Chapter 4 A conspiracy is brewing
Passersby ran and screamed.
This wind is so weird!
Several shop signs were scraped off, and one of them happened to hit a young man passing by.
Bang!
The loud noise startled everyone.
"Anything?"
"Hurry, save them!"
The strong wind appeared and disappeared quickly, and everything was fine in just over ten seconds.
Passersby on the street quickly ran over and lifted the sign together to save the young man.
Fortunately, the sign was made of a cloth inlaid in the middle of an iron frame. When it fell down, the iron frame did not hit the young man, but the cloth covered him, causing him to fall but not hurt anywhere.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, helped the young man up, and talked about it.
"These past few days have been really weird. There have been several gusts of wind blowing out of nowhere in the city. Yesterday, the gust of wind in the east of the city even killed someone."
"Is it related to this typhoon?"
"Did you see the news online? It's not just in City C. The winds are even stronger elsewhere. A prison in the suburbs of neighboring City D was completely ripped apart by a tornado."
"Yes, I heard rumors that many people died, and some even took the opportunity to escape from prison!"
Qiao Lan was standing on the side of the road. When the wind started blowing just now, she was passing by Lao Guo's hotpot restaurant again. She held onto a parasol stone pillar at the door to steady herself.
Otherwise, with such a strong wind, she, weighing over 140 pounds, would be blown away.
Hearing everyone's discussion at this time, Qiao Lan couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, people just thought it was strange that the wind suddenly came out of nowhere, and thought it was just another manifestation of abnormal climate this year. They had not yet linked this incident to the destruction of the world.
After all, the end of the world only appears in science fiction movies and novels. Who would believe it in normal life?
"I think this wind is abnormal. I'm afraid the end of the world is coming." Qiao Lan tried to join in the discussion of passers-by.
"Hahaha, the little girl has a rich imagination!"
"It would be great if the end of the world came, so I don't have to go to work."
"Tsk, you have to go to work even if the world ends. Even if the whole city falls on your boss, he won't let you be late."
"Hahaha!"
Everyone laughed and dispersed.
Qiao Lan smiled bitterly.
She knew this would be the outcome before she even opened her mouth.
If everyone knew that the end of the world was coming and took precautions in time and hid in a safe place, wouldn't there be fewer deaths and could the social structure be maintained?
Even if all living things mutate in the future, as long as the basic order of human society is maintained, the situation will be better and will not lead to a bloody and cruel hell.
Sadly, at this time the streets were bustling, the city was bustling with activity, and it was peaceful.
Who would believe that a wind could bring about the end of the world?
Her advance warning was of no use.
"Xiao Qiao, come in and take a look. Is it okay to put this kind of tofu skin in the hot pot?"
When Qiao Lan was about to continue shopping, Lao Guo called her from behind in the store.
She entered the store puzzled.
"Don't you know what kind of tofu skin I like best?"
Old Guo waited until she came closer, then lowered his voice mysteriously.
"See that guy behind the tree on the street? He's been watching you for a while. He's a habitual thief on this street, and he's probably set his sights on your bag. You shouldn't be carrying so much cash around with you, young lady."
Qiao Lan looked in the direction Lao Guo pointed, and sure enough, there was a man wandering around there bored, glancing over here from time to time.
Qiao Lan smiled and patted her schoolbag: "It's okay, we've almost spent all the money here, who would dare to rob us in broad daylight?"
"Be careful and go back to school early."
"Okay, thanks Uncle Guo for the reminder. I'll pick up the food tonight!"
Qiao Lan left the hot pot restaurant and deliberately strolled back and forth on the street for a while before getting in the car. Sure enough, the thief was following her not far away.
It seems like he is looking for an opportunity to strike?
The thief stopped only after she drove away. However, Qiao Lan saw him take out his cell phone and make a call in the rearview mirror.
Can’t contact your accomplices?
Qiao Lan smiled.
She is no longer the ordinary girl she was back then. With the skills she has gained from the apocalypse, she can kill three thieves like this in seconds.
So she didn't take it seriously and stepped on the accelerator to rush to the next shopping place.
The truck sped away.
Not far from where the truck had stopped, a young man appeared behind a tree on the corner of the street.
He spoke softly into the tiny microphone in his collar.
"Captain, we've installed a tracking device in her car so we can keep track of her movements. Do you need me to drive after her?"
This man has been following Qiao Lan since she left the campus, and he knows everything Qiao Lan has done in the past half day.
Ye Qi's voice came from the receiver in his ear, calm and low.
"No need. Go back and keep your eyes on target number 6."
"Yes, Captain, someone who looks like a thief is targeting her."
"Don't worry about it, just wait and see."
"yes!"
The young man wandered into the street crowd, ordinary, without any characteristics, just a passerby on the street.
at this time.
An open lawn on the campus of C University.
There was no one around, so Ye Qi made several phone calls and assigned tasks to the team members.
He works in the national security system and this time he came to City C to carry out a highly confidential mission. One of the targets, No. 6, is active in City C.
He went to the library to take over the surveillance, but the target No. 6 did not behave in any special way. However, Qiao Lan, who was two study tables away from No. 6, gave him a "surprise".
Attacking him is secondary. This girl's behavior is too weird.
Spending hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars!
Large-scale purchases of rice, flour, grain and oil may affect residents' livelihood security.
I always feel that there is a big conspiracy brewing.
The phone vibrates.
Ye Qi clicked on the message, and the information department sent Qiao Lan's latest investigation results—
A junior girl has a huge amount of money of more than 30 million in her account, and it turns out that all the money came from legitimate sources?
More than 20 million yuan is the inheritance from the adoptive parents: including deposits, house demolition compensation, redemption proceeds from a large supermarket, and compensation and insurance money for accidental death during travel.
Qiao Lan earned more than six million yuan from stock trading since he was a child.
The remaining millions were profits from various small businesses she had run over the years.
I have to say, she is very good at making money.
In addition, she also has an apartment, a country vacation villa, two business properties, two cars, and a large stock fund.
The sources of the property were all clear and none of them were related to the criminal forces that Ye Qi was investigating this time.
Ye Qi stared at the survey results, frowning slightly.
Lost in thought.
"A-choo!"
As soon as Qiao Lan parked his car at a factory in the suburbs, he sneezed loudly.
Who cares about me?
She rubbed her nose but didn't care.
I followed the factory owner around the warehouse quickly and paid the money without hesitation.
This is a factory that produces PVC folding pools.
High-density polyethylene material, no rust, no leakage, soft and plastic.
The outside is a stainless steel bracket, which supports it to become a large pool when in use. It is generally used as a fire water storage tank or a simple outdoor swimming pool for home use with a large capacity.
When not in use, it can be folded up like an uninflated balloon and does not take up space.
The price of 20m3 is more than 6,000 yuan each. Qiao Lan bought all the inventory in the warehouse of this small factory, more than 1,000 yuan, worth more than 6 million yuan.
It is impossible to pay the full amount.
Save as much as possible. Qiao Lan wants to buy a lot of things and maximize the efficiency of exchanging 30 million in savings for supplies.
Cash transactions make it easier for the other party to evade taxes, so Qiao Lan lowered the price to 5.5 million. When he came, he took out several large bags of banknotes in advance and paid a 30% deposit on the spot, which was more than one million.
Why buy so many folding pools?
Qiao Lan wants to use it to hold water.
In the end times, there is a severe shortage of water!
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