150: Yuan, where have you been?

Biao Ge led a group of homeless people from under the bridge, searching for news everywhere.

They actually saw the broadcast on the television display in a shopping mall.

They were shocked and became deeply convinced of what Old Sha had said last night.

"Bro Biao, turns out those Fat Bears... really were using us as poison seeds!"

"Look, hasn't this report already come out?"

"And the symptoms mentioned on here... I've seen several homeless brothers with them before!"

Following the subordinate's terrified mutterings, another person also asked in confusion:

"My god, is this something a human could even do?"

"Thank goodness Bro Sha told us in advance, otherwise we'd still be in the dark!"

Meanwhile, a question lingered in everyone's mind.

"Speaking of which, how did Old Sha know?"

"Wasn't he alone outside before? How is his information more up-to-date than ours??"

The surrounding homeless people couldn't help but feel a bit surprised.

Biao Ge, hearing this, began to look thoughtful, as if he were brainstorming.

"In my opinion..." Biao Ge narrowed his eyes slightly, a flicker of light flashing in his gaze.

"Hey!" Suddenly, a loud shout rang out not far away.

A few homeless people instinctively flinched and hurriedly looked toward the source of the sound.

They saw a man in a uniform holding a security baton walking toward them with large strides.

The baton in his hand was pointed straight at them, and as he walked, he chided:

"What are you all doing here? Who let you in?"

"Crap, someone's here to chase us away again!"

Seeing the aggressive manner of the other party, these homeless people understood immediately.

They hurriedly pulled at each other, anxiously saying:

"Go, go, go... hurry up and go!"

In this chaotic situation, Biao Ge led the group and hurried out of the mall.

...

Meanwhile, at the entrance of a small shop.

Several elderly men were sitting around a chessboard playing chess.

The owner of the small shop was half-leaning against the door frame; with no customers in the shop, he was watching the game with great interest.

Not far from the chessboard, two people were standing.

The shop owner had already noticed the two, his gaze occasionally glancing toward them.

One of them was tall, sturdy, and slightly chubby.

His physique formed a sharp contrast with the thin, yellow-haired youth standing beside him.

Because they were unfamiliar faces, the shop owner observed them for a few moments.

He found that these two were just standing not far away, watching them play chess.

And without a doubt, these two were Old Sha and Yellow Hair.

Last night, Old Sha had brought the yellow-haired youth back to the abandoned courtyard from under the bridge.

Although Old Sha's attire at night was terrifying, he was truly warm-hearted.

He even got some food for Yellow Hair before returning to the dilapidated house to sleep.

And early in the morning, in order to gather information, he brought Yellow Hair with him onto the street.

And now, Old Sha was instructing Yellow Hair.

"Kid, remember this, although we are homeless, we still have to observe basic etiquette."

"No matter where we go, try not to cause trouble for others."

Hearing Old Sha's words of experience, Yellow Hair was somewhat puzzled.

However, before Old Sha's voice had faded for long, a man suddenly walked over from the front, approaching the two of them.

"Here." The person who came was the shop owner.

He took two folding stools from the shop, placed them on the ground, and gestured: "Sit for a while."

"Yo, thanks, Boss." Old Sha did not refuse the owner's kindness and responded with a smile.

Seeing this scene, Yellow Hair was clearly a bit surprised.

He had been wandering outside for a few days and had been hanging out with Biao Ge for a while.

But during these days, every time Yellow Hair went with Biao Ge to ask for things, they were chased away more often than not.

Come to think of it, this was the first time Yellow Hair had encountered someone actively offering them two folding stools.

Yellow Hair then took the stool handed over by the shop owner and looked up at Old Sha, nodding thoughtfully.

At this moment, he did not yet know the plight of Biao Ge and his group, which was vastly different from their current situation.

"Boss." After sitting down on the stool, Old Sha asked with a smile:

"Do you have a TV or something in your shop? Could you play some news for us to listen to?"

"I haven't paid attention to international affairs for a long time; is there any fresh news lately?"

Yellow Hair, standing to the side, couldn't help but look at Old Sha again upon hearing this.

He had also heard Old Sha explain the purpose of that group of Fat Bears under the bridge last night.

And now, Old Sha had brought him here to gather information.

These actions made Yellow Hair feel somewhat confused.

Could everything Old Sha said be true?

Was that group of Fat Bears really using homeless people to spread some kind of disease?

And Old Sha kept paying attention to the news; how did he determine that reports would appear?

