Chapter 20

The migration of atmospheric organisms allowed Gu Qingming to feel a magnificent and beautiful corner of the mysterious world. When they returned to the classroom, it was already the fourth evening study session.

The last evening self-study class lasted only 35 minutes. Gu Qingming tried to immerse himself in the exercises in the geography workbook, but he couldn't help imagining what the mysterious world outside looked like.

The breathtaking ancient folk buildings in my mother's notes, the vast grasslands in the north, and the forests and mountains covered in snow, these places that are usually full of "mystery" and legends, what will they become like when they are touched by mystery?

Can……

The ferocious force of the heavy paper blades cutting through the concrete floor seemed to be displayed before him once again. The horror of those monsters once again buried countless scenes in a layer of haze.

What will the future be like?

"It's okay, Xiao Ming."

Perhaps realizing that something was wrong with Gu Qingming, Chu Zhongyuan, who was also doing his last geography homework, leaned over and smiled brightly.

"Whatever the future holds for us, you are not alone."

The young man's willow-shaped eyes were full of smiles, and the light grey color seemed so stunning that it only existed in cartoons.

He supported his head with one hand, his black hair fell down, and he looked extremely relaxed.

"Neither am I."

Chu Zhongyuan used the tip of his pen to point at the positions of Zheng Qiuji and Luo Dong who were concentrating on their homework. His voice was very low, but one could still hear the clearness that only teenagers can have.

"yes……"

Gu Qingming came back to his senses and seemed to be infected by Chu Zhongyuan's relaxed mood.

“We are not alone.”

He gently closed his eyes, with the corners of his mouth raised, as if he was talking to himself.

Sitting in the classroom full of the smell of fireworks, with the dim yellow light of the classroom and the blackboard behind Teacher Wang Yun filled with homework, Gu Qingming found that his worries about the future had become very faint, and there was even a hint of expectation mixed in.

In any case, the future must not be bad.

The young man with clean and delicate eyebrows thought so.

The last evening self-study session passed very quickly, almost in a flash. After Gu Qingming, Chu Zhongyuan and the other two waved goodbye, he walked towards the school gate alone as the school bell rang.

At the school gate, parents eagerly welcomed their children who had just finished a day of study, asking about their well-being. The scene was warm and pleasant.

Gu Qingming stared at the families of three walking on the road, but just sighed slightly.

Chu Zhongyuan and Zheng Qiuji both live on campus, and Luo Dong's home is not in the same direction as his. Gu Qingming still goes to and from school alone, but he no longer feels lonely. Instead, he feels that the empty space in his heart has been filled with something indescribable.

He even felt that the street lights tonight exuded a lovely and lively energy.

Gu Qingming used the key to open the heavy black-brown security door, but unexpectedly found that the light was on inside the room.

The young man opened the door and saw a man with white highlights sitting on the sofa in the living room, which was directly visible from the entrance.

The man had black hair with a few strands of white highlights. The two strands of hair on his temples were longer, almost hanging down to his chest. He was wearing a black coat, revealing a clean white shirt with rolled-up sleeves. He was looking serious...

Drinking Coke.

"Lu Ze...Uncle?"

Gu Qingming shouted hesitantly.

"...Ah! It's Xiao Qingming."

Lu Ze seemed to be still in a dream. He turned his head and saw a thick layer of dark blue under his eyes, as if he had been busy these days and had hardly slept well.

Maybe it's because the Municipal Bureau also wants to cooperate with the CPA to investigate the Lantai No. 1 Middle School incident...

“Uncle Lu Ze, are you okay?”

Gu Qingming looked at the other person's pale and ugly face, which showed that he was a corporate slave who had died from overwork, and asked hurriedly with concern.

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay. I have Coke here, so what can happen to me?"

Lu Ze shrugged his shoulders, took another sip of Coke, stood up nonchalantly, took Gu Qingming's arm, and walked towards the restaurant.

"Come on, Xiao Qingming, you must be very tired after studying all day, and you must be hungry now. Come and try the midnight snack that your uncle made for you."

Lu Ze pulled Gu Qingming to the table and chairs in the restaurant, took off the thermal cover on the table, and sat down shakily.

It was a bowl of steaming hot sour tomato noodle soup. In the mouth-watering thick tomato soup, the snow-white noodles and the golden eggs complemented each other. The tender and tasty chunks of barbecued pork and corn kernels added layers to the taste, and the emerald green vegetables added the last piece of the puzzle.

Gu Qingming took a bite and found the hot noodles covered with sauce and minced meat. It was so delicious that he almost cried.

God knows how long it has been since his parents' accident. No one would make him even a simple bowl of noodles, let alone...

This bowl of sour soup noodles was obviously made by Uncle Lu Ze after he hurried back home, without even having time to change his clothes, and based on his school time.

A sour feeling spread in Gu Qingming's heart, and the feeling of emptiness seemed to disappear from then on. He knew that in the future, after he returned home from evening self-study, there would finally be someone waiting for him with a light on in a place called home.

The faces of Chu Zhongyuan, Zheng Qiuji, Luo Dong, He Song, and Cao Sheng flashed through the young man's mind, and Gu Qingming felt so soft-hearted.

Because...it seemed like he had a home again.

