Corpse Recovery Diver
Chapter 159 - 29_4

Chapter 159: Chapter 29_4

Liu Yumei continued: "Tell me, ever since Grandmaster took you to live at his home, what’s the difference between you and Run Sheng’s grandfather?"

Li Zhiyuan stared blankly at the ground, rapidly connecting various past events in his mind.

The Grandmaster insisted on earning money at the Niu family despite his injured body, and in the end it was he himself who communicated with the Cat-faced old lady to design her revenge plan, ultimately causing her to ’die’ at the hands of his Peach Wood Sword.

The Grandmaster was invited to Jiwei Port to exorcise demons for Yingzi’s grandparents, while he went to work at the river project, then contracted the spots with Xue Liangliang, and finally met the Grandmaster again at the People’s Hospital.

Subsequently, the two key figures who truly resolved the incident in the Bai family town, Xue Liangliang and Uncle Qin, were both found by him, while all the Grandmaster did was go home and sleep.

The night before last, the Grandmaster drank with those two inhuman guys until late at night, and in the end, the Grandmaster thought it was just a dream. Run Sheng didn’t see it; the only one who witnessed the whole event was himself, who then, without rest, worked overnight to make the equipment, preparing to retaliate.

These three events, all directly related to the Grandmaster, but in the end, it seems it was all handled by himself?

So, looking at it this way, there really is no difference between himself and Mr. Shan.

"I know, you kid, you seem to be able to see dirty money. Tell grandma, when did it start?"

Li Zhiyuan recalled that it started after he met Little Huang Ying... No, precisely, it became more obvious and intense after he led Little Huang Ying on the Underworld path under the Grandmaster’s guidance.

In the "Righteous Demon Extermination Records," this characteristic that manifested in him resembled "Underworld" quite a bit.

Living beings contaminated with too much of the underworld’s aura would easily confuse the paths of the living and the dead, seeing things that should not be seen, and the book specially noted: those with deep thoughts are especially affected.

Li Zhiyuan looked up towards Liu Yumei, not answering her last question, instead he asked: "So, is this the reason why Uncle Qin wants to return to his hometown and leave here?"

"Dirty money always needs somewhere to be spent, either you bury your head and pretend to be ordinary, or you wait to be mysteriously pushed out to bear disasters and take the blame.

I know you, kid, have been reading what kind of books these days, you’re really fascinated with this dirty money business."

"Grandma Liu, why did you make a point of telling me all this today?"

"Because you, kid, are smart. Even without a master’s teaching, just from reading books, you learn things remarkably quickly. I’m afraid if I don’t remind you, it might not be long before you find a way to break that thing of your Grandmaster’s."

"But why would I want to do that?"

"That’s not my concern, I only know that you, kid, might soon have the ability to accomplish this deed, and I still have to continue living here with Alii. I don’t want you to break the scenic atmosphere here."

"Is it breakable?"

"Yes," Liu Yumei said affirmatively, "No matter how rich you are, when you come across real hard nuts, money is useless. Li Sanjiang’s money only carries weight in these small rural towns. That’s one thing."

She paused, then Liu Yumei continued: "Old people are set in their ways of living, if someone disrupts this rhythm, the old person might be thrown into disarray themselves, potentially cutting short a life that could have continued to be long. That’s the second thing."

"Then what about just now..."

"Your Grandmaster is really confused among the truly muddled. But you, kid, are trying to awake him, to forcibly straighten him out, which is already a disruption to his lifestyle. It’s just that you haven’t succeeded yet.

If you learn more and master more abilities, reaching a higher level of proficiency, not just talk, then you really can straighten him out.

So, you know what to do, right?

The older one gets, the more they resemble children, so just indulge him more, isn’t that what you’re best at, kid?"

Li Zhiyuan covered his face with both hands, slowly rubbing it.

Liu Yumei sipped her tea while paying attention to the boy’s reaction; when the boy’s hands left his cheeks, before her was once again a clean and endearing face with a child-like smile.

She couldn’t help but want to pinch those cheeks; emotion and rationality were clearly in conflict at this moment.

"Grandma Liu, where’s Brother Runsheng?"

"He went down to the fields to pick peanuts early in the morning, he should be back soon. What do you want to do?"

"I’ve ordered some stuff, I need Brother Runsheng to accompany me to get them."

"And then?"

"Then, of course, to do what I need to do."

Liu Yumei sat up, leaned towards the boy, staring intently into his eyes: "You’re going to continue doing it?"

"What else?"

"Don’t you feel distressed, wronged, afraid?"

"Not at all, I just know that Grandmaster truly cherishes me."

Even if, it seems like he is simply shielding Grandmaster from disasters.

But, first of all, this path was his own choice; secondly, every time it was his own initiative to care for Grandmaster, a voluntary choice, with no one coercing him.

Most importantly, the Grandmaster himself, doesn’t understand these things, he truly treasures his great-grandson immensely.

Even if everything is marked with a price and the deal is done, so what?

He, Li Zhiyuan, is happy to do it.

Li Sanjiang is still Li Sanjiang, even after knowing all this, Li Zhiyuan’s attitude and perception towards Grandmaster remain unchanged; no, there’s actually a little change: he can now placate him with a clear conscience, a kid placating an old child.