Embers Ad Infinitum

Jiang Baimian knew that An Ruxiang's current state was not telling him and Shang Jianyao, but because of this opportunity, he unconsciously sorted out his messy feelings.

Therefore, she did not echo, interrupt, or express her own point of view.

An Ruxiang fell silent again, and said after a while:

"I've never seen that light in my own eyes, and I wanted to see more."

Without waiting for Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao to respond, she asked calmly:

"Did you get rid of that charmer?"

"He still owes us a lot of things." Shang Jianyao became a little excited when he mentioned Qiao Chu.

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

"Later we met the 'Higher Heartless One' you met before. In the chaos, we escaped from the range of the charm.

"However, I still have to thank you for reminding me at that time, otherwise it would not have been so smooth."

"It should be." An Ruxiang said succinctly.

She looked back at the temporary classroom:

"What are you investigating? I'm going to start class."

Jiang Baimian knew that this meant making a long story short and said directly:

“We are investigating the organization that distributed leaflets indiscriminately promoting the poison of knowledge.

"Have you ever been threatened during your time as a 'temporary teacher'?"

An Ruxiang suddenly became alert:

"A few days ago, a piece of paper was stuffed into the crack of my door. It said, 'Stop poisoning humans, or you will suffer divine punishment.' They also wrote 'encounter' as 'luoqian'. I combined the words before and after Only then can I understand.

"To this day, there is nothing unusual. My instincts and experience in this area are still there."

"This is their characteristic." Jiang Baimian said yes.

Shang Jianyao also echoed:

"The IQs are relatively low."

Jiang Baimian thought for a moment and then said:

"Please pay attention these days. If you find anything unusual, you can come to us. We live here and are friends with Gu Changle."

"Okay." An Ruxiang was alone now. Faced with some weird things, she was not opposed to cooperation.

"There's nothing else, you go back to class." Jiang Baimian just finished saying this, suddenly thought of a detail, and said to himself, "We separated at the Swamp No. 1 ruins, and it hasn't been two months yet. ?”

"Barely a month." An Ruxiang replied.

"Then how long have you been here as a 'temporary teacher'?" Jiang Baimian asked.

"Almost three weeks." An Ruxiang remembered clearly.

"In other words, there was a 'temporary teacher' before?" Jiang Baimian remembered that the girl he chatted with before said that she had been here for almost two months.

"Yes." An Ruxiang answered calmly, "It was because of his sudden resignation that I received the corresponding task."

"Then do you know why he resigned?" Jiang Baimian suddenly became excited.

"I don't know. I don't like chatting very much." An Ruxiang pointed to the temporary classroom, "You can ask them."

"Okay." While Jiang Baimian nodded, Shang Jianyao had already walked to the room that served as a temporary classroom.

He walked up to Gu Changle, squatted down, looked at him levelly and said:

"I have a question."

Gu Changle suddenly became nervous:

"What?"

"Why did the previous 'temporary teacher' suddenly resign?" Shang Jianyao asked directly.

"He didn't say anything." Gu Changle looked at the women around him, "But he was pretty good and refunded our prepaid tuition fee for the week."

"Then do you know where he lives? What does he look like?" asked Jiang Baimian, who followed in.

Gu Changle replied a little confused:

"Just an ordinary man named Zeng Guangwang. His eyes are a little lewd, but he is still very attentive in class."

"I don't know exactly where I live."

At this time, the seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl who had been chatting with Shang Jianyao and the others hesitated and said:

"I know."

"Where?" Shang Jianyao turned around quickly.

Because he and Jiang Baimian were both pretty good-looking, they naturally received goodwill. The girl hesitated and said:

“Before he resigned, I met him over there in Yellow Corner Alley.

"He, he wanted to sleep with me once. I happened to be a little short of money at the time. I thought we were acquaintances and were not afraid of being robbed, so I agreed. Who am I not sleeping with anyway?

"He was quite generous with his money. He lived in the courtyard between Huangjiao Alley and Hongluo Alley, in the building on the left side of Huangjiao Alley, unit 2, fourth floor, 406, yes, 406. "

Jiang Baimian suddenly became excited when he heard that it was the courtyard between Huangjiao Lane and Hongluo Lane.

That was the place where Lin Feifei once rented!

After listening to the girl's description, the women around them started laughing:

"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"

"Did he resign because he performed poorly and was too embarrassed to see you again?"

"Can he do it?"

…

During these bold speeches, Shang Jianyao sincerely said thank you, and then together with Jiang Baimian, they left the building where the "Afu Gun Store" was located and went straight to Hongluo Alley.

The old man guarding the entrance to the courtyard was still the old man. This time, Shang Jianyao didn't say anything and just stuffed a bag of compressed biscuits, successfully stopping the other party's questioning.

According to the described address, the two of them entered the corresponding unit building and went up to the fourth floor.

