Chapter 35

"Do you know who did it?" Lu Yuan asked.

As these words were spoken,

the living room suddenly fell silent, the air in the room seemed to turn into heavy water, slowing down everyone's movements.

Qingchen in the kitchen also subconsciously held his breath.

After adjusting her posture, Jiang Xue slowly said, "I don't know who did it either. It might be someone who acted bravely. Why are you investigating this?"

In fact, Jiang Xue already knew that they were here to investigate Qingchen.

But no matter what, she didn't want them to find out about Qingchen, because that young man was standing up for her daughter.

The image of the young man carrying a spade in the night and the cracked tiger's mouth seemed to be right in front of her, giving her a sense of security for the first time from someone outside her family.

Lu Yuan smiled and explained, "Please don't misunderstand. We are not a law enforcement agency, so we don't intend to do anything to this brave person."

A member of the Kunlun organization said, "That's right. Based on the description from the criminals, we found that this person's timing was extremely precise, and his ambush skills were far beyond the ordinary. So we want to find him and see if he's a穿越者 (穿越者 means '穿越者' in Chinese, which can be translated as '穿越者' in English, but in this context, it means 'time traveler' or '穿越者')."

Lu Yuan added, "We're not sure if he's a time traveler, but we pay attention to any unusual events recently."

These two people seemed to have rehearsed their lines, one leading and the other following.

At this moment, Li Tongyun, who was sitting beside them, said obediently, "After the incident yesterday, my mom and I have been at home and haven't gone out, so we don't know who did it."

Qingchen in the kitchen was taken aback.

Most people have a subconscious belief that children don't lie.

Li Tongyun's sudden explanation undoubtedly increased the credibility of her words.

At that moment, Qingchen thought that this little girl might not be as simple as she seemed.

Back then, when the little girl wanted to seek refuge at his doorstep, although she was timid, she was impossible to refuse.

Now, after becoming a time traveler, she even kept it a secret from her own mother.

This was not a coincidence.

Children growing up in a family with constant arguments and domestic violence are likely to be different from others, either becoming introverted or precocious, or having other psychological traits.

He himself grew up in such a family environment, and so did Li Tongyun.

For some reason, Qingchen suddenly felt as if he had encountered a kindred spirit.

A kindred spirit who hides behind a calm exterior but has a turbulent heart.

This was his intuition.

At this moment, Li Tongyun suddenly asked, "Uncle, didn't that brave uncle or aunt help us? Why are you looking for him? Are you going to catch him? Are you bad people?"

"No," Lu Yuan's companion explained awkwardly, "Don't misunderstand, little one."

Lu Yuan explained, "It might really be a brave person. Let me explain again, we have no ill intentions. The Kunlun organization is just starting, so we need to find and recruit some like-minded talents."

"Okay, I understand," Jiang Xue said.

"Also, in the inner world, some organizations and certain conglomerates have discovered the existence of the outer world. According to our statistics, 21 time travelers have died mysteriously, suffering torture before their deaths. More than ten time travelers have explicitly stated that they have been imprisoned by inner world organizations. We hope you, Mrs. Jiang, can be more cautious and not be discovered," Lu Yuan added, "Although these are secret operations, they are enough to remind us that exposure is very dangerous."

"Understood," Jiang Xue nodded. Hearing these numbers, she felt a bit frightened.

It turned out that exposing one's identity in the inner world was so terrifying.

At this moment, Lu Yuan's companion's phone rang. He glanced at it and said, "He Xiaoxiao has appeared again."

Jiang Xue was puzzled, "Is He Xiaoxiao the one who posts guides on Douyin?"

"Yes," Lu Yuan nodded.

Li Tongyun asked obediently, "Uncle, who is He Xiaoxiao? I see he knows a lot."

Lu Yuan became interested, "You know He Xiaoxiao too? We are also looking for this person, but he is very good at hiding himself. We haven't found out who he is yet. He should have left some clues, but all traces related to him have been erased... I've talked too much. We won't disturb you anymore. Goodbye."

Jiang Xue stood up and said, "I can't move easily, so I won't see you out."

"No need to see us out," Lu Yuan smiled and walked to the door. He suddenly looked at the entrance and asked, "Oh, whose sports shoes are these at the door?"

Jiang Xue calmly replied, "My husband's."

Li Tongyun also said, "Yes, my dad's."

"Ah, sorry," Lu Yuan said and then opened the door and left.

After the door closed with a click, Jiang Xue and Li Tongyun let out a sigh of relief.

Qingchen came out of the kitchen, "Sorry, I caused you trouble."

"Don't say that. It's we who caused you trouble," Jiang Xue said, "If it weren't for our incident, you wouldn't have been involved in this."

"Okay, what do you want to eat? I opened the fridge just now and found no vegetables," Qingchen said.

Jiang Xue asked Li Tongyun to take out 200 yuan from her wallet, "We need to buy some vegetables. How about some ribs? You and Xiao Yun are growing, so you need to eat some meat."

Qingchen thought for a moment and took the money and went out.

In the old corridor, there were posters and peeling wall paint everywhere.

He stood in the shadow of the stairs, tapping his fingers on the iron railing, making a tapping sound.

The sound had a strange rhythm, as if his fingers were thinking.

A moment later, Qingchen went back home to change his shoes and then went to the market.

However, before he left the neighborhood, he saw a black SUV parked by the roadside, with someone inside quietly watching him, waiting for him to pass by.

Lu Yuan's eyes scanned Qingchen from head to toe, pausing especially on his shoes.

The two people in the car watched silently until Qingchen walked away, and then Lu Yuan suddenly said, "It's not him."

"Why didn't you rush in to take a look when you knew there was someone else in the room, hiding from us? That would have been easier," the other person asked in confusion.

Lu Yuan sighed, "Boss Zheng just told us that in the early stages of Kunlun, we need to maintain good relations with time travelers, not use force."

"I think it's better to recruit all time travelers into the organization first."

Lu Yuan shook his head, rolled down the window, and lit a cigarette. The orange-red sparks and smoke swirled in the car.

He exhaled the smoke from his lungs, "Kunlun doesn't accept just anyone. Boss also said we need to be on the same page."

"What should we do now?" his companion asked.

"Wait here a bit longer. If he doesn't show up, it's fine," Lu Yuan stubbed out the cigarette, "A new era has begun. Some people are destined not to be ordinary. Maybe we don't need to find them; they will appear on their own."

...

Qingchen walked to the Jian Dong Road Farmers' Market and slowly took out his phone to search for "He Xiaoxiao" on Douyin.

In the conversation at Jiang Xue's house, Lu Yuan revealed a lot of information: even Kunlun didn't know He Xiaoxiao's identity, and he hadn't been recruited by Kunlun.

Moreover, he had the means to erase his traces.

In today's internet society, how difficult is it to erase one's traces?

Your registered phone information, your identity data, are almost all connected to the internet and can be found anywhere.

With Kunlun's ability to restrict travel and technical means, how could they not find the identity information of a game streamer?

Unless, he possessed technology or abilities beyond this era, which the people of the outer world couldn't understand...

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