Chapter 192, Chapter 191: An Unknown Kind Person
Yan Shi felt as if he had slept for a very, very long time, as if he were falling continuously and sinking into an abyss.
She was woken up by her cell phone ringing.
"Hmm...?" Yan Shi took out his phone.
As soon as the call connected, there was a lot of background noise on the other end. A few seconds later, the background noise suddenly stopped, and a clear, familiar voice came through: "Little darling, where are you?"
Yan Shi's thoughts were still hazy; she hadn't quite grasped the situation. The voice on the other end of the phone faded for a moment: "Three minutes." Then it came close again: "Yan Lan, you have class today."
It seems to be Lu Jian.
Yan Shi finally remembered the name of the person who spoke. Lu Jian ignored the lack of response and continued, "I've sent you the classroom name and location. The students are already waiting in the classroom. Yan Lan, this is the job that Director Yan found for you."
"No matter where you are right now, go to class."
The call ended.
Yan Shi slowly sat up straight, and the sunlight from the floor-to-ceiling window behind him shone through the glass, bright and warm.
She felt her body was still heavy and weak, but there was a cool sensation in her chest that brought her a moment of relief as she breathed.
Yan Shi looked down and saw the longevity lock she had found in Novano Port, which had somehow jumped out of her pocket and was pressed tightly against her chest, its surface fogged with water.
The coolness comes from this.
So tired.
Yan Shi closed his eyes, slowly regaining his senses from what seemed like an endless slumber. He glanced at the time and then jumped up in surprise.
She fell asleep on Tuesday afternoon, having just hastily finished dealing with the hunting grounds; now it's Friday morning.
She slept for more than two days.
I didn't go to work for two days without asking for leave, even though it was during a busy period of overtime at my workplace.
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She stared at the table, remained silent for a moment, and then, considering that the deed had already been done, decided it was better to delay a little longer.
Yan Shi stood there for a few minutes, letting his mind wander, until he slowly got used to the fatigue in his body. Then, he slowly took out his phone again and opened the spirit message.
To her surprise, apart from the 99+ new messages displayed in the muted work group, no one messaged her individually. And at a glance, everything in the work group seemed fine.
Her subordinates were slacking off and chatting.
[When will the Wuhu Municipal Administration Bureau cancel the work-rest adjustment system? It's finally Friday in Wuhu! Here comes my wonderful weekend!]
[Come to headquarters and beat me up if you dare: Is this your excuse for arriving at the office this morning, already packing up your files, and waiting by the time clock, ready to leave?]
[When will the Bureau of Extraordinary Management cancel the time-off system? Director Yan didn't even come to work, but at least I did.]
[Waiting for the Flowers to Bloom: Yan Ju can mend the world's barrier single-handedly, can you?]
[AAA Finance Xiao Lian: The entire IT department office works overtime on Saturday. Those of you with weekends off, shut up!]
The atmosphere was relaxed, and some offices were already allowed to close for the holidays.
Yan Shi: ...?
She looked at the screen, her expression subtle.
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has been focusing on addressing the World Barrier vulnerability recently, but it seems that the vulnerability is now resolved...
Although he didn't know what had happened, Yan Shi sincerely thanked the unknown kind person who repaired the barrier.
She will remember this kindness.
Amen.
The work at the Foreign Affairs Bureau is temporarily resolved. We'll talk about the documents and reports next week. Next, I need to go to work at Zhanzhou.
Yan Shi sighed deeply.
She stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window of the Destiny Platform, admiring the sea for a while, before finally speaking lazily: "Let's go to Zhan Zhou."
Nothing happened.
The Heavenly Mandate Platform was quiet. Yan Shi did not sense any response from the familiar laws, and the space remained unchanged.
“God said,” Yan Shi raised his voice, “Go to Zhan Zhou.”
Nothing happened.
She finally regained full consciousness and slowly recalled what had happened before she fell into a deep sleep. Lin Xuya had said that the world barrier would completely collapse, and the world would end.
Yan Shi replied to her at the time that it wouldn't happen. He said that the current loopholes in the world barrier would be patched and the world barrier would return to stability.
