CHAPTER 397: CHAPTER 136: [BAD NEWS]

Come to think of it, ever since Lin Qingquan moved next door, we’ve only had a few limited interactions, but not many.

And on usual days, it doesn’t seem like he’s been stalking or intentionally trying to catch me.

It’s as if after our two encounters, he’s been laying low.

Since Chen Yan couldn’t figure it out, he decided to take matters into his own hands and find the answer!

He turned around and went back to his bedroom, jumped into the Mirror World through the bathroom, and then jumped out of the window.

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The villa community in the Mirror World was silent.

After landing in the yard, Chen Yan quickly dashed to the wall of Old Deng’s yard next door, tapped the ground lightly, and his body leapt over the wall, landing in Lin Qingquan’s yard.

Old Deng’s yard was about the same size as Chen Yan’s. Chen Yan circled around the yard, saw a window on the third floor slightly ajar, and jumped up.

He looked inside and, seeing no one, slipped through the window.

In fact, villas in the same community have similar layouts and room designs.

After a brief glance, Chen Yan judged this should be Lin Qingquan’s master bedroom.

Not wanting to leave any traces, he didn’t touch anything in the room but walked to the door, gently twisted the handle, and the door silently opened a crack for Chen Yan to pass through.

He went downstairs along the corridor, and from the reflection of the window glass, Chen Yan saw Lin Qingquan sitting in the living room on the sofa, holding a phone, looking as if he’s browsing something.

Hmm, but judging by the old man’s strange expression, he’s definitely not looking at anything proper.

Chen Yan had been to the living room before; everything seemed normal with no traces of a cultivator.

Standing on the stairs, observing Lin Qingquan stealthily through the window glass, Chen Yan wasn’t too worried about Old Deng noticing him.

Separated by a world, even the Heavenly Dao couldn’t find him! Let alone Lin Qingquan?

Along the stairs, he checked the basement.

At Chen Yan’s place, the basement had been set up as a practice room.

But the basement at Lin Laodeng’s...

Chen Yan took a glance and came back up—just a storage room, nothing of interest.

Returning upstairs, he looked at the three rooms on the second floor and checked them one by one.

One was a smaller bedroom, another a guest room.

When his hand rested on the handle of the last room, Chen Yan suddenly felt a strong warning from his spiritual sense!!

He immediately let go, and the sense of danger receded like a tide.

Understood, this door mustn’t be opened, for once it does, it’ll certainly make noise alerting Old Deng.

He realized there were definitely secrets inside this room on the second floor.

Besides, judging by the position, the window in this room should be directly facing his own house.

Since he couldn’t open the room, Chen Yan didn’t insist, instead he went downstairs and stood in the living room, looking at "Real World" Lin Laodeng.

The old man was looking increasingly dissolute, even half lying on the sofa, casually leaning with feet propped up, fingers swiping his phone, smiling strangely.

Hmm, how to put this...

Seems like the expression I had when watching borderline live streams on short videos.

Thinking it over, Chen Yan quietly returned to the third floor and left through the master bedroom window.

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Once Chen Yan left, Lin Qingquan’s ears suddenly twitched. He sat up straight from the sofa and slowly lifted the teacup in front of him for a sip.

He stood up, with his hands behind his back, slowly went upstairs to the master bedroom, gently opened the door, looked inside, and his gaze fell on the slightly ajar window in the master bedroom.

"This kid noticed and even came to spy on this old man, huh..."

Lin Qingquan frowned and wondered, "How did he get in? What kind of invisibility technique is this? This old man couldn’t even spy on him!"

If not for his extraordinary senses, hearing the faint sounds of the window and door moving upstairs, he truly would have been unaware of Chen Yan’s infiltration.

Even though he heard the noise and confirmed someone secretly came in through the window and opened and closed his door.

But Lin Qingquan still couldn’t capture Chen Yan’s figure.

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Returning to his house, after jumping out from the Mirror World, Chen Yan sat for a while indoors, the corner of his mouth lifting slightly, revealing a strange smile.

Since you’re laying low, I’ll give you a little stir.

Chen Yan went into the yard and shouted at the array’s eye where Gui Geng was sleeping: "Old Gui, come out for a bit!"

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Lin Qingquan returned to the study on his second floor, closed the door behind him—his study, that kid hadn’t come into.

The study had arrays arranged, with hidden talismans in the doors, windows, and walls. Any disturbance wouldn’t evade Lin Qingquan’s perception.

Meditating, he walked to the windowsill, instinctively glancing toward Chen Yan’s house next door.

At first glance, Lin Qingquan’s eyes widened immediately.

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In the yard of Chen Yan’s house next door, Chen Yan stood boldly and unguardedly, while at his feet lay a grinding disc-sized old turtle!

When Lin Qingquan looked over, Chen Yan already noticed Old Deng standing at the second-floor window and actively looked up, smiling and waving at Lin Qingquan in the window, greeting him.

"...Is this kid not even pretending anymore?" Lin Qingquan was stunned.

What kind of decent person keeps a grinding disc-sized turtle at home!

Besides sea turtles, who has seen such a huge turtle!!

Lin Qingquan’s face stiffened, he tugged at the corner of his mouth, thoughts swirling, and after a few moments, he finally sighed and stacked a smile, waving friendly at Chen Yan.