Book 4 Chapter 6 – New Home

　　"Hey, hey! Wait a second!" A voice came from behind after Li Yiming walked out of the noodle shop. It was the young man from the airport, who came out of the restaurant running.

　　"What is it?" Li Yiming stopped and turned around with a grave countenance. He performed a seal with his right hand, which he did behind his back. At this point, it was not simply about the young man being creepy. There was something strange, almost frightening. As expected, Mr. Kong's mission was not as simple as it seemed.

　　"You forgot something." The young man was panting after just jogging for a short distance. He handed over the cake to Li Yiming.

　　"Thanks." Li Yiming took the cake without letting his guard down.

　　"You're welcome." The young man answered between shallow gasps for air. It did not seem like he was faking his exhaustion after a slow jog.

　　"Is there anything else?" Li Yiming asked.

　　"Uh… nothing." The young man was visibly startled, not expecting Li Yixing's distanced tone and aloofness.

　　"I'll be leaving now if that's all. Thanks for bringing my cake to me." Li Yiming said as he turned around. The thunder in his hand slowly began to coalesce as he focused on preparing for anything the young man could do. However, the latter just shrugged awkwardly and left with his worn-out computer bag on his back.

　　'Doesn't seem to be him. I don't sense anything abnormal.' Bai Ze's voice rang out in Li Yiming's head.

　　After returning to the hotel, Li Yiming called room service and ordered dinner for two.

　　"There's definitely something wrong with that noodle shop. How can any normal guardian inhibit both of our senses at the same time?" Li Yiming said with a grave tone as he slurped his noodles.

　　"It seems they aren't openly hostile yet. It sounded more like a warning than anything. Do you remember what the waiter said in the end?" Bai Ze sat at the front of the bed and kicked her feet around.

　　"To not hinder their business?" Li Yiming caught onto Bai Ze's hint.

　　"Yeah, they probably gave the warning after noticing that you were there. If they were malicious, then it wouldn't have been as simple as your noodles disappearing. This is no ordinary neighborhood."

　　"That's precisely what I'm worried about. What do they want exactly? Are they telling me to stay away from the noodle shop in particular… or this neighborhood in general?"

　　"You mean they don't want you to get closer Qing He? Or maybe they're also looking for him?" Upon hearing this, Bai Ze sat up straight with a hesitant expression.

　　"There should be quite a few guardians living amongst normal people. I can't avoid them all. It seems unlikely that guardians would want to drive me out of their neighborhood at sight. Unless there's a particular reason for being territorial?"

　　"Never heard of something like that before… It would seem that they're most likely also concerned about Qing He. As expected, a mission from Mr. Kong isn't as simple as it seems. Already a complication before even meeting the person in our charge."

　　"Regardless, we must complete Mr. Kong's mission." Li Yiming stated with determination. The outcome of this mission could affect Liu Meng, so he cannot afford to go about this carelessly.

　　"About the mission… Have you considered how to find him? That's the first step, right? As of right now, you don't even know what Qing He looks like. This neighborhood isn't a small one. Do you really want to just go looking for this person from door to door?" Bai Ze leaned back against the bed and picked up a chicken paw.

　　"It's hard to find the information about who lives where and even if I did, I would probably just find the same things that the old security guard found. Qing He is most likely not his real name, so trying to search for him with official records wouldn't amount to anything." Li Yiming set his chopsticks down and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. Bai Ze furrowed her brows in disgust, picked up a box of tissue from the front of the bed, and threw it toward Li Yiming.

　　"Why don't you just move into the neighborhood, that'll increase the chances of actually finding him."

　　"Move in? How? Should we rent an apartment?" Li Yiming was interested by the proposition. 'That sounds like a good idea.'

　　"Why rent? Just buy the apartment straight up! It's not as if you don't have the money, right? It's easier to do things as a new owner rather than a tenant, don't you think?" Bai Ze was unimpressed by Li Yiming's answer. 'It's impossible to change for him to change his old ways to thinking even if he did become rich overnight, I guess.'

　　"Buy? This is Hangzhou, do you know how much one square meter costs? I cannot afford this kind of expenditure." Li Yiming recalled rather painfully the four million he spent on the luxury car in the Shangbei domain. When the domain conclusion, the money was flushed down the drain.