Before we knew it, it was already mid-October, and the weather wasn't as hot as before.
Zhang Jianzhou came to the research institute yesterday because he had run out of his medication, and Lin Zijie came with him.
We have verified Lin Zijie's identity. We spent a whole day searching through the files at the research institute and found his file, confirming that this guy is indeed Lin Zijie.
But to be honest, I still don't really welcome him.
It's unclear what this guy's purpose is in coming to the research institute, so even though he's inside, I had Lu Yun keep an eye on him to prevent him from making any unauthorized moves.
As for Zhang Jianzhou, he's getting anxious now.
After all, the place to get the medicine is quite far away, and it would take at least a dozen hours to get there. In addition, all sorts of things could happen on the way, so it might take a whole day to get there.
Zhang Jianzhou only has one pill left, so he has to leave today, otherwise he'll be doomed if he runs out of medicine.
So, after Zhang Jianzhou's persistent pleas, I agreed to let him go to the medicine pick-up location today.
We set off around nine o'clock in the morning.
When I set off, I didn't tell Jingjie and the others what I was going to do. I just made up an excuse, and Jingjie probably didn't think much of it, so she didn't ask any further questions.
As for Lin Zijie, whose origins are unknown, Sister Jing and the others will definitely keep a close eye on him and prevent him from doing anything strange in the research institute. If he does, they will definitely kick him out of the institute immediately.
After Zhang Jianzhou and I set off, Zhang Jianzhou told me the exact location to pick up the medicine, which was a place called Yuelin Town. As for how to get there, Zhang Jianzhou himself was also confused.
The main problem was that he had never traveled from the research institute to Yuelin Town before. In the past few months, he had always traveled directly from the central town. Now that he had suddenly changed direction, he was having some trouble finding his way.
So he planned to go to the central town first, and then to Yuelin town.
According to his own calculations, there was enough time, after all, there was still one pill left to last until tomorrow night or even the day after tomorrow morning.
But I did not agree.
The reason is simple: if we get there so late, the person who placed the medicine there will probably have already left. My idea is that when we get there, we can meet the person who delivered the medicine face to face. In this way, we can catch them and find out the location of their research institute from them.
I was driving, and Zhang Jianzhou was sitting in the passenger seat. I asked, "Do you not want me to run into the person who delivered the medicine?"
Zhang Jianzhou gave a wry smile, "How could that be? I'd love for you two to run into each other."
I narrowed my eyes and smiled slightly at him.
Zhang Jianzhou felt uneasy under my gaze and asked, "What do you mean by looking at me like that?"
I said, "Zhang Jianzhou, I know what you're thinking, and I know you're conflicted right now, but it's okay, let nature take its course. If we can run into the person who delivered the medicine, that would be great. If not, we still have a chance. Anyway, the one thing I don't lack right now is time. If we can't run into him this month, then we'll try again next month. If we still can't run into him next month, I'll start to suspect that you did it on purpose."
Zhang Jianzhou's expression was indescribable, and he looked at me with some disgust.
I didn't waste any more words with him and continued driving in the direction he had indicated.
Zhang Jianzhou is actually very conflicted right now. He is afraid of death, but he also wants to be free.
So he's currently experiencing two extremes. One is that he doesn't want me to run into the person delivering the medicine, so he can safely get the medication and not have to worry about anything for the next month. The second scenario is that he really wants me to run into the other person, so he can learn the location of the research institute from them and use that information to perhaps develop an antidote so he can stop suffering like this.
Although I hate him, I can only endure it for Pu Weichao's sake. After everything is over, I will not let him live.
Otherwise, it would be too easy on him.
We didn't talk much on the way, since he hates me quite a bit now.
I reckon this guy is definitely up to no good.
Actually, when we were still at the research institute, Zhang Jianzhou's anxious demeanor already struck me as odd.
After leaving the research institute, he said he wanted to go through the central town. If he was in such a hurry, why did he take a long detour?
There's definitely something fishy going on here.
I hope he doesn't try anything funny on the way. If he tries to ambush me, I won't hesitate to kill him.
I can take my time with Pu Weichao's matter, and I can take my time with the other research institute's matter. None of this is necessary. If he really wants to get rid of me on this path, I really don't mind killing him.
When we go to the central town again, I can just make up a reason. I think Ye Qian and the others will think of me first, since I will be the only doctor in the central town then.
As we continued forward, we gradually arrived at an unfamiliar place.
Two hours later, around noon, I stopped the car, intending to rest and have a meal.
Zhang Jianzhou had no objection to this, and they got out of the car to rest together.
During dinner, Zhang Jianzhou said something that really bothered me.
"I'll drive this afternoon, you can rest."
When I heard this, I kept my head down and didn't see Zhang Jianzhou's expression, but I knew what his purpose was. He wanted to lure me to the ambush he had set up so that he could fall into his trap.
Faced with his question, I smiled, stood up, and said, "No need, I'm not tired yet. You can drive it tomorrow."
Zhang Jianzhou didn't make any excessive demands on him to drive, and after I refused, he never brought it up again. I don't know if he's thinking of another way.
Or perhaps it's just that I'm overthinking things, and all the conspiracies are just my own ideas, while Zhang Jianzhou never even considered such things.
And so, with a heart full of doubt, we set off again after resting.
The rest of the journey was peaceful, and nothing unexpected happened.
Following Zhang Jianzhou's directions from his memory, we got closer and closer to Yuelin Town.
During that time, I saw some convoys appear in the distance, but they didn't notice us and left directly, so we didn't pay much attention to them.
Around 4 p.m., Zhang Jianzhou said, "If all goes well, we'll be able to reach Yuelin Town after we bypass the city ahead."
(End of this chapter)
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