[Rat cat] Mirror City

The poached egg episode didn't last long.Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang found a hotel to put down their luggage, and then walked towards the library in City K without stopping.

Seeing the library in City K, Zhan Zhao suddenly sighed.Hearing the sound, Bai Yutang turned his head to look at him, "What's the matter, why are you sighing all of a sudden?"

"I just thought of what it looks like now." The library is quite big, counting the floors of the library with his head up, Zhan Zhao was also dazzled by the afternoon sun.

"I think of the past. When I was a student, I would go to libraries around the world to read books for papers, research, and materials. At that time, it was the same as now. I hurriedly jumped into a car going to a certain city, and immediately It’s been a long time since I found a nearby hotel to stay in, and ran to the library to look up information like flying, this kind of innocent life has passed for a long time.” Obviously only a few years have passed, but Zhan Zhao feels like a lifetime away.

Such a picture naturally appeared in Bai Yutang's mind. At that time, Zhan Zhao was more immature than now. He might be overwhelmed by a difficult problem in the project, and hurried to a strange place in order to find information. City.

Standing on a strange street in a strange city, this kitten may feel confused and perplexed, but he suppresses the confusion and confusion in his heart. The kitten who is alone can only use study and work to drive away the confusion and confusion .

Bai Yutang looked at this library, this library is very big, and the main entrance is also very big, there are people coming in and out one after another, they either go together, or alone, or in a hurry, or stroll slowly.

The cat beside me had appeared in front of other libraries countless times in the past days. Although she was tired from the heavy tasks, she was happy because she had made progress.

He would walk among the successive pedestrians, and most of the time, the front of the library was quiet.He would walk slowly along the long road in front of the library alone, with no one around, and then take a deep breath in front of the library door, mentally preparing for the unknown possibility in the future, and then enter the library alone.

The huge door, the quiet library, Zhan Zhao walked in alone, then shuttled between the bookshelves, found a book he wanted in the vast sea of ​​books, sat at the table

There might have been someone in the seat next to him at first.But as time slowly passed, people kept coming and leaving, Zhan Zhao would stick to his seat.

Zhan Zhao was so persistent, yet seemed a little lonely.Come to think of it, Zhan Zhao also thought of the scene of working hard alone.

"Let's go in together." Wanting to tell Zhan Zhao, this time he didn't come alone.I want to tell Zhan Zhao that here, even if he is tired, even if he is lonely, this time he is not alone, but I share it.

Just think so, so do it.Bai Yutang suddenly took Zhan Zhao's hand, and the two walked into the library together.Zhan Zhao was stunned for a moment, but he also tightened his hands. From the palms and between the two people's meeting, Zhan Zhao felt the intention belonging to Bai Yutang slowly coming, melting the bottom of his heart.

The two held hands for a short while, and after parting, the warmth of holding each other lingered on the fingertips and bottom of the heart for a long time.There were already few people coming to the library on weekdays, and there were even fewer people in the local chronicles reading room where Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went.

When applying for the proof of entry and exit, the staff at the counter heard that they were going to check the local chronicles, and looked at the two of them in surprise.But he did it quickly.

The reading room was even more lonely.Bai Yutang had never been here before. Standing on the bookshelf for a long time, his eyes were filled with the colors of ancient books, and his breath was full of the smell of books, the smell that would come from a long time ago.

The first time he experienced this taste was when Zhan Zhao took him to Elder Shen's house.Old Shen's house is not as big as here, and much darker than here, but the smell of ancient books is still the same.

It's just that Bai Yutang prefers Mr. Shen's place compared to the smell of ancient books in the reading room. There is no metallic smell in the reading room, and there is only the old wood and the calm feeling of the vicissitudes of time.

Compared with Bai Yutang's pure emotion because of his first arrival, Zhan Zhao's eyes turned dark because of the two people's purpose today because he already had a lot of experience.

"Cat, what's the matter?" Bai Yutang belatedly helped Zhan Zhao, and unexpectedly saw Zhan Zhao's painful expression.Bai Yutang understood immediately. Although the future was bleak, what else could the two of them do besides working hard? "Cat, let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor."

