746: Chapter 168: When the Sky Falls, the Tall Ones Will Hold It Up 746: Chapter 168: When the Sky Falls, the Tall Ones Will Hold It Up Li Mumu leisurely finished her bowl of coarse grain porridge and stood up to follow two boys who were acting sneakily.
She trailed behind them, watching them enter Principal Zhou’s office, and when they came out, both of them were visibly relieved.
“Didn’t we agree to say Big Brother was off fighting?
Why did you change your story all of a sudden…”
“Nonsense, if you said that, how would we stop Li Mumu from visiting him in case of illness?”
“But you can’t say Big Brother went off to drink and fool around!
Big Brother has always been chaste…”
“Be honest with yourself, what chastity does Big Brother have left?
He wants everything in the bowl and what’s in the pot…
If you mention drinking and fooling around, Eldest Miss Li will get angry and certainly won’t ask any further.”
“Still, you can’t say that.
When Big Brother comes back, how will you explain it to him?”
“Let’s just hope Big Brother makes it back alive first.”
Li Mumu hid to the side, watching them go downstairs, then she went straight to knock on the door of Principal Zhou’s office.
As expected, her notebook was on Principal Zhou’s desk.
Principal Zhou was standing by the window, silently sipping tea from his cup.
“Good day, Principal!”
“Leave the notebook with me for now.”
Where is Wang Yunxiao?”
Principal Zhou turned his head, giving Li Mumu a meaningful look: “And here I thought you came for your notebook.”
What use do I have for that thing, if not for the direct messaging feature, I would have thrown it away long ago.
No, actually, I have thrown it away once before.
A philosopher once said, if you can’t see where the brain of a thing is, don’t trust it easily.
Li Mumu has never trusted this notebook.
What kind of decent person, upon arriving in an Otherworld, would completely and unconditionally trust the old man inside a bracelet or an all-powerful guidebook that fell from the sky?
“Last night was all chaos outside, you know that right?”
Truth be told, Li Mumu had little involvement last night, it was all about repaying a favor, and she didn’t know the specifics.
However, in the process of pursuing Mountain Leader Kong, she became somewhat aware of the general situation.
In modern internet vernacular, she had a ‘cloud’ understanding of it.
“Wang Yunxiao and the others may not be able to return for a while.”
So they really got caught?”
“Just assume they got caught.”
What does “just assume” mean?
Li Mumu couldn’t help but widen her eyes: “Is there trouble?
Principal Zhou didn’t answer her directly, suddenly asking: “Li Mumu, are you interested in working for the Special Service Bureau?”
Li Mumu was taken aback for a moment: “So sudden?
Principal Zhou shook his head: “If it were up to me, I would want you to stay in school and at least finish the third-year curriculum.
I know you have good grades, and the third-year curriculum wouldn’t be difficult for you.
But after all, you have returned from abroad and may not fully understand the domestic culture.
Staying in school to study would help you reestablish your values.”
“However, the Special Service Bureau is short on staff, and someone there specifically requested for you.
I couldn’t refuse, so I wanted to ask for your opinion first.”
Just how short-staffed are they to consider pulling me in to fill the gaps?
Seemingly understanding the uncertainty in Li Mumu’s mind, Principal Zhou sighed: “The mid-level officers in the bureau have been completely wiped out.”
Isn’t she… just… gone now?
Fair to say, Li Mumu did quite like that blind elder sister, who was beautiful and kind, with a pleasing way of speaking.
Isn’t she responsible for internal affairs?
How come she’s just suddenly sacrificed?
“Don’t delve too deeply into this matter.”
Principal Zhou suddenly spoke up with a warning.
Li Mumu pouted; she had indeed been tempted by that idea just now.
After all, she cultivates causality, and her cultivation method was given by Yaoqin; she still owes her a debt of causality.
“You’ve experienced time-space retrospection.
If you were to travel back to the past, what would you do to change the future?”
Your topic is jumping too suddenly, isn’t it?
Li Mumu didn’t even know how to respond.
Should I start by buying a lottery ticket?
“What if after you change the future, someone else isn’t satisfied and wants to change it too, what then?”
are you making a brain that’s just had a bowl of corn porridge with pickled vegetable lumps in the morning ponder such profound questions?
Faced with a confused and clueless Li Mumu, Principal Zhou seriously said, “Yaoqin, the head of the communication department at the Special Service Bureau, unfortunately sacrificed last night.
This is a key historical node.”
Finally, Li Mumu understood.
The matter is quite simple when explained.
It’s just like those popular online YY (fantasy) stories about traveling back to a certain dynasty, possessing advanced medical skills, curing the Empress and the Crown Prince of terminal illnesses, only to be humiliated by a profligate the next day, and the day after, being invited by the leaders to watch an execution…
The deaths of that Empress and Crown Prince are important historical nodes in collective public consciousness.
Changing this historical node would change history.
If you say you’re not concerned with this matter, people will start to wonder—did you travel back in time just to take a crap?
The incident of “Yaoqin, the head of the communication department at the Special Service Bureau, unfortunately sacrificing” is such a significant historical node.
Although Li Mumu has never heard of this incident in the history she remembers—this is normal, after all, she wasn’t a Tianmen person before she transmigrated.
In the internet era of the future, you can’t possibly know how the person from next-door City X got in, even if you’re always on your phone.
Don’t dwell on this matter.
“I understand, so what do you need me to do?”
Li Mumu decisively gave up thinking about this problem.
“I’ve heard that you’re quite skilled in medical arts?”
Hearing Principal Zhou say this, Li Mumu instantly knew who specifically requested her presence.
“I only know some basic stuff.”
“Get ready and head over there as soon as possible.”
Li Mumu wanted to ask about Wang Yunxiao’s condition, but seeing that Principal Zhou seemed disinclined to discuss it, she didn’t broach the topic.
It would seem as if I’m awfully concerned about him.
Walking downstairs, Li Mumu saw those two boys again, cornering the buzz-cut Little Doubao at the door…
now you can’t call him bald anymore, his hair has grown back, so it should be buzz-cut.
“If big brother can’t return, you’ll be in charge of the school.”
Wang Ying clenched her fist with a grave expression.
“You’re leaving too?”
“We need to rush back…”
“The First People’s Hospital…”
“It’s nothing serious, is it?”
Gao Hetian shook his head and chuckled, “It’s nothing serious, no big deal!”
Wang Ying looked at the two boys forcing a cheerful demeanor, her heart in turmoil.
Recalling Wang Yunxiao’s instructions to her before he left, she felt as though the sky was collapsing.
In the past, people always said that when the sky falls, there will be tall ones to hold it up.
But what if those tall ones finish holding it up?