Chapter 48 Chapter 48 (2/2)

Ji Yushi however heard Professor Ji continue on the phone, “With the S-level mission added, you don’t need to work on getting more points anymore. They will give you a physical examination this afternoon. If you have recovered well from the last mission, you can go back to that day tomorrow.”

Ji Yushi, “This…….afternoon?”

Professor Ji’s phone was taken away by another person. The other persons voice was very familiar. It was Chief Lin from the Ning City branch.

“Xiao Ji, congratulations.” Chief Lin said, “How about it? My suggestion for you to assist the Jiang City branch wasn’t a bad one, right? You have now gathered all the points and have passed the psychological assessment. You have proved yourself with your own strength. The people at the top have approved my application. The day you have been waiting for for more than ten years is finally here! I will wait for you at the branch this afternoon!”

Ji Yushi: “……”

Even after hanging up, Ji Yushi was still a little lost in his thoughts.

Song Qinglan asked, “What’s wrong?”

Ji Yushi turned to look at him. He seemed to be slowly returning back to his senses and proceeded to shake his head, “Nothing.”

Song Qinglan was curious, “Why did your teacher call you?”

Ji Yushi, “Just some study matters.”

Outside the train, the sky was blue and picturesque.

At a speed of more than 500km/hr, the objects outside passed by as blurry images.

The window reflected Ji Yushi’s profile including his long neck and beautiful, clear eyes.

He seemed to be looking outside but he also didn’t seem to be doing that.

After a while, he turned around and said to Song Qinglan who was still deep in thought, “I want to go to the bathroom.”

The train had already made an announcement that it was about to arrive at a small station between Ning City and Jiang City. There most certainly would be many people coming and going when the train stops and, perhaps, they would meet people with some form of connection to them.

Song Qinglan felt that now wasn’t a good time, “Now?”

Ji Yushi bit his lower lip, “In fact, the eggs this morning seem to have expired. I feel a little uncomfortable.”

Song Qinglan, “………”

Ji Yushi stood up and walked towards the bathroom. Before leaving, he even added, “But it was delicious.”

Song Qinglan felt a little attacked. This was his first time making something for someone other than his family.

As for expired eggs, why didn’t he notice it?

But it was early in the morning and for some funny reason, he was too embarrassed to knock on Ji Yushi’s door to ask which ingredients could be used so he acted on his own accord.

Delicious?

Song Qinglan looked out the window and noticed that the corners of his lips were raised slightly.

Quite silly looking.

He fixed his expression. The palms of his hands were a little hot.

A minute later, the train slowly came to a stop.

Ji Yushi still had not returned.

Passengers came and went. Song Qinglan checked his watch. Another three minutes had passed. Ji Yushi seemed to be taking a while.

It wasn’t until the announcement sounded that Song Qinglan suddenly recalled something —– Ji Yushi’s expression when he lied. It wasn’t his first time seeing it so why did he fall for it just now?

He stood up and quickly strode over to the bathroom. There was no one inside!

The train door was closing. Song Qinglan hastily reached out to pry the door open. His hand was severely jammed for a moment and a sharp alarm rang. The anti-jam mechanism turned on. Song Qinglan ignored the alarm and the other people’s complaints and quickly got out, his eyes searching for Ji Yushi’s figure on the platform.

As a Recorder who had travelled numerous times to the past for his missions, even if he does not rely on wearing a mask to change his appearance, as long as Ji Yushi wanted to, he could minimise his presence to an absolute minimum.

Song Qinglan however spotted his thin figure in one glance.

—- Ji Yushi was currently striding through the crowd, heading towards the station exit.

“Make way!”

“Make way, thank you!!”

Song Qinglan squeezed through the crowd and chased after him.

Among the crowd of people, several of them paused with a blank expression and stared at Song Qinglan.

But Ji Yushi had no obstructions. As if they knew that he had changed the course of his actions, no one stopped him.

Entering the lobby, Ji Yushi’s back figure paused slightly. He knew that Song Qinglan had followed but he didn’t look back.

Ji Yushi only continued walking forward. When he passed by an empty seat, he even had the time to throw the empty water bottle on the seat onto the ground.

Song Qinglan’s expression was as cold as frost. Relying in his tall height, he walked very quickly.

He pushed the unfamiliar faces that continued to flood towards him as he moved through the crowd with difficulty and very soon, he was about to reach Ji Yushi.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in front of Song Qinglan.

Someone had stepped on the empty water bottle Ji Yushi had thrown and had fallen, colliding into another person hurrying along with a suitcase in the process. That suitcase had wheels and it lost control as a result of that accident, hitting a garbage cleaning machine and knocking over a cleaner.

It was like Ji Yushi had eyes growing on the back of his head. Relying on his superhuman memory of the environment and precise calculation, he was able to bypass all of this chaos.

He walked very quickly. When he turned a corner, he however found himself suddenly pushed against the wall.

It was a position similar to the last time in the bookstore. Even the angle in which his hand was restrained was similar.

Those big hands clamped down onto his wrists, restraining it behind his back. When the actions of this Guardian reached the eyes of the other passengers, it looked like he was arresting a criminal.

“Advisor Ji.” Song Qinglan behind him almost said that through gritted teeth. He said sternly, “What are you doing?”

Ji Yushi however didn’t panic. He only said quietly, “Let me go first. My hand hurts.”

Song Qinglan, “……”

Fuck.

Can’t you use a different trick?

Song Qinglan was the one whose hand hurt. The back of his hand and his palm had turned bruised and swollen from being jammed but he didn’t have the time to worry about that. Right now, he just wanted to know why Ji Yushi did what he did.

Song Qinglan didn’t release his hold of Ji Yushi completely and only loosened his grip. He pressed his hands against the wall to prevent Ji Yushi from escaping, “Care to explain to me what’s going on? Did you suddenly think of something else you need to do but cannot say, or is it because you have another idea?”

Apart from anger, Song Qinglan still did not show any doubts or suspicions towards Ji Yushi.

It was a very rare form of trust.

Ji Yushi turned around.

Song Qinglan’s dark eyes stared fixatedly at his face and he felt his heart in his chest fall.

Ji Yushi’s current expression was one that Song Qinglan had never seen before.

He didn’t joke and say that Song Qinglan was ‘wall-slamming’ him nor did he answer Song Qinglan’s question. He just asked, “Cap Song, no matter which reality we are in, do you think it makes a difference?”

Just now, they were working on putting the clues together and discussing the double slit experiment that he couldn’t understand much of. Why did he suddenly give up?

Song Qinglan didn’t understand but his intuition told him that it had something to do with that phone call Ji Yushi picked up, “Of course there is a difference!”

Ji Yushi raised his eyes, their gazes now meeting, “If you can get everything you have ever wanted in this reality, why bother returning to the other reality?”

The two stood very close. It was so close, Song Qinglan could see the colour of Ji Yushi’s eyes.

Ji Yushi looked back at him both coldly and calmly. He said, “Since there is only ‘me’ in any reality, then it doesn’t matter who ‘I’ really am.”

For a moment, Song Qinglan felt that what he had said made a lot of sense.

But he quickly returned to his senses and didn’t follow Ji Yushi’s train of thought, “You’re thinking with too much idealism. Of course it is important which reality we are from, it’s not enough just doing whatever you want. In our original reality, there are still many people who care about us and love us. Losing us would make them sad. We must return to our real world because that is where we truly should be.”

Ji Yushi said, “I don’t have that kind of reality.”