cat?
Ji Yunding followed Lin Shu's instructions, bought a bag of cat snacks and a box of four pork floss bread rolls, and walked to the corner of the outer wall of the building where the research group was located.
Wei Qianqiu was on his day off today and was sitting against a tree, surrounded by a group of stray cats.
Perhaps they can’t be called stray cats. All stray cats in this university have been caught, sterilized, and vaccinated. They are also located a little away from the dormitory area to prevent the cats’ meowing from disturbing the staff’s rest in the spring. They can probably be considered as stray cats that are free-range in the school to help students and investigators relieve stress.
One of the black cats shrugged its nose and sneezed, as if it had sensed something, and turned to look at Ji Yunding.
Afterwards, the other six or seven cats and Wei Qianqiu turned to look at the uninvited guest. Before the cats could do anything, Wei Qianqiu jumped onto the tree first.
This is what Sister Lin Shu said, Sister Qianqiu is more afraid of people in private than in public. Is she just pretending in public?
"Sister Qianqiu, Sister Lin Shu said you didn't have breakfast, so she asked me to bring you something to eat."
“…”
Wei Qianqiu poked his head out from between the leaves and looked at Ji Yunding in silence.
Following Lin Shu's instructions, Ji Yunding held the whole box of meat floss bread in both hands and raised it in the direction of Wei Qianqiu.
Wei Qianqiu jumped down from the tree silently, took the small bread from Ji Yunding's hand, sat back next to the tree, and pointed to the side to signal Ji Yunding to sit over as well.
The two of them fed the cat with cat snacks in silence for a while, and Wei Qianqiu finally said the first sentence.
"Thanks."
"It doesn't matter."
Ji Yunding's reply was also brief, and the two fell into silence again. Finally, it was Wei Qianqiu who couldn't help but speak again.
"...Weren't you sent by the boss to talk to me?"
"No, I was sent by the team leader to "listen" to you."
Ji Yunding sat obediently with his knees hugged, and turned to look at Wei Qianqiu.
"I'm not very good at comforting people, but I will remember what others say. So, Sister Qianqiu, you can tell me anything you want to say, and I will listen."
A gust of wind blew by, causing the cats around the two people to squint their eyes and hide beside them slyly to avoid the wind.
Ji Yunding turned back and continued to play with the cat with cat snacks.
"Have you ever heard the story of Rapunzel?"
When Ji Yunding heard Wei Qianqiu speak, he just looked at her silently without responding.
“Once upon a time there was a princess who had very long, beautiful hair, but the ends of her hair would turn into snake heads and bite all living things around her. Therefore, she lived in a high tower all year round and could only lower her head to talk to people below.
She felt lonely, so she walked down the tower and into the crowd - even though she knew that this would bring death to the other person. In the end, the out-of-control power killed everyone in the world.
She locked herself in the tower and spent a long time in pain. At the end of her life, she cut her hair and threw it out of the window. At this moment, her only wish was to talk to her friends.
But no one could talk to her anymore, and the princess, unable to control her power, died in solitude."
The story sounded a little unfamiliar, but Ji Yunding did not bring it up to interrupt Wei Qianqiu.
"This is a fairy tale that is passed down among various families and used to educate children. We are people who possess mysterious powers. We must not forget for whom we have the power, and we must not forget for whom the power is used. These are all taught to me by my brother.
He was born a few years earlier than me, and the training of the Wei family was not that strict at that time, so he has read a lot of fairy tale books, but I haven’t. "
Wei Qianqiu obviously hadn't spoken so much in a long time. There were many pauses in her words, and she seemed to be trying hard to speak more coherently.
Afterwards, Wei Qianqiu shared with Ji Yunding many fairy tales that were completely different from those known in the civilized world, occasionally interspersed with some words about her brother.
Ji Yunding just nodded from time to time to show that he was listening, looking at Wei Qianqiu seriously without saying a word.
In their stories, people who abuse their power, who cannot control themselves, are punished extremely harshly in the stories.
In the more positive stories, whether it is the princess, the prince or the ordinary people, they all have the courage to take up arms for others. Even though Wei Qianqiu told it briefly without describing it, one can still feel the love for the whole world that the story wants to convey.
There are also stories that teach them how to recognize important people - friendship, family, and love may all be themes.
The shadows of the trees lengthened, and the cats around them began to yawn, hunching over and stretching.
In the gradually darkening environment, Wei Qianqiu was silent for a while, and finally spoke with determination: "I'm scared."
Ji Yunding tilted his head, expressing his inquiry and confusion with his actions.
"When I talk to humans, the screams and deaths of the other person always appear in my mind... After a long time, I will unconsciously want to kill the other person to put an end to these annoying imaginations."
