The rest of the journey was uneventful.

On the third evening at eight o'clock, Chen Shouyi finally arrived smoothly at Hedong Railway Station.

Walking out of the station, he took a deep breath of the familiar fog in the air. Yes, this was the scent.

He thought no one would come to pick him up, but as soon as he stepped out of the station, someone greeted him. Zhang Miaomiao knew Chen Shouyi wouldn't recognize him, so she quickly introduced with a smile, "This is Secretary Zhao Shuping, Mr. Zhao the chief secretary!"

Then introduced to Secretary Zhao.

"This is Chief Advisor Chen Shouyi."

"Haha, Director Zhang, there's no need to introduce Chief Advisor Chen; I've long heard of his illustrious name, as loud as thunder. Chief Advisor Chen, welcome back from the Capital City!" Zhao Shuping said with a laugh, reaching out his hand.

Chen Shouyi shook his hand, "Secretary Zhao, you're too kind. I didn't expect you to come pick me up!"

"It's only right, Chief Advisor Chen is a talent from Jiangnan Province, and our province greatly values him. The province specifically asked me to convey that while Jiangnan's resources are limited, it won't be stingy, and the provincial government will have a significant reward for you!" Zhao Shuping said with a smile.

Initially, Chen Shouyi was somewhat indifferent, but upon hearing this, he perked up and quickly asked, "What kind of reward?"

Zhao Shuping was taken aback. Being a chief secretary, people usually talked to him either very courteously or cautiously. He had never encountered such directness before.

But he couldn't expect too much from this person; ordinary power had no effect on him. Such personal strength required anyone speaking to him to remain calm:

"Uh, the province is still deliberating. Do you have any personal requests?" Zhao Shuping asked tentatively.

"Money isn't necessary, right?" Chen Shouyi thought seriously. With a monthly allowance and task bonuses amounting to millions already, more wouldn't make much difference; just having enough to spend would suffice:

"Do you have Divine Blood or Divine Marrow from True Gods?"

"Uh, no," Zhao Shuping replied. Indeed, Jiangnan had killed a True God-level Barbarian God, but it was incinerated so thoroughly by a nuclear bomb that even the body was vaporized.

"You must have some from Demigods then, right?" Chen Shouyi pressed, looking at him.

Although he didn't need it, he could give it to his parents and sister. Eating more wouldn't hurt anyone.

"They were all allocated to the military and key researchers!" Zhao Shuping, an ordinary person, was feeling the pressure of being scrutinized by such a monstrous level Martial Artist as Chen Shouyi. He broke out in a fine sweat and quickly continued:

"But the lab still has some left, and probably more than needed, so we can adjust and allocate some to you."

"That's quite embarrassing!" Chen Shouyi said with a smile, feeling pleased.

"Haha, it's no trouble, no trouble," Zhao Shuping said with a bitter smile, feeling a chill down his back as a gust of wind blew past.

...

The car dropped him off at his doorstep.

After bidding farewell to everyone, Chen Shouyi knocked on the door at home.

His parents, who had already gone to bed, hurried down to open the door, and his sister, Chen Xingyue, also came down in her pajamas.

"Shouyi, you're finally back!"

"Bro!"

"Did your special training end?" Chen Shouyi asked in surprise, looking at his sister. After not seeing her for a month, she seemed more spirited, exuding an uplifting aura.

To be honest, seeing his sister every day used to irritate him, but when he was really not at home, he found himself missing the lively atmosphere.

"Of course it's over," Chen Xingyue said, "Bro, where's the gift you brought back from the Capital City?"

Gift, what gift?

Chen Shouyi was a bit embarrassed. Was he supposed to bring gifts?

He did bring back lots of underwear!

He wouldn't mind sharing some with her.

But she probably wouldn't want it anyway.

Fortunately, Mrs. Chen quickly smoothed things over: "Don't bother your brother; we're all adults, what gifts do we need? Your brother's already tired from several days on the train!"

Then she turned to Chen Shouyi, "Have you eaten yet?"

"I ate on the train!" Chen Shouyi said with relief.

"How's it over there in the Capital City?" Chen Dawei asked.

"It's quite nice," Chen Shouyi replied with a smile, "but I've been too busy to do much sightseeing."

Chen Xingyue, feeling left out, pouted and sulked quietly, feeling like her brother had stolen her place in their parents' favor.

She mentally noted this, then asked, "Bro, is what the newspapers have been saying true?"

"What's true or false?" Chen Shouyi asked.

Ah, the inevitable question finally came.

"That you're the strongest martial artist in the Great Xia Country?" Chen Xingyue asked, her eyes fixed unwaveringly on Chen Shouyi, bright and searching as if scanning him.

Father Chen and Mrs. Chen immediately turned their attention, seeking confirmation.

To be honest, what was in the newspapers, the parents didn't believe a word. They knew their son was a martial artist.

After the initial surprise, every time they talked about it, they felt there must be some exaggeration in it, something misleading.

Even if he was a martial artist, he would definitely be the weakest of them all.

Considering the 1.7 billion people in Great Xia Country, how could their son possibly be the number one?

He didn't even come first in kindergarten; achieving slightly above average was already worth celebrating. How could he be so excellent when he grew up? It was simply incredible.

If not for the leaders from the province and city visiting them, they would have thought it was merely someone with the same name.

...

Chen Shouyi's face froze, and he couldn't help but blush.

Hasn't Jiangnan's publicity become shameless?

This was... truly embarrassing.

Why couldn't they keep a low profile!

Although he thought his strength was indeed considerable, it wasn't to the extent of being the strongest, probably merely the second at most.

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