Chapter 317
Looking at this system notification, Pei Tianyi’s tightly furrowed brow loosened, and he was rarely surprised in some way.
Because he was really not used to the nok forum interface, he had not logged into the nok forum many times, not to mention posting bounties.
Including this time, he had only posted three bounties in total.
The first one was for a book that was out of print and not even available on STAR, in Latin.
After this reward was accepted, he received the book the next day.
The second time, Pei Tian Yi had a problem.
Putting the puzzle out as a reward, he was given seven solutions to the question before the ten minutes were up.
It was also these two bounties that made Pei Tianyi realise that the nok forum was indeed magical.
Although Pei Tianyi had not posted many bounties, he knew very well that once a bounty was accepted, it proved that the user who accepted the bounty possessed the ability to complete it.
The rules of the bounty posting were a bit complicated, he didn’t read them carefully, he just knew that if he accepted the bounty and failed to complete it, he would be deducted growth value.
Pei Tianyi had been on the nok forum for a year and hadn’t figured out what the growth value actually did.
So he posted bounties, and the rewards were paid in money.
However, the users who strolled around the front page were more interested in being able to gain enough growth value to enter the hidden section and join the Hidden Alliance Society.
If Pei Tianyi hadn’t offered more money, his bounty would have hung for a month without anyone paying attention to it.
Immediately, Pei Tianyi sent a message to the user ID of the Wayfinder, but there was no reply.
He had to be patient and wait.
However, he didn’t have to wait long, and soon, another box popped up in the system.
[After testing, your bounty has been completed and your bounty amount has been remitted to the other party’s account].
For this kind of bounty that could be completed online only, things would be sent directly to the user’s inbox through the system.
Pei Tianyi opened his inbox and saw that the five documents he had sent up had all been translated into modern English.
A mere eight minutes had pa*sed.
Pei Tianyi couldn’t help but suck in a breath, how proficient did he have to be in both Old and Middle English to finish translating the documents in such a short period of time?
Was there such a powerful linguist in this forum?
No wonder his mentor had told him at the time that if he was lucky he would be able to meet many crouching tigers and hidden dragons.
Pei Tianyi pondered for a moment and sent another message.
[Hello, can we get to know each other?]
**
The Wen family.
In the bedroom.
Ying Ziyi casually closed a friend request, withdrew the five million she had earned in eight minutes, and then went to browse the hidden section.
Today’s hot topic of discussion at the Hidden Alliance was again one of ibi’s detectives.
The story goes that the detective was chasing a criminal and accidentally had his trouser belt ripped off, revealing something he shouldn’t have.
The person who first posted the story was kind enough to post a photo, and a group of bigwigs below were discussing it with fervour.
Ying Ziji looked at them for a while before going to place a few more orders for herbs.
Unfortunately, the trading area did not have the alchemy materials she needed.
It was because alchemy materials were very rare that even Norton had to go out to find them himself.
After she finished treating Ji Feng today, she only had one copy of the alchemy materials left, so she had to think of a way to find some more.
At this time, there was a knock on the bedroom door, and it was Wen Fengmian.
He coughed before speaking, “Yao Yao, it’s too late, it’s time to go to bed.”
Ying Ziji looked at the time, which was exactly ten o’clock.
It was still very early for young people.
“Dad, you rest first.” Ying Zidian’s eyes still fell on the computer, “I’ll sleep later.”
“That’s what you said last time.” Outside the door, Wen Fengmian didn’t leave, “When I woke up at two o’clock, the light was still on in your house.”
Ying thought about it and remembered that she had just found a really doggone good web series that day and had stayed up all night just to finish it.
“Dad, it won’t be this time.” She said, “I’ll definitely be asleep at eleven at the latest.”
Footsteps sounded and Wen Fengmian left.
Ying’s attention returned to the nok forum and was about to post when all the lights in the bedroom suddenly went out, leaving only the slightest glow from the computer.
She turned her head, looked out the window at the neon lights and fell into silence: “……”
After a few seconds, she finally confirmed something.
Her dad, in order to let her sleep, had turned off the main power supply.
Ruthless enough.
There is a kind of late, called Daddy thinks it’s late, you must sleep.
Ying pressed her head and just had to turn off the computer.
She turned on her phone and set an alarm and changed to sleep and went to bed.
