It was a long conversation overnight.

Jiang Chen kept talking, while Jingyu just listened quietly and nodded from time to time.

I thought it was a simple explanation of the situation, but because of a strong desire to talk, I finally brought out my thoughts and questions.

By the time it was over, it was already three o'clock in the morning, and everything was quiet.

He picked up the glass and took a long sip of water, waiting for the other party's reaction with some trepidation.

There was only a dim bed lamp in the room, and Jing Yu seemed to be thinking with his head down, and his expression was hidden in the shadows and he couldn't see clearly.

After a long silence, the other party finally raised his head.

"Thank you. ”

Jing Yu spoke very slowly, and Jiang Chen waited patiently for him to brew the words.

"As you can imagine, you say this to me, the risks. It seems to be a deliberate expression, and the speed of speech is slow.

"Thank you for your trust. I'll keep it a secret. ”

There was no evaluation and emotional fluctuations, and only gave Jiang Chen a promise. Immediately after the next sentence:

"I'm willing to help you. ”

This is the second one.

Then he fell silent again, without exclamation about the identity of the "Ancestor of the Spirit", without hesitation about the danger he faced, but after thinking for a while, he gave two short but incomparably certain promises.

Jiang Chen suddenly felt that all the words he had just said had been poured into a tree hole, and his heart was satisfied but a little empty.

"Thank you. He also said, expressing gratitude from the bottom of his heart.

Neither of the next two people knew what to say, so they sat with big eyes and little eyes, a little embarrassed.

"Let's get some rest. He shook off these unwarranted emotions and proposed.

Then the lights went out as usual.

Jingyu has some things that he lacks, such as the fact that the other party can go to class as usual after passing through danger, and can still calmly express his opinions after hearing unexpected things.

Jiang Chen lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling, a little difficult to sleep.

Jing Yu slept without a sound at all, not even a sound of breathing, and even made people wonder if the other party had disappeared.

"Jiang Chen. In the silence, Jing Yu's voice suddenly remembered, very soft, but a little different from the previous tone.

Accustomed to hearing Chen Qi's name, he suddenly heard his real name, and subconsciously sighed in his heart, but he still agreed.

"I'm selfish. In the dark, Jingyu's tone seemed to have emotional ups and downs, and it sounded as if he had made some determination to say these words, and there was a rare trace of guilt in his tone.

Jiang Chen was silent and waited for the following.

"I have selfish motives about the 'Forerunners'. The other party added: "My family has declined. The hope of revival is in me. ”

This was the first time that the other party had mentioned his own affairs, and Jiang Chenan listened quietly.

Whether it is the previous summer wheat, or the indifference like a fisherman, in the face of the legend of the "ancestors", there is no way to be unwavering. But it was precisely because they did not hide their desires that Jiang Chen was willing to accept their help.

As he narrated, Jingyu's speech became faster and faster, and his words became more and more fluent, as if hidden in the darkness, the self suppressed in the other party's heart gradually revealed its clues.

Listening to each other's voices, it seems that they have become the child who bears the burden of the family, growing up in that thin air plateau, accompanied by deep grass and light clouds, talking with flowers, birds, insects and beasts.

Since he was sensible, he has been constantly instilled with heavy responsibilities by his elders, and his childhood, which should have been simple and happy, was full of diligence and hard work that ordinary people could not persevere. This is a child whose own existence has been erased, and he has never had a chance to choose, but can only be entrusted with pushing forward.

"They said, "This is my life." The last thing Jiang Chen remembered was Jingyu's words, when the sky was already white, and he finally fell asleep in a complicated mood.

......

I felt that I had just fallen asleep, and the whole person felt that the sky was shaking.

The headache caused by lack of sleep made him groggy and opened his eyes, but what he saw was Jing Yu's expressionless face.

At the same time, the mobile phone alarm clock rang at the same time, six o'clock in the morning.

"Morning exercise. Again, it was an emotionless tone.

Jiang Chen even wondered if last night's all-night talk was a dream he had.

Isn't it said that staying up all night and sleeping late are essential components of youth?

In the end, he still chose to cooperate under the violent urging of the other party.

