I'm not a drama god

Chen Ling looked at the worried girl in front of her and shook her head calmly:

"It is superficial and conceited to define a person based on secular stereotypes. Your brother is not that kind of secular person... He doesn't care whether you smoke or drink, but he cares more about what you do."

Chen Ling was telling the truth. If Xi Renjie had used stereotypes to judge Chen Ling's good and evil, he should have shot Chen Ling in the head, but he didn't do that... He knew that although Chen Ling didn't look like a good person, he had never done anything bad, so he let Chen Ling go.

Hearing this answer, a light flashed in Xiaotao's moist eyes. She pursed her lips and said nothing, just nodded slightly, and then continued walking towards the library.

The library of Fusion School is not very big. Most of the books on the shelves are popular science books. The study room is also relatively quiet. After Chen Ling and the others came in, they chose a seat near the window. Firstly, the ventilation was good, and secondly, they could speak quietly here without disturbing others.

Xiao Tao put her books in order, took out the stationery from her pencil case and placed them on the table one by one. At this time, she had completely recovered. After rubbing the corners of her eyes, she asked seriously:

"Brother Chen Ling, what don't you understand?"

Without saying a word, Chen Ling opened her notebook and asked questions one after another based on what she had watched last night.

Xiao Tao was indeed a top student. She only took a quick glance at those knowledge points and was able to answer them with all the knowledge. Chen Ling felt as if she was back in her high school dreams and had suddenly become enlightened.

After explaining several knowledge points in succession, Chen Ling couldn't help but ask:

"Don't you read novels at night? Where do you have so much time to study?"

Xiao Tao blushed, "What's wrong with staying up late to read novels... You can understand these things by just listening in class. You don't need to spend more time after class."

Chen Ling:......

As expected, learning requires talent. Chen Ling sighed inwardly.

Teacher Xiaotao's private lesson lasted for about a whole morning. Fortunately, Chen Ling did not have any classes in the morning and did not need to go to the classroom. By the end of the morning, she had mastered most of the knowledge points that she did not understand.

Just then, a burst of noise came from the library door, interrupting Chen Ling's thoughts.

Xiao Tao looked outside the door curiously, only to see Miaomiao and others gathered together anxiously, as if trying to find something. She frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then stood up and walked towards the crowd.

Chen Ling did not move. At this distance, he could clearly hear the conversation outside the door.

"Sister Miaomiao, what's wrong?"

"Xiao Tao, have you seen Linglong and Xiaobai today?"

"No."

"Yesterday it was their turn to go out and pick dead leaves, but it seems they didn't come back all night..."

"What?" Xiao Tao was stunned, then her face turned pale, "How could this happen... They are both not young anymore, they shouldn't run around... Have you found Teacher Ye?!"

"I've already notified Teacher Ye, and Lao Lang and the others have also gone out to look for people along the route of picking dead leaves, but there has been no progress so far..."

Xiao Tao's brows furrowed more and more. After asking everyone a few more questions, she came back with a heavy heart.

"What happened?" Chen Ling asked.

"Two classmates went to pick dead leaves and disappeared..." Xiao Tao's face was visibly anxious, "How could this happen... It was originally my turn to pick leaves last night! But I wanted to stay up late to finish reading that novel, so I asked Linglong to switch with me... She, how could she disappear?"

"Does this kind of thing happen normally?"

“Of course not. The crown of the mother tree is special, just like a domain. It can not only retain its color in the Gray Realm, but also dispel disasters… So the Fusion Faction has never been attacked by disasters in the Gray Realm for so many years. It should be absolutely safe.

The dead leaves from the mother tree are very good fuel. A small piece can burn for a long time. All the wicks of the Fusion Sect are made of this material, so people take turns to pick the dead leaves every day, but they will not go beyond the range of the tree canopy... Over the years, I have never heard of anyone going missing while picking dead leaves."

"Is it possible that they left on their own?"

"Absolutely impossible... Linglong is fine, but Xiaobai is so timid that there is no way he can go to the Gray Realm by himself..."

Speaking of Xiaobai, the first person that came to Chen Ling's mind was the boy who was scared to his knees on his first day. Given his little courage, he would definitely not venture into the Gray World alone.

But no matter what, it was not Xiao Tao's turn to investigate the disappearance of the two people. Now she could only trust Teacher Ye and Lao Lang. Xiao Tao took a deep breath, calmed down her emotions, and continued to explain the problem to Chen Ling...

Even so, Chen Ling also felt that Xiaotao seemed a little out of shape.

"Let's stop here today. These knowledge points will take me some time to digest." Chen Ling took the initiative to speak, "You go and do your own thing, don't worry about me."

Seeing this, Xiao Tao no longer insisted, but simply said goodbye to Chen Ling and trotted out, her expression visibly anxious.

Chen Ling packed up her notes and went straight to the office upstairs.

……

Tuk-tuk-tuk.

"Enter."

As Teacher Ye's voice rang out, Lao Lang and others pushed the door open, their expressions somewhat solemn.

"How is it? Did you find it?" asked Teacher Ye.

“…No.” The old wolf shook his head. “We searched the area under the tree canopy and the gray area within a few kilometers around the tree canopy…but we couldn’t find the whereabouts of the two of them.”

Teacher Ye frowned and fell into deep thought.

"It shouldn't be..."

"There is one more thing..." The old wolf hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke.

"what?"

“I don’t know if it’s an illusion… I seem to smell the remnant of the Jiangtian Sect in the gray world outside the tree canopy.”

Hearing the words "Jiangtian Sect", Teacher Ye's eyes narrowed slightly. He slowly raised the teacup in his hand and took a sip:

"Jiangtian Sect..."

"Teacher Ye, right now the human world is saying that Scarlet Star is about to return, and the Crimson Sky Sect has made some unusual moves at this time... Is there any connection between the two?"

Teacher Ye wandered around the office for a long time, wondering what he was thinking about.

In the end, he did not answer this question, but asked directly:

"Can you track them down?"

"...It's very difficult." The old wolf shook his head. "It's been a whole night, and there are all kinds of disaster smells mixed in the Gray Realm. It's really difficult to track and lock it by smell... I can only say, try your best."

"Ah."

Teacher Ye nodded slightly, "Give it a try. If it doesn't work, I'll think of other ways."

Lao Lang and the others said goodbye to Teacher Ye and turned around to leave.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw a figure in a bright red opera robe, carrying a few notebooks, waiting outside the door.