Yan Yueming returned to the inn and collapsed on his children's bed. Exhausted and frightened, he finally emerged from his limbs and bones, conquering the city and occupying his whole body.
Li Zheng knocked on his door and asked him to wash up. He took his time until he took a hot bath comfortably, then wiped his hair and returned to the living room, where he smelled the chicken stew floating on the table. The smell of mushrooms made him seem to come to life again.
The chicken stewed with mushrooms is so delicious.
Dahuang is staying with Li Heping for the time being. His room is on the first floor, and he lives alone, so it is more convenient to bring a dog. Li Zheng was already sitting at the table. Yan Yueming walked over and sat down, first serving him a bowl of soup, and then serving himself a bowl, making his mouth full of oil.
Wiping his mouth, Yan Yueming decided to call his aunt.
Last night, when Yan Yueming was still in the gap, his aunt sent him a message. The message said that she was going back to the city. It's just that there is no communication in the gap, so Yan Yueming delayed receiving it after he came out.
It stands to reason that my aunt should have returned to Shangfang City at this moment, but no one answered the call.
After doing this three times, Yan Yueming became a little anxious.
Li Zheng also put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked, "Where was your aunt before?"
Yan Yueming: "She was watching a show in the city next door."
Li Zheng knew he was hiding something as soon as he saw his hesitant expression, but he didn't expose him and said, "Call your neighbor and ask if he has gone back."
Yan Yueming thought, yes, and quickly made another round of calls. Lao Wang next door told him that he did see his aunt return yesterday. They said hello, and her aunt also gave him some local products from the next city.
Lao Wang was very enthusiastic and helped Yan Yueming knock on the door, but no one answered.
Yan Yueming: "Is my aunt sleeping? She knows how to take beauty sleep. She may not have slept well when she returned home last night, so she just needs to sleep a little longer. It's just..."
Li Zheng glanced at him and said, "Get ready to return to the city."
At one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Zheng set off with Yan Yueming, while Li Heping and Dahuang temporarily stayed at Huangyang Inn.
Li Zheng said: "If there is a change in the plot in the gap, the rules will also change accordingly. The previous "Incoming and Outgoing Instructions" are all invalid, and the level of danger may directly increase by one level. If you leave it alone, you are afraid that someone will enter by mistake, so the teacher will Wait here for people from the Search and Rescue Department to come over. You have to remember that updating the "Access Instructions" to ensure its effectiveness is also one of the tasks of the Search and Rescue Department."
At this point, he explained: "The people coming this time will be the team led by the teacher, that is, the people who rescued your aunt with the teacher. Regarding your aunt and the suspected protagonist, there is no information for the time being. It will be spread out and handled in a low-key manner, so you don’t have to worry.”
Yan Yueming nodded.
When parting, Yan Yueming said goodbye to Dahuang Yiyi, leaving the last bit of food in the bag to it and the teacher. It's just that Rhubarb doesn't give much respect. It just wants to eat chicken legs, and the chicken legs are in the hands of teacher Li Heping.
Yan Yueming saw that they were about to fight, and he didn't know whether they could get along peacefully, so he was quite worried about this.
At the same time, Que Ge was following a team of colleagues to Mingshan to find his teacher Li Heping.
One party is returning to the city, the other is leaving the city, and the two sides staggered halfway. The motorcycle was speeding, and Yan Yueming looked back at the car with the Qi Phase Bureau's logo painted on it that was gradually going away. Although he didn't know whether Que Ge could see it or not, he still waved his hand.
"Senior, it's the senior who has passed by!" He spoke loudly to Li Zheng.
In the car of the Qi Bureau, a colleague was also talking to Que Ge, "Hey, those who just passed by are Boss Li and your new junior, right?"
Que Ge said calmly, "Yes."
The colleague who spoke was named Lian Shan, and he was accompanied by Lian Shan’s master, Feng Yuanhua, the deputy captain of the first team. During the Pu Xiazi Nong incident, Que Ge had followed them to arrest fugitive mental patients from the third hospital, and they had a certain tacit understanding with each other.
Feng Yuanhua was one of Li Heping's right-hand men before he retired. Que Ge joined the company and was assigned to him.
The small group of "the trio destined to save the world" is buzzing with activity at the moment.
Yixinshou: So the school girl also went out of the city to find the teacher?
Yixinshengshou: Am I the only one still taking math classes at school?
One-hearted Holy Hand: How can this be?
Queen: Are you still playing with your mobile phone in class?
Yixinshou: Schoolgirl, this is not the point.
One-hearted Master: The key point is that when heaven is about to entrust a person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind, work his muscles and bones, and starve his body, rather than letting him take math classes.
Yixinshengshou: Mathematics is so simple.
Yixin Sage: I am your senior, you are taking risks, and I am doing such a simple thing, how can it be okay?
Yan Yueming originally wanted to be a warm-hearted junior student and comfort him a few words, but after seeing these words, he no longer thought so. He felt that the person who needed comfort was himself, because he never thought that mathematics was an easy subject.
At this moment, Li Zheng's voice came from the wind, "Yan Yueming."
Yan Yueming: "Senior?"
Li Zheng: "Don't use your mobile phone while riding in the car."
Yan Yueming: "Okay!"
He immediately put away his phone with peace of mind and left someone behind.
After returning to Shangfang City, the two of them first went to Pu Xiazi Lane. Yan Yueming ran upstairs in three steps at a time, took out the key and opened the door, "Auntie? Auntie, are you there?"
