"How long does it take to run from here to the station?"
Nie Cai frowned and asked.
"About five minutes..."
Principal Wu said smoothly, pointing to an open space halfway up the mountain.
Nie Cai had good eyesight and could see the departure announcement on a wooden signboard on the street from a distance. This was considered a station.
"It's not very far. It's probably not too late to get there now!"
Nie Cai estimated the distance and thought to himself.
Many roads in the town are mountainous, and driving is not much faster than running. Nie Cai calculated and walked towards the group of big men.
"Brother, I didn't poke your tire on purpose. Can I help you drive to repair the tire?"
The man with the dagger in his hand said quickly, he also knew that he was in trouble.
If the tire hadn't been punctured, there would still have been a chance to try his luck and give chase, but now even this last chance was gone.
"It's too late... let me borrow your motorcycle!"
Nie Cai didn't bother to talk to him, so he pushed him away and climbed onto a motorcycle at the door.
The key to the motorcycle was still inserted in the keyhole. Nie Cai turned the key, started the engine, and rushed towards the station in Bancheng Town.
However, Nie Cai's skills in driving a motorcycle were indeed poor. He almost fell down on the winding mountain road. Fortunately, he used slow motion and kicked off to maintain his balance, and he escaped.
One minute... two minutes...
Seeing the station getting closer, Nie Cai simply stopped the car, picked up the camera and started filming.
The time-shifting camera component can capture the scene five minutes ago. If the group did not lie to themselves, it should still be valid now.
The camera screen flashed, and a dilapidated minibus appeared on the screen.
There were many passengers in the minibus, and a middle-aged man carrying a nylon travel bag walked into the car.
This middle-aged man had an unshaven beard, as if he hadn't shaved in a long time, and he looked slovenly and depressed.
"Teacher Zhang, have you gone home? It's still the same, I don't charge you for riding in my car."
The lady selling tickets at the door quickly stood up, gave up her seat to him, and greeted him warmly.
No matter where you are, teachers are a profession worthy of respect, especially the supporting teachers in such towns are even more respectable in the eyes of the local people.
"I'm going home, it's almost the New Year."
Zhang Le's voice was hoarse, he slowly turned his head, nodded and said.
Nie Cai found that his eyes were still a little dull, and he didn't dare to put his legs together when he sat down.
However, no one in the car noticed his abnormality. The car was crowded with people, all anxious to go home for the New Year. They were so busy. Who would pay attention to this
"Everyone is seated, ready to drive!"
The driver shouted from the front seat and was about to close the door and set off.
But at this moment, Zhang Le, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly spoke and shouted.
"Wait, I forgot to get something..."
He quickly picked up the tattered travel bag and stood up.
"How about we wait for you for ten minutes?"
The ticket seller asked kindly.
Although there were many people in the car, and some people even started to grumble, she didn't care and was willing to stay longer for Zhang Le.
"Thank you. It may take a while. I'll take the bus back at noon."
Zhang Le's face changed slightly, and he got out of the car with his bag and ran towards the outside of the town.
Seeing this, Nie Cai suddenly felt something in his heart!
Zhang Le kept saying that he had forgotten something, but the direction he walked after getting off the car was not school at all. Where was he going
Could it be that... he already knew that he was going to intercept his affairs
boom…
Following Zhang Le's direction, Nie Cai turned the accelerator of his motorcycle and chased after him.
Outside the town is a barren mountain, and the surrounding area is getting more and more desolate. It doesn't look like there are people living around it at all.
Nie Cai stopped the car several times and used the time-lapse camera function to search, so that he did not lose him. Otherwise, Nie Cai would not be able to catch up with him.
When he got to the back, Nie Cai found that he was already on a winding mountain road, and the motorcycle simply couldn't be driven, so he could only get out of the car and catch up on foot.
The mountain roads here are very rugged, and Nie Cai is not familiar with the road conditions here at all. Zhang Le, who has lived in a small town all year round, can climb the mountain roads much faster than Nie Cai.
Walking to the back, Nie Cai suddenly discovered that Zhang Le could no longer be seen on his time-shifted camera component.
The time-lapse camera can only view images within five minutes, but Nie Cai can't catch up with Zhang Le. The time is getting longer and longer, and it has exceeded five minutes. The scene on the screen is desolate. This time, he can really see everything. Not here.
"Damn it, does this mean he can run away?"
Nie Cai was stunned. He finally caught up with Zhang Le, but who knew he lost him in the end!
In this vast mountain, if he senses something is wrong and hides in the mountain, who can find him
Nie Cai ran aimlessly, his clothes were covered in sweat in the cold winter, and he was panting.
He had already thrown the camera into the dimensional storage space. Climbing the mountain was already tiring enough, but if he carried another camera, it would be even heavier.
"How do you find someone in the wilderness?"
Just as despair emerged in Nie Cai's heart, suddenly, Nie Cai saw a familiar black travel bag in the grass in front of him.
This black nylon travel bag looks very familiar and tattered. It is exactly the one Zhang Le was carrying when he got in the car just now!
"over there!"
