Chapter 52: The Vanishing Manuscript
In a dull atmosphere, the group took the train back to the original city. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
As soon as she pushed open the door of the bachelor dormitory rented by the owner of the sunglasses shop to Xiao Wenlu, Yang Qianqian couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity. Although she hasn't lived here for long, because she lives with Xiao Wenlu and Xiao Lili, this place feels like "home" for her.
However, Xiao was not as happy as Yang Qianqian when he asked for directions. I saw that he blindly lowered his head to clean up his things, and after cleaning up, he lay on the sofa in the living room and closed his eyes to rest, and refused to say more.
Yang Qianqian knew that it was not so much that he was tired from the journey, but that he was actually immersed in the pain of losing his mother and couldn't extricate himself. If he never knew his background and never met Ah Ying, maybe he would have thought for the rest of his life that he was an orphan who was "picked up" by Xiao Xiaotian. However, when he finally learned his life story and met Ah Ying's mother and son, the short-term family happiness was extinguished alive by Huang Shaoling. Watching his mother fly away in front of him is probably something that no one can bear.
No, we can't let him go on like this. Yang Qianqian thought to herself. People tend to get cranky when they are idle, and it may be helpful to find something to do to distract them. So she asked Xiao for directions and said, "Since we're all back, you can go to work in the grocery store tomorrow." We've been away long enough this time. ”
"Hmm." Xiao Wenlu replied sullenly and didn't say anything.
The next day, Xiao Wenlu arrived at the store early, only to find that the door was locked, the glass was covered with dust, and it was obvious that no one had been here for a long time.
Xiao Wenlu remembered that the owner of the sunglasses shop had said that he would not recruit new clerks, and that he would not reopen until Xiao Wenlu returned, and it seemed that he really did what he said.
Xiao Wenlu was a little moved and called the owner of the sunglasses shop, wanting to tell him that he was back. As soon as the phone rang, there was another ecstatic ringtone: "You wanted to separate at the beginning, and you will separate when you separate; Now you have to coax me back with true love......"
Somehow, this time, Xiao Wenlu not only didn't roll his eyes at the music taste of the sunglasses shopkeeper Lei Ren, but felt that the sunglasses shopkeeper's mysterious appearance also had a cute side.
After a long time, the other side finally answered the phone. The voice of the sunglasses shopkeeper on the other end of the phone was a little blurred, as if the signal was not very good: "You're back?" ”
"Well, let's reopen."
"No, not yet!" Unexpectedly, the owner of the sunglasses shop refused in one go. "I'm outside, it's not too late to wait until I get back."
"If you're not in the store, it won't affect the business! I'll take care of the store first, and I'll arrange the purchases. Xiao asked for directions.
"No, you can get busy with yours first! Don't you have friends who want your help? You forgot? ”
Xiao was stunned again when he asked for directions. How did he know he was going to help those five ghosts?
This sunglasses shopkeeper, this kind of mysterious and mysterious talk is too much, Xiao Wenlu is not going to fight a guerrilla war with him this time, and directly asks: "How do you know that I am going to ......?"
Unexpectedly, before the words were finished, a sentence came directly from there: "Go and help them!" Let's talk about it! Then the phone was hung up.
Xiao Wenlu shook his head, and smiled helplessly: Okay, you can't hide from the fifteenth year of junior high school, and when you come back, you must find out your bottom carefully!
Xiao asked for directions and returned home, and said to Yang Qianqian and Xiao Lili: "Help the five ghosts, start acting today!" ”
Yang Qianqian was very happy to see him cheer up so quickly. However, she still had some doubts: "Then what did you tell the shopkeeper?" ”
"He hasn't been there lately, and he said that he will continue to suspend business and wait until he comes back."
Yang Qianqian let out an "oh", and Xiao Lili over there asked, "Who will the five of them help first?" ”
"Let the five of them decide for themselves!" Xiao asked.
Xiao Lili nodded, his hand wearing the Nai He stone bracelet, and his knuckles knocked on the table: "Come out!" ”
At the sound of an order, the five ghosts appeared. As soon as the five of them came out, it seemed that the temperature was a few degrees lower, and Yang Qianqian couldn't help but shiver.
