Mystery

  "Don't mind him, he's a bit eccentric and maybe getting on in years, his temper is also getting worse." Chen Jian comforted.

  Chen Jun also met Weng Haobi at an antique auction, he was a weirdo who studied totems and was willing to risk his life for them, even going so far as to live among remote tribes for a period of time in order to obtain their totems.

  "I look at his expression, it doesn't seem like he doesn't know this totem." Oufei recalled the focused look on his face earlier and suddenly felt something was off. "His daughter obviously recognized the totem already, but why won't he say anything?"

  "I also think so. But for him, we can't do anything about it now, let's just wait a few more days and try again." Chen Jun said "Maybe Wong Lan will know something too!"

  "She was a top student in the archaeology department, previously worked at the Cultural Relics Institute, but quit her job due to disagreements with her superior and started her own business. She even went to Egypt alone, do you remember that old eagle totem on the wall? It was she who helped Wang Haobi bring it back from Egypt, and her understanding of totems is not superficial either." Chen Jun said, talking about this woman without stopping, "A very strong-willed woman, just like her father, a bit eccentric. She's 26 now, but still hasn't found a man who can tame her!"

  Chen Jun seems particularly interested in Weng Lan.

  "You little toad wants to eat swan meat now?" Although he was in a terrible mood, seeing Chen Jun's bloated appearance and thinking of Weng Lan's face, Ou Fei couldn't help but tease him. The two were old friends for many years and would never mind these small things. Mutual teasing had become a habit.

  "Alas! It's just occasional thoughts. Besides, they have high standards, where would I be in their eyes? It's just a one-sided wish." Chen Jun stroked his big belly and sighed, he wished he could transform into a tall, handsome man like Ou Fei immediately.

  When it comes to Weng Lan, Chen Jun suddenly had an epiphany: "Right, she knows a lot of things! Why don't you go ask her and try, it's definitely useful, just...". Chen Jun continued, somewhat embarrassed, "She's a proud person, not necessarily willing to pay attention to you, need to find an opportunity to get close to her."

  Ou Fei didn't take Chen Jun's words to heart at this time. He wouldn't waste his time getting close to such a proud woman. Besides, it was still unclear whether his father's disappearance had anything to do with the totem. Wasting time on this wasn't as good as trying to find other clues. Thinking of this, he quickly parted ways with Chen Jun and drove home, wanting to thoroughly search his father's room again for any leads.

  Not far from home, he saw a boy lingering at his door with a notebook in hand. Oufei was overjoyed to see a glimmer of hope and hurriedly drove the car over, but the boy seemed to be frightened by Oufei and wanted to throw down the notebook and escape.

  "Halt!" Yirui shouted sternly, taking advantage of the boy's momentary daze to jump down from the carriage and grab his shoulder with one hand.

  The boy was seen shivering with fear, staring tensely at Oufei, not daring to make a sound. His brow was slightly furrowed, probably because his arm felt painful from being pinched.

  As he drew closer to take a look, it turned out to be his father's proud student, Li Jun, a senior in college. A week ago, he and his father went on a trip together, but unexpectedly only he returned, when the police asked him questions, he insisted that they had gotten separated along the way, after a round of questioning, the police didn't find any suspicious points and let him go, it was classified as a missing person case, nowadays there are countless missing person cases, all that can be done is to slowly investigate, file and follow up, but Ou Fei knew, this would drag on indefinitely.

  "I was thinking of returning this book." He said in a low voice with his head down.

  Ou Fei felt that something was off about him, and he handed over his notebook with a trembling hand.

  "A notebook?" Oufei hastily took it over and opened it to take a look. Inside, there were dense and complicated numerical formulas written all over the place, which he couldn't understand at all.

  "Li Jun, don't be afraid, I just want to ask you something about my father's disappearance." Ou Fei slowed down his voice as much as possible, he couldn't scare the boy away anymore, or else he would lose any leads.

  "I really don't know where he went!" Li Jun said with a wronged tone, "Go ask Professor Lan...!" Suddenly, he seemed to realize his slip of the tongue and hastily stopped himself, with fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

  "Professor Blue? Who is that?" Ophelia seemed to have caught a glimmer of hope.

