Chapter 47: The Mysterious Teenager Reappears

(It's time for a late-night update again.)

Tower of Desire rest area.

Wen Xishu came to this place once again; unlike last time, the sixth floor was a level that most people could come to.

Below the twentieth floor of the Tower of Desire, it was basically a risk-free area.

Those familiar shouts appeared again.

"Seeking the strategy to bend Gongji Yinggao!"

"Twelfth floor, selling the trick for the 'Destroying Jingdong in Business War' mission, only need a talk show actor! Guaranteed effective, those who need the name find me!"

Wen Xishu had to sigh; this was the rest area of the Tower of Desire, the atmosphere was really good.

It is worth mentioning that most people, after descending to a certain area of the rest area, are unwilling to leave that area.

After all, everyone in each area had similar levels, and in the short one-hour time, everyone was definitely willing to communicate and team up with people of similar levels.

Of course, there were also a few people who would go to the rest areas of higher-level areas to take a look and ask for the views of those who had been there.

But there weren't many of these.

But Wen Xishu did intend to take a look toward the Tianyuan area.

Along the way, he discovered quite a few people from the Tower of Desire Academy. These students were very willing to show their Three Towers Academy student IDs. There were both men and women.

Wen Xishu didn't care; he walked toward the Tianyuan area, wondering if he would meet any interesting people.

He had no interest in the academy students, unless there was a Mysterious Tower Academy in the future.

He soon walked to the Tianyuan area.

What Wen Xishu didn't expect was... he met acquaintances this time.

"Yo, kid, didn't expect to see you again."

The man speaking was still full of smiles, making one feel very approachable.

The woman beside him was still as cold as ice, but seeing Wen Xishu, she also smiled and nodded.

It was a coincidence; these two were exactly the two Wen Xishu met last time—

Ji Boda, Liu Ruyan.

Wen Xishu also revealed a smile:

"Met you two again; I'm just walking around this time. What floor are you two on this time?"

Liu Ruyan said:

"Twenty-sixth floor."

Wen Xishu remembered that Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan sold various strategy intelligence, so he thought about whether to ask first.

Unlike last time, last time Wen Xishu obtained the invitation letter and directly knew the mission target was Desire·Jennifer.

But this time, the invitation letter was given at the start, so he didn't unlock the mission target's name.

He could only wait until entering the Tower of Desire world to obtain clues.

So Wen Xishu said:

"I don't know, my lords, do you have any intelligence this time? I want to ask for some strategies."

Ji Boda smiled:

"Little friend, are you still planning to exchange strategies for strategies this time?"

Wen Xishu suddenly noticed something else. That was the brooch pinned to Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan's chests.

"You two... are teachers at the Tower of Desire Academy?"

Ji Boda nodded very satisfactorily:

"Last time I was still thinking, you're such an excellent young man, why aren't you in our academy."

"Since you recognize our accessories, I suppose you are also from the Tower of Desire Academy?"

Wen Xishu didn't answer this question, but asked another one:

"You two... borrowed some props from the Material Department? Why are you two always able to be matched together?"

Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda were now even more convinced that this kid was from the Tower of Desire Academy.

Liu Ruyan's expression softened quite a bit:

"Purple prop, Mandarin Duck Lock. It can allow two people of different genders to go to the same area to execute the same mission. It must be used before entering the Three Towers."

Wen Xishu gained some knowledge:

"This item... belongs to you two? Or Principal Albert?"

Ji Boda said:

"Ours. This item was obtained by my wife and me after continuously completing ten missions related to love."

"It is said there is also a Comrade Wristband. It also has a similar effect, but is limited to the same gender."

"It seems that's what the principal has."

Wen Xishu suddenly smiled:

"If, I mean if, I am a student of the academy, can I borrow this prop from you two?"

Ji Boda laughed loudly:

"Hahahaha, that won't do; the Material Department has asked us for this thing several times, and we won't agree to lend it out."

"The atmosphere at the Tower of Desire Academy isn't very upright... eh, recently, students like to take shortcuts more and more. This atmosphere of taking shortcuts has fueled other crooked winds."

"Exploring the Tower of Desire is a sacred thing. Other props are fine, but this kind of prop that allows men and women to enter a certain area together, you students... only use it to do that kind of thing."

Wen Xishu could probably guess what "that kind of thing" was.

