After Jian Beibei left, Father Zhang rummaged around Grandfather Zhang's old stuff and found a vintage cherrywood box. This was a burial object which the old man had prepared for himself in advance and he had asked Father Zhang to bury it for him in case he needs it.
Father Zhang knew the box contained a lot of secrets. After the latter had started its effects of dementia, he left the cherrywood box with Father Zhang and had repeatedly warned him not to open it. But now, in sake of curing his father's own dementia, he really had no other choice.
"You, like the morning dew, awaken my soul; you, like a flame, set my thoughts alight; you, like a gentle breeze, slip through my dreams and whisper my name. I wish to dance with you upon the edge of dawn, to leap into the sky and paint our laughter across the clouds."
"Ah~ I admire you. I like the way you frown when you're thinking hard; I like how your eyes light up when you find the right words; when we eat together, I like how you sneak the last bite with a grin. Walking side by side beneath the streetlights, we don't need fireworks — just this slow heartbeat between us."
In the study, Father Zhang read these love letters out loud. The old man had actually used a quill to write these lines and the handwriting says a lot.
Both Father Zhang and Xero shuddered in unison… hell, even Drowsy Void's fur stood on end! F**k! These love letters blending music lyrics with humour of the youth — can someone really guard the bag with this?!
Drowsy Void earnestly doubted the effectiveness these love letters could have.
Apart from that, there were letters with nostalgic and elegant tone like:
"You are the gentle sea breeze, and I am the steady shore. When your hair turns silver and my steps grow slow, I will still wait for you by the tide's edge, to walk home together beneath the fading sun. Even when time forgets our names, my heart will still remember the way yours beats."
There were also letters in a nerdish tone like:
"I will always be the unsolved equation, wandering through variables, searching for the constant that is you. If I am x, then you must be everything after the equals sign, because no matter how I rearrange my life, it always comes back to you."
At last, there were letters in a forceful and flirtatious style, such as:
"I hope one day, you can teach me a lesson on my crotch and peg me with enthusiastic approach…"
Xero: "…" What the f**k!
…
After reading these love letters, Father Zhang finally understood why Grandfather Zhang insisted on him not opening the box. After all, it contained a lot of shameful stuff and he didn't know that his grandpa could be so… serious in that tone… The old man never imagined that before his dark history could be buried with him, his son would uncover it one by one.
Closing the box, Father Zhang passed the letter to first love to Xero. "Here. Is there any way to track your grandfather's first love?"
Xero frowned, hesitant.
As of right now, the only people who touched this letter were Xero himself, Father Zhang, the old man and that angel girl.
Out of the Four Thousand Divine Holy Spells, The Million Reminiscence Spell could use an object to track down the person who touched it before. But it had two conditions. First, the person must be alive. And second, Xero has to have seen the person before.
Putting the first condition aside, the second one could pose a problem. If this was a normal situation, Xero could use his memory retrieval ability to scroll through the old man's memory and thus find the angel girl and track her down.
But the old man's memory was warped because of his dementia. If Xero used his memory retrieval ability, he would see what is similar to a TV static. And even if he pushed forward, searching for clues, no one could say for sure how much of that "angel girl" was left in the old man's memory. Additionally, it could give him brain damage.
Father Zhang again thrust the love letter under Xero's nose. "How about you sniff it? Maybe you could track her location this way?"
Xero: "…" Motherf**ker! There is an actual dog here, why the hell are you telling me to do the sniffing! I'm your son!
The corners of Xero's mouth twitched as he contemplated the decision of his pocket money getting deduced again and he stifled the urge to actually argue with him. Instead, he dodged the letter so it got moved to Drowsy Void. Given the current circumstances, they could only rely on this bumface. After all, Drowsy Void had been learning to be a dog for so long, he might as well test his newfound abilities.
Previously, when Drowsy Void was the Void God, he had gained some abilities from the Heaven Tree.
Now that it was turned into a dog, its cultivation path had naturally changed.
Everyone knew that a dog's nose was very sharp. Drowsy Void sniffed it carefully, and suddenly felt a scent that was familiar somehow…
Was there a result already?
Let's go!
Seeing Drowsy Void's reaction, Father Zhang thanked him in his heart.
Although Drowsy Void understood human language, this current body was still a hindrance in the end, and it hadn't cultivated to the point where it could speak. Everything had to go through Xero's Mind Reading Ability before he passed it onto Father Zhang. After he had heard Drowsy Void's reply, slight surprise flashed through Xero's face.
Father Zhang scratched the back of his head as he pondered. "So you're saying… Drowsy Void felt as if this scent was similar to the one in Qinghe 90 Cultivation High?"
Xero nodded, and Father Zhang's expression immediately turned thoughtful as he slapped his hands together. "Your grandfather did mention, that the angel girl she met back then actually graduated as teaching major! True… there could be a chance she works as a teacher… but who on earth is that female teacher?"
Father Zhang's curiosity had been completely piqued.
His family's old man had a first love who was unexpectedly teaching at his son's school?
To be able to catch the old man's eye, she must have had an enchanting beauty when she was young! Moreover, from the fresh, literary style in that letter to first love, Father Zhang could immediately picture a pure and lovely maiden with long hair in his mind… even if she was old this time, she had to be attractive!
But this was just Father Zhang's assumption. Xero had seen almost all teachers at No. 90 Qinghe Cultivation High School; if you were looking for a mature, attractive person…
Xero felt that Ancient Relic could be counted as one… as for others…
Xero shuddered in spite of himself. He didn't dare continue this line of thinking.
No matter how he thought about it, it made him indescribably flustered.
…
It was late at night. Under the fullness of the moon, Xero teleported to No. 90 High School with Drowsy Void. Following his lead, he drew up in front of the door to one of the teacher's offices, which was for the teachers of the advanced classes. Xero had seen most of them; as for the teachers who were mature and attractive… he could only anticipate who it'd be.
Then, he instantly teleported inside the office with Drowsy Void. Nestled in Xero's clothes, it lifted its nose and sniffed…
It was right there…
It directed Xero toward an office desk.
Right after that, Xero felt as if he just experienced the most terrifying thing so far.
Because this office desk… actually f**king belonged to Teacher Shuang!