Gossip and people who must not stand you up
Ji Liuxing left as soon as she said she would. Zheng Nuo and Li Xiaowen chatted with her for a while before going to class. Two logistics staff put a lie detector on Ji Yunding to record his performance and calculate his bonus. They looked at each other in surprise as they listened to Ji Yunding's narration.
The polygraph has never been so quiet.
"You are indeed a group of elites. Even the newbies are so amazing." The short-haired logistics staff exclaimed, "But luckily you are okay, otherwise, Team Leader Ji Liuxing..."
Another person poked her, signaling her not to talk nonsense, but Ji Yunding had already heard it and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with the team leader?"
Seeing that the two did not answer, Ji Yunding spoke again: "I have already signed a contract with a group, so it's okay to find out in advance."
That's true. And, in fact, it's not really a secret.
The short-haired logistics officer hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke: "Ever since he was the only one who came back alive from the investigation team he led, he has been going out on his own. We all guess that he has some problems with the 'cooperative investigation'. Of course, it's just a guess."
Another logistics staff member shook his head and sighed: "However, judging from the case files, this incident cannot be said to be the fault of Team Leader Ji Liuxing. It was the deputy team leader at the time who acted separately without authorization, and Team Leader Ji Liuxing's persuasion was fruitless. What happened afterwards... Well, in short, it was a tragic case at the time."
Unlike Ji Yunding, who changed his career halfway, Ji Liuxing had been learning about mysterious phenomena since he was a child. He had been dealing with the weird before investigators were established.
After the major schools of trickery decided to cooperate with the government and reorganized into various research groups, Ji Liuxing ranked first on the newcomer list.
At that time, Ji Liuxing was only thirteen years old, but he had already been nominated by the Contract Warlocks as the heir apparent. His superiors specially selected him from among the geniuses nominated by various schools and assigned him an elite investigation team.
However, Ji Liuxing at that time was not very good at communicating with others - he spent much more time dealing with monsters than dealing with people.
This led to the situation that during a certain mission, the other "geniuses" who had always been overshadowed by Ji Liuxing finally had an argument with him.
Ji Liuxing believes that he can protect the safety of the team members, but the deputy captain thinks that Ji Liuxing is suppressing them and preventing his superiors from seeing their achievements.
Faced with Ji Liuxing, who was only thirteen years old, the jealousy and shame of being inferior to others drove them to make irrational choices.
In the end, not only was the investigation team almost wiped out, but also innocent people in several nearby streets were affected. When investigators from other teams came to support, they only saw Ji Liuxing cleaning up the mess.
The streets were littered with dead bodies whose abdomens had been cut open. Red blood and white brain matter were mixed together on the road. Just looking at it made one want to vomit stomach acid.
"It's my fault that I failed to protect the people." Ji Liuxing whispered as he stood among the corpses on a street. "I shouldn't have trusted them."
Afterwards, Ji Liuxing followed the normal process and kept records for archiving, and no one mentioned the matter again.
The two of them talked back and forth, and basically finished talking about the matter. Ji Yunding listened carefully and nodded: "So, the team leader hates weird things so much?"
"Rather, who doesn't hate weirdos...Except for Group 15, they insist that some of the weirdos are people with drastic changes in temperament."
Ji Yunding was not interested in philosophical questions such as "Is it still true to oneself if one becomes a weird person?" She was only a little surprised about one thing.
"It turns out that the team leader didn't know how to communicate with others before."
"You can't tell, right? By the way, although Team Leader Ji Liuxing is very popular, he doesn't seem to have any interest in dating. Every day he's either on a mission, doing research, or approving documents." Speaking of gossip, the two logistics staff members perked up a bit. "Isn't it a must-do activity for your team leader to be harassed?"
"ah?"
"Oh, by the way, you are the newcomer who joined the group as a freshman, so you may not know this. Every year when the research group recruits new members, there will be more or less people who want to pursue your group leader. This is not surprising, right?"
It's understandable. It's normal for a good-looking, high-ranking, and easy-going person to have suitors.
"Plus, among the people your team leader rescued during the mission, there were quite a few who had a crush on him."
Ji Yunding nodded - classic hero saving the beauty, completely normal.
"There are also some with impure intentions, I won't go into details. Anyway, all in all, there are a huge number of people, both men and women. Most people give up after being rejected once, but occasionally there are a few who...are more persistent."
"That team leader..."
"Team Leader Ji Liuxing will clearly and politely refuse once. If you keep pestering him, he will be turned away. Don't worry about your team leader. He is used to it. You can just watch the fun."
Ji Yunding blinked, feeling a little confused about the team spirit of the research group.
"However, when the people in your group mentioned this matter, their attitudes were a bit strange. Do you know why?"
Ji Yunding shook his head to indicate that he didn't know, but he had a rough conclusion in his mind.
It’s because everyone in Group 1 knows that Ji Liuxing is about to die.
She and Ji Liuxing had not known each other for long, but to be fair, Ji Yunding did not think that Ji Liuxing was the kind of person who would recklessly start a relationship after knowing that his life was about to end.
