Chapter 141: Two Phone Calls
“Let’s make it clear first, you are not allowed to lose your temper!”
As soon as the Hamster said this, the ominous premonition in Wang Heng’s mind grew stronger. What kind of preview was it that just mentioning it could make him unable to stay calm?
Wang Heng dropped the broom, grabbed the Hamster with both hands, and asked, “What exactly are you hiding from me?”
The Hamster twisted its body and said softly, “Didn’t you just refuse Sister Lu a couple of days ago? She is going to Sakura Island with a group of colleagues…”
“And then? Another accident there?”
When refusing Lu Qi’s invitation to go to Sakura Island together back then, Wang Heng had considered the possibility of unexpected dangers. But thinking about it, she was traveling with colleagues from Penguin Company, so the risk should be very small.
Hamster: “To be precise, nothing will go wrong on Sakura Island. But when they finish the business and fly back from Sakura Island, that airplane will have a problem.”
Wang Heng: “Hijacked?”
The Hamster shook its little head: “To be honest, I can’t tell you the exact reason right now. You just need to know that this airplane was originally supposed to fly west, from Edo to Imperial Capital. But due to something that will happen a week later, it will fly east instead and eventually crash into the Pacific Ocean, with some wreckage not discovered until two years later.”
“So what exactly happened on that airplane?” Wang Heng pressed, “Do you not know, or can you not tell me?”
Hamster: “What’s the difference? Anyway, you have to take action no matter what.”
Wang Heng gritted his teeth and said word by word, “If I don’t act, will Lu Qi die?”
Hamster: “To be precise, there are no survivors on the entire airplane.”
Wang Heng was silent for a moment, then released the Hamster in his hand. He took out his mobile phone from his pocket and called Lu Qi.
After more than ten seconds, the call was answered.
“Hello, what’s up?”
At this moment, Lu Qi’s voice had a bit more excitement compared to her usual calmness. Clearly, she was quite looking forward to this trip to Sakura Island Country.
Wang Heng swallowed, steadied his breathing, and asked as calmly as possible, “Are you already in Edo?”
Lu Qi: “Yeah, we’ve already left the airport.”
Wang Heng: “Have you confirmed the return flight ticket as well?”
“Of course, the company has planning, but…” Lu Qi chuckled lightly, “Why are you asking? Are you coming to pick me up?”
Wang Heng made up an excuse: “No, I just want to ask when you’re coming back, because I have some questions about that positioning APP.”
Lu Qi: “You haven’t made that APP yet?”
Wang Heng: “You think too highly of me. It’s really hard to make it reliable. I don’t have a development team, just myself.”
Lu Qi sighed: “Unfortunately, you’re no longer in my group, so you’re not under my management. It’s hard for me to help you with what you want to make. Besides, our group does games, which is too far from your direction.”
Wang Heng: “I understand, and I don’t plan to trouble you too much. I just want to consult you. If you don’t have time, forget it…”
Lu Qi: “Who told you I don’t have time? Next Friday at seven in the evening, I’ll be back in Rongdu. If you’re free, you can come pick me up; if not, you can find me the next day.”
“Okay, Sister Lu, sorry to bother you. Have a great time on Sakura Island.”
After saying that, Wang Heng hung up the phone, jumped down from the upper bunk, sat at the desk, turned on the computer, and started searching.
Soon he found that the flight from Edo back to Rongdu next Friday at seven in the evening had only one option, and it was a connecting flight via Magic City.
“KU451 flight, this is the one, right?” Wang Heng turned his head and asked.
The Hamster also ran to the desk and nodded: “Correct, that’s the one.”
Wang Heng looked back at the notebook’s screen, staring at the flight information, and remained silent for a long time.
Next Friday at twelve-thirty noon takeoff, arriving in Rongdu a little after seven in the evening, with a stopover of several hours in Magic City. There wasn’t much information on the webpage, so he could only stare at the flight’s departure and arrival times, with many thoughts racing through his mind.
Suddenly, Wang Heng asked, “When were you originally planning to remind me?”
Hamster: “Tomorrow. Actually, whether you know today or tomorrow makes no difference, right?”
Wang Heng sneered, “Do you think that by telling me this, you can avoid the cross-dressing?”
Hamster: “I don’t know, but one thing is certain. To rewrite the future of the worldline, you need my help. You can’t do it alone.”
Wang Heng stared at the Hamster, and the Hamster straightened its little body and stared back at him.
After a long while, Wang Heng said expressionlessly, “Handle Lu Qi’s matter first, then settle accounts with you.”
The Hamster lay down and asked, “How do you plan to handle it? Tell Lu Qi not to get on that airplane?”
“How could it be that simple!” Wang Heng slapped the table, “Besides Lu Qi, how many people are on that airplane? Two hundred, or three hundred? I know they’re going to die and just stand by?”
The Hamster tilted its little head and didn’t express an opinion.
But after a few seconds, Wang Heng couldn’t help but say, “Changing the fate of several hundred people, how big will the Butterfly Effect be?”
The Hamster thought for a moment and replied, “Actually, it’s fine, because this plane crash is originally an anomaly event in the worldline that needs to be dealt with. Moreover, considering macroscopic mechanisms similar to decoherence, many Butterfly Effects will cancel each other out… Hey, what are you doing?”
Sure enough, Wang Heng had already opened the website for booking airplane tickets.
“What else? Of course, go to Sakura Island.”
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After waiting in the house for a good while, Pei Ningle finally received another call from Wang Heng. But the content of the call was completely different from the previous one.
“Sorry, Xiao Le, I have something urgent come up and can’t go. Just leave those two packages there with you. One of them is a camera; you can use it for filming videos if you need it.”
Pei Ningle instinctively asked, “What do you have going on?”
Wang Heng on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds, then said in a low voice, “I need to take a long trip; it’s about some investment matters. So you definitely won’t see me these days.”
The Young Girl pouted, her eyes suddenly welling up with aggrieved tears.
Clearly, as her agent, he just up and left, and right at the milestone moment when she was about to release her first original song—how could that be okay?
But recalling what he had said not long ago about ‘an independent musician’s mentality needs to be strong enough,’ the Young Girl held back her grievances, suppressed her emotions, and asked, “Then when will you be back?”
Wang Heng sighed, “I don’t know, probably next weekend or the weekend after… Rest assured, I’ll find a way to help you promote the new song.”
Those words ‘I’ll find a way to help you’ were like magic; as soon as they entered her ears, she no longer felt so aggrieved, and the corners of her mouth turned up.
Pei Ningle chuckled lightly, “Then I’ll leave it to you!”
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