Task One
"Perceive Mo Ling again," Shi Youchen said to Lu Quezhi, "This time, you need to sense her work situation with He Guansheng. The energy consumption will be quite high, so Ying Yun and I will return to the association to exchange hypnotic drugs and energy supplements."
Lu Quezhi nodded and watched them leave.
On the way back to the association, Shi Youchen suggested that Ying Yungui take a rest and he would drive instead, because he had not had any free time since he took himself and Lu Quezhi on the mission.
Ying Yungui's injuries had not yet healed completely, and he gladly accepted Shi Youchen's rare courtesy. He lay down on the back seat with his arms crossed behind his head.
"Actually, the investigation has been going smoothly so far. There's just one question: how do you plan to collect evidence from him?" Ying Yungui asked lazily with his eyes closed.
Shi Youchen stared at the road ahead and confessed, "To be honest, I haven't thought of a suitable method." He had thought of at least thirty strategies, and each one would be overturned in the end.
It is basically impossible to test the abilities of a psychic without being noticed.
Ying Yungui still closed his eyes: "I don't think it's necessary to go through so much trouble. Just report it directly to the association's supervisory department. With the two of us guaranteeing them, they will naturally send someone to investigate." He didn't care about Lu Quezhi's future, nor did he want to waste his time on completing tasks.
Besides, without Lu Quezhi, he could get along with Shi Youchen alone.
At the red light, the car stopped suddenly and Ying Yungui fell sideways under the seat.
"I suspected him of the truth, but I didn't want anyone else to know until I figured out his purpose."
Doubt is a seed that sprouts in the heart of a person and grows upward with all its might to reach the key called truth.
Shi Youchen is a stubborn person. As he grows, he will brave the winds and circumvent obstacles, forging ahead no matter how winding the path. But he must pick up the key himself.
Ying Yungui sat up, stared at the indifferent face reflected in the rearview mirror, and smiled.
The two reached a consensus on the way, but they did not expect to see Lu Quezhi fainted beside Jiang E's bed when they returned to the villa.
...
"Uh." Lu Quezhi opened his eyes and found himself lying on a soft big bed. The light was on, but it was deliberately adjusted to a warm light.
He immediately reached up to his head and breathed a sigh of relief when he felt his soft hair. He stood up and opened the door. As expected, he saw two people sitting in the living room downstairs. They were Shi Youchen and Ying Yungui who had returned.
"I'm sorry, have I caused trouble again?" Lu Quezhi said as he slowly walked down the stairs, holding his head.
Ying Yungui glanced at him and then turned his gaze back to the TV screen, where the "Humanity's New Calendar Documentary" was playing with the volume turned down very low.
However, Shi Youchen saw him coming downstairs and asked, "You're awake now. How do you feel?"
Lu Quezhi said weakly, "I didn't expect the energy consumption to be so great." He sat down on the edge and explained, "After you left, I thought I'd do as much as I could, so I went straight to Mo Ling's place, but..."
"You've been using your abilities too frequently recently, and your body functions haven't kept up." Shi Youchen poured him a cup of hot water.
Lu Quezhi hung his head, looking very frustrated: "It's my lack of ability. I will strengthen my training."
"So, how much did you sense?" Ying Yungui asked after turning off the TV.
Lu Quezhi blew away the hot air and took a sip. "Not much, just normal communication at work. But there's one thing that's strange. Mo Ling never texts He Guansheng at work. They always communicate face to face."
"And He Guansheng always asks Mo Ling 'where are you this time?' Mo Ling's answer to his question is basically a different address every time."
Shi Youchen: "Do you have a specific address?"
Lu Quezhi recalled how many he had reported. Ying Yungui checked them one by one and then whistled: "They are all places like bars and nightclubs."
Lu Quezhi was shocked: "Could it be that Mo Ling also told him about this bar this time?"
"It's very possible, but why does he need a secretary to arrange a location for him when he goes out to hunt for beauties?" Shi Youchen thought.
Ying Yungui raised his eyebrows and said frivolously, "It means Mo Ling understands his sexual quirks very well."
"?" Shi Youchen and Lu Quezhi turned to look at him simultaneously. Ying Yungui changed his words, "It means his preferences have been manipulated."
"The Mo family controls both the company and the owner's personal schedule. What's their plan?"
"Don't we have the address? Let's go and take a look." Ying Yungui looked at Shi Youchen with interest, and then thought of his reaction when he was harassed by others that night, and felt mixed emotions.
Just sitting there and thinking about it is not a good idea. Besides, even if there is energy replenishment liquid, we have to wait until Lu Quezhi adjusts his condition. So the three of them decided to go to those bars to see the situation and look for new clues.
There was still some time before nightfall. The three of them observed Mo Ling's condition for a while, replenished her with new hypnotic agent, and then went their separate ways.
Shi Youchen was doing his daily basic exercises in the gym. The villa had been unused and had no food, so Lu Quezhi went out to buy dinner. Ying Yungui leaned against the window where he had seen the beauty under the moon, staring into the distance in a trance.
...
