Chapter 246: Chapter 208: Accident
"You’re letting me go?" Fu Qingzhu seemed not yet to have recovered from his close brush with death.
After ripping off the ropes, Yang Xiao patted his shoulder and said earnestly, "If I really wanted to kill you, I wouldn’t have brought anyone else with me today."
"Also, I can tell you for certain that the thing you mentioned is false, a figment of that damned Sun Buhuan’s imagination. If I hear anyone slandering the Patrol Defense Bureau again, don’t blame me for not being polite."
Fu Qingzhu immediately understood and promptly agreed, "Of course, that was all Sun Buhuan’s speculation, baseless speculation. Let’s pretend I never said anything today."
"Good that you understand."
"By the way, Yang, I have something else," Fu Qingzhu’s tone suddenly turned serious. "Last time at the Huirong Building, if I remember correctly, you used two Resentful Eyes."
Yang Xiao remembered, one was used for suppressing with the Ghost Lantern, and the other was for sealing with the Ming Paper Money, saying it was two wasn’t wrong.
Seeing no response from Yang Xiao, Fu Qingzhu lowered his voice, "Both of the Resentful Eyes you used are quite powerful, but you must be aware that the stronger the Resentful Eye, the more severe the side effects after use, including significantly speeding up the time before you receive the next nightmare script."
This perked Yang Xiao’s interest, and he frowned, "How much faster?"
Fu Qingzhu shook his head, "It’s uncertain, it varies from person to person and depends on the strength of the Resentful Eye you used. I can’t make an accurate judgment."
Yang Xiao nodded, "It’s getting late, so I won’t keep you. Let’s not meet again for a while, given that we belong to different departments; it’s better to avoid suspicion."
"Take care, Yang. Until next time," Fu Qingzhu didn’t say much else, cupped his hands in farewell, and turned to leave, showing a bit of the flair of a wanderer of the rivers and lakes.
Upon opening the door, outside stood Beibei, Da Xiong Ximen Xiu blocking the corridor, cutting off Fu Qingzhu’s path.
Beibei stood in the middle with arms crossed and a malicious grin while Da Xiong Ximen Xiu positioned themselves one on each side, nearly blocking the entire path.
Seeing Beibei’s smile brought back unpleasant memories for Fu Qingzhu; his arm had almost been broken by this lunatic once.
"Make way, let him leave," Yang Xiao followed Fu Qingzhu out of the room.
Only after Yang Xiao’s order did the three slowly step aside. Ximen Xiu returned each of Fu Qingzhu’s belongings to him, but when Fu Qingzhu got his wallet back, his expression changed.
"Where’s my money?" Fu Qingzhu opened his wallet to find cards and everything else intact but the cash gone.
"What money? It was empty when we got it. But let me warn you, don’t even think about scamming us," Ximen Xiu clamored.
Outraged, Fu Qingzhu retorted, "What, has the Patrol Defense Bureau turned into robbers now?"
On hearing this, Beibei suddenly laughed and gave Fu Qingzhu a meaningful look, "Mr. Fu, we’ve only robbed you of your money for now. Wait a little longer, and who knows what might get taken next."
A chill ran down his spine, and Fu Qingzhu shuddered involuntarily. He instinctively looked toward the man standing in the shadows, huge like an ox—Da Xiong, who was looking back at him with a deep and intense gaze.
The next second, Fu Qingzhu immediately wilted, lowered his head, and stepped outside without uttering a sound, quickening his pace as he passed Da Xiong.
After Fu Qingzhu had disappeared from view, Beibei turned to Yang Xiao and asked with some regret, "Captain, are we just letting him go like that?"
"A lesson is sufficient, ’tis mercy to forgive," Yang Xiao said, watching where Fu Qingzhu had vanished. "The kid is not simple; he surely had a fallback. We are friends after all; there’s no need to make things too embarrassing."
No sooner had Yang Xiao spoken than Beibei received a message from Zhuge Zhijie on his phone, which he handed to Yang Xiao after listening for a while.
From the speaker came Zhuge Zhijie’s anxious voice, "Captain, I just remotely unlocked Fu Qingzhu’s phone. He set a delayed transmission; if no one enters the correct password within an hour, it’ll send emails to a series of pre-stored accounts in his phone."
"Can you decrypt the content of the emails?"
Intense keyboard clicks could be heard from Zhuge Zhijie’s end, "No, I can’t. His phone is protected by the Apostles Union. If we try to force a decryption, we might get traced back and that could bring trouble to us."
"Then let it be, copy those accounts and see if you can confirm the identity of the account holders." It seemed those were the information network in Fu Qingzhu’s hands.
"It’s no good; there are too many accounts to copy, at least 300, no, more, close to 1000!" As Zhuge Zhijie watched the data updating continuously, he was frantic, the situation was more difficult than expected, and he lacked the support of the technical staff from the bureau.
"1000?" Yang Xiao was taken aback, "How could he know so many people?"
"The kid is really cautious; most of these accounts are fake, and some of them are traps; if someone tries to investigate, they’ll get traced back." Zhuge Zhijie had already tested a dozen accounts and all turned out to be decoys; he eventually couldn’t help it, "Captain, should we call in the technical department from the Bureau? They’re professionals in handling these problems."
"No need, pack up, finish the cleanup, and then come find us." In fact, Yang Xiao could roughly guess the content of Fu Qingzhu’s email, which would probably be nothing more than speculation about his identity and pointing out that there was a problem with the Resentful Eyes on him.
If he had really acted against Fu Qingzhu today, then the email would have been sent out, and Yang Xiao even suspected that the email might end up in front of Director Nalan; if the matter blew up, even Nalan Shuo wouldn’t be able to protect him.
