Chapter 244: No Time to Lose

"Of course!" Cheng Sinian nodded solemnly. "When Ah Chuan and I were in Mingxia Mountain, we made careful observations."

"If you're really worried, you can wait for Ah Chuan to come back. I'll draw the pattern of the footprint and let Ah Chuan identify it."

As soon as Cheng Sinian finished speaking, Jiang Zhan turned his head and looked out the window, "Just in time, Yu Qingchuan is back."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Sinian's face instantly fell, and he said indignantly: "Brother Zhan! You don't believe me?!"

He's a genius who skipped a grade! And yet, his memory is being questioned?!

The one who doubted him was Jiang Zhan, who grew up with him!

This is intolerable!

Jiang Zhan was not at all moved by Cheng Sinian's jumping up and down, and said calmly, "It's better to be cautious."

Jiang Zhan then took out a piece of paper and a pen from his space, handed them to Cheng Sinian, and said concisely, "Draw."

“…”

Cheng Sinian was angry but dared not say anything. In the end, he took the paper and pen obediently, snorted softly, and felt aggrieved like a bullied young wife.

Yu Qingchuan had just walked in when he suddenly heard Jiang Zhan's calm and cold voice: "Come to our room."

Yu Qingchuan was so frightened that his legs almost went weak and he fell to his knees.

After a few seconds of silence, Yu Qingchuan finally realized that he was now in Jiang Zhan's spiritual barrier.

Yu Qingchuan followed his instructions and came to the door of Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan's room. Just as he was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, he felt a breeze beside him, and then the door opened by itself.

“…”

Jiang Zhan's special ability is useful, but it's quite scary.

Yu Qingchuan walked into the room and found Cheng Sinian and Luo Zhenzhen there.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Cheng Sinian was currently leaning over the table, drawing the pattern of the footprint. Without even looking up, he said, "Come here, Ah Chuan. Do you recognize this pattern?"

Yu Qingchuan walked to the table and looked down at the pattern of Cheng Sinian's painting.

Cheng Sinian's pattern has not been completed yet, but the general outline can already be seen.

Yu Qingchuan immediately frowned and asked, "Isn't this the pattern of the 331st Legion's military boots? Why are you drawing this?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Sinian threw his pen down with a loud "bang", leaned back in his chair, and shouted, "Look at this! Look at this! You still don't believe me!"

Yu Qingchuan was confused. "What's going on?"

Qiao Yu raised an eyebrow and ignored Cheng Sinian. Instead, he said to Yu Qingchuan calmly but seriously, "Qingchuan, there are some things we may need to explain to you."

Seeing Qiao Yu's serious expression, Yu Qingchuan knew it must be something serious, so he walked to an empty chair nearby, sat down, and nodded, "Go ahead."

"Hua Yue's biological mother might be related to the 331st Legion."

"And I suspect this person is most likely the one who drugged the 331st Legion. Or... there's a strong connection between them."

Yu Qingchuan was stunned when he heard this.

Someone from the 331st Legion?

But after hearing this, Yu Qingchuan's first reaction was...

"Have you found the person who drugged the 331st Legion?"

Qiao Yu shook his head. "Not yet, but it's almost certain that it was done by someone within the 331st Legion."

Yu Qingchuan was silent for a while after hearing this, "Does Huayue know about this?"

Qiao Yu shook his head again. "We're investigating privately. We wanted to ask for your opinion first, and then consider whether to tell Hua Yue."

"But before we could investigate, we ran into Huayue's mother lurking outside. We asked Huayue if we needed help, but she refused."

Yu Qingchuan pursed his lips, a trace of embarrassment on his face.

Cheng Sinian patted his shoulder upon seeing this and said, "Old Yu, I understand how you feel right now, but my suggestion is that this situation is not suitable for soft-heartedness."

"That woman made some deal with that mysterious man. Judging from the things she received, it must have been a big deal."

Qiao Yu also nodded and added, "And this matter is very likely related to us."

"Is it related to us?" Yu Qingchuan frowned.

"Yes." Qiao Yu continued to nod and said, "Don't you think everything that has happened recently is too coincidental?"

"From Qi Yong's incident, to the mission at Mingxia Mountain, and now to Huayue's mother... these things seem unrelated and full of coincidences, but if you think about it carefully, they all happened around us."

"Don't you think it's a bit too strange?"

Although Qiao Yu has not yet found the connection between Qi Yong's incident and the 331st Legion, his intuition tells him that this matter must not be that simple.

Even the black market and the slave market may not be able to stay out of it.

The mastermind behind this seems to be playing a big game, but Qiao Yu currently has no idea what the purpose of this person or this group of people is.

Qiao Yu couldn't help but wonder whether Han Ming and Lu Zixian were also involved in this game?

If not, why would there be medicines developed by them?

But if they are, what role do they play?

Is it a chess piece? Or is it the person playing chess?

Just as Qiao Yu was lost in thought, he suddenly heard Yu Qingchuan beside him say, "Since that's the case, you guys should make the decision."

His voice was a little hoarse, as if he had thought very hard before saying this.

Yu Qingchuan knew that because of his work at the research institute, he would be somewhat blocked or delayed in information, so usually on major matters, he would listen to the decisions of Qiao Yu and others.

Although this matter involves Hua Yue, judging from the information that Qiao Yu and Cheng Sinian just said, this matter may not be that simple.

Qiao Yu nodded and smiled with some relief.

She knew that Yu Qingchuan was still very sensible.

But after thinking about it, Qiao Yu still asked, "Do you think we should inform Hua Yue about this matter?"

Although she thought it would be better to keep this matter a secret from Huayue, Yu Qingchuan might not think so either.

Yu Qingchuan lowered his eyelashes when he heard this, "It's better not to tell her."

Since Qiao Yu and the others had already asked Hua Yue once and Hua Yue had refused, there was no need to ask it a second time.

Even if I knew, what could I do?

It only made her sad.

"You are worthy of being my brother." Cheng Sinian patted Yu Qingchuan's shoulder in appreciation.

Yu Qingchuan curled his lips, looked at Qiao Yu and continued to ask: "Then how do you plan to solve this matter?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Sinian and Luo Zhenzhen also looked at Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu sighed softly, "Since the breakthrough lies with Hua Yue's mother, we must start with her."

"The first to strike is the strongest, the last to strike will suffer. Without further ado, let's go arrest him tonight."