Xiao asked Lu Zhengse and said: "Five, thanks to the rescue in the underworld before, I and I can get out smoothly, and Da En dare not forget." Now that the five of you have unfulfilled wishes, we should do our best to help, so you may wish to inform us of your wishes. ”
The bad boy leaned against the wall, with a murderous face: "My wish is to kill the stinky boy who stabbed me to death, you help me find him, and I will solve it myself!" ”
As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted the angry eyes of others. Xiao Wenlu smiled: "It's easy to find him, but it's okay if you want to kill him." However, I'm afraid that if you kill him, it will not be good for you. Why don't you think about it again? ”
The bad boy ghost rolled his eyes and didn't speak again.
Of the remaining four ghosts, the ghost baby was too young to participate directly in the discussion. However, he has been held in the arms of the suicidal woman, and it seems that his thoughts can be sensed by the suicidal woman. The suicidal woman saw that everyone was looking at her, so she said, "I'm sorry everyone, but this poor baby hasn't told me what his wish is for the time being. ”
"And what about your heart's desire?" Xiao asked for directions.
The suicidal woman smiled and said, "My wish is insignificant, let's let others say it first!" ”
Xiao asked for directions and saw that she refused to speak, nor did he force him. The inquiring eyes looked at the two remaining ghosts, the old professor who had died of a heart attack and the girl who had been cowering and refusing to speak.
The girl was still the same, cowering in the corner, burying her head low, not saying a word, and not looking at anyone.
Xiao Wenlu glanced at the girl meaningfully, and said to the old professor: "This girl has not said a word since I saw her in the underworld, and I am afraid it will be a little difficult to help her." Why don't we help you first! ”
The old professor insisted on refusing, and asked Xiao to ask for directions to help others first. After resigning for a long time, seeing that everyone was very persistent, I finally had to agree. He sighed and sighed, "When I was alive, no one paid attention to me. I didn't expect that after death, there would be nobles to help, it was really unpredictable! I don't know how to repay you, even if I'm dead. ”
Xiao asked for directions: "Old gentleman, you don't have to be polite. As you know, according to my mother, it is also good for me to help the five of you fulfill your unfulfilled wishes. Therefore, we help you, also with selfish intentions. All you need to do is tell us what you want. ”
The old professor chuckled indifferently and said, "None of this matters. In fact, my wish is very simple: I had just finished researching a historical topic before I could publish it, and I suddenly had a heart attack and died, and I did not have the opportunity to see my research results known to the world. My only wish now is that my research results can be published and used by the world, so that it will not live up to my years of hard work. ”
The old professor's enthusiasm for academics made Xiao ask for directions and they were very moved, after all, in this impetuous era, there are fewer and fewer people who are willing to settle down and do their studies in a down-to-earth manner. If this topic can be published, it will not only fulfill the wish of the elderly, but also a great thing for the academic community.
At that moment, Xiao asked for some details, and immediately packed up his things with Yang Qianqian and set off.
Xiao Wenlu and the three of them took a train and arrived at a city in the north.
The old professor, surnamed Zhang, is a professor of history at a prestigious university in the city. According to him, the research on the historical subject that he had just completed before his death was still stored in the computer in his office. The purpose of their trip was to give the manuscript to his widow, who would publish it on her behalf.
Xiao Wenlu and the three of them came to University A early and sneaked into the teaching building where Professor Zhang's office was located. Due to the fact that there are many teachers and students walking around during the day, it is difficult for them to move, so they have to wander around the building and wait for the right opportunity.
In this way, like a thief, it was finally half past ten in the evening, and the teaching building finally began to be cleared. All the teachers and students left the building one after another, and the whole school building became pitch black.
Xiao asked for directions and they hid in the bathroom, avoiding the security guards who cleared the building. It was only after the silence outside, and the assurem that there was no one, that they finally walked out in the open.
They followed Professor Zhang's instructions and found his former office, but the door to the office was locked, and they couldn't get in.
Yang Qianqian was worried: "What can I do about this, we can't get in!" ”
Xiao Wenlu looked at her and said with a wicked smile: "What's so difficult about this, be careful for a while, you will have a strange experience!" ”
As he spoke, he took Yang Qianqian's hand, raised his leg and took a step, and entered directly through the door.
This is undoubtedly the first time Yang Qianqian has experienced the wall-piercing technique, Xiao Wenlu is right, this is indeed a rather "peculiar" experience. The moment she walked through the door, she was in despair, thinking that she would crash or get stuck in the door, and become one with the door.
