Of course, a few fruits cannot fill the stomach. Jiang Qiu drove when they came, but when they went back separately, they had to walk.
Once they were truly outside the area, Fang Shan's hunger intensified. Still lingering on the hot pot he hadn't yet had, he chose a nicely decorated hot pot restaurant and began to leisurely enjoy his lunch.
After eating half his fill, he recalled some details from the previous time in the cabin and asked, "Did you find Jiang Qiu's gaze on us strange?"
Wei Sushen: "Wasn't it the same last time?"
Fang Shan took a deep breath, not sure if it was because of the spiciness or if it was because he was thinking about something: "Could he be looking for someone to emulate our relationship?"
Wei Sushen was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "Jiang Qiu doesn't seem like a mentally ill fool."
Fang Shan waved his hand seriously, "That's wrong. Some top students are surprisingly naive in certain ways."
The conversation between the two sides was mostly playful, but they had no idea that the truth was like this. Jiang Qiu not only wanted to imitate, but was even prepared to do it himself.
The hot pot restaurant was playing rhythmic music, a tune that subconsciously makes people eat faster. The customers at the nearby tables left early, leaving Fang Shan sitting comfortably. Rubbing his full stomach, he lazily said, "I need to find a chance to test whether Jiang Qiu is Dr. Bai."
When he spoke like this, he usually had a plan. Wei Sushen raised his eyebrows slightly, indicating that he should continue.
Fang Shan smiled broadly: "Lure him into a trap. I will pretend to accidentally mention to Jiang Qiu that I want a physical examination."
Using the previous injury as an excuse is a perfect excuse.
Wei Sushen's eyes seemed to be filled with a storm: "This is called a beauty trap."
The scene that emerged in his mind was a naked beauty being sent to the enemy's bed, which soon evolved into the experimental bench play.
Their eyes met mid-air. Fang Shan read out the 1,000-word pornographic story the other person had created, and frowned. "Is this the character I am in the eyes of the host?"
Wei Sushen: "Of course not."
The words were calm but murderous, and it was obvious that he had already imagined the sex scene between the enemy and the beauty.
Fang Shan lowered his head and drank a sip of sour plum juice, ignoring the weirdo in front of him who was developing murderous intentions towards Jiang Qiu because of his imagination.
After finishing his glass of plum juice, he added, "Unless you have a better suggestion."
Wei Sushen: "Just change the protagonist, I'll go."
Fang Shan couldn't help but burst out laughing, perhaps thinking of some amusing scene. Under the latter's cold gaze, he gradually subsided and tried to speak in a slightly firm tone, "The host's eyes are too purposeful and easily noticed. It's safer for me to go." After a pause, he said, "Besides, Jiang Qiu is delicate and tender. He and I are of the same sex and repel each other."
When it came time to pay the bill, Fang Shan was uncharacteristically generous. To prove his position, he took the initiative to pay out of his own pocket and generously said to the waiter, "No change."
The three words sounded righteous, but left the waiter confused.
Fortunately, Jiang Qiu didn't know that in a corner of the city, he was being hacked over and over again for no reason, and was even mistaken for Number Zero because of his appearance.
The sun outside was a bit annoying. Fang Shan squinted his eyes to avoid the scorching light: "Do you want to make a comeback?"
Return to the forest and sneak into the underground passage to find out what's going on.
Wei Sushen: "Let's go back to the hotel and change clothes first."
Fang Shan moved his nose, smelled the lingering smell of hot pot, and nodded in agreement.
They waited until sunset and set off again, dressed in fresh clothes. When they went out again, they were both very discreet, giving up the elevator and leaving through the back door via the stairs.
Fang Shan: "The wooden house is not very big, and the furnishings inside are clearly visible, which is not conducive to hiding."
Wei Sushen: "Make a feint to the east and attack in the west."
Fang Shan thought for a moment and said, "I'll distract Pan while the host goes to see what secrets lie underground."
Wei Sushen nodded slightly, looking at him with a complicated expression, and emphasized three words: "One of us."
