The agreed-upon lottery shop was located next to a main road in H City.
The main road was bustling with traffic, and the sidewalk in front of the lottery shop was teeming with people.
A public place with this kind of heavy foot traffic would be the safest place for Lv Qingqing and Zhang Yanan, who needed to conceal their identities and avoid being tracked.
Wen Nan stood across the street, watching the man on the other side through the passing pedestrians and vehicles.
The man was holding a rose, focusing on the pedestrians on the sidewalk, trying to find the target he was waiting for.
Wen Nan crossed the street and approached from behind, whispering in the man’s ear, "Do you want to taste the feeling of barbed wire scraping on a sausage?"
The code matched, and the man’s eyes lit up as he turned around hastily, "You finally—"
Halfway through, he saw Wen Nan’s face and froze, "How, how is it you? What are you doing here?"
Looking around, Wen Nan said, "It’s not convenient to talk here. Shall we chat sowhere else?"
The other man nodded and handed three white roses to Wen Nan.
Wen Nan casually tossed the roses into a trash can—two n holding roses while chatting was too conspicuous—then went to a nearby shop to buy two sets of lottery tickets. The two of them squatted by the nearby staircase, scratching lottery tickets and chatting.
The other man spoke first, "Yesterday, after what happened in the karaoke booth, I haven’t seen you. It’s hard to get in touch these days, and I don’t have your phone number, so I couldn’t ask about your situation.
"With no news for so long, I thought they might have... done sothing to you.
"I never expected to et you again; this is great. But why did you co here, and with the code? Weren’t they expecting a woman?"
Without Wen Nan saying a word, the other man asked all the questions that Wen Nan intended to ask, even sharing a similar train of thought.
Wen Nan glanced at Yin Zhi’en, temporarily speechless.
The incident with the drugging at the karaoke KTV yesterday, regardless of who was behind it or their motive, the mastermind certainly didn’t belong to the Loyalists’ camp.
Wen Nan had been rescued from the room by the "mysterious man" in a black outfit and cap, but regarding Yin Zhi’en’s situation, whether he could escape, Wen Nan had no idea.
He couldn’t reach the other person and had to suppress the issue for the ti being.
To his surprise, the contact for Zhang Yanan and Lv Qingqing was actually Yin Zhi’en.
Since the other person spoke first, Wen Nan shared his situation, "After the incident in the booth last night, soone took out. I don’t know who it was; they ca and went quickly without showing their face. As for this eting, I was commissioned by soone to understand the situation."
Yin Zhi’en nodded, then asked, "Did that girl ask you to co over?"
Wen Nan nodded, interrupting before the other could ask more, "How did you get out of that room last night? And why are you involved in this now?"
Yin Zhi’en had confessed loyalty while under truth serum, making him an ally. However, Zhang Yanan might be a pawn controlled by the traitor Wei Zhe. The contact she sought, according to Wen Nan’s deduction, should belong to Wei Zhe’s camp, so why would it be Yin Zhi’en?
Could it be that after the incident in the room last night, Yin Zhi’en had been controlled by Wei Zhe and was now just a puppet like those manipulated female characters?
Wen Nan intently watched Yin Zhi’en’s innocent, round young face.
Yin Zhi’en fell into a sowhat painful mory, looking troubled but still replied,
"Last night, I wasn’t as lucky as you. No one helped . I... I seed to have been drugged by them...
"The next day, I woke up sore all over, feeling like my bones were about to fall apart, but I didn’t see anyone. I only found a note saying that so poison had been injected into my body. To get the antidote, I had to follow their instructions, and on that note were these three white roses."
As he spoke, Yin Zhi’en rummaged through his belongings, then took out a crumpled note and handed it to Wen Nan.
Wen Nan took the note, unfolded it, and indeed saw threats as Yin Zhi’en described. The lower half detailed the eting place and code, ntioning that the contact might be a girl. It instructed him to take the girl to the next designated place for the antidote afterward.
At the bottom was the address of the next designated place.
The address was hand-drawn, very ssy, but recognizable as being near the boys’ dormitory in the Science Departnt at T University.
Wen Nan put the note away, looking at Yin Zhi’en again, "Is that all?"
Yin Zhi’en nodded, "Yes."
9527: [Your Mind Reading Technique skill has been activated, with a total activation ti of 10 minutes.]
The mont the skill activated, Wen Nan heard a painful groan from Yin Zhi’en in his mind.
Wen Nan was stunned, quickly asking, "So, until you get the antidote, whoever is on the other side, you’ll be forced to stand with them, helping them?"
Yin Zhi’en nodded again, "I’m afraid so."
’Uncomfortable... what is this... who is spying...’
Wen Nan stared at the boy beside him, noticing his face growing increasingly pale, with sweat beads forming on his temple.
Before Wen Nan could speak again, Yin Zhi’en raised his hand and grabbed his shoulder tightly, "I, I’m feeling so uncomfortable. Senior, did you do sothing to again? My [subconscious sensing] has been triggered."
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