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Chapter 196 I Need to Visit the Zhang Family
Jiang Xingni's suspicion of He Jingtong was by no means sudden.
It was first confirmed when Xie Yungui first appeared.
Why didn't He Jingtong appear? Why did He Jingtong only emerge from the shadows after Xie Yungui pointed it out?
Then came what Jiang Xingni saw in the comic.
However, there is no direct depiction of He Jingtong in the comic.
Perhaps the screenwriters wanted to take advantage of their habitual thinking—after all, there are so many people in the main group, it's impossible to cover everything, and everyone can be mentioned, but what about those who aren't mentioned?
Readers might assume that He Jingtong, like the rest of the main characters, was omitted from the discussion.
Just like Su Yanzhi, she didn't occupy a large portion of the comic.
His appearance had already passed, and for the screenwriter, his character design was already largely established, and he had attracted a considerable number of fans. Naturally, it was necessary to reasonably reduce his screen time to make way for newly introduced characters and the main cast.
Jiang Xingni should have been positioned in this way.
When she looked back and reviewed the situation, she realized that her role had somehow changed to someone outside the main cast.
—Every newcomer needs to spend some time with themselves before they can smoothly integrate into the main group.
Jiang Xingni fell into deep thought.
It sounds like I'm some kind of beginner's guide NPC, the old man you get at the start of the game.
That's a roundabout way of saying it—what Jiang Xingni really cares about now is whether the system can find any clues in the deleted replies.
This part accounts for 20%, and its main point is why He Jingtong didn't act with the two of you on the rooftop, and why you only came out after He Jingtong had pulled you out.
The system itself had similar doubts.
Within Jiang Xingni's field of vision, very little can escape her gaze.
"Not being discovered by her" means that there is no possibility of temporarily concealing the truth. There is only one way to achieve this effect.
—He Jingtong did this entirely on purpose.
[Also, in the later episodes, when Xiao Jiming and the others were killed, why was there no scene featuring He Jingtong?]
[However, among the deleted messages, some people were still arguing with them, saying that Su Yanzhi didn't actually appear either. It's impossible that the main group only consists of these few people, and Su Yanzhi and He Jingtong were always together, making them all traitors within the team, right?]
[Great! A good chef can cook a meal with just a word! We CP fans have been lucky again!]
Who the hell told you to kowtow to them?!
These messages were deleted by the community administrator for reasons such as inciting conflict and personal attacks.
The system restored the junk files from the database and showed them to Jiang Xingni.
Then the system fell into deep thought.
[To be honest, if there really is a traitor among the main characters, whether it's Xingxing or Su Yanzhi, it feels like they're more... suitable than He Jingtong?]
The system didn't know how to describe the words that came to mind at that moment.
If this "traitor" refers to someone who is also a member of another organization, then Su Yanzhi and Jiang Xingni essentially fit this definition.
After all, Jiang Xingni had established a brand new organization—although the organization was still in need of improvement and had not yet made a name for itself in the world of superpowers.
As for Su Yanzhi, as a student, he obviously didn't join any strange or unusual non-governmental organizations on the surface, but privately—who remembers that Su Yanzhi was also a lawless madman?
If this were a legal channel, a comic teaching children to abide by the law, the system genuinely believes that Su Yanzhi's final fate would most likely be to be brought to justice, serving as a negative example.
Unfortunately, this is a shonen manga.
Outlaws are also Su Yanzhi's target.
The system is very sorry about this.
"So it's He Jingtong." Jiang Xingni was still sitting in the helicopter.
The wind rustled outside the window, and looking into the distance, one could see a lot of greenery.
She was momentarily dazed.
She then realized that she had left the small city where she grew up and was now in Baoning, a place she could call "the South" by her own standards.
Now is not the time to reveal the answer.
Jiang Xingni was also well aware of this matter.
Any speculation about He Jingtong on the forum was deleted by the administrator.
As for whether these readers will take this opportunity to band together and create some kind of private group chat, that's not something Jiang Xingni can get involved in.
Even if there really was a group chat, Jiang Xingni couldn't possibly infiltrate it.
In the comic's storyline, apart from Xie Yungui, who is already cheating and obtained this news from some unknown reincarnation or timeline, and Jiang Xingni, who can hardly be considered cheating, no one would doubt He Jingtong's identity.
The screenwriter wouldn't want He Jingtong's identity to be exposed at this point.
Jiang Xingni considered which option was more advantageous to him, and finally decided to remain silent.
Pointing it out now would only ruin everyone's goodwill and alert the enemy rashly, offering no benefit whatsoever to gain popularity.
As for the screenwriter's level of hatred, Jiang Xingni has learned to ignore it.
—Anyway, the hatred level is always there, and no matter what Jiang Xingni does, it will only increase.
Following the screenwriter's ideas, it's impossible for the screenwriter to give her a happy ending where she dies peacefully in her old age.
Continuing to remain silent allows us to observe what He Jingtong's true purpose is.
Moreover, Jiang Xingni didn't feel much sense of belonging to Taixu Academy or to these so-called positive organizations behind the curtain.
"So why is He Jingtong hiding among the main characters?" the system asked casually, its thoughts drifting elsewhere before its voice sharpened. "Could it be that He Jingtong also has a system, capable of seeing into the three-dimensional world?"
[I'm only staying by your side to benefit from the main characters' fame!]
Jiang Xingni always felt that the system was subtly criticizing him.
"In the world of comics," Jiang Xing answered the system's question with a smile in her mind. "If you can't figure out the answer, just contact the protagonist and you'll be able to get out."
He Jingtong appeared from the very beginning because of Xiao Jiming.
Why? Jiang Xingni naturally thought of the bracelet on Xiao Jiming's wrist.
The black mist that lingered around the bracelet never dissipated.
Did He Jingtong come because of Xiao Jiming's bracelet?
Which organization sent him?
So far, the only character most deeply involved in the plot is VOID.
Jiang Xingni first assumed that He Jing was also a member of VOID, and that he was lurking in the protagonist group only for Xiao Jiming's bracelet.
If we continue reasoning downwards...
This experimental base is most likely related to VOID.
The clues gradually formed in Jiang Xingni's mind through conjecture.
However, it was always missing a few important pieces of the puzzle.
"I need to go home and check on things," she said softly, gazing at the main characters on the ground far away.