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There was no response. He called her name and knocked on the door until his hands were numb.
He slumped in front of the door, feeling hopeless. He stayed there all night but she didn't come back.
Ji Jinyan even went to look for Bai Zeyan and Xia Zaoan, and had to believe that she had really left.
He used all his connections but could not find any record of Ye Lin's route, whether by water, air or land.
He was lost in thought, looking out the window at a group of drone enthusiasts passing by. He looked at the flying drones and thought of something.
Ji Jinyan immediately checked the records of all incoming aircraft. He could not view them, but Grandpa Ji had the authority to check them.
He used the power that Mr. Ji could exercise and screened out the most suitable one. There was a recorded helicopter coming from Gao Country, but there was no other information.
Gao Guo, she went back and didn't want him anymore. Ji Jinyan began to wonder if in her heart he was just a pastime when Quan Guo was bored, and once he affected her, she could immediately withdraw and throw him aside without caring.
He was so irritated that he lit a cigarette. The thick white smoke obscured his eyes as he smoked one cigarette after another to fill the restlessness in his heart.
The cigarettes he had quit smoking for Ye Lin became his livelihood after she left. During the time she was away, Ji Jinyan never put down his cigarettes and smoked all the time.
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Ye Lin abandoned everything in Quan State and returned to this cruel place. "Yuan" was waiting for her at the gate of the base. "Welcome back, Y."
Y returned to the team, and the rest of the team were called back after completing their mission.
"Yuan" went up with her, the verification was passed, and the gate of the base opened.
The people inside looked over. CC was standing leaning against the side, the red-haired boy was fiddling with something in his hands, and the cold-faced boy was half-leaning in front of the operating table, looking over.
The red-haired boy said enthusiastically, "Y, you're back. You've been away on this mission for so long."
CC naturally knew the reason and helped to cover it up, "Maybe something delayed him."
"I don't know why we were called back this time?" said the red-haired boy.
The others remained silent, and CC played with the ends of her hair.
"Is Xiaobai not here yet?" the words had just fallen.
"Haha, friends, I'm back." I heard his loud noise before I saw him.
Xiaobai, carrying his luggage and backpack, peeked in. Ye Lin was standing at the back, her figure blocked by the others.
The red-haired man jokingly said, "After hiding for so long, I finally came back."
"Y-shen isn't here, which is great. I've been away for so long, Y-shen must have calmed down and forgotten about this."
Ye Lin started to act recklessly. "I'd say Y is being too calculating. Isn't it just some small things of hers that she's using to make some money? She doesn't care about them anyway, and it would be a waste to just leave them lying around. Why not let me use them to their full potential and maximize their value?"
"Is it necessary for me to lose so much money? My heart hurts so much. Can Y feel at ease with her conscience?" Xiaobai covered his heart and made a painful expression.
The red-haired man next to him was blinking his eyes like crazy, but he didn't notice and couldn't stop him from talking.
"Then I will make it up to you." Ye Lin's voice showed no emotion.
Everyone looked at each other with hope in their eyes and moved aside to make way for Ye Lin.
Xiaobai looked like he had seen a ghost, and his backpack fell to the ground with a heavy bang, as if his heart had sunk to the bottom of the valley.
Ye Lin tilted her head slightly with a smile on her face, strode up to him, grabbed his clothes and led him out.
"Xiaobai, let me see if you've been slacking off in training lately. Only by working harder and practicing more can you improve."
Xiaobai was dragged away, "God Y, I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong, I was just a jerk. Please forgive me!"
The team looked at him with sympathy. Xiaobai was the worst martial artist in the team. His martial arts skills were mediocre and he didn't like to practice martial arts.
"Ah--" Xiaobai's scream was heard. It seemed that he was bound to lose a layer of skin. Everyone dispersed and went to do their own things.
In the evening, Xiaobai dragged his half-dead body, his legs and feet trembling, and slowly moved back step by step, holding on to the things beside him.
The cold-faced boy returned to his room, closed the door, and noticed someone was there. He attacked from behind, but CC turned and dodged, spinning gracefully and leaning against his desk.
CC was freshly showered, the scent of her body lingering. Beneath her loose shirt, she revealed a pair of beautiful legs, her feet painted with cardamom-colored nail polish, a dazzling white. Her damp blond hair clung to her cheeks, revealing a sensual and innocent air.
