[Rat cat] Mirror City

"Yutang." From a distance, Zhan Zhao saw Bai Yutang waiting under a tree. Although he had seen each other in the past few days, seeing him after finishing the work at hand, Zhan Zhao felt that the whole world was refreshed. Get up, quicken your pace and run towards the tree.

Bai Yutang was texting, when Zhan Zhao ran towards him, he looked up as if he had sensed something.Seeing Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang showed a satisfied smile, and opened his arms towards Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao's feet didn't hold back at all, and he just rushed towards Bai Yutang.The vitality that had been suppressed for a few days suddenly burst out like this, and Zhan Zhao knocked Bai Yutang back several steps.

Bai Yutang backed up a few steps with Zhan Zhao in his arms, and hit the tree trunk directly with his back.Because of the excessive impact, the not-so-thick trunk shook, and a few leaves fell down one after another.

Leaning against the tree like this, Bai Yutang raised his head, looking at the blue among the emerald greens through the gaps in the leaves.The chest that Zhan Zhao directly hit was painful and stinging, but it felt extraordinarily pleasurable to breathe.

Zhan Zhao buried himself in his chest, and his muffled yet cheerful laughter reached Bai Yutang's ears.Bai Yutang lowered his head, although he couldn't see Zhan Zhao's face, he could feel Zhan Zhao's joy, and Bai Yutang couldn't restrain himself from laughing.

"Happy?" Bai Yutang slightly pushed Zhan Zhao away, and pinched Zhan Zhao's face.

Zhan Zhao didn't resist either, and let Bai Yutang slap his face with a smirk, just nodded, "I'm happy. It's finally over. I met Cui Ming just now, and he didn't reveal anything more to Professor Cui."

The heavy pressure in his heart was completely relieved at once, Zhan Zhao felt unprecedentedly relaxed, his whole body was in a state of laziness, and his thinking slowed down a bit.

For example, after being under Bai Yutang's hands for so long, Zhan Zhao belatedly remembered that his main purpose of coming here was not to be pinched by Bai Yutang.

"What's the important thing you just said?" Zhan Zhao stopped Bai Yutang who was enjoying himself.

"Oh." Only then did Bai Yutang remember his main purpose of coming here, "Pang Yi wants to ask us to meet." Bai Yutang shook his phone at Zhan Zhao, and just now he received a text message of the time and place.

"Pang Yi?" Bai Yutang didn't understand, and Zhan Zhao couldn't figure out the connection.He was always ready to face Song Qianxun and Pang Yan, but he didn't expect that it was Pang Yi who came to them in the end.

Zhan Zhao moved closer to Bai Yutang and looked at him suspiciously.

Bai Yutang frowned, why did this look look so familiar? By the way, it was exactly the same as Jiang Ping's look before, "Cat, let me tell you, I had no contact with Pang Yi at all before. There is no relationship between objects."

Such a quick reaction... Zhan Zhao tilted his head and blinked, expressing emotion, but at the same time he began to wonder, since neither he nor Bai Yutang knew Pang Yi, why did Pang Yi suddenly contact them?

Facing the inexplicable invitation, both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt uneasy, but they both planned to keep the appointment.Zhan Zhao's phone rang again.

Why are there so many text messages today.Zhan Zhao wondered, and the text message popped up directly.Bai Yutang also poked his head over to look at the phone screen curiously, but both of them were taken aback by the content of the text message.

"sos!" The text message was sent by Gongsun Ce, and there were three simple words on it.Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other in surprise, then ran towards the teaching building tacitly at the same time.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang never expected that when they opened the door of Gongsun Ce's office, they would see such a mess.Books were thrown everywhere on the ground, and the paper was scattered all over the place. Gongsun Ce didn't like to bind the materials, but liked to use clips to hold them. It is estimated that Gongsun Ce took out the clips one by one and shook them page by page before handing them over. Throw away the useless paper.

How much time does he have to spend cleaning... This is Zhan Zhao's idea.

It turns out that Gongsun Ce's chaos is like this... This is Bai Yutang's idea.

"You two are finally here!" Gongsun Ce was so anxious that his eyes were red, and he almost rushed towards Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang supported Gongsun Ce alone, and Zhan Zhao freed up one hand to clear away the papers on the sofa, leaving an empty seat for Gongsun Ce to sit down.

"What's the matter?" Zhan Zhao pressed the back of Gongsun Ce's hand, which could help Gongsun Ce calm down.Gongsun Ce rarely did this, and Zhan Zhao felt that something had happened.

The expression on Gongsun Ce's face was mixed with guilt, confusion, and panic.Anyway, it's not a reassuring expression.

"The map you gave me is gone." Gongsun Ce couldn't sit still on the sofa at all now, and had to stand up again.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were shocked, but now they must remain calm and not add to the chaos.Zhan Zhao was in charge of calming Gongsun Ce's emotions, while Bai Yutang asked, "Don't worry, just speak slowly, why is that map here?"

