"What is it?" I asked, puzzled.

Fei Lichao shook his head and said, "I'll tell you after your business is finished. Anyway, there's no rush."

I said, "Alright then, let me know after things in Central Town are over."

...

The next morning, Jingjie, Song Muyuan, and I set off again.

After adjusting my mood, I buried my sister's matter in my heart and stopped thinking about it. After all, there were still many troublesome things to solve in the central town.

Besides, we don't know what's going on with Yao Chengjie and his group that we encountered before.

Did they manage to rescue Jiang Bai, or have they already been captured?

If they get caught and then implicate us, wouldn't that be a bit of a problem?

Let's go first and see what happens. Even if they implicate us, there's no evidence. I have no connection with them. I can just kill them without any worries.

A few hours later, we arrived at the central town.

Because the trade fair in Central Town ended a few days ago, there are not many cars outside Central Town now. Some raiders come here to exchange the houses they have looted for the guns and ammunition they need, so there are still a few cars at the entrance.

We parked the car at the entrance, where the guard was someone we knew.

Yecheng.

I don't have a good impression of this guy. If it weren't for the fact that he's Ye Qian's younger brother, I would have chopped him down long ago.

Ye Qian had previously said he wanted this guy to apologize to me, but it was obvious that this guy was very unwilling.

After we got out of the car, we arrived at the entrance of the central town. Ye Cheng decisively stopped us at the entrance and said, "Stop and let me check you."

I looked at him and sneered, "Is it necessary?"

Ye Cheng said, "Of course it's necessary. No matter who comes to the central town, they have to be checked. That's the rule."

I know Ye Cheng is deliberately making things difficult for us, but there's nothing we can do; after all, this is his territory.

So we had to let them check it. After confirming there were no problems, they didn't let us in directly. Instead, they asked, "The trade fair ended several days ago. What are you doing here? Exchanging things? I haven't seen you bring anything to exchange."

I looked at him and smiled, "Didn't your brother tell you why we came here?"

Ye Cheng narrowed his eyes. "If you don't tell me, I won't let you in. After all, some things that happened a few days ago made us very unhappy, so I hope you can behave yourselves. Otherwise, I don't care who you are."

I said, "You won't let us in? Fine, but when your brother asks you, I hope you'll tell him the truth and say that you're the one who won't let us in."

Ye Cheng sneered, "You don't need to use my brother to intimidate me, it won't work!"

I said, "Believe it or not, it's up to you. Since you won't let us in, then we'll leave. Goodbye."

After saying that, I turned around and left with Sister Jing and Song Muyuan.

Ye Cheng did not stop me.

But just then, a voice came from the center of town.

"Dr. Lu, don't go!"

Upon hearing the voice, I immediately turned around and saw Zhang Jianzhou standing at the door waiting for me.

The reason I dared to challenge Ye Cheng was because I saw Zhang Jianzhou walking this way. Now Zhang Jianzhou's life is in my hands, how could he dare let me leave?

I looked at Zhang Jianzhou and said, "Dr. Zhang, how have you been? It's nice to see you again."

Zhang Jianzhou said with a bitter expression, "Yes, yes, we meet again. Since you're here, why don't you come in? Are you leaving again?"

I pointed at Ye Cheng and said, "He stopped me from going in. What could I do? So I had no choice but to leave."

Zhang Jianzhou stared at Ye Cheng with a mixture of anger and sternness, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Don't you know your brother has been waiting for him?"

Ye Cheng frowned, looking frustrated and annoyed, and said impatiently to me, "Alright, alright, enough nonsense. If you want to go in, hurry up, or I'll close the door!"

I smiled slightly and followed Zhang Jianzhou into the central town.

Entering the town center again, it was the same as before, only with fewer people. Moreover, all the shops on both sides of the town's streets were closed. It was clear that with fewer people now, not many people were willing to open their shops.

Only the bar deep inside was still open.

Once inside, I asked, "Zhang Jianzhou, did something happen in the central town before?"

Zhang Jianzhou looked at me in surprise, "How did you know?"

I said, "What Ye Cheng just said was about what happened in the central town."

Zhang Jianzhou looked helpless and nodded, saying, "Something did happen, and it was very unpleasant."

Could it really be Yao Chengjie and his group? I immediately asked, "What's going on?"

Zhang Jianzhou said, "The day after you left, which was the last day of the trade fair, a group of people infiltrated the central town and kidnapped someone. Fortunately, there were no casualties, but Ye Qian was very unhappy."

"By the way, didn't you say you were coming yesterday? Why are you only arriving today?"

I said, "Some things came up and I couldn't make it yesterday, so I'm only coming today."

I know he asked about this because of the medicine I had. I gave him a few days' worth of medicine, and he finished it this morning. If I hadn't come today, he probably would have died.

So I guess he rushed over as soon as he saw the noise at the door.

Zhang Jianzhou looked at me with a pleading look in his eyes, and I knew he wanted the medicine.

I said, "Let's talk about this later. I'll go talk to Ye Qian first."

Zhang Jianzhou stopped me and said, "Don't rush. Ye Qian and the others are having a meeting right now. Because of the previous issues, they are deciding on the rules for the trade fair at the end of this month. Otherwise, if they let other people in, wouldn't the whole central town be in chaos?"

I nodded, "Okay then, I'll go to your place first."

Jingjie and Song Muyuan went to the bar, their purpose being to inquire about some things. As for me, I went to the infirmary with Zhang Jianzhou.

When we arrived at the infirmary, he locked the door and then asked me anxiously, "Where's the medicine?"

“I brought it with me, what’s the rush?” I said, taking the medicine out of my pocket and then pouring out the rest of the pills. There were two left. I said, “I’ll keep the last two. Come to the research institute later, and we’ll confront the person who delivered the medicine to you.”

Zhang Jianzhou had no objection and nodded, saying, "Okay, I'll do whatever you say."

After receiving the medicine, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately put all the medicine in another small bottle and put it close to his body.

I said, "Okay, by the way, I'm curious about who that group of strangers you mentioned earlier is."

(End of this chapter)