Time Manipulator

"Please come in." In the office of the Chief of the Supervision Section, Bai Xia said to the person knocking on the door without raising his head.

"Section Chief, are you looking for me?" Ying Li pushed the door open and entered.

Bai Xia looked up at him, and nodded for him to sit down.

After Ying Li sat down, Bai Xia didn't talk to him immediately, but was still dealing with the work at hand, Ying Li hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Section Chief... I want to ask you something."

Bai Xia looked up unexpectedly, looked at him and said, "What do you want to ask?"

"...I heard that you put that Qiu Bai into the academy?" Ying Li hesitated for a moment and asked.

Bai Xia smiled softly, "You are well informed."

Ying Li immediately became anxious, "Section Chief, isn't this against the rules? That Qiu Bai's origin is unknown, how could he just be put in the academy like this? Even if you don't trust Li Murong, just find someone to watch over him, no need..."

Bai Xia stretched out her hand to interrupt him, shook her head and said, "I have my own arrangements, Qiu Bai is indeed a man with many doubts, and that's why I came to you."

"what's up?"

"What do you think of the series of things that have happened recently?"

"...Where do you start?" Ying Li didn't understand Bai Xia's meaning.

Bai Xia thought for a while and said, "From Li Mu's escape...no, from Li Murong's coming to me to report Li Mu's violation of discipline. And yesterday, the only person who stayed alone in the space with Li Mu was you, say Say Li Mu."

Ying Li was a little embarrassed, "Section chief, Li Murong... how can I understand what he thinks. As for Li Mu...he doesn't understand anything, he's just a novice, no, not even a novice, he ...it's almost like a..."

"Ordinary people?" Bai Xia added for him.

Ying Li nodded hastily, "Yes, he is just an ordinary person, he doesn't even understand the most basic theories, I don't know what he has learned in the academy, what is the use of Li Murong taking such an apprentice, too Strange."

"Is it possible... Li Mu is just pretending? Pretending to know nothing?"

Ying Li thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I can't see that. If it's really an act, what's his purpose?"

Bai Xia threw the pen in his hand on the table, leaned back in the chair, and said with erratic eyes: "Yes, what is Li Murong doing this for?"

Bai Xia recalled that during the short period of Li Mu's escape, Li Murong had always been active, and even threatened Bai Qiu at that time. If Gu Xilin hadn't escaped, Li Murong might not have done anything to Bai Qiu.

Bai Qiu is the person Bai Xia knows best, he has not been enthusiastic since he was a child, and after entering the academy, he usually walks alone.

That day, Bai Qiu was the same as usual, after the training, he ignored anyone and walked back alone.As soon as he walked out of the training ground, he saw Li Murong leaning against the wall waiting for him with an unlit cigarette dangling from his mouth around the corner.Bai Qiu glanced at him, didn't say anything, and continued to walk forward.

Looking at Bai Qiu's small eyes, Li Murong felt angry in his heart, so he immediately chased after him in two steps, grabbed Bai Qiu's arm rudely, and asked, "Did you not see me?"

Bai Qiu pulled his arm back forcefully, but he was not as strong as Li Murong, so he gave up after struggling a few times, and asked calmly, "What do you want from me?"

Li Murong took the cigarette out of his mouth, let go of Bai Qiu's arm, played with the cigarette with both hands, looked at Bai Qiu, and asked, "Where did you put Li Mu?"

Bai Qiu's tone remained calm, he looked ahead, without looking at Li Murong, and said, "I don't know, I have nothing to do with him."

Instead of being angry, Li Murong smiled, directly squeezed the cigarette in his hand into two pieces, and said, "You can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me." As he spoke, he took out a watch from his jacket pocket, and held it out in front of Bai Qiu: "I I went to your dormitory just now."

Bai Qiu looked at the watch spread out in front of him, and immediately wanted to grab it, but Li Murong quickly took it back, with a bit of complacency on his face: "This must belong to Li Mu, right?" As he spoke, he rubbed the watch in his hand, "I personally asked a mechanic to make this watch for him, and it was also adjusted by the two of us. If you have nothing to do with him, how do you explain this thing?"

