Chapter 155: Zeng Guangwang
Jiang Baimian knew that An Ruxiang wasn’t saying anything to Shang Jianyao and herself in her current state. It was because of this opportunity that she subconsciously sorted out her ssy feelings.
Therefore, she didn’t echo, interrupt, or express her opinion.
An Ruxiang fell silent again. After a while, she said, “I’d never seen such light in my own eyes. It made want to see it more.”
Without waiting for Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao’s response, she calmly asked, “Have you escaped the person with the bewitchnt powers?”
“He still owes us a lot of things.” Shang Jianyao was a little excited at the ntion of Qiao Chu.
Jiang Baimian tersely acknowledged it. “We later encountered the Advanced Heartless you encountered. In the chaos, we escaped the bewitchnt range. However, I still have to thank you for your reminder back then. Otherwise, things wouldn’t have gone so smoothly.”
“It’s only right,” An Ruxiang said simply.
She then looked back at the temporary classroom. “What are you investigating? I’m about to begin class.”
Jiang Baimian knew that An Ruxiang wanted the long story to be made short, so she directly said, “We’re investigating the organization that randomly distributes pamphlets, which promotes that ‘knowledge is toxic.’ Have you been threatened while you were a temporary teacher?”
An Ruxiang instantly beca vigilant. “A few days ago, a piece of paper was stuffed under my door. On it was written: ‘Stop the act of poisoning humans, or you will suffer divine punishnt.’ They also wrote ‘suffer’ as ‘buffer.’ I only understood it after taking the context into account.
“Nothing abnormal has happened since then. My instincts and experience in this regard haven’t dropped.”
“That’s their characteristic.” Jiang Baimian agreed.
Shang Jianyao also added, “Their intelligence is relatively low.”
Jiang Baimian thought for a mont and said, “Be careful in the next few days. You can co to us if anything abnormal happens. We stay here and are friends with Gu Changle.”
“Alright.” An Ruxiang was now alone, so she didn’t mind cooperating when faced with a strange situation.
“There’s nothing else. Go back to class.” Just as Jiang Baimian said that, she suddenly thought of a detail and muttered to herself. “It hasn’t been two months since we separated in Swamp Ruin No. 1, right?”
“Barely a month,” An Ruxiang answered.
“Then, how long have you been a temporary teacher here?” Jiang Baimian asked.
“About three weeks.” An Ruxiang rembered this very clearly.
“In other words, there was another temporary teacher previously?” Jiang Baimian rembered that the girl she had been chatting with had said that she had been here for almost two months.
“Yes,” An Ruxiang replied frankly. “I only received the corresponding mission because he suddenly resigned.”
“Then, do you know why he resigned?” Jiang Baimian beca excited.
“I don’t know. I don’t like chatting.” An Ruxiang pointed at the temporary classroom. “You can ask them.”
“Alright.” As Jiang Baimian nodded, Shang Jianyao had already walked to the temporary classroom.
He walked in front of Gu Changle, squatted down, and looked her in the eye. “I have a question.”
Gu Changle suddenly felt a little nervous. “What?”
“Why did the previous temporary teacher quit so suddenly?” Shang Jianyao questioned directly.
“He didn’t say.” Gu Changle looked at the won around her. “But he’s not bad. He refunded a week’s worth of tuition fees.”
Jiang Baimian—who had followed him in—asked, “Do you know where he lives then? What does he look like?”
Gu Changle replied in confusion, “He’s just an ordinary man nad Zeng Guangwang. His eyes are a little lecherous, but he’s still very focused when teaching. I’m not sure where exactly he lives.”
At this mont, the 17-year-old girl—who had been chatting with Shang Jianyao and the others—hesitated and said, “I know.”
“Where?” Shang Jianyao quickly turned his head.
As he and Jiang Baimian were rather good-looking, they naturally gained goodwill. The girl hesitated and said, “I t him at Yellow Corner Alley before he quit. H-he wanted to sleep with once. I happened to be lacking in money back then. I thought that, since we were acquaintances and there was no fear of being robbed, I agreed. Anyway, it doesn’t matter who I sleep with.
“He was pretty generous when it ca to giving money. He lives in the courtyard between Yellow Corner Alley and Red Silk Alley. The building by Yellow Corner Alley, the building on the left. Block 2, fourth floor, Unit 406. Yes, Unit 406.”
Jiang Baimian beca excited when she heard that it was a courtyard between Yellow Corner Alley and Red Silk Alley.
That was where Lin Feifei had once rented a room!
After hearing the girl’s description, the won around them giggled.
“Why didn’t you say so earlier?”
“Did he quit because he perford badly and was embarrassed to see you again?”
“Was he up to the task?”
...
Amidst these bold statents, Shang Jianyao sincerely thanked the girl before leaving the building where Ah Fu’s Gun Shop was located. He then headed straight for Red Silk Alley with Jiang Baimian.
The one guarding the courtyard’s entrance was still the old man. This ti, Shang Jianyao didn’t say a word. He stuffed a bag of compressed biscuits over and successfully stopped the other party’s interrogation.
According to the described address, the two of them entered the corresponding building and went up to the fourth floor.