"How rude," she said coquettishly.
"Get out." He said coldly.
"You must be so bored alone, I'll sleep with you."
"I repeat, get out."
"I won't. After all, I saved you during the mission. How dare you treat me like this?"
"Don't worry, I won't do anything to you tonight." She walked towards his bed.
The cold-faced man stopped her and the two started fighting.
A moment later, CC was pushed out of the door, and the door slammed shut, leaving her with nothing but frustration.
She turned around dejectedly and saw the red-haired man Fioni standing in front of her and looking at her.
CC fixed her hair, crossed her arms, and walked away ignoring him.
The frustrated CC did not go back to rest, but knocked on Ye Lin's door and went in.
She was used to seeing CC dressed like this and was not surprised at all.
She sat down with ease, supporting her chin with her hand and watching Ye Lin who was busy.
"Tell me, am I not as attractive as before?"
Ye Lin ignored her daughter's little troubles. CC observed Ye Lin carefully and said, "You are a little different this time when you come back."
"It feels more 'feminine'." She analyzed carefully.
Ye Lin glanced at her and added, "It's not that kind of feminine. You seem to have a little more girlish feeling. I can't really put my finger on it, but before, you never made people focus on the word 'girl'."
"However, you left without permission for such a long time this time. I don't know what the High Committee thinks."
Ye Lin said, "Don't think too much. Do you have classes tomorrow?"
"Yes, speaking of which. Y, you've been staying away from the Institute of Advanced Studies lately. That old man is going crazy looking for you. You're still in good health, and you didn't even go to the hospital when you were so angry. You can't hide your return from him for long."
Ye Lin lowered her brows and turned a page. "Where is the most comprehensive information library within Xuanren's authority?"
"I think the largest library is on the 'Yuan' campus. What are you looking for?"
"A place."
"Where?"
"A place where you can sometimes see and sometimes not, where some people can see and some can't."
"Is there such a strange place?" CC yawned. "You are talking about a dream, right?"
CC lay down on Ye Lin's bed with ease and closed his eyes.
Late at night, CC was sound asleep in her room. Ye Lin was flipping through a book in the light of a desk lamp.
She searched all night and closed the last book. Ye Lin took out the jade pendant, looked at it, put it around her neck, and hid it inside.
As the sky brightened, Ye Lin went out, and CC was still sleeping.
She went to the Guoying branch in the early morning when the morning dew was heavy, and went through identity verification to enter the Gaoguo confidential library.
The blast-proof door opened, revealing a bookshelf several thousand square meters tall, densely packed with books. She walked over to the section of magazines and books about geological wonders, pulled out a book, flipped through it, put it back, took out another, and then another.
I read almost all of these books, but I still couldn't find the place that Ye's mother mentioned. However, there were some that were similar to her description.
Ancient books record that a woodcutter accidentally fell down a mountain while working. When he was unconscious, he saw a water wonderland in front of him, but when he woke up, it was gone.
A woman in exotic clothing suddenly appeared at a wedding. Everyone was surprised to see her leave the church. When they opened the door, no one was there. The newlyweds, upset by the interruption of their wedding, reported the incident to the police after the ceremony. However, upon checking the security cameras outside the door and on the street, no one was seen entering or leaving, yet everyone at the wedding claimed to have seen a woman. Ultimately, the case was closed, believing it was a prank played by the couple and their friends and guests.
Or maybe someone disappeared out of thin air at the intersection of the two mirrors.
These are events that happened at different times, but they cannot fully confirm the existence of the place described by Ye's mother.
Ye Lin left the database and walked around the hospital, thinking.
Not far away, there was an old man with a white beard and messy hair. Even the thick round-framed glasses could not hide the heavy dark circles under his eyes. He looked very resentful. Next to him was a man of the same sex who was slightly younger than him and was talking to him.
Whitebeard glanced away, and just one glance made his heart rate soar. It was her, he could recognize her even if he became a ghost.
"Lin!" This voice was like a ghost demanding death, so powerful and turbid that it shook the heartstrings.
Ye Lin, who was distracted, turned her back immediately when she heard the voice, and her outstretched foot had not yet taken a step.
Hearing the sound of ghosts howling behind him, the white-bearded old man sat down on the ground and started crying.