Fang Shan promised, "If there's any danger, I will definitely not notify you by text message, and I will definitely not run away first."
If Jiang Qiu or Li Bufan heard this conversation, they would definitely applaud. These two people have reached the point where they can't distinguish between friend and foe when it comes to cheating others, and they don't forget to warn each other during their daily cooperation.
Fang Shan was an excellent animal imitator. Wei Sushen was hiding behind a wooden house and almost mistook a wolf howl for real when he heard it.
Not long after, the cabin door opened. Pan stood there, listening for a moment, his brow furrowed in confusion. This forest had grown over the years, and many animals had appeared there that weren't there before, but wolves weren't among them. After a long search, he finally headed towards the source of the sound, rifle in hand.
Wei Sushen made sure that he was far away and climbed in through the window.
The air underground was dark and damp, and someone was cursing angrily in a hoarse voice, as if he had never stopped for a moment.
The man who had overused his vocal cords was surprised to see a stranger coming over and asked, "Who are you?"
Wei Sushen: "I just happen to have the same question for you."
Hearing this, the man's eyes flashed with eager joy. Since he didn't know his identity, it meant that the person coming was most likely not in the same group as the devil.
"Hurry! Save me!" He showed the shackles on his hands and said anxiously, "Otherwise it will be too late when Pan comes back."
"Answer the question first." Wei Sushen was very serious and didn't know how to adapt.
With freedom so close at hand, the man secretly hated it and threatened, "If you don't take me out, I will tell Pan about your presence here."
Those who know Wei Sushen know that he doesn't like to laugh. Once he laughs, others have to carefully consider their own weight. If they don't have enough weight, they shouldn't do anything stupid.
Unfortunately, the man knew very little about him and said in a tough tone, "I've memorized your appearance. If I give him a brief description, Pan will definitely inform the demon, and your life will be in danger."
When the man was speaking, Wei Sushen's eyes hardly moved away. At the end, he suddenly turned around, as if preparing to leave.
The man didn't dare to make too much noise. Before the man was out of sight, he raised his hand with difficulty and grabbed the corner of his clothes: "Where are you going?"
Wei Sushen held his hand down, walked to the entrance and fumbled on the wall. With a click of a switch, the entire dark room was instantly filled with dazzling light.
Walking back to the man, his condescending posture made it extremely easy for Wei Sushen to pinch his jawbone. Under the excessive force, a cry of pain rang out. Wei Sushen paid no attention to the man's pain and sneered, "Your face speaks volumes."
Both his facial features and body shape look very much like Jiang Qiu, but no one would confuse the two. Apart from their skin color, their temperaments are completely different.
Excluding science fiction answers such as cloning, the most likely conclusion is that the other party and Jiang Qiu are related by blood, or are brothers.
Seeing that Wei Sushen didn't take his threat seriously, the man urgently changed his strategy: "Take me away, and I will tell you a huge secret."
"It's not difficult to let you leave," Wei Sushen narrowed his eyes, "but are you sure you can leave Lingu City alive?"
The man's heart trembled. Jiang Qiu's power in Lingu was so great that he could plan to leave the city if he had enough time. However, the reality was that Pan would soon discover his escape. Once the way out of the city was blocked, the only outcome left for him was to be caught again.
Thinking of this man, he regarded Wei Sushen as his last lifeline: "There will always be a way. The secret I know can make you a huge fortune, and even get on the boat of a powerful force."
Wei Sushen was caught off guard and asked, "Dr. Bai is Jiang Qiu, right?"
The man was startled and instinctively wanted to ask how he knew that. Fortunately, the only thing his long period of confinement had taught him was patience. At the last moment, he forced himself to hold back and feigned confusion: "What are you talking about?"
Wei Sushen did not miss his fleeting panic, but unfortunately the conclusion drawn from his expression alone seemed too flimsy.
"Stay here for a few days," he said, without saying anything final, offering a vague hope: "This matter still needs to be planned."
The man swallowed, his face turning pale as he thought of something. "I have to be quick. That demon is about to attack me."
