The restaurant Xiao Yao chose was located on Street 275. It was a small, ordinary-looking restaurant.
When Xiao Yao brought Xie Xuan into the restaurant, there were not many people in the restaurant. The boss was sitting behind the counter chatting with a customer. When he saw Xiao Yao come in, he stood up and walked over enthusiastically, "Boss Xiao is here."
Xiao Yao smiled and bumped fists with his boss, "Let's keep it the same today."
"Okay." The boss saw Xie Xuan following behind Xiao Yao and winked at him mischievously, "Girlfriend?"
Xie Xuan was afraid that Xiao Yao would say something shocking, so she was about to answer herself when she heard Xiao Yao say seriously, "New teammate, come over and have dinner together."
The boss put away his gossiping thoughts and said, "So you are Boss Xiao's colleague. Please take a seat."
Xie Xuan smiled and said "OK", then found a seat to sit down with Xiao Yao.
They were sitting right in front of the projection screen. It was noon and the TV was showing the midday news from the nearby streets.
The boss went into the kitchen and came out to talk to Xiao Yao shortly afterwards. Xiao Yao turned around and chatted with the boss. Xie Xuan looked up at the screen out of boredom, but happened to see a familiar name.
"Yesterday, the 278th Subdistrict Court formally filed a public prosecution against Xue Yunfei for a serious criminal case. It's reported that police recently received evidence indicating that Xue Yunfei has long used the Taikang Hospital under his name to commit heinous crimes. Our reporter..."
Of course, the evidence received by the police was provided by Xie Xuan, but Xie Xuan did not expect the police and the media to be so quick.
This news report lasted for a full five minutes, and during these five minutes, the boss had already finished chatting with Xiao Yao and returned to the kitchen.
Xiao Yao raised his head following Xie Xuan's gaze and saw Xue Yunfei's name appear in the news for the last time.
"Xue Yunfei..." Xiao Yao murmured, "You are the one who was parasitized and transformed into the C-level realm before, right?"
Xie Xuan looked down at Xiao Yao, "Yes, you remember it so clearly?"
Xiao Yao smiled and poured Xie Xuan a glass of water before saying, "Because he and I are from the same hometown, I knew him before the accident happened."
Xie Xuan was originally worried about not being able to find other clues. "Isn't he from 278th Street?"
"No." Xiao Yao shook his head, "He's from 98th Street."
The smaller the street number, the closer it is to the administrative center of District 6. Although this does not fully represent the prosperity of each street, most of the streets with numbers within 100 are well developed.
Although Street 278 is one of the best developed among dozens of nearby streets, it is still inferior to Street 98.
"Then why did he come here?" Xie Xuan asked puzzledly.
"I don't know about that. Maybe it's work-related?" Xiao Yao said. "Before coming to 278 Street, he worked in a hospital affiliated with the 98 Street Ecological Organization. Maybe he was sent here by the organization."
Hearing the word "ecological organization" from Xiao Yao's mouth made Xie Xuan feel a subtle feeling. Since Xiao Yao knew that he had a very bad reputation in the Ecological Bureau, he should not be unaware that in the eyes of other people in the Ecological Bureau, he was almost labeled as an ecological organization.
Xie Xuan didn't think about Xiao Yao for the time being. If what Xiao Yao said about Xue Yunfei was true, then was it possible that Xue Yunfei had seen her in the hospital affiliated with the ecological organization of Street 98?
"How do you know where Xue Yunfei worked before?" Xie Xuan asked.
Xiao Yao didn't care about Xie Xuan's obvious distrust. He smiled, looked at Xie Xuan and said, "Before I came here, I worked at the ecological organization on Street 98. He and I were colleagues. I met him a few times, but he left first and I was transferred here. It was by chance that I found out that he opened a hospital on Street 278."
Xie Xuan didn't expect Xiao Yao to directly say that he had worked in the ecological organization. Now the ecological organization and the ecological situation in District 6 are in turmoil. Xie Xuan thought Xiao Yao would at least cover it up.
"There's nothing wrong with that. Everyone knows I was hired by Director Chen, but no matter where I worked before, at least my current position in the Ecological Bureau's Reception Department won't change."
Xie Xuan could only nod, "Then do you remember the name of the hospital where Xue Yunfei worked before?"
"I do remember, but Xue Yunfei's case is now under investigation by the court. No matter what you saw in the field, there's no need to investigate it yourself, right?"
Xie Xuan couldn't say that she wanted to investigate her own background. Although Xiao Yao was very frank, Xie Xuan didn't completely trust him.
"I still want to check it out. Besides, I've never been to 98th Street, so it might as well be a trip."
Xiao Yao raised his eyebrows slightly. "Travel is a good idea. There's a very famous aquarium on 98th Street. Don't miss it if you go."
Xie Xuan nodded, "I will go, so what is the name of that hospital?"
"It's called the Ecological Organization 98 Street Affiliated Hospital." Xiao Yao said.
Xie Xuan carefully noted it down. Just as she was about to open the terminal to see when the next train to 98th Street departed, she heard Xiao Yao say, "I'll go with you. It happens that I haven't been back home for a long time."
Xie Xuan looked at Xiao Yao in surprise, "You're going with me? Are your family members all in 98th Street?"
Xiao Yao nodded, "I haven't been back since I came here. I guess my brothers and sisters have grown up a lot."
Xie Xuan had never heard anyone else or Xiao Yao himself mention Xiao Yao's affairs before. Even the previous report of the special investigation team started from the time when Xiao Yao arrived at the 45th Branch of the Ecological Bureau.
"So you have younger brothers and sisters?" Xie Xuan couldn't believe it.
"What are you looking at?" Xiao Yao said dissatisfiedly, "I am a well-deserved good brother."
Xie Xuan expressed doubt, but nodded against her conscience, "I believe it."
Xiao Yao snorted lightly. Just then, the boss brought the wine and glasses over. Xiao Yao filled his own glass first and said to Xie Xuan, "Feel free to do what you can."
Xie Xuan poured a little bit to taste it first. It was sweet and slightly bitter, and tasted pretty good, so she poured another half cup.
After the dishes arrived, Xiao Yao started to chat with Xie Xuan while drinking, mainly talking about how unlucky he was. He had never won even the smallest denomination of lottery tickets, and when queuing up to buy limited edition joint brands, the one before him was always sold out.
By the time Xiao Yao finished speaking, Xie Xuan almost began to sympathize with him.
An hour and a half later, a tipsy Xiao Yao pulled Xie Xuan aside and said, "Let's go to 98th Street. You don't need to bring anything with you. You can buy anything there. You don't need to book a hotel either. You can stay at my house directly."
Xie Xuan was going to refuse, but in the end she followed Xiao Yao onto the express train to 98th Street in a daze.
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