer's mission been completed...?"