It was only after she said those words that she felt a deep sense of exhaustion, and then she fell into a deep sleep.
Yan Shi has found a kind person to repair the world barrier.
It turned out to be herself.
Repairing the world barrier is obviously a costly undertaking. The fact that she can't use her abilities right now is not only perfectly reasonable, but also doesn't have a huge impact.
Yan Shi: ...
Life is full of ups and downs; there were no kind-hearted people to help her, only herself.
hateful.
Now a new problem has arisen: how can she leave Tianmingtai and go to work at Zhanzhou?
As Yan Shi was pondering, a door suddenly appeared on the empty space in front of his desk.
A familiar door with intricate runes engraved on its frame.
She raised an eyebrow, walked to the door, and pushed it open. Sunlight streamed through the room, and she could see students in school uniforms passing by in the distance.
As expected, he was very meticulous.
Yan Shi turned to look inside the Heavenly Fate Platform. Sometimes she felt that the Heavenly Fate Platform seemed to have its own ideas.
After Wu Ming's fall, the Heavenly Mandate Platform was theoretically empty, with no one else around.
Her gaze swept from the floating bookshelf in the distance to the sea of clouds outside the floor-to-ceiling window. She chuckled softly, then looked away, casually unbuttoned her Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs uniform and stuffed it into the spatial gap. She then put on a casual jacket, stepped out, and closed the door.
The Heavenly Mandate Platform is now completely empty.
However, the door in the Heavenly Fate Platform did not disappear after Yan Shi left. Not long after, the door was pushed open again, and Lin Xuya anxiously leaned in.
"Director Yan!" she called out, then froze.
During this time, Lin Xuya had been trying to return to the Heavenly Fate Platform, trying hard to recall the feeling she had when she first arrived there. Two days later, she finally managed to summon the door again.
"Yan Bureau?"
Everything in the Heavenly Mandate Platform remained unchanged, except that the sleeping figure was no longer at the desk.
Lin Xuya walked to the table.
The desk was still set up as it had been when she left, with her appointment letter neatly folded and placed in the center. Lin Xuya hesitated for a moment, then finally reached out, picked up the appointment letter, and slowly unfolded it.
My gaze fell on the end of the paper.
She suddenly froze.
[Yan Shi]
Lin Xuya had seen Yan Ju's handwriting countless times in comics—on those orders, directives, and secret letters—always in that same style. But this was the first time Lin Xuya had seen Yan Ju's complete name.
That tongue-twisting name, the one cartoonist never wants to mention, is Director Yan's.
“Yan Shi…” Lin Xuya’s fingertips traced the paper as she murmured to herself, “So Director Yan’s name is Yan Shi.”
She repeated it once, then repeated it again in a low voice.
Lin Xuya likes this name.
However, she slowly clenched the paper. She remembered that in the comic, when Lin Cai and Yan Lan were at the Governor's Mansion in Novano, Lin Cai had mentioned Yan Lan's name.
"Grandma Shan said," Lin Cai said as she and Yan Lan walked toward the shed area, "Lan means fearless tide. Grandma Shan hopes that Lan Lan can be fearless, peaceful and happy throughout her life."
“So Lanlan’s name is super beautiful!” Lin Cai smiled, her eyes sparkling. “I also hope that Lanlan can have a lifetime of joy.”
"It definitely will!"
Yanlan simply replied casually, "Oh."
Yanlan's name was chosen with such care, imbued with countless love and blessings, and carrying the expectations and tenderness of others.
Yan Ju's name, however, was obviously perfunctory, calm, indifferent, and unadorned, as if he were just completing a task.
Yanlan received all the favoritism but didn't care, while Yanju was all alone but tried his best to love the world.
This world is truly amazing.
Lin Xuya slowly raised her eyes, her gaze falling on the chair behind the desk.
Director Yan has already left, his chair pulled out at an angle.
She took a heavy breath, bent down and grabbed the pen on the table, signing her name after confirming the appointment letter.
"Since neither the world nor comic artists favor Director Yan," Lin Xuya muttered to herself, "then I'll take his place."
