Chapter 391 Wang He is in trouble
Li Qi's team completed their first mission smoothly with almost no problems.
Faced with the threat of guns, Xie Yan wisely surrendered and returned to the temporary office of Bureau 057 with Li Qi and his team.
In fact, in the original plan, this operation was to be handled by a team of Xu Leying and Yi Cheng, with Li Qi commanding from the rear.
But seeing that Yi Cheng didn't like Xu Leying very much and Xu Leying didn't know how to deal with Yi Cheng, Li Qi had to follow.
After all, these two are just children, they have not received any systematic training and have very strong personalities. It is quite irresponsible to let them handle the task just like that.
That's why Li Qi followed along.
In fact, it was not much different from what Li Qi thought. The person who really handled the matter was Li Qi, and Yi Cheng and Xu Leying were just pendants.
Well, one is a pendant, and the other is a pendant that is slightly useful.
It seems that there is still a long way to go before these two people can truly engage in actual combat.
I hope that this newcomer Xie Yan can help this team become a little more mature.
Back at Bureau 057, Li Qi spent more than a day to get Xie Yan's basic information.
The rare item Xie Yan obtained was [Flame Juice], but unlike other rare items, Flame Juice was a consumable and had now become one with Xie Yan.
Flame juice can give people the power to control flames, but the price is that the body will become like burnt charcoal, and there will be pain from being burned by flames when controlling flames.
According to Xie Yan's description, this pain was actually different from the actual pain of being burned by flames. It was weaker, at least it didn't hurt Xie Yan so much that he couldn't use his abilities.
However, leaving aside the power and price of the flame juice, what Li Qi really cares about is something that Xie Yan mentioned, something that sounds familiar.
grocery store.
"Tell me more about that grocer you came across."
After logging in Xie Yan's identity, Li Qi focused on asking about the grocery store where he got the juice.
Xie Yan, who already knew that Li Qi was indeed an official, acted very relaxed. He recalled what happened that day and explained while thinking:
“…I actually remember most of it. I just remember that it was a small shop, like… well, like a model house built on the roadside, but it was very old, and felt like a street grocery store when I was a kid.
"It only has one door, a glass door. When you walk in, there are three rows of neatly arranged shelves filled with all kinds of different things, including food, toys, and some daily necessities...
"I got the [Flame Juice] from the row of shelves where the food is placed."
As Xie Yan described the situation, Li Qi wrote and drew on the notebook according to his description. Finally, he drew a rough outline of the grocery store and handed the notebook to Xie Yan.
"Is this what the grocery store you saw looks like?"
“…Well, the style is a little older, but overall it’s pretty close.”
"I understand. If you come across a grocery store again in the future, remember to report to me in time. Also... starting today, you will accept the supervision and training of the 057th Bureau. Is that ok?"
Li Qi put away the drawing board and talked about business with Xie Yan.
Xie Yan hesitated for a while and asked:
"So... there's no way I can go back to normal?"
"Do you think you can ever get back to normal now?"
Li Qi pointed at Xie Yan's current appearance and asked back.
Xie Yan remained silent. His whole body was filled with heat. Only when he drank the juice, the hoodie and jeans he was wearing were not affected by his body heat.
Otherwise, he would have set his own house on fire in the past few days.
But it was precisely because of this that Xie Yan was so eager to change back.
Reality is different from novels. After Xie Yan experienced the initial novelty of having abilities, he was sure that he was not the protagonist of the novel.
At least it is impossible for the protagonist of the novel to have such a big defect.
What he wanted more now was to become normal again, or at least look like a human being. He looked like a neither human nor ghost, and even he would be scared when he saw him in the middle of the night, let alone others.
Originally, Xie Yan thought that the mysterious national department would have a solution to this problem, but now it seems... he was overthinking it.
However, Xie Yan was not too disappointed. He was silent for a long time, and finally raised his hand and asked weakly: "Then... last question, how long is the internship period? Can... can I become a regular employee soon? By the way, ours... is considered as a regular employee, right?"
“…”
The surreal world was pulled back to reality in an instant. When Li Qi heard Xie Yan's question, he was speechless, but at the same time, he inexplicably felt sympathy and empathy.
I still remember that when I first traveled through time, I was just like Xie Yan and regarded becoming a regular employee as more important than anything else.
All I can say is that no matter which world we are in, office workers are still the same.
For this reason, Li Qi's words softened a lot: "Don't worry, as long as you pass the test, you will be directly converted to a regular employee. Moreover, this is a national establishment, and you will not lose anything you deserve."
Li Qi was not exaggerating. After all, Bureau 057 was the only department that dealt with pollution, and the treatment the state gave it was the best among civil servants of the same level.
