White smoke slowly floated out and dissipated into the night sky.
"Hiss...hoo!"
Xu Cheng took a puff of his cigarette, turned his head, and leaned against the railing beside him.
Next to him was a skinny old man wearing a Hawaiian shirt, who looked to be only a little older than Xu Cheng.
There is only one person who can appear on the rooftop of the mall at this time and have such an attitude towards what is happening inside the mall——
That is the "old man" in my daughter's heart.
This "Emperor" who rules Haicheng and even the larger underground world is not as majestic as urban rumors say.
It can even be said to be...a bit funny.
No matter how he speaks or behaves, he looks like an old naughty boy, and even his clothes are a bit funny.
But when people reach Xu Cheng's age, they no longer look at people based on their appearance.
Xu Cheng is used to looking into each other's eyes.
That "old man" has a pair of eyes as clear as water.
It seems inappropriate to describe an old man like this, but those eyes are indeed clearer than most young people.
Just like...Xu Cheng.
In terms of age, the two of them should have been ordinary grandfathers on the road, but their eyes - and something behind them, were different from ordinary people.
Two old men with the same type of eyes looked at each other and laughed unconsciously.
The old man asked: "What is your name?"
"Xu Cheng."
"Shen Yan."
Mr. Shen also introduced himself, but at the same time he looked a little surprised, "I thought you would... lie."
"Because I am Qianqian's father?"
"right."
The old man nodded simply, and then felt that his question was a bit ridiculous, "Oh, yes, I probably know the information about my 'Champion' and have seen photos of her family, so there is no need for you to lie."
Xu Cheng squinted his eyes and looked at the old man carefully.
"What do you know about me?"
The old man waved his hands repeatedly to indicate that he had no ill intentions, "It's very superficial. I don't need to investigate the family members of my players, right?"
[I run a deserted grocery store and my family is well off. My wife passed away three years ago.]
——This is all the old man said about Xu Cheng.
It seems that just as Qianqian described in her heart, the old man is not that kind of sinister person with deep connections to the city.
He is very rich, he is very prestigious in Haicheng's financial circles, and he likes to fight without rules.
That's all.
Therefore, when the old man noticed the movement inside the mall and went to find out personally, his world view was also refreshed.
Xu Cheng listened to the old man's thoughts and observed the other man's mental journey along the way with great interest.
First, after closing, the surveillance inside the mall failed one after another.
The Star Chamber of Commerce moves so fast that ordinary people have no time to react, but the old man and the consortium behind him are not ordinary people either.
They noticed something strange inside the mall.
Under the escort of bodyguards, the old man went to the underground level and witnessed with his own eyes Han Xing activated the original exoskeleton and killed nine killers one after another.
That's not a fighting skill, but some kind of method that goes beyond human limits.
The old man was very interested and just wanted to chat with Han Xing, but Han Xing regarded him as an ordinary old man who had lost his way.
So the old man took a step ahead of Han Xing and Chu Qianqian and came to the ground floor.
There are still traces left after Xu Cheng's battle with the tentacle aggregate.
Countless pieces of tentacles were scattered, the remains of mannequins were everywhere, the glass of the ceiling was torn, and a large amount of wall coverings covered the ground.
In his life, the old man has seen rivers of blood, warehouses filled with weapons and bullets, and even experienced battlefields filled with artillery fire, but he has never seen a scene like this.
At this moment, the bodyguard told him that there was another person on the rooftop.
So he took the initiative to come and met Xu Cheng. He also saw Xu Cheng talking and laughing alone with the "air" around him.
For a moment, the old man even thought he was crazy.
But it was only for a "moment".
The next moment, the old man's mind began to outline the entire incident.
He judged that he was probably coming into contact with an unknown "power", and that this "power" was far beyond ordinary people's cognition.
It just so happens that the father of his "champion" seems to be related to this unknown force.
So the old man asked his bodyguard to wait where he was, and walked over alone.
…
He is worthy of being the leader of a huge financial group.
Xu Cheng thought in his heart, he really admired the old man's courage.
The first time he came into contact with the "extraordinary", he showed adaptability that ordinary people could not achieve.
At this time, the old man's eyes were like a child who had just discovered a new toy, and he couldn't help but sigh:
"I never expected that there really is power in this world that is superior to the 'ordinary'."
"Yes, yes. In this way, many unreasonable things discovered in the past have another explanation."
"I've always suspected that there are some guys in the shadows of Haicheng waiting for an opportunity. Could it be them?"
Xu Chengjing listened carefully, but found that the old man's voice at this moment was exactly the same as his thoughts!
People who have this kind of unity between appearance and interior are often more powerful.
Seeing that Xu Cheng didn't say anything, the old man conjured a fan from nowhere and started shaking it.
"Don't worry, I won't tell my 'champion' anything about you."
"For fun?" Xu Cheng was a little curious as to why the old man said this.
But the old man breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Young people like Qianqian and her husband naturally have their lively style in doing things. I like them very much."
"But people of our age need to consider a lot of things when doing things."
"For example, my daily work, or you hiding your 'real self' from your daughter, I think you must have some necessary reason."
"There's no need for me to influence a 'friend' I'm planning to make for such a trivial matter, right?"
"Don't worry, no one else will know except me."
Suddenly, the old man smiled.
A very kind smile, but it seemed to make the air around him restless.
"I have seen too many 'unknowns', and this is just one of them. I only need more 'force' and 'financial resources', and I can turn the 'unknown' into a 'known'..."
"..."
Faced with the old man's rhetoric, Xu Cheng did not answer.
He lit the ashes and stood up with the cigarette in his mouth.
"I think you misunderstood something."
Xu Cheng walked up to the old man.
"I don't tell my daughter about my affairs. In fact, it's not a plan or a big picture or any other hidden agenda."
"It's just that I want to do it, that's all."
The two are similar in age, but there is a huge difference in height and build.
Xu Cheng looked down at the little old man in front of him.
"I can choose by my will: to do or not to do."
"Whether it's confessing my power to Qianqian, or keeping it secret from her, preparing meals at home and waiting for her to come back."
