Chapter 22: We are a nation of etiquette



Let's move forward in time.

Green Leaf University, Girls Dormitory.

"Is Lin Nan not back yet?" Xu Ruan came back from washing clothes and saw that Lin Nan had not brought the express delivery back yet, so she asked curiously.

"He must have gone to buy food." Ning Yadan said.

Outside the north gate is the snack street, where the food is delicious and cheap. Even if people passing by are not hungry, they can't help but buy something to satisfy their cravings due to the smell.

Xu Ruan nodded, thinking that Ning Yadan's guess was very reasonable, so he didn't think much about it.

"Let's find a horror movie to watch, wait for Lin Nan to come back, turn off the lights, draw the curtains and watch it together." Chu Feifei suggested, "There won't be many opportunities like this in the future."

"Okay, I'll look for the projector, and you guys find one with a higher horror level." Ning Yadan said and started rummaging through her drawer. She hadn't watched a movie in the dormitory for a long time, and she was a little unsure where she put the projector.

"How about horror movies?" Chu Feifei asked.

"Forget it. Lin Xi was just pretending to be a female ghost in the secret room. This won't scare her." Xu Ruan denied.

"That perverted murderer?"

The three girls were setting up the dormitory, and half an hour had passed before they realized something was wrong. Was Lin Yan gone for too long?

"Even if we want to buy food, this will take too long." Including the previous time, Lin Xi has been walking for nearly an hour.

"There's no reply to the message." Xu Ruan sent a WeChat message to Lin Xi, but there was no reply.

"Call and ask." Chu Feifei said.

Xu Ruan nodded and immediately called Lin Nan.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is out of service."

The three were dumbfounded. Nowadays, there is signal in the mountains and valleys. How could there be any place in their university town that is not within the service area?

"It may be a problem with the phone." Xu Ruan said, "Lin's previous phone was broken, and the new one she bought is an old one, which often freezes and runs out of battery."

"I'm still worried. Let me go take a look." Ning Yadan was worried and planned to go outside to look for it.

"I'll go with you." Xu Ruan also changed his shoes.

"Then I'll wait in the dormitory." Chu Feifei was afraid that Lin Xi would come back and miss them.

The north gate was not far from the dormitory, and Ning Yadan and Xu Ruan walked quickly, so they arrived at the express storage point at the school gate in just a few minutes.

"Hello, has a girl come to your place to pick up a parcel just now?" Xu Ruan asked the courier boy.

"Which one are you asking about?" The couriers here are all from college students, so how would he know which girl it is from?

"I... I have her cell phone number. Can you help me check if she has picked up the express?" Xu Ruan reacted quickly and found Lin Xi's phone number and reported the cell phone number to the courier boy.

The courier checked and quickly said, "Yes, Lin, she has a package and she hasn't picked it up yet. You are her classmates, right? Do you want to help pick it up?"

"She didn't come to pick up the express delivery?" Ning Yadan's face darkened when she heard that.

"Yes, I don't have any inventory records here. Do you want to help me take it?" The express delivery storage point has piled up with express deliveries, and another truck will arrive in the evening. If they are not taken away, the store will be full, so the courier boy really hopes that the two girls can help take the express delivery away.

"Xu Ruan, ask Feifei if Lin Xi has returned?" Ning Yadan said to Xu Ruan.

Xu Ruan quickly called Chu Feifei who was waiting in the dormitory and asked her whether Lin An had returned. The answer she got was that Lin An had not returned.

After hanging up the phone, the two girls looked at each other with unhappy expressions.

"Let's go look at the snack street." The two girls turned and left.

"Hey, can you guys help me take care of the package?" The courier boy shouted loudly, but the two girls seemed not to hear him and walked quickly and hurriedly. "Don't students nowadays have any classmates to love?"

The two girls divided the work and searched along the snack street one on the left and one on the right. When they came across a store that Lin Xi often went to, they would go in and ask, but there was still no news of Lin Xi.

Chu Feifei also ran out of the dormitory at this time. The three girls were worried at the school gate: "Could Lin Yan suddenly have something to do and go out to do something?"

