Chapter 181
Sourced from an app she made up herself, the mobile version of the nok forum.
Still the same blank avatar, a number.
[10]: Have you been to Norton University? How come I didn’t hear anyone over there say there wasn’t much going on lately?
[10]: I’m not saying that, don’t think that just because you’ve disappeared for two hundred years that the number of people who want to kill you has become less, there’s a whole clan of people who have been looking for you, the kind that hate to split you in five.
The first time you go to Norton University, you’d better be careful, they’d rather kill 10,000 by mistake than let a thousand go, whether the person they want to kill is you or not.
The only way to get the most out of this is to use the anonymous forum.
[10]: ……
[10]: I was wrong, I took it upon myself to delete my friends.
Ying Zigui logged out of the account God Reckoner and logged back into the small number Coke Milk Tea Fries before she put her phone back in her pocket.
Naturally, she had seen the private message Cesar had sent her.
But it wasn’t time to be able to meet up yet.
The Laurent family had been in hiding for so many years, but it wasn’t just because Cesar was “dead”.
Indeed, even her visit to Norton University was a big one.
Fortunately, her arithmetic skills had recovered considerably from the time she first returned to Earth.
Although there was still an immeasurable gap from the peak, a trip to O Continent could reduce the risk by a lot.
Ying Zidian pushed the door open and left.
I hope I won’t meet any other old acquaintances.
**
Meanwhile, the interrogation room.
“Officers, how can you arrest people indiscriminately?” Bai Shaoshi’s face was blue, “Did I do something?”
She had become jobless after she was dismissed by Qing Xiang.
Although she did have a little connection over in the imperial capital, she wasn’t important enough to have people help her against Qingzhi.
She was looking for work at home when two policemen came to her door and brought her in.
“Abetting a child to commit a crime and calling it something you didn’t do?” The policeman in charge of taking the statement looked disgusted, “You almost ruined two high school students.”
Hearing this, Bai Shaoshi’s heart skipped a beat, forcing down the leap in her heart and asking tentatively, “Officer, what does that mean?”
After she learnt that Wen Huilan was Ying Zidian’s younger brother, she specifically went to tell He Xun.
As expected, He Xun had directly taken away Wen Huilan’s interview qualification.
The path to Norton University was completely blocked.
The family was so poor, what else could they do but take the college entrance exam?
So Bai Shaoshi gave a girl in the science lab cla*s 500,000 to help her steal Wen Huilan’s pa*s and destroy it.
Without the pa*s, there was no way for Wen Huilan to take the college entrance exam.
She also heard that he has a mental illness, so it would be better to beat him up so that he can’t take it in the future.
If she can’t deal with Ying Zidian, she can’t deal with Wen Huilan?
As for Wen Wan’s future, it’s none of her business.
If she wanted to blame him, she could only blame him for being Ying Zidian’s brother.
“It’s really you.” The policeman had learnt some micro-expressions, and from Bai Shaoshi’s expression he could tell what she was thinking, and was even more disgusted, “Don’t worry, the kid is fine, it’s the girl you abetted who is really in trouble.”
Bai Shaoshi’s face didn’t hold up and she blurted out, “Nothing? That’s not possible!”
Wouldn’t she have wasted half a million dollars for nothing?
The policeman didn’t bother to talk to her anymore and picked up the phone, “Hello? Yes, we’re on it.”
“Sorry, Ms. Bai, a notice has come from above.” He stood up and handcuffed Bai Shaoshi, “As your situation is too bad and the other party won’t accept a settlement, you’d better go and stay inside for now.”
“In a short time, don’t even think about coming out, give you time to make a phone call and call a lawyer.”
Bai Shaoshi’s brain buzzed for a moment, and she couldn’t even hear what the police officer said afterwards.
Her face was pale and she was shivering.
The two policemen escorted her out of the interrogation room, talking in low voices to each other.
“She’s really good too, getting the One Word team out of the way.”
“It’s so bad it had to be reported anyway.”
“I remember her as a teacher.”
“Yes, that’s why the top said they were going to revoke her teaching license, anyone can really be a teacher these days too ……”
**
Eight hours later, Ying arrived at the o-continent.
It was true that the exact location of Norton University was unknown to outsiders.
Some said it was in the deep mountains, others said it was under the sea.
But no matter what, to get inside Norton University, one had to take the underground run by Norton University itself.
It’s rather like a secret base for those secret agents in the movies.
Without this special underground, even if you know how to teleport, you can’t get there.
Ying took a plane from Shanghai to a big city on the edge of the O Continent and then transferred to Norton Town.
The airport was full of people from all countries.
Ying Zidian is leaning back in a soft chair, yawning with her eyes half closed.
Her leg was suddenly bumped.
