From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

But the old man couldn't understand Chen Long's body language at all. He raised his finger and smacked Chen Long on the forehead with a "smack" sound, saying, "Chen Long, what are you doing?"

"It's alright, old haha. Your nephew has a real talent for performing. If you'd like, I'd like to take him into the theater. He'd be perfect for the 'clown' role, just like you were back then. He'd definitely be a competent clown who can bring joy to people."

Longhorn Beetle chuckled and leaned close to his father's ear, whispering, "You know what? The reason your grandniece didn't win the championship is because your nephew's performance was too exaggerated. Although it brought joy to the audience, it didn't fit the plot. He should work as a clown."

"Ouch!"

The old man covered his head, kicked Chen Long, and cursed, "You've embarrassed your old man!"

"Oh no, Dad, I've made a major discovery! Your friend's disciple is a thief, and they're very likely responsible for the recent museum theft!" Chen Long blurted out in his anxiety.

"Old Haha, what are you and your nephew up to?"

The longhorn beetle's cheerful performance ceased, its expression turning somber. "You two are really going to ruin my theater, aren't you just leaving?"

"What? Dad never had that idea!"

Provoked by the longhorn beetle, the old man also got angry. "There's one more thing. Although Chen Long can be impulsive at times, he never lies!"

"So you mean my apprentice is really a thief?" Long Niu Chong brushed aside his two thick, caterpillar-like eyebrows, glared at his father, and spat.

"Let's go, Chen Long!"

Now that things had come to this, the old man was unwilling to argue with the longhorn beetle, so he grabbed Chen Long and headed out of the theater.

"Oh my god, I messed things up."

Halfway there, Chen Long stopped, grabbed his father's arm with one hand and held his head with the other, trying to persuade him, "Dad, I'm telling the truth!"

But the old man was extremely stubborn, saying, "The longhorn beetle is even more stubborn than I am, so we will be friends. But I know his character best; he would never steal!"

"It wasn't him, it was his apprentice!"

Chen Long wanted to reveal Jiang Liu's discovery... after all, it was Jiang Liu who discovered that the model cow contained stolen museum antiques.

But upon closer reflection, it's clear that Dad and the longhorn beetle are friends, and both are extremely stubborn. Even as an "immortal god" from another world, it's indeed not advisable for Dad to get involved in something that could completely shatter their friendship.

“Chen Long, this time listen to your father and don’t doubt the longhorn beetle or his apprentice.”

The old man's eyes flickered, certain that Chen Long wouldn't lie, but since the longhorn beetle was his friend after all, he sighed and said, "Just as I was able to raise such an excellent person as you and such an excellent person as Xiao Yu, the longhorn beetle would never raise such a bandit apprentice."

In a short time.

Chen Long was in a state of distress.

But luckily, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of Xiaoyu, saying, "Dad, Xiaoyu secretly ran into the back of the theater. I think she must have gone to find evidence of the Longhorn Beetle's disciple... She might be in danger!"

"Oh dear! How could you be such a bad uncle?"

The old man dragged Chen Long back to the front of the stage.

"What are you doing back here again?" The longhorn beetle was still in front of the stage, his anger unabated, and his words were unpleasant to hear. "Are you here to apologize to me? Then I'm willing to accept it."

"Dad isn't apologizing to you, you stubborn longhorn beetle! He's here to see my niece; she ran into your theater!"

"what?"

Longhorn Beetle's eyebrows twitched up and down, like two wriggling caterpillars. "You actually let your grandniece play pranks at my theater!"

"Dad doesn't have time to argue with you!"

After saying that, the old man and Chen Long ran backstage.

The longhorn beetle hurriedly followed.

There was more than one dressing room in the theater, and it took Chen Long three to five minutes to find Xiao Yu in the room where the model cows were kept.

"Hey, Uncle Long, look what I found!"

The moment she finished speaking, Xiaoyu reached into the model ox and pulled out a jade bracelet inlaid with gold patterns.

"This is a gold-patterned jade bracelet from the Southern Song Dynasty!"

Chen Long exclaimed in surprise, then took a deep breath, took the jade bracelet Xiao Yu handed him, and said to the longhorn beetle, "Old sir, I think this is the evidence that your apprentice is the thief!"

"This is impossible!"

The longhorn beetle's eyes trembled as it denied, "It's just a bracelet; it proves nothing!"

At this point, he questioned his father, "You actually did this to frame my apprentice! Do you really want to destroy my theater? To fulfill my master's last wish and make the theater flourish, I will absolutely not let you succeed!"

My father was unwilling to speak.

Xiaoyu, however, was unfamiliar with longhorn beetles and disregarded his feelings. She reached into the model cow again, pulling out a blue-and-white porcelain vase half her height, and said, "Hey, you old stubborn man, perhaps I, a little girl, could put a bracelet inside your cow beforehand, but what about this vase? And—"

Her arms, coated with magical powder, reached into the model cow, pulling out one precious antique after another, many of which were stolen antiques that had already been reported in the newspapers.

This moment.