They are still willing to think in an optimistic direction.

"Could it be something about work?" Ning Yadan guessed.

"Xu Ruan, do you have the phone number of her workplace?" Chu Feifei asked Xu Ruan.

"The phone numbers of the cake shop and the secret room are available on the Internet." Now is the Internet age, and as long as a store is open to the public, there will be information about it on the Internet. This is especially true for the two stores where Lin Nan works part-time, whose main consumer groups are students, making them easier to find.

Xu Ruan and Chu Feifei searched the Internet for the phone numbers of the cake shop and the secret room respectively, and called them to inquire about Lin Nan's whereabouts. The answer they got was that Lin Nan was not with them, and they did not ask Lin Nan to go back.

"Where is her workplace? What's the name of the state-owned enterprise where she works?" Chu Feifei looked at Xu Ruan.

Xu Ruan shook his head: "I...I don't know either."

Xu Ruan was very busy at work during the weekdays. Sometimes she came home later than Lin Nan, and she also worked overtime on weekends. So even though she lived with Lin Nan, they didn't have many opportunities to talk.

"Is she really going to get hurt?" If you don't think about some things, you won't feel anything. But once you lose control of your thoughts, you can imagine all kinds of terrible consequences. Chu Feifei was sensitive by nature, and her eyes turned red with anxiety.

"No, don't scare yourself." Xu Ruan comforted.

"But Lin Xi is not the kind of person who does things without finishing them. If she has to leave for something, she will definitely tell us." Ning Yadan also panicked.

"Let me call again." Xu Ruan called Lin Xi again, but the phone still showed that it was out of service area.

"Let's call the police." Chu Feifei said, "Let the police help find it."

"But it's only been two hours. Will the police go looking for Lin Xi?" Ning Yadan asked.

"Let's go back to the dormitory first. If Lin Xi hasn't come back by 11 o'clock, we will call the police." Xu Ruan said.

"It's only half past eight. What if something happens to Aunt Lin during this time?" Chu Feifei's voice was filled with tears.

"Can you please not be so pessimistic?" Ning Yadan couldn't stand it anymore.

"I don't want to either, but Lin Yan can even buy instant noodles without seasoning packets. How can I be optimistic with her luck?" Chu Feifei said.

"..." This ironclad fact caused the three of them to fall silent.

"Didn't she find a job in a state-owned enterprise? I think Lin Xi's luck has turned." Xu Ruan tried to save Lin Xi's face.

"But don't we all know which company she went to? Could it be that the company is a scam? Nowadays, you can't get into state-owned enterprises without a master's degree, and the campus recruitment has long passed. How did Lin Xi get the job?" Ning Yadan asked.

"..." The three fell silent again.

Finally, the three decided to go to the nearby police station to report the incident.

After listening to the three girls' stories, the police officer was at a loss. An adult had only been missing for more than two hours, so why did they rush to report to the police? The police officer wanted to let the three girls go back, but seeing the lovely girls crying, he felt so pitiful that he finally had sympathy.

"How about this, I'll check and see if I can find the company where your classmate works." said the policeman.

"Thank you, police uncle." The three girls hurriedly thanked him.

The police officer opened the police station's intranet and typed in Lin's name. A record quickly popped up: "Lin, was she hit by a car at the school gate a month ago? And the driver fled the scene."

"Yes, yes, it's her." The three girls nodded hurriedly.

The police looked more serious. They were the ones who responded to the case, but they still haven't found the driver who ran away. It's not that they don't want to find him, but the driver is a wanted criminal by the city's criminal police team. He has strong anti-detection ability and has been on the run for more than half a year. If he hadn't hit someone with his car a month ago, the police wouldn't even have any information about him, and it would be very difficult to catch him.

The police searched all the information within his jurisdiction and said regretfully: "I couldn't find your classmate's employment information online. Maybe the company she joined hasn't processed her employment yet, or she hasn't registered on the labor website yet."

"What should we do then?" Xu Ruan asked.

