He didn't leave, nor did he come over. He just looked at her.
His eyes weren't cloudy like an old man's. Instead, they were very clear, as if he could see through something.
Almost instantly, Zhong Zhiwan's heart stopped beating.
With a swoosh, a layer of cold sweat appeared on her back, and sweat also appeared on her forehead.
Zhong Zhiwan's heart was in turmoil. She didn't look calm either. Her face was as pale as paper.
The corners of her mouth twitched, revealing an ugly expression that looked like she was crying and laughing at the same time. Her voice was also very difficult: "Ye … Ye."
Old Mr. Zhong still didn't show any emotion. He clasped his hands behind his back and said calmly, "Wanwan, come with me."
As he spoke, he went upstairs first.
Zhong Zhiwan didn't dare to disobey. She pinched her fingers and quickly followed him.
Her face was still red and hot. She was a little confused.
When did Old Mr. Zhong come back from the company?
How much did he hear?
Zhong Zhiwan secretly glanced at Old Mr. Zhong again. She saw that he looked calm. She was a little relieved.
Her grandpa had a bad temper. If he really heard what she said, how could he hold it in?
However, as soon as Zhong Zhiwan walked into the attic, she heard two words.
"Kneel down."
It was very cold. There was no warmth.
Zhong Zhiwan's face was even paler. Her legs couldn't help but kneel down.
Old Mr. Zhong really heard it!
Old Mr. Zhong said again, "Raise your head and look in front."
Zhong Zhiwan raised her head in fear and trembled.
Old Mr. Zhong didn't look at her. He pointed at the photo in front of them and said, "Look at your grandma's photo. Do you dare to repeat what you just said?"
"Do you dare to tell your grandma everything you've done during this period of time?!"
Zhong Zhiwan's lips trembled. She said incoherently, "Grandpa …"
Old Mrs. Zhong passed away many years ago.
Old Mr. Zhong was busy with the company. Her parents also had their own things.
So before she went to primary school when she was six years old, she grew up with Old Mrs. Zhong.
Old Mrs. Zhong was very good to her. She gave her what she wanted.
"Zhong Zhiwan, what did you say last time?" Looking at Zhong Zhiwan's cowering appearance, Grandfather Zhong was finally enraged. "Later, you reflected on yourself and said that you were just jealous. You were momentarily blinded by your jealousy and would never do it again."
"But what's going on now? In private, you speak ill of Zijin to outsiders, and it's all just a single sentence! "
"Aren't you letting your grandmother and I down?"
Zhong Zhiwan's body trembled again, and she didn't dare to look up.
She knew that Mu Chenzhou would not care about other people's business, and would not ask for Ying Zijin's sake. That was why she could say those words without worry.
But others were different.
Old Master Zhong knew what had happened and understood that she had done it on purpose.
She had always disguised herself well. This time, she was caught red-handed.
When Old Master Zhong thought of the words he had heard just now, he was so angry that his heart and lungs hurt. He was even more furious. "Do you usually ruin Zijin's reputation like this in school?"
Zhong Zhiwan cried out, "I don't!"
School?
Almost the whole high school was on Ying Zijin's side. How could they call her Yingshen?
She just felt ridiculous.
Look, it was so easy.
With her face and first place in the mid-term exam, she bought everyone's heart.
Including Old Mr. Zhong and the teachers.
"Grandpa, why are you only on her side?" Zhong Zhiwan's tears couldn't stop flowing, and she cried even louder. "Is she more important than me?"
"Zhong Zhiwan, so that's what you think." Old Mr. Zhong was disappointed. "Ask yourself. What do you not have? Who have I doted on the most in the past ten years? "
Zhong Zhiwan bit his lip hard.
Yes, Old Mr. Zhong used to be on her side.
But at the end of last year, after he met Ying Zijin, she was no longer the only one he doted on.
At that time, Old Mr. Zhong had just returned. He didn't look for her first. He couldn't wait to ask Zhong Manhua to bring Ying Zijin back first.
She knew that Ying Zijin had been forced to donate blood to Ying Luwei several times, but she didn't tell Old Mr. Zhong.
Later, she saw that Old Mr. Zhong treated Ying Zijin so well. She couldn't stand it.
"Zhong Zhiwan, you will kneel for one day and one night." Old Mr. Zhong had seen Zhong Zhiwan's true colors. "You should be glad that you are my granddaughter. If you were my grandson, I would have already punished you."
Whoever made a mistake in the Zhong Family would be punished according to the family law.
Old Mr. Zhong left the attic and locked the door.
Butler Zhong was also there. He walked over and said, "Old Master, before Miss Gu came back, Miss Zhong was good in every way. Why …"
"I didn't think it through." Old Mr. Zhong was tired. "I let her mother watch over her during the key years of her character."
