Chapter 477 - 395: Don’t Call Me Principal, Call Me Uncle-in-law

Chapter 477: Chapter 395: Don’t Call Me Principal, Call Me Uncle-in-law

He walked up to Lin Dazhi and glanced down at him.

But when Lin Dazhi looked up at Lin Yi, his eyes were completely vacant.

"Old Lin?"

At the sound of his name, he looked at Lin Yi again.

Then, as if looking at a stranger, he went back to rummaging through the trash can.

Seeing this, Wei Nan said worriedly, "Don’t tell me he’s actually gone crazy?"

Lin Yi didn’t speak, his eyes still fixed on Lin Dazhi.

After a long moment, once Lin Dazhi was certain there was nothing he wanted in the trash can,

he turned and simply walked toward the next one,

not sparing Lin Yi or Wei Nan another glance the entire time.

This made Lin Yi’s brow furrow deeply.

He hurried after him. "Old Lin, do you still recognize me?"

At these words, Lin Dazhi had no reaction at all.

It was as if he couldn’t even hear Lin Yi.

"Old Lin?"

Lin Yi caught up in a few steps, but the moment his hand touched Lin Dazhi’s shoulder,

Lin Dazhi recoiled as if he had been terrified by something.

He started screaming frantically, "Don’t eat me! Don’t eat me! Please, I’m begging you, don’t eat me..."

Then, like a madman, he bolted into the distance,

running until his figure was completely swallowed by the darkness.

It was only then that Lin Yi was certain. Old Lin had gone mad.

"Should I... take some men to find him? Bring him back to the New District?"

Wei Nan approached and asked Lin Yi cautiously.

Lin Yi just shook his head. "No need."

"Everyone has their own fate. He brought this upon himself. Let’s get in the car."

After speaking, Lin Yi turned and walked directly to the car.

Wei Nan took one last, long look in the direction Old Lin had disappeared.

He didn’t say anything else and followed Lin Yi into the car.

As the convoy of vehicles sped away, weaving through the night,

Old Lin, who had just been hiding, quietly emerged from the shadows.

By now, his face was streaked with tears.

Clearly, he wasn’t completely mad.

He had been faking it all.

He watched until the taillights vanished completely.

Only then did he collapse to the ground, burying his head in his hands and sobbing his heart out.

"Lin Yi... Dad... Dad doesn’t have the face to see you... I’ve taken so many wrong turns in my life, made so many wrong decisions... I brought this pathetic state upon myself!"

"The fact that I... that I can still eke out a miserable existence in this world is already a blessing in this wretched life!"

"You have to live well. Live a brilliant life..."

After choking out these words, Lin Dazhi

once again buried his head in his arms and couldn’t stop himself from weeping.

...

"Yes, okay, I understand."

The sun was bright in the sky. Wei Nan hung up the phone.

He then turned to Lin Yi and said, "I just called Old Tang and asked him about Old Lin’s situation."

"Ever since Lin Yu died, Liu Hongmei went mad. Just like Old Lin is now, she would wander around outside looking for her son, thinking everyone she saw was Lin Yu."

"Then one day, she was rummaging through trash on the street at night and was targeted by a demon beast..."

"After Liu Hongmei died, Old Lin sold the house. He said it was to pay off debts. The two of them had borrowed a lot of money to support Lin Yu."

"The house was gone, the money was gone."

"And so he ended up homeless."

"I just spoke with Old Tang and asked him to help get Old Lin into a nursing home."

"There, he’ll at least have food and a roof over his head, so he won’t be a vagrant. As for the fees, I’ll transfer the money every month on time."

When Wei Nan finished, Lin Yi, who had been staring out the car window, shook his head.

"No, I’ll pay for it."

"He is my father, after all. This is money I should be paying."

Hearing this, Wei Nan nodded slightly and said no more.

For Lin Yi to do this much was already quite something.

Considering Old Lin’s past actions and all his schemes,

he could have died and his corpse could have rotted on the street without anyone batting an eye.

For Lin Yi to still be willing to pay his nursing home fees was, in Wei Nan’s eyes, the very definition of benevolence.

At least the latter half of Old Lin’s life would be free from worries about food and clothing.

The convoy passed through the Old District and drove all the way back to the New District.

Upon re-entering the city in the New District,

skyscrapers towered over the city center.

The roads were bustling with traffic, and the streets on both sides were crowded and lively.