Wei Sushen didn't react much: "You've been locked up for so long. If they wanted your life, they would have done it long ago."
"No! You don't understand!" The man's eyes were filled with desolation and despair. "I used to think he simply hated betrayal, which is why I'm living this miserable life. Now I know he might have coveted my body from the beginning!"
Wei Sushen tried to translate the sentence literally, but when he failed, he looked at the man and asked humbly, "Please translate it."
The man showed a humiliated expression: "It means he has bad intentions towards me!"
At this moment, Wei Sushen's cell phone suddenly rang, and the text message contained only one word: withdraw.
Wei Sushen raised his eyebrows slightly. Why did they change their strategy in the blink of an eye when they had agreed to advance and retreat together?
Ignoring the man's pitiful look, Wei Sushen turned off the lights and went up the stone steps. After making sure everything was back to normal, he left quietly through the window.
Not long after he left, Pan came into the house with a gun. The first thing he did was to check the people trapped underground. He was relieved to make sure that they were still there.
The moon was high in the sky, and those who committed evil at night always seemed fearless. Wei Sushen reached the edge of the forest and saw Fang Shan, his head slightly tilted back, bathed in the moonlight. His expression was sacred and pious. Even if Pan had discovered something and followed him here, his first reaction would probably be that he was a lost traveler.
Fang Shan didn't know that Wei Sushen was sighing for his good looks. He tilted his head and smiled, "What did you gain?"
Wei Sushen told Fang Shan everything that happened in the dungeon. Fang Shan knew that he should focus on the secret the man was referring to, but as soon as he spoke, he turned his attention to asking about the love-hate relationship between him and Jiang Qiu.
Wei Sushen: "Jiang Qiu is not ridiculous, and the imprisoned person is also of average appearance. There must be some misunderstanding."
Fang Shan stopped his smile just in time before it turned into something lewd. He coughed lightly and regained his image as a cool and noble young man in the moonlight. "Now it seems that there is an 80% chance that Jiang Qiu is Dr. Bai."
He thought, supporting his chin lightly as he said, "I just don't understand. If Dr. Jiang Qiubai's identity is confirmed, without disguise, someone should recognize him."
The man in the dungeon looks similar to Jiang Qiu, which is enough to prove that Jiang Qiu is now using his real face.
"It's not difficult actually," Wei Sushen said, "Get rid of those who betrayed him, and tie up the rest with interests or emotions."
Fang Shan looked at him, his eyes scrutinizing him more. "The host seems to be very adept at this."
Wei Sushen showed no sign of modesty: "In marriage, I adhere to the same principle."
“…”
Busy from afternoon to evening, first infiltration and then analysis, they were exhausted by the time they returned to the hotel. Jiang Qiu, too, had no time to spare. He reanalyzed the blood drawn from the man-eating fly, but unfortunately, he still didn't get any useful information.
Li Bufan said tentatively: "Perhaps the changes in their bodies occurred some time after being bitten by the man-eating flies."
Jiang Qiu narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment: "It's not impossible."
But if we do this, we have to find a new way to draw blood samples.
Li Bufan: "Why not just capture the person?"
Jiang Qiu said lightly, "Stupid!", and Li Bufan's shoulders trembled when he heard it.
"I've made it this far, and those forces are willing to tolerate and even cooperate with me, because I haven't crossed their bottom line." Jiang Qiu raised his lip sarcastically. "Even though they won't show anything outwardly about capturing a psychic, they'll definitely be on high alert in their hearts."
Even if it was an illusion, what he needed to create now was the image of a principled doctor who would not conduct live experiments on humans.
Jiang Qiu looked out the window at the night, as if drawn in by the darkness. After a long moment, he came to his senses and said, "Release a few more evolved man-eating flies and try to cause a small-scale panic."
Li Bufan understood: "Are you trying to lure those two brothers to deal with the man-eating flies so that you can collect blood again?"
Jiang Qiu nodded: "Be careful with your movements so as not to let anyone notice anything unusual."
