Chapter 84 I Want to Go Home (Interlude)
From the moment Zhang Jiaming planned to return home, he knew that he was being monitored.
A classmate who studied with him was taken away by thugs who broke into his home less than a day after buying a return ticket, and there has been no news since then.
He knew that there were unparalleled eyes watching his every move in the dark, and they would never let him return home.
When his supervisor asked him today if he wanted to enter the laboratory, Zhang Jiaming agreed.
He found that there were fewer people monitoring him that day.
He sneaked out while those people were not paying attention.
He had to return home. If he really ended up in the laboratory, he would never have the chance to go home again.
Seeing the men searching for him on the road, Zhang Jiaming quickly ran into the bookstore and sought help from the woman who also spoke Chinese.
"Someone is chasing me, can you help me?"
Zhang Jiaming felt that he might have really lost his mind, for actually seeking help from a total stranger.
Jiang Li was slightly stunned when he looked at the man's sharp eyebrows and starry eyes.
Looks like the eldest brother.
But the soul fluctuations are different, they are not the same person.
"I'm not a bad person. I want to go home, but a group of people want to catch me. Can you help me?" Zhang Jiaming said with a glimmer of hope.
He had no chance to escape.
Just when he was about to despair, the woman in front of him spoke.
"Okay, I'll take you away."
Before the man could react, Jiang Li had already grabbed his hand and cast a confusion spell around him.
"Where are you going?" Jiang Li asked.
Zhang Jiaming had already prepared himself mentally for the other party to reject him, but he didn't expect that the other party actually agreed.
He quickly said, "I need to go to the nearest dock. Please cover for me."
He covered his face with a scarf, fearing that he would be discovered by the people searching outside.
"Okay, let's go."
Jiang Li took his hand and walked out naturally.
"The person chasing me is outside." Zhang Jiaming said nervously.
He saw one of the men who had been monitoring him a few days ago standing at the door of the bookstore and questioning him.
"It's okay, we won't be discovered."
Jiang Li took his hand and walked outside. When they passed by that person, the other party obviously saw Zhang Jiaming, his face changed, and he moved towards them.
Zhang Jiaming's heart was in his throat and he was about to run away.
As a result, when the man got closer, his eyes suddenly became confused, and then he turned and walked in another direction.
He followed Jiang Li in shock, watching everyone who approached them walk away for various reasons.
"What did you do to them?" Zhang Jiaming asked nervously.
"Nothing, I just hypnotized them." Jiang Li lied without changing his expression.
Zhang Jiaming believed it and looked at Jiang Li and thanked him, "Thank you for helping me."
"Why did those people arrest you?" Jiang Li asked.
Zhang Jiaming's heart instantly became alert, but he pretended to be calm and said, "I don't know either. Those people targeted me for no reason."
Feeling the other person's body stiffen, Jiang Li said softly: "There's no need to be so nervous. If I had any ill will towards you, I wouldn't have helped you just now."
Zhang Jiaming still did not let down his guard, pretending to be relaxed and said, "Of course I believe you."
Jiang Li looked at his walking posture with his hands and feet together and smiled softly.
If she was being chased, she probably wouldn't trust a foreigner who was helping her, so it's good to be vigilant.
"Are you from China?" Jiang Li asked.
"You know China?" Zhang Jiaming looked at Jiang Li in surprise.
"of course I know."
Jiang Li said slowly: "It is a very ancient country. I like the culture of this country. I think this country is like a sleeping lion. When she wakes up, the whole world will see her."
She felt that some of the cultivation systems in this country were somewhat similar to those in Tianyuan Continent.
Speaking of his hometown, Zhang Jiaming's eyes softened. "Yes, it is a country that has survived the war and still stands firm."
"If you need money when you return, you can contact me." Jiang Li looked at Zhang Jiaming and said, "I want to invest in companies in your country."
Zhang Jiaming looked at Jiang Li in surprise, and then his eyes became cautious.
"It's just a backward country. I don't think it's worth your investment, right?" he asked deliberately.
"Being behind is only temporary. This country cannot stay at the bottom forever."
Jiang Li saw that the other person's eyes were becoming more and more alert. He smiled lightly, put his hands in his pockets and looked at the other person and said, "I think you should find another way to go back to your hometown."
"What do you want to do?"
Just as Zhang Jiaming was about to run away, Jiang Li reached out and touched the back of his collar, and took out an instrument that was flashing red light.
"Haven't you noticed? This little device on your neck has been on for a long time."
She threw the thing into Zhang Jiaming's hand.
Zhang Jiaming instantly recognized that this was a positioning system.
When was it put on him? How come he doesn’t know?
Before he could react, Jiang Li took off his watch again, crushed it on the ground, and took out a small instrument from it.
"It seems that you are really important. The people who are pursuing you have put a lot of things on you." She said slowly.
Zhang Jiaming was extremely shocked.
He never takes off his watch, so how did these people put things into his watch?
Jiang Li took the positioning system from his hand again and tied it to a wild cat.
"They probably haven't discovered that you already know about this. Let's go somewhere else to board the ship. There's probably someone waiting for you at this port."
She calmly patted the shocked Zhang Jiaming and said, "How could they not make any preparations for such an important person?"
"Do you know who I am?" Zhang Jiaming looked at Jiang Li in surprise.
If you don't know, why help him?
"I don't know him." Jiang Li looked at Zhang Jiaming with a smile and said, "But my name is Jiang Li, so we can barely be considered half a fellow villager. Isn't it normal to help each other when we are out and about?"
Hearing this name, Zhang Jiaming felt inexplicably relieved.
He had no other choice but to follow Jiang Li.
Jiang Li took the other person to the nearest airport.
There were quite a few people at the airport, but they all seemed to be unable to see the two people.
Zhang Jiaming was so nervous that his stomach cramped. He looked at Jiang Li and said, "I can't buy a plane ticket. They will find out something is wrong."
"It's okay, I'm here."
Jiang Li took out his ID and bought a plane ticket, handed it to Zhang Jiaming and said, "Get on the plane."
"But this is your ID. I'm a man, and they will definitely notice something is wrong." Zhang Jiaming said solemnly.
"It'll be fine." Jiang Li handed him a peace amulet and said slowly, "Wear the amulet and don't take it off. They will all think you are me and won't stop you."
Zhang Jiaming felt that Jiang Li was joking. How could the airport staff mistake him for Jiang Li just based on a talisman?
These people are not blind.
Just as he was about to turn around and think of a new strategy, Jiang Li had already pushed him to the ticket gate. He lost his balance and nearly fell under Jiang Li's feet.
A flight attendant stood in front of him, and Zhang Jiaming's heart sank.
"Miss, are you okay?"
The flight attendant helped him up and asked him with concern.
Miss?
Zhang Jiaming was somewhat doubtful whether he had heard it wrongly.
He tentatively took out his plane ticket and ID and said, "I want to take a plane."
The other party took his ticket and looked at it, then said gently, "This flight will take off in half an hour. You have to go there as soon as possible. I'll take you there."
Zhang Jiaming was a little shocked that the other party didn't say he was a man.
He followed the other person in a daze and entered the platform unimpeded.
Sitting in the plane, watching the plane leave the ground and fly into the clouds, Zhang Jiaming was still a little overwhelmed.
Did he return to the country so easily?
Feeling a little hot in his pocket, Zhang Jiaming took something out and found that the amulet Jiang Li had just given him had been burned to ashes.