"Don't panic. Let's do this. You go back first. If she hasn't come back by daybreak, we'll file a case for investigation. Later, we'll go to Xueyuan Road for patrol and visit her at the same time," said the policeman.

The three girls knew that this was all the police could do. Although they were still worried, they still obediently returned to school.

At the same time when the police found Lin's information through the intranet, someone in the chat group of Group 6 suddenly sent a screenshot and @ed Assistant Tan.

Qingkong: [Is this Lin Nan the new member of our group?]

Aquaman: [Yes, it is her.]

The person who answered was not Assistant Tan, but Xie Xingyu, who always has a rich nightlife.

Chu: [What happened to Lin?]

Qingkong: [Someone just checked Lin Nan's information on the intranet. I called to find out what happened. The police station said that three girls went to the police station to report that Lin Nan was missing. It was about two and a half hours ago.]

King of Dirt: [Two and a half hours ago, if I remember correctly, it was around the time when the sub-space door was closed.]

Aquaman: [You mean she might have entered the subspace? That shouldn't be the case. She's only F-class, how could she be swallowed by the subspace?]

Qingkong: [Are you sure she is F-class?]

Aquaman: [Of course I am sure. If you don’t believe me, ask Chen Chu.]

陳初沒有回消息,因為他正在給林媗打電話,而電話那頭傳來的是系統不再服務區的提示。對于普通人來說,電話不在服務區可能只是信號不好,但對于他們這些異能者來說,不在服務區,還有一種可能。

這時候,默默看完所有聊天記錄的譚助理終于上線了:[我剛才打過電話了,林媗已經不在服務區了。]

海王:[……]

青空:[看來是真進去了。]

海王:[她真的不是F級?騙過我還有可能,可陳初也說她是F級啊?難道她真的深藏不露?]

譚助理:[也可能只是單純的倒黴。]

譚助理:[蕭聞提醒過我,說林媗的運氣不大好。]

譚助理知道林媗運氣不好,但是真沒想到她能不好到這種程度。次空間吞噬異能者,是為了補充自身的能量,從另一個層面來說,也是次空間對異能者能量等級的認可。可林媗,明顯不在這個級別內啊。

污王:[那她運氣是真的不好啊,看上面寫的,她一個月前還被車撞過,到現在肇事司機還沒找着呢。@青空,你們警察辦事效率不行啊。]

青空在現實中的另一重身份是警察,他截取的信息裏有林媗被撞後司機肇事逃逸的過程。

青空:[這不是我負責的案子,而且,我的異能也不是追蹤。]

譚助理:[@全體,雖然林媗生還的可能性已經不大,但所有人密切注意周遭的能量波動,察覺到空間門開啓,即刻前往查看。]

[收到。]

一排排的收到整齊的刷過屏幕。

而此時的陳初,早已經推門而出,站在了屋外的露臺上。他所租住的公寓在晉市中心,居高臨下,可以俯瞰大半個城市。他立在風中,感受着夜風傳遞而來的氣息。

一個小時,兩個小時,三個小時。

晉市的燈火依舊通明,但流動的車燈卻已經全部熄滅,整個城市漸漸安靜下來。時間過的越久,陳初的心就越沉,雖然次空間內的時間流速和外界會有偏差,但時間越長,在裏面就越危險。

四個小時,五個小時……八個小時。

遠處的天空漸漸泛出魚肚白,風也變的更濕潤和清新,但始終沒有能量波動的氣息。一夜未眠的陳初放下手中的書,順手關掉了露臺上的臺燈,起身走到陽臺的邊緣,那裏有一盆盆的花木,飲着朝露,等待着朝陽。

陳初忽然想起林媗爬他家電視那次的情景,他跟着林媗回到漆黑的胡同裏,出手教訓了那兩個尾随的人渣。當時,前一刻還在他身後瑟瑟發抖,揪着他衣服不放的女孩,在确定安全之後,立刻就變的生龍活虎起來。明明眼底的淚還沒擦幹呢,卻立刻就笑的毫無陰霾,甚至還能幸災樂禍的怼人:“人渣,踢到鐵板了,我收拾不了你,總有人能收拾你。”

