Chapter 018 Student
Qu Fengyin held his breath, clasped his hands together, and his inner energy surged up, with steaming white mist rising from his head.
The man in black was still chasing him, and he tried his best to climb up the wooden ladder of the library.
The light shone through the window panes onto Qu Fengyin's hideous face. Heat spread out, and his resolute facial features melted like wax. The flowing skin bubbled on his face like a sticky swamp.
“Stop!”
The black-clad pursuers behind him were still shouting in unison, in increments of two breaths.
Qu Fengyin felt a strong burning sensation running across his cheeks. He tried hard to recall that face, the way that person should have looked.
“Stop!”
The footsteps of the black-clad detectives were in unison, and each step symbolized a step closer. The sound was so sonorous and powerful that it seemed to stamp a hole in the wooden stairs.
Half of Qu Fengyin's face kept twitching, and he clenched his teeth to swallow back his painful sobs.
A black coat was thrown down from above.
“Stop!”
The black-clad detectives drew their swords at the same time, and with a sound of swords breaking through the air, the cloth strips were cut into thin threads and blew away.
Qu Fengyin grabbed the wooden railing, exerted force with his narrow waist, swung himself up, and jumped into one of the floors of the library.
The black-clad detectives paused and looked up. The steps of the library were overlapping, light shone straight in, and the dust in the air was dancing.
There is no trace of Qu Fengyin anymore.
The black-clad detectives were parked on a certain floor of the library.
They were not in any panic or anxiety. The detectives had cold and resolute faces. Holding the knives at their waists, they walked into a certain floor of the library in an orderly and regular manner.
Qu Fengyin's breathing was disordered and he exhaled hot air.
The hurried footsteps landed silently on the wooden floor of the study like a cat.
He shuttled between the bookshelves, and his face, like a color mixing plate, flashed between the gaps between the books.
First the eyes, then the nose, and finally the mouth.
For Qu Fengyin, the trick to changing face lies in analyzing and grasping the structure of facial features. One more point will make it more intense, and one less point will make it less intense.
The style and shaping of the entire face can easily be very different if the slightest mistake is made.
Pustules of varying sizes also appeared on his tall and strong body, and they swelled to the point of being transparent, as if one could see the liquid inside.
The detectives' fluttering robes swept across the bookshelves, and their sharp eyes were like hawks, capturing the strange creatures in the library.
What is more important is temperament. The temperament of a scholar is far contrary to that of the court's lackeys.
Qu Fengyin exhaled a breath of foul air from his lips, his clothes changed rapidly, and his skeleton was also reorganized.
He walked past the bookshelves and turned the corner.
His slender and tall frame was covered in a snow-white scholar's robe. He casually pulled out a bamboo slip from the book cabinet. His rapid breathing immediately subsided, and the following breathing was long and calm.
Her eyelashes were as long as crow feathers and she was pulling open the bamboo slips with both hands, with a faint pink tint on the joints. The thin strap of her Confucian hat was meticulously hung behind her head. Her posture was straight and her spine was as strong as a bamboo. She stood in front of the bookshelf with the look of an infatuated bookworm.
This man, who was a typical scholar no matter where he was, raised his eyes slightly, as if he heard some sound, and turned his head.
The detectives in black stopped, bowed their heads, and spoke in unison.
"Sir, please cooperate with us in the identity verification."
The scholar who was called looked up in surprise and closed the book he was reading. He put the book back on the bookshelf without a wrinkle on his clothes. He straightened his sleeves and bowed.
"I will definitely cooperate."
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Qu Fengyin's seemingly calm gaze fell on the origami bird at the foot of the bookshelf.
He was confused and wondered, what is this? How could there be an origami bird here? It was like seeing a big red lantern on a knife rack. It was too weird.
This is just a county town, a remote county located in the deep mountains and forests of Nanzhou.
However, many Jinyiwei who came to investigate have disappeared here. Often they disappeared within a month and no news was heard since then.
This county town is by no means a simple place.
Qu Fengyin narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, then he turned around calmly.
He frowned slightly, his fingertips trembling slightly, and saw a little boy in school uniform appear at the end of the path formed by the bookshelves without him knowing.
The boy with topknot hair, wearing an indigo-colored long-sleeved robe, with red lips and white teeth, looks like a fairy. His smart and cunning eyes are staring at him steadily. Although he is young, he has a temperament that is steeped in the fragrance of books.
Qu Fengyin broke out in a cold sweat.
When did he get there? Before or after his face change?
The black-clad constable was not far from here. It would be better to say that Qu Fengyin was quietly waiting for his opportunity, pretending to be an ordinary scholar and trying to get away with it.
Did he see it?
Did he find out?
The long hook on Qu Fengyin's sleeve slowly slid into his palm, and he looked at the child calmly.
The little boy was more than ten steps away from him, and Qu Fengyin couldn't kill him with one strike. His fingers were slightly bent, and he looked a little anxious.
Qu Fengyin could faintly hear the black-clad detectives' questioning voices nearby.
The little boy smiled and bowed: "Hello, sir. I am polite."
Qu Fengyin had no choice but to force a friendly smile and bow in return.
The child's smile deepened. He tilted his head and thought for a moment before saying, "Hiss - Mr.'s face..."
Qu Fengyin's smile froze, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and his breathing became lighter.
"Why is it so red?"
