paranoianovel Chapter 44 New Clues
Chapter 44 New Clues
"No, you've come at just the right time."
Su Changming smiled and turned around, pulling both girls into his arms.
Of course, this was just a fantasy in his mind.
However, the reality is cruel.
"Ahem... Um, Lin, please loosen your grip. This is the infirmary, please be mindful of your surroundings..."
Su Changming awkwardly took Lin Xiaoman off his body and quickly straightened his suit collar.
Then he turned his head away somewhat stiffly.
really.
Standing at the door was Yao Xiwei.
She was clearly dressed up carefully today.
My school uniform got wet yesterday, and I left the other one at school, so I changed into a light purple dress.
The cinched waist design perfectly accentuated her slender figure, and a section of her shapely calves clad in white stockings was revealed beneath the skirt, her delicate feet adorned with a pair of black leather shoes.
Her signature high ponytail was also let down, her long, black hair flowing smoothly over her shoulders, the ends slightly curled, adding a touch of charm.
With light makeup on, her complexion looked much rosier than yesterday, and she resembled a blooming violet, bright and beautiful.
She had obviously gotten up very early as well.
Seeing the note left on the bedside table, knowing that Su Changming had left in the middle of the night, I felt a strange emptiness in my heart.
However, the thought of seeing him at school soon made the girl's heart flutter with joy.
I spent some time getting dressed up.
As she arrived at the school, she saw the gloom dissipate and heard stories everywhere praising Professor Su's deeds of delivering medicine and saving lives. She felt proud and was in high spirits.
Hearing that he was in the infirmary, she rushed over with high hopes.
then.
She witnessed what just happened.
In that instant, Yao Xiwei's smiling eyes seemed to plummet to zero degrees.
The air seemed to freeze.
On the other side, Lin Xiaoman, who was taken down, showed no embarrassment whatsoever.
She straightened her hair and keenly sensed the hostility.
She was also observing Yao Xiwei discreetly.
She was tall and slender, with a cool and aloof expression. She wore an exquisite dress and had a stunning face that was captivating even without any expression.
I have to admit, this woman is indeed a little bit prettier.
That kind of heroic and noble temperament made even Lin Xiaoman, a girl herself, have to admit that her heart skipped a beat.
but……
Lin Xiaoman puffed out her chest and silently encouraged herself:
As for looks, I'm only slightly inferior.
But I'm a well-known number one fangirl of Professor Su!
Being close to the water tower gives you an advantage, and besides, Professor Su didn't push me away right away!
The advantage lies with me!
Thinking of this, Lin Xiaoman instantly felt more confident.
She struck first, her face adorned with an impeccable, sweet smile:
"Excuse me, student, you've been staring this way. Is there something you need from Professor Su?"
Her tone suggested she was practically the mistress of the house.
Yao Xiwei was speechless for a moment.
She deliberately kept her distance from Su Changming at school, even pretending not to know him.
You can't just say "I'm his fiancée" or "He just saved me yesterday and carried me upstairs to sleep with me. Now I'm here to cultivate our relationship," right?
However, she soon found a starting point.
She slightly raised her chin, her gaze passing over Lin Xiaoman and looking directly at Su Changming, her tone cold:
"I'm looking for Professor Su because I have serious business to discuss."
She emphasized the word "serious business," as if implying to some people: your private matters are just trivial; please step aside in the face of serious business.
Lin Xiaoman, however, persisted, blinking her big eyes:
"Serious business? Can't we just say it here? We're all classmates, and I'd like to hear Professor Su's insights."
"..."
Yao Xiwei frowned slightly, clearly not expecting her to be so difficult.
She glanced coldly at Lin Xiaoman and said indifferently:
"It's a crucial clue about the origin of this flu outbreak, involving school secrets and security risks. Lin, are you sure you want to hear it?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoman choked.
Although she was a gossip, she also knew that this flu outbreak had caused widespread panic and was definitely not something to joke about.
"All right……"
Lin Xiaoman pursed her lips and reluctantly took a step back.
But she clearly didn't want to lose the battle so easily.
Then, he suddenly stepped forward, reached out, and very naturally helped Su Changming straighten his tie, which had been askew.
"Then Professor Su, please go and attend to your business."
She tilted her head back, her face full of admiration and concern, her voice sweet and cloying:
"Please be careful, we're all waiting for you to come back to class."
"Click-clack".
Su Changming seemed to hear the sound of Yao Xiwei clenching her fists beside him.
He was sandwiched between two women, sweating profusely, feeling even more exhausted than when he fought three Night Elves alone the night before.
This isn't a medical room, it's a battlefield!
"Ahem! Um... Lin, please get some rest."
Just a second before Yao Xiwei was about to explode, Su Changming quickly made his escape:
"Yao, since we have a lead, let's go outside and talk."
After saying that, he quickly walked out of the ward as if he were fleeing.
……
Outside the corridor, the air after the rain was fresh and moist.
There was no questioning as Su Changming had expected.
Yao Xiwei is clearly someone who can distinguish between what is important and what is urgent.
Once she got into work mode, she suppressed that girlish jealousy.
She stood by the railing, looking at the clock tower in the distance, and got straight to the point:
"I left in a hurry yesterday and didn't have time to share some information with you."
"Just before I was kidnapped, I was actually following a lead."
"I found some strange black bloodstains near the trash cans in the logistics department. I followed the bloodstains and lingering scent all the way to the outskirts of town, where I found a mutated black dog..."
Upon hearing this, Su Changming smiled slightly, just about to tell her that the stronghold had been taken down by Jiang Huai and his men last night, in the abandoned textile factory in the western suburbs...
however.
Yao Xiwei's next words made his expression instantly turn serious.
"I tracked it all the way and finally found that the mutated dog had gone into an underground cold storage room in the southeast, near the dock area."
"Southeast?"
"Wait... are you sure it's southeast? Not the western suburbs?" Su Changming asked.
"Of course I'm sure."
Yao Xiwei gave him a strange look, took out a folded map of Shenghai from her pocket, and pointed to a location circled in red:
"It's here, the old cold storage near the Shiliupu Wharf. I saw that black dog go in with my own eyes. But I sensed something was wrong inside and was about to contact the branch when I was ambushed by those two maids on the way..."
After listening to Yao Xiwei's words, Su Changming frowned.
This beach is so leaky it's like a sieve.
An abandoned textile factory in the western suburbs.
Southeast Shiliupu Wharf Cold Storage.
In other words.
Besides the one Jiang Huai took down that night, there was another flesh-and-blood factory like that.
Perhaps there are even more?