Chapter 1039 Red Wall

After surviving the most uncomfortable period, Lin Nian left the tent area in Hall of Valor Square and took a small path to avoid the crowds and returned to Norton Hall.

Although after the strong earthquake, the dean advised the students to set up tents outside for a period of time due to concerns about aftershocks, there are always people who feel that the quality of life is greater than the safety of life, so there are not a few people who stay in dormitories and halls.

Things like earthquakes are fatal to ordinary people, and they are also fatal to hybrids.

After all, not everyone's spirit is dust-free, and not everyone can jump directly from the fourth floor and land with a force-relieving roll, then pat their butt and back like a normal person. Even in dormitories and halls, the dean has clearly stipulated that students can live there, but they can only live below the third floor to avoid another accident in the near future.

When Lin Nian walked to the garden outside the Norton Hall, he saw several members of the Lion Heart Club standing guard in front of the door. The Norton Hall had entered the stage of war preparation under the current special circumstances. Except for these few people on the surface, there were no other members of the Lionheart Club standing guard in front of the door. There were also many hidden sentries in the elm woods around Norton Hall. The things taught in the field survival practical class were indeed effective. At least when they had no intention of attacking Lin Nian, Lin Nian could only guess the approximate location.

When Lin Nian walked into the stone path in the front garden, the door of Norton Hall was pushed open from the inside, and out came Ling, the Russian girl who was in the same class as Lu Mingfei. She was wearing an autumn school uniform and also wore a Lion Heart Club. wearing an armband, walking towards Lin Nian with steady and unslow steps.

"Senior Lin Nian." Ling walked to Lin Nian and stood in front of him. He nodded slightly and said hello to the senior who was the same age as her but had the qualifications to dominate her.

"Are they all in there?" Lin Nian nodded to her as a greeting and followed her to the Norton Hall.

Zero nodded slightly, "The president is waiting for you in the office."

After saying that, Ling became quiet. Lin Nian didn't interact with Ling many times in the Lion Heart Club, but it wasn't too few. Every time there was an internal notification, Ling notified him. He even had it on his phone. There was also the other party's personal number, but apart from business matters, the two of them had barely exchanged a few sentences.

"Hello, Senior Lin." The Lions Heart Association students who were passing by the gate looked a little restless when they saw Lin Nian approaching. They looked at Lin Nian's eyes with a faint light, which contained suppressed urgency and other uneasiness. divided emotions.

Lin Nian saw their reactions in his eyes and just nodded slightly in response. He silently followed Zero into the Norton Hall. He could still feel the two eyes sticking to his back, which was a bit burning.

"Is this situation becoming common?" Lin Nian asked.

"The president has taken control."

Lin Nian stopped talking and was taken to the second floor by Ling. Before he could reach the office door, he met Su Xiaoqiang who was coming midway.

"Lin Nian! Are you okay?" Su Xiaoqiang was pleasantly surprised when she saw Lin Nian next to Ling, but there was also deep worry in her eyes. It was obvious that even if everyone didn't know the truth about last night's earthquake, it was almost a shock to her. That incident was closely related to Lin Nian.

"I'm fine, you go and rest first." Lin Nian looked at Su Xiaoqiang who was nearby and subconsciously took a half step back.

Su Xiaoqiang didn't notice this, and Lin Nian didn't notice it either. Only Ling noticed it. She glanced at the traces of Lin Nian's half step back and remained silent without saying anything.

"Are you really okay?" Su Xiaoqiang hadn't seen Lin Nian for a few days, so she couldn't help but walked up to him and wanted to get involved, but she noticed a trace of uneasiness flashing across Lin Nian's face.

After noticing Lin Nian's abnormal mood, Su Xiaoqiang immediately stopped and hesitated.

Lin Nian glanced at Ling, who nodded slightly after meeting his gaze, "I'll go to the office first to inform the president that you are here." After saying that, he turned around and left without any delay.

No wonder Ling's work style in the Lion Heart Club is always good. Many people praise this junior school girl for being good, beautiful and capable, but her only shortcoming is that she is unkind and cold, and no one is allowed to touch her - —Oh no, Lu Mingfei can be touched. Everyone’s Lion Heart Club membership looks like a fake, but Lu Mingfei seems to be a real member.