Li Bufan acted quickly and released the man-eating flies from the laboratory that night. He also implanted a micro-device in each of them. This indirectly led to Fang Shan's plan of sleeping in being shattered the next day.
When Wei Sushen called him to get up, Fang Shan turned over, tried to keep his eyelids open to look at the sun outside, and after making sure that the sun was only two feet high in the sky, he lay back down again.
Wei Sushen: "Zhang Tian said that man-eating flies were found in the city and need to be eradicated as soon as possible."
Fang Shan remained motionless: "Aren't there patrols?"
Wei Sushen: "It will be difficult for them to deal with the man-eating flies, not to mention that Zhang Tian promised to stay in the city to help."
Fang Shan's sleepiness disappeared in an instant, his eyes gleaming with brilliance. "So, this time, it was Li Bufan who acted as a matchmaker?"
Wei Sushen nodded.
Fang Shan changed his attitude, looking quite positive, and quickly packed up and prepared to leave.
Zhang Tian and several team members were waiting at the hotel entrance. Seeing him come out so quickly, they praised him a few words.
Fang Shan spoke righteously and vowed in front of him to become a model of a law-abiding citizen.
Zhang Tian smiled, thinking of how Wei Sushen had also resolutely taken on the task of the botanical garden that day, and said with emotion: "As expected of brothers, we are both equally responsible."
Fang Shan had a complicated expression when he heard this. Both the first and second half of this sentence were fallacies.
The streets had been cleared of pedestrians, patrols lined up neatly on both sides. Fang Shan, whose original body had died from man-eating flies, had never encountered such creatures since arriving. Now, looking at them, he finally understood what it meant to be difficult to deal with.
Man-eating flies have tiny wings, each about the size of an adult's fist. They aren't particularly good at flying, but their most formidable feature is their compound eyes, which can emit damaging rays, followed by their bite.
Li Bufan was also there, with several dead flies lying at his feet. Seeing Fang Shan and his group, he said in a deep voice, "Spread out the attack, each person responsible for two or three."
His words were quickly carried out. Given Fang Shan and Wei Sushen's abilities, dealing with this number of man-eating flies was no problem; they could even handle it with ease. Unexpectedly, the instant the man-eating flies died, an explosion occurred. Fang Shan dodged in time, but because he had pulled away from the nearest person, his arm was still affected, leaving a bloody mark.
Li Bufan handed over the pressure belt. Fang Shan raised an eyebrow and said, "You brought everything."
Li Bufan had no expression: "Hemostatic drugs and pressure belts are necessities for people with special abilities."
Fang Shan tore off a piece and thanked him for his kindness.
The man-eating fly did not cause similar problems afterwards. Fang Shan naturally did not think that it was just blown away by his beauty. He smiled playfully and whispered a few words to Wei Sushen as he passed by.
Wei Sushen nodded after hearing this: "It's up to you."
It wasn't until noon that the entire street was cleared of man-eating flies. Fang Shan's casual attitude towards replacing the pressure belt was tossing it into the trash can, rendering all the strategies Li Bufan had devised to obtain a blood sample useless.
The car that came to pick them up was parked on the side of the road. Jiang Qiu wore a mask today and coughed from time to time. After Fang Shan got in the car, he took the initiative to open the window, as if he was afraid of infecting others with a cold.
Li Bufan wanted to drive for him, but Jiang Qiu shook his head and refused.
"I'm sorry, because of the wind last night, I can't help you deal with the man-eating flies."
Fang Shan didn't dwell on this question at all. Instead, he asked in surprise, "So you weren't with us just now."
Although Wei Sushen didn't say anything, his eyes conveyed the same message.
Completely ignored, Jiang Qiu still wore a faint smile, but his eyes were uncertain. Li Bufan had kept his eyes fixed on Jiang Qiu since getting in the car, not daring to look at her expression.
Jiang Qiu glanced behind him: "Is everything done?"
Li Bufan seemed to be asking about the plan to eliminate the man-eating flies. He understood the meaning and nodded, indicating that he had successfully obtained the blood sample. During this time, he secretly gestured with his hand... Only one person was obtained.
