Chapter 138 Parting

There is no feast that doesn't end.

The old shop in the small alley closed, and the streetlights dimmed.

"I'm going to see an old friend."

Mr. Shu, with a cigar in his mouth, opened the car door and smiled, "It's only a little past eleven, there's still time. Anyone want a ride?"

Everyone hurriedly shook their heads in refusal.

No one wanted to get into the teacher's car late at night, only to be stared daggers at by people on the street.

"Truly tasteless young people." Zhou Jiren put on his sunglasses, silently started the engine, waved his hand, and sped off with a roar.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as they watched the sports car disappear from sight.

"I believe the teacher's taste..."

Zhong Wei shook his head and clicked his tongue, "is inversely proportional to his strength."

"It is a little bit..." Luo Er sighed softly, "Unique."

"It should be a lot." Gu Shen said with a wry smile, "Do you know how painful it was for me on the way here?"

"If it were me..." Nan Jin, who had been silent, said seriously, "I definitely wouldn't get in the teacher's car."

The four of them stood by the side of the street and looked at each other.

Then they couldn't help but laugh.

After the laughter in the wind slowly subsided, there was a faint trace of melancholy.

"Alright. I'm not like a certain S-rank, who has a private plane to pick them up."

Luo Er smiled and said, "I won't say too much about parting. Everyone, take care."

Zhong Wei smiled softly and said, "I'll see Senior Sister off."

The two figures walked away.

And when the wind rose again.

Only two people were left alone on the street.

Gu Shen, Nan Jin.

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"It's not too far from the apartment... I'm going to walk back."

Nan Jin walked slowly along the corner of the street, her shadow slowly lengthening on the wall, pinned by the distant streetlights. She looked at him and asked, "What about you?"

"Hey, what a coincidence, that's what I was planning too."

Gu Shen was happy to hear that, "You don't know, taxis are expensive in Qinghe District at night. It's good to walk back. Actually, if you're in a hurry, I can run with you for a while."

Nan Jin smiled silently.

Gu Shen realized that this seemed to be the first time he had seen Nan Jin smile tonight.

During dinner tonight... she seemed to have something on her mind, and didn't say much, just silently drinking.

"I'm leaving Qinghe tomorrow, and I don't know what the next task will be..." Gu Shen muttered, "Senior Sister Luo is going to Nagano, and Senior Brother Zhong should be going with her... You haven't said anything, Nan Jin, what are your plans?"

Nan Jin had been silent all night.

No one knew where she would go next.

"I don't know."

Her answer was simple, "If it wasn't for the A-009 escape incident, I shouldn't be in Qinghe anymore. According to my usual habits, I would be constantly performing tasks."

"What about now?" Gu Shen asked curiously.

"I want to stop and rest for a while." Nan Jin's answer was still very short.

"That's good." Gu Shen thought for a while, "If you feel tired, then take a good rest."

"I'm not tired."

Nan Jin's voice sounded a little helpless, and a little irritable.

However, Gu Shen didn't notice.

He scratched his head, "Actually, I don't really understand you desperate people... Although I'm also someone with a mission now, I'm also thinking about going back to Wulao Mountain every now and then to see my grandma and the kids if I have time. Speaking of which, what about your family? If you rest, do you want to go back and see them?"

Nan Jin's eyes flickered.

This time, she didn't say anything.

"Teacher and Senior Brothers and Sisters all say that you work too hard, so hard that it makes people feel sorry for you." Gu Shen continued to mutter to himself, "I'm quite curious, do you have a reason why you have to work so hard?"

"..."

Nan Jin stopped.

Gu Shen was stunned, only to see Nan Jin wave her hand, and a taxi slowly stopped in the distance.

"Don't get me wrong, this is a car I called for you."

Nan Jin said softly, "I wanted to walk back alone. But you're too noisy."

Gu Shen: "???"

"I wish you success on your mission."

Nan Jin pushed Gu Shen's head into the car door with one hand, and said lightly, "Next time we meet, don't talk so much."

After sending Gu Shen away.

Nan Jin felt that the whole world was quiet.

She exhaled a long breath and leaned against the street wall beside her with relief.

The night was deep.

The alley at the corner of the street flickered with dim and mottled light, and the dark figure on the wall lowered its head. The light and shadow seemed to sway and change, and there was a bloody smell in the wind.

Nan Jin softly spoke a name.

"Cui Zhongcheng..."

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"Nan Jin this girl... too much, too much..."

Gu Shen was angry but didn't dare to speak out about being forcibly stuffed into a taxi.

Actually, he wasn't that angry... He had sensed it during the dinner, after a certain name was mentioned, Nan Jin's expression changed slightly.

Cui Zhongcheng.

When investigating Han Dang's files, Gu Shen had actually tried to check other people's files... The confidentiality level of Senior Sister Luo and Mr. Shu's files was higher than Han Dang's, while Senior Brother Zhong Wei's could be viewed normally.

But Nan Jin's file was secretly sealed.

Her file's confidentiality level was very high. With the current Deep Sea permissions that Chu Ling could unlock, there was no way to crack it.

This was actually a detail worth noting.

Senior Sister Luo and the teacher's files were kept secret because they themselves possessed excessively powerful extraordinary powers... While Nan Jin's strength was not bad, it wasn't enough for Deep Sea to use permissions to seal it to this extent.

The file sealed her past.

And she... clearly didn't want to mention her past to him.

"Tsk tsk... Senior Brothers and Sisters, everyone has a story."

Gu Shen put on his headphones, played a song, and muttered to himself, "If this were in a novel, this kind of desperate person would probably be carrying an irreconcilable blood feud..."

The song in the headphones didn't play smoothly, but a rustling sound came instead.

"Perhaps she is just simply cultivating diligently?"

Chu Ling completed the connection in a second, and reminded him very seriously, "You can't harbor malice towards other people's past experiences!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Gu Shen was startled and quickly apologized, "You've been listening all along, can't I have some privacy?"

"I only connect to peripheral devices when you're alone." Chu Ling snorted, "Who cares about your little privacy."

Gu Shen noticed that the taxi driver was looking at him with a strange look.

Just now, his mumbling was probably all heard... And now he was answering empty space.

Hopefully, he wouldn't be regarded as a lunatic.

"Ahem..."

Gu Shen lowered his voice and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Miss Chu... You've come just in time. I've been waiting for you for a long time, and I've finally waited for you."