Nie Cai walked over quickly and found that there were two new tombs not far from the travel bag.
The tomb has just been repaired, with new clay on top, and two tombstones with names engraved on them.
Xiaobai's tomb, Longlong's tomb.
Two teenagers who committed suicide by taking poison were buried together, and the two new graves faced each other far away.
There seemed to be traces of something being burned in front of the grave, probably by Zhang Legang. The cold wind in winter was very strong, blowing all kinds of ash all over the sky.
Nie Cai frowned, and based on the embers that had not completely burned out, he discovered that what Zhang Le burned was not paper money.
What was burned to ashes on the grave was not the usual paper money and ingots, but several textbooks.
"This Zhang Le still wants to give them a grave? If I had known this, why did he do it in the first place!"
Nie Cai snorted and said disdainfully.
He continued to take out his camera and used the time-shift camera component again to catch up with Zhang Le.
Zhang Le must have been delayed a lot of time at the tomb. If he used a time-shift camera component, he should be able to catch up with him.
Sure enough, Nie Cai turned on the camera again and finally saw Zhang Le again on the camera's LCD screen.
"over there!"
Nie Cai raised his head, glanced at the direction, and continued to chase.
The mountains ahead were getting steeper and steeper, and there was only the sound of the whistling wind blowing in the forest. Other than that, it was quiet and seemed very quiet.
The mountain road Zhang Le walked was very steep, only about two feet wide, and next to it was a cliff of ten thousand feet.
Nie Cai didn't dare to chase too fast, lest he miss the mark and accidentally fall off the cliff. In that case, he would be dead and no one would know.
"What is Zhang Le doing here..."
Nie Cai frowned, and while he was thinking about it, he saw that the scenery in front of him suddenly became cheerful.
This is an extending cliff. Viewed from this angle, Bancheng Town is bathed in golden sunlight and looks scorching. The scenery is very magnificent and beautiful.
Zhang Le stepped on the air and sat at the end of the cliff, staring at Bancheng Town in the distance.
"Zhang Le!"
Seeing this situation, Nie Cai was suddenly shocked and said loudly.
"Who are you?"
Zhang Le turned around and looked at Nie Cai doubtfully. He didn't know who Nie Cai was.
However, he soon discovered the camera Nie Cai was holding, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"I didn't expect that you were the first to find me..."
Zhang Le smiled bitterly at Nie Cai and said, "I originally wanted to leave quietly, but since I met the TV station, it's just the right time to leave me a last message..."
"I came to Bancheng City Primary School to teach. I was originally supposed to teach as a volunteer teacher for two years, but there was no new volunteer teacher to take over the position, so I couldn't leave. My salary was six to seven hundred yuan a month, but my wife ran away and the private teacher became a regular teacher. It’s so far away, who will take pity on us supporting teachers?”
"Our country spends so much money on the three public expenditures every year. As long as some of it is allocated to education, it can at least improve the situation of primary schools in mountainous areas and improve the salary of supporting teachers."
"I don't want to defend myself. There hasn't been a day that I haven't regretted these days. It's been too painful... Anyway, I have nothing left, so just let me stay here forever."
Hearing this, Nie Cai's heart suddenly moved.
Zhang Le spoke in such a decisive tone. Could it be that he was committing suicide
He rushed forward in a hurry, trying to stop Zhang Le, but when he saw Zhang Le's face, he laughed loudly, jumped towards the bottom of the cliff!
"not good!"
Nie Cai's eyes narrowed slightly, causing Zhang Le to slow down his jump from the cliff.
At the same time, a rope appeared out of thin air in his hand, with a knot on it. It was a standard lasso.
There are various tools in the dimensional storage space, and there are many various ropes in it.
Nie Cai rushed over with a lunge, threw the rope in his hand, and wrapped it around his waist. The other end of the rope was wrapped around a big tree on the edge of the cliff. ,
The rope collapsed instantly, and the tree trunks were completely bowed by the force of Zhang Le's fall.
Nie used the fastest speed and hurriedly walked to the edge of the cliff, trying to pull Zhang Le back.
Even though he wanted to cut Zhang Le into pieces just now, he couldn't just watch him die now.
"It's useless. I haven't left any escape route for myself."
Zhang Le smiled miserably, took out a lighter, lit it with a click, and moved closer to his rope.
"Don't do anything stupid. If you die, there will be even less teachers!"
Nie Cai yelled quickly, trying to save him.
However, when a person has made up his mind to die, no matter how much Nie Cai tries to persuade him, it is of no use.
Zhang Le smiled, spit out a piece of white foam from his mouth, and then began to burn the rope.
The tiny firelight jumped and burned tenaciously, and the rope as thick as a thumb became smaller and smaller...
Snap!
The rope finally couldn't bear his weight and broke into two pieces.
Zhang Le pointed to the edge of the cliff, smiled and threw himself into the abyss.
Nie Cai followed his finger and found that there was a glass bottle next to the cliff.
The white powder in the bottle was exactly the same as the medicine that took away Xiaobai's life.
The poisonous rat is strong.