Qu Fengyin breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that it has not been discovered.
He calmly explained, "Maybe it's a bit stuffy in the study, so it got red."
"Oh..." The student dragged out a long sound, crossed his arms, and looked puzzled again: "I don't think I have seen the gentleman..."
Qu Fengyin couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Do they have a secret method to identify their own people?
If recognized -
His cheeks trembled and he tried to move closer without making a sound.
"Hey, it's possible that I have trouble recognizing faces, so I didn't recognize you, sir." The student bowed and apologized neatly: "I'm sorry."
Qu Fengyin held his breath, his face slightly stiff, but he had to reply: "It's okay, it's okay."
The child raised his lips, pointed at the origami bird in the corner of the bookshelf, and said, "Students are here to find partners."
"Partner?" Qu Fengyin paused and turned to look at the little bird that appeared in the corner of the bookshelf at some point. The little bird was made of some unknown material of paper. It had sharp edges and corners, and there were ink words written on the snow-white body of the bird. One could make out some small words like "Tao", "zhi" and "wu". The eyeballs were painted with ink, with a blank space in the center, making the whole bird look quite lively.
The child nodded when he heard this, his face full of joy: "Yes, this bird is called Ling Ling Qi, it is a friend of mine since childhood, it was accidentally left here before, luckily I found it."
The young child breathed a sigh of relief, and when he talked about his friend, his eyes were full of innocence and romance.
This reminded Qu Fengyin of the child of his colleague. When he was visiting his colleague's home on official business, the child, who was about four or five years old, was pestering his colleague, saying that he and his colleague wanted to pretend to be knights and fight monsters. They all looked so pure and innocent.
Qu Fengyin couldn't help but relax a little.
The most important thing now is to send this child away. Qu Fengyin vaguely feels that this child may be a variable here.
Qu Fengyin's thoughts turned around in his mind for a few seconds, but on the surface, they only lasted for a few breaths. He looked at the student and smiled, "Then I'll help you get it."
The student opened his eyes wide with joy and nodded vigorously with a little excitement: "Thank you, sir!"
Qu Fengyin turned around and took a few steps forward.
I thought to myself that since I hadn't been discovered, this disguise seemed to be working.
He bent down and carefully picked up the origami bird, and suddenly heard the child's sigh.
"I play in the library every day. I am valued by the manager and work as a clerk."
Hearing the sound of flipping pages of a book behind him, Qu Fengyin paused and his Adam's apple moved nervously.
"Hmm...it seems that Mr. has never appeared in the student register?"
Qu Fengyin stood up, holding the origami bird in his hand, his fingers slightly bent, and cold sweat slid down his cheeks into his collar.
Or was it discovered?
There was no time to hesitate. The struggle on Qu Fengyin's face flashed away, and was replaced by the determination of having made a decision.
The black-clad detectives were nearby, and their abilities made it difficult for Qu Fengyin to resist. Qu Fengyin even lost contact with his companions after entering the county town. If he was captured, he would be unable to escape... Qu Fengyin would never accept this outcome.
When the bird is handed over...
A dark light flashed in Qu Fengyin's eyes.
On the surface, he still explained calmly: "Maybe the steward got it mixed up?"
"Really?" He looked through the book slowly, with a hint of doubt in his words: "But the students have almost looked through the whole book, and it seems that they can't find it..."
Qu Fengyin turned around quietly, his pupils shrinking.
The student raised his eyes slightly, with the notebook in his hand open, and asked in a somewhat lazy voice: "What's the teacher's name?"
Behind him stood two black-clad constables in silence. Their faces were identical, with eyebrows, eyes, noses, and lips all looking at Qu Fengyin expressionlessly. Then, there came a third identical face, and then a fourth, and a fifth.
They squeezed out silently from behind, and their five full faces looked like a withered flower.
Five identical faces appeared in front of Qu Fengyin. The light in the corner of the study was dim, and it fell gloomily on their faces, outlining the shadows. On their faces, which were as cold and white as bone china, there was a sense of silent creepiness.
The five faces bowed their heads in unison, as if their minds were connected and their souls were linked.
They looked at the registration book in the steward's hand together, as if a horror story had appeared.
Qu Fengyin's breath was choked, and his heart sank to the bottom.
The smiling child among the five human heads held a brush in one hand and raised the book in the other: "Do you have any idea about this?"
No matter how stupid Qu Fengyin was, he understood at this moment that the student must have known about his disguise from beginning to end, and might even have watched the whole thing with cold eyes.
He was fooled by this seven or eight-year-old kid!
Qu Fengyin's breathing rose and fell several times, and he calmed down a little. He lowered his head to look at the origami bird in his hand. He actually had the illusion that the bird's eyes were also looking at him.
He calmed himself down; the aftereffects of frequent use of his abilities were affecting him.
Qu Fengyin slowly exhaled a breath, raised his eyes to look at the oppressive scene in front of him again, with mixed feelings.
"Here, your partner." Qu Fengyin sighed and threw the origami bird back.
Ling Lingqi landed accurately in the arms of the student. The student took the origami bird and raised his eyebrows at him.
Qu Fengyin smiled bitterly.
He was willing to accept the defeat and blamed himself for his lack of skills and for being too optimistic.
The five silent hyenas stared at Qu Fengyin and bared their fangs secretly: "Sir, please cooperate with us to verify your identity."
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