Chapter 84
On the second night, large-scale riots broke out in the area where they lived.
Qiao also stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking indifferently at the figure jumping not far away, and could even hear the faint sound of gunfire.
There was a sound behind him, and Shang Yiran walked out yawning, rubbing his messy hair.
Obviously, she also heard the noise not far away.
He took a bottle of red wine from the bar, poured two glasses, walked over to her, and gave her a glass as well.
"No, you're up so early," she said, looking at the wall clock. "Tsk, it's already 1:40 in the morning, and you're up to watch a show?"
Joe also took the red wine glass from her hand, shook it and took a sip, and said lightly: "In the free country of M, gun battles are every day."
"Hmm?" Shang Yiran's brain, which had just begun to work, didn't react immediately to what was being referred to. However, she soon understood and chuckled, jokingly saying, "How is it that our Master Qiao, who only knew math, has become cultured now?"
Qiao also rolled his eyes. "After all, I did get into University A in the college entrance examination, okay?"
"I know, I know. You don't have to take it so seriously. But why are you here?"
As he spoke, Shang Yiran walked over to her and looked outside.
Qiao also raised an eyebrow, then shook his phone. "As a first-class citizen, I naturally called the police after seeing such a riot. Of course, to prevent the police from doing nothing, I also gave a copy of this first-hand information to the newspaper."
Shang Yiran: "..."
"How long do you think this foreplay will last?" Joe also asked. "It's already fifteen minutes."
A shrill alarm sounded from a distance.
The lights of many residents around were turned on. They must have been woken up by the noise, and then they couldn't resist their curiosity and quietly got up to look outside.
Shang Yiran shook the wine glass in his hand nonchalantly. "What you said is wrong. No matter when it ends, it's not something you and I can control, right?"
"Oh, you won't say that when someone points something at your head," Qiao said.
It's just that it's hard to tell whether these words are sarcasm or advice.
"Hey, after all, we're still on the same page. You can't curse your good friend like that." The woman said with some dissatisfaction. "By the way, have you and your girlfriend reported that you're safe?"
"Do you think I'm not being monitored while I'm here with you?" Qiao looked at her like she was stupid. "Calling back now will only put me in a more passive position. Instead of arguing with me about these things, how are you handling the people in the Chamber of Commerce? Your Chamber of Commerce will be our turning point when the time comes."
"Oh, don't worry. I'll send all those who resist me to Africa to work in the mines. No one will come back for a year or two."
"That's good. As expected of you, the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, I knew such a simple matter wouldn't be difficult for you."
Qiao Ye said this expressionlessly, then turned his head to look at a place not far away.
"Hey, why do I feel like you're not sincere when you say that?"
"No. You're feeling wrong."
At this time, the people not far away had been subdued by the police station, and many people inside had been arrested.
"It looks like the other party's demonstration today will end in failure." Shang Yiran smiled.
"No." Qiao also shook her head gently. Her eyes fell on a place one street away from the group of people. "That's where our protagonist today is."
"Um?"
The woman followed her gaze and saw the most conspicuous car among the many vehicles on the next street.
For no other reason than because this car is Qiao Yang's favorite brand.
He always drives the same model of car in Beijing.
"If you're talking about him, it might not be easy to arrest him before the show starts." Shang Yiran said with a smile.
"So I just wanted to see what he was going to do next. I didn't plan to report it." Joe also shrugged.
In about half an hour, those who caused the riots below were arrested one by one, and a police station was also searching nearby.
But they seemed not to have seen the car at all and just let it go.
"How much money did your good father give to these people? Why don't I remember your family having so much money?" Shang Yiran looked strange, as if he had never expected such a scene.
Qiao Ye, however, seemed accustomed to this scene. "Although most of his assets are in Beijing, he also has valuable things in Country M. For example, he was the founder of the K Chamber of Commerce. And I'm sure you've seen how valuable the K Chamber of Commerce is now. Even if he's not a senior executive, the dividends he can get every year are still a considerable amount."
Although I already knew that Qiao Yang's abilities were far more than that, there was still a huge difference between hearing about it and seeing it with my own eyes.
"Evil capitalists." Shang Yiran couldn't help but complain.
Qiao Ye: “?”
"You're not a good person either," the woman added.
Qiao Ye: “.”
Seeing that the scene below had calmed down temporarily, Qiao went to his room. "Okay, we've seen everything we need to see. Let's go down and take a look tomorrow to see if we can find anything valuable."