He is fishing like a vine and a flower, and he is not afraid of wind and rain in the morning.

......

This day is Saturday, and according to the school's curriculum, even on weekends, there are still half-day science classes and iron-clad body refining classes, so every Saturday and Sunday afternoon has become the only free rest time for the practitioners.

And Jiang Chen arranged the meeting with Charlotte in the afternoon.

He hesitated for a long time to choose the place to meet, and finally chose the closing café where he had been with Xia Mai before.

Considering the safety issue, this meeting did not hide from Xia Mai and Jingyu, he thought that it was time for the three of them to sit together and discuss the future arrangements, so he simply invited the other two to the café.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Chen was already sitting on the booth in the corner of the closing coffee and waiting.

Jing Yu and Xia Mai were sitting on the side of the window swing chair a little farther away, and they were vaguely saying something, but Jiang Chen didn't deliberately listen. It was also this time that he learned that this closing café was the Xia family's industry, and as a well-known Xia family in the immortal cultivation world, he actively and secretly integrated into the "spiritless world", and even some business projects were doing well.

Charlotte was very punctual and appeared in front of Jiang Chen five minutes before the appointed time.

This person's appearance is very eye-catching, and the deep facial features and bright pale blonde hair characteristic of Westerners make other customers look at them frequently.

Looking at the unforgettable delicate face of the other party, Jiang Chen began to consider whether he had chosen the wrong place to talk.

He spoke first, because he still had a whisper about the other party's investigation of his privacy, and his tone was not very friendly: "Where do we start?"

After a series of events, his personality is also undergoing subtle changes, originally only a faint desire to control is about to come out, and he is very hard to take the initiative into his own hands.

Charlotte seemed to be prepared: "Well, let's start with the topic we didn't finish talking about last time." ”

"Spirit hunter?" Jiang Chen asked after thinking for a moment, but shook his head: "I think, it's better to start with you first." ”

"Me?" Charlotte seemed stunned for a moment, but quickly understood, "Indeed, I should introduce myself first." ”

I don't know if it's Jiang Chen's delusion, but in the process of the conversation, the other party seems to be eager to verify something, or to get some information from him.

"However," the woman seemed to be a little puzzled, "before that, I still want to confirm my identity with you." You seem to ...... It's not the same as what I learned. ”

Jiang Chen Yuguang saw Xia Mai and Jingyu sitting in the distance and stopped talking, pricking up their ears and secretly listening.

He smiled bitterly, and involuntarily reached out and touched his face, when they met yesterday, he didn't bring the charm of transforming his appearance, which led to him only being able to meet the other party as Chen Qi's face Jiang Chen: "You want me to prove that I am me?"

Charlotte also seemed stunned for a moment, and Jiang Chen continued: "If you can make me trust you enough, maybe I will answer your questions." ”

The other party is an adult, the image of a professional woman, which makes him try to keep his face straight and maintain his momentum.

"You're right. Charlotte was not resistant to his offensive statement: "I do need your trust to answer many questions. ”

"Tell me a little bit about myself. The name has been said before, Charlotte Bird. I'm British, but my mother is from Kyushu, so I'm kind of Chinese. ”

Jiang Chen nodded and motioned for her to continue.

"I work as a reference clerk at the British Library. She took a sip of coffee in front of her: "Part of my job is responsible for the sorting and maintenance of electronic data, which is why I have the right to browse many old materials. ”

"Actually?" Jiang Chen asked.

He did not believe that a single librarian could evade the investigation of professional investigators at will, that those who inquired about her materials could be subject to official warnings, and that they could even have the ability to search for other people's personal information across borders.

He guessed that what the other party said to him should be just scratching the surface.

Sure enough, Charlotte didn't hide it and looked him in the eye: "Actually, I work for the government, but not for any country. ”

The woman identified herself in an unexpectedly crisp attitude: "I'm a first-level investigator at the International Diving Research Foundation. She paused, then added:

"That is, what you call 'Spirit Hunters'. ”

Hearing this, even Jiang Chen's eyes couldn't help but widen slightly, and the summer wheat in the distance squirted out a mouthful of soda.