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"I'll slip the medicine into the hidden clasp at the bottom of the microphone. If you successfully get the person out, I can have someone replace you. Remember, we don't have much time. Thirty minutes is the most I can give you. You have to finish everything and get the person out within thirty minutes. We're all in our positions; if we're away from our posts for too long, we'll be discovered."
Not long after receiving the woman's reply, two burly men entered and took away ten girls who had already put on makeup. Unfortunately, Lü Chaochao became one of them.
Not daring to react further, Lü Chaochao glanced at the woman out of the corner of her eye. The woman had been busy the whole time and hadn't looked at her once, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.
The courtyard house arranged by Fu Dong became Yuan Zhuan's temporary office.
“These are communication talismans. If you find Huang Qi and Wan Junian’s residence, burn it down. After burning it down, you can retreat.” Yuan Zhuan took out nine talismans and placed them on the table. Except for Bai Jianqiang, everyone else took one and put it away in surprise.
"Let's go."
"yes."
Following Yuan Zhuan's instructions, they each headed to their respective destinations to find Huang Qi and Wan Junian, which was the purpose of their journey.
"Did we find them to kidnap them and threaten them into releasing the goods?" Fu Dong asked, his mind still uneasy, after everyone had left.
"That's exactly what I wanted to tell you. Your goods will be released tonight. You need to arrange the delivery trucks and leave Orange Isle overnight without stopping."
The deceptive spell can only last for ten minutes at most, but that's enough. It's just a few phone calls, and then it's a good night's sleep. As long as you seize the opportunity to transfer the goods, there's enough time. By the time you receive a phone call the next morning, the place will be deserted, and there won't be any goods left.
This shipment is plentiful, enough to give the Fu family time to manage the long-term supply chain in Orange Isle.
"Okay." Fu Dong didn't expect things to turn around so quickly, and he suppressed his excitement and strode away.
In the ward, the slender figure appeared silently. Jiang Yan woke up from a nightmare and saw a dark figure standing at the foot of the bed. Startled, she reached out to pull the bell.
"It's me." A girl's voice rang out, and the bedside lamp turned on as well, but the button in my hand was hard and I couldn't press it.
'Oh no!' Jiang Yan's heart pounded as she repeatedly pressed the suddenly broken call bell.
Although the light wasn't very strong, when the girl got closer, Jiang Yan could see her face clearly and realized that she really was a child, a little girl.
"Who are you?" In the middle of the night, the girl appeared silently at the foot of the bed. This way of appearing made Jiang Yan break out in a cold sweat. She forced herself to get up and sat against the headboard, her eyes never leaving the girl's face.
“I saved your life, and we formed a pact at the brink of life and death. You have to do something for me,” Yuan Zhuan said bluntly.
"It's you!" Jiang Yan hadn't expected that what she saw before she lost consciousness was real. Someone had actually entered her room, given her life-saving medication, and made that strange phone call to Jiang Rui.
When her younger brother mentioned the unfamiliar phone number, Jiang Yan knew that someone had helped her, and the scene before she fell into a coma was mistaken for a hallucination at the point of death.
So, what I drank really was a miracle drug?
Jiang Yan's gaze was intense.
"Just name your conditions, and I'll do my best to help." She thanked her savior with actions, not words; Jiang Yan was always a woman of action.
"Start from Orange Isle, conduct a thorough search for human organ trafficking organizations. If you find them, don't alert them. Notify me, and I will send people to handle it. Orphanages, hospitals, clinics, and health centers are all key targets for investigation." Investigating organ trafficking organizations will inevitably require a lot of manpower and resources. She has no money, no power, and no one. Most importantly, she has no money, so she needs help.
"Human organ trafficking?" A thousand ways to repay a debt of gratitude flashed through Jiang Yan's mind, but she never imagined that she would be asked to investigate crimes. "Are you a family member of a police officer?"
"Me? I'm just someone who needs merit." Merit can give her so many things, including those long-lost talismans in the system shop, but she needs merit to complete the exchange.
She had only recently learned that the gold coins weren't a panacea at all; it was a new feature that appeared after the system upgrade, which she had only discovered recently. Previously, the damn system had hidden it, claiming it was useless to her before—she didn't believe a word of it.
What angered her most was that a portion of her exchange with the post-apocalyptic world was absorbed by the system into the merit option. In other words, the system pocketed the money and inflated her exchange amount.