Just in time, a message came in on WeChat.
[Good night, little friend.]
Ying Ziji turned over and replied with two words.
[Good night.
After thinking about it, she added another title.
[Brother.]
**
In the past few days, apart from cla*ses, Ying Yuexuan had been following Pei Tianyi’s lead in doing scientific research.
She originally planned to revisit the grammar and pronunciation of Middle English again, but was told by Pei Tianyi that the translation work had been completed.
“Yuexuan, you’ve worked hard too.” Pei Tianyi didn’t tell Ying Yuexuan about the nok forum, “Now that the investigation has been completed, you can attend cla*ses without worrying and don’t forget to take part in the isc replay.”
The isc audition ended on 12.15, the replay followed the audition and didn’t leave a gap for the contestants to rest.
Ying Yuexuan nodded, “Senior, let me see you out.”
Pei Tianyi nodded his head.
The two of them walked towards the entrance of Qingzhi’s school.
They bumped into the Cla*s 19 students who had just returned from the playground.
Pei Tianyi just glanced at them, but was indeed attracted to Ying Zigui.
He also knew now that this was the student Qingzhi had chosen to receive them at the very beginning.
Ying Yuexuan noticed Pei Tianyi’s sight: “Senior brother, that’s my sister.”
“Sister?” Pei Tianyi was stunned, “There’s quite a resemblance.”
It was just that Ying Ziyi’s face was so blooming that it was hard to notice anyone else at all.
Ying Yuexuan pursed her lips slightly.
When Pei Tian saw her like this, he patted her shoulder, “Yuexuan, she is good looking, but you are smarter than her and have talent in scientific research, individuals have their own strengths, don’t be sad.”
“Let’s go, I’ll treat you to another meal.”
**
After Pei Tianyi and Ying Yuexuan separated, they returned to the hotel.
In order to be able to conduct better scientific research and investigation, they had all the rooms on this floor chartered.
After Pei Tianyi rested for a while, he went to the meeting room next to him.
In the conference room were five teachers, and the professor leading the team.
Pei Tianyi knocked on the door before entering, “Professor Helvin.”
Professor Helvin was an honorary professor at the world’s second-ranked university, specialising in quantum mechanics, and was highly respected in the academic world.
Only he didn’t speak the language of China, which was why Teacher Deng had decided to get Ying Zigui in the first place.
“Student Pei.” Helvin nodded, “Have a seat.”
Pei Tianyi sat down, “Professor Helvin, I’ve booked the tickets, we’ll be able to fly o the continent tomorrow.”
He still had a lot of business to attend to over at Ilan Public School.
“There’s no rush first.” Helvin shook his head, “Professor Zuo Li has hired a student to help me with my research project, I have to wait for her, Pei, if you have something to do, you can go back first, I’ll be enough here alone.”
“How can that work?” Pei Tianyi frowned, “Professor Helvin, although we came here in secret, your whereabouts must have been watched by quite a few people, your safety is very important.”
For a professor of Helvin’s level, there were quite a few people keeping an eye on him.
It wasn’t as if there hadn’t been cases before where top professors had been detained when they left a country.
So Pei Tianyi was worried.
Helvin, however, didn’t care and waved his hand, “I’ll stay at the hotel.”
“When is this student you speak of coming?” Pei Tianyi only had to take a step back, “Did Professor Zuo Li say?
The name Zuo Li was known to Pei Tianyi because it was very famous.
In terms of academic achievement, Zuo Li naturally could not compare with Helvin, after all, the experience was there.
But Zuo Li was too young, he was only thirty-two years old this year and had a limitless future.
“It will be here in a moment.” Helvin waited patiently, then suddenly asked, “Pei, do you know about the question that the International Physics Centre has issued?”
Pei Tianyi nodded, “Yes, it is said that someone has already solved it.”
When he said this, he froze, “Isn’t it you, Professor?”
“Not me.” Helvin pushed his gla*ses, “I was planning to solve the puzzle after I was done with it.”
Pei Tianyi was surprised now, “Who else is so fast?”
Quantum mechanics, but Helvin’s area of specialisation.
“It’s this student.” Helvin glanced at his phone and revealed a smile, “Well, she’s here, student Pei, you’re just in time to meet.”
Just as the words left his mouth, there was a knock on the door.