陳初不介意幫林媗收拾人渣,但前提是,他能夠得着。

次空間內的時間流速和外界不同,沒有人能估算的出次空間門開啓的準确時間,但大多數的空間門都會在24小時內再次開啓。陳初看了一眼天際,轉身往屋內走去,他打算先去吃點東西,再回來繼續等。

忽然,一陣風來,撩起了陳初微濕的額發,和雪白的襯衫。

能量餘波。

陳初驀的轉身,銳利的眸子直直的看向城市下方,某個矗立着巨大摩天輪的地方。

晉市游樂場。

陳初踏上陽臺,縱身躍出,身體從36層的高樓直墜而下,墜到28層的時候,忽然背生雙翼,乘着風飛向了游樂場的方向。

與此同時,游樂場內,摩天輪下,一個漆黑的空間裂縫忽然出現,一身狼狽的林媗連滾帶爬的從裏面跑了出來。

回到現世,電視機的通道立刻出現,林媗幾乎是想也不想的就要鑽進去,只要能鑽進電視裏,她就可以擺脫佐藤了。

林媗想的特別美好,但她的身形才一動,巨大的拉扯力便順着頭發傳來,直接把她拽到倒在地。

“唔!”林媗痛呼一聲,倉促間回頭,正好看見和服男子扯着貞子的頭發從空間門踏出。

林媗第一時間想到的就是把假發取下來,卻沒能成功。

【技能使用中,無法取下。】

林媗恨不能此時自己手裏也有把刀,這樣她就能一刀割斷長發,而此時,她只能痛苦與貞子過于牢固和堅韌的發質了。

沒事頭發質量這麽好做什麽?

怎麽辦,怎麽辦?戒尺控不住對方,電視也爬不了,自己還能有什麽辦法?系統,幫幫忙啊,再不幫忙你就得換宿主了。

“嘩啦!”

系統仿佛聽到了林媗的呼喚,簽筒忽然搖晃出一枚竹簽:【佐藤一郎,27歲,偷渡被抓。】

嗯??

“區區F級,也敢從我手裏搶東西。”佐藤一郎慢悠悠的朝着林媗走去,手中的武士刀泛着森冷的光,舉刀劈下。

“等等,你偷渡要被抓了,現在跑還來得及……”林媗聲嘶力竭的喊着,試圖用占蔔結果阻止對方想要殺她的念頭,但佐藤一郎顯然不覺得殺一個她會浪費多少時間,那一刀來勢不減,已在眼前。

林媗吓的死死的閉上眼睛,等了許久,卻遲遲沒有等來想象中的疼痛。

遲疑了片刻,林媗悄咪咪的睜開一只眼,入目的是雪白的刀尖,以及一只擋住刀尖比刀尖還要白上一分的修長手掌。那手掌和刀刃之間,有一團淡青色的能量阻隔着。

“陳初君?”

“佐藤一郎?”

兩人對視,彼此的語氣裏都有着見到對方的驚訝。

佐藤一郎撤回武士刀,手卻依舊拽着貞子的長發沒有松開。陳初撇了一眼,右手屈指一彈,一股氣勁直逼佐藤一郎扯着長發的手。佐藤一郎面色一變,這才松手退開。

“陳……陳初學長?”林媗看着擋在自己身前的高大身影,強大的安全感讓她激動的幾乎落下淚來。

爸爸媽媽,爺爺奶奶,我又活下來了。

“還好嗎?”陳初轉身問林媗。

林媗狼狽的從地上爬起來,臉上又是灰又是汗又是淚,胸口還有些疼,她委屈極了,指着佐藤一郎狠狠的告狀:“我不好,我差點就死了,嗚嗚嗚……學長,從我一進去,他就想殺我,我都沒得罪他。”

相對于普通世界,次空間是一個沒有法律和規則束縛的法外之地,進入那裏的人,将不受法律保護,遵從的是弱肉強食的自然法則。陳初第一次進去的時候就明白這個道理,在那裏想殺一個人并不需要理由,只看心情。每一個進入次空間的人都應該明白這個道理,所以林媗的這個狀其實告的沒有道理。

但是……陳初想管,也不需要道理。

“陳初君,是她搶了我的東西。”佐藤一郎感受到了陳初的殺意,出聲解釋道,“否則,我也不會追到這裏來殺她。”

陳初挑眉,回頭看林媗,倒不是要責怪林媗搶東西,而是以林媗的能力,她能搶到佐藤的東西?

