Chapter 943: Chapter 893: Chessboard Bang Bang Car_3
After forcing out two dry laughs, he opened his mouth again to ask, "I heard you say just now that Gu Mian is missing?"
Although he had only spent a short period of time with Gu Mian, Guigu still felt a faint, genuine sense of longing for him, because the last time he was with Gu Mian, all the people around him were still there. If he could see Gu Mian again, he felt he would probably be able to recapture that feeling from when everyone was still by his side.
It was like a childhood snack he had never forgotten; as an adult he might already have forgotten how much he loved it and how it haunted his thoughts, but when he tasted that flavor again, all the anticipation and longing from childhood would explode once more in his heart, as if he were still that child who looked forward to every day and to a bright future.
As soon as the instance went dark, Gu Mian disappeared. Liu Ruyan knew that Gu Mian had probably been taken away by the Evil God, but she had nothing she could say to Guigu.
To her, the other party was just a stranger; she had no need to engage too deeply with Guigu.
She directly shifted the topic: "The one who hurried off just now was also an acquaintance?"
After hearing Liu Ruyan’s words, Guigu knew she probably didn’t want to tell him too much. If it had been before, he would definitely have badgered her relentlessly, forcing her to lay out everything she knew truthfully, to cooperate with his work.
But now...
Guigu fell silent for a moment, then picked up Liu Ruyan’s topic: "Doesn’t seem like an acquaintance. We bumped into each other while walking. I thought it was your group’s Chess Player."
"Not our Chess Player." Liu Ruyan knew that person definitely wasn’t 007. "But you people really are quiet enough—standing on the side without a sound listening to me talk with Hao Laoshi. That tacit understanding made me think you were all in on it together."
Guigu spoke calmly: "We’re all very cautious, unwilling to be the first to make a sound and expose our position. After hearing you come over, they probably thought you were my backup, so they left in a hurry."
"So cautious—then they definitely aren’t those brainless idiots from Group Two." Although Group Two’s earlier "sacrificial pawn" decision had slightly salvaged their image, in Liu Ruyan’s mind their overall impression was still a bunch of brainless fools. Using the method of elimination, she quickly identified the person who had just left: "It’s Group Three’s Chess Player."
Speaking of Group Three’s Chess Player, Liu Ruyan thought of Renle Mountain. Gu Mian had previously suspected that Group Three’s Chess Player might be Renle Mountain, and 007 was very likely thinking along the same lines. She also knew about the grudge between Renle Mountain and 007. Now that the walls between the rooms had disappeared, 007 should be heading toward Group Three’s area of his own accord to look for Renle Mountain.
And the fact that Group Three’s Chess Player had just hurried off might not necessarily be because they thought Guigu’s backup had arrived, but because they heard the name "Gu Mian."
Anzhi Tianlan did not know she was being suspected of being someone else, but she had indeed left in a hurry because she heard the name Gu Mian.
The impression Gu Mian had left on her in the last instance was still there. She felt that someone who ignored all the rules might jump up at any time and kill her; that was entirely possible. That was why she rushed off, leaving so hastily that she didn’t even control the force of her steps.
So it really was him, Anzhi Tianlan thought to herself as she walked in the direction away from the three people from just now. At this moment her steps grew lighter again, trying her best not to make a sound. When she had observed the board earlier, she’d already felt that Group One’s pieces acted in a way that seemed familiar, and she had even associated it with Gu Mian.
But the Group One pieces in this instance were even more disorderly than the Gu Mian in her memories, so she had only suspected, without being able to be completely certain.
Well, now that’s settled—now she could be completely certain that the piece from Group One was Gu Mian, and she needed to hurry up and get far away from those people. Although she didn’t know what exactly had happened in this instance, Anzhi Tianlan knew that once she got out, she would probably receive some compensation.
Just as she was thinking and moving farther away from those few people, by sheer bad luck, she bumped into someone else.
History really does repeat itself in astonishing ways; this time the two of them were just as silent in their movements, and just like before, after colliding they tacitly stepped back a few paces, then fell into a strange silence.
This time, it seemed she had bumped into a woman, Anzhi Tianlan thought to herself.
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