Pei Tianyi turned his head.
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He looked over, but was somewhat less convinced.
He had seen the question that had been given out by the International Physics Centre and it was indeed a difficult one.
Only his major was not physics, but biochemistry, and he had just looked at it.
What’s more, quantum mechanics has always been a difficult problem in the physics world, and it’s impossible for a student to solve it even if he’s talented, right?
But not so with Zuo Li.
Instead, Pei Tianyi felt that Zuo Li had that strength.
If Zuo Li gave the solution to his students first, those extremely talented students would indeed be able to work it out.
Thinking of this, Pei Tianyi was not so surprised.
On the contrary, Helvin, the top professor, sat up straight and looked a few degrees more serious: “The door is unlocked, please come in.”
Only after he dropped these words did the door open.
Pei Tianyi’s originally careless expression abruptly stopped and he looked at the girl standing at the door, slightly stunned.
Ying Ziyi walked in, took her hat off and extended her hand, “Hello, Professor Helvin.”
When she opened her mouth, it was an authentic British accent, or queen’senglisch.
At this, several of the other teachers in the room looked over, all quite surprised.
Herman was from the Y royal family, and although he no longer had anything to do with the Y royal family, he still spoke in the standard queen’senglisch.
Queen’s englisch is prevalent in the prestigious, show business and academic circles of the O Continent, but not many people can speak it now.
The famous families consider the royal English accent to be a sign of authority and good taste, the actors because of their profession.
Within the circle of scholars, it is also Hervé who has the most standard pronunciation.
Pei Tianyi did not expect at all that Ying, a Chinese, would go for the queen’senglisch.
This royal English accent was fascinating to listen to, one couldn’t help but be attracted to the speaker just by the intonation.
“Hello hello hello, fellow Ying.” Helvin stood up and extended his hand as well, his voice was one of unconcealed surprise, “I didn’t expect that even though you are a Chinese, you speak English better than even a native like me.”
English was his mother tongue, and he could certainly know better than anyone else how difficult it was for someone learning a foreign language to speak queen’senglisc well.
Ying shook his hand and nodded slightly, “If the professor is interested, I can help you learn Chinese.”
“Definitely, that’s for sure.” Helvin was delighted, “I’m bothering you to come all the way, Professor Zuo Li says you’re very good, and I do have areas to learn from you.”
Ying sat down next to him and Helwyn took out the materials he had brought over from O Chau.
The two spoke in English.
Helwyn was worried that she might not understand some parts of it, so he went over some of the basics.
Ying Zigui just listened and didn’t make any comments.
“Professor.” Pei Tianyi finally spoke, this time not in English but in German, “You really might as well have a chat with Professor Zuo Li, we can also go to the imperial capital, there’s really no need to waste time here.”
As far as he was concerned, Ying could only be one of the solvers, it was Zuo Li who really dominated.
With Helvin’s level, there was really no need to still be here explaining to a student what quantum mechanics was all about.
Ying Ziyi turned his head and his eyes fell on Pei Tianyi for the first time: “It’s quite impolite to interrupt someone.”
Hearing such a sentence in German, Pei Tianyi’s expression gave a pause, and he actually had a wretched feeling.
When he spoke German, he just thought that Ying could not understand at all.
“Ying can speak German?” Helvin felt more and more that he had found a treasure, “At this age, there are not many who know two foreign languages and can still speak them so well, do you know any other foreign languages?”
He was interested in Chinese culture and academics, and he knew about the college entrance examination system, and knew that high school students did not have much time to spend on extracurricular knowledge.
Ying thought for a moment, “I think I know all of them, over on the o-continent.”
Except for some ancient countries whose civilisations had all died out.
Pei Tianyi snorted.
He had never seen someone who was so good at talking big.
All of them?
Did Ying Zidian know how many languages there were on the O Continent?
Even if he did, who could learn them all?
Helwyn nodded, the admiration in his eyes growing, and went on.
Most of the time, Helwyn was speaking and Ying Zigei was listening.
And when he heard the latter, there were so many proper nouns that the others in the room didn’t understand so well.
Just then, there was a loud thunderclap outside.
Pei Tianyi stood up and lifted the curtain to take a look, “It’s raining, quite heavily.”
