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Chapter 225: A Notebook of Blood and Fire (2 in 1)

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"Oh! Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, Miss Ai Li, I am just doing routine work, and I have the duty to inquire, and the transfer order is also complete."

Xie Wenjie raised his hands, and while speaking, he retracted his neck, retracting the weird posture just now...

Ai Li felt that the man in front of her was very strange, but Xie Wenjie's words and the ID he took out at this time made her unable to find any fault. At least she had no reason to attack him directly.

"Go back and knock on the door. Also, please call me Ms. Ai Li."

"Yes, Ms. Alley."

Xie Wenjie smiled and retreated, then walked to the door and knocked.

Knock knock knock.

"Is this okay?"

Wang Man was at a loss. She didn't know what to do at this moment, so she could only look to the more experienced Ai Li.

"Sister Ai Li, this person..."

"It's okay, I'm here." Ai Li looked at Wang Man and put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

Ding Ke stretched his head and stared at Xie Wenjie with a ferocious expression, and kept making meowing sounds from his mouth.

"Miss Wang Man, don't be so nervous. I told you that this is just routine. I just want to ask about Song Xiaojia's previous situation."

"They have asked this question many times." Wang Man said in a low voice.

"I know a lot of people have asked you the same question, but there is no way. We still need to find some useful information from these scattered clues."

As Xie Wenjie spoke, he took out his notebook from his briefcase and sat on the chair beside Wang Man's bed.

Although they were very close, they still kept a distance.

This distance happened to be the safe distance that Rewi Alley could accept.

"Ms. Ai Li, you are no longer part of the law enforcement system. Would you like to recuse yourself from the next investigation?"

Ai Li narrowed his eyes and said coldly:

"Do you think it's possible?"

Xie Wenjie didn't care about Rewi Alley's rejection at all. He turned his head and looked at Wang Man:

"I don't think that's possible, so let's get started, Miss Wangman."

"Okay, I can answer whatever you want to ask."

"Miss Wang Man, do you have someone you like?" Xie Wenjie suddenly asked.

"Hey? Is this matter related to the case?" Wang Man asked curiously.

"When inquiring about a case, there is no need to involve the privacy of the parties involved. This should be something we all know." Ai Li added.

Although she didn't know why Xie Wenjie asked this, she always felt that this person had bad intentions.

Xie Wenjie smiled:

"Of course it is related. After all, what I want to confirm now is Miss Wang Man's personal thoughts. This is my job. Ms. Ai Li should not interrupt."

Ai Li frowned and said nothing. Wang Man nodded when she saw that Ai Li didn't say anything, and then she said as if she had mustered up the courage:

"Yes, I have someone I like."

"Who is he, then?"

Wang Man was stunned, looked at Ai Li and said:

"His name is Xu Le, and I like Brother Xu Le."

Ai Li's eyes flickered slightly, but her expression did not change significantly. She just gently held Wang Man's fingers to calm her slightly nervous mood.

"Mr. Xu Le is really popular. The same is true for Ms. Ai Li and Ms. Wang Man. I just happened to run into him in the office. Didn't he even come to see you?"

Originally, Wang Man's emotions were relatively stable under Ai Li's comfort, but after hearing Xie Wenjie's words, Wang Man subconsciously looked at Ai Li.

"Did Brother Xu Le come here just now?"

"Yeah." Ai Li could only nod helplessly. In fact, she thought it would be better to lie at this time, but she couldn't do that.

Ai Li thought Wang Man would be emotional after hearing what she said, but Wang Man just raised his head, blinked many times, and then whispered:

"He's too busy, it's okay, hey!"

"You are such a kind girl."

Xie Wenjie smiled and narrowed his eyes, then handed the notebook in his hand to Wang Man:

"Ms. Wang Man, can you write down what happened at that time? Write it down with your most intuitive feelings."

Ai Li felt something was wrong when he saw Xie Wenjie's action. How could he hand the transcript to the person involved

Moreover, Xie Wenjie's notebook should be a very personal thing, and it should record more than just the case.

As if Xie Wenjie had sensed what Rewi Alley was thinking, he said directly to him:

"Ms. Ai Li, there is no need to question this. This is my own way of solving cases. It should not be against the rules, right?"

Ai Li didn't say anything, and Xie Wenjie smoothly handed his notebook to Wang Man.