After she finished speaking, her door just closed.
Only Shang Yiran was left alone, disheveled in the wind.
*
When Joe returned to the room, he did not go to sleep. Instead, he turned on the computer and made some markings on the map.
In the lower right corner of her computer, there was a call button.
The name on it is: He Shanyi.
Qiao Ye: "With my current coordinates as the center and a radius of three kilometers, how many places can you find that meet the requirements?"
"One thousand and seventy-three. A three-kilometer radius is too long. You should shorten it. Besides, your current location is considered the city center. If you insist on a three-kilometer radius, I'm afraid the investigation will be quite difficult."
Joe also looked at the map, constantly looking for something on it.
"What if the circle has a radius of two kilometers, centered on the cooperative where the riot just occurred?"
"No, that's still too much. Are you sure it has to be a two-kilometer radius?"
"His car was parked only three hundred meters away from the cooperative where the riot occurred. However, the location where he parked it is an important transportation hub in the city center. Through it, you can travel in four directions, east, west, south, and north. These four directions connect to different parts of the city. Therefore, two kilometers is the shortest radius I think."
He Shanyi on the other end of the phone pondered for a moment, "I think we can try using the coordinates of K Chamber of Commerce as the center of the circle, with a radius of one kilometer."
His words made Qiao stunned for a moment, and she began to think about the possibility of He Shanyi's words.
Ultimately, she decided it was feasible.
K Chamber of Commerce was founded by Qiao Yang, so he must not be far away from there.
Then K Chamber of Commerce is also a logical center point.
"In that case, let's check as you said and see how many nearby meet the requirements."
Soon, a list came from He Shanyi.
"The people on this list completely meet the conditions you just specified."
Qiao also received this form, which was only for a few dozen households.
But compared with the more than 1,000 households mentioned above, this is already very good.
"grateful."
After saying that, Qiao was about to hang up the phone.
But before she could hang up, she heard the person on the other end of the phone say, "Are you sure you don't want to contact your girlfriend one last time before anything happens?"
“…” Qiao also paused.
Shang Yiran had asked her the same question just now.
Finally, she shook her head. "No. If this contact brings her unnecessary trouble, then I might not be able to continue working here with peace of mind."
"But she misses you very much." He Shanyi's words made Qiao Ye's heart twitch suddenly.
She could even imagine how devastated Pei Qing would be if he couldn't contact her.
But even so, she still shook her head firmly, "No."
"All right."
"Qiao Yang is an extremely dangerous person. He will definitely do whatever it takes to get his hands on me. Even if Xiaoqing is in China now, I can't be 100% sure of her safety. Xiaochen has his own things to do, and my people are not in China. The best way to save her life is for her to know nothing."
"..." The young man was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "You're right. It's getting late. Even if you're an iron man, you should rest."
"Um."
After hanging up the phone, Qiao also slumped in his chair.
Looking at the familiar phone number and the familiar person in the phone contacts.
Her notes to everyone were their names.
Only Pei Qing's notes were three numbers: 0, 9, 1, and 8.
This is Pei Qing's birthday.
She never paid attention to dates, not even her own birthday, but she added Pei Qing's birthday to her notes.
Now that she thought about it, she seemed to have never celebrated Pei Qing's birthday yet. After all the recent things were resolved, she would go back and give her a birthday party.
Just wait for her, it won't be long.
Thinking of this, she gradually felt sleepy and slowly closed her eyes.
*
Inside the car at this time
The man leaned back in the back seat, his eyes closed, as if he was dozing off.
The driver in front, after the routine questioning at the police station, rolled up the window and looked at the man behind him, "Mr. Qiao, where should we go now?"
After hearing the question, Qiao Yang slowly opened his eyes.
There was no sign of tiredness in his eyes, but rather they were hard and sharp, as if he had always been energetic.
"How many people did we lose this time?"
"One hundred and seventy-three," the driver replied, then asked in confusion, "But how did the police station get here so quickly today?"
The man opened his phone, looked at the headline currently trending, and said coldly, "Of course there's a newspaper behind this."
After reading it, the man turned off his phone and said, "Go back."
"yes."
He looked out the window and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.
Those dark black eyes were reflected from the car window.
Then he sneered, not knowing whether he was talking to himself or someone else: "Xiaoye, Xiaoye, you have indeed grown a lot in places I didn't know about. I just don't know if you can continue this game you started. After all, your father also wants to know how far you have grown."
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