Chapter 56

During the break, Wang Yi, Bai Wan'er, Hu Xiaoniu, and Zhang Tianzhen gathered in the hallway.

Most of the students passing by were wearing school uniforms, but the four of them, due to not having received their uniforms yet, were dressed in their own clothes, making them stand out.

However, when the students passed by them, they would deliberately avoid them.

This was like on a bus with many empty seats, where a beautiful girl sits alone in the back, and most people wouldn't choose to sit next to her unless there were no other seats.

Hu Xiaoniu glanced at the pure gold Rolex Daytona on his wrist; there were still 8 minutes before class started. He whispered, "First, let's talk about your side. Is there anything unusual?"

Bai Wan'er smiled and looked at Wang Yi, "Nothing unusual, except one male student specifically changed his seat to be closer to Wang Yi."

"Don't make it up," Wang Yi tapped Bai Wan'er's arm, "What if he had no other intention?"

"You know in your heart," Bai Wan'er said with an ambiguous tone.

At this moment, Hu Xiaoniu suddenly asked, "Is he a Time Walker? Maybe he changed his seat because he judged that you are Time Walkers?"

Actually, Hu Xiaoniu knew very well that even if a high school boy had a crush, he wouldn't actively change seats on the first day to get closer to the girl he liked.

So, Hu Xiaoniu immediately felt something was off.

Wang Yi and Bai Wan'er exchanged glances, "Probably not?"

"You need to understand that this is Luocheng, one of the gathering places for nineteen Time Walkers. It's normal to have Time Walkers around," Hu Xiaoniu analyzed, "Be careful. If he can understand our English conversations, it could be a big problem."

"He probably can't understand," Wang Yi said, "We discussed him in front of him, and he didn't stop doing his math test."

"Alright," Hu Xiaoniu said, "Observe him in the next class. See if he frequently looks down at his arm. Do you understand what I mean? If someone suddenly has a countdown on their arm, out of curiosity or novelty, they would look at it from time to time. This habit would only gradually fade after they get used to it."

Wang Yi thought for a moment and agreed, "Okay, I'll observe him."

After one class, the four of them gathered in the hallway again.

"How was it?" Hu Xiaoniu asked.

Wang Yi shook her head, "45 minutes, he didn't look at his arm once, not even when he was just spacing out."

Hu Xiaoniu sighed in relief, and Zhang Tianzhen asked, "Could it be that he guessed someone might be observing him, so he deliberately didn't look at his arm?"

Hu Xiaoniu pondered for a moment, "Let's rule out the possibility that he is a Time Walker for now. Generally, teenagers aren't that restrained or thoughtful. If he were really like that, it would be too scary."

Zhang Tianzhen joked, "Then he might really like Wang Yi."

"Right, how about your side? Any progress?" Wang Yi asked.

"No," Hu Xiaotian shook his head calmly, "Liu Dezhu is too good at pretending to be clueless. We can't break through with him yet. We need to build a relationship slowly."

"Maybe we should start with Jiang Xue," Zhang Tianzhen suggested, "This way, at least before we reach City 18, we can get some information about the current situation there through her."

"That's a good idea, but she doesn't seem easy to get along with," Bai Wan'er said, "Wait, do you remember the little girl calling Qingchen 'brother' yesterday? It must be our classmate Qingchen. These two families must be very close."

"Should we start with Qingchen?" Zhang Tianzhen asked.

"Sure, start with Qingchen and then get to know Jiang Xue through him," Wang Yi nodded.

...

After the second break, Qingchen was sitting in the classroom, head down, scrolling through his phone, recording all information related to Time Walkers.

At this moment, a voice came from beside him, "Qingchen, Nan Gengchen, here, this is the water we just bought from the school supermarket for you."

Nan Gengchen turned his head and saw a bottle of Nongfu Spring water just taken out of the fridge, with dense water droplets on the outside.

Because of the water on his fingers, the other person's slender, fair fingers looked even more translucent.

Classmates secretly glanced over, wondering when Qingchen and Nan Gengchen had become so familiar with the transfer students.

The transfer students had even bought them water.

Nan Gengchen asked in a daze, "Is this... for me?"

Bai Wan'er smiled brightly, "Of course."

"Okay, thank you!" Nan Gengchen got excited.

At this moment, Qingchen was still looking down at his phone, as if he hadn't heard anything.

A news article on his phone: "Domestic authorities successfully dismantled an illegal detention site and rescued 12 Time Walkers who had already admitted their identities online."

Among them was a well-known internet celebrity who had suddenly disappeared.

The news reported that the criminals had kidnapped these 12 people to an abandoned factory in the suburbs, using threats and intimidation to obtain their identities in the Inner World.

They used the safety of the Time Walkers' families to force them to carry items through their bodies, such as inserting drugs into their rectums, stomachs, and mouths, to travel between the Inner and Outer Worlds.

At the crime scene, law enforcement seized a large amount of Inner World drugs, mostly genetic agents.

It was reported that the two types of genetic agents could not enhance physical strength but could improve hereditary diseases: hereditary congenital deafness and hereditary congenital heart disease.

Currently, law enforcement has arrested 4 suspects, with 9 still at large. According to the suspects' confessions, the 9 at large are all Time Walkers.

This news was truly shocking.

Earlier, Time Walker crimes were only abroad, but now such bizarre incidents have occurred domestically.

From now on, all Time Walkers must remain silent.

It's as if everyone is in a dark forest.

"Qingchen?" Wang Yi waited for a while, seeing that Qingchen wasn't paying attention to her, she called out again.

Qingchen came to his senses and took the mineral water, "Thank you, but you don't need to be so formal in the future."

"We are neighbors, so please take care of each other in the future," Wang Yi smiled and sat down.

The classmates were stunned. What's going on? Qingchen and these two transfer students are neighbors?!

Qingchen sat quietly in his seat, instantly understanding the other party's intentions.

He ignored the envious or strange looks from his classmates and the teasing from some male students.

He slowly began to understand Wang Yi and Bai Wan'er's personalities.

These people, under the halo of elite education, had seen the world too early and had their own schemes.

However, fundamentally, they hadn't experienced real hardship. Their sophistication was learned from adults and hadn't been tested by society.

So, a few hours ago, they were indifferent, but a few hours later, they suddenly changed their attitude, which seemed particularly forced.

At this moment, Wang Yi smiled, "What are you so focused on? You didn't even respond when I called you."

As she spoke, the girl bent down to look at his phone. When she suddenly got close, a mysterious perfume scent wafted into Qingchen's nose.

It seemed intentional.

But when the girl saw the news on the phone, her body stiffened.

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