Why did you provoke me?

Several people arrived at Director Ren's office. Minister He explained the situation.

Director Ren frowned. "In an hour, if they had a car, they could have gone quite a distance."

"What should we do?" Jiang Mingfeng finally wiped away his tears. After all, he was only in his early twenties and had never experienced anything like this before.

"Grandpa He, how about we ask the families of those students to help us find them?" Li Yiqing suddenly thought of this and quickly asked.

"Yes, that's a good idea. I'll send someone to inform them right away." Minister He clapped his hands, agreeing that this was the best solution.

"Okay, then we'll split into several groups and start looking for them. We need to stay in touch." Director Ren didn't refuse.

Among the students attending the lecture, Director Ren also has two younger relatives.

the other side.

Dali woke up in a spacious and bright little room. Seeing herself lying in bed, Dali moved slightly, but her hands and feet felt weak and she didn't have much strength.

"Oh, you're awake. We meet again." Chu Jiao's voice rang out from the side.

Dali looked at Chu Jiao, "You had me drugged and brought here. Where is this? Is this your home?"

"Are you stupid? If I were to kidnap someone like this, would I bring you to my house?" Chu Jiao giggled.

"Then what are you going to do?" Dali weakly twisted her body.

"I heard your talent isn't that great, but you have the skill of peeling away the outer layer of stone. I don't want anything, I just want the lines in your mind." Chu Jiao said gently, revealing the cruelest truth.

Dali was stunned. "How do you want the lines in my mind?" she blurted out instinctively.

Chu Jiao looked at Dali's silly expression and burst into laughter. "Tell me, how can someone as silly as you have such good luck?"

Dali was very anxious, but she was at a loss.

"You country bumpkin, let me teach you a lesson. There are many things in this world that you don't know. Don't even mention the lines in your head; we can do anything else you want." Chu Jiao was smug at this moment.

"Shut up." A cold voice suddenly came from the side.

Dali then realized that there was a third person in the room.

"Master, I've done everything you asked. I'm leaving the rest to you." Chu Jiao said casually as she walked out.

"Don't worry, I will never go back on my promise. You can leave now, I'm about to cast a spell," the cold voice said.

"You country bumpkin, enjoy the feast to come. If you turn into an idiot later, don't hate me. It's your own fault for not obediently giving me your things." Chu Jiao laughed and strode away.

Dali tilted her head, scrutinizing the person standing before her bed. The person was entirely shrouded in a black robe, even their eyes were hidden. "Do we have a grudge? Can you let me go? What do you want? I'll give you anything when we get back."

"Little brat, you don't need to go back to get what I want. You can give it to me now." A hoarse, chilling voice came from the black robe.

Dali paused for a moment. Was it really that direct? The man in black robes made a hand gesture, and Dali suddenly felt a sharp pain in her brain.

Dali closed her eyes, no longer looking at the disgusting black-robed figure before her. Whether she could get the threads from her depended on whether she would give them to her.

A black line suddenly appeared in my mind, wrapping around the lines of Dahlia and trying to drag them out of my mind.

When Dali saw this scene, she suddenly felt no longer afraid. She hadn't known that lines could come in different colors. She had truly learned something new this time.

She can drag lines too. When her younger sister had her practice dragging lines, she eventually managed to drag a glass of water.

Dali was secretly pleased, and she covered the black line with the other two lines in her mind.

And so, what was originally one black and one white line intertwined has now become four lines intertwined: three white and one black.

Dali was struggling, trying to prevent her own lines from escaping her mind, and also trying to prevent the black lines from returning.

The man in black robes stood by the bed for a long time, so long that he was covered in cold sweat, but the black line still hadn't returned to his mind.

"Little one, I was in the wrong in this matter. Shall we call it even?"

Dali closed her eyes as if she were asleep.

Director Ren's office.

As the saying goes, many hands make light work. Finally, someone provided a clue, saying they saw a girl helping Dali into a car, and even provided the license plate number.

The moment the license plate number was revealed, everyone fell silent.

Jiang Mingfeng was confused. "What's wrong, cousin?"

Li Yiqing took a deep breath. "Minister He, you can't show favoritism in this matter."

Jiang Mingfeng also sensed something was wrong, and he stared intently at Minister He. "Is there something wrong with the car?"

Director Ren spoke up from the side. "It's the mayor's official car."

Jiang Mingfeng took a step back. "Dali has some past grievances with the mayor's niece. Could it be that they're working together this time?"

"Mingfeng, don't talk nonsense!" Li Yiqing hurriedly shouted.

"Now that you know which vehicle took Dali away, why aren't you taking action?" Jiang Mingfeng couldn't care less about anything else at this point.

"Director Ren, I think we should report this to the mayor first," Minister He suggested. "Such an outstanding girl, we shouldn't let..." Minister He didn't finish his sentence.

"I'm going out for a bit to report this to him personally. You guys go find the person first, and we'll discuss what to do after we find them," Director Ren said before leaving his office.

Minister He looked at Li Yiqing and said, "This is my fault for not doing my job well."

Li Yiqing waved his hand, "Let's talk about it after we find her." He was very tired right now. Regardless of whether Dali was alright or not, his cooperation with Yu Meng was probably going to fall through.

Everything was done so he could connect with the higher-ups, but he ruined it all for personal gain. And the most crucial point is that he didn't tell Yu Meng about this.

With specific clues, they quickly found Dali.

Jiang Mingfeng rushed to the bedside and saw that Dali's eyes were closed and she wouldn't open them no matter how much he called her.

"Dali, don't scare me." Jiang Mingfeng grabbed Dali's hand and wiped away her tears.

"Let's take him to the hospital first," Li Yiqing said, pulling Jiang Mingfeng back. "Wipe your tears away; crying won't solve anything."

Yu Meng's shop.

"Teacher Xia Xuan, according to the message you sent me, you must have some good news today."

"Xiao Meng, a teacher in the city gave a very interesting lecture today. Qing He and I went to listen to it too."

"Really? It's a pity I had something to do and couldn't go. I wonder what the teacher talked about?" Yu Meng chatted with Xia Xuan while continuing what she was doing.

"He explained how to peel off the surface of the stone, and he explained it very well," Xia Xuan said with some admiration on the other end of the line.

Yu Meng's heart skipped a beat. Could this teacher be the eldest sister?

"Teacher Xia Xuan, do you know that lecturer's name?"

"I do know that. The teacher introduced herself before the lecture. Her name is Yu Li. Yu Xiaomeng, I think that's the same surname as you."

"How did she say it?" Yu Meng asked deliberately.

"It's surprisingly good. Everyone present has learned this skill. I never imagined that any teacher would be so selfless in sharing her skills. I admire her very much." Xia Xuan's tone was full of respect.

Yu Meng was happy, knowing that her eldest sister was a sentimental person. She would repay anyone who showed her kindness tenfold.