Such as "Let's go, I'll take you to the Tower of Desire world to open a room" and the like.

Liu Ruyan also said:

"Although exploring the Tower of Desire is simple, it shouldn't be entertainment-oriented. In this point, the children of the Tower of Desire Academy are not as good as those of the Slaughter Tower Academy."

Because there is no sense of crisis. Wen Xishu made an evaluation in his heart.

He didn't intend to delay anymore and asked:

"I am indeed a student of the Three Towers Academy, but this time I don't have any intelligence to exchange, but I do want to know about the strategy for a certain area in Jiangcheng on the sixth floor."

Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan looked at each other; they didn't expect this teenager's tower ascension span to be so large.

At the same time, the two also decided to ask the doubt they hadn't asked last time:

"Little friend, what level of completion did you achieve last time?"

This was a very critical question; Wen Xishu thought, if I say Level 6...

That would basically be equivalent to self-detonation, right?

But saying Level 5 or Level 4 didn't seem appropriate either, because he wasn't clear if there were Level 5 or Level 4 facilities in the bunker recently.

But these two might not be unclear.

So in this situation, lying might leave a bad impression on the other party.

A person's value is sometimes given by themselves. Wen Xishu was the type of person who absolutely wouldn't be low-key when he should be high-profile.

For example, at this moment, he knew that if he acted low-key, he might instead end up being looked down upon by the other party.

In a place like an academy, you either respect background or respect talent. If you are too mediocre, teachers will look down on you too.

Wen Xishu thought for a moment and said:

"Sorry, although you two are teachers, I really cannot answer this question for you."

Ji Boda was obviously a bit unhappy.

Last time the academy wasn't open, it was fine that you didn't know my identity as a prospective freshman, but this time, since you have already been admitted, you know I am a teacher, what kind of airs are you putting on with me?

Of course, his facial expression didn't change, still hanging with a smile.

However, Wen Xishu's next sentence immediately made Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan change their attitudes:

"I promised the principal; all my grades are classified. But I do have a fate with you two teachers."

"So, if Teacher Ji and Teacher Liu really want to check, I can only trouble the two teachers to ask Principal Albert."

Liu Ruyan was the type who could observe subtle changes in facial expressions; she noticed the calmness when Wen Xishu said Albert's name, and immediately realized that this kid wasn't lying.

Ji Boda also looked at Liu Ruyan for verification, and Liu Ruyan nodded slightly.

Ji Boda was shocked.

What level of freshman would be personally responsible by the principal?

Grades being classified was unheard of! If it weren't for the fact that this teenager had given Ji Boda an excellent impression before, and his wife Liu Ruyan had hinted that the other party wasn't lying...

Ji Boda would have thought the other party was showing off.

But showing off in the academy was usually—"My dad is a cadre of such-and-such bureau" and the like. But no freshman dared to directly use Albert as a backer.

"Then, you should at least tell us your name."

Wen Xishu still shook his head:

"Teacher, even just the name holds a secret; it's still better to trouble you two to ask the principal."

He was calm and composed, neither humble nor arrogant.

This made Ji Boda very interested. Ji Boda was thinking, even the name is a secret?

Does the bunker really have such a powerful family? Even the Wen family or the Xun family couldn't do this.

Wen Xishu's name was indeed a secret.

Because one only needed to check to know that Wen Xun was from the Slaughter Tower Academy.

A student from the Slaughter Tower Academy appearing in the rest area of the Tower of Desire was inherently unreasonable.

So Wen Xishu threw this problem to Albert. At the same time, he was also making use of the two of them.

Facing Albert, Wen Xishu wasn't afraid of exposing his secret. Facing that level of existence, just by facing him, he had a feeling of being seen through.

Coincidentally, Wen Xishu also really wanted to use the two of them to test Albert's attitude, and appropriately show some value to Albert.

When everyone suspects that you are hiding a secret that can survive in a desperate situation... then you had better really be hiding such a secret.

"What do you want to know?" Ji Boda saw that he couldn't ask anything.

Then he would just help this teenager, and after completing the Tower of Desire mission, he would go ask the principal.

However, the principal was elusive, and that nerve-wracking phone call "Mysterious CEO Calling" couldn't be dialed through at all, and he didn't know if he could happen to meet the principal.