Numerous chaotic thoughts flooded Yellow Hair's mind, none of which had been answered yet.

Meanwhile, the shop owner did not say anything after hearing Old Sha's request.

He simply turned around and went back into the shop, coming out again in less than two minutes.

And just as the owner leaned against the door frame again, the sound of a news broadcast rang out from inside.

"Hehe, thanks." Hearing the news anchor's voice from the TV, Old Sha thanked the owner again.

The news report coming from the room was quite clear, and could be heard clearly even while sitting outside the shop door.

Upon hearing the content of the news being broadcast, Old Sha's smile remained, but his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Emergency notice: Recently, a contagious skin disease has appeared in our city..."

As the news broadcast sounded, Yellow Hair on the side first listened intently.

When those words entered his ears, he froze in place for a moment.

Immediately, he looked at Old Sha with a somewhat stunned expression.

Because he discovered that the content being broadcast on the news was exactly what Old Sha had told them in advance!

It was actually true! And a report really did appear today!

"Bro Sha, how did you..." Yellow Hair muttered involuntarily.

However, at this moment, Old Sha's mind was also filled with thoughts.

If it were based on his own ability, how could he have known so much in such a short time?

And the reason Old Sha was able to roughly figure out the current situation was all thanks to the information provided by Yuan in the text messages!

At first, Old Sha was skeptical about the information provided by Yuan.

But now, hearing the news report, he was completely convinced!

Thus, he took out his phone, opened the text message interface, and contacted Yuan:

"Yuan, I saw the news report; it is indeed the same as what you said..."

As the message was sent, the "Read" status soon appeared on the interface.

Clearly, Yuan had already received this message.

Seeing that the other party did not respond, Old Sha thought of the brother who had hung out with him.

He hadn't found any trace of him in the unfinished building before, and now he was still nowhere to be found.

Judging from the current situation, his situation should be quite dangerous as well.

Old Sha now believed in Yuan's ability; the other party indeed possessed unknown information.

Immediately, he edited another message and asked:

"My brother who lived in the unfinished building, he must have already been infected by now."

"I want to know... where he is."

With Old Sha's inquiry, the message was "Read" again.

At this very moment, Su Yue on the other end of the phone was also looking at the phone screen.

Su Yue stood alone by the window, while Li Haoyang behind him was still on the phone with Yang Qingmei.

He looked at the message sent by Old Sha and knew that the news had now been reported.

And Old Sha's request also made Su Yue fall into thought.

He recalled the live stream when Old Sha went to the unfinished building to look for someone.

At that time, in a room in the unfinished building, Old Sha had also seen a piece of cloth stained with black stains.

Through the color of the stains, Su Yue found it not difficult to confirm that the tattered blue cloth had been used to treat a wound from black scale disease.

And that brother of Old Sha's had undoubtedly been infected.

However, Su Yue had previously inquired with Chu Xuemei, and among the six patients confirmed with black scale disease in the hospital, there were no homeless people.

This meant that the patient carrying the black scale disease might still be wandering somewhere.

Currently, in order to suppress the situation, it was indeed necessary to find the person as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once the scope of infection spread and eventually affected the entire city, the damage caused would be incalculable.

Su Yue thought for a moment and planned a method in his heart.

Being isolated in the hospital, he naturally could not go to find that Homeless person.

The best way was to let the Police intervene in the investigation.

First, let the Police focus their attention on Old Sha's homeless brother.

Once he was found by the Police while infected, he would inevitably tell of his own experiences.

This would also allow the Police to follow the trail and investigate the origin of that group of 'Fat Bears'.

Thinking of this, Su Yue already had a candidate in mind.

The best candidate at the moment was naturally Liang Yuzhu.

After all, in the current situation, the Police had no solid leads.

If he provided information to others and asked them to suddenly search for a Homeless person, most would likely not do it.

Only Liang Yuzhu, due to her past experiences, would choose to unconditionally trust his information.

Su Yue had made up his mind, but he was not in a hurry to contact her.

Instead, he stood quietly by the window, watching the Police car drive away downstairs at the hospital.

Waiting for Liang Yuzhu to take the initiative to contact him.

...

Liang Yuzhu got into the Police car, about to return to the bureau to report.

She was inevitably feeling a bit overwhelmed, because after searching around the hospital, she hadn't gained any useful clues.

For now, she could only give a bold inference based on Dr. Chu's abnormal situation regarding the sudden outbreak of this disease.

