Chapter 1537
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Chapter 1537 An Qingyu’s Request
Cao Yuan was stunned.
“Don’t be so surprised, I’m not stupid.” Lu Menglei blinked her eyes.
“The calluses on your hands are too thick to have been developed just from practicing with knives as a child. And the aura you give off… People who get into this school through nine years of compulsory education couldn’t possibly have such a strong killing intent. Even some veterans who’ve been on battlefields might not match you.
I guess you must have a mysterious background that you can’t casually tell others about!
Am I right?!”
Looking at Lu Menglei’s gleaming eyes, Cao Yuan didn’t know how to respond for a moment.
“I understand, you don’t need to answer. Your lack of denial already tells me the answer.”
Lu Menglei hesitated for a moment, looked around to confirm no one was nearby, then stood on her tiptoes and leaned toward Cao Yuan’s ear. A fragrant breeze entered his nostrils.
“Can I… join you?” she probed quietly.
“No,” Cao Yuan refused decisively.
Lu Menglei sighed in disappointment.
“Then… do you really have no time to come? Any time would work!”
Cao Yuan looked at Lu Menglei’s hopeful gaze, thought for a moment, then sighed deeply. “If I handle my business during the day… I should have time to come over at night, but it would be very late, around dawn.”
“That’s fine!” Lu Menglei’s eyes lit up. “Any time works. As long as I can… um… practice with you, I can come anytime!”
Seeing this, Cao Yuan stopped refusing. “Then, tonight.”
“Great!”
…
Beijing City, night.
Lin Qiye rubbed his tired eyes as he landed on top of a tall building, looking down at the neon-lit streets below, and let out a long sigh.
“Nothing… What exactly are those Mi-Go looking for?”
Lin Qiye, Chen Han, and members from the Night Watchmen Headquarters had already searched most of the Beijing urban area. Even the area three kilometers underground had been scanned by Lin Qiye’s mental power, but there was nothing unusual.
“Captain Lin, let’s call it a day. You’ve worked hard,” Chen Han’s equally exhausted voice came through the earpiece.
“I guess that’s all we can do. If necessary, tomorrow I’ll try using ‘Miracle’ to search for items… though I don’t know if it will work.”
Lin Qiye removed his earpiece, checked the time, and his figure disappeared into the night sky like a shadow.
Squeak—!
Lin Qiye pushed open the courtyard gate. Inside was quite lively. An Qingyu was sitting under a tree playing chess with Jiang Er, while Li Yifei was sitting in An Qingyu’s wheelchair, racing around the courtyard and occasionally letting out excited cheers.
“Qiye, where have you been?” An Qingyu asked, not having seen Lin Qiye all day.
“Chen Han asked me to help with some official business, so I spent the day at the Beijing station,” Lin Qiye shrugged helplessly, then changed the subject. “By the way, how are you feeling today?”
“Feeling… about the same as yesterday. No obvious improvement in computing power, maybe even a slight regression…” An Qingyu frowned.
“I wouldn’t call it regression. I’m just one move ahead of you,” Jiang Er comforted him. “Since Qiye is here, you two play a game. I’ll go prepare your medicine.”
Jiang Er left the chessboard and floated into the house. Lin Qiye walked over to sit across from An Qingyu, picked up the pieces and began playing with him.
“Qiye, I encountered something strange today.”
While they were playing, Li Yifei drove the wheelchair over to them and spoke with an odd expression.
“Something strange? Tell me about it.”
Li Yifei recounted what had happened that day. Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow and smiled, “That’s the new preparatory team on a mission. It’s just a remnant soul from the last century. Don’t overthink it.”
“But she seemed very fixated on me?”
“These remnant souls are left behind by people who committed suicide in the Fifth Teaching Building for various reasons. Perhaps what haunts her is a man who looks similar to you. Since she’s already been taken back to the classroom by Fang Mo and the others, the matter is settled.”
“I see…”
Li Yifei nodded, looking like he had more to say.
“What is it?”
“Nothing… I just thought she looked pitiful when she left.”
Lin Qiye’s hand paused as he was about to place a chess piece. He turned to look at Li Yifei with a complex expression. “Perhaps… these young people had difficult lives. If you feel bad about it, you could help her.”
“Help her? How?”
“Talk to her clearly, resolve her inner conflict. They’re all wandering souls. If you can help disperse some of the resentment and depression in her heart… that would be a good thing.”
Li Yifei seemed lost in thought.
Soon after, Jiang Er brought hot medicinal soup to An Qingyu. After he finished drinking it, Lin Qiye stood up and said:
“Jiang Er, you should continue playing with him. I’m a bit tired and need to sleep.”
“Alright…”
“Hey, I can do it too!” Li Yifei volunteered enthusiastically. “Sister Jiang Er, you go rest. I’ll play with him. Don’t worry, I won’t let him lose too badly!”
Jiang Er gave him a strange look. “Fine… you two play then.”
Lin Qiye went to his room to sleep, and Jiang Er returned to her coffin, leaving only Li Yifei and An Qingyu seriously playing chess under the tree.
“Hehe, Qingyu, I’ll go first?” Li Yifei said with a smile.
Having lived with them for so long, Li Yifei understood An Qingyu’s situation. Back then, An Qingyu had defeated him at the Sixth Middle School with his terrifying deductive reasoning, which still left him somewhat traumatized. Now that An Qingyu’s computing power was impaired, he naturally wouldn’t miss this chance for revenge on the chessboard!
“Sure,” An Qingyu smiled shyly.
Li Yifei confidently placed a piece on the board, and An Qingyu followed suit.
As time passed, the smile on Li Yifei’s face gradually disappeared. Eventually, beads of sweat began to form on his forehead.
“You lose,” An Qingyu calmly placed the final piece and said with a smile.
“This… aren’t you supposed to be sick?” Li Yifei looked at the board in disbelief.
“It’s not that I’m not sick… it’s that you’re too unskilled,” An Qingyu couldn’t help saying. “Your level isn’t even as good as when Jiang Er plays at an elementary school level with me…”
Li Yifei: …
Li Yifei shook his head in frustration. “Fine… I guess I’m just not good at these things. I’ll go back to my room to practice guitar…”
“Practice guitar?”
“Yeah, I’m performing at the welcome party in a few days.” At this, Li Yifei became confident again. “Not to brag, but today when I was playing and singing by the roadside, more than thirty girls immediately asked for my contact info…”
As Li Yifei continued boasting, An Qingyu fell into deep thought…
“Li Yifei, can you help me with something?” An Qingyu suddenly asked.
“You need my help? Just say it! If I can help, I definitely will!”
An Qingyu paused for a moment, then said seriously:
“I want to learn guitar.”
