It's easy to co down the chimney, but going up requires twice the effort of coming down. Hua Qingyi wanted to complain, he really wanted to complain, because if it were him, he would have gone out the front rather than climb this thing.
"Are you sure we won't get a gun pointed at our heads when we go out from above?" Hua Qingyi asked quietly from below Xiao Lin.
"Even if soone points a gun, it'll be at ."
Anything is possible, Xiao Lin couldn't give Hua Qingyi the most reliable answer. The heat slowly emanating from below due to the fire made it hard to bear, prompting Xiao Lin to hasten his steps upward. The closer he got to the top, the Silver Needle in his hand broke into three sections.
Light trickled into the black hole from above; it was dayti. Having stayed below for too long, they were unaccustod to such light. Approaching the exit, Xiao Lin paused, allowing his eyes to adjust to the faint light, then forcefully pushed upward with his feet, quickly shooting out of the exit, landing on the edge.
The top floor was desolate with no sign of life, only a chair and a table. "Were there tables and chairs on the rooftop when you ca down?"
"No!"
"Hmm, then stay below."
The Silver Needle in his fingers protruded from his fingertips as Xiao Lin stared at the empty chair and table, guarding the entrance. Hua Qingyi couldn't figure out the situation outside, and the blocked light prevented him from peeking out.
The air held a familiar scent, one he could never forget.
However, the sll could only prove that soone had been here, making one guess who it might be. In fact, there was nothing atop the building.
Xiao Lin surveyed the surroundings; apart from the additional tables and chairs and the scent, it was empty.
Fourth Master! Not only a master of pharmaceuticals, but also a psychology expert. Just a table and chair can elevate one's vigilance, as psychological suggestions are far more difficult to guard against than face-to-face encounters.
There was no one here. He walked to the edge! Facing the area they entered from, a woman in white gauze stood on an empty ground, Xiao Lin observed her from above.
The woman offered a smile to him, while those gathered around her held heavy weapons, ready at any mont to drop a missile from the sky to blow them up.
"Fourth Master!" Hua Qingyi approached Xiao Lin, astonished.
"Hey!" The phone's ringtone rang inappropriately.
"Young Master Xiao, I have received your grand gift, I hope you'll like my return gift." Fourth Master's voice carried an unsettling laughter.
"Brother!" Noticing Xiao Lin's increasingly grim expression, Hua Qingyi suspected the person on the other end of the call. "Is it Fourth Master?"
"Wu Shuang, where are you now?" Xiao Lin asked fiercely.
"I found her a new residence, she should still be there."
From a distance, Fourth Master waved at them, the raised dust quickly dissipating on the ground.
Xiao Lin repeatedly dialed the sa number, but the line was perpetually unreachable.
"Let's go!" Throwing aside the octopus-like device, Xiao Lin urgently jumped down from the wall he was staring at.
Wu Shuang irritably shook her phone, realizing a problem - it seed it hadn't worked for a long ti! What's even stranger is, Director Zhao hasn't appeared at the station for quite a while now. She hadn't seen him for two days, yet during these days she made several discoveries.
Passing by a mobile shop, Wu Shuang hesitated but went inside. She wanted to know if the problem was her phone or if indeed no one was trying to reach her. Won are like this, repeatedly pondering to confirm the truth of certain things.
The repairman gave Wu Shuang a definite answer; the phone was fine, and even dialed her number on the spot, producing a normal ringtone. Relieved, Wu Shuang awkwardly left the shop. Dialing the station's number, she felt the urge to shout.
Xiao Sun, upon receiving Wu Shuang's call, imdiately voiced a series of complaints, causing Wu Shuang to again doubt if her phone was truly malfunctioning.
"I'm unsure if my phone is broken; earlier the technician dialed in front of , it worked, but I hadn't received any calls before that." Wu Shuang spent so ti calming Xiao Sun's grumbling.
"Are you saying Pathologist Mu arrived in the North District two days ago?" Wu Shuang was puzzled why Mu Rongyun hadn't contacted her, or perhaps he had, but her phone didn't respond.
"The autopsy report from the North District is out; he said he'd bring it to you for review, seems there's a rather serious issue."
"Okay, I'll contact him." About to hang up the phone, Wu Shuang suddenly heard Xiao Sun exclaim on the other end. "What's up?"
"A guy nad Xiao Lin has been trying to reach you; he asked to tell you not to return to the hotel, but to go directly to et him at the lake center."
"Xiao Lin?" After hanging up, Wu Shuang called back Xiao Lin, but the line was busy. "Sir, could you tell how to get to Central Park?" The place Xiao Lin wanted her to go should be Central Park!
"Go straight, turn left after two streets," the man sitting at the door repairing phones pointed a direction without looking up – it seed to be the place she had just co from.
"Thanks!"
Wu Shuang dialed back and forth between Mu Rongyun and Xiao Lin, one couldn't connect, the other was always busy. Is this another phone issue? Feeling a bit chaotic due to her phone, Wu Shuang simply threw it into her bag and followed the direction pointed by the technician.
"Still can't connect?" Hua Qingyi drove quickly. Seeing Xiao Lin's furrowed brow, he knew the other party was still unreachable. "Stop calling, I think it might be her phone acting up."
Hua Qingyi searched the navigation for the fastest route to enter the Center Lake district, but the streets of the North District seed intentionally against him. His car was able to pass through at most three city blocks, while the closest road to the Center Lake was near the slums. "My car can't reach the nearest road." Hua Qingyi glanced at the screen, then indicated to Xiao Lin that he could get off at his third intersection, walk straight there, rather than follow him in circles.
"Hmm, got it!" From the latest navigation system, this indeed seed the closest route, a person could get there faster than a car.
"Brother, don't you think you should call Xia Xue and the others? If Fourth Master claims the gift for you is harmful, they might also be within her action range, given that Fourth Master found Xia Xue first, who seems unaware of Wu Shuang's existence." Hua Qingyi reminded Xiao Lin of this possibility when he got off the car. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian) to vote for recomndations and monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation.)
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