Chapter 669 is trending again
After much deliberation, Feng Tianyu gave a relatively subtle answer: "Because my uncle has long since... been completely annihilated, body and soul."
"Completely destroyed, body and soul?" Ye Wanxi was taken aback. What kind of situation would require such a phrase?
"Yes, my uncle did something wrong in his early years. Later, he was hunted down by his enemies. He was no match for them and eventually died."
A mistake? An enemy? What kind of mistake could it be to make this enemy so enraged that he would hunt down his martial uncle to the point of annihilation? This must be an irreconcilable feud, right?
Seeing that Ye Wanxi seemed to be intimidated by his words, Feng Tianyu quickly continued to deceive her: "The image shown in that mirror is just an illusion. Maybe it was deliberately made up to deceive you."
"What you said makes sense." Ye Wanxi nodded, but still felt that something was not quite right.
However, she could tell that Feng Tianyu did not want to dwell on this topic any further, so she did not ask any more questions. She thought that when she handed the raw stone to her third senior brother, she might be able to ask him about her Uncle Wu.
Just then, Xiang Junwuduan was pondering how to deal with that precious stone when he suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as if someone was thinking about him.
Because of the incident at the commercial street, Ye Wanxi and her companion left R City a day later than Qiu Yuerong.
On the same day they changed course to the neighboring city, there was new information about the people who had been taken away by Xiao Jihui's men.
These people are indeed ordinary people, and they always thought they were doing legitimate business, being honest employees and business people. They never expected to get into trouble for no reason.
“Our people administered lie detector tests to them, which confirmed that they were not lying. They always believed that the shops they worked for were legitimate businesses, and that they were just regular employees getting paid. They were completely unaware of the dangers of the stuff in those shops, and they didn’t intend to harm anyone.”
"So, this was just a coincidence?"
"That's not entirely true. We tried asking them to describe the shop owner, but according to them, he doesn't come to the shop often, and very few people have seen him. The only person who has met him a few times is the shop manager. But..."
"But……"
"However, when we asked him to describe what the other person looked like, he said he couldn't remember at all."
It's quite a mystery. At first, when the person in charge said that, they all thought it was an excuse to shirk responsibility and protect the mastermind behind the scenes. But later they found that the person in charge was also scared half to death.
Because he had genuinely forgotten what the other person looked like, even though they hadn't seen each other every day before, they had at least seen each other a few times a month.
Not to mention that before the incident, the other party had personally brought Ye Wanxi and the other person to meet him. Only a few hours later, he couldn't remember what the other party looked like at all. He might not even recognize him if they met on the street now. It's unbelievable!
The person in charge firmly believed that he had encountered a ghost, and during the subsequent interrogation, he was trembling with fear and paranoia, which increased the difficulty of everyone's work.
After hearing the explanation, Ye Wanxi roughly guessed what had happened.
She said that things weren't that simple, and that the boss behind the scenes must have anticipated this situation and therefore put a smokescreen on his face beforehand.
You might not think much of him when you meet him, but once you part ways, people who have seen his face will gradually forget him and may even give him the wrong information.
The other party had considered all the consequences, and their plan to trace the mastermind through these people had fallen through.
Fortunately, these people are not entirely useless.
The person in charge who was arrested had worked in the store for two or three years, and had been in charge of all the store's affairs for the first two years.
Because they deal in high-end jade products, many people have bought things from their store, but almost everyone has registered with their real name.
When Xiao Jihui's men couldn't get the mastermind out of him, they quickly changed their approach and ordered them to retrieve the entire customer list and compare it one by one to confirm the whereabouts of the goods in the store.
This is undoubtedly a huge amount of work, but the results are remarkable.
Xiao Jihui's men recovered a number of goods. Some were indeed just ordinary samples, but others, like the human skin paintings of the Zhang family and the tea pets of the Li and Du families, were terrible things that could harm people.
Some have already been killed, while others are still troubled and confused by their misfortunes, completely unaware of the danger.
Xiao Jihui and his team eventually recovered about a hundred of these items. They were both angry and relieved, and hurriedly piled them up to ask someone to help them destroy them.
Ye Wanxi and her companion did not pay attention to what happened next.
As soon as Ye Wanxi arrived in Z City, her phone rang. It was Gao Min calling, her tone a little helpless: "What are you guys up to this time?"
Ye Wanxi looked completely bewildered: "What's going on?"
Gao Min was both angry and amused, and directly threw several news screenshots at Ye Wanxi: "Don't you know what good things you've done? Look, they've been hanging up there all day."
Ye Wanxi looked closely and realized that her rescue of people with Feng Tianyu had made the news.
The two were in a hurry to save the person and didn't pay attention to whether someone was secretly filming nearby, including not only photos but also videos.
However, since both of them were disguised and wearing masks, the news report did not name them directly, but instead described them as: a pair of heroines in the fire, and winged angels in the explosion.
Ye Wanxi: "..."
Feng Tianyu: "..."
What kind of awful title is this? Is it really that embarrassing?
Ye Wanxi swallowed hard and asked awkwardly, "How did you know that we were in there?"
Gao Min rolled her eyes at her: "How could I not recognize my own artists? Even if you were wearing masks, I could still recognize you two by your height."
Of course, familiarity is one aspect, but the most important reason is that there are very few people who can do what they did, scaling walls and braving wind and fire, and the incident happened to occur in R City.
Ye Wanxi and her companion haven't returned after filming the variety show, so they're still in R City, aren't they?
Ye Wanxi touched her nose and said guiltily, "The matter was urgent, and we didn't think much about it at the time. We didn't expect to be filmed."
Gao Min breathed a sigh of relief: "Alright, alright, I didn't call you to criticize you. Saving people is a good thing, but next time something like this happens, remember to report it to me first, just in case."
"Hmm, what about this then?"
"Your disguise is quite successful; no one can prove that these two people are you yet. However, the abilities you displayed early on were too eye-catching, and now people are starting to suspect you. I'm calling you to ask if you're planning to take this on? If so, I'll inform people now and capitalize on the opportunity to create hype; if not, I'll contact someone to delete the comments as soon as possible."
(End of this chapter)
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