Chapter 146 See or not see, love or not
Lin Zhuyue felt that Principal Gong was unreliable. She didn't have the patience to deal with him, nor did she trust him to do anything. She simply gave up on asking him for help and said:
"You don't need to ask. I'll let Minister Du ask."
Principal Gong: "This..."
Lin Zhuyue asked: "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Principal Gong repeatedly denied it: "No, no, if there's anything I can do to help, please feel free to come to me."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Zhuyue contacted Minister Du of the National Security Bureau.
Principal Gong contacted the Spiritual Master House through the Wuju City National Security Bureau, acting as an intermediary. The Wuju City National Security Bureau and the Tiancheng Spiritual Master House are two separate government agencies, so requesting assistance from one isn't a simple matter. A full understanding of the situation and a formal written request are required.
The Wuju City State Security Department must have investigated the incident of Zhong Tingbai jumping off the building and kept files. It should not be a difficult task for Minister Du to retrieve the files and find the contact information of Zhong Tingbai's parents.
Minister Du is more decisive than Principal Gong.
"I'll get my parents to cooperate."
Minister Du asked,
"Where do we go to summon the spirit? What time? Are there any other requirements?"
Lin Zhuyue directly reported the location and time:
"The lounge on the east side of Zhong Tingbai's classroom, 9 a.m.... Bring her something she likes to eat."
Minister Du noted Lin Zhuyue's request and said:
"Okay, I'll pass it on. Have a good rest tonight and we'll see you at school tomorrow."
Lin Zhuyue thanked him and hung up the phone.
Shi Can was creating a group video call, and he pulled Ye Yangjia and Wen Miyan in. Wen Miyan also dragged Gong Yongyuan in as well.
Then a series of high-pitched animal calls came from the tablet, one after another. It was obvious that there was more than one animal making the high-decibel noise.
Shi Can asked, "Master, are you killing chickens at home?"
Gong Yongyuan sneered:
"Oh, kill the chicken, this is Bigg calling."
Shi Chan made a request: "It's too noisy, please take care of it."
Gong Yongyuan pounded the table angrily and said irritably:
"If I could control it, I would have fallen asleep by now. Can you pull me into the group?"
Shi Can directly used the group owner's authority to kick Gong Yongyuan out of the group.
Ye Yangjia: "... Well done, the world is now at peace."
Wen Miyan smoothed the bamboo charcoal cleansing mask on her face and asked:
"You're having trouble with your mission, aren't you? It's easier to get effective answers from the Great Immortal. Is it really okay for you to just kick him out?"
Shi Chan said nothing.
Wen Miyan urged:
"Ask quickly, I still have ten minutes to go to bed."
Lin Zhuyue pushed Shi Can away, sat in front of the tablet, and explained the task and its situation in general to Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia.
Ye Yangjia asked doubtfully:
"Can't find the deceased soul? Is there an evil cultivator taking souls?"
Lin Zhuyue shook his head and said:
"Based on the information we have so far, the possibility of evil cultivators getting involved in this matter is almost zero."
Wen Miyan bit the straw, drank a mouthful of fresh bamboo juice, and said:
"Actually, I think your summoning of spirits tomorrow will most likely fail. I'm not cursing you..."
"If a deceased soul hasn't become an earthbound spirit, is able to leave the place of death, and hasn't dispersed, it will visit its closest relatives and friends who are particularly cared about within seven days after death. Today is the eighth day, so it's not too long now that we can't find any trace of the supernatural in our relatives and friends."
Shi Can nodded and said:
"She definitely didn't go back to see her parents on the seventh day."
Lin Zhuyue asked in confusion, "Why is this happening? According to the information I've learned, Zhong Tingbai's parents love her very much. Zhong Tingbai should also love her parents..."
Wen Miyan said to Lin Zhuyue:
"Moon by moon, seeing or not seeing someone sometimes has nothing to do with love or not. Sometimes, it is precisely because of love that we don't want to see each other."
"But this is just my guess. We still have to go through with the spirit summoning process, so just treat it as another idea. Can you bring me some candied haws when you come back? I've been craving it lately..."
Lin Zhuyue nodded and agreed:
"Well, I'll buy you ten."
Ye Yangjia said: "I want one too."
Shi Can immediately scolded him: "You didn't provide any useful ideas, what the hell do you want!"
Lin Zhuyue smiled and said:
"Then buy thirty skewers. I want to eat them too."
The video call ended.
Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can did not talk to each other. They both needed to think about where to start in order to find a breakthrough to solve the problem.
Shi Can picked up his cotton coat and put it on, put his hands in his pockets, walked out and said:
"I'm going to go for a walk. If you're tired, go to bed first."
Lin Zhuyue responded: "Yeah, okay."
When Lin Zhuyue was the only one left in the room, she did not go to wash up, but sat at the table, supporting her face with one hand, thinking about Zhong Tingbai's case in distress.
Fu Xingwei said that the reason he gave her the task was because she could better understand Zhong Tingbai...
What can she understand about Zhong Tingbai?
What similarities does she have with Zhong Tingbai?
Shi Can didn't stroll for long. He came back half an hour later, still holding a plastic bag with candied haws in a long paper bag. He picked up the bag and asked Lin Zhuyue:
"Want to eat?"
Lin Zhuyue said: "...Luckily I haven't brushed my teeth yet."
"Just brush your teeth again after you've done so. Don't be so lazy."
Shi Can put the candied haws on the table. He supported the table and put his face very close to Lin Zhuyue, as if he wanted to kiss her. He said in a low and hoarse voice in her ear,
"If you don't mind, I can help you brush it."
Lin Zhuyue: "..."
