Solving Middle Age Crisis by Intelligence System-Chapter 621 - 414: When Did You Make Me Your Disciple? (Double-Length)_2
Da Chuan glanced at him sideways and said bluntly, "Am I your dad? You want me to take the hit when there’s danger."
Ji Kai wasn’t offended, baring his teeth and saying, "Would you dare respond if I called you that? I’ll record it and send it to your dad in a bit."
"You little punk, still asking for a beating." Da Chuan laughed as he raised his hand, pretending to slap the back of Ji Kai’s head, while Ji Kai quickly shrank his neck and hid behind Qi Yun.
From this simple exchange, it was clear that their relationship was indeed extraordinary.
The three of them didn’t discuss anything serious afterward. After a few bottles of alcohol, Qi Yun and Da Chuan had gotten to know each other, and they exchanged their contact information.
"A friend of Xiao Kai is a friend of mine. If you ever need anything from a buddy in the future, just say the word, don’t be shy." Da Chuan clinked glasses with Qi Yun, speaking very heartily.
After downing a glass of wine, he patted his belly and got up to take a leak.
Once he left, Ji Kai handed over a cigarette, "Brother Qi, Da Chuan’s dad is on par with Old He, just in a different domain."
Qi Yun was shocked at these words!
Is he really that influential?
No wonder he just said this physique could withstand storms. Indeed, he wasn’t wrong...
He lit the cigarette, took a couple of puffs, and looked at Ji Kai, "Can I ask you a question?"
Ji Kai, smoking a cigarette, leaned on the sofa, "Go ahead."
"Are you after my body?" Qi Yun had a playful smile on his face, his eyes slightly squinting.
Ji Kai was momentarily stunned, catching the meaning behind his words.
In normal friendships, who just opens up right away? Even with their additional colleague relationship, there’s no need to introduce someone like Da Chuan as a buddy.
What status is that?
Equivalent to Zhang Feng in Shanghai.
Or even more influential than him.
After being called out, Ji Kai wasn’t embarrassed, exhaling smoke rings with a smile, "Brother Qi, don’t overthink it. I just genuinely want to be friends with you."
"As for being after your body, we’ll see about that later."
Seeing the other party not wanting to elaborate, Qi Yun didn’t press further, just shook his head with a smile.
Some things just need to be hinted at, no need to push further.
When Da Chuan returned, the three of them drank a few more bottles of foreign wine. Having enjoyed themselves, they decided to call it a night.
As they were leaving, Ji Kai initially planned to settle the bill, but the manager, upon seeing Qi Yun, waived the charges immediately.
"Mr. Qi is a distinguished member of our club, and the boss has instructed us not to charge him any fees." The manager responded with a warm smile and a bow.
Upon hearing this, Ji Kai immediately gave Qi Yun a thumbs-up, "It’s great to roll with Brother Qi, you don’t even have to pay when going out!"
"Yeah, of course, Brother Qi has influence!"
Qi Yun smiled helplessly, ignoring the two guys’ obvious flattery.
The boss the manager referred to was naturally President Bi, and given their relationship, there was no need to worry about such a trivial matter, so Qi Yun thanked them and left with Ji Kai.
In the parking lot outside, Qi Yun saw Da Chuan’s vehicle, which wasn’t the fancy car he imagined, but a very ordinary off-road one.
Only, it had a white plate with black lettering.
"Alright, we’ll end it here for today. I’ll call you tomorrow." Qi Yun waved to both of them.
Da Chuan hiccuped, patting his arm, "Alright, take it easy on the road."
"Yeah, no worries."
After Da Chuan got into the car, Ji Kai lit a cigarette, the earlier playful smile gone from his face, "Brother Qi, I probably won’t stay here long."
Qi Yun nodded, "No problem, plenty of chances to meet in the future."
"Yeah." Ji Kai hesitated for a moment, then spoke in a low voice, "If any of those people coming at you make trouble, you can have Da Chuan pick you up."