Wen Xishu said:

"I don't know much about this area mission... but the keywords are probably, sixth floor, girl, falling, parrot, Jiangcheng."

Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan looked at each other again; wasn't this the mission that had made Wen Renjing feel guilty for a long time?

Wen Renjing had many regrets in his life, but this mission could be called a white moonlight level.

It was a huge regret from when Wen Renjing first ascended the tower.

"Regarding this mission, we really do know a little, but it's a pity, I cannot tell you what to do."

"That little girl named Tang Rui, what she wanted wasn't love."

"You know Wen Renjing, right?"

Wen Xishu nodded. Ji Boda continued:

"This heartthrob of the academy, the number one person of the Tower of Desire, showed huge talent very early on."

"He always remembered that the Tower of Desire is a tower with love. He used love to heal others."

"Of course, it's not the kind that many students now think... the low-class means."

"Wen Renjing was very good at comforting people, and combined with that magnificent appearance, he was like a man who walked out of a dream."

Wen Xishu thought, "magnificent" could be used on a man; this Wen Renjing was really extraordinary.

"When dealing with Tang Rui, he discovered that Tang Rui had thoughts of suicide. At that time, he was very wild. He thought that all suicide stemmed from not being recognized and valued by the world."

"It was all because of problems in the education of the original family, which led the little girl to commit suicide."

"Certainly, there were reasons in that regard, but Wen Renjing was very naive at the time, thinking that all problems could be solved by someone loving them."

"In the seven days, he took Tang Rui to play through all the romantic things."

"She loved food, so Wen Renjing made the best food she had ever eaten in her life."

"She loved to sing; although her voice wasn't very good, Wen Renjing still invited her to sing together in an open-air park, attracting quite a few tourists to applaud."

"She wanted to go to the distance to take a look, but due to regional map restrictions, some places couldn't be reached, and Wen Renjing couldn't do it, so in the shortest time, he personally used a huge curtain to paint several of what he felt were the most beautiful sceneries in the world."

"He gave that little girl named Tang Rui... what could be called the love that countless women dreamed of."

"He also indeed saw light in the girl's eyes."

"But in the end, Wen Renjing paid the price for his rashness. Mission completion, Level 1 completion."

"Even if that girl was incomparably happy, having been loved by a man so excellent that he seemed not to exist, it was still—just the lowest completion."

Ji Boda said:

"Wen Renjing was depressed for a long time; he finally understood that what the girl wanted wasn't love, or... she wasn't such a superficial existence."

"The suffering she endured was another kind of suffering."

"Wen Renjing later said—"

"All missions in the Tower of Desire must be done with heart; I overestimated my charm, thinking love could clear away all the haze in a girl's heart."

"But it's not; many people's lives are filled with suffering, and they don't even have the chance to experience love. Let alone suffering because of a lack of love."

"I am sad for my perfunctoriness, and I also became a bastard who didn't know how to eat meat. I am even more sad for her ending."

Wen Xishu was confused:

"How did he know the ending?"

Wen Xishu now knew that the mission target was named Tang Rui, and he added:

"Generally speaking, when this mission is completed, you go back directly; we actually don't know the final ending of the target, right?"

Ji Boda nodded:

"That is indeed the case. But Wen Renjing later, in other missions in Jiangcheng, on a later timeline... learned of the girl's ending."

"You might not know; you are just a freshman who hasn't ascended the tower for long, right?"

"Actually, the Tower of Desire has the possibility of anchoring. Wen Renjing blamed himself very much, thinking if he could have used his heart, anchored that story..."

"Perhaps the girl wouldn't have died."

Liu Ruyan, at this time, said coldly:

"Wen Renjing... perhaps also had some good feelings for that girl."

Ji Boda was slightly startled and looked at Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan sighed:

"In the process of giving others love, one often also feels being loved."

"He cared so much about that little girl, it must be because that little girl also made him very satisfied. It's just that he was clear that there was a deep chasm between them."

"There are many bunker people who have feelings for Three Towers people, but Wen Renjing was very clear that he couldn't do that."

"He later said that he sincerely hoped someone could anchor that story and change that girl's ending."

"But to this day, no one has done that. No one has changed that little girl's ending."

(The weight of two chapters is enough to help you sleep~ but don't panic, there are still updates during the day.)

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