Compared to the cold, decaying, and dilapidated Old District,

it was like two completely different worlds.

The convoy didn’t stop until they returned to Xingwu University in Songshan City.

Wei Shang, Feng Lei, and Shan Kui took the Right Guard members to get some rest.

Lin Yi planned to check in at the university first.

After all, he had been gone for nearly half a year.

He at least needed to notify the university before heading straight to Jingzhao City tomorrow.

The moment he saw Zhou Qi and Sun Tao,

before Lin Yi could say a word, Zhou Qi quickly said, "We already know about what happened to Li Xuewen!"

"I never would have thought Li Xuewen would turn into... that!" Sun Tao chimed in.

Lin Yi sighed softly. "It’s unclear what happened to him. Everyone has their own fate, and this was the path he chose. To end up like this... perhaps for him, it was his final destiny."

At Lin Yi’s words, Zhou Qi and Sun Tao both nodded.

"By the way, have you guys been in touch with Hu Quan recently?" Wei Nan asked.

Zhou Qi shook his head. "No. He seems to be really busy, but I have no idea with what."

Sun Tao also shook his head. "I tried to contact him twice. The first time, my call wouldn’t go through, and the second time, he didn’t reply to my message. I don’t know what he’s up to."

Lin Yi remained silent for a moment.

Then he stood up and said, "I’m going to see Principal Tang. You guys chat."

With that, Lin Yi turned and walked out.

Not long after he left, Sun Tao leaned in closer. "Wei Nan, I don’t know, it feels like Lin Yi has had a lot on his mind since he came back. Did something happen?"

Wei Nan shook his head. "I don’t know. He’s been like this ever since we left the Old District."

"He won’t talk about it when I ask, so I haven’t pressed him. But I’m sure something happened."

Hearing this, Zhou Qi and Sun Tao exchanged a look.

Neither of them said anything more.

After a moment, Shen Mengyi spoke up. "Oh, right! It seems like there’s been a major incident at the Restricted Area Battlefield!"

"I saw on the news yesterday that there were incidents in the Southeast War Zone, the Southwest War Zone, and the Northeast War Zone!"

"It sounded like demon beasts broke through the containment and charged out!"

The moment she said this,

Wei Nan and Zhou Qi exchanged glances.

"Holy shit, you don’t think that’s why Lin Yi was in such a hurry to get back?

On the way here, I heard that Elder Yi and the Elder Celestial Master are still at the Restricted Area Battlefield!"

"And I think Meng Die and Yang Biao went there too!"

Wei Nan’s words made Zhou Qi and the others look at each other in dismay.

"Right, right! Things have felt strange in the New District lately. The guys from the Public Security Bureau are all out on 24-hour patrols!"

"And the Demon Hunting Team! I feel like I haven’t seen them for ages. You think Captain Chu and his team went to the Restricted Area Battlefield to help, too?"

After Sun Tao finished, Wei Nan quickly pulled out his phone

and logged into a forum.

As it turned out, every single post was about the Restricted Area, the battlefield, and demon beasts.

He scrolled for a long time before saying with a grave expression, "Found the reason. It really does have to do with the Restricted Area Battlefield."

"So Lin Yi got the news ahead of time?"

"Looks that way. That must be why he was so anxious to come back."

The group looked at each other again.

No one spoke, but in each other’s eyes,

they could all see a flicker of worry.

It seemed something major had happened in the Restricted Area.

「Principal’s Office.」

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK—

The sound of knocking echoed, and Tang Baichuan, who was sitting in his office, said, "Come in!"

The words had barely left his mouth when the office door was pushed open.

Lin Yi walked in from outside. "Principal Tang."

Hearing his voice, Tang Baichuan quickly looked up.

The moment he saw it was Lin Yi, a smile spread across his face.

"Lin Yi? What are you doing back? Come, come, have a seat and we’ll talk!"

Tang Baichuan hurriedly put down the pen in his hand.

He stood up and came around from behind his desk,

personally gesturing for Lin Yi to sit on the sofa.

Then he had his secretary bring a nutrient drink for Lin Yi.

"Principal Tang, I came back this time because I want to—"

"Why are you calling me Principal? Call me Uncle. There are no outsiders here, don’t be so formal!"

Just as Lin Yi was about to state his purpose,

he was interrupted by Tang Baichuan.

Lin Yi gave an awkward smile. "Alright, Uncle."