Bai Qiu squinted at Li Murong without saying a word.

Li Murong slammed the cigarette in his hand to the ground, grabbed Bai Qiu by the collar, pushed him against the wall with all his might, and said in a ruthless voice, "Don't think that what you did, everyone above I don’t know, you feel that you are not aware of it, do you think the people above are all fools!”

Bai Qiu just stared at Li Murong fiercely, but still didn't say a word.

Li Murong sneered and said, "I recommended Li Mu, and you abducted him without saying a word? If you didn't have your good brother to take care of you, you would have died long ago! "

Bai Qiu narrowed his eyes to look at Li Murong, and finally said, "I told you I don't know!"

Li Murong let go of Bai Qiu, and sneered: "Bai Qiu, you are already sixteen, you should be responsible for your actions! Don't think that you will always be the third young master of the Bai family who doesn't eat fireworks! You know Bai Xia How much effort did you spend at the association to protect you?"

"You don't need to worry about my brother's business!"

Li Murong was completely angry, and went up to grab Bai Qiu's neck with his right hand, "You..." Before he could finish speaking, a figure sprang up beside him, grabbed Li Murong's hand and pulled it out, shouting, "Murong! You Crazy? Let go!"

Li Murong didn't care about who came, the two sides shook each other for a few seconds before he let go of his hands, Bai Qiu squatted on the ground and coughed non-stop.Li Murong suddenly turned his head to look at the face of the person who came and said angrily, "You want to help him too?"

Gu Xilin ran all the way over without breathing evenly. At this moment, he said out of breath, "Calm down, what problem can you solve like this?"

Li Murong gave Bai Qiu who was squatting on the ground a hard look, then turned and left angrily.

Gu Xilin bent down and wanted to touch Bai Qiu's head, but Bai Qiu turned his head away. Gu Xilin didn't care too much, and changed the direction to pull his arm, and said kindly: "Are you okay? Don't stay here It’s not good to be seen by others. Go to my place first, and I’ll take a look for you.”

Bai Qiu didn't resist anymore, stood up directly following Gu Xilin's strength, and followed him away.

Back in the dormitory, Gu Xilin asked Bai Qiu to sit down first, then moved a small stool and sat next to Bai Qiu, lifted Bai Qiu's collar, saw that some places were particularly red, and said with emotion: "This Li Murong Violent maniac, you're really ruthless." He comforted Bai Qiu and said, "But it's okay, he just grabbed your flesh, he didn't really want to hurt you."

Only then did Bai Qiu look at Gu Xilin and asked, "Do you all hate me?"

Gu Xilin was stunned, and asked cautiously, "Why do you think so?"

Bai Qiu said radically: "Stop pretending, I know you all don't like me."

Gu Xilin said softly: "Don't be so pessimistic, in fact, we all like you quite a bit, but you usually wrap yourself up too tightly, and we don't know how to get close to you." After speaking, he laughed like teasing Bai Qiu Said: "If you don't be so serious and cold all day long, many people would like to get close to you."

Bai Qiu turned around, turned his back to Gu Xilin, lowered his head and said sullenly: "Forget it, they all like you, you are born well, capable, and sophisticated, you are always so kind... not like me..."

Gu Xilin was a little at a loss. He had no contact with Bai Qiu on weekdays. He only knew that outsiders had rumored that the young master had a weird temper and was difficult to get close to. At this time, he saw the young master who was said to be repulsive in front of him suddenly look so young. Knowing how to answer, I was afraid of touching some sensitive nerve of his again.

After a long while, Gu Xilin opened his mouth cautiously: "You are the third young master of the Bai family. You are from a better background than me, and your ability is also first-class. You are the hottest player of this season. How can everyone not like you?"

Bai Qiu lowered his head and lowered his voice: "Me? I'm just an illegitimate child, everyone knows it."

Gu Xilin was at a loss: "Your mother is the wife of Minister Bai Mingmei, so how could you be an illegitimate child?"

Bai Qiu didn't answer, but shook his head, "My brothers don't like me either."

