The tall and graceful Wenren iqiao couldn't understand what Shen Qiang had in mind. Her heart was beating erratically without reason. She dearly hoped Shen Qiang genuinely wanted to help her but feared he had other plans. Her hopes and worries intermingled, weighing heavily enough to make it hard for her to breathe.
She walked dazedly to the office door, entered the password and fingerprint to open it. Shen Qiang entered the office and bluntly told Wenren iqiao's female assistant.
"Get a cup of tea, black tea, make it strong."
After saying that, Shen Qiang looked at the slightly dazed Wenren iqiao and chuckled, "What are you thinking about?"
Wenren iqiao snapped awake; she didn't even know how she ended up back in her office chair.
"Ah, thinking about the case."
Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang smiled and said, "Good, have you thought of anything?"
Wenren iqiao was shocked, dumbfounded.
"This bastard, doesn't he understand the principle of not tearing down the difficult lives of others?"
While Wenren iqiao was secretly upset, Shen Qiang frowned and said, "The only intersection between the 14 and 22 bus lines is the HD business district. In that place, there are wholesale markets and malls. The traffic is particularly high. Foreign rchants and local small vendors all go there to stock up. So locals also go shopping there when they have ti."
"If the filariasis outbreak happens there next, it could spread nationwide within a week. So what I need now is not just an echo chamber, but soone smart who can assist my thinking. If you can't do that, you can leave."
Hearing this, Wenren iqiao's inexplicable anger surged upward, "This is my office!"
"Then do what you should be doing!" Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow, accepted the super bitter black tea from the female assistant, and calmly said.
Wenren iqiao suppressed her anger, took a deep breath, then said, "I can notify all the police officers near the HD business district and tell them to help coordinate the investigation."
"A good idea." Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow and said, "The 14 and 22 bus lines could be routes frequently taken by the suspect. But at the sa ti, it's also possible the suspect chose these routes to deliberately dodge investigations. Now, please tell , if I were the HD business district police officer, what would you need to investigate?"
Wenren iqiao was stunned.
Seeing her in a daze, Shen Qiang calmly raised an eyebrow and said, "Is it a man or woman? What are their physical characteristics? Actions, habits, attire, age—don't be flustered, answer ."
Hearing this, Wenren iqiao fired up: "If I knew, would I need you?"
Shen Qiang laughed.
He opened his tablet, went online, and began inspecting the street map of the HD district. Remaining silent for about ten minutes, he continued looking at the computer. Wenren iqiao, growing anxious, couldn't help but speak up, "Shen Qiang, how can you be so stingy? What are you thinking? Tell quickly!"
Shen Qiang slightly frowned and said, "None of the patients felt any sting from a needle, or bites from insects. Then how did the suspect infect these patients?"
Wenren iqiao froze, then super-angrily said, "If I knew, would I need you?"
Shen Qiang frowned and said, "You don't know, so you don't need to think? You only need help from others? Is this the answer you're giving? Do you know what Qian Shanxue would do?"
Raising an eyebrow to look at Wenren iqiao, Shen Qiang self-answered, "Aside from cultivation, Qian Shanxue isn't a genius. I've seen her IQ test results; she's very ordinary, with an IQ of only 108. But she doesn't ask for help casually. She would overthink, guess randomly, and then verify her guesses one by one like a fool."
"Even if eventually proven wrong, she'd know which ideas were incorrect, and then turn to explore other possibilities."
Wenren iqiao angrily said, "I've done that too! I've considered many possibilities, and checked them all, I..."
"Let finish." Shen Qiang coldly interrupted, "Qian Shanxue does what she does because she's confident. She believes she can find the answers, whereas you seem to have lost too much. While emulating Qian Shanxue in many ways, beneath that strong facade, I see you trapped in a quagmire."
Raising an eyebrow at the stunned Wenren iqiao, Shen Qiang calmly said, "You're only confident in the areas you're recognized, like your cultivation and combat power. Back in the combat team, you'd still be the self-assured woman who dared to carefreely provoke Qian Shanxue."
"But as a regional security supervisor, your heart is full of fear. You're doubting yourself. You secretly feel those subordinates might be right; maybe you're not fit for the job. So, when you hear their discussions, instead of flaring up, you silently endure. You dare not utter an arrogant word!"
Looking at the flushed and evidently angry Wenren iqiao, Shen Qiang coldly crossed his legs and gently dusted off his pristine pants, calmly saying, "So now, I'm sure what I can do isn't just to help you eliminate the person spreading the filariasis. I also need to give you a hefty stick, and whether you can climb out of your self-doubt—that's up to you."
"I..." Wenren iqiao looked at the serene Shen Qiang, started but couldn't finish.
At this mont, Shen Qiang spoke with unusual calmness, "What I hope for is to discuss the case with others. If you can't, then close your mouth, sit quietly aside, and wait hopelessly for to catch that guy."
After saying this, Shen Qiang looked at the tablet, drinking tea indifferently.
Watching Shen Qiang disregard her, Wenren iqiao's heart surged with fury.
"Is this how he views ? As a waste? He wants to shut up and wait? What an arrogant guy, I!" As her anger reached its peak, Wenren iqiao suddenly stopped.
Another voice had already echoed in her mind.
"Actually, he's right. I'm indeed not confident enough. If I were in the combat team, I'd have a thousand ways to kill the enemy, accomplish the mission, and anyone questioning would be mocked and overwheld by my might!"
Taking a deep breath, she silently opened her computer, and like Shen Qiang, started looking at the HD business district's street view map, seriously thinking.
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