If she went back to report like this, she would undoubtedly be scolded by Director Zhang.

At this moment, Liang Yuzhu couldn't help but think of Yuan's figure.

Wishing that if she could get some other clues at this time, it would be good, even if it had nothing to do with the current investigation direction...

Just like the surveillance screenshots Yuan provided during the Wang Lin smuggling case.

At the very least, it could bring her new ideas and break the dilemma currently faced in the investigation.

But Liang Yuzhu was also enduring; there had been no news of Yuan for some time.

The other party seemed to have evaporated from the world, even though Liang Yuzhu and Lan Zijun had tested Su Yue several times.

Yuan had no reaction at all, as if all of that had nothing to do with him.

He didn't even take the initiative to explain himself, saying where he went to recuperate.

It was as if he was unaware of what was happening now.

Liang Yuzhu thought for a moment in the car, but still couldn't help but contact her best friend, Lan Zijun.

And the other party was clearly waiting for her reply:

"You've seen Su Yue, how do you feel?"

What Lan Zijun meant by "feel" naturally referred to the relationship between Su Yue and Yuan.

Because, come to think of it, Liang Yuzhu had seen Yuan several times in person.

Whether it was the old man collecting scraps she met in the hallway, or the man in the underground warehouse.

Liang Yuzhu thought about it, but her brows couldn't help but furrow.

Because she repeatedly recalled Su Yue's appearance, only to find that she couldn't give an accurate answer.

"The appearance and voice don't match... Of course, these features are nothing for Yuan."

Liang Yuzhu recalled the several disguises Yuan had performed in the underground warehouse, almost all of which were a complete transformation.

"I can only say... their builds look very similar."

"And I didn't see any signs of injury on Su Yue's left arm."

After Liang Yuzhu sent the message, Lan Zijun was silent for a while.

"Then doesn't that mean... there's still no way to confirm Yuan's identity?"

Liang Yuzhu raised her eyebrows, and muttered to herself: "No..."

"This matter can be big or small, it absolutely cannot be dragged on."

"But the clues obtained now are not enough to support us in handling the case quickly."

"If we start from the life trajectories of those six patients, find their common points, and then confirm the source of the disease... it will take too long."

Furthermore, for this type of infectious disease, although the hospital had sealed off and quarantined the confirmed patients.

But who could be sure there were no infected people outside?

Coupled with Chu Xuemei's abnormal deduction about the appearance of this black scale disease, it was highly likely that someone was deliberately spreading it.

Thinking of this, Liang Yuzhu finally made up her mind.

She also temporarily didn't care about the cost of Yuan's information or what it would make her do.

She typed a line on the phone screen and sent it to Lan Zijun:

"I've decided to find Yuan and ask him if he knows anything."

After saying this, without waiting for Lan Zijun to reply, Liang Yuzhu took a deep breath.

She found the number she used to contact Yuan before and sent a message to Yuan.

"Yuan, I need information."

After the message was sent, Liang Yuzhu stared fixedly at the phone screen, waiting for Yuan's reply.

Little did she know, just as Liang Yuzhu was driving away from the hospital in the Police car.

At this moment, at a window in the hospital ward, Su Yue was standing at the window watching the Police car leave.

He took out his phone and opened the interface of the hidden system.

Sure enough, a newly arrived text message caught Su Yue's attention.

Su Yue smiled indifferently, deliberately waited for a moment, and then replied: "What information?"

In the car, Liang Yuzhu saw the message sent by Yuan.

This was the first time she had received a message from Yuan since they parted ways in the underground warehouse last time.

At this moment, Liang Yuzhu's heart was full of questions, but she still calmed herself down, and after briefly describing the situation of the infectious disease.

"I want to ask you, do you know the source of this disease? Why did it suddenly appear?"

Su Yue looked at Liang Yuzhu's inquiry, having already prepared.

"I do have a relevant clue that I can provide to you; as for the payment... it's the same as before."

Immediately, he sent the photos of the unfinished building to Liang Yuzhu.

Seeing this photo, Liang Yuzhu was stunned.

She didn't ask first what this photo had to do with the current situation.

Instead, seeing that Yuan was still willing to cooperate with them, she couldn't help but reveal the questions in her heart and asked:

"Yuan, where have you been during this time?"

"I remember you were injured that day... how is your situation?"

However, Su Yue smiled when he saw this, skillfully refused to answer, and replied:

"Officer Liang, this is the second piece of information; it will cost extra."