Chapter 538 The Spread of Avian Flu
In the evening, Zhou Liang came to my place.
He had been staying inside the building with the higher-ups for most of the time and hadn't come out much. He only came out to find me now that he had finished dinner.
I have no idea what he's up to.
As soon as he entered my room, he said to me, "I told Chen Tianqi and the others that you're an undercover agent."
"Pfft!" I was drinking water when he said that, and I ended up spraying a mouthful of water all over his face.
Zhou Liang wiped the water off his face with a helpless expression and said, "I was just joking, did you have to go to such lengths?"
I rolled my eyes twice and said, "How can you joke like that!"
Zhou Liang shook his head. "You, you are just too conventional. You don't know how to be flexible in anything, and you don't know how to think things through carefully. If I told them that you were an undercover agent, do you think you would still be alive? Besides, you and I are friends in Zhang Lincai's eyes. If you are an undercover agent, then I would also be an undercover agent."
I really can't be bothered with him.
What are you doing here?
Zhou Liang said, "Don't you want to hear how I got involved with Chen Tianqi? Don't you want to hear what I said to them during the meeting?"
I said, "If you want to tell me, you will. If you don't want me to know, you won't be here now."
Zhou Liang laughed and said, "Since that's the case, considering how foolish you are, I'll mercifully tell you."
"Um."
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Liang told me about his encounter with Chen Tianqi.
Just as I imagined, all the coincidences were orchestrated by Zhou Liang.
After obtaining Chen Tianqi's address, he leaked the information to a small group of thieves with whom he harbored hatred, and then used these people to launch a surprise attack on Chen Tianqi.
Then, at that moment, Zhou Liang stepped in and resolved the crisis.
And so, naturally, he got involved with Chen Tianqi.
As for his identity, it's not a problem at all. He's been in the central town for so many days, and everyone there knows him better than I do. So no one would doubt his identity, and Chen Tianqi naturally wouldn't either. Even if he did have a doubt, it wouldn't be about his identity.
In addition, Zhou Liang is such a smooth talker.
Gaining someone's trust is a piece of cake; there's nothing to worry about.
As for the content of their meeting today...
Zhou Liang told me everything in detail.
It was mostly about future plans. Zhou Liang didn't go into too much detail about the specific plans, he just gave a general overview.
The development of the central town will proceed along two parallel lines: one is to keep an eye on Jiajiang, and the other is to keep an eye on Yao Chengjie. Once these two lines are started, they cannot be stopped until the central town has completely eliminated both of them.
I asked doubtfully, "Are you really going to wipe out Jiajiang and Yao Chengjie during this time?"
Zhou Liang said, "Don't worry about that. I have my own plans. Once I have control of the central town, you know what will happen next."
“I don’t understand.” I stared at Zhou Liang, understanding what he meant.
Zhou Liang patted my shoulder and said, "The resources in the entire Delta region are limited. Now, apart from the situation in Pearl City, which is still unclear, everything else is basically clear. No matter what the future holds, what's meant to happen will happen, so don't overthink it. You can't stop it."
I frowned, unsure of what to say.
Can't be stopped?
Zhou Liang laughed and said, "I'm telling the truth. Even if I die, you can't stop what's going to happen in the future. If you don't believe me, we'll see then, shall we?"
"Not very good."
Zhou Liang said, "Alright, I'm not going to waste any more time talking to you. I'm going back to sleep now; I've been exhausted for two days."
I felt helpless when I saw him leave my room.
He still managed to get close to the higher-ups in the central town. I really don't know whether I should feel sorry for those higher-ups or be glad.
With Zhou Liang, this scourge, involved, the future of the central town is basically set in stone.
Next, I'll just wait and see. Once Zhou Liang takes action, the landscape of the central town will be completely transformed.
...
The weather in November is getting cooler and cooler, and we are gradually wearing thicker clothes.
Zhou Liang has been quite well-behaved these days; I wonder what he's been up to.
I went back to the research institute a few days ago and talked to Sister Jing and Fei Lichao about the possible changes that might happen in the central town. So I told them to be prepared to evacuate at any time. I don't want the people in the research institute to be in danger of any crisis too soon.
Besides that, there's something I haven't told the little girl yet.
It's been almost half a month since her father, Zhong Jianzhou, passed away, and I still haven't told her the news.
I don't think it's the right time yet. I plan to bring Ye Cheng to the little girl in person and tell her the news. It might be cruel to her, but that's the only way. Otherwise, constantly deceiving her won't work.
We've been through so much together, and the little girl has grown up; she'll surely understand by now.
I originally wanted to go to Jiajiang, but I didn't go because I was worried about how closely the central town was monitoring things.
...
When I returned to the central town, something had happened there.
Only Zhang Lin knew about this, so when I returned, he hurriedly came to me and told me about it.
After hearing his words, I hurried to a room in a corner of the central town. This room had been quarantined by Zhang Lincai because everyone inside was infected with bird flu.
Their symptoms were the same as those of the two raiders who had died earlier.
Zhang Lincai asked, "What do we do now? If this disease spreads, the central town will be finished!"
I asked, "Are you sure only those three people are sick?"
Zhang Lincai nodded and said, "Yes, it was only the three of them. They were the three who went to deal with those two last time. Could they have been infected when they went there?"
I said, "It should be. You can keep these three here for now. I can't solve this problem. I'll have to go back and find Zhang Jianzhou to see if he has any way to cure them."
Zhang Lincai said, "Then go and come back soon."
"Um."
And so, I had just returned to the central town when I was out again.
Headed straight to the research institute.
I thought the matter would be over once those two people were dealt with, but I didn't expect that all three of them would get infected. It's really frustrating.
(End of this chapter)
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