After walking a few steps, Jiang Baimian turned his head and looked at Shang Jianyao:

"There's someone in the room."

"Yeah." Shang Jianyao said that he also sensed it.

Jiang Baimian then put his hand into his pocket and grasped the handle of "Ice Moss".

After getting ready, she came to the door of Room 406, raised her left hand and knocked several times.

"Who is it?" came a voice from inside that seemed to have just woken up.

"Your dad." Shang Jianyao replied very fluently.

This blocked the language that Jiang Baimian had just organized.

The man in the room seemed to become very angry all of a sudden, forgetting his vigilance and hesitation, he rushed over and opened the wooden door.

This is a man in his thirties, ordinary and unremarkable.

The first thing he saw was Jiang Baimian. He was stunned for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously:

"Yes, what's the matter?"

Seeing this slightly lewd expression, Jiang Baimian became more and more certain that this was Zeng Guangwang.

She smiled and asked:

"Zeng Guangwang?"

"Yes, it's me." Zeng Guangwang finally saw Shang Jianyao.

Being suppressed due to his height, he suddenly became wary.

Jiang Baimian took out the hunter badge and showed it:

"We have accepted an investigation mission and want to ask you something."

"If you want to ask something, you have to..." Zeng Guangwang rubbed his fingers.

Shang Jianyao's existence prevented him from making more excessive demands.

Jiang Baimian threw an energy bar over and asked directly without giving the other party a chance to bargain:

"Weren't you working as a 'temporary teacher' before? Why did you suddenly resign?"

Zeng Guangwang's face turned pale, as if he recalled something bad.

Seeing that he had a tendency to refuse to answer, Jiang Baimian said first:

"Is it related to the poisonous nature of knowledge?"

Zeng Guangwang was stunned for several seconds before saying:

"What do you all know?"

Jiang Baimian didn't respond, just looked at him, while Shang Jianyao tried to make eye contact with him to prevent him from taking his eyes away.

"Let's talk after we come in." Zeng Guangwang glanced left and right, appearing timid.

After closing the door, he walked back and forth a few steps:

“I used to work as a temporary teacher for several companies, so I thought I wouldn’t go out and venture out when the weather got colder.

"During that time, I received several leaflets one after another, similar to those randomly distributed on the street. They said that thinking is a trap and knowledge is poison.

"I didn't care, I thought they were just a bunch of idiots.

"Later, one day, I came back from East Street and entered Huangjiao Alley. Before I reached the entrance of the courtyard, a person came over..."

As he spoke, Zeng Guangwang's face became more frightened.

"That man is a little taller than me, about the same as you. He is wearing a black windbreaker, yes, a windbreaker." He looked at Jiang Baimian and gestured, "He is very thin, his face is not good, and he looks very haggard. , like being seriously ill."

Zeng Guangwang paused, took a breath and said:

"He walked up to me, looked at me and said: 'Sir, knowledge is the root of the destruction of the old world. Your actions are poisoning mankind. Please stop immediately, otherwise the sling will come for you.'"

After finishing speaking, Zeng Guangwang seemed to have fallen into a nightmare:

“His eyes were very scary, black, and there was nothing strange about them, but they were so scary that I couldn’t even remember what he looked like.

"I ignored him at the time, thinking he was a lunatic. After I came back, in the middle of the night, I suddenly woke up and found myself hanging in the closet, almost dead.

"I'm obviously sleeping!

"I struggled desperately to save myself, but fortunately, the wood in the closet was very rotten and broke soon. But there was no one else in the room except me!

"I was so damn scared that I didn't dare to tell anyone, so I quickly canceled all the 'temporary teacher' tasks. I lost a lot of money..."

When describing this incident, Zeng Guangwang became very emotional and opened the dark red wardrobe door next to the bed.

The crossbar inside had clear signs of being broken.

Hypnosis? Jiang Baimian nodded thoughtfully.

She turned her head and glanced at Shang Jianyao. She found that this guy had walked towards Zeng Guangwang and said sincerely:

"You are a ghost."

"No way..." Zeng Guangwang didn't believe this at first, but now he somewhat believes it, "Then, what should we do?"

During this period of time, he was paranoid every day, couldn't sleep well, couldn't eat well, and didn't have the thoughts to continue his tasks. He relied entirely on his savings.

"Move as soon as possible." Shang Jianyao gave serious advice.

Jiang Baimian, who wanted to stop him, closed his mouth.

She thought it was good advice.

Whether it is to get rid of the sight of the "anti-intellectual religion" group, or to escape from a familiar environment to avoid certain hints from happening again, this is the easiest way to achieve it.

"Okay..." Zeng Guangwang said hesitantly.

After bidding him farewell, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao walked down the stairs.

When he reached the first floor, Jiang Baimian finally spoke:

"Who do you think the person who warned Zeng Guangwang was?"

Shang Jianyao smiled:

"'Father'.

"That 'priest' I wanted to beat up."

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