After taking a few steps, Jiang Baimian turned to look at Shang Jianyao. “There’s soone in the room.”
“Yes.” Shang Jianyao indicated that he had sensed it as well.
Jiang Baimian then reached into her pocket and gripped the Ice Moss’s gun handle. After finishing her preparations, she ca to Unit 406’s door, raised her left hand, and knocked a few tis.
“Who is it?” A voice—which sounded like it ca from soone that had just woken up—sounded from inside.
“Your father,” Shang Jianyao replied fluently.
This shut Jiang Baimian—who had prepared a statent—up.
The person in the room seed to beco very angry. He forgot his vigilance and hesitation and suddenly rushed over, pulling open the wooden door.
He was a man in his thirties. He looked ordinary, and nothing special stood out.
The first person he saw was Jiang Baimian. He was stunned before he subconsciously smiled. “Yes, what’s the matter?”
Upon seeing this slightly lecherous behavior, Jiang Baimian beca increasingly certain that this was Zeng Guangwang.
She smiled and asked, “Zeng Guangwang?”
“Yes, that’s .” Zeng Guangwang finally saw Shang Jianyao. Due to his inferior height, he imdiately beca vigilant.
Jiang Baimian took out her Hunter’s Badge and showed it. “We took on an investigation mission, and we want to ask you sothing.”
“If you want to ask about sothing...” Zeng Guangwang rubbed his fingers.
Shang Jianyao’s existence prevented him from making any more excessive requests.
Jiang Baimian threw an energy bar over and didn’t give the other party a chance to bargain. She then directly asked, “Weren’t you previously a temporary teacher? Why did you suddenly quit?”
Zeng Guangwang’s face turned pale as if he had recalled sothing bad.
Upon seeing that he was inclined to refuse to answer, Jiang Baimian spoke first. “Is it related to the idea that knowledge is toxic?”
Zeng Guangwang was stunned for a few seconds before saying, “What do you know?”
Jiang Baimian didn’t respond and only looked at him.
Shang Jianyao tried to make eye contact with Zeng Guangwang, not letting him look away.
“Let’s talk inside.” Zeng Guangwang looked around, appearing timid.
After closing the door, he paced around and said, “I’ve previously been a temporary teacher for several families. I thought that I wouldn’t go out and take risks when the weather turned cold. During that period of ti, I received several pamphlets one after another. They were similar to the pamphlets that were randomly distributed on the streets. They wrote about how thinking was a trap and how knowledge was toxic.
“I ignored it, finding them a bunch of idiots. Then, I ca back from East Street one day and entered Yellow Corner Alley. Before I reached the courtyard entrance, I encountered soone...” As he spoke, fear appeared on Zeng Guangwang’s face. “That person was a little taller than and about the sa as you. He was wearing a black trench coat. Yes, a trench coat.”
Zeng Guangwang looked at Jiang Baimian and gestured. “He was very thin, and his expression wasn’t good. He looked very haggard, appearing as though he was suffering from a serious illness.”
Zeng Guangwang paused and took a deep breath. “He walked in front of and looked at . He then said, ‘Sir, knowledge is the root cause of the Old World’s destruction. Your actions are poisoning humans. Please cease and desist imdiately; otherwise, the Kalendaria’s noose will co for you.’
After saying that, Zeng Guangwang felt like he had plunged into a nightmare. “His eyes were very terrifying; they were black, and there was clearly nothing strange about them. However, they were very terrifying. I can’t even rember what he looks like.
“I ignored him back then and thought that he was crazy. After I returned, I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and realized that I was hanging in the closet, about to die. I had clearly been sleeping!
“I struggled with all my might, wanting to save myself. Fortunately, the wooden beam in the closet was very rotten to begin with. It didn’t take long for it to snap. In the room, there was no one else but ! I was f*cking terrified and didn’t dare to tell anyone. I quickly canceled all the missions as a temporary teacher and lost a large sum...”
Zeng Guangwang was rather agitated when describing this matter. He pulled open the dark-red closet door by the bed.
The wooden cross-beam inside had clear signs of snapping.
Hypnosis? Jiang Baimian nodded thoughtfully.
She turned her head and glanced at Shang Jianyao. She realized that the fellow had already walked toward Zeng Guangwang and sincerely said, “You encountered a ghost.”
“No way...” Zeng Guangwang originally didn’t believe in such things, but he believed it a little now. “What should I do then?”
During this period of ti, he had been overly suspicious. He couldn’t sleep well, eat well, and he didn’t have an appetite. He didn’t even have the mood to complete missions and had to rely on his savings.
“Move as soon as possible,” Shang Jianyao suggested seriously.
Jiang Baimian—who wanted to stop him—shut her mouth. She felt that this was a good suggestion.
Be it escaping the Anti-intellectualism Church’s line of sight or a familiar environnt, this was the easiest way to achieve the avoidance of certain hints from acting up again.
“Alright...” Zeng Guangwang said hesitantly.
After bidding him farewell, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao walked down the stairs.
When they reached the first floor, Jiang Baimian finally said, “Who do you think warned Zeng Guangwang?”
Shang Jianyao smiled. “Father. The Father I wanted to beat up.”
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