The past is unbearable.

Raymond can only turn bitterness into appetite and bury himself in the crispy fried chicken rack.

Suddenly, three silver trays fell, filling the small rectangular table.

Six skewers of fragrant barbecued meat, a stack of stir-fried pork slices with green vegetables, and a cup of milky white seafood soup.

"Please use it slowly!"

The three waitresses glanced at Raymond's green face and turned away with strange expressions.

Bernice gracefully stepped on her high heels and held a plate full of vegetarian dishes, "Oops...... I eat bran by myself, but I invite you to eat the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, Sister Bernice is okay with you?"

"Taste it, is it as fresh and delicious as the chef boasts?"

Raymond stared at the three plates in front of him with hesitant eyes, and the dimple on his right cheek froze - even though he had never seen these three delicacies of the mountains and seas, their shape and smell faintly reminded him of some unique nourishing things, and at the same time, he suddenly understood the deep meaning of the strange expressions of the three waitresses.

Sure enough, Lei Yan stomped on his instep under the table, and pointed out the name of the dish with a smile: "Honey roasted Ta Niu Chong (Ta Niu Whip), big leek popping kidney flower, sea cucumber and oyster clam soup, are all fresh and excellent wild ingredients, and the chef cooks ......."

"Just these three things, to say the least, it will cost you half of Sister Bernice's salary...... It's hard to be gracious, why don't you try it soon?"

Raymond's dimples trembled, and he was not sure if his sister was talking back, and he was quite embarrassed for a while.

"Little brother, you're welcome......" Bernice raised her eyebrows at Lei Yan provocatively, picked up a bullwhip skewer and put it directly to Raymond's mouth, "Do you want me to feed you, or do you want your sister to feed you?"

Lei Yan's high heels crushed Raymond a few more times under the table before he stopped, and replaced it with a gentle and bright smile: "Eat quickly, eat it all clean, and you can't leave a trace of leeks behind!"

A trace of cold sweat oozed from Raymond's forehead, if he didn't understand at this moment that he was accidentally involved in the whirlpool of war between two women, then he was really stupid!

In a hurry, he searched the memories of two lifetimes, but he failed to find a clever plan to get out of the two crimes.

In desperation, he had to take the bullwhip skewers from Bernice's hand and feast like an ostrich.

In the meantime, no matter what the atmosphere on the table was, he resolutely ignored it, until all the plates in front of him were swept away like a whirlwind, and then he raised his head and couldn't help but burp.

Lei Yan and Bernice have already finished their respective vegan nutrition packages and returned to their quiet and elegant ladylike posture, as if the tension of the previous moment was pure illusion.

Bernice played with the napkin boredly, and sighed with admiration: "Seeing that you eat so deliciously, I want to taste it!"

Lei Yan was very satisfied with his younger brother eating up the fried chicken rack, scrambled eggs with sour fruits, and seaweed soup arranged by him equally, and took out a coin-like metal plate and handed it to Raymond.

There are two keyrings attached to the back, which appear to have been taken from her own keychain.

"I can't do a physical examination right away when I'm full, so you can take my library card and go to the library first......"

......

A certain floor of the laboratory building.

As soon as Lei Yan and Bernice sorted out their research coats and stepped into the sterile laboratory, the assistant Xiaowen couldn't wait to say, "Doctor, I found the residual components of HX307 and RH04 in that cat's blood!"

Bernice was surprised: "Are you mistaken, the HX307 and RH04 molecular synthesis agents that we are leading the research on?"

"Absolutely, that's right!" Xiaowen said categorically, and her cheeks with big black-rimmed glasses showed a look of shame: "And...... I've also found some other synthetic drug residues, but my expertise is limited and it's hard to discern them......"

Lei Yan's bright eyes flickered for a while, and then he said to Bernice: "Xiaowen's authority is not enough, you go to the information department in person and call up the sales records of HX307 and RH04." ”

"It is the amount of purchases made by major research institutions in the state in the past six months, and the number and time must be ...... in detail."

Bernice nodded, but did not move immediately, but looked at Lei Yan with some suspicion: "You don't suspect that this cat has one of the latest research results of those old rivals, and you want to reverse analyze some of the latest technologies, right?"

"Why not?" Lei Yan raised an eyebrow.