Lin Zhuyue pushed Shi Can's face away, ate a string of candied haws, washed up and went to bed.
The next morning, Lin Zhuyue sat up and turned to look at Shican's bed, which was one meter away from her... The bed was empty. Shican had gone out to buy breakfast.
He sent a message to Lin Zhuyue explaining his movements.
Not long after, he came back with three bowls of rice noodles with meat sauce and three servings of grilled cold noodles. He had a big appetite, and the food portions in Wuju City were relatively small, so he had to eat the portion for two people.
After dinner, they went to school.
Zhong Tingbai's parents arrived early. They sat on the sofa in the lounge, wiping their tears with tissues. They were both looking forward to seeing Zhong Tingbai again and felt endless grief.
Mother Zhong asked, "When are we going to invite the spirit?"
"Wait for the National Security Bureau to come."
Lin Zhuyue replied,
"I think it would be better if there were witnesses to this incident."
After a while, Minister Du came with two special agents.
Principal Gong, the Dean of Academic Affairs, and the Grade Director also came, and Zhong Tingbai's homeroom teacher, Ms. Zhang Ruyun, was also present.
Minister Du asked the special agents to set up the video equipment they had brought, and after a brief adjustment, they began filming:
"It is now 9:02 AM on December 14, 2X25. At the National Security Special Branch Spiritual Master's Mansion, apprentice spiritualists Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can will guide Mr. Zhong Qilin and Ms. Wang Xiaoqin in summoning spirits. Everything filmed will be recorded and used as a basis for judging the case."
Lin Zhuyue placed a copper plate on the table.
The copper plate is 20 cm in diameter and 3 cm high.
Shi Can picked up the mineral water he had brought with him, unscrewed the cap and poured it into the copper pan. The copper pan was not deep, but it was like a bottomless pit, absorbing a full five liters of water without showing any signs of overflowing.
Lin Zhuyue took out a porcelain bottle and teacup. She poured the water in the porcelain bottle into the teacup, took out a willow leaf and dipped it in the water. She then distributed the willow leaves to the people in the room and asked them to wipe their eyes with the willow leaves.
After wiping their eyes, they all looked left and right, wondering how different the world would be after opening their eyes.
Lin Zhuyue pushed the teacup in front of Mr. and Mrs. Zhong and said:
"Dip your finger in water and drip the water into the copper dish. As you drip, talk to your daughter. As you talk, she will come. When she comes, her reflection will appear in the copper dish."
Wang Xiaoqin was the first to dip her fingertips in water. Dew dripped from her fingertips and fell into the copper dish, creating ripples. She said:
"Xiaobai, Mommy misses you."
"Your mom and I brought your favorite fried lotus root."
Zhong Qilin picked up the thermos bucket and unscrewed the lid.
"Speaking of food...you left so suddenly. Sometimes we feel like you're still here, and we use three pairs of chopsticks when we eat...Mom and Dad miss you so much. Can we meet up, please?"
Lin Zhuyue lowered his head and looked at the compass in his hand.
Shi Chan shook his head in disappointment.
There was no supernatural reaction, not even a trace.
In the next ten minutes, Zhong Qilin and Wang Xiaoqin kept talking to Zhong Tingbai unilaterally, but the water in the copper plate was still clear, and there was no reflection of Zhong Tingbai.
Lin Zhuyue said, "Stop."
Wang Xiaoqin was reluctant to stop: "But Xiaobai hasn't come yet..."
"It's not that she hasn't come yet, but that she refuses to come. Otherwise, she would have appeared long ago."
Shi Can shook his head and said,
"If you continue to ask the spirits, your bodies will be damaged. My partner and I will be held responsible."
Zhong Qilin and Wang Xiaoqin didn't say anything, their eyes moving back and forth between the teacup and the copper plate, obviously unwilling to give up.
Principal Gong, who was watching from the sidelines, raised and lowered his shoulders and breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, the head teacher Zhang Ruyun suggested:
"How about asking a friend? There are some things that children don't want to tell their parents, but they can talk about with friends. If it's possible, I'll ask Ouyang Jing to come over and try it out."
Lin Zhuyue nodded: "Let's give it a try."
Zhang Ruyun left the lounge and went to the class to call people.
When she arrived at the classroom door, Zhang Ruyun looked at Teacher Mediterranean, who was writing formulas on the blackboard with chalk on the podium, and said in surprise:
"Hey, Teacher Hu? Why are you teaching in our class? Where's Teacher Zhu?"
"Teacher Zhu is suffering from insufficient blood supply to his brain and is in great pain. He asked me if I could help him teach a class and explain the test..."
At this moment, a cold wind suddenly blew in the corridor.
Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can rushed out from the lounge——
They had just sensed a strong yin energy, but only for a moment. Even in that moment, they vaguely realized that the owner of the yin energy seemed angry, so angry that he could hardly control himself and could no longer maintain his perfect concealment.
But even so, Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can didn't see her.
Shi Can asked Zhang Ruyun:
"Teacher Zhang, what were you talking about just now?"
Zhang Ruyun repeated the previous conversation and explained it again -
The teacher Hu with Mediterranean hairstyle standing in front of the classroom door is the best physics teacher in the school, but he does not teach Class 37 of Senior High School. Teacher Zhu is the physics teacher of Class 37 of Senior High School.
"...Zhong Tingbai's situation is probably closely related to this Teacher Zhu."
Lin Zhuyue raised his hand, curled up his index finger, and put it on his chin to think. After a while, he made a decision.
"Teacher Zhang, please ask Ling to continue and ask Ouyang Jing to come out and help. As for Teacher Zhu, please ask the principal or a colleague from the National Security Bureau to contact her."
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