People often see Lu Mingfei and "Queen of Vacuum" eating alone in the restaurant. "Queen of Vacuum" eats two portions of ice cream each, and even lets others eat the ice cream, and they accept it. Needless to say, what does this have to do with each other? It's admirable to be worthy of being an 'S' class, being able to do things that others can't do at all.

Zero left, deliberately leaving room for the couple to talk. There were some things that she wouldn't talk nonsense about if she knew them, but it was better not to know.

"Are you really hurt?" Su Xiaoqiang noticed that something was wrong with Lin Nian now. She was a little anxious in her heart, but her reason told her that it was useless to be anxious, which made her feel very frustrated.

"If you can, stay away from me in the near future. It's very unsafe." Lin Nian did not deny the fact that he was injured. In this case, it was wrong to deliberately hide the true situation from the people around him. Some things are best done quickly. Disclose information privately to prevent your teammates from making wrong judgments.

Su Xiaoqiang took a breath and knew that the matter was a bit serious, "What can I do?"

"Don't fall into the hands of the investigation team. Don't reveal any information. We will probably have a short meeting later. All those who may be asked to testify at the hearing need to be ventilated in advance." Lin Nian and Su Xiaoqiang maintained a relative stance. At a safe distance, there is more than just blood flowing in his veins. Deadpool's pus and blood are not even as toxic as his current waste blood. If it is contaminated by hybrids or even ordinary people, it will kill people, and it may even cause genetic damage. The dire consequences of pollution.

"Okay." Su Xiaoqiang nodded vigorously in Lin Nian's eyes, "You can do what you want to do with peace of mind, I won't cause any trouble."

After getting a positive answer, Lin Nian silently let go of the worry hidden in his eyes. He asked Su Xiaoqiang a few more questions about her physical condition. After getting the answer he wanted, he turned around and left, leaving Su Xiaoqiang standing alone. I watched him disappear around the corner in the corridor.

Su Xiaoqiang stood for a long time, clenching her right hand tightly and digging her nails into her flesh. Finally, she sighed silently, let go of the hand that left a red mark, and turned around to leave.

When she turned around, at the far corner of the corridor where Lin Nian disappeared, the golden-haired little bastard stuck out his head and stared at the girl's worried and depressed back, revealing a strange smile.

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Not the same time, but close.

Another place across the ocean.

The blond, who was also an asshole, but not the same person, held a travel brochure in his hand and walked slowly in the deserted old alley.

The sun pulled her shadow behind her. On both sides of her were red walls that were dated to the times. Golden ginkgo branches poked out from the yellow tiles and the cornices. The wind blew through and the full autumn scenery fell upon her. Underfoot, golden apricots, red walls, and the clear blue sky of autumn flowing smoothly forward, the three colors complement each other, bright and public.

The clear weather always brings a good mood to people. The blond foreigner walked along the red wall with great interest, enjoying the autumn scenery that was more unique than her hometown. Her fingers gently traced the faintly peeling and discolored red on the wall. The film stained the fingers with a layer of rouge-like red. Some people in Lao Bei'an call this color "Zhucao Zhenghong", taking the meaning of "Bidanjing Zhucao, Bailin Red Goose" in "He Liyang County Liquan Biao", which is a historical name full of traditional meaning. She feels I don’t know how serious it is, but if I walk with someone again next time, I don’t mind explaining this rhetoric exactly. It will make her look very cultured.

Of course, all this knowledge was taught to her by the old man who smoked his pipe on the stone steps in the alleys. Otherwise, with her half-expert knowledge of Chinese culture, she would at most have thought of a similar lipstick when she saw this unique red. Come on, the prose that reminded her of Duguji was really a bit forced on her.

The phone rang. Lady Gaga's Telephone was a popular song on the charts, but it really didn't match the autumn scenery in the courtyard, so she naturally wanted to cut off the inappropriate singing and fumbled for the black phone half exposed in the back of her jeans pocket.

The blonde bastard took out her phone and took a look at it. After seeing the caller number on her phone, she suddenly stood still. Her beautiful eyebrows, which were trimmed just yesterday, were slightly raised. The look between her eyebrows was probably a little suspicious.

