Volume 7: Frost Chapter 6 Boring Small Talk
The meeting ended in a bad mood.
After Lin Shunan left, Jiang You placed the plush cushion he bought on the chair, sat down, and squirmed to find the most comfortable position. He then opened the drawer and took out a bag of spicy peanuts. He first took out two tissues and put them on the table, then poured the peanuts on top.
Sun Yu also returned to his seat and sat down. He said, "This is too unreliable. They are totally using us as coolies."
"The hard work is nothing. Just basking in the sun can help you get calcium," Jiang You said as he offered Sun Yu peanuts. "I'm just worried about those researchers who use us as guinea pigs just for a few data points."
Wu Yulan walked out of the conference room. She heard Jiang You's words and said, "It's my fault this time. I will pay attention next time and prevent this kind of situation from happening again."
"I hope so." After saying that, Jiang You stood up and said, "It's getting late. I'm going back."
"I'm off work too." Sun Yu said
Jiang You looked at Guan Nuo: "Guan Nuo, will you come with me?"
"I," Guan Nuo glanced at Wu Yulan and said, "I'll leave later."
"Then I'm leaving, Chief. Are you leaving too?"
"Let's go." Tang Butian unplugged the phone from the data cable.
Jiang Youtang is not sweet. After Sun Yu left, Wu Yulan said to Guan Nuo, “I’ll take you back after you finish studying.”
"Well, that Aunt Wu..."
"What's wrong?"
"I was in the research institute before, and I also felt that they didn't seem to attach much importance to the special forces."
"Previous cooperation was always led by the Special Operations Department and assisted by the Institute. Now we can say that we are starting to cooperate deeply again. There are only a few old people left in the institute, and the new researchers have never cooperated with the Special Operations Department before," Wu Yulan sighed, "I will have a serious talk with Xiaozhen about this issue."
…
Jiang You and two other people walked out of the Public Security Bureau building.
Sun Yu said, "Section Chief, Brother Jiang, can I drive you back?"
"It's too far," Jiang You refused. He said, "You still have to go to work tomorrow, so go back quickly."
"Okay." Sun Yu did not insist and walked towards the parking lot alone.
Jiang You and Tang Butian followed the moonlight and walked slowly out of the gate. They walked on the street. When they reached the corner, Jiang You took out his cell phone and said, "I'm going back. It's too late. My son is going to make trouble again."
"Lin Shunan, is what you said true?"
"I..." Jiang You saw Tang Butian's eyes and changed his tone, "It should be true. It's quite interesting."
"What's so interesting about that?"
"Zhuang Zekun hid the secrets from you, and this Dr. Lin blurted them all out."
"Buddhism?"
"The secret of how the heavens will change, someone wants to master this secret, how interesting."
"Zhuang Zekun?"
"It can't be him, actually," Jiang You took out a candy box from his bag and gave Tang Butian two candies as usual, "The way of heaven is changing all the time, just like fitness, first you have to injure the muscles, then recover excessively, and in the middle you have to consume a lot of energy, so those who are full of muscles and have poor physical fitness, they will be bedridden with a cold."
Tang Butian felt the wooden sword trembling in her hand.
Jiang You also noticed it.
He said, "Next time you take action, pay attention to the people from the institute."
"good."
A car 1.4 kilometers away from them accepted the order.
"I need to recruit talents." Tang Butian said.
"Give Guan Nuo some advice?"
"Wu Yulan's teaching is wrong."
"Come and get it when you are free. I am suffering from the summer heat and need to stay at home for a few days."
"The beginning of autumn has passed."
"It's time to put on some weight for the autumn."
The taxi arrived.
Jiang You reached out and opened the car door. He said, "Tang Xiaotian, come over to eat roast lamb on the evening of the 15th."
"good."
The taxi blended into the traffic, passed the traffic lights, and disappeared into the darkness.
Tang Butian turned around.
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It's late at night.
All the shops on Cultural Street are closed.
After buying milk at the convenience store, Jiang You carried the bag and walked towards the insect house.
The wind carries the sound of cicadas.
The leaves cast sparse and dense shadows on the ground.
A transparent spider silk passed through the shadow of the tree and into Jiang You's shadow.
A pink shadow streaked across the moon.
Jiang You stopped.
Jiang Mo stood in the middle of the road ahead.
Jiang You looked around.
There are spider silk hanging on the ground, on the trees, on the walls...
Jiang You commented: "The layout is pretty good."
Jiang Mo raised his head.
"But what are you going to do?" Jiang You walked over to Jiang Mo and picked him up. "Play a game? Hide and seek? Hunting?"
Jiang Mo lay on Jiang You's shoulder, watching the spider silk winding to the end of the street.
"If a child doesn't sleep at night, he won't grow tall."
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Yanjing.
After Zhuang Zekun finished his report, Xie Dong looked at him with satisfaction and said, "You have matured, Zekun."
Zhuang Zekun smiled and said, "After going through so many things, I only regret that I didn't really listen to Guan Kang's words back then, otherwise these detours might have been..."
"You've done a great job," Xie Dong stood up and walked out from behind the desk. He said, "The term will be changed in two years, and I can finally retire." He patted Zhuang Zekun on the shoulder, "I'm sorry for you. If I had been more cautious, maybe you wouldn't have to give up the Special Operations Department."
"No, no, if it weren't for you, Teacher Xie, who kept holding on, maybe we would have given up long ago."
"Ze Kun." Xie Dong's expression suddenly became serious.
"Teacher, you go ahead."
Xie Dong said: "After the disaster, I have always had a vague feeling that there is a force targeting us."
Zhuang Zekun's expression also became serious.
Xie Dong walked a few steps in the study and said, "This power comes from the secular world, not the extraordinary world."
"The person behind the Jinghu Society? Isn't he dead?"
"I originally thought it was him. After I carefully sorted out the information about Jinghu Society, I found that the power existed before Hu Yuefeng met that person."
"Are you still there now?" Zhuang Zekun asked.
Xie Dong shook his head. "I don't know, but you have to be careful. We are fighting against those monks, demons, and even gods who have mastered extraordinary powers. Often, the real harm to us comes from secular forces. The reports that caused me to be isolated for investigation, and the means that forced you to leave Tangjiang, are even legal."
"I will." Zhuang Zekun assured Xie Dong.
"I trust you."
"By the way, Teacher Xie, have you heard of the name Meng Yuanbai?" Zhuang Zekun.
"Meng Yuanbai?" Xie Dong thought for a moment and shook his head. "He sounds familiar. What's wrong with him?"
Zhuang Zekun repeated to Xie Dong what Taoist Qingyang had said.
"Meng Yuanbai, a Taoist priest with the surname Meng, Yuanbai, Yuanbai..." Xie Dong remembered something and said, "Taoist Yuanbai, there is such a Taoist priest, but I am not sure whether his name is Meng Yuanbai." He thought for a while and said, "After the disaster, many talented people in the folk took the initiative to come together to fight the enemy, and Taoist Yuanbai was one of them."
"What is he like?"
"He is a very low-key and silent young Taoist priest. That's all I know."
"Okay, then teacher, you should go to bed early. I'll come back tomorrow."
"You too, go to bed early."
