In the blink of an eye, the sixth year passed. Yanfeng City became larger than before, accommodated more people, and built more complete infrastructure.
Zhou Jinru looked at himself in the mirror. His face had completely recovered and looked like before. He didn't need to wear a mask at all.
During these six years, Clara would send him a letter every once in a while. As early as four years ago, Clara got married to a Londinium man, and she also became a lecturer at the university.
As for Lefa, contact was cut off the next year. After Zhou Jinru sent the last letter, he stopped doing this.
After meeting by chance, they part ways.
"Good morning, Mr. Four."
A young man greeted him.
In the past six years, the library has been expanded twice, and the collection of books has been several times that of the past. Therefore, many employees have been added, most of whom were brought in by Zhou Jinru. Everyone here knows about him.
"Good morning."
Zhou Jinru had a document bag under his arm. As he passed the corner, he passed by a girl with medium-long light blue hair.
With a startled glance, he turned around to look again, and saw the girl's back gradually receding into the distance.
It looked familiar, but I didn't recognize who it was.
He continued to walk his own way, but as he continued to move forward, the girl also stopped and looked at him as he left.
"Mr. Fourth, these are newly added books and may need to be reclassified."
"There is still some space on the east side. It should be possible to make another classification. Also, please inform those who will take the middle school exam in the afternoon not to be late."
"Yes sir."
Zhou Jinru reached out and put a few books scattered on the edge of the table back to their original places, said hello to the curator, and left the library first.
The lighthouse on the coast has been closed for a long time, and the guardian has disappeared. Zhou Jinru sat at the door for a long time, thinking that sooner or later she would come back.
Just as he was about to leave, he saw the girl he met in the library carrying her shoes, her white feet stepping on the beach, kicking in the waves, and seemed to be thinking about something.
Zhou Jinru stood up, and the wind blew through his clothes, and also blew the soft mid-length hair of the girl opposite. She also raised her head, and the two people's eyes met. A ball of waves hit the shore, covering the girl's beautiful ankles.
"Hello."
He spoke.
"Hello."
The girl was a little at a loss.
Zhou Jinru had no choice but to say, "Sorry to bother you."
"No, I'm just hanging out."
"Then, goodbye."
"goodbye."
The man turned and left.
His heart was full of doubts, was this girl Xu Yu?
It doesn't look like much.
When he returned to his residence, Zhou Jinru took out his key and opened the door. As soon as he entered, he suddenly noticed someone behind him. He turned around suddenly and found a stranger standing there.
The strange man said: "Mr. Four, you must be Mr. Four. I have heard of you."
"Who are you?"
"I am the Grand Inquisitor of the Inquisition. This is my certificate."
The man showed his ID, but Zhou Jinru didn't want to see it. He just asked, "Why did you come to me?"
"Can you...let me in? We shouldn't be talking at the door."
Zhou Jinru stepped aside and said, "Please come in."
His room was very neat and simple, with no other objects except a desk, a wardrobe, and a bed.
"Has your life always been so hard? I remember that the Inquisition gave you a lot of bounties."
Zhou Jinru took out the water cup, poured a cup of warm water for the Grand Inquisitor, and said with a smile: "Do you know the prices in Yanfeng City? There are many people here, but most of the food comes from the mainland. Although there are sea resources here, but in In front of the population, there is simply no need to fill the stomach, which brings about another problem: the price of food accounts for a large proportion of daily expenses.”
"These are the jobs of the city magistrate, I won't interfere," the Grand Inquisitor took a sip from the water glass, "Mr. Fourth, you once said that you are a bounty hunter, but since you came to Saltwind City, you have never done anything. I feel weird that I haven’t taken on a mission.”
"This is not surprising at all. I have a stable job now, why should I live a life of licking blood from the edge of a knife?"
The Grand Inquisitor stopped talking, because the reason was very good and he had no reason to continue to pester.
Zhou Jinru silently took back the initiative, sat opposite the law enforcement officer, and said softly: "You probably didn't come here to confirm what I was doing. What on earth do you want to see me for?"
"We've run into a little trouble and need help, preferably professional help."
"Why do you think I'm professional?"
"You are very strong, even if you are only very strong on paper, you meet our requirements. The bounty figure will satisfy you, at least you no longer have to live such a poor life."
Zhou Jinru gently fiddled with the water glass and said calmly: "What you have encountered is not a small trouble, nor is it just one trouble. For some reasons, you cannot gather more people, but you have to face a powerful enemy. Maybe you will There are allies, but allies are far less reliable than the power you can control, am I right?"
The Grand Inquisitor's eyes lit up: "You are indeed a professional!"
"Wait for me here while I go out."
"What are you going to do?"
Zhou Jinru said helplessly: "There is a middle school graduation exam this afternoon, so now we can only study on our own!"
…
Further south in Iberia, a camp was set up on a hillside. Looking from a distance, the sea level in the distance was pitch black, as if someone had poured a large bottle of ink.
Dozens of pairs of eyes stared at the water, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.
"How long do we have to wait?"
"Wait until those Argors tell us to attack."
The person who asked this question was dissatisfied: "Why should we accept the command of those Argor people?!"
No doubt he was asking a stupid question, since that's how they'd been coming for so long.
Not long after, someone shouted: "The Grand Inquisitor is here!"
Not only did the dusty Grand Inquisitor come, he also brought someone with him.
"This is Mr. Fourth. You should all have heard of his name."
Zhou Jinru was secretly surprised, was he so famous?
"Are you Mr. Four?"
"I don't look like that?"
Someone said in a bad tone: "In the past few years, there have been too many scammers pretending to be Mr. Fourth. Isn't it possible that the Grand Inquisitor found a fake?"
Zhou Jinru was even more surprised. For the past six years, he had lived in seclusion, working and living between 2 a.m. and 1 a.m., rarely going out. Yet someone was using his name to defraud him?
The Grand Inquisitor said awkwardly: "There are indeed many liars calling themselves Mr. Four. It is normal for them to doubt you."
A strong and powerful man raised his fingers and said provocatively: "We are also auxiliary workers anyway. Come on, if you want to prove yourself, defeat me first!"
