0014 Arrive at Sencheng

The next day.

Bai Jue is woken up by the alarm clock every day.

There was only half an hour left before morning reading started, and there wasn't much time left for him.

After getting up and washing up, Bai Jue took two pieces of toast from the kitchen and stuffed his mouth into his mouth. Bai Jue picked up his schoolbag by the door and went out.

There were not many students on the road, so he hurried to school with ease and entered the classroom with the morning reading bell ringing.

"Good morning."

As soon as he took a seat by the window in the back row, his deskmate An Lingxue said good morning to him.

"Um."

Bai Jue didn't respond too enthusiastically.

"Good morning, Bai Jue."

In the front row, Ye Yiqi suddenly turned around. Although she was saying good morning to Bai Jue, her eyes were fixed on An Lingxue.

Feeling a little overwhelmed by the gaze, An Lingxue habitually acted like an ostrich in the desert and looked down at the table.

Following Ye Yiqi's line of sight, he glanced at An Lingxue again. For some reason, Bai Jue had a headache.

After saying good morning for a long time, without even getting a perfunctory 'hmm', Ye Yiqi lay on the table dejectedly.

"Good-for-nothing guy."

Gao Shan, my deskmate and best friend, sighs every day.

The day's class ended quickly. During the period, An Lingxue and Ye Yiqi both tried to stir up a topic with Bai Jue, but failed without even saying a few words.

After school in the afternoon, Bai Jue did not go to the cafeteria to eat like yesterday.

Instead, under the watchful eyes of An Lingxue and Ye Yiqi, he left the classroom and stopped the head teacher in the teacher's office who was about to have dinner with the female teacher.

"If you have anything to say, please tell me." The head teacher looked impatient.

"I'll take leave from my evening self-study and go back to my hometown." Bai Jue said directly.

"It's approved." The head teacher agreed hastily, without even looking at Bai Jue, and left the office with a smile on his face.

Within two seconds, Bai Jue also left the office.

"Classmate Bai Jue, are you going to have dinner off campus?"

Just as he was about to go downstairs, Ye Yiqi followed him from the side.

"Something happened."

After a brief explanation, Bai Jue took the leave request and hurried downstairs.

Without continuing to follow, Ye Yiqi watched Bai Jue's back disappear in the stairwell.

"Don't look, I don't care about you at all." Gao Shan patted Ye Yiqi on the shoulder from behind.

With sad eyes, Ye Yiqi said nothing and went to the cafeteria with Gao Shan.

On the other side, An Lingxue was troubled by the missing trace of Bai Jue.

"It doesn't matter, we still have evening self-study."

She tried to comfort herself, stroking her growling stomach as she walked to the cafeteria.

After leaving school, Bai Jue returned home immediately.

There was a backpack on the sofa that he had packed in advance last night. Without taking a break, he took the backpack and went out.

The distance between Los Angeles and Sencheng is not that far. It only takes half an hour by high-speed rail. However, due to the lack of money, Bai Jue chose the bus that takes two and a half hours to arrive.

At six o'clock in the evening, a bus leading to Sencheng will pass by the platform. If you get on that bus, you will arrive in Sencheng around 8:30.

The bus stop is not very far from Bai Jue's home, only ten minutes away.

The sky gradually darkened, and the clouds stained red by the sunset were gradually covered by night.

It was almost six o'clock, and there were only a few people waiting at the platform.

Counting the time, his eyes flowed between the mobile phone screen and the passing vehicles. A minute later, Bai Jue waited for the bus to Sencheng as promised.

He got on the bus and paid, then sat in the back seat by the window.

The car was a little dark, reflecting the deserted atmosphere.

At this point, apart from Bai Jue, there were only one or two passengers heading to Sencheng.

The dull engine sound started, and the bus drove on the road at an unpleasant speed.

On the other side, Los Angeles High School.

It's time for evening self-study.

An Lingxue looked at the door in a daze.

Bai Jue didn't come to study in the evening.

Bai Jue disappeared.

Professor Pullman asked me to follow Bai Jue.

But I seem to have lost track...

An Lingxue fell into self-blame.

At the front table, Ye Yiqi was also troubled by Bai Jue's absence from evening self-study.

But compared to An Lingxue, Ye Yiqi knew that Bai Jue didn't come because of something else.

"Shanshan, Bai Jue said something, is it dangerous?"

Concern leads to chaos. Ye Yiqi held her best friend's hand with a worried look on her face.

"If he doesn't pay attention to him, what could happen?" Gao Shan rolled his eyes.

"That's right..." Ye Yiqi breathed a sigh of relief.

The night outside the window was getting deeper and deeper, and An Lingxue couldn't sit still.

"Bai Jue finally went to the teacher's office..."

Thinking about it, she left the classroom without even saying hello in front of the teacher.

Along the corridor and entering the teacher's office, An Lingxue walked straight to the head teacher.

"White Jue."

An Lingxue asked seriously and directly, "Where did Bai Jue go?"

"ah?"

While he was still grading homework, the head teacher was stunned for a moment, and it took him two seconds to react, "He seemed... to say he went back to his hometown?"

The head teacher wasn't sure what he said, because when Bai Jue came to ask for leave, he was in a hurry for a date and didn't even bother to listen.

"Hometown..."

Recalling along this clue, An Lingxue's expression changed.

She had read the basic information about Bai Jue.

Bai Jue's hometown is in Sencheng.

And she just got the news this morning that there was a killing rule in Sencheng!

Bai Jue is going back to his hometown!

I don't know why the relationship student suddenly changed his face. The head teacher looked at An Lingxue strangely and left the office in a hurry, just as he came.

"I hope it comes quickly!"

An Lingxue hurriedly ran to Bai Jue's house.

She had a fantasy that Bai Jue had not left yet, and she wanted to stop him before he left for Sencheng.

However, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

When she arrived at Bai Jue's house, no one opened the door after knocking several times, and An Lingxue's heart suddenly sank.

Without hesitation, she immediately called Professor Pullman.

"It's bad, professor, Bai Jue..."

After telling him about Bai Jue's trip to Sencheng, Professor Pullman's face changed drastically on the other end of the phone.

At this moment, the person they were worried about was about to arrive at the station.

At about 8:20, the speed of the bus slowed down.

"We're in Sencheng, hurry up if you want to get off."

The ticket seller in the front row shouted.

Bai Jue left his seat and got off the bus step by step.

As soon as he got off the bus, a familiar breeze blew past his ears, blowing Bai Jue's thoughts.

Although Sencheng is not as prosperous as Los Angeles, this is where Bai Jue grew up. Looking at the familiar buildings and street scenes, his body and mind are relaxed for no reason.

The food stall opened by my mother and Uncle Luo is in a well-known night market in Sencheng. It is not too far from the bus stop here and can be reached in a few minutes.

"Boss lady, pay the bill!"

"Boss lady, the dishes today are a bit salty!"

"Add more chili peppers, it will be more delicious."

Entering the night market, the noise is full of fireworks.

Bai Jue walked in and stopped in front of a small but popular food stall.

"A total of eighty-three. Since you come here often, I'll round off and give you eighty." While paying the bill, Xie Jingxian smiled simply.

"Boss lady is still a good person. Your family is different from the family next door. The family next door is stingy when they want a plate of peanuts." The customer smiled and paid.

Watching another table of guests leave, Xie Jingxian wiped the hot sweat from her forehead with her oily apron.

She turned around and was about to clear the table when she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye.

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