When handing over the notebook, Xie Wenjie's fingers just touched Wang Man's fingers, and a flash of inspiration like an electric current appeared in Wang Man's mind.

Xie Wenjie himself was stunned for a moment, as if he had seen something incredible.

The lustful energy that originally filled his eyes gradually dissipated, and he sighed:

"Ms. Wang Man is truly the purest, most persistent, and most passionate person I have ever met. She is truly an unbelievable existence..."

Wang Man looked at Xie Wenjie with some confusion, and her fingers holding the notebook seemed to have nowhere to put.

"Are you complimenting me?"

"Of course, if you don't deserve praise, how can those hypocritical people deserve the title of heroes?"

Ai Li felt that after Xie Wenjie handed the notebook to Wang Man, her aura became extremely unstable. She took off her earrings and held them in her hand, staring at Xie Wenjie.

"Please remain calm, Mr. Xie Wenjie."

Fortunately, Xie Wenjie did not do anything out of the ordinary, which made Ai Li feel relieved.

"Ms. Wangman, please write slowly. I'll be out for a while." Xie Wenjie stood up.

"Okay." Wang Man nodded.

Under Rewi Alley's vigilant gaze, Xie Wenjie walked out.

Standing next to the female law enforcer at the door, Xie Wenjie took out a cigarette from his arms and lit one for himself.

"Sir, didn't you quit smoking?" The female law enforcer's eyes had ripples.

"I was kidding. Anyone who can even quit smoking must be very cruel to himself!" Xie Wenjie laughed.

Lighting a cigarette for himself, Xie Wenjie took a puff with great satisfaction.

The female law enforcer standing by curled her lips and said, "If you want to smoke, you smoke. If you can't quit, you can't quit. And you always make excuses for yourself."

"You haven't smoked in a long time. Is the inquiry going smoothly?"

Hearing his subordinate's question, Xie Wenjie shook his head slightly:

"It went very smoothly. I couldn't believe it."

"Ah? Then why are you still smoking? Are you excited?"

Xie Wenjie looked at his female subordinate. He had had several relationships with this woman. Their relationship was mostly based on interests, but there was still some affection between them. Perhaps it was time to break up.

"You are not young anymore, you should find an honest man to marry."

"What do you mean, sir?" The female subordinate frowned slightly.

"In fact, there is no need to look for an honest person. Honest people have done nothing wrong." Xie Wenjie said again.

"Xie Wenjie, do you think I'm not qualified and want to dump me?"

Xie Wenjie was silent for a long time, then he pinched out the still burning cigarette with his fingers and nodded.

"Yes, that's what I mean."

"you… "

"You're too old. I'm no longer interested in you."

The female subordinate wanted to say something else, but Xie Wenjie had no intention of talking to her and just walked straight towards Wang Man's room.

Ai Li was still sitting beside Wang Man's bed, while Wang Man was writing something in her notebook.

Xie Wenjie suddenly said to Rewi Alley beside the bed:

"Ms. Rewi Alley, Mr. Xu Le and Dr. Xia Libo are back. They asked you to go to the office you were in."

Ai Li stared at Xie Wenjie and frowned slightly, but his body was not moved at all, as if he had not heard what he had just said.

"I don't smell them. I'll tell you later."

"Oh? They look very anxious. Don't you really need to go and take a look?"

Ai Li kicked off his shoes, his powerful toes almost gripped the ground, and his body pressed down slightly.

"I think you are more anxious than them. Do you want to get me out of the way?"

Xie Wenjie smiled.

"Ms. Rewi Alley is very alert. It seems that this unprepared plan is indeed a bit clumsy."

As he spoke, Xie Wenjie looked at Wang Man who was confused:

"Ms. Wang Man, have you finished writing?"

"Well, I've finished writing it. Here you go."

Wang Man wasn't quite sure what the conversation between the two men was about. It seemed like this person wanted to get rid of Ai Li

She didn't know the current situation, but she just thought it would be a good idea to return the notebook to this person as soon as possible.

However, Xie Wenjie waved his hand at this time:

"Don't worry about returning the notebook to me. Leave it with you for safekeeping first, Miss Wang Man." Xie Wenjie said as he moved one step closer.

Wang Man felt that there was something wrong with the man in front of her. The way he looked at her was... too weird.