"Once you enter that courtyard, no one can touch you."
Qi Yun raised an eyebrow, what did that mean?
Someone wanted to target him?
He was about to ask for clarification, but Ji Kai had already turned his back, waving as he walked toward the off-road vehicle, "See you around!"
The car engine started, and from the backseat, Da Chuan poked his head out and shouted, "Brother Qi, call me if anything comes up!"
The sound of the off-road vehicle’s engine roared as it left the parking lot, quickly disappearing into the night.
Standing there with a cigarette, Qi Yun’s mind was swirling.
Since these words came out of Ji Kai’s mouth, it couldn’t just be idle talk.
But he hadn’t offended anyone in Beijing, had he?
After thinking for a long time and getting nowhere, he decided to ask around to get some insight and be mentally prepared. He returned to his car and pulled out his phone.
"Hey, are you resting?"
"You know it’s rude to call at this hour, right?" Xiao Hanguang’s annoyed voice came from the phone.
Qi Yun ignored his tone, chuckling as he asked, "I want to ask about something, do you know Ji Kai?"
"Ji Kai?" Xiao Hanguang pondered for two seconds, quickly responding, "The nephew of Ji Hongzhang?"
"Yes."
The top Q Power circle in the capital was that small, everyone knew everyone.
"I know about him, why are you asking?"
Qi Yun organized his words, concisely recounting the prior incident in Shanghai and his recent meeting with Ji Kai.
"You want to know why he’d approach you?"
"Yeah."
"Ah." Xiao Hanguang sighed, pretending to be helpless, "For someone as smart as you, you can’t even figure this out."
"Word outside is you’re my apprentice, didn’t you know?"
Apprentice?
Qi Yun thought, when did you accept me as an apprentice?
You never told me...
"You can think of it as ZZ investment."
"Some people can’t conveniently reach us directly, so they instead show goodwill to you, expressing their stance, got it?"
"Got it... got it." Qi Yun rubbed his nose, asking again, "Before he left, he said some people might cause me trouble... I really can’t think of anyone in that circle I’ve offended?"
"You ask me, who should I ask? You’re always stirring things up everywhere, you might have stepped on someone’s toes somewhere." Xiao Hanguang teased lightly.
Qi Yun gave a wry smile, he rarely went out of his way to provoke anyone; trouble just found him.
"Alright, didn’t they already give you a solution?"
"Ji said it right, if someone targets you, just hide in that courtyard, no one will be able to do anything to you."
"Hanging up, don’t call me so late next time."
Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Qi Yun helplessly put down his phone.
Once home, he took a shower, trying to glean some information from today’s system intelligence, but found nothing useful.
...
Early the next day, before dawn, An Zai was already waiting downstairs.
Once Qi Yun received the call, he invited him to the living room on the first floor.
An Zai detailed the situation over at Kunlun Mountain while taking a scale from his pocket to hand over.
Qi Yun took it and placed it in his palm. He’d already seen the shape in the pictures yesterday. It did look similar to a fish scale, but it felt special, very solid.
Unable to discern anything by sight, he put the scale away and let An Zai rest first.
After breakfast, Qi Yun called Wei Xueming in advance to explain the situation, then drove to New University.
In the office, aside from Wei Xueming, there was another woman in her fifties, an expert in biology that he had specially invited.
Qi Yun didn’t waste any time, directly handing over the scale.
The female professor examined it carefully with a magnifying glass, frowning slightly, "The texture is too peculiar, it’s neither from fish nor reptiles... never seen in known animals."
"I’ll take it to the lab for analysis and discuss with you once the results are out."
Wei Xueming glanced at Qi Yun and nodded, "Alright, let’s go together."
New University had various specialized labs in its teaching building. The three quickly arrived at a room dedicated to component testing.
Outside the room was a sterilization and protective gear area. The female professor donned a sterile suit and said to the two, "Professor Wei, Young Qi, please wait a moment."
With that, she entered the testing room.
