Early in the morning, Qing Chen, Jiang Xue, and Li Tongyun boarded the earliest bus back to the city.
By then, Jiang Xue had already quit her job as an art teacher, but Qing Chen and Li Tongyun still needed to attend school.
Actually, Jiang Xue herself rather liked the job as an art teacher. It was just that her identity as a Time Traveler was too conspicuous, and constantly wearing gloves on both hands also easily attracted the attention of others.
This feeling was not pleasant.
Although she had not started operating her clinic in the Inner World, the money invested by the Li Family was enough to allow her to live a comfortable life and even exchange some gold to bring back to the Outer World.
To this day, Jiang Xue lacked the ability to run the clinic on her own. Replacing and mounting mechanical limbs was a high-threshold profession, and it was impossible to master it in such a short time.
Luckily, the female teacher arranged by the Li Family was very "competent." Not only was she responsible for teaching Jiang Xue knowledge and practice, but she even helped Jiang Xue take orders and change mechanical limbs for customers when they came to the clinic.
The salary of the female teacher was paid by the Li Family, and to be honest, even if Jiang Xue completely neglected the clinic, it could still operate very well...
However, Jiang Xue was also a diligent learner and never slacked off during her time in the Inner World.
She also wanted to learn the craft as soon as possible so she could be a useful person.
Only Jiang Xue and her two companions were on the early bus. Owing to the kidnapping case, Laojun Mountain itself didn't have many people, and there were even fewer people taking the early bus.
Qing Chen suddenly remembered something... he had many sentences in Japanese that needed translation.
The young man opened the simultaneous translation software and started to recite, word for word, what Jindai Kongyin had said to him from memory.
Then, he realized that what Jindai Kongyin had said was a farewell and an anticipation for their next meeting.
Qing Chen, recalling from memory, also mentioned what Jindai Yasuhito had said: いつまで泣くんだ.お客さんが来ているんだぞ.せめて陳氏のエリートと結婚して欲しかった,神代空音の旦那は慶氏のゴミだ,こんな結果でも喜べ.
Displayed on the translation software was: Stop crying, I need you to stand up and greet the customers now. At the very least, you should have married a standout from the younger generation of the Chen Clan. Jindai Kongyin only married garbage from Qing's Family, and even this result should make you happy.
Qing Chen was speechless for a moment; it turned out his teacher really understood Japanese after all, and the other party was not just bluffing him.
Thinking about it, when Jindai Yasuhito said, "I'm going to silence you," it didn't really seem to have any problems compared with Uncle Li Dong's translation of "He wants to die here"...
The teacher's translation was quite sincere.
From the back seat, Li Tongyun leaned over Qing Chen's chair back and asked, "Big brother Qing Chen, what are you muttering about?"
"Nothing," Qing Chen replied with a smile.
After arriving in the Los Angeles area, Qing Chen headed straight for school and entered the classroom just in time.
Upon seeing Qing Chen, Nan Gengchen's first reaction was not to greet him but to cover his face...
"Enough already," Qing Chen said irritably, "It's not a big deal. No one else knows except for me, and we're not strangers. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else about your matter."
Nan Gengchen, ashamed, lowered his hand and sensitively said, "My matter? What are you talking about, brother Chen? I don't understand what you're saying."
Qing Chen sighed, "I know you're a bit embarrassed, but you don't have to be so sensitive."
"Yah?" Nan Gengchen raised an eyebrow, "What duck? I never worked as a duck!"
He decided to ignore him and started to check the latest news on his phone.
One thing was particularly interesting: during the National Day holiday, unlike the usual tourist footprints, the nineteen cities confirmed to potentially have "public beta qualifications" for Time Travelers were overflowing with people.
Another piece of news mentioned a man who, since the time travel incident, had been going to a neighboring "Time Traveler city" every weekend. He didn't have much money and would sleep in the cybercafes of that city, returning to his work place by high-speed rail when it was time to go back to work.
Of course, apart from those who could only visit during holidays, there were also those who moved directly to one of the nineteen cities.
In Qing Chen's junior high class group chat, someone mentioned that almost every class had new transfer students.
As Qing Chen had expected, the nineteen cities capable of generating "public beta qualifications" would become increasingly lively.
He then flipped through some other news.
After this return, He Xiaoxiao unusually didn't release any guides; she just posted a short video indicating that the Data fortress would soon be completed and that the Time Travelers' communication platform was about to go online.
At that time, those who wished to have access to the communication group would need to go through some verification. Only Time Travelers confirmed by them would be allowed to join the group.
At this point, Qing Chen suddenly asked, "Hey, where are Wang Yun and Bai Waner?"
Nan Gengchen spoke softly, "Brother Chen, don't you know? It's said that Wang Yun has died, and Bai Waner has transferred to another school and left."
Qing Chen pretended to be shocked, "Died?!"
"Yeah, Zhang Tianzhen from the class next door said that Wang Yun was killed by someone important from the Inner World," Nan Gengchen said, "There are also rumors that the Wang Family is looking for a way to get revenge. Brother Chen, don't worry, I'll never tell anyone that it was you who broke her legs. I'll take this secret to my grave, it's more important than my own secrets!"
"But why did Bai Waner also transfer schools and leave?" Qing Chen asked.
"Brother Chen, you didn't see the message in the group, did you? She even said goodbye to everyone in the group," Nan Gengchen said, "Maybe the death of her best friend hit her really hard. Afterwards, Bai Waner not only left the group but even deleted all her classmates from the friend list."
Qing Chen thought it indeed must be hard for an ordinary high school student to act as if nothing had happened in the face of such a big change.
He had been immersed in intensive training these past few days, so he hadn't paid much attention to what had been happening in his class.
What puzzled Qing Chen was that he'd been scanning through the news for a while and had found nothing about Uncle Li Dong's disappearance from Prison No. 18.
Could it be that nobody had noticed Uncle Li Dong was missing yet? Or was it that, although someone knew, they kept quiet to avoid revealing their identity?
This return had been uneventful with no one stepping forward with news; Hu Xiaoniu and Zhang Tianzhen were still in the hospital, and Bai Waner had just transferred schools and left, so everything seemed a bit gloomy.
It was during the break of the first afternoon class that Jiang Xue suddenly sent a WeChat message to Qing Chen, "Xiao Chen, hurry back. An agent brought someone to look at your house, and they even have the keys. I asked them what was going on, and they said the house owner had put up information to sell the house. It seems like your dad had also come back and has already left."
Qing Chen was stunned for a moment; according to the calendar, his dad, Qing Guozhong, should indeed have been released by then. Experience more on empire
He couldn't care less about class and stood up to rush home.