Upon hearing Lu Yuan agree to help him, Zhou Qi's face immediately showed a look of gratitude.
"Here's what happened: A few days ago, I came home from get off work and my wife said we were out of baby formula. She wasn't eating well and didn't have any breast milk, so she asked me to find a way to get some money to buy some formula. So I borrowed some from the team and took the formula with me on my way back. That night at dinner, my wife told me that Old Wang's wife next door had recently gone to pan for gold with a gold panning team and said she would be back in half a month. She said she would earn at least 10,000 yuan by then!"
"Gold panning teams? There are gold panning teams? There are gold mines in Anhui Province?" Upon hearing this, a hint of suspicion flashed across Lu Yuan's face.
"No, this 'gold panning team' is just a name. They don't actually go to find gold; they go to other places to get some new materials! It's said that the prices are very high, but you need someone to introduce you to get in!"
Upon hearing about this new material, Lu Yuan's heart skipped a beat. He had previously learned from Yan Bing that the case at Shizijie was related to the new material. He hadn't expected that Zhou Qi had also received information about the new material, so he immediately went over to ask.
"You mean your wife went to the gold mining team too? How do you get on the gold mining team?"
Zhou Qi shook his head: "I asked Lao Wang, but he didn't say. He said he didn't know either, he just heard someone mention it!"
Lu Yuan was secretly delighted. He was just wondering where to start with this case when Zhou Qi brought him news. It was like a clue delivered right to his door!
So Lu Yuan quickly said, "Okay! Then take me to find your neighbor, Old Wang! I want to ask him myself what's going on!"
However, Lu Yuan thought for a moment and continued, "Wait a minute! Didn't your team three investigate? That area should be your jurisdiction!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Qi said angrily, "Actually, I shouldn't have said this, since Qian Liang is my boss and it's not appropriate for me to say such things to him. But I can't find my wife either, so I have no choice but to say it!"
"Alright! Just say what you want to say. There's no need for us to hide anything from each other! As long as I can help you!" Lu Yuan shrugged, still somewhat puzzled. After all, Zhou Qi's words indicated that he didn't want to offend Qian Liang. However, he was curious as to why this matter involved Qian Liang.
After a few seconds of pause, Zhou Qi said, "I went to see Qian Liang on the first day my wife went missing, and he agreed to help me look for her. But on the first day, instead of looking for her, they notified all the witnesses! This made me very angry."
"What? Notify the witnesses? Does that mean Qian Liang knows of any witnesses in this matter?"
"Yes, he probably didn't want to offend some people, so he did this! I've been working for him for over a year, doing all sorts of things! Even if I haven't done anything great, I've still put in a lot of effort. I don't know why he would treat me like this! So, Lu Yuan, please, you have to help me!"
After speaking, Zhou Qi's eyes were already red, clearly indicating that he was quite upset about the matter.
Lu Yuan walked up to Zhou Qi and gently patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Brother, don't worry, I'll investigate this matter thoroughly! Also, tell me everything you know! I'll send people over to investigate and see if we can find any clues about your wife!"
"Thank you! Thank you, brother! I..." Zhou Qi was so excited that he couldn't speak. After all, in this indifferent apocalypse, people were content as long as they could live well, and the life and death of others were basically none of their business.
After calming down, Zhou Qi told Lu Yuan everything he knew, and there were some points of doubt that Lu Yuan couldn't understand.
"You mean these new materials are related to the food and medical fields?" Lu Yuan asked quickly, somewhat surprised.
“That’s right! I found this in some cases. These new materials are definitely related to food and medicine, but the source of these new materials is unknown! They are keeping it very secret, and very few people know about it!”
"Okay! Is your neighbor currently under Qian Liang's control? Is it still possible to find him?"
Zhou Qi nodded hurriedly: "Yes! Yes! Are you looking for him?"
"Hmm! We can only find clues from him! Here's what we'll do: you go back first, I'll take care of things at the team and then come over. You haven't changed your phone number yet, have you?"
No! It's the same one as before!
Lu Yuan nodded, then saw Zhou Qi off and quickly gathered the team members together.
The group sat in the conference room. Lu Yuan remained silent, not saying a word, his eyes still fixed on the list that Minister Chen had sent over that morning.
A few minutes later, Lu Yuan briefly explained what had happened.
"I reckon this matter is quite connected to people at higher levels, so we must be very careful this time and not act rashly. Everyone, take your equipment and head to the outer city!"
"yes!"
...
Around nine o'clock in the evening, Zhou Qi sat in his office smoking cheap cigarettes and would occasionally take out his phone to look at it.
However, Zhou Qi waited all afternoon but still didn't receive a call from Lu Yuan. Just as he was getting impatient and was about to call Lu Yuan to ask when he would arrive, a quarrel suddenly broke out outside.
"Holy crap! You little brat, you dare come back? You've got some nerve!"
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