The longhorn beetle had nothing more to say.

Although he was stubborn and protective of his own, he would never shield his disciples from committing crimes, not even his own daughters.

His eyebrows shot up, and he roared angrily at his three apprentices behind him: "Who did this? I taught you magic to bring joy to people, not to make you thieves!"

My dear daughter, did you do this?

The woman playing the role of "the wealthy businessman's daughter" said, "Dad, you know I have absolutely no interest in antiques."

"Is that you, Zhang San and Li Si?"

"No, Master." X2

Zhang San said, "You know me, Master. Although I play the role of a bandit on stage, I actually wouldn't dare to kill a chicken, let alone steal anything."

Li Si said, "Master, you know me. I'm inseparable from Zhang San just to cooperate and play the role of a 'bandit' well."

"Where are Wang Wu and Zhao Liu?"

Longhorn Beetle scanned the area, but couldn't find the two disciples dressed as "rich merchants" and "clowns," so it roared angrily.

"Maybe in the toilet..."

Zhang San and Li Si hurriedly went to look for it.

Ten minutes later, the two returned empty-handed, bringing with them a message: their "bandit" costumes were gone!

“Now the situation is very clear. Wang Wu and Zhao Liu are playing the good guys on stage, but they are ‘playing’ thieves offstage to steal antiques from the museum…” Xiao Yu, acting as a “detective,” analyzed the whole story.

"Xiaoyu".

But the old man interrupted Xiaoyu, walked over to the dejected longhorn beetle, and comforted him, "Don't be sad, longhorn beetle..."

# Chapter 839 I'll Invite You for Tea —

"Don't be sad?"

Despite his father's attempts to comfort him, the longhorn beetle looked dejected. "Did you come here to laugh at me? Hahaha!"

You have such an excellent nephew and a quirky grandniece, while I have taught two bandit apprentices!

No wonder you switched to learning other magic back then... You saw long ago that the sacred stage would be tainted by the greed of the human heart, didn't you?"

"That's not the case, longhorn beetle."

The old man sat down next to the longhorn beetle, sighed, and suddenly raised a finger, pointing it at Chen Long, saying, "Do you know? My nephew was once a thief too."

He stole the pink lion from a New York museum!

They even tampered with the Statue of Liberty!

"Dad!"

Chen Long was speechless, but he couldn't refute it either.

While searching for the talisman of the Holy Lord, in order to avoid being beaten to it by the demon dragon and the Black Hand Gang, he decided to steal it from the New York Museum and get the snake talisman in advance.

However, his encounter with the little snake led to a mix-up of what they were supposed to steal, resulting in him being labeled the "Pink Lion" thief and ending up in prison...

That was definitely not a past worth remembering.

"Pink Lion? That priceless pink diamond? Your nephew?" The longhorn beetle was incredulous, but he knew there must be some misunderstanding. However, the fact that Old Haha was able to bring this up to comfort his old friend was enough to prove that the other party still cared about him.

Even after sixty years—

Their friendship remains unchanged.

No one is perfect.

The old man chuckled as he recounted the contents of the "Famous Sayings" that Jiang Liu had given him, saying, "Perhaps your two apprentices have their own difficulties."

"Even if they have their reasons, they still have to go to prison to serve their sentences!"

The longhorn beetle said firmly, "However, I will use my own savings and wait for them to be released from prison. As long as they repent, they will still be my disciples..."

the other side.

Lasu, Afen, and Zhou San reached a consensus during their struggle against Wang Wu and Zhao Liu.

Wang Wu and Zhao Liu chose to help the trio steal the Hanafuda playing cards.

The trio then helped them extract a secret magic spell from the longhorn beetle.

Besides wealth, Wang Wu and Zhao Liu also wanted to gain power!

"The Magic Theater originally had a magic that could bring people endless joy, but it was later lost... However, there are rumors that because the magic was too dangerous, only the theater's owners throughout the ages knew about it."

Wang Wu said to the trio, "So, let's split up. You go to the theater, and we'll go to Old Man's Antique Shop to find you a deck of cards and a purple mask."

"make a deal."

Ah Fen, La Su, and Zhou exchanged a glance, agreed to the terms, and then returned to the theater...

···

Back at his father's antique shop, Jiang Liu continued studying the Panku Treasure Box, while Lu Jin and Duanmu Ying pretended to be playing with playing cards, waiting for the fish to take the bait.

"coming."

Using her mental scan, Lu Jin sensed someone approaching the roof of her father's antique shop and reminded Duanmu Ying, "It's someone from the theater. Judging from their magnetic fluctuations, they should be the guys who dressed up as wealthy merchants or clowns on stage, but now they're dressed as bandits."

"They really do have one face on stage and another off stage."

Duanmu Ying fiddled with the playing cards, combining three of them together. The combination emitted a green light, and then a mask-like image appeared on the blank card, resembling a Japanese samurai. The mask had raised eyebrows, an upturned mustache, and a white beard, making it look quite ferocious. "Oh ho! Shouldn't Jiang Liu reward me?"