"Seriously?" She muttered and accepted the unknown call.

The call was connected, but the other party said nothing. The only thing that could be heard in the red-walled alley was the sound of the autumn wind blowing away fallen leaves.

After about ten seconds, the blond bastard spoke first, "Moxi Moxi?"

"How is the situation?" the person on the other end of the phone asked her, without complaining about her, a native Spanish speaker who greeted her in Japanese.

"It's not that good. I didn't find what I wanted." The blond bastard was used to the seriousness on the other side. "I went to Suolong Well in New Beiqiao, Zhenfei Well, and Donghua, which only has 72 gold nails. Door, the weirdest points in various folklore in the Forbidden City have been checked in, but there are no strange traces left recently."

"Look again and find clues. As long as it's a game, there must be clues." The other person said calmly.

"You're smart, you have the final say. But is it really okay to call me at this time?" The blond bastard looked up at the ginkgo that blocked the sun and cast a shadow on his face, "I heard that now There is quite a lot of commotion over at Kassel College.”

"Do your job well, follow your lead after finding the clues, Mandy, and don't leave your personal feelings at an inopportune time."

"Okay, okay, I know." Mandy sighed.

The other person on the phone was quiet for a moment and then said, "They are fine. Hilbert will not let anything happen to him. The King of Earth and Mountain is indeed very strong, but its strength is limited. After all, she has not truly completed the fusion. Your mission Just to prevent this from happening, I hope you can figure out the order of things. This is your biggest problem. You don't want to do your business after tasting tea, listening to operas, and sniffing snuff, right? Don't You’re wasting time, act quickly.”

After finishing speaking, the call was hung up, and the entire call did not last more than forty seconds.

Mandy put down her cell phone leisurely, took out the disposable phone card, broke it off and threw it into the pile of leaves in the corner. Also thrown in was a crumpled ticket to Deyun Club. She walked to the end of the red-walled alley. Outside was the busy traffic of Bei'an. There was an aunt selling meat buns, wearing an apron with "Linglong Shaobing" painted on it.

"Hey! Auntie, you're selling sesame cakes!" She rolled her eyes, then sneaked over and sniffed, "How do you sell them?"

"Hey! This foreign girl speaks Mandarin fluently. She must like our profound Chinese culture, right? Come on, aunt will give you a discount, fifteen yuan each."

"It's not just Chinese culture that's profound and profound, but also your level of taking advantage of foreign devils."

"What did you say? My mother-in-law didn't hear clearly."

"Nothing, I just want to compliment you on how delicious the sesame cakes are." The blond bastard remained calm.

"That's for sure. It's a local specialty and a must-try. The neighbors all say so."

"Nothing wrong." Mandy quietly took out twenty yuan and bought a meat bun and took a bite. "Auntie, I just want to ask something."

"What's the matter? Auntie, I know everything. You can ask whatever you want, as long as it's not a state secret." The auntie of the sesame cake stall patted her chest and her brows were filled with pride.

"No national secrets, I just want to ask if there are any strange things around the Forbidden City that are worth talking about recently. It's better to be a little scary. That's what us foreigners like."

"Something strange? Hmm." The aunt frowned.

Mandy slowly ate sesame seed cakes and looked elsewhere, simply because she had no expectations and had nothing to talk to.

"Oh, by the way, since we mentioned the recent strange things, I'm going to tell you a ghost story about the recent disappearance of people on the subway line."

"Oh? Tell me in detail!" Mandy took a bite of the sesame seed cake and turned back to ask curiously.

"The matter starts with the accident on the Line 4 subway some time ago."

In autumn, the city of Bei'an is full of golden apricots, and the air is crisp. The smoke from the sesame cakes on the red walls and yellow tiles rises slightly from the branches. Below, a blond foreign girl squats on the side of the road, taking a bite of sesame cakes and chatting with an old woman. Eat. The terrible danger hidden in the deep darkness is still sleeping, just like the ginkgo fruits on the wall of the Forbidden City are becoming more and more plump, just waiting for the touch of the autumn wind, they will fall to the ground and spill out the full juice.