Ai Li also felt that there was something wrong with this person. She suddenly stretched out her hand and blocked Xie Wenjie's way:

"Mr. Xie Wenjie, stop."

But Xie Wenjie didn't even look at Ai Li. His eyes began to become noble and his neck began to gradually stretch.

However, after careful observation, it can be found that this is not actually stretching the neck, but bending the spine and skull into a very strange posture, making the neck look very long.

Then he turned his neck upside down and lay on the ground with his hands behind his back. While his body was twisting, he said to Wang Man:

"Wait a moment, wait a moment longer, Miss Wangman."

"Me?" Wang Man was stunned.

"You also had your own dreams. I remember you once said that you just wanted to make the world a better place... Stop being confused."

"But I never knew you."

Looking at Xie Wenjie who looked like a human-faced spider monster in front of her, Wang Man quickly stepped back towards the bed.

Xie Wenjie looked at Wang Man and nodded, his eyes very calm.

Then he suddenly stretched out his hand to Ai Li, and a section of spider silk sprayed out. Ai Li's reaction was also very fast. He grabbed the bench at hand and spun it to block the spider silk.

Xie Wenjie felt a swelling on his back and he suddenly stretched out a hand to grab Ai Li.

His fingers grabbed only a strand of white hair.

At the same time as he transformed, Ai Li had also completed his transformation. The spider arm covered with black hair was pinched by Ai Li's dog claws. Ai Li broke the arm with a stick, then grabbed Wang Man and retreated.

"You are indeed a succubus."

"Succubus? They are just weirdos enslaved by desire. We are completely different from them. We have higher pursuits."

Higher pursuit? This statement made Ai Li a little confused. Xie Wenjie felt as if he had been brainwashed by a cult. Ai Li leaned over and said:

"You look like a succubus now."

"Ms. Ai Li, what's the difference between your current appearance and weirdness? The so-called biological fruit is just the ancient god of the past. We are all transformed, and you are no more noble than me."

Xie Wenjie's thoughts were clear and his words were very coherent. Rewi Alley couldn't even find any reason to refute what he said.

Yes, everyone has transformed, so does that mean her state is more noble than Xie Wenjie's

Although he had doubts in his heart, Ai Li was not someone who liked to talk nonsense during a battle.

She raised the mace with one hand and pressed the other on the ground.

"Si Shen."

There were traces of tears in Ai Li's eyes. At the same time, a cross curse seal appeared under Xie Wenjie's feet. When Xie Wenjie saw the curse seal, he was slightly stunned.

This should not be an ability that Ai Li can master. It is something beyond intelligence.

"Ancient God's Curse?"

Xie Wenjie wanted to leave, but the cross seal under his feet turned into two crossed dog tails and wrapped around his ankles.

At the same time, Ai Li's mace had already swung down.

boom!

On the other side, Xu Le watched the battle between Ai Li and Xie Wenjie from afar. Xia Libo's yellow-green ball glowed slightly, and then he said:

"Miss Ai Li is so powerful, do we not need to do anything?"

"What are you talking about? Ai Li is still injured! Come on, I'll give you remote support."

"Okay." Xia Libo nodded and walked towards Xie Wenjie and Ai Li.

Xie Wenjie crossed his hands and took Ai Li's blow, but all his hand bones were broken. Including the arm that was just broken by Ai Li, he had three broken hands.

The idea of taking Wang Man away has become unrealistic.

"Ms. Ai Li's strength is truly amazing! A warrior without a high-level fruit can actually reach such a level."

"What?" Ai Li was a little stunned for a moment when he saw Xie Wenjie making seals with two of his hands.

Shouldn't this Xie Wenjie be a warrior

"Spell - Fire Explosion."

Looking at the fireball that was about to burst out of Xie Wenjie's mouth, Ai Li grabbed Ding Ke and stuffed him into his arms, then grabbed Wang Man and prepared to jump out of the window.

But at this moment, a black energy particle passed through the window and hit Xie Wenjie in the mouth.

Black Card-Black Sheep Girl-Disaster Strike

Slowness, frost, paralysis, and various negative effects appeared on Xie Wenjie all at once, so that the accumulated fire explosion technique exploded in his own mouth.

boom!