“Okay. However, investigating these matters may inevitably involve some dangers that I cannot protect myself from. You will be responsible for the personal safety of my brother and me.” Jiang Yan did not hesitate, after all, her request was not unreasonable.
"Of course." Anyone who dares to engage in organ trafficking so brazenly within China is no ordinary person; the level of danger is naturally high. "I am a Feng Shui master, also known as a Celestial Master, and I am skilled in making talismans."
Jiang Yan: ……
Even if Yuan Zhuan wanted to ignore it, he couldn't get past Jiang Yan's expression that looked like she was looking at a lunatic.
"Little cutie, come out and say hello to your big sister." Yuan Zhuan sighed.
It was late at night, and she didn't want to scare Jiang Yan, but in order to prove her identity, she had no choice but to call out her friends.
Jiang Yan stared blankly as Yuan Zhuan raised his hand and waved, and then...
"Ah!!" A piercing scream echoed through the ward, but there was no sound outside the door.
No one heard it.
Jiang Yan felt that she had never been more frightened than she had been tonight in her entire life.
When the girl spoke, she was on guard, thinking there were other companions in the room. Little did she know, her 'little darlings' were just countless tiny red paper figures flying in the air.
Fear made every pore of her skin breathe in cold air!
"Don't look anymore, don't look anymore, let them go, let them go... I believe you, I believe you now! I believe you now..."
Yuan Zhuan sat down on the sofa with some guilt and gently comforted them, "Don't be afraid, the little cuties have already gone home."
Jiang Yan: ……
My heart is pounding so hard it's about to jump out of my chest!
Damn it!! Are you trying to kill us?!
This world really does have that kind of thing?!
When Yuan Zhuan left, he left behind a stack of talismans and an instruction manual.
As Yuan Zhuan disappeared through the window, she thought to herself that the talisman was quite up-to-date, even having an instruction manual for it.
"Hey, this is the 12th floor!!" Jiang Yan saw Yuan Zhuan climb onto the windowsill and screamed in pain. The next second, Yuan Zhuan jumped out of the window and disappeared into the night.
Jiang Yan was so provoked that she turned on the main light, slid off the bed while clutching her C-section wound, rushed to the window and looked down. Beside the green lawn, the streetlights cast a cold, eerie glow, without a trace of warmth. There was nothing on the paving stones or on the lawn.
Yes, she didn't hear the sound of the thing hitting the ground at all.
Looking back at the stack of talismans on the bedside table, she realized that what had just happened was not a dream, nor did she have a mental breakdown.
So, that girl really was her savior, and also a true feng shui master!
Outside the door, Jiang Rui frantically turned the doorknob, but couldn't open it. He couldn't understand why the door had been locked so tightly after he simply got up to use the bathroom, and no matter how hard he pounded on it, there was no response from inside. A chill ran down Jiang Rui's spine; he couldn't imagine what was happening inside, and his legs even went weak with fear.
The loud noise attracted the nurses and doctors on duty, who rushed over anxiously. However, there was still no sound from inside. The nurses, doctors, and security guards took turns opening and banging on the door, but it was as if it were welded shut and wouldn't budge no matter what they did. It was as if they were banging on a wall of iron, cold and hard, not a hospital door.
"This door is really weird. Aren't all the doors in our hospital supposed to be counterfeit? How come it's so hard and ice cold?" the security guard muttered.
Seeing that the door remained locked and even the key was useless, Jiang Rui took out his phone to call the fire department. Suddenly, with a click, the door opened from the inside, and Jiang Yan's pale face appeared before everyone.
And so, surprise and silence spread through the air.
After confirming that Yuan Zhuan was indeed a remarkable person, Jiang Yan felt much better. It was at this moment that she heard the sound of a lock being opened outside. Her first reaction was that she couldn't let anyone see the talismans, so she put the talismans away before opening the door.
"Can't you open the door? How long has it been?" After seeing the others off, Jiang Rui told Jiang Yan about the fright she had just experienced, still feeling shaken. She also complained that Jiang Yan was sleeping too soundly, which made Jiang Yan notice something strange and ask her more questions.
"Let me see... Hmm, about fifteen minutes." Jiang Rui looked at Jiang Yan, who seemed lost in thought. "You're hiding something from me."
"Yes." This time, Jiang Yan had figured out how to tell Jiang Rui.
Jiang Yan hadn't mentioned Yuan Zhuan's matter before because she thought it was a hallucination. Now that she was sure it wasn't, and considering that Yuan Zhuan's conditions were impossible for her to fulfill alone, Jiang Yan decided not to hide it anymore. Besides, Yuan Zhuan hadn't said she couldn't tell her brother.