After entering the office, Yang Qianqian was so nervous that she gasped. She covered her undulating chest, and asked Xiao for directions hatefully: "I warn you, next time you will wear it yourself, and you are not allowed to wear it with me again!" ”
As he was talking, Xiao Lili also came in using the wall piercing technique.
Xiao asked for directions and turned on the lights, and the fluorescent tubes illuminated the furnishings in the office. This office is not big, but it is very tidy, and since Professor Zhang is already a full professor, this office is exclusive to him, and there is only one computer on the desk.
Xiao Wenlu walked to the computer and sat down, and Yang Qianqian and Xiao Lili walked over and stood next to him. Xiao Wenlu turned on the phone, and an input box popped up on the screen, flashing a few words on it: Please enter the password.
Professor Zhang had already told them the password. After Xiao Wenlu entered the password, the system prompted that the input was correct, and then entered the main desktop.
Xiao Wenlu entered the keywords of the topic in the search bar according to Professor Zhang's instructions and began to search comprehensively. The search is slow, probably because your computer's disk is too full. Unexpectedly, when the search was 100% completed, the system actually prompted "I didn't find what you searched for"!
Xiao Wenlu, Yang Qianqian and Xiao Lili looked at each other.
Yang Qianqian asked: "Could it be that you searched for the wrong name?" ”
Xiao Wenlu shook his head and said, "Impossible." He searched again by the full name of the subject, and the results were still the same.
Could it be that the contents of the disk have been emptied? He clicked into a few disk partitions to see that many of the original files were there, and they had not been deleted.
Now there are only two possibilities: either Professor Zhang remembered it wrongly, or someone copied the document.
Xiao Lili touched a Nai He stone on his wrist, and Professor Zhang's ghost shadow appeared.
Xiao asked Lu and asked, "Professor Zhang, do you see if there is a problem with what I entered, why can't I find it?" ”
Professor Zhang took a closer look, shook his head, and said, "You entered it correctly." And my manuscript used to sit on the table, but now it's gone. ”
It seems that someone did copy this file. But who will it be?
Just when everyone was at a loss, Xiao Wenlu and Xiao Lili, who were at the tip of their ears, heard a slight movement in the corridor at the same time. Xiao Wenlu was in a hurry, and directly pulled Yang Qianqian out through the wall, so angry that Yang Qianqian scolded in her heart.
The sound came from a room at the far end of the hallway. The room was lit up, and there was a slight "swish" sound. The three men crept close to the room, poked their heads out of the door and peeked inside, only to find a man with his back to the door, printing documents in front of the printer. After the things were printed, the man bound the document and was about to turn to leave, when he saw three heads poking out of the door, and the document in his hand fell to the ground with a "snap".
This man is not very old, about thirty years old. Wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, he looks polite. The man asked in a panic, "You...... Who are you? What are you doing here? ”
Now that it has been discovered, the three of them simply stopped hiding and stood up generously. Xiao Wenlu opened his mouth and began to talk nonsense: "We ...... It's a history student, and when I was clearing the building just now, I forgot to go out and was locked in the building. We heard movement over here, so we came over to take a look. ”
The man looked at the maturely dressed Xiao Wenlu and Yang Qianqian, as well as the child Xiao Lili, with a disbelieving expression.
"Whoever you are, please leave quickly, don't disturb my work here!" The man's tone was tough, with an expression of being in charge of my territory.
"Who are you?" Xiao asked for directions, and had no intention of leaving at all. He was keenly aware of the man's unusual nervousness, and his intuition told him that there was something wrong with the man.
"And you say you're a history student, and you don't even know me?" The man said sarcastically. "I am Li Xueyan, a new lecturer at the School of Law, a PhD student in the Department of History, who has been at A University for 10 years. If you were a history student, you wouldn't know me? ”
"Who is your doctoral supervisor?" A bright light flashed in Xiao Wenlu's eyes.
“…… It was Professor Zhang, who had passed away. Does this have anything to do with you? Please leave immediately, or I'll call security!" ”
Before Li Xueyan could finish speaking, he saw that the document that fell on the ground suddenly rose into the air and flew directly into Xiao Lili's hands!
