The puppets' stage play

Chapter 153 Undercurrent, tracking

Yu Yan's eyes widened, his body trembled a little, and his face was extremely distorted.

After a moment, he forced out an ugly smile and pointed it at the new researchers.

"I'm sorry, I've been under a lot of pressure recently..." Yu Yan stopped talking. He opened his mouth and looked at these scared young people, always feeling that they were looking down on him in their eyes.

He pursed his lips, buried his head and ran out, leaving the confused researchers behind him.

Jogging along the corridor, even if he bumped into someone, he didn't look back. He rushed out of the laboratory door and took a breath. His expression was a little depressed, and he didn't have any energy in his body.

Since the failure of the last experiment, Teacher Chen stopped paying attention to him. He no longer talked about training him to be his successor. Instead, he paid attention to a young man named Lan Yu, and he was thrown aside.

Even the power in his own hands is gradually being handed over to the other party. If this continues...

Yu Yan shook his head violently, as if this could get rid of the haze in his heart.

"Here, Dr. Yu, water." A bottle of water was handed to him. Yu Yan felt a little thirsty, so he took it and drank half of the bottle. Then he looked at the person who came, and doubts suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"Dr. Yu, I wonder if you are interested in taking back your former power?" Before Yu Yan could ask the question, the visitor smiled and said words that shook Yu Yan's heart violently.

He felt that his newly replenished throat was dry again, and he couldn't help but swallow, his voice trembling.

"You... didn't lie to me?!" As if grasping the last straw, Yu Yan had no intention of thinking about whether it was a trap. Even if it was true, he still wanted to take back his power, and for this he would do whatever it took.

"Of course, after all, this is my boss!" Tang Xian gave a thumbs up, a smile on his face, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Yu Yan grabbed Tang Xian's hand, and both of them smiled tacitly.

"Minister, I'm sorry, I still have family to support..."

"Is this what you keep promising?! My future is completely ruined, how are you going to accompany me?!"

"You're a good-for-nothing, you managed to get up, and then you were knocked down again. Is it that difficult for you to keep your head down and do your work with peace of mind?"

"Dad, they said my information for school is insufficient and I need to reapply..."

Yang Zitao was lying in bed tossing and turning in the middle of the night. He had just had a quarrel with his wife, and they were sleeping in separate rooms. The apologies of his past subordinates, the scoldings of friends, the sorrow of his wife, and the helplessness of his daughter rang in his mind... .

He just felt that his brain was in a mess and his whole heart was pulled together. He slept with his eyes closed for two hours and never fell asleep, and he felt extremely aggrieved.

Is it really wrong to stick to justice? Why is everyone targeting themselves?

He was puzzled, sighed, stood up, sat on the edge of the bed, looked at the bright moonlight, his eyes were a little dazed. In the darkness, he looked at the moonlight, with tears faintly appearing in his eyes.

"We can't continue to be so willful... all people need is to live..."

As if he had made a decision, he closed his eyes and fell asleep within a moment. His body was half leaning against the wall, and his face looked both painful and relieved.

The next day, he didn't go to the headquarters to report. He knew that even if he went on time, Xiao Jue would always have something to say, so he simply didn't go there today and went directly to the center of the city.

His trip was to find Li Jiang and ask for help. He... didn't want to go on like this.

When they arrived in front of the mayor's building, Yang Zitao was a little uneasy along the way, but he still came here. He walked forward with a smile and said a few good words to the guard. Amidst the other's mocking laughter, he stood there waiting awkwardly. .

Within a moment, Li Jiang, who was elegantly dressed, walked down. When he saw Yang Zitao, who looked embarrassed, his eyes darkened. He just wanted to turn around and leave, but when he saw the joyful and pleading look in his eyes, he felt a little unbearable. .

He stretched out his hand to signal the guard to leave, but Yang Zitao didn't want to come straight over like before. Instead, he thanked the guard profusely, which was a bit... humble. Li Jiang couldn't bear to look at it anymore and turned away. Yang Zitao was so anxious that he said to the guard in a panic. Thanks, quickly catch up with the other party.

When he came up behind the other party, he was about to pat him on the shoulder, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, his face became dim again, and he retracted his hand hesitantly. Yang Zitao followed Li Jiang cautiously, not daring to take a step beyond his reach.

Li Jiang was a little tired. In fact, he was expecting the other party to come forward. But now... He shook his head in his heart. He felt that the other party was becoming less and less like the person he knew. He was a little irritated and suddenly didn't want to deal with the other party anymore.

Silence fell between the two, and the once close friends were now strangers.

Li Jiang followed the instructions and took the arriving Yang Zitao to a certain room. Facing the sharp eyes of someone in front of him, Yang Zitao looked pale and slightly ashamed.

"Well, I should know from your look that you are wrong, so I won't say anything more. In short, think more about the consequences of doing things in the future. You are not an alone person. You have your own responsibilities." Yan Sheng smiled and said, His eyes were cold.

He looked at the silent Li Jiang again, with a kind smile.

