Office of the Director of the Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau.
Zhang Heng was reading information at his desk when his assistant Xiao Zhang knocked on the door.
"Enter."
Xiao Zhang came in and said: "Director, the latest news we just got is that Lin Yuan's mobile phone is turned on."
When Zhang Heng heard this, he stood up excitedly and asked anxiously: "Is it on?"
"Well, the police said it was opened in Lanzhou for two minutes and then closed again."
"What on earth is going on? Could it be that he is fine? But where has he been this month?" Zhang Heng couldn't help but murmur the questions he had always had in his mind.
Assistant Xiao Zhang said: "Director, do you want me to go to Lanzhou and have a look?"
Zhang Heng stopped him and said, "No, you can go and do your work."
Xiao Zhang left the office, Zhang Heng frowned and leaned on his chair, speculating on Lin Yuan's situation.
At this time, his cell phone rang. It was a landline number, and the area code was 0931, the area code of Lanzhou. He held the phone and froze for a long time. He waited for the phone to ring five times before picking up the call.
"Hey, who's there?" Zhang Heng asked cautiously.
"Is it Zhang Ju?"
"I am, you are?"
"I'm Lin Yuan!"
"Lin Yuan?" Zhang Heng suddenly jumped up from his chair, exclaimed, and immediately covered his mouth.
He glanced at the window, then walked over to close the blinds, returned to his desk, and said, "Lin Yuan, are you really Lin Yuan? Where have you been this month?"
"Director Zhang, it's a long story. What happened to me is so unbelievable. I really can't help it. I can't find anyone to talk to. I thought you were the only one who knew about me and was willing to believe me, so I could only find someone to tell you.
you."
"Okay, are you in lz city now?"
"Well, in Lanzhou."
"You stay over there and wait for me. I'll go find you now."
"Excuse me, Zhang Ju."
"Tell me this, I just heard that the police are also looking for you."
"It's okay, they can't find me, I'll wait for you to come."
"Okay, hang up then. You can call me again in five hours."
Zhang Heng called his assistant Xiao Zhang over and said: "Xiao Zhang, I'm going on a long trip. Please notify me to cancel the meeting in the afternoon and wait until I come back. Also, my phone may not be turned on while I'm out. What's wrong?
Let’s talk about it when I get back.”
"Ju Zhang, where are you going?"
"Stop asking, just do as I say."
"Good game."
Zhang Heng left the Cultural Relics Bureau without stopping, took a taxi and went straight to the airport.
…
After Lin Yuan finished calling Zhang Heng, he felt that there was not much money left in his pocket. His mobile phone could not be turned on, and WeChat and Alipay could not be used. It was really difficult to deal with it.
He found a cafe nearby and sat down in a private place, drinking coffee and leisurely reading the magazines in the cafe to kill time.
He just sat in the cafe for five hours. Just when Lin Yuan stood up to leave, he suddenly saw a missing person notice being broadcast on the local TV station on the TV hanging on the wall of the cafe.
Lin Yuan took a closer look at the photo in the missing person notice and saw that it was not his own photo. It also broadcast "The entire city of Lanzhou is searching for this person's whereabouts, and those who provide clues will be rewarded heavily."
Lin Yuan couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it, and he thought he was a fugitive and was being pursued.
As a result, he couldn't walk arrogantly on the street, so he asked Misato to turn into a demon and go to find a mask in front of him.
Lin Yuan walked out of the cafe wearing a mask, and then returned to the newsstand where he had just called the public phone.
In this day and age, public telephones have long been cancelled. It was a great waste of time for him to find a newsstand that still had a public telephone.
He called Zhang Heng.
"Zhang Ju, are you here?"
"Here we are, just got off the plane."
"Okay, I'm at Youlan Cafe. You can take a taxi and come find me."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Yuan returned to the cafe and sat in the same position waiting for Zhang Heng.
Half an hour later, Zhang Heng appeared in the cafe. Lin Yuan saw him at a glance, stood up and waved to him. After seeing this, Zhang Heng walked over and sat across from Lin Yuan.
As soon as they met, Zhang Heng said sternly: "What the hell are you doing? After disappearing for a month, do you know how worried your family is?"
Lin Yuan sighed: "I don't know how it could be like this."
"What's going on?"
Lin Yuan told Zhang Heng exactly how he was kidnapped by the men in black, how he met Patriarch Bodhi, then went to a ghost cave, where he passed through more than fifty ghosts, and how he came to Lanzhou later.