Jiang Qiu was not dissatisfied. According to his estimation, this was probably the result.
Fang Shan got off the bus midway, claiming he was hungry. Wei Sushen followed closely behind him, and Jiang Qiu suddenly stopped him, saying, "You don't look hungry."
Wei Sushen said calmly, "Pay the bill."
“…”
After seeing them walk into the restaurant, Li Bufan whispered, "I don't know if I'm being overly suspicious, but these two seem to have some suspicions."
"It would be strange if they didn't notice anything at all," Jiang Qiu said, "Let them be."
Li Bufan showed regret on his face: "The capital invested this time is quite large."
Two-thirds of the carefully cultivated man-eating flies were lost, and a lot of work had to start over from scratch.
Jiang Qiu closed his eyes and said, "You have to give up before you can gain."
If they can analyze something useful from the blood sample, the benefits will outweigh the disadvantages for them.
A burst of fragrance came from afar. Fang Shan had not arrived yet, and the smells of various foods mixed together, sweeping over the senses of the people in the car.
Jiang Qiu turned his head and looked at the person who was coming towards him with twisting steps. He doubted from the bottom of his heart whether the other party was disguising himself too well or if he was just mentally ill.
Fang Shan kindly handed Jiang Qiu a meat bun. The alms-giving look gave Li Bufan, who was standing beside him, an illusion: it was as if he was feeding a puppy.
Of course, he absolutely didn't dare to say this thought openly, otherwise Jiang Qiu would be the first to take his life.
The main reason Jiang Qiu was able to endure was that he had already obtained the blood sample. He could ignore the low-level offense for the time being and smiled and declined his "kindness."
While Fang Shan was eating, the car remained unusually quiet.
The silence lasted for about ten minutes. Fang Shan thought for a moment and decided he had the right location and people, so he said, "I heard from Zhang Tian that Mr. Li has a lot of businesses in Lin Valley."
Li Bufan nodded: "Just some small investments."
Fang Shan: "Is there a hospital?"
Li Bufan was instantly alert and didn't answer directly: "Why do you ask this suddenly?"
"I've overdrawn my mental energy before, and haven't had time to get a full checkup," Fang Shan said, a look of appropriate worry on his face. "Now that I have some time, I'd like to get a physical."
The car braked suddenly. Jiang Qiu looked at the situation in the back seat through the rearview mirror, and his smile became much colder than before.
After going through so much trouble and investing so much manpower and resources just to get a blood sample, the other party suddenly demanded a physical examination. Even Li Bufan suspected that this was a deliberate humiliation after seeing through their plan, let alone the shrewd Jiang Qiu.
Jiang Qiu didn't start the car immediately. Instead, he turned around and stared at Fang Shan with a pair of cold eyes. For the first time, he tore off his usual disguise and asked in a steady voice, "Do you think I'm mentally retarded?"
The second half of the sentence was not said: It’s just for fun.
As soon as he finished speaking, his gaze was like a poisonous snake, tightly strangling the expression of the person in front of him. However, the momentary confusion on Fang Shan's face did not seem to be fake.
After a brief moment of surprise, he humbly asked Wei Sushen for advice and inquired about the reason for Jiang Qiu's sudden change of expression.
Wei Sushen said calmly that he didn't know, but in fact he was communicating through his brain's consciousness system: "Is it fun?"
Fang Shan nodded slightly.
They acted in unison and cooperated seamlessly. Jiang Qiu could only think that he was just being overly suspicious and continued to perform his duties as a driver in silence.
Li Bufan then said, "There is a hospital. If you want to have a physical examination, I can help arrange it."
Fang Shan was polite on the surface and asked the most concerned question... could it be free?
Fortunately, Li Bufan had a paralyzed expression and only twitched his eyes before responding, "Of course."
Everything has its limits, and Fang Shan didn't dare to hit too hard, so he decided to stop provoking.
The car was almost speeding all the way. Jiang Qiu dropped the person off at the hotel entrance and drove away at high speed.
Fang Shan commented: "The psychological quality of the villains this time is not good."
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