Hearing this, Helvin glanced at the time and realised with a shock that three hours had pa*sed and it was ten o’clock.
He couldn’t help but feel a little regretful, “I’m going back to O Chau soon, I don’t know when we’ll be able to meet again.”
After saying that, Helvin turned his head again, “Pei, it’s so late, it’s not safe for Ying to be a girl, why don’t you give her a lift.”
Pei Tianyi frowned and didn’t really want to agree.
He could see that although Ying Yuexuan and Ying Zidian were sisters, they didn’t have a good relationship.
No matter what, Ying Yuexuan was his senior sister and he had personal feelings.
If he went behind Ying Yuexuan’s back to see her off, she would definitely be in a bad mood when she found out.
“No need.” Ying Ziyang put on her coat, already pushing open the door, and walked out, “Someone is coming to pick me up, Professor, see you sometime.”
“Yes, that must be good to see you again.” Helwyn looked at Pei Tianyi again and frowned for the first time, “Student Pei?”
Pei Tianyi took a deep breath, but got up, grabbed two umbrellas and followed them out.
**
Outside the hotel.
The rain came suddenly and the weather forecast didn’t say anything about it, many pedestrians didn’t bring umbrellas and were running wildly through the rain.
The man with a slender, straight posture held an umbrella and stood at the bottom of the steps.
The rain fell in a wild stream, muddy and winding, but he was not affected in any way, and still had a grace that made people fall in love with him.
Fu Yunshen didn’t have to wait long, and soon he saw the girl come out from inside the revolving door.
When this rain came, the temperature also plummeted.
Fu Yunshen stepped forward and slightly pressed Ying Ziji’s waist, bringing her towards his side, but soon let go again.
The umbrella in his hand was tilted towards her: “Yao Yao, you’re really underdressed today, at this temperature, it’s time to change into a down jacket.”
Hearing this, Ying Ziji’s eyes lingered on him for two seconds.
On such a cold day, he was still wearing a very thin black shirt.
This reminded her, whose memory had never been very good, of the time they first met, when he was still dressed like this in the snow.
Ying Ziji’s eyes gave a slight pause.
She hadn’t found traces of alchemy on Fu Yunshen’s body.
But in this world, there were indeed many magical herbs that could change the physique.
It was only that such herbs, so rare that they were almost non-existent, all depended on luck.
“Brother is in good health and can heal quickly from serious injuries.” Fu Yunshen noticed her gaze and tapped her forehead with his free hand, the tone of his voice lazy, “Little friend, you are still growing, you can’t compare.”
He rubbed a handful of her hair and shielded her, “Let’s go, get in the car.”
At this time, Pei Tianyi happened to come out.
He hadn’t had time to see Ying Ziji off as Helvin had instructed, but he saw that she had already got into a car.
Pei Tianyi’s eyes narrowed slightly as he noticed Fu Yunshen.
He could only see the side of Fu Yunshen’s face, the rain was so heavy that he could only make out a very good looking young man.
And at that moment, the man seemed to glance back at him.
Pei Tianyi’s heart flinched and he felt an unprecedented sense of oppression.
It was only when a new round of cold wind blew through, so cold that it stung his bones, that Pei Tianyi returned to his senses, but the Maserati was no longer in shadow.
He was in an indescribably responsible mood and stood in a daze for a few more moments before returning to the hotel.
Helvin was still in the conference room, packing up, and was displeased to see him come back just like that: “You didn’t send Ying’s cla*smate back?”
“His family came to pick her up.” Pei Tianyi put his umbrella down, “I watched him go with my own eyes.”
Hearing this, Helvin said nothing more and nodded, “Book your ticket for tomorrow afternoon, I have something in the morning and need to go out.”
**
Thirty minutes later.
After the Maserati entered the Wen family’s neighborhood, the rain just stopped.
Fu Yunshen stopped the car: “Yoyo, here we are.”
There was no response, only the sound of light breathing.
Fu Yunshen’s eyebrows twitched and he turned his head to find the girl asleep.
She was curled up under a blanket, quietly, still in an insecure sleeping position.
Fu Yunshen opened the door and got out of the car, going around to the pa*senger side.
This time, he picked her up without any pressure.
Fu Yunshen’s eyelashes dropped.
His fingers gently caressed the girl’s face and his head moved slightly closer.