The explosion shattered half of Xie Wenjie's head, but fortunately it did not affect Wang Man who was blocked by Ai Li.

Xie Wenjie, with only half of his head left, was unable to speak and stood up in silence.

Before he could move further, Xia Libo's light blade followed.

clang!

The Lightforged Blade was almost unmatched. As soon as Xia Libo appeared, he cut off Xie Wenjie's four legs.

Xu Le's sniping from a distance did not stop.

Bang bang bang!

The Killing Lord's bullets penetrated Xie Wenjie's swollen body one by one, and each bullet left a blood hole as big as a bowl in Xie Wenjie's body.

Xie Wenjie knelt on the ground, raising his broken arm and spewing fire around him.

Xia Libo hurried to Wang Man's side, his body instantly hardened to block the flames for Wang Man.

Ai Li raised the iron rod and jumped high, smashing it towards Xie Wenjie.

The shattered body spurted out a large amount of blood, which was scattered in many places, in every corner of the room, and on Ai Li, Xia Libo, and even Wang Man's body.

Some of the blood flowed along Wang Man's fingers onto the notebook that she was holding in her hand because of nervousness.

Wang Man was not that unbearable. After all, she was also one of the people who had experienced the Black Tide Night with Xu Le.

But she always felt that when Xie Wenjie looked at her, his eyes were strange... an indescribable emotion.

After Xie Wenjie, whose body was almost broken, looked at Wang Man, a smile appeared in his eyes, as if his goal had been achieved.

His body twisted again, and a large amount of spider silk sprayed around. Then he discarded many limbs, retaining only a small part of the spider form, and jumped downstairs.

Xia Libo and Ai Li were entangled in the spider silk and could not catch up with him. They could only watch him escape.

"He escaped."

"Probably not."

Outside the window, just as Xie Wenjie landed on the ground, a black sword fell from the sky.

Phew!

The electric current from the black sword paralyzed the already weak Xie Wenjie, causing him to lie prone on the ground. The breath of fear filled Xie Wenjie's body.

But the emergence of a certain will allowed him to fight against this fear.

Looking at Xie Wenjie, Xu Le's eyes became slightly strange.

Human male, level 3, descendant of Gu Yinduo - Rose, awakened - Disaster Fire Mage

Rose's marks are all normal, but Xie Wenjie looks like a human being right now

And his awakening turned out to be the Disaster Fire Mage

"When did the warlock's ability appear as a direction for the awakening of the weird? No, he doesn't seem to be a weird..."

While Xu Le frowned in confusion, Xie Wenjie reached out and covered his broken jaw.

The bones in his arms twisted and broke, and the broken bones were grafted onto his jaw to form a new bony mouth.

Then he grinned at Xu Le:

"Mr. Xu Le, I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon. Are you waiting for me?"

"Probably. I felt something was wrong with you, so I waited a little longer."

The shrill sound of sirens appeared all around. Xu Le closed his eyes slightly and pondered for a while, then raised his hand and chopped off Xie Wenjie's head with a knife, leaving his broken body behind and left the place.

The reason why the whole body was not taken away was simple.

He can't lift it!

In the corner of the ward on the 8th floor, Ai Li was wiping the blood off Wang Man's body.

With such major accidents occurring one after another at the Zion Progressive Building, it is almost certain that the building will be held accountable.

But Ai Li didn't have the mood to think about those things now. Wang Man seemed to be a little frightened and her eyes were very dazed.

"Wang Man, are you okay? Do you need Dr. Xia to take a look at you?"

"Sister Ai Li, I'm fine. I'm not as fragile as you think. When I was at the lighthouse, I even survived the black tide with Brother Xu Le!" Wang Man smiled shyly.

Seeing that Wang Man was fine, Ai Li nodded slightly.

"I'm glad you're okay."

"Sister Ai Li, I'm going to the bathroom."

"Yeah, okay."

Wang Man walked into the bathroom slowly, stood beside the sink, lifted her shoulder-length hair, swallowed, and took out the notebook from her pocket.

The blood that Xie Wenjie sprayed before was like some kind of key to open the seal.

The notebook in my hand is like some special medium.

During the battle between Xie Wenjie and Rewi Alley and Xia Libo, he completed a special ritual.

The object of the ceremony was actually Wang Man, who was holding a notebook.

