"Hey? Are you okay?"
A pair of hands suddenly steadied him.
Qin Manjiang turned to look. It was Xu Yi.
"I'm fine." Qin Manjiang shook his head.
Xu Yi raised an eyebrow and looked Qin Manjiang up and down a few times. "Something's off about you."
"What?" Qin Manjiang looked at him in surprise.
Xu Yi scratched his head, circled Qin Manjiang carefully, then shook his head. "I can't tell what it is, but I keep feeling like... you've been locked up again."
"Never mind! Come hang out when you're free!" Xu Yi waved as he spoke, then turned and left.
Qin Manjiang shook his head violently and punched himself in the temple.
The pain did not fade, but Qin Manjiang gritted his teeth and kept recalling that name. He did not want to forget, yet this body seemed determined to make him forget.
[Professor Jiang]
[Professor Jiang]
[Professor Jiang]
[Professor Jiang]
[...]
As though possessed, Qin Manjiang went from repeating it silently in his heart to muttering it nonstop.
But this time, his voice made Nie Yunzhen, who had been standing by the river in a daze, whip her head around.
"Professor... Jiang..."
"Jiang... Du..."
"Jiang Du!"
"You're Jiang Du!"
Nie Yunzhen pointed at Qin Manjiang's face and shrieked.
"Bai Yang, are you really going to take part?"
Chen Zhiyuan was driving and could not help asking.
The name he spoke belonged to none other than Yang. It was his real name-Bai Yang.
Yang nodded slightly. Beneath the night sky, Fu City's neon lights flickered, their hazy glow sweeping past him. The car sped along the empty late-night roads, as though it would never stop.
"Yes. I've got five hundred now. I want to try."
Yang looked out the window and spoke softly.
"But... it'll be dangerous. You'll