Where has Li Xueyan ever seen the trick of "taking things from the air", he was so frightened that his legs were weak and he almost sat on the ground.
This document is heavy, to say the least, five or six hundred pages. Xiao Wenlu and the three of them looked at the cover, only to see the name of Professor Zhang's research topic printed on it, and "Author: Li Xueyan" printed below. ”
The three of them glared at Li Xueyan at the same time: "This is obviously Professor Zhang's work!" How? Do you want to plagiarize someone else's academic work? ”
Li Xueyan trembled and said, "You ...... How do you know...... Who the hell are you? ”
Before the three of them could answer, they suddenly heard a noisy shout from outside: "Who is still in the building?" Get out! ”
It turned out that the security guard came. Xiao Wenlu The three of them glanced at each other, and at the same time cast a contemptuous look at Li Xueyan, then turned around and walked through the wall to another room and left the building. In just a few minutes, Li Xueyan, a doctoral student who firmly believes in materialism, saw the technique of telepportation and wall piercing at the same time, and was so frightened that he almost went insane.
Out of the building, Xiao Wenlu and the three of them looked at Professor Zhang who was standing on the side at the same time, and they didn't know what to say. The old man looked up at the sky, was silent for a long time, and then sighed for a long time and said, "Xiao Li is the most talented and intelligent of the doctoral students I have taken over the years. It's a pity that he didn't study academics as steadily as others, but spent all his energy on drilling camps and taking shortcuts, so I was not very optimistic about him during my lifetime. It's just that I didn't expect that he could even plagiarize other people's academic achievements......"
The old man kept shaking his head, obviously very disappointed, and even Xiao asked for directions.
Xiao Wenlu clapped his hands, trying to cheer up everyone's mood: "However, no matter what, we came in time." As long as we send this manuscript to Professor Zhang's family now, it can be published in time, and Professor Zhang's wish can be fulfilled. ”
Yang Qianqian and Xiao Lili immediately perked up, and Professor Zhang also seemed relieved. Just as the group was about to set off to rush to Professor Zhang's house, the copy manuscript that had been in Yang Qianqian's hand suddenly burst into flames, and the green flames instantly engulfed the manuscript!
The incident happened suddenly, Yang Qianqian didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly threw the manuscript to the ground.
Yang Qianqian screamed in surprise and was about to step forward to extinguish the fire. Xiao asked the way with sharp eyes, found that the color of the flame was different, and knew that it was not good, so he grabbed Yang Qianqian and asked her to retreat, together with Xiao Lili, and at the same time stretched out a finger to the burning manuscript on the ground, and two volleys of gold and red light shot out, wanting to extinguish the fire.
Xiao Wenlu and Xiao Lili originally thought that it should not be difficult to extinguish this strange fire with the help of tricks. Unexpectedly, instead of extinguishing the green flame, it was like a life, entangled with the two rays of gold and red.
Xiao Wenlu and Xiao Liliang's faces changed at the same time. The two palms pushed together, and the golden and red circles of light flew out continuously, striking towards the green flames. This time, the green flame finally couldn't bear it anymore, and gradually weakened and slowly extinguished.
The three of them hurried forward to check the manuscript, but found that it was too late: the green flame seemed to be hotter than the average fire, and the manuscript was reduced to ashes almost instantly, and there was not even a scrap of paper left.
All three of them had very ugly faces. Professor Zhang, who was standing on the side, also shook his head and sighed helplessly: "Providence, providence ......"
"It's not providence," Xiao Wenlu said with a cold face, "It's Huang Shaoling's ghost." ”
Yang Qianqian also said hatefully: "Who else will there be besides her?" She was afraid that we would find a way to solve Ah Lu's fate, so she did everything possible to prevent us from helping the five of them fulfill their wishes. ”
"Oops!" Xiao Wenlu and Xiao Lili shouted at the same time, which made Yang Qianqian inexplicable.
Xiao Wenlu hurriedly asked Professor Zhang, "Where is Li Xueyan's house?" ”
Professor Zhang was a smart man, and he understood at once, and quickly told him Li Xueyan's address.
Xiao Wenlu and his entourage immediately stopped a taxi and hurried to Li Xueyan's home.
If the electronic version of the manuscript is still in Li Xueyan's hands, then his life will be in danger at any time! (To be continued.) )