She opened her eyes, looked down and saw a little girl of about six years old, flopping onto the ground in a big pile.
Before she could reach out and lift the little girl up, she jumped up with a scuffle of her own, patted the dust from her body and turned her head towards her.
It was an oriental face, but the eyes were a rare ice-blue colour.
Ying Zigui’s eyes gave a slight pause.
She could only see the little girl’s name, but not her age.
The rest could not be seen either.
This little girl, then, could not be an ordinary person.
“Thank you.” The little girl looked serious, “Child, you are so good looking, you have the style of my youth.”
Ying Ziji slowly bowed his head and raised his hand to hold the little girl’s right hand, his eyes twitching.
Bone age, too, was six years old.
“But I have urgent business today, so I’ll leave first.” The little girl shook her hand too, but not in a pretentious old fashion, moving as smoothly as an adult, “I’m going to find my niece.”
Ying Zidian nodded and asked casually, “How old is your niece?”
“Maybe sixteen, maybe twenty, oops too much time has pa*sed, I can’t even remember, people just can’t do it when they’re old.”
“……”
The little girl stared at Ying for a long time, her eyes straightening the more she looked, and a little rare.
She scratched her head and hesitated, “So what kid, I think you look just like me ……”
Before she could finish her sentence, she was picked up in a hug.
It was a woman who was helpless, “Miss, don’t run around, you’re only six now, it’s chaotic here, what if the traffickers abduct you?”
“Okay okay okay know.” The little girl was impatient, and when her temper came up, she forgot what she was going to say.
After waving her hand at Ying Zidian, she was forcibly carried away.
Ying Zidian didn’t say anything either, she closed her eyes again and went on to wait for the plane.
**
In the evening, the Zhong family’s old residence.
Zhong Zhiwei brought Mu Shenzhou back from the Bund.
In accordance with Mrs. Zhong’s instructions, Zhong Zhiyan had been working to establish a good relationship with Mu Shenzhou.
Of course, it was not a relationship between a man and a woman.
Zhong Zhiyan also knew that with Mu Shenzhou’s status, it was impossible for her to tie the knot with a famous woman in Shanghai.
Therefore, she was very self-aware and did not have any other ideas at all.
However, Mu Shenzhou did not have the big frame of an imperial son, instead he was very affable and would talk to her about other topics.
“My mother said that she had sent me to the Ying family.” Mu Shenzhou asked the question he had been quite confused about, “Why did you come to Zhiyan?”
Because the imperial capital had been unsettled for some time recently, Madam Mu had thought of letting him go to Shanghai City to take refuge.
The main reason for this was because there were rumours coming from the Mu family that Mu Heqing had run to Shanghai several times.
So Mrs. Mu wondered if she could meet Mu Heqing in Shanghai.
Mu Shenzhou had never been to Shanghai before, so she felt very new to the area.
Zhong Zhiyan’s fingers squeezed and smiled, “Auntie is afraid that your cousin will bore you, so she’s letting you stay over here, the Zhong family and the Ying family are in-laws, there’s really no difference.”
“Your cousin?” Mu Shenzhou froze, “How so?”
“My cousin, she’s a bit of a pain in the a*s. She’s not really a member of the Ying family, she’s adopted, but she’s more of a fighter than everyone else.” Zhong Zhiwei pursed her lips, “At school, she hangs out with the school bully and bullies other students, last time she threw a girl straight into the rubbish bin.”
“The teacher she doesn’t take into account either, she cheated in the midterm exam and got first place, then this time she didn’t have the chance to cheat, she simply took a long leave and didn’t plan to take the final exam.”
“So.” Mu Shenzhou was disappointed, but didn’t say anything.
“And ……” Zhong Zhiwei’s fingers squeezed tighter, “she also sent her aunt to prison.”
Mu Shenzhou was slightly stunned, “She people like that?”
“Mm.” Zhong Zhiyan lowered her head, “That’s why my aunt didn’t let you live on her side for fear that she would bring you down.”
“I know, thank your aunt for me.” Mu Shenzhou nodded and smiled, “But from what you said, your cousin’s character is not very desirable, so you should also stay away from her in the future.”
Zhong Zhiyan pressed the corner of her lips, “No matter what, she’s still my cousin, I’ll try my best to make her change.”
After spending time with Mu Shenzhou these days, she knew that Mu Shenzhou would only make friends with people who were kind-hearted.
Mu Shenzhou nodded, “Zhiyan, I’m going to go and video with my mother, you should also go and rest.”
He pushed open the door and went into the room that Madam Zhong had prepared for him.
Zhong Zhiyan wiped the sweat from her forehead and had to go and revise her homework.
It was only twenty days before the final exams, and this time, if Ying did not take the exams, the first place would only be hers.