Gongsun Ce took a deep breath before calming down, "Didn't you say you got the Miao Dao back before you and Bai Yutang came back, I didn't know there was going to be a meeting at that time, so it was like bringing it here, and confirming the location of the empty island together. "

At that time, Gongsun Ce really brought the blueprint given to him by Zhan Zhao with such an idea in mind, but he later received the notice of the college meeting, grabbed something from the side and put the map in his heart. went in.

Originally, I wanted to think of a solution after the meeting was over, but the meeting that day really angered Gongsun Ce. When he came back, he and Zhan Zhao were in a lot of trouble again, and the map matter was suddenly squeezed by these messy affairs. went aside.

"Then today, after I finally explained everything, I just remembered it. But I can't find it anywhere." Gongsun Ce clearly remembered that it was caught in something, so he took it on the desk.But Gongsun Ce searched all the documents but could not find the blueprint.

It doesn't matter if the drawing is still in this office.But if they are taken away by other people... Now that Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce are on the cusp of a crisis, if Professor Cui finds out about this matter, it is very likely that something unexpected will happen.

"Don't worry." He immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, but Zhan Zhao also knew that they couldn't make a mess now, "If you mess up the room, you won't be able to find it. Let's find it slowly."

The expressions of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were too calm. Under the influence of the two, Gongsun Ce also calmed down. He grabbed a small stack of documents and began to search carefully.

After all, this matter is a big project, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also joined in.The three of them quietly and quickly sorted out all the messy things on the ground, but they didn't find the missing map.

"No." After restoring everything to its original position, the whole office was tidy again.Gongsun Ce announced this fact coldly.

Bai Yutang stared at Gongsun Ce, always feeling that although Gongsun Ce seemed calm now, he would explode if he was not careful.

Fortunately, before Gongsun Ce exploded, Zhan Zhao was the first to discover what was wrong.He grabbed Gongsun, pointed at Gongsun Ce's desk and asked, "Gongsun, is there an empty book on your bookshelf?"

Gongsun Ce looked over and frowned.Zhan Zhao's feeling is correct, because he has a habit, the bookshelf on the table must be full of books.Gongsun Ce will be dissatisfied if there is a little gap.

But now there is obviously a little gap in the simple bookshelf, and it seems that the missing book is not small.Gongsun Ce rummaged through all the trees, but couldn't remember which book was missing.

"Leave that aside, Gongsun, do you remember where this book went?" If the target was a book, it would be much more convenient than looking for a piece of paper.

But Gongsun Ce still didn't have a clue, he stayed in the office for a short time these days.But usually there are relatively few people coming and going in and out of his office. Generally, when students or teachers come to him, they will go directly to the research room to find him.

"The office door is locked when I'm not in the office." The keys to the office are kept on him, and Gongsun Ce is also very difficult to get along with someone who pries the door of his office.

"Then think about it, have you given the key to anyone?" Bai Yutang reminded from the side.

Gongsun Ce buried his head in deep thought, Zhan Zhao couldn't bear to watch him, Gongsun Ce's forehead was so wrinkled that it could break Zhan Zhao's heart.

While Gongsun Ce was thinking, both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang tacitly kept silent.In such a quiet atmosphere, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang could even hear the crackling of time.

"Ah!" Gongsun Ce jumped up, startling both Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao who were distracted.

"What did you remember?" Zhan Zhao asked expectantly. Seeing Gongsun Ce's reaction, he must have remembered something.

Gongsun Ce patted Zhan Zhao on the shoulder, his eyes sparkling with excitement.Zhan Zhao was photographed and fell back a little, Bai Yutang stretched out his hand to support Zhan Zhao.

"Professor Jing from the department came to me when I was in the research room, and said he wanted to borrow a book from me, so I gave it to him..." Gongsun Ce suddenly came to his senses, and patted himself "It must have been borrowed by Professor Jing."

Gongsun Ce rushed out of the office at once, and before Bai Yutang could react, he was dragged by Zhan Zhao and chased after him.

Bai Yutang just paused for a while before following Zhan Zhao's footsteps, but it was strange that besides worrying, Bai Yutang saw a bit of evil expectation on Zhan Zhao's face.

"Cat, what does your expression mean?" Bai Yutang pulled Zhan Zhao back and stopped.

Although Zhan Zhao wants to chase Gongsun Ce, he also knows Gongsun Ce's destination. Professor Jing usually goes to only a few places, and this point should be in the office.

So Zhan Zhao stopped after being pulled by Bai Yutang.There happened to be a full-length mirror on the wall.Bai Yutang pulled Zhan Zhao's shoulders to point him at the mirror.

Pointing to Zhan Zhao's face, Bai Yutang asked solemnly, "What's the matter with your expression?"

Zhan Zhao pulled Bai Yutang to Professor Jing's office, smiled mysteriously, "You will know when we get here later, there will be interesting things."

