Chapter 74

Chapter 37: I Know This Person

　　As soon as Yuan Xiaoling heard it was this kind of situation, she quickly got dressed and climbed out of bed.

　　”Not sure… is there some complicated reason?”

　　”Not complicated, pretty simple. But simple because I don’t know much,” Bai Ling snorted with a laugh, “Half a year ago, I went on vacation with my parents to another city, then they met with an accident and passed away.”

　　”Wow, that’s terrible,” Yuan Xiaoling grabbed a small stool and sat beside her, cautiously asking, “Were these the people you mentioned responsible for it?”

　　”More or less, these guys were at least involved in the conspiracy behind the scenes,” Bai Ling said, “I want to know why.”

　　In her previous life for ten years, due to her own circumstances not being great, she couldn’t allocate enough energy to investigate the case, so despite ten years passing, the results were minimal. She only knew that many people were involved, including forces outside the province.

　　Besides that, the Zhang family played no small role in it. Back when her parents had their accident, it was them who provided the location to the killer. They also kept providing clues about her whereabouts later on.

　　”So as soon as I came back, besides grabbing you for revenge, I set up a little trap for the Zhang family to lure out the hitman who’s been in contact with them. Following the trail, I discovered Yunhai Company’s name.”

　　”Through the intel from Luo Boss at the bar, I thought long and hard before figuring out where my parents and Yunhai Company intersected.”

　　Bai Ling pushed the stack of documents toward Yuan Xiaoling, “My father once tried to sponsor some workers, helping them resolve labor disputes. These workers are from Yunhai Company. Or rather, Yunhai Factory.”

　　Yuan Xiaoling took it and flipped through. The photos inside looked quite old, showing new employees’ pictures, dating back over a decade.

　　Huang Si from the small village, Li Shan from the big mountain village, Hu Sanxi from Hu’s village, and also Li Lili, Zhang Xiaochun, He Shiyong, Wu Guhua, Wu Xiulian… Wait a sec, who was that?

　　Bai Ling noticed her frantically flipping forward and asked, “Did you find something?”

　　”Seems like I saw someone familiar.” Yuan Xiaoling didn’t even look up, quickly flipping to a page in the middle.

　　He Shiyong, from Xiaoshi Village in Dongshan County, Tianhai City, joined at age 17, making him 37 now. He worked in the assembly line workshop at Tianhai Factory.

　　”I couldn’t find him,” Bai Ling leaned over to take a look, “Among all these people, I could only find Wu Guhua.”

　　Yuan Xiaoling didn’t care about any plum blossoms or jasmine flowers, she just lowered her head and thought for a while. Suddenly, she clapped her hands, pulled out her mobile phone, opened QQ, and clicked on a friend’s space album.

　　”Bai Ling, look! Doesn’t he look like him!”

　　Bai Ling took the girl’s phone, which smelled faintly of flowers, and saw a spirited young man on the screen wearing a red cap with an afro hairstyle, looking like his head was on fire.

　　The bangs of the cap were long, making it hard to see his face clearly, but after carefully examining it a few times, it did indeed resemble the person in the photo.

　　”This is Uncle He, I met him at Tianhai Tower. He works there as a maintenance worker,” Yuan Xiaoling explained quickly, “That time I went to Yunhai Company’s gaming department for dubbing, the supervisor drugged our drinks, and he helped me out.”

　　Bai Ling had been listening attentively until she frowned hearing the last part, “Drugging the drinks?”

　　”No worries, I’m not scared. Whatever was in the water can’t hurt me.” Yuan Xiaoling casually replied.

　　Bai Ling narrowed her eyes.

　　Fearless or not, daring to do such a thing was akin to provoking her directly.

　　Yunhai Company’s gaming department, huh.

　　”In short, Uncle He is a good person. I also found out he was into Emo haircuts when he was young. His materials were useful for my thesis.” Yuan Xiaoling glanced again at the employee data in her hand, “He… is he related to this matter?”

　　The Blonde-haired Maiden continued talking while already typing a message on her phone.

　　[Ningning: Uncle He, are you there? I have something I’d like to ask you about.]

　　”The profile picture is gray, offline. Maybe he’s busy with work,” she said.

　　Bai Ling calmed down after thinking for a moment, “I can’t possibly go back to Tianhai Tower anymore. Our identities are very sensitive right now. Tomorrow we’ll have to find the boss of Yunhai Company. Perhaps whether we ask him or not doesn’t matter much.”

　　Yuan Xiaoling thought about it and nodded.

　　Bai Ling picked up her cup, walked to the window and stood there for a while, then turned around and said:

　　”He left Yunhai Factory several years ago and entered Tianhai Tower as a freelance worker. The fact that he was able to help you immediately suggests he was monitoring… or at least hanging around near Yunhai Company.”

　　”What do you think he wants to do?”

　　………

　　A group of tourists with kids wanted to eat and shop at the tower but were stopped by security downstairs.

　　”Sorry, the building is closed for holidays. We’ll be resting for two days. Please come again next time.”

　　”Huh? Shopping malls close for holidays? It’s not even New Year’s.”

　　Not only were the customers confused, but the workers inside the building were also puzzled.

　　”Who closes for two days on Children’s Day? Besides, is it really a holiday?”

　　The foreman looked around; all the shops still had people and were open, just not in business. As maintenance workers, they had to use these two days off to quickly maintain and repair certain areas.

　　”Why suddenly shut down? Haven’t heard of any incidents.”

　　”I don’t know either. If you ask me, who should I ask?”

　　While walking around, one figure quietly slipped away and went to a corner of the balcony to smoke.

　　He Shiyong stood on the balcony, the cigarette in his hand self-igniting. He stuck his head out and looked down from high above, staring at the rows of black cars at the parking lot exit of the building.

　　He knew the reason for the closure for two days was because some Spiritual Energy Manipulators in the building had been dispatched to complete a mission. To avoid accidents during the weak period, they simply decided to close temporarily.

　　Of course, most of these people weren’t important. The main point was that that guy had left, the Fourth-tier Perception User.

　　It was time to start setting things up.

　　He Shiyong threw away the cigarette butt and slowly ascended the stairs, his fingers tracing along the wall, leaving a scorched mark behind.

　　If anyone saw it, they would just assume it was some naughty kid’s graffiti. Except for that Fourth-tier Perception User, no one knew how dangerous it was.

　　……

　　Ningning had no idea what the Emo uncle intended to do, blinking her clear eyes without saying anything.

　　Her gaze implied: I’m Third-tier, yet you’re asking me? You’re Fifth-tier and you don’t even know.

　　Bai Ling had a vague guess in her heart.

　　”Well, if it’s true, it might actually be a good thing for us,” the White-haired Maiden sat down by the bed, “Let’s rest. Tomorrow, accompany me to confront the truth.”

　　At least part of the truth.

　　”Okay, sure,” Yuan Xiaoling obediently climbed onto the bed and obediently crawled under the covers.

　　Having just been caught, it was better to behave for now.

　　This time Bai Ling didn’t sleep with her. There were important matters tomorrow, and tonight she couldn’t afford to waste energy on Ningning, so she borrowed her roommate’s bed for the night.

　　Zzzzz…