Gu Xilin couldn't listen anymore, so he stood up and walked in front of Bai Qiu, squatted down facing each other, and said: "You can say that anyone doesn't like you, but you can say that your brother is not good. Do you know how much Bai Xia loves you? You come out After this kind of thing happened, Bai Xia didn't go out on field missions, and ran back directly to make connections with you and help you settle things. The people above wanted to interrogate you, but Bai Xia flatly refused, saying that nothing could make you lose your temper at a young age. Go to court. Don't you know how hard he has been in the past two months?"

Bai Qiu burst into tears, choked up and said, "He's not sincere."

Gu Xilin was a little stumped, he was a good student since he was a child, and he was a well-known "child of other people" among the family members of the association. Now he met Bai Qiu, a somewhat rebellious boy, and really didn't know what to do.

Bai Qiu quietly wiped away tears, looked up at Gu Xilin with red eyes, and asked seriously: "What will they do if they can't find Li Mu?"

Gu Xilin didn't expect Bai Qiu to change the topic so quickly, he was taken aback for a moment before saying, "I don't know...there is no one that the association can't find."

"What if Li Mu is found? Will the association send someone to kill him?"

Gu Xilin asked amusedly: "Why do you think so? The Association is not an organization of killers. Killing people is like breaking the law." After thinking for a while, he said: "Li Mu's situation is a bit complicated. After all, there was no one like him before. Brazenly researching anti-time spells is unprecedented, at least during the academy training. He is a rare talent, otherwise Murong wouldn't be in such a hurry."

Bai Qiu disdains: "A person like Li Murong only cares about his own honor."

Gu Xilin sighed deeply, not understanding why Bai Qiu had so many extreme thoughts at such a young age, he stood up, poured two glasses of water, took the opportunity to secretly send a text message, and then put the glass in front of Bai Qiu.Bai Qiu took it obediently, and thanked him politely.

Gu Xilin also sat next to him with his water glass in his arms. The two of them were silent for a while, feeling a little embarrassed, so he asked out of words, "You and Li Mu have a good relationship?"

Bai Qiu shook his head, thought for a while and then nodded, "He's pretty good."

Gu Xilin smiled: "I don't know Li Mu very well, I just met him once during the first trial, but he has quite a reputation and is very lively, I heard that Li Murong will be driven crazy by him."

The corners of Bai Qiu's mouth also curled up slightly, holding back a smile, and said solemnly: "He's just a fool."

Gu Xilin nodded, "Well, that's right, he is the first person in history to give up the association's training and run away. He is really stupid." Just as he finished speaking, there were several knocks on the door, and Gu Xilin put down his cup and walked over Opening the door, he immediately smiled when he saw the person coming, and greeted him, "Come in quickly, I didn't expect you to come so soon."

Bai Qiu looked up, and saw that his elder brother Bai Xia who was rumored to "love him very much" followed Gu Xilin into the dormitory, and then looked at Gu Xilin in disbelief.

Seeing Bai Qiu's eyes, Gu Xilin knew in his heart that he had offended this sensitive child, so he said embarrassingly: "I think you...are not in a good mood, and it happens that there is no training in the afternoon, so let Bai Xia lead you It’s good to go out and relax.”

Bai Qiu slammed the cup onto the table, and wanted to leave without saying a word, but when she passed by Bai Xia, Bai Xia grabbed her.Bai Xia looked at Bai Qiu by herself, found several obvious fingerprints on his neck, and said angrily, "Did Li Murong hit you?"

Before Bai Qiu could speak, Gu Xilin hurried out to smooth things over, "No, no, Murong was impulsive and didn't control his strength well."

Bai Xia glanced at Gu Xilin, and said mockingly: "Li Murong has such a bad temper, you are the only one who is willing to stand up and speak well for him."

Gu Xilin smiled awkwardly.

Bai Xia pulled the awkward Bai Qiu and said to Gu Xilin: "Thank you today, we won't bother you any more, and Bai will come to thank you some other day." After speaking, she dragged Bai Qiu out.

Gu Xilin supported his forehead feebly, he really deserved to be the most proud second young master of the Bai family, his official accent was really first-class.