So, is Wei Qianqiu so afraid of people?
"If it weren't for my brother, I would have been cleared out." Wei Qianqiu raised his head and looked at the moon gradually rising through the semi-dark sky. "My brother and I can't go anywhere except as a group. This place is very important to us."
Although it is not their fault, there is nothing they can do about it as they have to consider various risks first when investigating employee work.
"One group is based on strength and has taken in a lot of problematic personnel. After the boss died, I became the strongest. If I can't control the situation... I might have to face disbanding and reorganization."
In this way, even the last place where she and her brother once lived could not be kept.
As Wei Qianqiu spoke, his voice became lower and lower.
"But I only deal with weirdness..."
"That's already pretty impressive." Ji Yunding said, looking up at the full moon in the sky. "No one knows everything. The team leader can't even speak English."
"……speak English?"
So Ji Yunding recounted everything that had happened in the past few days, and finally sighed: "It was a disaster."
Afterwards, Ji Yunding heard a very light laugh coming from the side, which stopped after just one laugh.
"Besides, Sister Qianqiu." Ji Yunding turned his head and looked at Wei Qianqiu, "I will be the strongest person in the group from now on."
Wei Qianqiu opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
She didn't know why Xueyu would take such a big risk to expose his true form in front of Ji Yunding, but under the same circumstances, as far as she knew, there were six people in a group who could guarantee the kill by overt means alone.
Moreover, according to the report, Ji Yunding's ability seems to be a burden on the body and cannot cope with long-term combat. Based on this alone, it is a bit too early to call him the "strongest".
At first glance, it seemed to be just the arrogant remarks of a new monster, but Wei Qianqiu intuitively felt that Ji Yunding was just stating a fact that she believed.
"…So, you've been insisting on the awkward title of 'Team Leader'?"
"Yes." Ji Yunding nodded as a matter of course, "The team leader is the team leader, but who is the boss only counts after a fight. Isn't this the rule for the first team?"
Even though he maintained a certain degree of respect for Ji Liuxing, under the influence of the oath, Ji Yunding felt very resistant to calling Ji Liuxing "boss".
“Strange newcomer…” Wei Qianqiu stood up and nodded to Ji Yunding, “But thank you, I feel much better now.”
………………
On the training ground, Ji Yunding took a deep breath, got into position, and punched the boxing dynamometer with his left hand.
"Good, we've met the target." Tang Yun looked up and wrote down the data in his notebook. "The training at this stage is also very good."
"Sister Tang, I want to start the next stage of training earlier. Can it be done together with the psychic training?"
"You can't handle it." Tang Yun frowned and refused, "You still have general education classes to attend, and it's already very strenuous now."
"I asked the team leader, and he said the medical team can provide me with psychic treatment, and he gave me a stamp of approval."
As he spoke, Ji Yunding took out a document and blinked innocently at Tang Yun.
“That way, the body can keep up.”
"That's not the case. Even if you're not physically tired, you're mentally exhausted. Why is Ji Liuxing fooling around with you?"
"The day before yesterday, the team leader helped me make a schedule for reference." Ji Yunding took out another piece of paper and handed it to Tang Yun. "Guiding the training of new team members is also one of the responsibilities of each team leader. I went to ask him."
Tang Yun took the paper, glanced at it, took out his cell phone and made a call. After the phone rang three times, Ji Liuxing's voice came from the other end.
"Sister Tang?"
"Ji Liuxing, take a look at your plan yourself! Do you want Ji Yunding to die suddenly?"
"Student Ji Yunding said that she wanted the maximum amount of training that she could theoretically endure, so I planned it according to that standard."
In a group office, Ji Liuxing rubbed his aching ears.
"I assigned her to study for the general education courses on her own. It doesn't matter whether she takes them or not. You know that this university was originally established to train a group of formulaic mass-produced investigators. Many of the things taught in class are not applicable to specific situations."
"No, no matter how you look at it, this plan is too extreme."
"Sister Tang, Ji Yunding knows what she wants. I will also pay attention to the data feedback from the medical team."
Ji Liuxing's voice carried a helpless smile.
"Her goal is difficult in itself, and you know her. This girl is not the type to give up just because she's told to. This is safer than her practicing blindly on her own."
"...Okay, but if she can't hold on, as a training officer, I will immediately cancel this plan."
"That's no problem. By the way, let Ji Yunding answer the phone. I have something to tell you."
Ji Yunding took the phone from Tang Yun and tilted his head.
"Team leader?"
"Student Ji Yunding, I remember you said before that you wanted to take on some ordinary tasks to gain experience, right? There is an emergency task, I just transferred it to your phone, see if you want to go."
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