Taiping City Disappearance Case
Xiao Ze returned to his room, his mind in a mess, unable to make sense of anything.
The system popped up with a whoosh, looked at Xiao Ze with a serious expression, and asked, "Hey, do you think there's something wrong with Su Qingjun?"
Hmm? Could it be that even the system, this robotic brain, could tell that something was wrong with Su Qingjun?
"No, what's wrong with him?" Xiao Ze pretended to know nothing and tricked the system.
As expected, the system didn't notice anything and replied anxiously, "Plot, host! Su Qingjun's current behavior is completely different from the original novel!"
"How should I know this? You haven't shown me the original novel." Xiao Ze looked at the system with an idiot look. It seems that this machine brain is not very useful.
I don't know what this system is thinking. It guards against him like a thief, and doesn't let him know anything about the plot other than the mission.
"Oh! I forgot. Then I'll tell you and you'll understand."
"Well, you tell me." He also wanted to know what Su Qingjun in the original novel looked like at this time.
"The book says that Su Qingjun has always been cold and aloof, even when facing the charming protagonist, she remains unusually indifferent."
"That's it? That's all?" Xiao Ze asked in surprise.
"That's all. Su Qingjun isn't the protagonist, so how could there be so much description of her?"
Xiao Ze was speechless and wanted to beat the system.
"If he's not the protagonist, why do I find that no matter where Su Qingjun goes, Jiang Xi has to follow?"
The system was shocked: "How are you so smart? You figured this out!"
Haha, stupid system.
"Well, telling you this shouldn't have any impact on the plot."
Xiao Ze waited for his next words.
"Su Qingjun is the sun to Jiang Xi! The beacon on the sea! The candlelight at night! The dream he has always pursued! So no matter what he does, it's all to catch up with Su Qingjun, to be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with him, and then live happily ever after!"
The system spoke with great passion. Just by hearing this description, Xiao Ze thought that Jiang Xi was the most affectionate person in the world.
"So he has a crush on Su Qingjun?" Xiao Ze summed it up in one sentence.
The system was a little speechless: "Don't talk so casually, okay?"
Xiao Ze reached out and pulled the system over, turned over its leaves and petals and looked at them carefully.
The system was surprised and struggled: "Xiao Ze! What are you doing!"
"Let me see where your brain is. How can you even believe such a thing?"
"What's wrong with me believing it? That's what it says in the book!" the system said confidently.
Xiao Ze sighed and let go of the rose that looked like it had no brains: "Don't you notice anything wrong?"
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" The system used its leaves to tightly protect its petals, fearing that Xiao Ze would attack it again.
Not wanting to bother with the system anymore, Xiao Ze turned over and said, "Go to sleep."
"Tsk, if you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. I can find it myself." The system disappeared on the spot, probably going to look through the original book.
Tsk, I forgot to ask the system whether Jiang Xi and Su Qingjun were together at the end of the original novel. I can only wait for the right opportunity to ask the system.
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After the system confirmed that Su Qingjun and Jiang Xi did have an "inseparable" relationship, Xiao Ze decided not to get so close to Su Qingjun anymore. As for whether or not to help him escape from Jiang Xi's clutches, it depended on their relationship in the future.
If Su Qingjun gradually becomes willing, it would be very unethical for Xiao Ze to separate the two of them.
So, for half a month, Xiao Ze avoided Su Qingjun.
But hiding proved to be of no use.
People who want to see you will always find you in every possible way.
"Su...Senior Brother Su, is there anything wrong?" Looking at the person in front of him who was shrouded in anger and had cornered him, Xiao Ze's words were so frightened that they became intermittent.
"Why have you been hiding from me lately?" Xiao Ze said as he walked forward, clinging to the wall, unable to move.
Yet he remained stubborn.
"What are you talking about, brother? When did I hide from you?"
"You're not hiding from me? Then why do you run away every time you see me? I go to Qiufeng Mountain to look for you, but you're never there? Is it always a coincidence?"
"Yes...right." It was indeed not a coincidence. Every time Su Qingjun came to Qiufeng Mountain to find him, he would hide in Ding Xia's room in a hurry.
Su Qingjun was furious. She stretched out a hand and stroked the side of Xiao Ze's face, asking him to lift his head and look at her: "I really don't know what's going on in your head. If you have anything to tell me, can't we solve it together? Why do you have to hide from me?"
The last sentence was almost growled, and his eyes gradually turned red.
Xiao Ze was dumbfounded. He had never imagined that this situation would happen when he had anticipated Su Qingjun's reaction after she knew he was avoiding him.
Su Qingjun took a deep breath, calmed down her emotions, and then spoke again, her tone actually containing pleading: "Xiao Ze, don't hide from me anymore."
"Brother, why do you have to make friends with me? There are so many monks who are much better than me. You should make friends with them." The inferiority complex that had been hidden for a long time quietly emerged.
Su Qingjun was so angry that her teeth were itching, but she was afraid that if she expressed her love directly, she would scare this idiot away. Maybe this idiot would think that she didn't really like him and was just teasing him.