Zhan Zhao pulled Bai Yutang back and forth between different bookshelves, took out two books from the bookshelves, and handed one to Bai Yutang directly, "It doesn't matter, let's browse here first."

Holding on to the slim hope, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang leaned against the bookshelf while the other sat on the floor and flipped through the book.Bai Yutang flipped through the books very quickly, and Zhan Zhao did the same. The two of them flipped through several books between the bookshelves without making a sound.

Bai Yutang recovered from the book, rubbed his sore neck, and closed the book weakly, "Cat, how many copies are there, and the word 'Yinxi Town' doesn't even have a radical."

"There are still radicals..." Zhan Zhao looked up from the book, and replied weakly, "I didn't find it either. How long have we been here?"

"About two hours." Bai Yutang put the book in his hand back to its original place, and planned to take a good rest.

Zhan Zhao covered his face with the book in agony, wailing silently in distress.But after a while the weight on his face disappeared, and he also felt the light. Zhan Zhao opened his eyes, and Bai Yutang had already held the book that was covering his face.

"You should also take a break." He stood against the bookshelf for two hours, and now his body is also a little sore.Zhan Zhao leaned against such a hard bookshelf and sat on such a cold ground, how could he bear it.Bai Yutang was so distressed that he took Zhan Zhao's hand.

Zhan Zhao held Bai Yutang's hand and wanted to stand up, but his back hurt, Zhan Zhao subconsciously stretched out his hand to support Bai Yutang's thigh.Bai Yutang was unaware of Zhan Zhao's move, and suddenly lost his footing, the two of them collided towards the bookshelf.

Crap.At that moment, Zhan Zhao only had this thought in his mind. He would rather have flat ground behind him, and let it hurt if he fell directly. If he pretended to overturn the bookshelf, it would not be a bookshelf, it would be a row of bookshelves, and it would exist like dominoes!

Fortunately, Bai Yutang was quite reliable.While holding Zhan Zhao in his arms, Bai Yutang reached out and grabbed the edge of the bookshelf, and finally stopped before the two hit the bookshelf.

Zhan Zhao supported Bai Yutang's shoulders, and he was not relieved until he was sure that they didn't hit the bookshelf, "I thought it was a dead end."

Bai Yutang also nodded with lingering fear, and only after regaining his stability did he let go of the hand holding the bookshelf, his fingers turned red from excessive force, "Fortunately, it's all right."

After the two separated, Zhan Zhao suddenly started laughing as if a switch had been pressed. First, the corners of his mouth raised uncontrollably, and then his eyebrows and eyes curled up. Seeing that the laughter was about to be uncontrollable.

Bai Yutang didn't care about the pain in his hands, and quickly covered Zhan Zhao's mouth, "What's the matter?"

Zhan Zhao smiled uncontrollably, held Bai Yutang's hand lightly, finally suppressed the smile, looked at Bai Yutang and explained, "No, I just find it miraculous. Many times, you have had many accidents along the way, and this time the library is about to be demolished."

This cat, who escaped by chance, dared to laugh at the savior like this.Bai Yutang laughed angrily, and twisted Zhan Zhao's face.Knowing that he was wrong, Zhan Zhao allowed Bai Yutang to wring his face, and then pulled out another book from the bookshelf.

However, while he was pulling out the book, someone actually pulled out another book opposite him.Just like that, Zhan Zhao met his gaze, and Bai Yutang saw it too.

And then... three voices suddenly sounded in the originally silent reading room at the same time.

"Gongsun?!"

"Zhan Zhao? Bai Yutang?"

The voices of the three were particularly abrupt in the silent reading room.The person he hadn't contacted with suddenly appeared in front of him, and Zhan Zhao immediately dragged Bai Yutang to catch up with Gongsun Ce.

Gongsun Ce was still in shock when he met the two of them. It wasn't until Bai Yutang moved his position for the convenience of the three of them talking that Gongsun Ce didn't react.

Seeing the excited Zhan Zhao in front of him, Gongsun Ce reached out and pinched his face.He never showed mercy, so he took a deep breath in pain, "It's not a dream."

"No wonder, I just said why the opposite side is so noisy, you two can do it, the world of two people even went to the library?" Gongsun Ce deliberately teased the two, but his eyes looked around Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang .

Bai Yutang was taken aback by Gongsun Ce's teasing, remembering the big commotion he and Zhan Zhao had made in the reading room just now, he coughed dryly in embarrassment.

Unexpectedly, Zhan Zhao gently bumped his waist with his elbow, Bai Yutang turned his head in confusion, and happened to see Zhan Zhao tilting his head and winking at him.

What's wrong? ——Bai Yutang was a little dazed.

What's embarrassing—Zhan Zhao smirked and blinked—Gongsun's thoughts were not on the two of us.

Not on the two of them?Bai Yutang looked at Gongsun Ce, sure enough, although Gongsun Ce was saying "Why are you here", but his eyes were not on the two of them, instead he was cruising around, as if he was looking for something else, for example... people?

Is it what I think?Bai Yutang also blinked.

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows——Small sample, let me try it out.Zhan Zhao took a step forward, and Gongsun Ce looked at Zhan Zhao, as if he knew that Zhan Zhao was here.

"Gongsun, what are you looking for?" Zhan Zhao asked with a smile.

Caught off guard by Zhan Zhao's sudden question, Gongsun Ce stammered and failed to answer.This way everyone could see that there was something on his mind.

Bai Yutang also understood, "Gongsun, Bao Zheng isn't here. Mao'er and I just happened to be here on business, so we happened to meet you."

"Who is looking for Bao Zheng!" Gongsun Ce retorted without thinking.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, tried their best to hold back their smiles, and restrained themselves from telling Gongsun Ce that his face and ears were completely red.

It took Gongsun Ce a lot of time to suppress the rising heat, he quickly took a sip of ice water to suppress the heat, cleared his throat, and dared to meet the eyes of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

In the absence of Bao Zheng, Gongsun Ce couldn't tell whether he was relaxed or disappointed.It's just that there is a little resentment in my heart. I have been away for such a long time. Today, when the phone is turned on, there are all missed calls from Zhan Zhao, and none from Bao Zheng.

When I saw Zhan Zhao, I thought this guy had followed.Unexpectedly, Bao Zheng didn't come, and it made him nervous for so long just now.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Ce poured down the whole glass of water resentfully, "Please give me another glass of ice water." Gongsun Ce said to the passing waiter.

The waiter looked at Gongsun Ce curiously, the weather is not hot, why does this customer drink so much ice water?But he quickly returned with a glass of ice water.

Holding the ice water, Gongsun Ce glanced back and forth between Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.Desperately told myself in my heart, don't ask, don't ask, don't ask...

"Why didn't Bao Zheng come?" As soon as he asked, seeing the eyes of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, Gongsun Ce wished to drown himself in the ice water, so why did he ask.But after asking, Gongsun Ce felt a lot easier.

"Brother Bao said that you came out to relax. He seems to have some mission over there. Anyway, he can't find time." Zhan Zhao knew that Gongsun Ce still couldn't let Bao Zheng go, so he explained to Gongsun Ce that Bao Zheng didn't come here. reason.

"As for the two of us coming here, it has nothing to do with Brother Bao. It's just that Yutang and I discovered something, and then the clue pointed to this place, so we came here. We are lucky to find you."

Hearing Zhan Zhao's words, Gongsun Ce nodded, unable to tell whether he was disappointed or what.He had no choice but to focus on Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang took out a delicate small box from his backpack and opened it, inside was the thin piece of jade that Zhan Zhao took out.Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao basically knew the reason for Gongsun Ce's departure, so they didn't pay too much attention to it, and instead focused more on the business.

Gongsun Ce also adjusted his state. At first, he was only impressed by the texture of this piece of jade, but when he took a closer look, he couldn't help being amazed that there were such complicated patterns drawn on this piece of jade.

"What's going on here?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang spent so much time to get such a strange thing, Gongsun Ce immediately thought about "Zhan Zhao" and "Bai Yutang", "Is it related to the two of them?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, and told Gongsun Ce everything about the past few days at Ding's house.Gongsun Cezai listened carefully, the story was not long, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang picked out the key points and finished the story.

After speaking, Zhan Zhao found that Gongsun Ce was just looking between the two of them curiously.Zhan Zhao touched his face strangely, "What's wrong with us? You haven't understood yet?"

