Mist

Chapter 65: Rubik's Cube

Ji Yushi’s heart which had been hanging from a thread seemed to have fallen in place as soon as he saw Song Qinglan.
It felt great reuniting with his teammate again. Ji Yushi almost forgot how he used to prefer acting alone.

“Cap Song?” Ji Yushi’s back hurt but he wasn’t angry, “I’ve always….been here?”

It wasn’t Song Qinglan but Cap Song.
His tone wasn’t especially warm but those who are more familiar with Ji Yushi could tell how happy he was to finally reunite with his teammate.

Despite being pressed against the wall, Ji Yushi didn’t struggle. He answered the question and then proceeded to comment on Song Qinglan’s appearance, “You’ve grown out a lot of stubble again!”

Just like in the Chaos mission, Ji Yushi was still neat and clean while Song Qinglan was the opposite. Tianqiong probably had a special liking to send Song Qinglan to a different distribution of time and it seemed to be particularly inclined in letting him develop a rough, manly appearance regardless of whether he himself liked it or not.
Song Qinglan hadn’t looked in the mirror for quite some time. His expression sank when he heard the comment.

Ji Yushi’s gleaming eyes fell onto Song Qinglan’s chin. He asked with confusion, “Have you been here for a long time?”

This distance allowed Song Qinglan to feel the warm breath from Ji Yushi. It made the gaze on his chin feel almost tangible.

Song Qinglan’s throat bobbed, “I’ve fucking been here for more than a week.”
When he was done saying this, his grip on Ji Yushi’s shoulder loosened and he took a few steps back.

“Advisor Ji!”

Song Qinglan was taller than him. As soon as he stepped aside, Ji Yushi only now saw that another two people had entered the room together with Song Qinglan.
One was Duan Wen with a stubble who was just as happy about the reunion while the other was —– Tall and fair, with a pair of peach blossom eyes, he wore the same black combat uniform they wore and there was a number ‘9’ written on his chest.

The young man nodded at him gracefully, “Hi.”
Ji Yushi, “……….”
This person was———-
Ji Yushi knew who it was. He wasn’t too surprised or in too much disbelief seeing him here. Tianqiong had hijacked Guardians who were in the middle of traversing to complete this multiplayer mission. It wasn’t a surprise to seeing other Guardians gathered here.

There was a saying that enemies meet on a narrow road. (KKnotes: One can’t avoid one’s enemy)
Ji Yushi just felt that, wasn’t it too much of a coincidence for them to run into the captain of the ninth squad?

The other party briefly greeted Ji Yushi.
What was suffocating was, although they weren’t in the same squad, they were Guardians from the same Jiang City branch, but neither Song Qinglan nor Duan Wen showed any intentions to introduce the two of them.

The other party didn’t feel embarrassed. He just stood there casually and allowed him to take him in.

Ji Yushi didn’t know him personally. His only knowledge of him came from Li Chun’s enthusiastic gossiping and most of it was bad talk about the other party. Ji Yushi felt bad staring at him, but he also didn’t know if he should greet him back.
Fortunately, before Ji Yushi could feel awkward, Duan Wen stepped forward, his figure blocking Lin Xinlan from his field of view.

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Duan Wen’s eyes welled up, “Advisor Ji, do you know how much of a hard time we’ve had looking for you just because we caught a glimpse of your back view?”
Ji Yushi, “What back view?”
Duan Wen explained, “I actually didn’t see it with my own eyes so I’m not sure about the specifics. It’s just that in one of the rooms, just as we were going from one room to another, Cap Song said he saw you leave from that room. He called out but you didn’t look back. When we chased after you, you were gone.”
Ji Yushi expressed his doubts, “I haven’t heard anyone calling for me.”
“My guess was that you must not have heard.” Duan Wen sighed, “With your good memory, even if you didn’t recognise other people’s voices, you will definitely recognise Cap Song’s. I suspected that Cap Song may have been mistaken. Why wouldn’t you have responded otherwise?”