“It’s delicious, Uncle Lu.”

Gu Qingming was eating his midnight snack in big mouthfuls. Seeing this, Lu Ze laughed twice and patted the boy on the shoulder.

"Then eat more, Xiao Qingming. From now on, uncle will make you supper every night."

His voice was slightly sleepy, but firm and gentle.

Gu Qingming's eyes were sore. Everything he had experienced today made him almost cry.

However, Lu Ze quickly sat back in his original seat. He threw the empty Coke bottle into the trash can and waited for Gu Qingming to finish eating. Then he crossed his arms, looked at Gu Qingming seriously, and changed the subject.

"Xiao Qingming, I have a question for you, and you must answer it truthfully."

Looking at the serious Uncle Lu Ze, Gu Qingming immediately sat up straight and answered questions one after another.

"You say, Uncle Lu."

"Have you... awakened your superpowers?"

Lu Ze's voice was very low and his expression was extremely serious.

Gu Qingming looked up suddenly when he heard that. He stared at Uncle Lu Ze in a daze, seemingly unable to react to the meaning of that sentence.

Superpower?

Why does Uncle Lu Ze know about superpowers? Could it be...

Gu Qingming hesitated for a moment, and before he could organize his words, he was interrupted by Lu Ze.

"Relax, Xiao Qingming, I'm just confirming, there's no need to be so cautious."

The man sighed, his expression softened again, and he took out an ID card wrapped in a transparent card holder with a black frame from his suit trouser pocket.

Gu Qingming pushed his glasses and was surprised to find that it was almost exactly the same as the certificate Cao Sheng had shown before.

The CPA stamp is clearly printed on Lu Ze’s name.

Detective is just Lu Ze's disguised identity, which makes it easier for him to act and for the public to cooperate.

“Uncle Lu Ze—you too?!”

Gu Qingming suddenly felt that the whole world was changing so fast, as if after a mysterious world was revealed before him, his relatives and friends around him also began to reveal another identity that had been hidden for a long time.

Then his parents... must be the same.

Gu Qingming thought.

"Yes, I am also a member of the CPA Superpower Association. Cao Sheng, your new math teacher should have told you why I have been working overtime recently and have not been able to take care of you."

Lu Ze hooked the certificate and put it back into his pocket, his expression mixed with helplessness and worry.

"The incident of the fortune-transfer ceremony at Lantai No. 1 Middle School."

"Xiao Qingming, this road is not a smooth one, but full of thorns. You have to know that after becoming a member of the CPA Commission, we no longer have the right to emergency avoidance even when facing dangerous mysteries."

"I know."

Contrary to Lu Ze's expectations, Gu Qingming answered very quickly, without even the slightest hesitation.

"Uncle Lu Ze, the decision to join CPA is the result of my careful consideration."

Gu Qingming took out a thick notebook from the schoolbag hanging on the chair behind him - it was his mother's notebook.

“Because I got this.”

"Your mother's notes?"

Lu Ze looked even more surprised than Gu Qingming just now.

"Yes. So I clearly realized that my mother and father must also be members of the CPA, right?"

"you……"

Gu Qingming smiled bitterly, and looked at Lu Ze with his calm dark brown eyes, leaving Lu Ze speechless for a moment.

It turns out that Gu Qingming already knew it.

Knowing that his parents are not ordinary people, and continuing to think along the clues, would a superpower, a superpower whose physical fitness is several times stronger than that of ordinary people, really die in the mountain torrent caused by the mudslide?

The result of suspicion is obvious.

"...That incident...is indeed related to a mystery. I have been trying to find out the truth behind it, but I still can't find any clues."

Lu Ze realized that Gu Qingming was not a fragile student who needed protection. He knew everything clearly and understood everything, and was trying to use his own power to change everything.

“Uncle Lu Ze, I just want to figure out what’s going on.”

Gu Qingming took a deep breath and explained.

He joined CPA not just because of the teenager's impulse and mood. He had a clear purpose and sufficient reasons for this choice. His parents disappeared in the mountain flood. If even Uncle Lu Ze was tracking them, then this was something that even CPA did not know.

Who was behind all this and where are the parents?

After the mysterious door opened to him, countless new problems followed.

Gu Qingming didn't want to remain in the dark, he also wanted to find out the whereabouts of his parents at CPA, on the front line of fighting the mystery.

What's more...he is not the only one who has experienced this.

Chu Zhongyuan's smiling face flashed through Gu Qingming's mind for some unknown reason. The boy, who was always smiling and frivolous, almost showed sadness on his face when he mentioned his deceased grandfather.

They must not want to sit and wait for death, so they finally made the same choice.

"Okay... I understand. I won't stop you anymore. Just... remember to be safe."

Lu Ze looked at Gu Qingming's firm attitude and didn't know what to say for a moment. He could only sigh and say "Be careful."

The boy had a clean and steady temperament, with delicate and beautiful eyebrows and eyes, yet a sharp look, which seemed to overlap with Gu Nanfeng's past handsome figure.

It was a tenacious and terrifying struggle, the sharpest wind that could not be stopped and made countless mysterious people tremble with fear.

"You too, Uncle Lu Ze."

The boy paused, his voice becoming unusually gentle.