NOVEL NEXT Chapter 222: Holding Hands (Double-Length) (2)
Stepping into the familiar campus once again, Jiang Ye was filled with emotion.
"Everything feels familiar, yet so strange..."
Jiang Ye looked at the unfamiliar faces of the students around him and suddenly understood.
Perhaps, this is what is meant by the changes in places and people.
He didn't think much and headed straight to Zhang Jianwu's office.
A moment later.
Inside the office building.
"Jiang Ye."
"Why didn't you let me know you were coming? I would have come to pick you up." Zhang Jianwu looked at the increasingly mature young man in front of him and couldn't help but reproach him slightly.
"I came in a hurry." Jiang Ye smiled.
"I heard you won the championship of the Twenty-Fifth School Genius Cup?"
Zhang Jianwu poured a cup of tea for Jiang Ye and said with a smile, "I knew it, you'd surely make a name for yourself in the ten provinces of the Eastern Domain."
"You're joking, Director." Jiang Ye shook his head with a smile.
The Genius Cup was just a starting point for him.
"Haha, it seems you've grown a lot this year too." Zhang Jianwu sensed his mood and couldn't help but shake his head, "You don't even care about the Genius Cup champion anymore."
"I'm really falling behind."
"You're overpraising me, Director." Jiang Ye hastily said, "In my eyes, you have always been my teacher."
"I'm not overpraising."
"Now, I can hardly see through you." Zhang Jianwu said with a strange look, "What realm are you at? Mid-period Second Break?"
Jiang Ye shook his head: "Peak of Second Break."
Zhang Jianwu's mouth opened slightly.
The air fell into a bout of silence.
A moment.
"Hahaha."
"I really underestimated you." Zhang Jianwu couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh, "Now, you're more than qualified to be the director here."
Jiang Ye laughed and shook his head, but he didn't deny it either.
Indeed!
In a backward school in a small, distant city like An City No.3 High School,
being at the Peak of Second Break had already surpassed most teachers.
"So fast." Zhang Jianwu couldn't help but say, "I just reached the Third Break myself."
"Your cultivation speed is almost catching up with Chen Zilu."
"By the way."
"Speaking of that girl, how are you getting along with her now?" Zhang Jianwu suddenly asked curiously.
"Teacher Chen..." Jiang Ye pondered for a moment and candidly said, "She's my senior sister now."
"What? Senior sister?" Zhang Jianwu was bewildered.
Wasn't she his teacher?
How did she suddenly become a senior sister?
"I forgot to tell you." Jiang Ye added with a smile, "After the Genius Cup ended, I transferred to White Dragon University and apprenticed under the same teacher as Chen Zilu."
"White Dragon University?" Zhang Jianwu looked slightly surprised.
But soon, he smiled to himself.
Compared to the surprise of winning the Genius Cup championship, Jiang Ye getting into White Dragon University was nothing unexpected.
"Not bad."
"Since Chen Zilu has become your senior sister." Zhang Jianwu laughed, "Get along well with her; she will help you a lot."
"Senior sister has indeed helped me a lot." Jiang Ye nodded.
The Enlightenment Divine Jade and the Storage Bracelet, these priceless treasures, were very useful to him.
"By the way, Director."
Jiang Ye suddenly remembered something and asked, "Do you know where Teacher Chen is staying in An City?"
"I'm not sure." Zhang Jianwu shook his head, "But the school should have a record, do you need it?"
"I want to take a look." Jiang Ye said.
These days, he hadn't been able to contact Chen Zilu.
For some reason, Jiang Ye felt a bit uneasy in his heart.
"Alright, I'll take a look." Zhang Jianwu didn't ask much and started to search on the computer.
Only a moment later.
"Found it."
"Her previous address." Zhang Jianwu said, "I'll send you the location."
The next second.
Buzz! Jiang Ye's phone vibrated.
He opened his phone to check.
"Beep!" A map projection appeared, marking a red circle at a location in the suburban area outside the city.
"Thank you, Director." Jiang Ye expressed his gratitude, "I'll let you get back to work, I'll head over to check it out now."
"Alright, you go ahead." Zhang Jianwu nodded.
Jiang Ye turned and left.
...
After leaving the school.
Instead of taking a vehicle, Jiang Ye pressed down on his Battle Armor wristband.
"Whoosh~" Countless particles of Profound Black metal seeped from the gaps of the wristband, flowing smoothly like water, instantly covering his body.
"Go." Jiang Ye moved.
He soared into the sky, like an onion pulled from dry land, flying toward the city outskirts.
Earth Tier Starry Sky Armor!
With Jiang Ye's current strength activating it, he could easily reach speeds of over 300m/s.
An City was small.
In less than a minute, Jiang Ye had already arrived at the location on the map.
In the outskirts, amidst a stretch of mountain ranges.
"There it is." Jiang Ye could already see the large villa situated at the mountain's summit.
"Zoom!" He accelerated closer.
In just a few seconds, he landed on the mountain road near the large villa.
"Whoosh~" Jiang Ye retracted his Battle Armor.
Then he raised his eyes to look at the villa ahead.
The villa was large, but many parts of the wall showed signs of aging and peeling, clearly having been there for years.
"Did Senior Sister live here since she was young?" Jiang Ye's mind was stirred.
He looked around.
This mountain area, apart from this villa, had no other houses around.
However, standing here, looking down from the mountain summit, half of An City could be overlooked.
Jiang Ye turned back to look at the villa.
The villa had two floors, occupying most of the mountain top, spacious in area but with no street lights around.
At night, this place must be pitch black, with only distant lights glowing.
A scene involuntarily appeared in Jiang Ye's mind—
A little girl who had suffered from a strange illness and was ostracized by classmates, climbing up a dark mountain road every day after school, finally reaching such an isolated house.
When she sat alone at the doorstep, looking at the distant city lights, what would she think?
Loneliness was like vapor, permeating and filling the entire villa.
Inexplicably, Jiang Ye felt a silent, sorrowful atmosphere, gentle yet heavy.
It was as if he couldn't help but immerse himself in it.
...
"Something's wrong."
Suddenly, Jiang Ye's pupils contracted slightly.
This was not a simple projection.
But in this large house, there truly existed a sorrowful atmosphere, and he could feel it.
Due to the awakening of 'Telekinesis', Jiang Ye's perception abilities were far stronger than ordinary people.
He could perceive certain special signals, emotions.
As long as it hadn't been too long, they would leave traces.
"Buzz!"
Jiang Ye closed his eyes, and the wave of Telekinesis spread out.
In merely an instant, it permeated the entire villa.
The villa was empty.
But as his Telekinesis reached the first-floor living room of the villa, the trace of the sorrowful emotion he sensed grew even stronger.
"Someone has been here."
Jiang Ye suddenly opened his eyes.
He saw signs of activity in the villa.
"Could it be Senior Sister?" Jiang Ye looked at the villa in front of him, inexplicably recalling the familiar aura he felt during that night stroll with Zhao Qingli.
Without thinking too much, Jiang Ye took out his phone and dialed Chen Zilu's number once again.
"Buzz..."
To Jiang Ye's surprise, the phone, which hadn't connected for days, was answered this time.