Inside the LST Bar, Shi Youchen noticed from the moment he entered that the interior was remarkably similar to the location of his previous mission. It was two in the morning, and the three of them had already been to four different locations, with this being their fifth tonight.
Although the overall styles of the five bars are different, a closer look reveals that the overall spatial layout of each bar is almost the same.
"Huh..." Shi Youchen put down the lemonade in his hand. Even though he had prepared for a fierce battle in advance, he still felt quite uncomfortable with the bloating after drinking more than ten cups of lemonade.
He looked at Ying Yungui and Lu Quezhi not far away, raised his left wrist and shook the bracelet, indicating that it was almost time.
After the announcement of He Guansheng's arrest, the nights in City Z became much quieter. The three of them wandered around the bar and didn't find anything unusual.
As they were about to leave after gathering, Shi Youchen felt a surge of soreness and bloating in his lower abdomen. "Wait a minute, I'm going to the bathroom," he said to the two of them. Ying Yungui followed him to the bathroom like a competent bodyguard.
"Why are you following me?"
"Protect you, so that you won't be harassed by people with bad intentions like last time. The bar bathroom is a dangerous place." Ying Yungui looked at the back of the head of the person in front of him. The ends of the hair there were slightly curled, which looked a little cute compared to the indifferent host.
...
Ying Yungui was outside, leaning against the wall, waiting for someone. He smelled the strong smell of cigarettes coming from the other side and looked displeased. He never smoked, and he didn't like the smell of cigarettes. Coincidentally, Shi Youchen walked out at this time.
"Ah!" A scream came into his ears, and he turned around to look at the darkness.
Shi Youchen asked him, "What's wrong?"
"Did you hear that?" Ying Yungui asked back with a frown.
Shi Youchen was confused: "?"
"Stay still." He said softly, but reached out to unbutton his cuffs and walked over there with a murderous look on his face.
He had excellent hearing, and he could always remember the sounds he had heard. Although the voice just now sounded familiar, he couldn't place who it belonged to. And yet, he felt he had to intervene, so as not to return empty-handed tonight.
"Why is a prostitute pretending to be so noble? Huh?!" In a dark corner, three thugs were cornering a boy, repeatedly poking him in the head to make him retreat. Another thug grabbed the boy's hair and pulled it back, making him face up. His neck was pulled so hard that it looked like it could break with a pinch.
"Letting you play with us is a sign of respect for you. If you don't accept my toast, you'll be punished. Ugh!"
"How dare you, son of a bitch, take Joe."
Ying Yungui walked behind the thugs and raised his hand.
Then it was a one-sided beating.
...
At Ying Yungui's feet lay several people with bruised faces and noses. He hadn't wanted to hit them hard, but these people were still swearing after being beaten, and it happened to be when he was at his most angry.
Looking at the boy squatting against the wall with his head in his hands, he flicked his hands, buttoned up his cufflinks, and said, "Hey, call out again and let me hear it."
The boy looked up timidly, thinking that the man was also a lecher. He staggered to his feet and ran out stumblingly.
Shi Youchen waited there for a long time, but no one came back. Just as he was about to go look for him, he bumped into the disheveled boy who was running out.
"Ah!" The boy was already in fear, and he fell directly to the ground after being hit, staring at Shi Youchen in a daze.
Ying Yungui walked out and first heard the scream of pain, then saw Shi Youchen’s complicated expression.
Shi Youchen looked at the man with disheveled clothes on the ground, then shifted his gaze to Ying Yungui.
"You." He was about to speak when Ying Yungui suddenly remembered where he had heard this boy's voice before. He quickly cut off the conversation and explained, "Don't get me wrong! This guy's voice sounded familiar to me. I saw him being bullied and saved him!"
Shi Youchen looked at the boy, then looked at him, and then looked at the boy again.
"Got it. Let's go back first." He extended his hand to the boy who was still sitting there. "Can you get up?"
...
In the villa, Lu Quezhi was terrified all the way back.
Because Ying Yungui said impatiently that he didn't want to drive, and Shi Youchen also said that he was a little tired, so the novice driver had to drive all the way back.
But that’s not the point.
The point is, who is the boy sitting between them, who is even thinner than himself?
Lu Quezhi's eyes drifted from Ying Yungui's frowning face, to Shi Youchen's face with his eyes lowered in thought, and then to the boy who was supporting his knees with his hands and burying his head like an ostrich.
The atmosphere was too weird, so he asked, "Well, who is he?"
The boy shuddered when he heard this. "My name is Qiqi, and I work at a bar..." His voice was as thin as a mosquito.
Ying Yungui tapped the table with his five fingers alternately, finally feeling less irritated. He then said, "The guy from the bar, who I just happened to rescue at LST. If I remember correctly, Shi Youchen and I should have met him before."
Shi Youchen remained silent, lost in thought. Ying Yungui was a somewhat arrogant man, usually looking down on others with a condescending air. His behavior at LST didn't align with his usual image, so his familiarity was likely true.
But he never expected that this Qiqi was actually one of the wild mandarin ducks he happened to run into in the remote bathroom last time.
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