Light Fortress-Chapter 59 - 57 The Past
59: Chapter 57 The Past
59 -57 The Past
All good things come to an end.
The old shop in the alleyway closed for the night, and the street corner lights dimmed.
“I’m going to see an old friend.”
Mr.
Shu, with a cigar in his mouth, opened the car door and smiled, “It’s just past eleven, there’s still time, who wants a ride?”
Everyone hurriedly shook their heads in refusal.
No one wanted to get into the teacher’s car in the middle of the night and be sliced by people’s stares on the streets.
“What a lack of taste in young people,” Zhou Jiren put on sunglasses and silently started the engine by himself.
He waved his hand and sped away with a roar.
As the supercar disappeared from sight, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
“In my opinion, the teacher’s taste…”
Zhong Wei shook his head and clicked his tongue, “Is inversely proportional to his strength.”
“Indeed, there’s a bit of…” Luo Er sighed softly, “Uniqueness.”
“It should be a bit more than a bit.” Gu Shen said with a wry smile, “Do you know how painful my journey here was?”
“If it were me…” Nan Jin said seriously for the first time, “I definitely wouldn’t get in the teacher’s car.”
The four of them leaned against the street corner and exchanged glances.
Then, they couldn’t help but laugh out loud together.
After the laughter in the wind had slowly ceased, it was tinged with a trace of the bittersweetness of parting.
“Alright.
I don’t have a private jet like some S-rank to pick me up.”
Luo Er smiled, “Let’s not dwell on farewells, everyone take care.”
Zhong Wei chuckled softly and said, “I’ll walk Senior Sister Luo.”
And so two figures walked away into the distance.
Then when the wind picked up again,
Only two solitary figures remained on the street corner.
Gu Shen, Nan Jin.
…
…
“It’s not too far from the apartment here…
I plan to walk back.”
Nan Jin walked slowly along the street corner, her shadow elongated slowly on the wall by the distant street lights.
She looked at her companion, “What about you?”
“Hey, coincidentally, that’s what I was thinking too.”
Gu Shen was amused when he heard this, “You don’t know, it’s expensive to take a taxi in Qinghe District at night.
Walking back is good, and actually, if you’re in a hurry, I could even run part of the way with you.”
Nan Jin smiled silently.
Gu Shen realized that this seemed to be the first time he had seen Nan Jin smile tonight.
Tonight’s dinner…
she seemed to have something on her mind the entire time.
She barely spoke and just drank quietly by herself.
“I’m leaving Qing River tomorrow, and I still don’t know what the next mission is…” Gu Shen murmured, “Senior Sister Luo is going to Changye, and Brother Zhong will probably go with her…
Nan Jin, you haven’t said, what are your plans next?”
Nan Jin had been silent all evening.
No one knew where she was going next.
“I don’t know.”
Her reply was simple, “If it weren’t for A-009’s escape, I probably would have already left Qing River.
According to my usual routine, I would carry out tasks without break.”
“What about now?” Gu Shen asked curiously.
“I want to stop and rest for a while,” Nan Jin’s answer was still brief.
“That’s good,” Gu Shen thought for a moment, “If you feel tired, then take a good rest.”
“I’m not tired.”
Nan Jin’s voice sounded a bit helpless and a bit irritable.
However, Gu Shen was oblivious.
He scratched his head, “Honestly, I don’t really understand your Transcendents’ desperate ways…
Although I also have missions now, I still think about going back to Wulaoshan every now and then to see grandma and the kids.
By the way, what about your family?
If you’re thinking of resting, would you want to go back to see them?”
Nan Jin’s gaze flickered for a moment.
This time, she said nothing.
“Teacher and senior brothers and sisters all say that you’re too relentless,” Gu Shen continued to mutter to himself, “I’m quite curious, is there a reason why you must be so relentless?”
“…”
Nan Jin stopped in her tracks.
Gu Shen was stunned for a moment, only to see Nan Jin wave her hand, and a taxi slowly pulled to a stop in the distance.
“Don’t misunderstand, this is the taxi I called for you.”
Nan Jin said softly, “I wanted to walk back alone.
But you’re too noisy.”
Gu Shen: “???”
“I wish you smooth sailing on your mission.”
With one hand, Nan Jin pushed Gu Shen’s head into the car and said indifferently, “Next time we meet, don’t talk so much.”
After sending Gu Shen away.
Nan Jin felt as if the whole world had become peaceful.
She let out a long breath, leaning against the wall of the street as if a great burden had been lifted.
The night had deepened.
The corner of the street flickered with dim, patchy light, and dark shadows on the walls bowed their heads.
The light seemed to sway and transform, and the sound of the wind carried with it a scent of blood.
Nan Jin softly murmured a name to herself.
“Cui Zhongcheng…”
…
…
“Nan Jin, that person…
went too far…”
Being stuffed into a taxi against his will, Gu Shen dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out.
Actually, he wasn’t that angry…
He had felt it during the dinner, after a particular name was mentioned, Nan Jin’s expression had subtly changed.
Cui Zhongcheng.
When investigating Han Dang’s archives, Gu Shen had actually tried to casually look at other people’s files…
Senior Sister Luo and Mr.
Shu’s files were classified with a higher degree of secrecy than Han Dang’s, Brother Zhong’s were normally accessible.
But Nan Jin’s files were secretly sealed.
The level of secrecy of her files was extremely high; as far as Chu Ling’s current Qinghe District authorization could break, it still wasn’t possible.
This was actually a detail worthy of attention.
Senior Sister Luo and Teacher’s files were classified because they possessed extraordinarily powerful abilities…
While Nan Jin’s strength was good, it wasn’t to the extent that Deep Sea would utilize authorities to seal it off to such a degree.
The archives sealed off her past.
And she…
clearly did not want to bring up her own past.
“Tsk tsk…
senior brothers and sisters, each has their own story,” Gu Shen put on his headphones and played a song, muttering to himself, “In novels, these types of relentless characters usually carry unrelenting grudges…”
Instead of playing the song smoothly, a rustling sound came through the headphones.
“Maybe the person is just simply hard at cultivation?”
Chu Ling connected in a second and reminded very seriously, “You should not harbor malicious thoughts about other people’s past experiences!”
“Sorry, sorry…”
Gu Shen was startled and quickly apologized, “You’ve been listening all along, huh?
Can’t I have a little privacy?”
“I only connect to surrounding devices when you are alone,” snorted Chu Ling, “Who cares about your little privacy.”
Gu Shen noticed that the taxi driver was looking at him with a strange expression.
His muttering just now…
probably all heard…
and now he was responding to nothing. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
He hoped he wouldn’t be mistaken for a lunatic.
“Ahem…”
Gu Shen lowered his voice, talking in a volume only the two could hear, “Miss Chu…
your timing couldn’t be better, I’ve been longing day and night, and finally, I’ve longed for you.”