  Li Jun shook his head desperately: "I was wrong."

  "Li Jun, now your benefactor, my father's life or death is uncertain. Don't you worry about him? If due to your concealment he ultimately meets with disaster, how can you bear it?" Yu Rui said with deep feeling and reason.

  Li Jun wiped away a tear, his eyes full of red threads looking at Ou Fei, thought for a while, and said: "Professor Lan is actually Lan Yu Guang, Professor of Physics Department of Guang Rui University, in the research institute he partnered with Professor Ou, and they are also good friends."

  Lan Yu Guang? The name flashed in his mind, and some relevant information appeared.

  Lan Yuguang is a relatively well-known physics professor in this city. He has given lectures on dimensional space theory at various schools, and his short stature, shoulder-length hair, and enthusiastic speeches on the stage have made him a familiar figure on TV. His eccentric behavior and habit of following people around have led some to view him as a hypocrite. Recently, rumors have circulated that he has been admitted to Zhou Shan Mental Hospital due to abnormal mental activity. Despite this, his father is surprisingly good friends with him.

  Ou Fei had a vague premonition and couldn't help but break out in cold sweat.

  "There's something I've been thinking about and I still want to tell you." Li Jun seemed less afraid than before, "That time we traveled, Professor Ou originally wanted to take me to do some experiments, but halfway through, we met Professor Lan, so we changed our route and went to Xiangfeng instead."

  Li Jun said with a guilty conscience: "I really didn't intentionally conceal it, because when we went there, Professor Ou said they were conducting an experiment and couldn't talk about it for the time being. He said that after succeeding, he would reveal a shocking secret to the public, and also said that if he went missing, don't report it to the police, he would be back soon."

  Ou Fei was even more bewildered after hearing this, could it be that his father had deliberately designed his own disappearance? How did he know he would disappear? Why couldn't he say anything when he met Professor Lan on the way? A string of questions left Ou Fei trapped in a state of confusion.

  "I thought Professor Ou would come back soon, but he never did. I was so scared and also afraid of being misunderstood as a suspect, so I didn't dare to speak the truth." Li Jun struggled with the contradiction, now that he has spoken out, he feels a bit better.

  "As long as you tell the truth, I guarantee that I won't report you." Oufei thought to himself, at this point it's better to rely on himself to investigate step by step, maybe there are still some clues.

  "Professor Lan that day met with Professor Ou and started talking about dimensional space, and some totem. At the time, I also wanted to follow Professor Ou together, but he insisted on not allowing it, saying it was a secret between them, letting me return first, who knew that he would never come back. Later, you went to report to the police, and I only then realized the severity of the situation, but I didn't dare say anything, afraid that you all would suspect me." Li Jun's serious expression looked like he wasn't lying.

  "Does Professor Lan like collecting totems?" Oufei keenly caught the word "totem" in Li Jun's words.

  "I've never heard of it, I only know that he devoted himself to the study of dimensional space, and he also said that he found dimensional space," Li Jun said.

  "What is dimensional space?" Oufei was never good at these scientific studies.

  "Have you read Professor Lan's "Parallel Intersections"? Professor Ou was inspired by that book to contact Professor Lan, and the two of them hit it off immediately, discussing dimensionality every day," Li Jun said, his fear suddenly replaced by a stream of words. "In physics, dimensions are the connecting lines between two parallel lines. Only with dimensions can two parallel lines intersect at some point. Professor Lan believes that there is such a thing as dimensional space, and through it, you can find a second parallel space..."

  Bang! The sudden noise interrupted their conversation.

  "Who?" Ou Fei's gaze swept over quickly, her eyes catching a glimpse of what seemed to be someone darting around the corner of the wall, but when she turned around, there was no one there. All she saw from afar was an empty soda can on the ground.

  After letting Li Jun go, Ou Fei felt that things were even more suspicious. The totem mystery in the diary and painting book had not been solved yet, and now there were new problems. All of this made Ou Fei confused, he must meet with Professor Lan again.