Zhong Zhiyan sighed with relief.
She turned around, and before she could collect her smile, she saw the old man standing at the staircase.
He was looking at her quietly, as if he had stopped for a long time.
Chapter 182
Nor did she leave or come over, just looked at her.
Instead of the muddy eyes of the elderly, the pair of eyes were so clear that they pierced right through to something
Almost instantly, Zhong Zhiyan’s heartbeat stopped.
“With a swish, a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back, and sweat sprang up on her forehead.
Zhong Zhiyan’s heart was reeling, and her face was as pale as paper.
She pulled the corners of her mouth, revealing an ugly expression that looked like crying or smiling, and her voice was also very difficult: “Master …….”
Master Zhong still did not have any emotional fluctuations, he put his hands behind his back and faintly: “Evening, come with me.”
Saying that, he went upstairs first.
Zhong Zhiyan dared not disobey, she pinched her fingers and quickly followed him.
Her face was still red and burning, and her mind was a bit baffled.
When did Master Zhong come back from the company?
How much had he heard again?
Zhong Zhiyan stole another glance at Elder Zhong, and when she saw that he looked calm, her lifted heart was slightly relieved.
Her grandfather was very hot-tempered, if he really heard what she had said, how could he still hold back?
However, as soon as she walked into the topmost attic, Zhong Zhiyan heard two words.
“Kneel down.”
It was cold, without any warmth.
Zhong Zhiyan’s face turned even whiter, and her legs knelt down uncontrollably.
Master Zhong had really heard it all!
Elder Zhong said again, “Raise your head and look in front of you.”
Zhong Zhiyan looked up warily, her body trembling.
But Master Zhong did not look at her and pointed at the photo in front of him, “Look at the photo of your grandmother, do you dare to repeat what you just said?”
“Do you dare to say all the things you’ve done all this time, in front of your grandmother?!”
Zhong Zhiyan’s lips trembled and her words were out of tune: “Grandpa ……”
Old Lady Zhong pa*sed away many years ago.
Master Zhong had to be busy with the company, and her parents each had things to do.
So at the age of six, she grew up with Old Lady Zhong before she started primary school.
Old Lady Zhong was very kind to her and answered all her requests.
“Zhong Zhiwei, what did you say last time?” Looking at Zhong Zhiyan’s cowering appearance, Elder Zhong finally shook with anger, “You later reflected to me, saying that you were just a little jealous and got carried away for a moment, and that you would definitely not do it again in the future.”
“But what’s going on now? In private, you give outsiders bad words about D**key, and all in one sentence!”
“Are you doing right by what your grandmother and I have taught you?”
Zhong Zhiyan’s body shook again, not daring to look up.
She had said those words because she knew that Mu Shenzhou wouldn’t bother with other people’s affairs, let alone ask questions for the sake of Ying Zigui.
But the others were different.
Master Zhong knew what had happened, and as soon as he heard it, he understood that she had done it deliberately.
She had always been well disguised, but this time she had been caught red-handed.
When he remembered the words he had just heard, he was so angry that his heart and lungs ached, and he was even more furious: “Are you usually the same kind of person who tarnishes D**ky’s reputation at school?
Zhong Zhiyan cried out, “I didn’t!”
School?
Almost the whole high school was in Ying Zidian’s favour, and they were still calling him the God of Ying.
She just felt ridiculous.
Look how easy it was.
With a face and a first in the mid-term exam, she had bought everyone’s heart.
Including Old Master Zhong, and also the teachers.
“Grandpa, why are you just looking towards her?” Zhong Zhiyan couldn’t stop her tears from flowing and cried louder, “Is it hard to say that she is more important than me?”
“Zhong Zhiyan, so this is how you think.” Master Zhong was disappointed, “Ask yourself, what do you not have? In these ten years, who have I loved the most?”
Zhong Zhiwei bit her lip to death.
Yes, in the past, Master Zhong would have been kind to her.
But at the end of last year, after he had met Ying Zigui, she was not the only one who was favoured.
The clock had just come back, and instead of looking for her first, he had asked Zhong Manhua to bring Ying Zidian back first.
She knew that Ying Zidian was forced to give Ying Luwei fresh blood, but she didn’t give Master Zhong any indication.
Later she saw that Elder Zhong had crossed over to her by treating Ying Ziyi so well and could not stand it any more.
“Zhong Zhiyan, for one day and one night, you kneel down for me.” Elder Zhong had thoroughly seen Zhong Zhiyan’s true colours, “Be glad you are my granddaughter, if you were my grandson, I would have executed the family law by now.”
Anyone who made a mistake in the Zhong family would be punished according to the family law.
Master Zhong left the attic and locked the door behind him.
