Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 396 289, Storm Center_3

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, ”Preparations are okay, I should be able to qualify.”

”All right, letʼs head into the station,” Tian Hailong led the team into the high-speed train station.

Once everyone was seated on the train, Qing Chen only glanced at the weather forecast before closing his eyes to rest, entering the ”winning people over with virtue” mysterious world.

At the same time, he was also maintaining a strange breathing rhythm.

Everybody on the train took out snacks and fruit prepared by their parents, chatting while eating.

Xu Zimo sat next to Qing Chen, silently observing the youth beside him, looking at his worn backpack…

She had seen this backpack a long time ago, since the first day Qing Chen came to Los Angeles Foreign Language School as a high school freshman, carrying it on his back.

Many were unaware that Qing Chen was the top scorer in the middle school entrance examination, with perfect scores in all subjects except Chinese, earning a half tuition waiver.

Xu Zimo knew this, which is why she noticed Qing Chen earlier than others.

More than a year had passed, Qing Chen hadnʼt changed, but his backpack had become more worn.

She recalled the rumors about Qing Chen doing part-time work to save money and thought that he certainly couldnʼt afford as many snacks as the other students.

Xu Zimo hesitated a moment, then reached into her own backpack for a packet of chips, intending to offer them to Qing Chen.

However, when she remembered the scene where Qing Chen previously rejected her at the classroom door, she hesitated again.

The girl was one of the most shining students in the school and had never been rejected before, so she felt somewhat abashed after being turned down.

But after much deliberation, Xu Zimo still gently tapped Qing Chenʼs arm, ”Qing Chen, would you like some chips?”

Qing Chen didnʼt even open his eyes, ”No need, thank you.”

Xu Zimo pursed her lips; she had heard these four words of ”no need, thank you” several times now, as if this youth only knew these four words.

What she didnʼt know, however, was that Qing Chen was no longer short of money at this time, and in fact, he was richer than most of the students.

While other classmates were still preoccupied with exams and grades, he had already begun planning for the future of an organization.

Xu Zimoʼs perception of Qing Chen was limited to his presence at the school.

The other side of him, which was unknown to others, belonged to a world she couldnʼt access.

At one point, Qing Chen opened his backpack, and Xu Zimo was surprised to see that it was stuffed full of snacks.

No textbooks, no papers, just snacks.

Then she saw Qing Chen pull out a crumpled note from the backpack; on it was Li Tongyunʼs clumsy handwriting: ”Cheer up on your exam, big brother Qing Chen!”

Qing Chen smiled knowingly; all the snacks in this backpack were bought by Jiang Xue at Xiao Tongyunʼs request, for him.

He said that Xian City was very close by, and that it was only a one and a half hour trip by high-speed train, so he didnʼt need to bring anything.

But Xiao Tongyun insisted that it wasnʼt right, saying that everyone should have snacks when traveling far from home, and that no one had prepared them for him before, but from now on she would do it.

Qing Chen found it a nuisance.

Xiao Tongyun almost got into a quarrel with Qing Chen over it, demanding that he finish all the snacks before returning!

Xu Zimo stealthily glanced at the contents of the note, and her feelings became complicated. Could this girl be Qing Chenʼs girlfriend?

Sheʼd never heard anything about this at school.

At noon, they arrived in Xian City. The sky was densely covered with dark clouds, as if a layer of black cloth had been forcibly spread across it.

Qing Chen frowned; the weather made him feel solemn.

Looking around, he deliberately created some distance from his classmates as he exited the station, appearing as strangers who didnʼt know each other.

Wang Jiale muttered softly, ”Why does Qing Chen always keep his distance from everyone?”

Xia Xiaoran smiled, ”Iʼve heard long ago that heʼs quite reclusive, donʼt mind it, itʼs normal for a genius to be a bit eccentric.”

Hearing this, Xu Zimo turned her head to look at Qing Chen, and found his expression tense, as if troubled by something.

Upon reaching the hotel, Qing Chen greeted everyone and then rushed into his room, where his phone suddenly began to vibrate.

In the Daytime group chat system, Liu Dezhu sent him a private message, ”Boss, when I went home for lunch, I found several letters beside my pillow.”

Qing Chen responded calmly, ”What do they say?”

Liu Dezhu: ”The first letter: Qing Chen is your most capable subordinate, right?”

Liu Dezhu: ”The second letter, Iʼm very angry about the bloodshed on Xingshu Road.”

Liu Dezhu: ”The third letter, so many of my subordinates died in Los Angeles City, Iʼm very sad.”

Liu Dezhu: ”The fourth letter, now that Qing Chen has left Los Angeles City, Iʼve decided to make you sad as well.”

Liu Dezhu: ”Boss, just these four letters. Is Huan Yu planning to take action against Qing Chen? I heard he went to Xian City today for a math competition tomorrow.”

Boss: ”Hmm, I see.”

Liu Dezhu: ”Boss, do you need me to rush to Xian City for a rescue now? I can take charge of escorting Qing Chen back. You can trust me, as long as Iʼm alive, Iʼll definitely bring him back.”

Boss: ”Theyʼre encircling to strike a rescue. The enemy has declared war by trying to lure us out of our home in Los Angeles City using Qing Chen. I now suspect that Xian City is Huan Yuʼs location, his home ground.”

Instead of silently killing ʼQing Chen,ʼ the other party informed the entire Daytime organization through letters, letting the ʼbossʼ know that Huan Yu intended to kill Qing Chen in Xian City.

Thereʼs a bigger plot in the works.

After thinking it through, Qing Chen gave Liu Dezhu some last instructions and then turned off his phone screen.

What Liu Dezhu mentioned was something he had anticipated.

Because as soon as he had arrived at the Xianyang high-speed train station, he realized that someone was tailing him.

Thatʼs why he deliberately kept his distance from his classmates, to avoid involving the innocent.

”Return to Los Angeles City?” Qing Chen pondered, ”I probably wonʼt be able to go back.”

If Huan Yu intended to encircle for a rescue, naturally, he would keep Qing Chen alive to attract the Daytime group to Xian City.

But if Qing Chen wanted to return to Los Angeles City, the enemy would certainly move against him immediately.

With that thought, Qing Chen calmed down.

He felt like the calm center of a low-pressure system inside a tornado; the deeper he was in the storm, the calmer he became.

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Chapter of five thousand words, another one at 11 oʼclock.

Thank you to the student who has become the new ally of this book, for their generosity. May the melons you buy always be ripe.