“我沒有,陳初學長,不要聽他瞎說,他栽贓陷害。”貞子偷東西的時候,林媗正在拼命逃命,所以并沒有看見。

“你有,你用頭發,卷走了我的能量晶石。”佐藤呵斥道。

林媗眨了眨眼,伸手拽了兩把貞子的長發到胸前,然後果然在其中一把頭發的發尾看到了一顆被頭發纏繞着的綠色能量晶石。

我去,真搶了?

林媗心虛的看向陳初,這不是我搶的,是我頭發搶的。

陳初意外的看了一眼林媗,卻沒有責怪之意,反而轉頭朝佐藤一郎道:“佐藤先生,在次空間裏,東西都是無主,誰将它帶出次空間,那東西便是誰的。要說搶,也是你在搶她的東西吧。”

林媗眼眸悠的瞪大,還可以這樣嗎?會不會有些太不講道理了,但是聽着好爽啊。

佐藤一郎看看狐假虎威的林媗,又看看氣定神閑的陳初,知道自己今天是搶不回東西了,便幹脆的一拱手:“陳初君說的是,在下告辭。”

說完,佐藤一郎就要離開。

“慢着!”陳初出聲攔住佐藤一郎,“佐藤君入我華國,可報備過?”

佐藤一郎臉色一沉,解釋道:“我是從次空間裏出來的,并不知道這裏是華國。”

佐藤的意思表達的很明白,他又不是故意不報備的,他是從自己國家進的次空間,然後從次空間進的華國,想報備也沒辦法報備。

陳初點頭:“這确實是不可抗力,可以理解,但偷渡就是偷渡。”

林媗恍然,原來系統占蔔的偷渡,是這個意思。

“你想怎樣?”佐藤一郎戒備的看着陳初。

"Mr. Sato, don't be nervous. China is a country of etiquette and will not embarrass you. There are two solutions. One, you follow me back to the law enforcement team and turn yourself in. I will wait for your Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate and take you back. Two..." Chen Chu said in a gentle tone, "If you intend to escape, I will arrest you and hand you over to the law enforcement team for disposal. I will wait for your Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate and take you back."

Sato Ichiro's face was so ugly. If he had any courage at this moment, he would have used a knife to chop Chen Chu, but... he couldn't beat Chen Chu. And this was China. If he took action, the supernatural organizations in China would never let him go.

He couldn't defeat the enemy, and he couldn't escape, but he couldn't say the word "surrender". Sato just wished that the space door would open again so that he could drill back in.

"If Mr. Sato doesn't say anything, I will assume that you agree to surrender."

"..." Sato Ichiro's hand holding the samurai sword trembled, but he didn't say anything and didn't run away.

Lin Xi also noticed this look and knew that he was indeed going to surrender himself.

So Chen Chu called the law enforcement team on the spot: "Mr. Sato is a smuggler, he knows his behavior is wrong, and he has turned himself in. You guys come and pick him up. We are now at the amusement park, under the Ferris wheel. OK, we'll wait for you to come over."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Chu said politely to Sato Ichiro, whose face had already turned livid: "Mr. Sato, please wait a moment. It will take about 20 minutes for the law enforcement team to come over."

After witnessing Chen Chu's series of actions, Lin Yan couldn't help but quietly pulled Chen Chu's clothes.

Chen Chu turned around and saw Lin Nan giving him a thumbs-up with both hands.

Chen Chu chuckled, and his dimples that were faintly visible caught the first rays of sunlight in the morning.

The author has something to say:

Sato: I have never suffered such injustice in my life.


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