"You're crazy!" Bernice lowered her voice, "Their new technology hasn't been publicly patented, so it's still in high secrecy, if you do this, if the news leaks, then people will ask for the guilt, saying that you stole other people's scientific research secrets, and the old man can't protect you!"

"Of course I know what ...... is at stake," Lei Yan couldn't hold back his excitement, "Don't worry, we're only 'voyeurs', not 'stealers', and I'll ask the old director for instructions in private later, as long as he acquiesces and helps us cover up, I promise not to give some snakes, insects, rats and ants to catch the handle!"

Bernice: "......"

I finally understood why he was the chief researcher who presided over a project team, and he could only be a senior assistant - when he was still afraid of a small action, he was already thinking about pulling the leader into the water and "committing crimes" together.

......

Library Building.

Raymond walked all the way, and you came to the third floor.

Compared with the previous two floors, this floor is also full of bookshelves, but the people borrowing books are much sparse and quite quiet.

One or two biology books may give people the urge to get a glimpse, but the whole building is full of books and books, which makes people a little daunted.

Raymond grabbed a random book and walked to a long empty table in the corner, ready to sit down for a moment and gather his thoughts.

The moment he turned the last row of bookshelves, he was stunned.

It turned out that this long table was not unfavored, and at the other end of the long table, an old man was also holding a book, pulling out a chair and preparing to sit down.

The old man's beard was already half-white, but his roots were straight, energetic, and his smooth and ruddy face made it even more difficult to determine his true age, which seemed to be forty or fifty, or maybe sixty or seventy.

The light and silent footsteps are also the culprits that make the sensitive Raymond close at hand but unaware of it.

And the clothes on the old man's body made his eyes stare even more, embroidered with red flame martial arts clothes on a black background?

"It's really fateful that I saw someone wearing this kind of clothes for the second time in half a day......"

Originally, it was just a vague muttering, but he didn't expect the old man to hear it clearly, and immediately he looked up, deliberately slowed down, and waited for Raymond to approach the table before asking in a low voice: "The subtle word 'fate' is rarely heard in the mouths of young people in the Southern Continent, and the little brother knows a lot about the ancient culture of the Eastern Continent?"

Face to face with the old man, Raymond realized that this old man was extraordinary, his appearance was square, his eyes were bright, and his short hair and beard were full of evil, giving people a sense of not being angry and arrogant.

Raymond couldn't help but be respectful, and replied in a low voice: "My family has only immigrated to the Southern Continent for two generations, and it still retains some of the traditional ...... of the Eastern Continent."

Of course, this is not the case, but this is really a big truth, which can make the old man naturally give birth to the illusion that the style of his words similar to the culture of the Eastern Continent is derived from family traditions.

The old man nodded, and said with some feelings: "The old man immigrated here with his father, opened a martial arts hall, worked hard, and in the blink of an eye, it was dozens of cold and summer...... The country accent doesn't change, and the sideburns are declining!"

Raymond's heart skipped a beat.

The "country sound" that the old man inadvertently confided was like gold and jade, the wording was simple, the words were extremely heavy, and the aftermath was curling, which was completely different from the previous sentence, that is, the popular oriental lingua franca of the Eastern Continent and the Southern Continent.

It should be the "Yayan" respected by the nobles and upper circles of the Eastern Continent, yes!

In Raymond's view, this is actually an ancient tone full of "classical Chinese" charm, and it is said that in addition to the lingua franca of the Western Continent, there is also a similar "ancient Byron dialect" among the nobles.

This also proves once again that the identity of the old man is very unusual!

Raymond's gaze shifted to the cover of the book in the old man's hand, and he said with an idea: "Research Direction and Development Prospect of Human Cell Enhancement...... You don't always run a martial arts hall, how can you be interested in reading such a book with more conjecture than scientific theory?"

The old man raised his head and opened his mouth to laugh, but suddenly remembered that this was the library, and quickly covered his mouth.

After a pause, he suppressed a smile and whispered: "In the impression of laymen, those of us who practice martial arts will always only dance with fists and feet, jump up and down and play monkey ......"

"Don't forget that this is the era of science and technology, everything is in line with science, and of course martial arts must also keep pace with the times!"