As long as Xie Yan successfully becomes a member of Bureau 057, he won't have to worry about not being able to get a permanent job or not getting paid.
As long as the country can still afford to pay salaries, the treatment of Li Qi and other rare object holders will not be too bad.
Hearing Li Qi's answer, Xie Yan's charcoal-like face showed a relaxed expression.
Li Qi was finding it funny and was about to make a joke when his cell phone suddenly rang. Li Qi took out his phone to check the incoming call message. When he saw the name of the caller, his smile slowly disappeared.
Without answering the phone immediately, Li Qi said to Xie Yan:
"It's all right now. Go out and find Zhao Chenghu for further registration and training. I have something else to do, so I won't talk to you anymore."
“Okay…Okay.”
After hearing what Li Qi said, Xie Yan immediately stood up and left the room.
Li Qi answered the phone only after Xie Yan left.
As soon as the call was connected, before Li Qi started to speak, a hurried female voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello? Is anyone there?"
Because there was no sound from Li Qi, the woman on the other end of the phone seemed very anxious.
Li Qi frowned and thought for a while, then changed his voice to make it more mature, and then said to the other party:
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"Yes, you are...?"
"I... I'm Wang He's wife, my name is Zhuang Yue, I... my husband told me to call this number if I have any questions, so I..."
"It's okay. Please tell me slowly. What happened to Teacher Wang?"
Seeing that the woman on the other end of the phone was becoming more and more anxious, with a hint of tears in her words, Li Qi could not help but comfort her patiently and asked about Wang He's situation.
The person who called at this moment was the wife of Li Qi's elementary school teacher Wang He.
Because Wang He had helped Li Qi a lot, although he was under Li Qi's control, it must be said that without the millions of dollars earned in his name, Li Qi would not have been able to own a safe house that was relatively safe in today's doomsday, as well as all kinds of supplies.
So Li Qi didn't take the spiritual seed away from Wang He's consciousness in the end. He just asked him to go back to his normal life and call him when he encountered problems that were difficult to solve.
Wang He hadn't contacted Li Qi for several months, and Li Qi thought he didn't want to cause trouble for him.
However, he did not expect that when he received another call from Wang He, the person who called was Wang He’s wife.
This means that something has happened to Wang He.
But why, when something happened to Wang He, the person who called was not Wang He, but his wife?
Where is Wang He himself? Li Qi had these questions in his mind, waiting for the explanation from Wang He's wife Zhuang Yue on the other end of the phone.
Then I heard Zhuang Yue crying on the other end of the phone:
"I don't know. I don't know what happened to him. I only know that he is missing. He disappeared when I woke up in the morning. But no matter whether I asked others or called the police, it was useless. They said that there was no such person as Wang He... I really don't know what to do..."
Zhuang Yue suppressed her tears and asked Li Qi for help.
Li Qi carefully analyzed Zhuang Yue's words and asked, "Gone? How did it disappear?"
"I don't know... it's just... I suddenly disappeared when I woke up. I thought he went to work, but... but the school is closed now, I..."
Zhuang Yuecai stopped talking suddenly when he reached this point.
Li Qi didn't hear her voice again, only the sound of something falling on the bed.
This made Li Qi feel bad, and he asked hurriedly:
"Ms. Zhuang? Ms. Zhuang! Can you still hear me? Ms. Zhuang!!"
But no matter how Li Qi called, there was no response from the other end of the phone.
It is a terrible thing that a living person suddenly becomes silent.
Li Qi stared at the call records on his phone for a long time. He did not hang up the phone. He immediately got up and went to find Zhao Chenghu.
Li Qi pushed open the door of Zhao Chenghu's office and ignored Xie Yan who was discussing future treatment with Zhao Chenghu. He said directly to Zhao Chenghu: "Send someone to the education community near Suhe City No. 1 Primary School immediately to find a teacher named Wang He! Something happened to him!"
"……?"
Zhao Chenghu was a little confused by Li Qi's breaking into the house, but after hearing what Li Qi said, he immediately called the police station without asking any questions and asked them to help Li Qi find Wang He.
After Zhao Chenghu gave the order, Li Qi took Zhao Chenghu's female assistant Meng Xiaolin and went straight to the education community.
He wanted to know what had happened between Wang He and Zhuang Yue.
In the icy and snowy weather, the car was not driving fast. It took Li Qi and Meng Xiaolin half an hour to reach their destination.
As soon as he arrived at the destination, Li Qi received a report from the police station in the area.
According to their investigation, there are no people named Wang He and Zhuang Yue in this community.
It was as if they had never existed in this world.
(End of this chapter)
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