CHAPTER 55: CHAPTER 55: AGRICULTURAL EXPERT (PART 2)

Listening to her mother’s inquiries, Lin Xiaoyan showed not a trace of impatience, replying to each question with patience.

Alongside, Lin Fu’s loud laughter, Lin Mu’s caring voice, and the familiar aroma of the food in the air...

Everything, everything is so wonderful!

Meanwhile, Yang Lin had already found information on Li Chang, confirming that he was a professor at the Agricultural University and a senior expert in the domestic agricultural field...

Upon seeing this information, Yang Lin immediately contacted people and notified the leaders of the East Province to keep an eye on Professor Li’s movements.

At 12:11 PM, the high-speed train stopped at Yang Station in East Province.

Listening to the announcements, Li Chang got off the train with the crowd.

After leaving the high-speed railway station, he felt somewhat lost, unsure of where to go.

In the past, wherever he went, he either had colleagues or students with him,

or there was someone assigned to pick him up.

He never needed to take high-speed trains or planes on his own, nor did he need to worry about missing a stop or anything like that.

He hadn’t returned to his hometown for decades, and the changes were truly significant!

Li Chang looked around, not knowing which direction to head. Upon seeing a staff member at the railway station, he quickly ran over to ask where the exit was.

The staff member, with an extremely good attitude, guided him to the exit.

After leaving the high-speed railway station, Li Chang hadn’t even settled his stand when a private car stopped in front of him.

"Sir, need a ride?"

"Yes," Li Chang responded promptly, and the driver helped put his suitcase into the trunk. He then got into the car and started the journey.

"Where to?"

Li Chang pondered, "Find me a place to stay first. I haven’t been back for so long, and my hometown has changed so much..."

Upon hearing this, the driver chuckled and said, "Alright, I’ll find you a hotel. What kind of hotel would you like? An expensive one or a cheap one?

Downtown or suburbs?"

Li Chang thought about it and said, "Is Fengyang Primary School still around? I used to live there."

"It’s there, but it’s no longer called Fengyang Primary School; it was renamed the Experimental School!"

The driver enthusiastically explained Yang City’s changes to Li Chang over the recent years.

Listening to the driver’s words and looking at the scenery outside the car window, Li Chang couldn’t help lamenting.

"Sir, how long has it been since you were last here?" the driver asked Li Chang.

Li Chang thought about it and sighed, "It’s been twenty-six years already..."

"Wow, that’s quite a long time! Twenty-six years, the changes in the hometown are immense!"

"Yes, such significant changes, completely different from what I remember..."

"Are you back for a family visit this time?"

"No, my family has all moved away, I’m here for an inspection."

"Oh, then you must conduct a thorough inspection. Yang City is a great place. Get more projects for us here, help the hometown folks live a better life..."

Along the way, Li Chang and the driver chatted very merrily.

The driver parked the car in front of a hotel, "This is the hotel closest to the Experimental School. Do you think this is alright? If not, I can take you elsewhere."

Seeing the Experimental School across from the hotel, the school gradually overlapped with the one in his memory. Although the street scenery seemed unfamiliar,

that surge of familiarity suddenly flooded him.

"This place will do."

Li Chang paid for the ride and went into the hotel to check in.

At this moment, the police bureau in Yang City received a call from the top, commanding them to locate a person named Li Chang and ensure his safety once found.

However, when they arrived at the high-speed railway station with Li Chang’s information, he was already nowhere to be seen.

Upon learning of their failure to find him, the police chief broke into a sweat.

"Search! Hurry up and search! We must find him before tonight and ensure his safety!!!"

The chief hung up the phone, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly called the higher-ups to report the situation.

The higher-ups, upon learning that Professor Li wasn’t found, berated the chief harshly!

This matter concerned the future development of Yang City!

If Professor Li were to meet with harm in Yang City, the city would undoubtedly have no future prospects for development!

There was even a possibility of the city being abandoned by the nation, and those in charge would be ruined along with it!

As time ticked away, it was already 4:00 PM.

Fengyang Primary School, now known as the Experimental School.

A class in the second grade was having a PE lesson.

Two students were stealthily climbing over the wall, ready to sneak out of school to play.

After escaping, they headed straight to a nearby private internet café.

The sky in September was still long.

By 7:00 PM, the sky over Yang City was still bright; students were off from school, and the working folks called it a day...

Li Chang was wandering in the field in the suburbs at this moment.

Every few steps, he’d lower his head to study the vegetables in the field.

Occasionally picking up soil and putting it into sealed bags,

sometimes he’d stick his hand into the soil to feel its humidity and temperature...

"Have you found him yet?!"

That afternoon, telephones at major police bureaus in Yang City wouldn’t stop ringing, each answered with the first question being, "Have you found him yet?!"

"Yes, it’s confirmed that Professor Li checked into a hotel on Fengyang Road, and people have already been sent there..."

"Damn, the sky is almost dark! Almost dark!!!"

The leadership in Yang City was so angry that they nearly choked upon hearing that he still wasn’t found.

He watched the sky grow darker and darker, recalling the phone call from above.

"It’s getting dark, streetlights on the roadside are lighting up, in the alley..."

He hung up the phone, watching the sky grow dark, his heart gradually sinking.

He knew Professor Li’s identity better than anyone!

Professor Li returned to his hometown alone this time, telling no one.

If not for a Superpower User accidentally encountering Professor Li and discovering he was about to experience an accident, he wouldn’t even know Li Chang had returned to Yang City.

If Professor Li were indeed harmed in Yang City, the city would truly have no hope for future development!

In the future, it might even be indefinitely stagnant!

At 9:30 PM, there were only a handful of people on Fengyang Road.

Some of the shops on both sides had already closed.

On both sides of the street, only dim streetlights cast their light...

At this moment, Li Chang was slowly walking from the other side, carrying a bag with a face full of joy intending to return to the hotel.

This afternoon, he had inspected the nearby fields, finding the soil here in better condition than he imagined.

Tomorrow, he planned to go to a farther suburb, where there is a vast expanse of land he intended to inspect thoroughly. If it’s indeed suitable for soybean planting, he would decide to make Yang City his experimental soybean planting base...

Li Chang was immersed in his thoughts.

As he passed by a small alley,

suddenly, his body was heavily bumped, causing him to stagger into the alley...

"What are you doing?!"

Li Chang noticed someone was tugging at his bag.

He desperately protected the bag in his hands; inside were the soil samples he collected this afternoon and recorded data that mustn’t be lost...

"Let go! Let go quickly!"