Mrs. Zhong was also a person who was used to pretending.
It was more than three years after she married into the family that she gave herself away in front of Old Mr. Zhong.
But at that time, she had already given birth to Zhong Zhiwan. It wasn't a big deal, so she couldn't leave the Zhong Family.
"Watch over Wanwan." Old Mr. Zhong sighed. "I'm afraid that she will do something that she will regret for the rest of her life. When that time comes, no one can save her."
**
Ying Zijin got off the plane at six o 'clock in the evening.
The airport was dozens of kilometers away from Norton Town, so she hitched a ride.
Ying Zijin knew that many people had been watching her since she got off the plane.
It wasn't accurate to say that they were watching her. They were watching a lot of people.
After all, she had posted on the NOK forum that she would go to Norton University to get it herself.
So before she entered Norton University, she was being watched all the way.
Indeed, many people were looking for her.
Some of them could really live for a long time, and some of them were passed down from generation to generation.
It was the kind of last wish that a grandfather would tell his grandson that he must kill her.
Ying Zijin turned her head and looked at the completely unfamiliar face in the car window. She felt a little dissatisfied.
She had already disguised herself three times on the way from the airport.
Although she had the ability of divination, she couldn't predict just anyone before she recovered.
The people who wanted her life were not ordinary people.
Her phone vibrated. Ying Zijin glanced at it and saw that it was a call.
The number was hidden.
But since it was her phone, it was useless to hide it.
It was a call from the Vice President of Norton University.
In the entire Norton University, apart from the President, only the Vice President was still alive.
His body was also transformed by alchemy. The ability of his cells to divide was much stronger than that of ordinary people. He could live for more than three hundred years.
Norton University was officially established in 1754. They had worked together before.
"Hello, where are you?" The Vice President suppressed his excitement. "I'm already on the subway to pick you up."
"Soon." Ying Zijin yawned. "Just a reminder, we're being monitored."
The call ended here.
The Vice President, who was on the subway, suddenly got up and walked to a professor opposite him. "Check if someone hacked my phone."
It shouldn't be.
If there was, his phone would have alerted him.
The professor's fingers tapped quickly on the keyboard, and his face changed. "Vice President, someone did hack your phone, but the source is unknown. We can't locate it. But — "
His expression was a little strange. "He didn't succeed in hacking. He was blocked."
The Vice President was dumbfounded.
After a while, he came back to his senses and realized who did it.
In the two hundred years since this big boss disappeared, Earth had directly entered the technological era from the industrial era.
They had all studied new science for a long time, and combined it with alchemy, Norton University's science and technology was ahead of the outside world.
Anonymous was the leader of the hacker alliance, and they were all aware of the hack.
They didn't expect that … their level of using advanced technology was far ahead of theirs.
They were all people from the previous century, but how could they be so weak?
The Vice President's face was ashen. "Sigh, I'm going to be scolded again."
**
At half past seven, the sky in Norton was completely dark.
He Xun had also arrived. He took the three students into a large phone booth.
There was a phone in the booth, but it wasn't used to make calls.
He Xun took out his last remaining pass and swiped it in the sensor area.
There was a rumbling sound, and the ground under their feet suddenly dropped.
The phone booth was like an elevator, and it went down.
The three students were surprised and curious. "Mr He, this is the way to Norton University?"
"Yes, we'll take the subway later." He Xun looked at the time. "The train leaves at half past seven, and it'll arrive at half past seven. If we miss this, we won't be able to go in."
The three students understood.
No wonder outsiders didn't know where Norton University was. Who would've thought that there was a phone booth disguised as an entrance?
Soon, they arrived underground. It was no different from a normal subway station.
In front of them was an empty track with the name of the station.
Fifteen minutes later, there was a sound. The subway had arrived.
He Xun was slightly surprised.
Norton University had always been strict about time. Why was the subway five minutes early this time?
He walked over in confusion, but was stopped by the train attendant. "Student He, right? This car is used by the Vice President to pick people up. Your subway won't be here for you for a while."
"It's, it's okay." He Xun was a bit embarrassed and retreated.
But his heart was in a perilous situation.
Who was it that the Vice President had to pick them up personally?
He Xun had been at Norton University for so many years, but he had never seen the Vice President.
He Xun suddenly grabbed his clothes and said with a trembling voice, "Mr He, isn't that … isn't that Wen Tinglan's sister?"
He Xun frowned and looked over.
----- Digression -----
See you tomorrow ~
Soon, there will be a large scale scumbag scene.
I forgot to mention that Norton University was inspired by Hogwarts.
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