Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 948: 586. Return

In City 21, Jindai Yunlo was still wearing his white hunting suit, sitting at the memorial service.

At the memorial service, everyone was dressed in black suits, making him particularly conspicuous.

At this moment, Jindai Jingyan, one of the Ten Eunuchs, came to him, the old man’s hair was so sparse that his entire scalp was visible, and he unabashedly assessed Jindai Yunlo, saying: “A fine specimen indeed.”

Jindai Yunlo responded with a smile: “Thank you for the compliment.”

Jindai Jingyan turned away expressionlessly and walked towards the front row: “You deliberately let Xu Linsen go. The family won’t easily forgive this. From today onwards, you are no longer on the beneficiary list of the family trust.”

Jindai Yunlo sat in his seat, his smile unchanged.

The memorial service began, with a large photo of Jindai Chika placed at the front of the hall, looking amiable, completely unlike his real self.

Jindai Yunlo smiled to the person beside him: “Why do you think, when he was so sinister and terrifying in life, they used such an amiable photo after his death? Is this the legendary yin-yang face?”

The young family member sitting next to him began to tremble, daring not to say a word…

And Jindai Yunlo, watching everyone acting out their false roles, whispered: “It would be better to go back to City 22 for a drink, I wonder if the floor-to-ceiling windows at the Black Swan Restaurant have been fixed… No, he should have left directly and won’t be coming back, right.”

After speaking, he saw Jindai Yuncang hurriedly passing by, and the entire faction belonging to the Onmyoji followed behind this most beloved son of the ancestor.

A formidable force within the family.

Although Jindai Chika was dead, the family head’s faction held the greatest power, but the Onmyoji would not perish just yet.

For nearly a thousand years, power has alternated between these two factions, and everyone has gotten used to it.

The young Jindai Yuncang walked by rapidly, then turned back, looking down at Jindai Yunlo sitting in his seat: “Follow me, I’ll give you everything you deserve.”

Jindai Yunlo thought for a moment, then smiled and said: “What do I deserve? Even I don’t know. How can you give it to me?”

Jindai Yuncang nodded and continued walking to the main seat.

Jindai Yunlo folded his hands within the sleeves of his hunting suit, always feeling a strange sensation, but unable to pinpoint what was odd.

The ritual of the memorial service was tedious, and the young people could only endure with difficulty.

It began in the morning and didn’t end until the evening.

At sunset, Jindai Yunlo was the first to leave, taking his B-Class floating ship ‘Yun Luo’ back to City 22.

Jindai Yunxiu and Jindai Sorajima were left behind, led to the backstage of the memorial service.

They stopped before a black curtain, standing respectfully.

From behind the black curtain, someone said softly: “Jindai Yunxiu, are you willing to temporarily take over Jindai Yasuhito’s position as director?”

Jindai Yunxiu bowed his head: “Although the director Yasuhito was taken by villains, I believe he will surely return. Family head, this position should be kept for him.”

Behind the black curtain, several other directors also said softly: “That’s right, family head, we can definitely use political chips to exchange for the return of Director Yasuhito. The mineral distribution rights we got from Qing’s Family years ago can be returned to them.”

However, the family head said: “This time is different, he will not come back.”

The family head’s voice was old yet steady, naturally conveying a hint of authority.

No one knew where he got his information to be so certain that Jindai Yasuhito would never return.

The family head said: “It’s decided then, Jindai Yunxiu will take over Yasuhito’s previous projects and affairs, and furthermore, Jindai Jingyan, you should also step down; your position will be given to Jindai Yuncang.”

Behind the black curtain, after a long silence, Jindai Jingyan said: “Understood.”

Jindai Yunxiu knelt down outside the curtain, performing a deep bow in a seiza fashion: “Thank you, family head, for your generosity.”

“Go, the Federation is in turmoil, and the family needs young people like you to contribute.”

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On the wilderness, Yangyang pulled Qing Chen and Zhang Mengchan’s hands, landing inside a production base.

Yangyang curiously said: “Is this the place where Jindai Yunhe took you that time?”

“Yes,” Qing Chen nodded.

This production base was abandoned, the buildings damaged, and all the producers were killed by Jindai Yunhe and others. It was feared that not until spring would the Federation send people again for farming and renovation.

Qing Chen hung Jindai Yunhe on the wall, then, along with Yangyang and Xiao Mengqiu, dug out the frozen corpses from the soil and buried them further in the wilderness, erecting tombstones.

If they didn’t do this, the people sent by the Federation would definitely clear them out, carelessly tossing them into the wilderness to feed the wolves.

Jindai Yunhe said from not far away: “Even though I cannot see, I can guess where this is, so you brought me here on this route, intending to use me to apologize to them?”

Qing Chen glanced at him and did not speak.

Jindai Yunhe continued: “Or, you want to use these innocent, brutally killed bones to make me repent from the heart? And break me down inside? Don’t bother dreaming, my heart is as solid as a rock.”

Qing Chen said: “Don’t overthink it, I just want you to pay with your life for theirs.”

Jindai Yunhe sneered: “Next, are you going to the lakeside where the crew was stationed, or that cave where you once hid, to bury all the bones underground? But do you remember, if you hadn’t hidden with that crew, they wouldn’t have died.”