Since I was rescued, very little has happened, and it can be explained without much elaboration.
After listening to his sister's words and seeing the stack of long, scribbled paper strips, Jiang Rui got up, walked to the window, looked down, and turned to look at his sister with a suspicious expression. "Sister, are you alright?" Did she buy this stack of talismans from some charlatan and make up a story because she was afraid of being accused of spending too much money?
Jiang Yan rolled her eyes. "Believe it or not. You said yourself, the door just wouldn't open. Go try opening and closing it now. Besides, isn't the condition she asked for my help enough to convince you? Do you think I'd go out of my way to steal a police officer's job?"
Jiang Rui raised an eyebrow and went over to test the door. Just like during the day, the door was still completely empty. Oh, that means the center of the door was hollow.
That heavy thing just now, like it was welded shut, felt like an illusion.
Could it really be...?
Thinking of this, Jiang Rui felt goosebumps rise on her arms.
So, there really are Taoist masters? And they're this powerful?
Lu Chaochao limped and ran frantically forward. There wasn't a single pedestrian on the street, and even the streetlights were far apart. The light was so dim that this night-blind person could hardly tell which way to go. She could only run forward by instinct.
Because her vision was obstructed, she had fallen several times, twisted her ankle, and was in excruciating pain in several joints.
But she couldn't stop. Just after she had switched identities with that woman and stepped out of the alley, she heard a commotion on the street outside. Even though she didn't want to admit it, she knew in her heart that it was related to her. The girl who had switched identities with her had been discovered.
Why was it discovered so early?
The girl was still running for her life in the darkness, unaware that the nightmarish man had already caught up with her in his car.
Not long after they started driving home, Huang Qi realized something was wrong with the person in his arms. Although the scent was the same, the feel was different. Huang Qi turned on the lights in shock and anger, and sure enough, the person in his arms wasn't the one he wanted.
Ignoring the woman's screams, he pulled open the car door and threw her out of the car, then told the driver to step on the gas and drive forward.
That runaway brat, once he catches her today, he'll make sure she can't get out of bed for ten days and ten nights! Then he'll throw the rotten parts to his brothers!
Anyone who dares to mess with Huang Qi is just wasting air!
Bai Jianqiang and Wu Tianqing followed Yuan Zhuan for a walk late at night, but both of them remained calm, as if it were nothing out of the ordinary.
Time displayed: 00:45!
"Let's go, let's collect some merit while we're at it." Yuan Zhuan suddenly stopped and said this. Then, the three of them disappeared near the flower bed by the roadside, completely disregarding the feelings of the car driver coming from behind.
As the three disappeared, a car slammed on its brakes, making a screeching sound as the tires scraped the ground.
"This is unbelievable!!!"
The driver jerked the steering wheel and drove back.
The night was so quiet that only her own rapid breathing could be heard. Her throat was burning. Lü Chaochao dared not cry, nor dared she stop. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the bright headlights of a car speeding towards her from behind.
She knew that those people had caught up with her.
At that moment, she desperately wanted to smash her head against the wall in the street; it would be better than being violated. At least she could leave with her innocence intact.
There wasn't even a single alleyway to hide in in this entire area. Such a dark place, located right in the heart of the city—how dare they, how dare they?!
The lights grew brighter and brighter, and a sharp whistle came from behind—the excited whistle of a hunter spotting his prey. He's here!
The old man's kind and gentle face kept replaying in my mind.
Grandpa, Grandma, I am unfilial every day. I don't want to live a dirty and wretched life. I want to leave this world with a clear conscience.
I'm so sorry, Grandpa and Grandma, in the next life...
Huang Qi leaned out and saw the limping prey ahead stop resignedly. The excitement in his eyes intensified. Hiss... a game of escape, seems quite interesting. If the little girl makes him happy, maybe he won't have to send her away. Hmm...
So happy...
"Young Master, should we stop the car?" The person the young master wants has already stopped. Shouldn't we get out and arrest them?
"Stop." The prey is in the net; it's time to reel it in. He's a bit tired and sleepy today.
As I opened the car door, the girl in the lamplight was breathtakingly beautiful even from behind.
He knew that the beauty he had chosen was rare; she was the first person who could captivate him with just her back view.
“Lu Chaochao, you…” A smile of delight spread across her face as she turned around.
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