After a short while, Lin Bai opened his eyes, initially disoriented, then his expression became tense as he quickly looked around. Seeing only Meng Qing and Yu Yi in the room, he relaxed and asked in a low voice, “Did she leave?”
Yu Yi nodded, “She left with her father and Gao Zhuo.” She then told Lin Bai all of Xia Xuanxuan and Xia Zhenda’s conversation, believing that Xia Xuanxuan still had feelings for him and was reluctant to leave, only agreeing due to her father’s forceful demand.
Lin Bai sat up on the bed, looking at the empty room, his heart churning with complex emotions he couldn’t quite explain – sadness, disappointment, or nostalgia.
He smiled self-deprecatingly, thinking at least she was free, at least she could live the life she chose.
With this thought, he felt relieved, looking up at Yu Yi and Meng Qing with a smile, “You two actually saved me. I’ll treat you to a meal when we return.” As he spoke, he instinctively reached for his left arm, then realized the terminal had been taken by Xia Zhenda.
Lin Bai said helplessly, “I have a request. Can you delay contacting the bureau?”
Yu Yi knew he was worried about Xia Xuanxuan and Xia Zhenda being discovered and pursued too quickly, so she told him, “Xia Zhenda said he bought a device from the black market that can shield brain chips, and he will take Xia Xuanxuan for surgery to remove the chip.”
Lin Bai nodded reassuringly, murmuring, “That’s good.”
Chapter 152: Tracing Back in Time
After returning to the Temporal Management Bureau, they were separately interrogated. When Xia Zhenda arrived at the place of exile, he interfered with the monitoring equipment of Xia Xuanxuan’s small house, so the Temporal Management Bureau couldn’t obtain monitoring information and could only learn the case details from the accounts of Yu Yi and the other two.
Xia Zhenda’s escape with Xia Xuanxuan was undeniable, so they answered truthfully, but they all remained silent about Xia Zhenda having equipment to shield Xia Xuanxuan’s brain chip. They also didn’t mention Lin Bai’s terminal being stolen, as the terminal could be used to locate the user’s temporal coordinates.