Housekeeper Zhong was there earlier and came over at this point: “Old Master, before this cousin Miss came back, Missy was good in every way, how is this ……”
“It’s because I didn’t think it through.” Master Zhong was tired, “In the critical years of her character building, let her mother watch her alone.”
Mrs. Zhong was also an inveterate pretender.
It was more than three years after she entered the family that she revealed herself to Master Zhong.
But by then she had already given birth to Zhong Zhiyan, and it wasn’t a major matter of harming God, it was always impossible to let her leave the Zhong family.
“Look at this child, Evening Night.” Elder Zhong sighed, “I’m afraid she’ll do something that she’ll regret for the rest of her life, and at that time, no one can save her.”
**
When Ying got off the plane, it was six o’clock in the evening over here.
The airport was still a few dozen kilometres from Norton, so she got a lift.
Ying Zidian knew that a lot of people had been watching her since she got off the plane this time.
It wasn’t accurate to say that they were staring at her, they should be staring at a lot of people.
After all, she had posted on the nok forum that she would go to Norton University to pick it up in person.
Then it was being watched all the way until she entered Norton University.
There were indeed a lot of people looking for her.
There are the ones who really do live a long time, and there are some that have been in the family for generations.
The kind of grandfather who gave his grandson the last wish that she must be killed.
Ying Ziyi looked sideways at the completely unfamiliar face in the reflection of the car window and always felt a little dissatisfied.
She had already changed her face three times on this journey from the airport.
Although she had the power of divine calculation, before she recovered, she was not able to calculate everyone.
The people who wanted her life were not ordinary either.
The phone vibrated and Ying Zigui looked at it to see that it was a phone call.
The number was hidden.
But it was no use hiding it even if it called her phone.
It was from the Vice Chancellor of Norton University.
In the whole Norton University, apart from the president, the vice-president was the only one who had survived until now.
He had also had his body transformed by alchemy and his cells were much more capable of dividing than ordinary people.
Norton University was officially established in 1754, and they had worked together before.
“Hello, where have you been?” The Vice Chancellor forced his excitement, “I’ve followed the underground to pick you up.”
“Almost there.” Ying yawned, “Just a reminder, we’re being bugged.”
The call ended here.
The vice-principal who was on the underground got up haughtily and walked across to a professor, “Check if someone has hacked into my phone.”
It shouldn’t be.
If it had, there was no way his phone wouldn’t alert him.
The professor’s fingers tapped quickly on the keyboard and his face changed, “Vice-Principal, someone did hack into your phone, but the source is unknown and cannot be located. However -”
He looked a little odd, “He didn’t manage to hack in and was blocked back.”
The vice-principal was dumbfounded.
Half a moment later, he came back to his senses and understood who had done it.
In the two hundred years or so that this big man had disappeared, the Earth had also stepped straight from the industrial age into the technological age.
They had all studied the new science for a long time, combined with alchemy, so Norton University’s science and technology was to be ahead of the outside world.
The boss of the Anonymous hacker alliance, once invaded they all found out.
I did not expect …… this use of high-tech level, or far ahead.
The same people from the last century, how come they are so rookie?
The vice headmaster’s face was ashen: “Ugh, I’m going to be scolded again.”
**
By half past seven, it was completely dark in Norton Town.
He Xun had also arrived and he took the three students into a very large telephone booth.
There was a telephone in the booth, but it was not for making calls.
He Xun picked up the last pa*s he had left and swiped it in the induction area.
There was a booming sound and the ground beneath his feet suddenly dropped.
The phone booth was going down like a lift.
The three students were amazed and surprised: “Mr He, this is the way to Norton University?”
“Well, we have to take the underground later.” He Xun glanced at the time, “The departure time is 7:30 and it’s 7:50 when we get here, if we miss this trip, we won’t be able to get in.”
The three students all understood.
No wonder outsiders didn’t know where Norton University was, who would have thought there was a phone booth here disguised as an entrance?
Soon they were underground, and it was no different from a normal underground station.
In front of them was an empty track with the name of the station on it.
Fifteen minutes later, a voice sounded, it was the underground coming.
He Xun froze slightly.
Norton University had always been strict about time, how come the underground was five minutes early this time?
He walked over in confusion, but was stopped by the steward, “Student He, right, this car is for the Vice Chancellor’s special pick-up, your student’s underground will come later.”
“No, it’s okay.” He Xun was in a bit of a mess and retreated again.
In his heart, however, waves of shock were set off.
What kind of person, to have the Vice Chancellor personally pick them up?
In all his years at Norton University, he had never seen the Vice Chancellor before.
The boy at the side suddenly grabbed He Xun’s clothes, his voice trembling: “Teacher He, look if that …… isn’t Wen Huilan his sister?”
He Xun frowned and looked over.