When Ji Liuxing said that he would die in the next few years, Ji Yunding didn't pay much attention to it and didn't even ask a question. The reason was simple: they were not familiar with each other.
Ji Yunding could be described as cold or heartless; she was simply a person without much emotion, and she did not have any extra sentimentality to share with strangers.
And now, to be honest, she was starting to care about it.
"The team leader is really a good person. He has helped me a lot since I entered school." Ji Yunding continued, smiling, "I respect him very much."
"Your group nicknamed Ji Liuxing is having a fan meeting, which is normal." The logistics staff shrugged and didn't take it seriously.
………………
After returning to the dormitory, Ji Yunding slept day and night for two days. When he opened his eyes, he found that there was something extra in his hand.
It is the emblem of Anlezuka.
“Is this the end yet…” Ji Yunding muttered, not knowing whether this badge was the one that came back from before, or whether that psycho broke into the girls’ dormitory and stuffed another one into her hand.
Forget it, I'll just wait for the team leader to come back and report.
Ji Yunding had decided that there was someone he absolutely couldn't stand up today. No matter what Anle Tomb or Polar Night was, he had to wait a little longer.
The weather in October was neither cold nor hot. Ji Yunding ran to the school gate, looked around, and quickly locked onto the girl with shoulder-length hair who was as tall as Ji Yunding.
"Aqing!" Ji Yunding shouted happily from afar. Li Fengqing raised his head, took two steps at a time and walked over quickly, poking Ji Yunding's forehead hard.
It was not until Ji Yunding covered his forehead and begged for mercy that Li Fengqing sighed: "I'm telling you, can't you find something relaxing to do?"
"I feel it's quite relaxing." Ji Yunding tilted his head with an innocent look on his face.
Apart from the life-threatening situation, everything is fine.
"Let's not talk about this, Ah Qing. I've made money, and I'll support you in the future." Ji Yunding narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Didn't you say your boss was harassing you last time? Beat him up."
"…Is this why you suddenly transferred 200,000 yuan to me?"
Ji Yunding nodded, and Li Fengqing held his forehead and sighed deeply.
"You are incredible. I lent you a hundred dollars to pay back my two hundred thousand. Are you trying to frame me for loan sharking so that you can put me in jail?"
"but……"
"Okay, that's not how relationships work. I'll teach you later when we have dinner." Li Fengqing snorted and took Ji Yunding's arm. "I've transferred the money back to you. But since I came all the way here, you should treat me to a meal."
The beginning of their relationship began a week after they entered high school. During evening self-study, Ji Yunding was doing math homework with her head down, and her new deskmate was sleeping on his stomach as usual.
It was not until the end of school that Li Fengqing threw his schoolbag on his back, whistled and was about to leave, but when he turned around he found that his taciturn deskmate was still doing his homework.
Tsk, what does nerdy stuff have to do with her.
Thinking of this, Li Fengqing was about to go out when he heard a commotion outside.
Ji Yunding's parents came to talk to the class teacher, hoping to force Ji Yunding to drop out of school. Fortunately, Ji Yunding's class teacher was also a good person and kept stopping him.
But this time, the two of them came directly to the school and tried to take Ji Yunding, who was boarding at the school, away.
After listening to a few words, Li Fengqing frowned and turned to look at Ji Yunding, but found that she was just packing her schoolbag and listening to the head teacher and her parents arguing outside the door, without even a flicker of expression on her face.
Obviously, this guy's grades were not bad. He could not go to a top school, but he could go to a good university. Moreover, Li Fengqing knew that this unfamiliar deskmate would work on weekends, and it was likely that he even earned his tuition by himself.
Wouldn't she be unwilling?
"Hey, are you okay?"
For some unknown reason, Li Fengqing asked a question.
Ji Yunding glanced at her and shook his head: "Thank you, I'm used to it."
Hearing the words "I'm used to it", Li Fengqing suddenly became furious. She slammed Ji Yunding's desk hard, but when she looked into Ji Yunding's eyes, she couldn't say a word.
Ji Yunding just raised his head and looked at her quietly. When Li Fengqing recalled it a few years later, he felt as if he had looked down into an ancient well that was bottomless.
Even if you throw a stone into it, it will only cause a slight splash in the water where no one can see it, and then sink to the bottom of the water and turn into ash over time.
Unable to let out the breath, Li Fengqing felt like he was going to suffocate, so he turned around and hurried to the door, kicked the front door open with one foot, and kicked the stranger outside the door hard in the knee with the other foot.
Sixteen-year-old Li Fengqing got into a fight with two adults, and his face was bruised. Fortunately, the head teacher was trying to mediate on the surface, but was actually taking sides in secret, so Li Fengqing was not seriously injured.
Ji Yunding walked to the door with her schoolbag on her back without knowing when. She looked at Li Fengqing - this was the first star that fell into her eyes.
No matter how deep the ancient well is, it will reflect an indelible silver-white light under the shining of stars.
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