98: Who can be as bad as his captain?

In the evening, Jiang Fei finished searching Building 2, found Xu Qianyao in the Mingshang Apartment Complex, and reported, "No clues were found."

She was the murderer.

She couldn't possibly arrest herself.

Jiang Fei, the murderer, stood calmly with the Rescue Team members.

Xu Qianyao's side also had no progress.

"Mingshang Apartment Complex and the surrounding residences have all been searched. We'll stop here for today. We'll gather at the Rescue Team headquarters at 7 AM sharp tomorrow to search other places."

The team members left one after another. Xu Qianyao called out to Jiang Fei and took three bags of dumplings from his car.

"Grandma Xu made cabbage and tofu dumplings and asked me to give them to you."

"Help me thank Grandma Xu. I'll visit her when I have time." Taking the dumplings, Jiang Fei returned to Building 2.

Feng Chenlu and Xiao Jia were holding flashlights and putting up handwritten notices downstairs.

[Any resident is prohibited from demanding supplies from new residents. Violators will lose their qualification for resettlement housing.]

Noticing several fresh red scratches on Feng Chenlu's face, Jiang Fei stopped, "What happened to your face?"

"Don't even get me started. During the day, we found several victims, and also found several rubber hammers in Sister Kong and Uncle Qin's homes. The community reported this matter."

"An hour ago, we received a penalty notice, revoking the keys to the four people's resettlement housing and expelling them from the Mingshang Apartment Complex."

"Uncle Qin and Aunt Ma thought it was Sister Kong and Brother Zheng's fault, so they started fighting."

"I went to break up the fight and was accidentally scratched on the face by Sister Kong." Feng Chenlu sighed, holding up the remaining papers in her hand:

"I still need to post notices in other units. Let's talk next time."

"Okay." Jiang Fei went upstairs.

When Lu Yu and the others returned, they started a fire in 302 to cook dumplings.

Old Mrs. Xu had used elm bark flour to make the dumplings.

Resources were scarce and food was precious. Official stores would sell elm bark at a low price.

Survivors could buy it, dry it, grind it into flour, and use it to make dumplings or noodles.

The taste and texture were naturally not as good as white flour, but it could fill one's stomach.

Xiao Chuxia picked up a brown-black dumpling and put it in her mouth, her face full of satisfaction: "It's so good to have hot dumplings to eat when I get home."

"I didn't even get to eat at the Hospital today. That important person kept waking up and fainting, and we nearly walked our legs off."

Jiang Fei asked, seemingly casually, "How is his condition?"

"His vital signs are stable now. He's expected to fully regain consciousness in about a week."

"Although he didn't die, his head was impacted. I heard that when he was shot, his head hit the wall."

Ling Zhaorui hissed, "He's really miserable."

"This matter has spread throughout the Planting Base. I don't know who he provoked to get shot three times."

"What kind of grudge would lead to such a ruthless attack?" Su Liuyuan joined the conversation.

Jiang Fei quietly ate her dumplings when suddenly a small cloth bag appeared on the table in front of her.

Lu Yu whispered, "Opening gift."

The cloth bag contained various gold ornaments.

Occasionally, people would give gifts to the Patrol Team, asking him to be lenient.

The other party's matters were not serious, so he only accepted gold, and only accumulated enough today.

"Thank you." Jiang Fei happily went to put away the cloth bag, but in reality, she secretly put it into the Supermarket.

[Ding! — Detected 1666 grams of gold.]

That's quite auspicious.

—

After several days with no progress, the Rescue Team reduced its personnel.

As a temporary worker, Jiang Fei no longer had to search and went to work as a salesclerk at Ping An Supermarket.

Recently, the Safety Shelter was under strict lockdown, so not many people came out. Jiang Fei sat on a chair at the entrance of the store, spacing out.

Mo Yanan was about to wake up; she needed to find another way to kill him.

However, the Hospital was surrounded by bodyguards and the Patrol Team, making it impossible to get in, and a sniper rifle wouldn't work well either.

Jiang Fei was a bit worried, feeling like a knife was hanging over her head, ready to fall at any moment.

"Junior Sister Jiang, why are you at Ping An Supermarket?"

A purple-bruised, ugly face appeared in Jiang Fei's field of vision.

She almost didn't recognize him; the scruffy-bearded, haggard-faced person in front of her was Xu Yichen.

"I'm working here." Jiang Fei bluffed.

"So that's it. I have good news to tell you: the Patrol Team has found the person who committed the home invasion and robbery." Xu Yichen stared intently at Jiang Fei's reaction.

Actually, he was lying to Jiang Fei.

He had always had smooth sailing in the Safety Shelter, but after meeting Jiang Fei, he'd been as unlucky as if he'd stepped in dog poop.

Especially since he was the only one beaten that day, and Jiang Fei was completely fine, it was hard not to suspect if the robbery had something to do with her.

"That's good news."

Jiang Fei, the drama queen, feigned concern: "Senior, have the things you lost been found?"

"Not yet."

Seeing that Jiang Fei was neither nervous nor guilty, Xu Yichen dismissed his suspicions and pursed his lips: "I'm in trouble now."

"You work at Ping An Supermarket, so your salary must be quite high. I want to borrow some gold from you."

"If you agree, I can help you with opening a store in the next two days."

A week ago, the robber left a letter at his doorstep.

It demanded that he gather 30 kilograms of gold and 300 boxes of supplies within half a month and deliver them to the Exchange point on time, otherwise, the official authorities would be reported that he had entered the Safety Shelter by impersonating someone else.

He was still far from gathering enough and had no choice but to run around borrowing.

Xu Yichen lowered his voice: "If you don't have it there, you can take it from Ping An Supermarket first."

"Don't worry, I'll return it to you as soon as possible, and I guarantee the store owner won't find out."

"Junior Sister wouldn't even be unwilling to help me with such a small matter, would she?" Xu Yichen feigned a pitiful look at Jiang Fei.

Little did he know how repulsive that expression was, combined with his sausage lips and missing teeth.

Jiang Fei immediately raised her voice: "What?! Senior Xu Yichen, how can you ask me to steal gold from the store?"

Passersby around them all looked over. Xu Yichen quickly raised his hand to cover his face: "Keep your voice down!"

He worked at the Exchange, and many people recognized him.

However, Jiang Fei acted as if she hadn't heard Xu Yichen, stating sternly: "Theft is an illegal act! You must abandon such a terrible idea! Otherwise, your life will head for ruin!"

"Alright, you! I'm not talking to you anymore!" Fearing his identity would be discovered, Xu Yichen covered his face and ran away in a hurry.

He vaguely heard Jiang Fei's voice coming from behind him.

"Everyone, please don't misunderstand, the person just now was definitely not Xu Yichen, the manager of the Exchange."

"He didn't ask me to borrow money, nor did he encourage me to steal things."

This stupid woman!

Was she explaining, or was she trampling his dignity and reputation into the ground?!

A brainless vase!

Idiot!

Xu Yichen was both angry and ashamed, and he ran even faster.

Su Liuyuan, inside Ping An Supermarket, noticed that the people outside were all starting to discuss Xu Yichen, and his eyes were filled with admiration for Jiang Fei.

Who could be more damaging than his Captain!

—

After failing to find the murderer for a long time, the Safety Shelter lifted its lockdown.

Jiang Fei also learned of Mo Yanan's awakening from Xiao Chuxia.

However, the other party was very weak now, unable to speak or get out of bed.

Unable to think of a way to silently kill Mo Yanan, Jiang Fei tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep, when she suddenly heard a 'plink' sound.

It sounded like a drop of water hitting the ground.