"Li Jiang, don't blame Zitao too much. He is truly mature now and can take on important responsibilities. Don't look at how he was groveling before. Now he knows what he needs better than anyone else."

"Zitao, let me ask you formally now, what do you need?" Yan Sheng's eyes showed a strange light, and he smiled a little mysteriously.

"...I need power. Other than that, everything is done by the adults." Yang Zitao did not remain silent for too long, and responded directly with a bachelor's attitude, without blushing or out of breath.

"very good!"

Yan Sheng's voice became thicker and he looked very happy, but the deep expectation in his eyes gradually disappeared. In his heart, Yang Zitao was moved to a place where he could not be trusted. From now on, this person could be used but not relied upon.

He reached out and picked up a document that had been prepared for a long time from the table, and threw it to Yang Zitao with a rather gloomy expression.

"This is Xiao Jue's bribery item, the notice of being sent to the outside world, and the order for your reinstatement. Congratulations, Minister Yang!" Yan Sheng's voice was a bit sarcastic.

But the excited Yang Zitao didn't notice it. He looked around happily, looking particularly excited.

"I have already paid Congressman Han enough, and he promised me that he will not target you again. Okay, please step aside first."

Yan Sheng explained a few words with a calm expression and ordered Yang Zitao to leave. The latter's expression was stunned, he secretly glanced at the person in front of him, bowed respectfully, and then exited the room.

After Yang Zitao left, Li Jiang finally couldn't help but interrupt.

"Mayor, he..."

"Needless to say, since he failed the test, he is no longer one of us. Let's examine other people in the future. Unfortunately, it's only one step away. Why can't he persist for a while..."

Yan Sheng stretched out his hand to stop Li Jiang's words, with a sigh on his face.

He admitted that some problems were deliberately caused by him. For example, Xiao Jue had always been his person, but he did not expect that the person he carefully selected would not stand the test.

"I'm getting old too..." Yan Sheng smiled bitterly, with some sadness in his eyes.

Yang Zitao left the mayor's building with excitement on his face. When he left, he looked at the guards with a somewhat arrogant look, which made them smack their lips.

After walking for a while, his face returned to calm, and he sighed deeply while looking at the mayor's building.

It's not that he didn't know some things. Li Jiang would sometimes support him so that he could persist, and then avoid his request for help in the name of two parties not being able to interfere.

"Mayor Yan, people's hearts can't stand the test. I'm sorry, someone has already invited me. The biggest result of my thinking during this period is..."

"Good birds choose trees to roost in"

Yang Zitao looked calmly, silently bowed to the mayor's building, turned around and left.

"Huh? That's it?" Qi Xiu was walking in the academy when he suddenly saw a person walking towards the school gate. He was moved in his heart and followed him.

Yan Wudao showed his vacation time to the guard, and the other party nodded in agreement, claiming that he needed to come back within three days, otherwise he would send someone to look for him and face punishment afterwards. Yan Wudao expressed his understanding.

He stepped out of the school gate. Qi Xiu watched him leave from a distance. When he walked to the school gate, the guard was about to step forward to ask, but was stopped by the deputy captain on the side.

He smiled flatteringly at Qi Xiu. Qi Xiu glanced at him and saw that it was not the vice-captain he was familiar with. Then he walked out of the school calmly without reporting.

"Vice Captain, why..."

"Shhh... the center sent a message asking us not to worry about it. We little people just need to follow the orders." Facing the team members' questions, the vice-captain sighed with a bitter look on his face.

They are naturally prestigious among ordinary students, but once they reach a certain level, they will no longer take them seriously. Compared with the real college guard, they are just peripheral personnel who make a living.

The vice-captain no longer paid attention to the other party, they couldn't control it anyway.

Qi Xiu followed him all the way with a calm expression. It wasn't that he wanted to discover anything, but he was just a little bored recently. His practice had entered the accumulation period. Even if he met Bai Yiyi in the data room, he would leave directly and come back later.

And when he was not fully prepared, he couldn't meet him too frequently, as this would affect his strategy, so he simply gave up there and wandered around in an attempt to kill time.

He could vaguely feel the strong emotion emanating from the other party, so he became somewhat interested and chased him as if it was to relieve his boredom.

Yan Wudao moved forward and gradually left the Qingjing Academy. The surrounding environment seemed a bit depressed. He walked into a street and his figure suddenly disappeared. Qi Xiu's eyelids moved, and there was a trace of interest in his eyes.

This was the smell of transfer. Although it was a bit unfamiliar, he was a little surprised to see it outside Qingjing Academy.

"Let me see what tricks you are doing..." Qi Xiu smiled slightly, and a black circle appeared under his body. His body slowly sank, tracing the last breath and searching in the shadows.

found it! Qi Xiu's heart moved and he stretched out a finger on it.

A finger suddenly appeared on the ground, and an eye suddenly opened on the tip of the finger. It came alive and looked around. The finger rotated left and right, and the movement from the outside world suddenly came into view.

Qi Xiu, who was in the shadow, narrowed his eyes and was a little surprised. Yan Wudao was...