There was a souvenir box on the table in the living room, but there was no one in the house.
Yan Yueming called again, but still no one answered.
"Where can she go?" Yan Yueming didn't dare to think about the worst guess, and didn't want to
Speak out for fear of crow's mouth. At this time, Li Zheng asked him: "What does your aunt do?"
Yan Yueming was stunned and answered him: "Freelancers, the work they do... is a little complicated. She likes photography, and sometimes takes pictures for people to make a little money. She is also good at painting and designing. So she occasionally takes orders from dot painters online. Oh, by the way, she also has an account as an emotional blogger, and she can make money by advertising occasionally."
After hearing this, Li Zheng said, "She and Wen Renjing may have something in common."
This was indeed the case. When they could not find any trace of their aunt and could only temporarily return to Huayuan Road, Wen Renjing, who came back from school, made a surprising statement.
"Huh? This 'Sister, dear sister, chat with me online' account... is on my mutual relationship list!"
Yan Yueming: "Ah???"
"Ahem." Wen Renjing cleared his throat, "Let me make it clear first that I am not old enough to fall in love and have no interest in this. I just have a wide range of interests and have relationships with many people."
As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone and logged into the social platform. Yan Yueming leaned over to take a look curiously, and saw the ID of a handsome man in ancient costume whose name was "Nancheng Xiao Zhuge".
"Aren't you a Yixin Sage?" Yan Yueming asked.
"Junior, this is called a vest." Wen Renjing said seriously.
"Oh." Yan Yueming continued to read, clicked on the account of "Sister Intimate", and found that she was not online, and there was no response after sending messages, which made her even more worried.
Wen Renjing patted him on the shoulder like an adult, "Junior, there are seniors here, don't worry. Right, Senior Li?"
Yan Yueming and Wen Renjing looked at Li Zheng together. Li Zheng's expression had not changed and he was still calm and calm. It was this calmness that infected Yan Yueming and made him relax a little.
Li Zheng: "I've asked someone to check it out."
All in all, all we can do now is wait.
Yan Yueming forced herself to calm down and think carefully about where her aunt might go. Although I don’t really want to believe it, in the current situation, the world consciousness is in the active stage, and it is very possible that my aunt fell into the gap.
But how could she fall into the gap as soon as she returned to Shangfang City? Is it such a coincidence?
Could it be that the aunt is really the protagonist, so she has adventures?
Yan Yueming couldn't help but think too much, and Wen Renjing didn't know how to comfort him. After all, verbal comfort was sometimes hollow. He simply asked about what was going on in the gap. The two of them talked, which was able to dissipate some worries.
That night, Wen Renjing slept on Huayuan Road. He had been a teacher for half a year and would occasionally stay here while taking practical classes, so his change of clothes was stored in the guest room on the first floor for a long time, which was very convenient.
Li Zheng was not idle when he returned to the room. He was sitting on his favorite single sofa, holding the wooden sign with the name "Tang Qiao" in his hand, looking calm.
After a moment, his phone rang.
"I thought you should take the initiative to call me this time," Su Huizhi said.
"Let's get down to business." Li Zheng said calmly.
"Senior has already told me what happened, and he asked me to keep an eye on you. Speaking of which, I always thought you were the protagonist before. Seeing Tian'er running into the gap without fear of death, those who didn't know thought it was your home. That time on the red boat, I asked you to wait on the shore, so you had better turn around and get on the boat."
"Excellent."
The "senior" Su Huizhi refers to is Li Heping. Li Heping has served in the Gas Physiology Bureau for many years and is a proper veteran. People in any department can call him "senior".
"Did you let Yan Yueming enter Huayuan Road because of Tang Qiao?"
"No. He is him, Don Joe is Don Joe."
"It seems that senior is right, you are indeed very interested in this junior."
Li Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly but did not answer.
Su Huizhi said with a smile, "You just said nine words to me in one breath."
Too much? Don't say too much.
Li Zheng simply hung up the phone. He has always been like this, not saying a word of nonsense that he doesn't want to say, and not doing anything that he doesn't want to do. After a pause, he looked again at the hand brushing the blood moon in the water. His fingertips were still a little numb.
It seemed to be stained with blood, and it was bright red, but he knew in his heart that there should be nothing on his fingertips. His thoughts were also a little messy. When he closed his eyes, it seemed as if there was still the full moon in his eyes.
However, none of this made Li Zheng's expression change. He rubbed his brows and sat for a while, then reached out to open the drawer under the coffee table next to the sofa, took out a crochet hook and wool, crossed his legs, and slowly crocheted the knitted doll.
One stitch after another, my thoughts were reorganized like the messy yarn. The numb fingertips did not affect his movements.
"Ding dong." Another new message was received on the phone.
He glanced at it and saw that it was still the same boring Su Huizhi.
Let’s follow this: Although doctors say that knitting and arranging flowers can cultivate your body and mind and help you calm down, it’s not a big deal to occasionally light incense and use external force.
Li: Aren’t you going to work?
Tracing back to this: [smile.jpg]
Trace back: When will you give me one of your dolls?
Li: I’ll burn it for you.
The next day, my aunt finally got news.
According to surveillance footage, after she returned to Puxiazi Lane, she went out again in the middle of the night. Because Yan Yueming took her electric donkey away, it was already early in the morning and it was difficult to take a taxi, so she rode a shared bicycle.
On the street late at night, a graceful woman wearing a red dress stared hard at her bicycle. After a long ride, she finally arrived at her destination - Heping Street.