Bai Yutang was puzzled.Then they went to Professor Jing's office, and Bai Yutang knew what Zhan Zhao meant by the interesting thing.

This Professor Jing Bai Yutang has met before.The first time he came to school to look for Gongsun Ce, he met him in Gongsun Ce's office. After all, Gongsun Ce is really easy to give the key to the office to others casually.

Speaking of this, Bai Yutang suddenly remembered that Gongsun Ce rushed out just now, and he was dragged by Zhan Zhao to run out of Gongsun Ce's office. Is the door of the office closed?

Bai Yutang decided not to consider this matter for the time being.Mainly because the scene where Professor Jing and Gongsun Ce stand together is too powerful.

Although Gongsun Ce is not impatient, he usually does things very decisively, and now he is even more anxious.As for Professor Jing, Bai Yutang had only talked with him once, but until now, Bai Yutang still retains the impression of him as a man who "talks slowly, falls asleep when standing, but seems to walk very fast" The "mysterious" old professor.

To put it simply, compared with Gongsun, Professor Jing is a slow person, taking his time.For example, now, Gongsun Ce is already running around Professor Jing in a hurry, and Professor Jing is still looking at Gongsun Ce in a daze, and has not yet understood what Gongsun Ce said.

"Ah...Gongsun, don't worry, speak slowly." Professor Jing shook his head with a smile. Gongsun Ce is good at everything, but he is just a little too anxious.

When he said this, Gongsun Ce paused for a moment, then stood and stared at Professor Jing, and then sat down on the seat opposite Professor Jing with a whoosh.

"Understood?" Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang with a smile, that's why Zhan Zhao still looked forward to the current scene like a prank even though the situation was a bit bad.

Bai Yutang also nodded.

Gongsun Ce clenched his fists bitterly, Zhan Zhao, don't think I didn't hear what you said.You will die when I find you, he secretly made a decision in his heart.

"Gongsun, what do you want from me?" Professor Jing looked at Gongsun Ce seriously, but he didn't listen to a word that Gongsun Ce said just now.

Gongsun Ce resisted the urge to bang his forehead against the desk, and asked without tears, "Professor Jing, did you borrow a book from me before?"

"Ah..." Professor Jing looked at the ceiling and began to think, and then the whole office fell silent again.One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Just when Bai Yutang thought that Professor Jing had fallen asleep again and wanted to wake him up, Professor Jing looked away and suddenly realized, "I borrowed a book."

"Professor Jing, is this book still available? I need it urgently." A ray of hope appeared in Gongsun Ce's heart.

However, the answer given by Professor Jing gave Gongsun Ce a hard blow, "After I borrowed it, I hadn't turned a few pages, and there happened to be a student who was doing a project about the Northern Song Dynasty, so I lent him the book."

Northern Song Dynasty, student.These two key words hit Zhan Zhao at once, and Zhan Zhao suddenly asked, "Gongsun, Professor Jing, is that book "Traces of the Northern Song Dynasty"?"

"Yes, how do you know?" Professor Jing looked at Zhan Zhao suspiciously.

Zhan Zhao bowed apologetically to Professor Jing, dragged Gongsun Ce and Bai Yutang out of the office, and said to them while no one was passing by, "I saw that book at Cui Ming's house."

And he took the book in his hand.Zhan Zhao was very annoyed, no wonder he still thought this book was familiar to him at that time, it turned out that he had read it from Gongsun Ce.

"What?" Gongsun Ce and Bai Yutang both turned up their volumes. Thousands of things came back to the original point in the end, but they fell into Cui Ming's hands.

And Cui Ming, who became the center of attention of the three, only remembered the subject that he had put aside for several days after sending Zhan Zhao away.If Zhan Zhao hadn't encountered it by accident, he would have almost forgotten the book himself.But this book is really difficult, Cui Ming sighed and picked up the book again.

It's always like this.When it is not mentioned, everything is uneventful.Once there's a sign somewhere, something can happen anywhere.

For example, now, obviously, he has picked up this book so many times before, but when Cui Ming picked up this book this time, the map stuck in the pages fell out.

Cui Ming looked at the paper strangely and picked it up.

The road map was drawn on the paper, which looked complicated, and everything was marked.Cui Ming leaned on the sofa and read the blueprint several times, but couldn't understand it.

Cui Ming clipped the map back into the book, it was someone else's property, he couldn't just peep at it.On second thought, this book was lent to him by Professor Jing, maybe the contents inside belonged to Professor Jing.

After thinking about it, Cui Ming felt that he should take the book and return it to Professor Jing. After all, it belonged to Professor Jing, and it would be bad if he needed it urgently.

In the end, Professor Jing told him that the book belonged to Professor Gongsun, and that Professor Gongsun and Assistant Professor Zhan were rushing over to find the book just now.

As soon as Cui Ming heard this, he immediately took the book to Gongsun Ce's office.