Female Novel
Chapter 714 Another Person
“Another person who had been observing me?” This time, Chen Hao could feel his scalp itch.
Apparently, his college life had not been peaceful at all; he’d been monitored in secret the whole time
by someone as powerful as Uncle, no less.
To be honest, Chen Hao had noticed that Uncle seemed to know him well since they first met, and him
rescuing Chen Hao that night couldn’t have been a coincidence. Then, after spending some time with
him, Chen Hao realized that Uncle even understood his personality very well.
Sometimes, Chen Hao wanted to ask about this but Uncle clearly didn't want to talk about it.
Furthermore, so many things happened after that, so Chen Hao never had the chance to ask again. It
was only when Uncle brought it up again that he realized that was what had been going on.
“Mm hmm, I didn’t know how long that person had been watching you, and I only discovered him after
you left Ping An County. After you started Year 1 at college, he started appearing more frequently and
once you’d revealed your identity, he practically observed you twenty-four seven. I was worried he’d do
something to you, so I’ve always wanted to find out why he was following you. So for convenience, I
disguised myself like this and infiltrated your cafeteria as a back-of-house cook!” Chen Pingan let out a
dry laugh.
“Our cafeteria? But I’ve never seen you!” Chen Hao couldn’t recall anything of the sort but at the samenovelbin
time, he was amazed that such an all-powerful person was right inside his own cafeteria.
“Of course. Why would you have focused on me at the time? Besides, as a back-of house cook, I’d
have to go out in secret even if I wanted to!” Chen Pingan said.
“Then why did you look for me on campus, Uncle? And what did you originally look like?” Chen Hao felt
like Uncle was telling him a truth that had been hidden for a long time.
“Yes, I’d originally planned to reveal my identity to you only after I’ve figured out what this guy’s deal
was, but I suspected that those incidents were the work of this same person! I’d believed he was aware
of my existence and after so many years, I’ve grown accustomed to this face of mine. I didn’t even tell
Jiannan the whole truth out of fear that it’ll be leaked to this man behind the scenes. But I suppose
that’s unnecessary now!” Chen Pingan said seriously. Then, wth a curious look at Chen Hao, he raised
a hand to his ear and slowly tore off his skin mask to reveal an extremely handsome face underneath.
Yes, Uncle was a middle-aged man but ‘handsome’ was the only appropriate word that could be used
to describe his face. And more importantly, his true face sent a shiver throughout Chen Hao’s entire
body.
“U-Uncle Pingan?” Chen Hao’s heart was beating wildly, because the person he was looking at looked
just like the Uncle Pingan he saw in the photo, and that was unbelievable.
“Do you know who I am now, Xiao Hao?” Chen Pingan said.
“Uncle Pingan, is that really you? But I thought you’d…” Chen Hao said, breathing heavily.
“I’ll explain more about this to you in the future. Right now, our concern is tracking down your parents
and to investigate the incident at the Holy Water Ritual! He took everyone in our family in one go and I
don’t know what his intentions are, but I think for now, they should be safe. Murder does not seem to be
his motive,” said Chen Pingan as he analyzed the situation calmly.
Chen Hao nodded solemnly as he gave an emotional look at Chen Pingan, then hastily asked, “Then
have you fought this mystery man or found any leads on him after all these years?”
Chen Pingan’s gaze shifted for a moment before he replied with a light cough, “Well, none so far. I
have no idea who he is but now that he’s appeared, I think we’ll see him again soon. Actually, we now
have an important lead—the area managers know how the Chen family fell, and that is the key!”
“Yes. If this is the mystery man’s doing, I’ll have to get him no matter what!” At that moment, Li Wen
suddenly shuddered and fell to the floor weakly. “He’s been soaking in the well for so long, he has
suffered damage to his internal organs. Uncle, let me help him first!” Chen Hao said as he carried the
unconscious Li Wen to a room within the villa.
Meanwhile, Chen Pingan worriedly scanned his surroundings. “Are you from the Border Realm too?
The League of the Sun took you there, didn’t they?” Luo Ziyan asked as she stared at him.
“Nothing gets by you, Miss Ziyan. No, actually, I should call you Goddess!” Chen Pingan bowed slightly
toward her.
“Yes, your cultivation base and Li Ba’s are quite similar. Oh, and why didn’t you tell Chen Hao the
whole truth just now?” Luo Ziyan asked curiously.
“You mean the identity of Chen Hao’s stalker? I wanted to but first of all, it’s only speculation at this
point. Secondly, Chen Hao has been through so much physical and mental torment that if I told him my
suspicions under such uncertain conditions, he’d probably wouldn’t be able to take it!” Chen Pingan
shook his head worriedly.
“In truth, you also find it hard to accept.”
“Yes. Hopefully, it’ll all work out in our favor!”
“Understood, but Chen Hao’s suffering was actually predestined because from the moment of his birth,
he was destined for greatness, and not a commoner’s life!” Luo Ziyan said.
“Hmm, then what do you think he should do from now on?” Chen Pingan asked.
“His Foundation was destroyed, which means he can go through hellish cultivation and still fall short of
being able to fight those people. I’m really worried about what happens next.”
This is what Chen Pingan was worried about too. According to his judgement, Chen Hao’s family and
his were in no mortal danger at the moment because the mystery man had likely simply planned to hold
them hostage. So Chen Hao was in for a lot of trouble and with his current cultivation base, he’d never
stand a chance against those experts.
“Uncle Pingan, Ziyan, what are you talking about?” Chen Hao walked out at this moment.
“We were discussing your destroyed Foundation.” Ziyan looked to Chen Hao.
“I know it’s destroyed, but right now I only want to investigate my family and the Holy Water Ritual. I’ve
also got to find my grandfather as soon as possible, so I’m in no state to worry about restoring my
Foundation at the moment!” Chen Hao said, frustrated.
“But if it’s not restored, even if you found out what happened, you’d just get into more trouble without
the ability to defend yourself. Restoring your Foundation is your only option to overcome all these
challenges!” Luo Ziyan advised.
Chen Pingan nodded. “She’s right. I think that our main concern is to repair your Foundation as well. To
be honest, both of us are counting on you.”