When she opened the notebook, Wang Man discovered that the notebook had a name, so it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a handwritten book.

Blood and Fire

The name is like the battle that just took place, blood and fire.

Xie Wenjie's fighting level can only be described as average. Facing Ai Li, Xu Le, and Xia Libo, he has no chance of winning at all.

But in fact, his goal had been achieved, which was to provide blood and fire for Wang Man.

Wang Man sat on the toilet and looked through the notebook, but there was nothing in it.

It was not until she turned to the blood-stained page that a slightly clearer picture appeared in front of Wang Man. It was Xu Le running, and... Xie Wenjie's head

After running to an empty alley, Xu Le threw Xie Wenjie's head on the ground.

"Not dead yet?" Xu Le asked with a hint of knowing the answer, because the ancient secret language above Xie Wenjie's head was still there, so he should not be dead yet.

"The breath of fear... I didn't expect Mr. Xu Le to be the same type of person as me."

Xu Le pursed his lips and didn't respond.

Xie Wenjie's broken neck squirmed, and the wound quickly began to heal. Then many densely packed small claws grew around his neck.

If someone with trypophobia sees this, he or she will probably think about life for a long time at night.

These little claws didn't have much fighting power, but at least they allowed Xie Wenjie to hold his head up so that he wouldn't have to tilt his head to look at Xu Le.

Seeing that Xie Wenjie had almost recovered, Xu Le began to think about what he should ask.

There were indeed some personal grudges involved in the three of them joining forces to deal with Xie Wenjie, but there was also Xu Le's own selfish motives.

He needed to know something more secretive.

Regarding the Son of Gu Yinduo, and the true purpose of this series of events...

"Your recovery ability is really outrageous. I asked a law enforcer about you before. You are a senior executive of the law enforcer, higher than Rewi Alley before.

With your position and age, you can be a good person with a promising future. Why do you want to be a weird person? "

"Weird? That's just what you think. I am still a human being, always have been. And what's the difference between us? You have the same aura as me."

Xie Wenjie's words made Xu Le unable to refute, because in the display of Gu Yin Multi-Vision, Xie Wenjie did not use the word "weird".

In other words, he was not weird, at least not in the sense that Gu Yinduo recognized.

Xu Le was not very clear about the boundary between monsters and humans, but he felt it was unreasonable that Xie Wenjie was still considered a human being as only his head was left and he had grown so many small claws.

"Do you think you are still a human being in your current state?"

"Why not?"

"To serve the son of Gu Yinduo, doesn't that mean giving up part of your identity as a human being?"

It seemed that Xu Le was asking Xie Wenjie a question, but in fact he also had some self-doubt.

"Why not? Our purpose is always pure. We are not polluted. We are also pursuing light. This is a great cause."

"This is how you guys act for a great cause? Destroying and killing people everywhere. Don't you find it funny?"

Xu Le's questioning did not make Xie Wenjie bow his head. He said in a induced way:

"Those are just necessary sacrifices, Xu Le. As a Red Moon Warlock, you should be able to feel it, right?"

"What do you feel?" Xu Le had some expectations in his heart. He felt that Xie Wenjie, who had many descendants in ancient times, might really know some very important information.

The other sons of Gu Yinduo are developing subordinates and placing their marks.

They must have something like a core organizational philosophy, and this philosophy is what Xu Le wants to know.

"Red Moon is not pure, at least their gods are not pure. Red Moon is a deceiver, and the Red Moon Temple is just a group of people who conceal history."

"..." Xu Le hesitated for a moment. If he had not seen angels, gods of the Red Moon system, and bishops of the Illuminati, perhaps he could really refute it with righteous words.

"What do you want to do?"

"The Black Tide appeared because of the Red Moon. Only by dealing with the Red Moon can we truly end the Black Tide and free mankind from the Dark Ages."

Xu Le nodded, not commenting on Xie Wenjie's idea.

There was no one else around at the moment, so he didn't even have the heart to criticize.

Xu Le thought for a while before saying:

"Since you want to deal with Red Moon, why choose Zion? Isn't Red Moon Temple better?"

"You think we haven't done that?"

Xu Le remembered the information given by the cold-faced man in the Colorful Land of Destiny. A son of Gu Yinduo enslaved an outer god to attack the Red Moon Temple.