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Yan Shi walked along the path that was both familiar and slightly unfamiliar to Zhan Zhou, looking around as he went.
It can be confirmed that the floating island, which was cracked due to her fight with two of Zhan Zhou's colleagues, has been repaired.
The repair was completed quite quickly.
So, Director Ji was just exaggerating the severity of the situation.
She is using the Magic Pigeon Navigation (Zhanzhou beta version) to find her classroom.
Given the unusual road structure in Jamchea, the routes are adjusted according to the time of day and course schedule, and it is said that new buildings appear every month.
Without any GPS navigation, given the complexity of the road conditions, Yan Shi estimated that he wouldn't be able to find his way even by dark.
In the Zhanzhou teachers' discussion group, some professors went astray and accidentally entered a closed magic circle teaching area, and were then forced to listen to an entire lecture on the gossip of the history of magic divination.
Thanks to her reliable subordinate for sending such a detailed and strong location, which will automatically adjust the route based on real-time changes.
Yan Shi checked the coordinate synchronization again, "Sector B Training Ground." The location had been matched.
arrive.
She looked up at the building in front of her.
Unlike the rugged feel of the arena, which was built of stone, the training ground was a two-story Chinese-style building. It was very tall, with a roof covered with glazed tiles and layers of eaves that shimmered in the sunlight.
The wind whistled softly through the glazed tile eaves.
Unlike traditional Chinese decor, there's an electronic screen next to the main entrance with the words "Please swipe your card to enter" written on it.
Yan Shi fumbled around in the gap for a while before finally finding his teacher's card.
"Yanlan, Advanced Technique Application Instructor, verification passed. Welcome to the Zhanzhou Training Ground. Your classroom is 201."
The electronic sound was mechanically calm, and the door slid open.
This electronic sound isn't as good as the one from the Welsh Hub Management Bureau branch.
Yan Shi drew a conclusion.
The training ground was spacious and unusually quiet, perhaps because it was still early or because everyone was in class; the corridors were deserted.
Yan Shi ascended the spiral staircase. The walls of the staircase were inlaid with pale gold array patterns, which lit up gently as she passed by and slowly went out after she had gone far away.
Classroom 201 was located right at the top of the stairs on the second floor. The door was ajar, and conversation could be heard coming from inside.
Yan Shi stopped and, after confirming the classroom door number, glanced through the gap in the door.
The practical class classroom had no desks or chairs, just a wide open space. At this moment, it seemed all the students had arrived, sitting in small groups on the floor. Some were chatting, some were reading, and others were engrossed in their homework.
Advanced Spell Application is an advanced professional elective course with a high entry threshold. Students need to have a certain number of perfect grades in other courses to enroll, and the final list of all students is not determined until a week after the practical course begins.
Lu Jian has already briefly explained this to Yan Shi in the spiritual message.
Since these were advanced elective courses, Yan Shi wasn't surprised to see Chu Mengfu and Zhihe Qing here. Top students in their mid-to-high years almost always choose all the high-weighted professional courses to get a good enough transcript, even if the courses are extremely difficult.
But it's really unreasonable that Lin Cai, Libertas, and Bai Du, all first-year students, are here too.
It's no wonder they're the main characters of a shonen manga; they're everywhere.
Yan Shi pushed open the door and walked in, knocking on the wall beside him: "Good morning."
The conversation abruptly stopped, and all the students instinctively stood up, their eyes fixed on the doorway.
Yanlan stood by the door, her hair casually half-tied up, her eyebrows and eyes listless.
"I am the main instructor of this course, Yanlan."
Zhihe's brow twitched slightly.
Advanced Spell Application is the most difficult elective course among all majors. It is usually taught by the heads of each department on a rotating basis. This year, theoretically, it should be his mentor Ao Wei's turn.
How did it become Yanlan?
Now, Yanlan is teaching him instead of Adelaide.
"You all seem quite surprised." Yan Shi said thoughtfully, a thin stream of water shimmering and swirling between her fingertips. "I'm your teacher, and you're not satisfied?"
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