Chapter 2263: Seeking Immortals at the Yellow Springs (49)
Chapter 2263: Chapter 2263: Seeking Immortals at the Yellow Springs (49)
Chuzheng brought Bao Lei back to Yellow Springs Road, Su Tiyue pushed her glasses down and followed her into Liu Zhong’s shop.
Perhaps because he helped transport Bao Lei, Chuzheng didn’t say anything.
Chuzheng didn’t speak, so the others ignored Su Tiyue.
"Still alive." Liu Zhong immediately checked on Bao Lei: "Go call Yue Li over."
Just now at the research institute, Su Tiyue didn’t get a clear look at this person, Chuzheng had already wrapped him up.
It was now that Su Tiyue finally got a look at this person’s face.
And this person, he remembers...
Ye Yueli arrived quickly, wearing a light-colored long shirt, his overly long hair tied behind his head, with a few strands falling from the side of his face to his shoulders, setting off that somewhat handsome pale face.
Ye Yueli needed quiet, so Liu Zhong and the others waited outside.
"Master." Xing Qiao walked in from outside the shop, holding a book coolly: "Uncle Su."
Chuzheng glanced at him and responded with a cold "Hmm."
"Xing Qiao." Su Tiyue patted the child’s shoulder, asking with concern: "How have you been lately?"
"I’m fine."
Although a bit tired, he’s been very fulfilled and doesn’t feel bad.
"If you have any problems, you can come to me anytime."
"Hmm."
Xing Qiao’s little adult demeanor left Su Tiyue unable to treat him like an ordinary child, so their conversation was a bit... dull.
"Girl, why is he with you?"
Liu Zhong pulled Chuzheng aside to talk.
"He helped me transport a dead body."
"Nonsense, he’s not dead yet." Liu Zhong corrected.
"..."
Chuzheng remained silent.
Liu Zhong was worried: "He’s from the Management Bureau, is it okay to have him here?"
"It’s fine."
Since Chuzheng said so, Liu Zhong didn’t ask further.
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Ye Yueli came out from inside, washed his hands with water, and meticulously tidied his appearance.
Chuzheng and Liu Zhong seemed unfazed, obviously accustomed to this habit of his, while Su Tiyue waited quietly.
... Although he very much wanted to know what had happened.
"Miss Chuzheng, Bao Lei wasn’t inhabited." Ye Yueli pulled out a chair and sat down: "But he was injured by an unidentified creature."
"Can he wake up?" Bao Lei should know quite a bit.
"He should." Ye Yueli said: "But I don’t know when he will wake up."
Xing Qiao asked curiously: "Why did an unidentified creature harm him?"
Isn’t Bao Lei one of them?
"Maybe Bao Lei was useless and so they silenced him, or maybe he knew something he shouldn’t have known." Ye Yueli shrugged: "Who knows."
Liu Zhong: "To act in the hospital, there were supposedly many witnesses. Such a high-profile act, if it’s not to provoke us, then Bao Lei must know something he shouldn’t."
Chuzheng: "He’ll know once he wakes up."
"May I ask what’s going on?" Su Tiyue boldly asked: "Is the person inside Bao Lei?"
Su Tiyue remembered this person.
Liu Zhong and the others looked towards Chuzheng, who leisurely sipped her tea.
Liu Zhong seemed to understand Chuzheng’s meaning, gesturing with his hand: "Mr. Su, please sit."
"Do you remember the incident at the funeral home, Mr. Su?"
That explosion?
Of course, Su Tiyue remembered it.
Such a massive explosion, it was almost impossible to suppress at the time.
They blocked the news because when they tested the scene, the spiritual value instrument went off the charts.
But there wasn’t a single trace left of the things inside the funeral home.
By the time they went back to investigate, all information about the funeral home had been erased.
The only piece of information was Bao Lei.
But at the time, they thought Bao Lei had died in that explosion.
Until he saw that person just now...
"That funeral home was likely using bodies for unidentified creatures to inhabit, and we suspect there are more such institutions."
"Bodies? Can bodies be used?" In Su Tiyue’s understanding, those things couldn’t inhabit bodies.
Liu Zhong: "Theoretically it’s not possible, but... Unidentified creatures have many unknowns, perhaps there’s an ability we don’t know of that can make those bodies like normal people."
Su Tiyue furrowed his brows even more: "Even you don’t know?"
He thought the people on Wenxian Road knew almost everything.
Liu Zhong: "Mr. Su, the world of unidentified creatures is larger and more mysterious than we imagined."
This was something Su Tiyue couldn’t deny.
Those things...
"So the big checks you’ve been doing lately? Isn’t that scaring the snakes?"
Wouldn’t investigating secretly be better at a time like this?
"It’s a warning, I suppose." Liu Zhong’s eyes glanced at Chuzheng: "After all, this is Jingnan City." Someone was angry.
"..."
They secretly captured unidentified creatures.
This group, though, dares to issue warnings to them.
Liu Zhong continued: "Telling you this, Mr. Su, is to ask you to keep an eye on some people up there, since we have no way to know if they’re human or ghost beneath the surface."
Lately, with so many famous people and even officials dying, Su Tiyue understood Liu Zhong’s implication.
"I understand."
He could contact the people up there.
Although those people had ways, they weren’t as convenient as him.
This was also an advice and reminder.
The situation might become increasingly severe, and not everyone up there could be trusted.
"You don’t know who has been inhabited?"
Chuzheng set down her teacup, which made a clicking sound upon contact with the table.
"If there’s this, it’s undetectable." Chuzheng tossed a triangular metal piece onto the table.
"Isn’t this... from the unidentified creature caught in the manor last time?"
She refused to tell him then.
"Mr. Su, good luck." Chuzheng didn’t explain much more.
This was akin to bidding him farewell, and Su Tiyue wisely stood up: "When I get back, I’ll have someone investigate this matter. Thank you, Miss Chuzheng, for informing us."
Chuzheng waved her hand, signaling for him to leave quickly.
Su Tiyue politely took his leave, and as he reached the door, he heard the girl’s leisurely voice drift out.
"Advise that useless organization of yours to disband early, it’s nothing but trouble."
Su Tiyue: "..." What did the Unidentified Species Management Bureau do to provoke you, that you want me to shut it down?
Besides, they’re not that weak!
If not for them, who would clean up the mess for you!!
Su Tiyue suppressed his anger, forced out a gentle smile, and left without turning back.
"Uncle Su, I’ll see you out." Xing Qiao actively chased after him.
Su Tiyue slowed his pace, waiting for Xing Qiao to catch up.
The two walked away one after the other.
"Girl, why did you tell him?" Liu Zhong couldn’t understand.
Didn’t she refuse to tell those people outside before?
"Liu Zhong." Chuzheng’s fingertips spun her teacup lightly, her gaze obscure: "How much longer do you think it will remain calm?"
Liu Zhong: "..."
The atmosphere in the room suddenly turned heavy.