Chapter 1708: Chapter 1694
Zhou Ang glanced out the window. Anyway, he had nothing to do now, so he might as well go with Chu Ge to take a look, and it could be considered a contribution to their departure.
Not everything should be prepared by Chu Ge, an outsider; he didn’t do anything.
"What’s the exact address? Tell me and we’ll meet there."
Zhou Ang said.
"Okay, I’ll text it to you later."
After Chu Ge hung up the phone, he glanced sideways at Wen Zaao following behind him, "Zhou Ang has been discharged from the hospital."
Wen Zaao paused and then replied indifferently, "Oh."
"He’s coming over now too."
Chu Ge lightly coughed, his eyes seemed to ask, "Are you sure you want to come with me?"
Wen Zaao pursed her lips, hesitation clearly flashed in her eyes, she slowed her pace considerably, "Maybe you guys go ahead, I feel a bit unwell, I’ll stay home today."
Chu Ge nodded, "Alright, you can go back and rest first."
Actually, in situations like this, it’s better for Wen Zaao not to show her face. After all, she had been there a few times before; if the shop owner realized they were the ones who previously bought bloodworm, the shop owner might not sell it to them.
Thinking of this, Chu Ge thought it was better for Wen Zaao not to go.
He watched as Wen Zaao entered the apartment, then turned and headed towards the gate of the complex.
When he reached the roadside, rush hour was already over, he hailed a taxi, reported an address, and half an hour later, he spotted Zhou Ang’s figure from a distance.
"Driver, please stop by the roadside ahead, just stop near the man in the silver suit."
Chu Ge said to the taxi driver.
Getting out of the car, Chu Ge walked up to Zhou Ang, "I guessed you’d be discharged, but didn’t expect you’d be in such a hurry to leave the hospital."
Zhou Ang smiled, "I didn’t want all of you to be preparing for departure while I had nothing to do, plus, I’m very aware of my own health, I’m fine, and I’m not excessively delicate to stay hospitalized."
Chu Ge lightly nodded without further speaking to Zhou Ang, pointed to Zhongji Hall in front and said, "It’s this pharmacy."
"Does this pharmacy have bloodworm?"
Zhou Ang raised an eyebrow; he knew this pharmacy had been around for some years because it was close to Uncle Fu’s home, Uncle Fu often bought medicine here, he had come a few times to buy medicine for Uncle Fu’s wife to treat hypertension, so he knew the pharmacy.
Chu Ge suddenly remembered what the shop owner had said before, he turned to Zhou Ang and said, "When you see the shop owner, don’t mention the word bloodworm."
Zhou Ang looked at him puzzled, "Why?"
If they don’t mention bloodworm, how will the owner know what they want?
"Bloodworm is no longer called bloodworm, it’s called insecticide now, and what’s more interesting is, the shop owner said someone bought all the bloodworm and instructed him not to sell it if anyone specifically asks for bloodworm."
Zhou Ang was even more surprised, "Who would do such a thing? What is their intention?"
Chu Ge lightly shook his head, "I don’t know who’s behind this, but their intention is clear: they don’t want us to go to Wuling Mountain."
"Does this person know we plan to go to Wuling Mountain?"
Zhou Ang furrowed his brow; the number of people who knew about their trip to Wuling Mountain was small, he hadn’t even informed Uncle Fu about the research on Wuling Mountain.
Chu Ge nodded, "From what I’ve gathered, it seems to be the case."
"Who might this person be?"
Zhou Ang’s eyebrows knitted tightly; if someone indeed wanted to obstruct them from going to Wuling Mountain, then even if they went, the journey wouldn’t be peaceful.
But who is this person exactly, and why stop them from going to Wuling Mountain? What is their motive?
Zhou Ang looked at Chu Ge, Chu Ge similarly looked at him with some confusion.
It was as if there was a tacit connection between them, both feeling like an invisible net was closing in on them.
Chu Ge walked to the entrance of the shop and frowned at the tightly closed door.
"Normally, this is business hours." Zhou Ang approached and looked at the closed door.
"Looks like they haven’t finished yet, we’ll wait a bit longer."
Chu Ge glanced around, not spotting the shop owner, feeling slightly annoyed that he hadn’t remembered to ask the owner’s specific home address yesterday; if he had, he could avoid waiting here and go directly to his home.
The two waited at the door for a while, the sun was already high, and the owner was still nowhere to be seen.
Chu Ge checked the time; it was almost half-past ten.
Zhou Ang was a bit bored from waiting; he and Chu Ge weren’t very familiar, unable to share deep thoughts, as time stretched on, there was less to talk about.
He absentmindedly circled in place, his gaze scanning around, suddenly, a shadow in black entered his view from not far away.
That shadow looked familiar.
Curious, Zhou Ang walked a few steps in that direction, only to find that the person seemed to have noticed him and turned abruptly to leave.
By the time Zhou Ang walked over, the person had turned a corner and disappeared.
Chu Ge saw Zhou Ang standing at the intersection looking ahead, he went over puzzled and asked, "What’s wrong?"
Zhou Ang shook his head, "Nothing, just saw someone who looked familiar."
"This place isn’t far from your research institute, seeing familiar faces is quite normal."
Chu Ge said casually.
It was normal, but that shadow looked a lot like the one he saw last night at the hospital, yes! He remembered correctly! It was that shadow!
The person who claimed to have saved him, but why did that person just now clearly see him yet choose to flee?
Zhou Ang felt slightly puzzled.
The person was indeed Zhou Laowai; he had followed Chu Ge here, but didn’t expect to encounter Zhou Ang.
As Zhou Ang approached, seemingly recognizing him, Zhou Laowai instinctively wanted to dodge, but still got recognized by Zhou Ang.
He felt slightly worried while secretly relieved.
Worried they might discover it was him hindering them from going to Wuling Mountain, worried Zhou Ang might risk his life to reach Wuling Mountain.
But also relieved that Zhou Ang didn’t recognize him just now, relieved that Zhou Ang wasn’t familiar with him from childhood, didn’t know his appearance, didn’t recall his physique, and didn’t remember his height.
Zhou Laowai hid in a corner, peeping through a gap at Zhou Ang, his eyes swirling with many inexplicable emotions.
Suddenly, a weight pressed on Zhou Laowai’s shoulder; before he could hide his saddened expression, he heard a familiar voice from behind.
"Zhou Laowai, seeing your son, is your heart tougher to restrain?"
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