"If this is not the case, how can martial arts effectively counter or combine thermal weapons......"

When the old man said this, he suddenly reacted, paused, and shook his head with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, I'm used to preaching disciples, and I talk about it if I don't pay attention......"

"By the way, the little brother should be a high-achieving student sponsored by this research center, right? Otherwise, with the age and education of the little brother, it should not be enough to enter and leave this library building freely......

Raymond secretly snorted, the old man's last sentence seemed to be just to change the topic, but in fact it had another deep meaning, if he was a "top student", then this was praise, if not, then this was ridicule.

And whether it is praise or ridicule, it can easily provoke a young person's mood swings.

The excitement or resentment that comes from this will wash away the curiosity of young people aroused by the previous topic of martial arts and science, and even allow young people to confide more information on their own driven by emotions.

It's a pity that I am not included among these young people!

Raymond's mind flashed, and the smile on his face was still on: "I'm not a top student, I just took my family's library card to come here to open my eyes......"

"It's an old gentleman who practices martial arts, but he can learn sincerely...... It's really a great example of living to learn all the time, and it makes me, a young boy, embarrassed!"

"Oh...... Could it be that the old gentleman is also a member of this research center?"

A hint of surprise flashed in the depths of the old man's pupils, although this kid was not provoked by his own temptation, it was a little unexpected, and in turn, he complimented himself, and put his own words, which made him even more alert.

After all, in the past two decades since the Seventh World War subsided, the technological, economic, and material conditions have expanded rapidly, and with it, the mentality of the new generation, impetuousness, vanity, laziness, and weakness......

And a young man of such an age but with a heart is rare in recent years.

"The martial arts hall where the old man is located is barely one of the big customers and collaborators of this research center, so he can occasionally come to this library building to read books. ”

Raymond finally asked the long-awaited question: "The old gentleman has repeatedly mentioned the martial arts hall, I don't know what ...... martial arts hall you are in?"

At the same time, I was also suspicious.

The drug products of the Flame Tiger Research Center take the high-end route, except for the top chemotherapy drugs for cancer, few are of a clinical nature, and most of them are high-precision biochemical drugs directly sold to various laboratories around the world.

A martial arts hall can become a "big customer" of the research center?!!

The old man glanced at him meaningfully, and pointed to the red flame pattern embroidered on his martial arts uniform, "See, it's the 'Red Flame Martial Arts Pavilion'!"

Raymond intuitively felt that if he followed the topic deeper, the window to supernatural power that he desperately longed for would open a gap.

However, before he could speak, the old man preemptively continued: "Young man, even if we are disciples of the martial arts hall, there are very few people who can be taught by the old man himself......

Raymond's heart was shocked, he understood that his thoughts had been seen through by the old man, and he endured the depression and loss of being a teacher, his dimples were flushed, and he said solemnly: "It is a great blessing for a boy to be fortunate enough to listen to the old gentleman's words!"

The old man bowed his head slightly, and a faint hint of appreciation flashed in the depths of his eyes, "The little brother has a strong physique, and he is indeed suitable for martial arts, if you are interested in martial arts, you might as well join the martial arts club of a college or university, first contact some basic fighting, and then consider whether to choose a martial arts hall for ......further study."

Lei Meng was not a child, so he naturally heard the old man's euphemistic subtext, and frowned and asked, "Could it be that the enrollment of the martial arts hall still has to go through a series of selections and tests?"

The old man smiled slightly: "Which advanced training class does not look at professional standards for admission? The martial arts school that does not refuse to come will only teach 'performance gymnastics' that is not used by the scriptures, not the real modern martial arts!"

"Modern martial arts ......?"

Raymond muttered in a low voice, his eyes lit up, and he thought of the statement that the martial arts hall was a big customer of the Flame Tiger Research Center, and suddenly realized.

Perhaps, the martial arts of this world is not the kind of ancient martial arts and internal strength that I subconsciously thought in my previous life that I had completely declined and blindly worshiped the ancient martial arts and internal strength that did not know the truth or falsehood, but opened up another world and embarked on a road of advancing with the times and sustainable development.

If so, what would it look like?

A moment later.

Raymond came back to his senses, suddenly felt something wrong, turned his head and saw that the old man had already left, and he didn't notice the slightest movement!