On the operating table, the glaring white light bulbs swayed, just like sunlight on a beach, making people feel dazed.
"Your good father-in-law, Su Wei." The mocking voice of Black Cocoon came from the phone, he paused for a moment, then leisurely added, "He is our last ally... Surprise? Unexpected?"
"Who is that?" Lin Yilong asked.
Gu Zhuo Case raised his head in astonishment, hoarsely murmuring the name, wondering, how could it be? Wasn’t this person... At that moment, his thoughts were abruptly interrupted, replaced by the sudden flash of a man’s face in his mind.
The first time they met was when he and Su Ying were still in college. It was a late autumn day, the wind sweeping the fallen leaves, breezily brushing past the people on the road.
Gu Zhuo Case and Su Ying had just finished class and were about to visit the nearby food street.
Halfway there, Su Ying suddenly stopped, changing her mind by saying she had something urgent and told him to wait there for a while. Then she hurried to the school gate. Gu Zhuo Case looked from afar, suddenly feeling like he was in a fog, only seeing a man with glasses, who always squinted when he smiled, coming to find her.
Su Ying chatted with this young man for a while, the two discussing a girl named "Tong Zizhu," seemingly arranging her accommodation and whereabouts. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦·𝘯𝘦𝘵
Gu Zhuo Case was then filled with bewilderment and mixed feelings, but out of courtesy, he instinctively avoided them.
Later, he learned from Su Ying that this overly young-looking man was Su Wei.
And he was also Su Ying’s father.
Previously, when agreeing to watch "The Matrix" at the cinema with Su Ying, Gu Zhuo Case heard her mention: Su Wei was an invisible executor of Lake Hunting, with power comparable to the previous member of Lake Hunting.
Even in the Exorcist Realm, Su Wei’s strength was notable, absolutely considered a big shot, but due to an agreement between the Su Family and the four clans of Lake Hunting, he had to retreat behind the scenes as a hidden knife, thus remaining obscure.
The second time Gu Zhuo Case met Su Wei was already long after, when he and Su Ying had successfully graduated. It was the day before their wedding, and Su Wei came to see Su Ying, resulting in a huge argument.
Eventually, Su Wei slammed the door and left. This man, who seemed amiable with glasses, never showed such a cold expression.
After that, Gu Zhuo Case never saw this father-in-law again. The two didn’t even exchange a word from beginning to end.
When mentioning this father-in-law’s name, only a distant and elusive world would surface in Gu Zhuo Case’s mind. At that time, he was just an ordinary person, while the other was a high-ranking existence in the Exorcist Realm, with a pitiful chasm of estrangement between them.
Gu Zhuo Case understood where this bias towards him came from, but he didn’t care, nor did he want to care. At that time, he chose to devote all his attention to Su Ying, the girl who abandoned everything for him.
And after Su Ying passed away, in a moment of utter despair, Gu Zhuo Case once thought about using the powers of the Exorcist forces for revenge. But he couldn’t find Su Wei, nor did he have the face to visit him.
He knew what kind of look that man would give him, looking at someone who was such a failure in protecting his own daughter. Until today, how could he possibly have the face to find Su Wei, thinking this, at that time Gu Zhuo Case gave up the thought.
After some time, Gu Zhuo Case awakened to his superpower, donned a mask, and completely abandoned the idea of seeking help from others, forging his own path to the present.
Thoughts converging here, the other side of the phone call fell silent under Black Cocoon’s long pause, with only the rustling sound of flipping book pages audible, as if leaving a little time on purpose for Gu Zhuo Case to process his emotions.
"You’re saying, Su Wei?" Gu Zhuo Case lifted his head with a burning look, confirming once more.
"That’s right, that’s right, also Su Ying’s father." Black Cocoon lamented, "That old man, who not only looks down on you but also hates you to the core, in his eyes, you should be nothing more than a complete scoundrel, right... It sounds very reminiscent, this déjà vu, what exactly is it? Let me think, oh... I got it, are you now going to follow the plot lines of those modern absurd satirical blockbusters?"
He sneered, "What I mean is the kind of script where ’the three-year time limit is up, the Dragon King returns; back then you mocked me as a Muggle, unworthy to join the Exorcist family, yet I’ve become a Catastrophe Level Time-Series Superpower User’... Hmm, exactly the same."
Gu Zhuo Case took a deep breath, trying hard to ignore Black Cocoon’s provocations, furrowing his brows as he pondered over the puzzle. He knew Black Cocoon was intensely focused on their family, but how could Black Cocoon get entangled with Su Wei?
The two had nothing to do with each other; would his father-in-law really bother with Black Cocoon given his personality? Thinking to this point, he continued to ask:
"How do you know him? This doesn’t make sense, could it be that you even know his whereabouts clearly?"
"Uh... That’s another way to see it." Black Cocoon hesitated for a moment before bragging, "Mmm, mmm, mmm, as expected of our mysterious and charming Comrade Black Cocoon, even able to command the whereabouts of a Catastrophe-level member of Lake Hunting, who else in the world can do such a thing? I bet Mr. Ghost Bell you are already full of admiration for me, since I know a person from your father’s generation, by Chinese cultural standards, I should be considered from a senior generation to yours."