"I'm just curious. You still had a fiancée in your previous life." Gongsun Ce usually wouldn't say that, maybe because Bao Zheng wasn't here, he had been looking for Bao Zheng just now, so he couldn't help but feel that his thoughts here were towards Bao Zheng. Bao Zheng moved closer.

Gongsun Ce uttered a surprise, Zhan Zhao was choked by the water all of a sudden, and coughed for a long time before he calmed down, "What fiancée..." As soon as the word "fiancee" came out, Zhan Zhao felt the air around him become cold, Zhan Zhao Subconsciously looked at Bai Yutang.

What made him want to cry was that Bai Yutang gave him a cold look, "Yes, fiancee."

Zhan Zhao looks up to the sky, big brother, this is all from the previous life.Besides, this marriage in the previous life was also messed up by you in the previous life, and I also fell into your hands in this life, so what are you struggling with!

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to pull Bai Yutang, and poked Bai Yutang. The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. I haven't protested anything yet, how dare you look at me like this?

Bai Yutang also grabbed Zhan Zhao's fingertips just enough, and said softly "I know" to resolve the awkwardness that was not so awkward.The two of them set their sights on the piece of jade again.

Gongsun Cezai examined the jade piece carefully, "If things are really as you said, then the Juque Sword and Miaodao are likely to be in Pang's house. Although it is a step forward, it is also a big trouble gone."

"Trouble?" Zhan Zhao didn't know why.

"You have to ask Bai Yutang about that." Gongsun Ce pointed to Bai Yutang.Zhan Zhao immediately looked at Bai Yutang, pretending to be an obedient student seeking knowledge.

Bai Yutang thought for a while and told Zhan Zhao, "First of all, no matter what, we have already been brought into the attention of Pang Yan. If Song Qianxun really knows the secret of this piece of jade, they won't find what they really want , will definitely think of us. This is not a problem, what I care most about is Mr. Pang."

"I've already asked my brothers to help me keep an eye on the Pang family's developments. Mr. Pang is celebrating his birthday recently, and everyone in the Pang family has gone back to congratulate him. The point is that Mr. Pang has recently contacted many friends in the collection industry."

Having said that, Zhan Zhao also understood, "Pang Yan's recent activity must have caught the attention of Mr. Pang. He contacted people in the collection circle because..."

"Pang Yan does have a lot of good stuff in his hands, and it's also due to Song Qianxun." Gongsun Ce said, "The most important thing we need to pay attention to now is that although Pang Yan wants to get out of old man Pang's control, this secret, Whether it has been known by other members of the Pang family? If Pang Yan is the only one who knows, then the next thing will be easier to handle, but if the opponent is old man Pang, it will be the entire Pang family, so it may be difficult."

Thinking of this question, the atmosphere among the three became tense.After a long while, Bai Yutang comforted them, "It's okay, I'll let my brother and the others help to pay attention, there is no sign of this yet, so you can rest assured for the time being."

With Bai Yutang's guarantee, the atmosphere also eased.Gongsun Ce turned his attention back to the jade piece again, pondered for a moment and said, "Then don't worry too much for now. Let's do research after drawing the lines on it. Oh, by the way, you are here to investigate 'Yinxi Town' matter?"

"Yes, Gongsun, do you know?" Zhan Zhao looked at Gongsun Ce expectantly. Gongsun Ce has more experience than him, so maybe he really knows.

It's a pity that Gongsun Ce also shook his head, but he immediately gave them new hope, "But someone knows. On the one hand, I came here to relax, but in fact, I also wanted to do a friend. He is a local chronicler. , I know City K very well, maybe he can help us. It just so happens that you are here too, let's help together."

Speaking of this friend, Gongsun Ce's expression was not relaxed.Zhan Zhao vaguely felt that Gongsun Ce might have encountered some trouble, and just as Zhan Zhao wanted to ask Gongsun Ce, Gongsun Ce's cell phone rang.

When Gongsun Ce picked up the phone, his expression changed just for a moment, "What? He's gone?! Sister-in-law Chen, don't worry, first look around at home, I'll be right back!"

After hanging up the phone, Gongsun Ce hurriedly said to the two, "Come with me first. There is no time to explain."