"I don't know why a month has passed. I feel like I have only passed one day."
Zhang Heng listened to it from beginning to end, and it was no longer possible to express his feelings at the moment with incredible words. It sounded like a real fairy tale. This experience was simply more exciting and suspenseful than a fairy tale.
Zhang Heng took a sip of coffee and said in a deep voice: "To be honest, I really can't understand why these weird things happen to you, but one thing I can be sure of is that you must be the chosen one, otherwise why would the Heavenly Court
Looking for you to be my agent."
"Director Zhang, now is not the time to talk about these things. I just saw the news. Now the whole city of Lanzhou is being searched and missing persons notices have been issued. I really don't know what to do. I don't know how I can interview him."
How should I explain it to my family? That's why I came to discuss it with you."
Zhang Heng let out a long breath and said, "Lin Yuan, you've stumped me. If it were me, I wouldn't know how to explain it."
"Oh, I know it's difficult, but Zhang Jue, you have rich life experience and have seen a lot of storms and waves. You must have better solutions than me."
"It's useless for you to praise me now. Even if I have rich experience, I have never encountered anything like you."
Lin Yuan lowered his head in disappointment and said, "Then I have no choice but to tell a big lie."
"What are you going to do?"
"Before you came, I was thinking that if it didn't work out, I would just go home and say that I was hidden by those men in black in a deserted place for a month. I finally escaped and found myself in Lanzhou. I also
I don’t know what’s going on, so I just blinded it, do you think it’s possible?”
Zhang Heng sneered: "Even if your family believes your lie to deceive children, do you think the police will believe it? For a month, the police couldn't find even a single clue. You said you were kidnapped quietly."
Lanzhou, do you think they will believe it?"
"I also know that this lie is a bit far-fetched, but I really can't think of any other way."
Zhang Heng pondered for a long time and said: "Well, the problem now is that it is difficult to explain your appearance in Lanzhou, so let it become an unsolved case. You turn on the phone first and throw it into a trash can. I will rent one."
The car will take you out of Lanzhou and back to the magical capital. Then you explain to your family that after the men in black kidnapped you, they locked you up in a hidden place and took your mobile phone away.
For a month, you found an opportunity to escape. As for who those men in black were, you insisted that you didn’t know why the phone was in Lanzhou. You also said you didn’t know, so that’s fine. The police couldn’t find out anyway.
No one in your family will inquire about anything, and after a while, the matter will be over and no one will pursue it."
Lin Yuan thought about it for a moment, felt it was reliable, and said: "This is a good idea, I think it's okay."
"It's not easy to do this kind of thing. Your emotions must be stable. You can't be too nervous when facing inquiries. Do you understand?"
"I understand Zhang Ju, don't worry, I know what's going on."
"Okay, I'm going to rent a car now. You wait for me here."
Zhang Heng left the cafe, and Lin Yuan sat in the cafe waiting, still wondering whether he should make himself more embarrassed before going back to make his lie more true.
As soon as Zhang Heng left, two people came into the cafe. One was strong and rough-looking, and the other was as skinny as a monkey. Both of them were wearing casual clothes. As soon as they entered the cafe, they looked around, as if they were looking for something.
What.
Although Lin Yuan didn't know who they were or what they were looking for, he was cautious and told him not to look at them, otherwise nothing good would happen.
Lin Yuan lowered his head, drank coffee, and even turned his body inwards, facing away from them.
At this time, footsteps approached, Lin Yuan felt a chill on his back and his heart trembled.
"Sir, have you seen this person?" The man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks handed a photo to Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan looked at it with his peripheral vision and saw that the person in the photo was none other than himself.
"They are the police?" Lin Yuan speculated.
He shook his head and replied: "I haven't seen it, I haven't seen it."
The rough man said in a loud voice: "Brother, why are you so rude and don't even face others when you talk to them?"
Lin Yuan lifted the mask up to cover his mouth and nose, turned his head and said with a smile: "Sorry, I have a cold, I'm afraid I will infect you."
The two looked at each other and shook their heads.
The man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks smiled and said, "Sorry to bother you."
After saying that, the two turned around and left.
Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and while he was still sighing that he was as smart as me to get a mask, suddenly a punch of wind hit his face. Lin Yuan reacted very quickly and raised his hand.