"The successor whom I have carefully nurtured for most of my life suddenly ran away. There is a saying in the East that goes, 'Abandoning one's teachers who have been with you through thick and thin.' How can she be worthy of me?" He beat his chest and stamped his feet, stunned the people walking beside him.
"Dr. Ter.dor." The person next to him wanted to help him. He was stunned and his eyes opened wide. He had never seen such a knowledgeable and respected doctor like this before.
Ye Lin was about to take that step, "At my age, I might as well just die."
Unable to take this step, Ye Lin's face was filled with frustration. He walked up to Dr. Ter.dor, stole a glance at her, and continued to act pretentiously.
"Doctor, the ground is cold, take care of yourself." Ye Lin and the people who were traveling with him helped him up.
He began to take advantage of his age and said, "Do you know how haggard I have become recently?"
"Since you're back, take over my research base."
"Doctor, I will visit you more often at the base when I have time." What he meant was that he would go to the laboratory to help more often.
He sighed, "Lin, wouldn't it be good to inherit what I left for you? In the future, you will have a place in Gao Country and even the world. By then, the High Committee will have to weigh things." He was secretly telling her that this way she could break free from the control of the team.
If this is true, Ye Lin will probably never be able to leave Gaogu again, just like Dr. Ter.dor. Although this is his hometown, he has no chance to visit other places.
Ye Lin flatly refused, "Doctor, I know you mean well, but I have my own considerations and considerations. You're still young, and many things still depend on you. There's no need to rush into retirement."
No one can do anything she doesn't want to do. "You should come to see me more often."
"I understand, Doctor." Ye Lin helped him back.
Ye Lin returned to the base, the mechanical door opened, and the rest of the team was waiting for her, looking serious and embarrassed.
It was Yuan who spoke first, "Y, someone from the High Committee is here and wants you to come over."
"I understand." She turned around.
"Y." CC called her worriedly.
"You stay here and wait for me to come back."
The door was closed and the High Committee members were waiting.
After Ye Lin was ushered into the car, the guards took out the handcuffs. The captain sitting in the passenger seat said, "No need for that. Since Xuanren's Y is here, he won't run away."
The High Committee arrived and someone took her there.
The members of the High Committee sat on the high platform in the review hall, all looking at Ye Lin and staring at her. Ye Lin walked to the middle calmly.
The president said, "Y, you left Gaoguo without permission, concealed your whereabouts, failed to perform your duties properly and asked someone else to do it for you, and almost exposed yourself to the public, endangering the privacy and existence of the team. Do you admit it?"
"I concealed my whereabouts precisely for the safety of the team. All assigned missions were given to Xuanren, not to anyone else. As for being exposed, it wasn't intentional; it happened during an emergency. Shouldn't the High Committee prioritize the safety of the team? Uncontrollable factors caused by this should be properly handled by the High Committee and above."
"Can these excuses of yours fool people? The High Committee will definitely get to the bottom of what's going on." The president was furious and furious.
"I will bear the consequences of my actions. These things happened because of me, and I deserve the punishment."
"You deserve this."
"Put her in solitary confinement and punish her according to T1 regulations."
The guards took Ye Lin downstairs. In front of the confinement room door, the captain nodded at her and said, "Go in. I'll take you out when the punishment is over."
The captain opened the door and it was pitch black inside. As soon as he stepped in, he would be swallowed by the unknown darkness.
Ye Lin resolutely entered and faced what she was about to encounter.
In the dark president's office, the whole room seemed to be shrouded in fairyland smoke, and the ground around Ji Jinyan was littered with cigarette butts.
He sat on the ground, his eyes dull, numbly going through the repetitive motions of smoking and exhaling. The lingering smoke gradually piled up and reached the ceiling.
As if a small hand was reaching out to seduce the flashing red light on the ceiling, the smoke alarm was triggered, sounding the alarm, and a large amount of water poured down from the sky.
Ji Jinyan was drenched to the bone. The water stream splashed on his face, but he closed his eyes and did not dodge.
The noisy alarm sounds accompanied by the sound of sprinklers were trying to wash away the smell of cigarette smoke on him and flush out the entire room.
The assistant came up anxiously to check, opened the door, and turned off the smoke alarm.
"Mr. Ji, are you okay?" Ji Jinyan opened his eyes, calmed down, and ignored him. He stood up, and walked out with difficulty on his numb legs.
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