However, he was killed on the spot by the Red Moon Temple.

From this point of view, the strength of the Red Moon Temple is indeed amazing.

"If it's so difficult to deal with, why doesn't the son of Gu Yinduo do it himself?"

"If our Lord could come, I'm afraid he would have wiped out the Red Moon Temple from this world long ago. Now, it's just the preparation before our Lord comes."

If the Red Moon was this weak, it would not have been possible for it to last for hundreds of years.

Moreover, the son of Gu Yinduo cannot descend... This matter itself is suspicious.

"I roughly understand your thoughts. You think the Black Tide appeared because of the Red Moon. If the Red Moon is dealt with, the Black Tide will no longer exist.

This world will be ruled by the Sons of Gu Yinduo, and they will replace Hong Yue, is that right?"

Xie Wenjie felt that Xu Le had misinterpreted some of the meaning, but he didn't quite understand what was going on. He just felt that these were indeed what they were doing now.

"Yes, that's what we think, Xu Le. From your tone, I can tell you don't respect Hong Yue. You've noticed that, right? Hong Yue is getting weaker. Why don't you join us?"

Xu Le took one look at the head on the ground and almost laughed out loud.

Join you? Become a human-faced spider? Not cool at all.

“I don’t have that idea for now.”

"Why?"

"A master once said that people should be like water."

"What do you mean?" Xie Wenjie didn't understand.

“Pour water into a cup and it becomes the shape of the cup, pour water into a bottle and it becomes the shape of the bottle, pour water into a teapot and it becomes the shape of the teapot.

Water is both soft and hard. Running water never stales. Only by becoming like water can one adapt to any difficult environment. "

"That does make some sense. Which master said that?"

"Bruce Lee of our village."

"So your idea is to have the best of both worlds? To walk between Hongyue and Gu Yinduo? Most warlocks do have the same idea as you, but fence-sitters usually don't end well."

Xu Le narrowed his eyes, he was wrong again, in fact... he had already turned into the shape of a Night Fury.

"Then do you think you will definitely have a good result?"

"At least we tried and fought for it."

"Then let me ask you, if the red moon disappears, will the black tide definitely end?" Xu Le asked.

Xie Wenjie originally wanted to answer that it would definitely end, but looking into Xu Le's eyes he changed his words:

"Not necessarily, but I believe it will end."

"Okay, even if the Black Tide will end, will the Dark Ages definitely end?"

"Uh... not necessarily."

"I'm going to count the Dark Ages as over now. There won't be any more weird things happening due to the Dark Rules. Will human life be better then? What if it gets worse than it is now?"

"Why not? It's bad enough now, it can't get any worse." Xie Wenjie has obviously regarded the Son of Guyinduo as his own belief.

"Well, even if it's better than now, who will be the boss? There are seven sons of Gu Yinduo. Does your Lord Rose have the right to become the master of this world? Why?"

"My Lord Rose will take back all desires and restore peace to the world. Of course, she can become the master of this world."

Xu Le was stunned. This was an answer he had not expected:

"Are you going to take back even your lust? You are succubi, aren't you?"

Xie Wenjie felt something was wrong, but he still said:

"This is inevitable. The current indulgence of desires is just a temporary measure. Humans should not become slaves to desires, especially lust."

Xu Le was silent. It was absolutely impossible to take back his lust. He thought for a long time before he slowly spoke:

“Do you think those male students watch the female students in the art troupe dance because they know how to dance

He didn't understand, but what was he looking at? He was looking at beautiful girls. When he was looking at them, he was thinking about his happy life. He longed to have a beautiful girl standing by his side in the future.

Do you think this is lust? No, this is the yearning for life.

The yearning for beautiful things cannot be wasted, so we cannot abandon desires, especially lust."

Xu Le has always thought so.

In fact, he is not bitter, he is just full of yearning for the beautiful things in life.

Facing Xu Le's words, Xie Wenjie was silent for a while before continuing:

"Perhaps what you said makes some sense, but everyone has their own path. The plan to eliminate Red Moon will not stop because of one or two words. Our Lord will surely come."

"I think that even if you come to the Lord, you can't defeat my eldest brother."

"Your elder brother?" Xie Wenjie was stunned.

"Okay, I'm going to go teach my big brother a lesson. Any last words? Mr. Xie Wenjie."

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