He took a deep breath and spoke again: "Who I make friends with is my business. I just want to make friends with you. I look down on everyone else. Is that a problem? In my eyes, you are a thousand times, ten thousand times better than everyone else. Is that not okay?"
Xiao·Never Had Any Friends·Poor Little One·Ze was so moved that he was at a loss for words. At the same time, he secretly hated his own stupid decision to hide from Su Qingjun. He made up his mind to stop Su Qingjun and Jiang Xi from being together in the future to protect him from being persecuted.
The first step is to have a good relationship with Su Qingjun, so that he will listen to what you say in the future.
"Brother, I'm sorry, I won't do this again." The things about the system and the original work cannot be told to Su Qingjun. If it affects the original plot, it may cause unpredictable consequences.
Now all Xiao Ze could give Su Qingjun was a sincere apology.
Su Qingjun knew that Xiao Ze had been hiding many things from him, but since Xiao Ze didn't want to tell him, he didn't force him. As long as Xiao Ze could stay by his side, it would be fine. In the future, if anything happened, he and Xiao Ze would deal with it together.
"Okay." After resolving the matter, Su Qingjun finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Qingjun's lost rationality gradually returned, and she suddenly realized that she had just lost control of her emotions and almost cried. Shame and anger slowly surged into her heart, and she rested her forehead on Xiao Ze's shoulder helplessly, unwilling to look up again.
Xiao Ze looked down and saw Su Qingjun's red ears. He realized belatedly that Su Qingjun was shy.
It turns out that the cold and arrogant senior brother can also be shy, and his ears turn red when he is shy. Xiao Ze chuckled and thought to himself: This is quite interesting.
After Su Qingjun calmed down, the two of them walked out from the corner.
Watching Su Qingjun pretending to be calm and straightening his messy collar, Xiao Ze tried to hold back his laughter behind him, fearing that if he laughed out loud, Su Qingjun would hear it and get angry with him again.
The two went to Su Qingjun's residence together.
Xiao Ze doesn't come here often. The main reason he didn't come here before was because he was afraid of meeting the leader. But now, he can come and sit from time to time.
Compared to his, Su Qingjun's residence can be called a "large detached villa", and Xiao Ze likes it very much.
"Elder Xing Lu is away and can't come back, and Ding Xia and Kong Xing are busy practicing. During this time, why don't you come to me? I can teach you swordsmanship." Su Qingjun threw out the bait.
Xiao Ze took the bait: "Of course! How many people would want to have you, Elder Su, teach them swordsmanship?"
Hearing this familiar tone, Su Qingjun knew that he was teasing her again, so she didn't respond.
No one said anything, and Xiao Ze didn't care. He sat down on a chair in the courtyard and asked casually, "Brother, you seem worried about me? I'm staying in the sect now, there's no danger, so don't worry about me."
Su Qingjun lowered his head and asked him, "Did you forget something?"
"Huh? What did I forget?" Xiao Ze couldn't remember what his next plans were.
"It's time for you to take on the mission."
Xiao Ze took a long breath, wondering how he could have forgotten about this.
Before, I went to the Beast Taming Sect after completing my first mission, and then went into seclusion after returning, so I forgot about the mission.
It's time to work again.
"I'll go take the mission soon and set off tomorrow." Xiao Ze said weakly. It wasn't long before he had his free time and he had to go back to work.
After not staying with Su Qingjun for long, Xiao Ze went to the mission hall and drew his mission.
There were a few big words written on the paper: "Taiping City Missing Case".
Missing people? This is a very serious matter. I need to make more preparations and leave early.
Xiao Ze went to the library without stopping, found the information about Taiping City, and began to read it carefully.
After learning more about Taiping City, he read some books on formations. It was already dawn.
After Xiao Ze told Su Qingjun about his mission, he set off.
He completed the mission by himself this time, but the Mission Hall gave him signal fireworks. If he felt he couldn't handle it, he could set off the fireworks to ask for help.
Xiao Ze flew to Taiping City on his sword and arrived in half a day.
But Xiao Ze thought again and again that the missing persons case must have been committed by someone hiding in the dark. As a cultivator, he was afraid that if he flew into the city on his sword in a brazen manner, he would alert the enemy.
So when he was still a few miles away from the city gate, Xiao Ze stopped, changed into ordinary clothes he had prepared long ago, hid his sword, put on his backpack, and pretended to be an ordinary outsider and entered the city.
Xiao Ze entered the city from the west gate. As soon as he entered, he saw small vendors on both sides of the street enthusiastically soliciting customers, and dense crowds of people shopping. It was a very lively scene.
It doesn't look like a missing case at all, let alone a missing case that needs to be reported to the Tianxuan Sect.
A bit weird.
Xiao Ze decided to go to the yamen tonight. Since he couldn't alert the enemy, he secretly went to the place where the yamen stored case files and investigated it himself.
Now, let’s take a good stroll around this bustling market. Maybe we can find out a lot of useful things like last time.
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