Don't follow the rules

Chapter 465: Haojiu Home Furnishing City (Part )

For a long time, Ning Yao and his friends have always met people with the same name. Although there are a large number of them, they cannot find any connection between these people with the same name.

Their ages, genders, appearances, and even all the life experiences that can be found are different, but they always appear in groups with the same names, making it impossible to regard them as just a "coincidence."

It is extremely difficult to string together this group of people with the same name who have no connection with each other except their names into a complete clue. Even An Han, who has the best brain, finds it difficult to sort out the clues.

However, just now, Ning Yao seemed to have vaguely grasped something and was finally able to successfully connect all the previous trivial details.

He rummaged in his pocket and pulled out his cell phone: "Fortunately, there is still signal."

He opened the address book and found that Chunyu's contact information had disappeared. His finger paused and dialed An Han, who was at the top of everyone's phone because of his surname.

"Hello..." Ning Yao had just scolded An Han before coming to the Home Furnishing City. Now that he was calling for help, he felt a little embarrassed to lower his head.

But unexpectedly, there was no mocking voice from the other end of the phone as expected.

"Hey, Brother Ning, are you safe now? I received a notice from Captain Jiang that I need to come over for support. I'm on my way now. Number One also insisted on seeing you, so I brought him along as well. Are you okay now?"

Ning Yao was really overwhelmed by the overwhelming enthusiasm and concern. He even stuttered a little: "I'm fine, where are you guys?"

An Han: "It's just one more intersection away."

Number One grabbed the phone and said, "Old Deng, tell this idiot that there is a person named Chunyu in the world! Tell him that you remember Chunyu! I am not talking nonsense!"

An Han snatched the phone back: "No, baby, children shouldn't speak so rudely."

"Ahhhhhhh!" Number One was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but considering that Anhan was too fragile, he could only turn around and kick the back of the driver's seat angrily.

"I remember," Ning Yao said seriously, "An Han, there is Chun Yu in this world."

An Han was slightly surprised: "Really? When did this happen? I've read all your work records and reports, and there's no indication that you've come into contact with such a person. And I checked again before I left just now, and there's no relevant record in the information I can retrieve. Is this person confidential?"

Ning Yao took a deep breath and asked, "Did the commander tell you anything before you set out?"

"The commander did not show up. Captain Jiang is fully responsible for this operation." An Han said.

Ning Yao was puzzled: "She was able to sit still even when Loulan rebelled?"

An Han lowered his voice: "Ahem, although it's not my turn to comment on this matter, I have always believed that the commander has never truly accepted Loulan's surrender, and Loulan has never regarded the association as an organization that can be relied on. At most, the two of them have the same short-term goals and signed a few important contracts to constrain both parties."

"So Loulan's departure was basically expected. The only annoying thing was that she forcibly took Rao Qian away."

Ning Yao asked: "Why did she take Rao Qian away?"

"Rao Qian's condition has suddenly worsened. The Association can only rely on secret techniques to keep him alive. I guess the Alliance should have some way to save Rao Qian. If they use this as bait, it's understandable that Lou Lan ran away."

Ning Yao asked, "When did Rao Qian suddenly get worse? Give me a specific time."

"Uh," An Han was asked, "probably around 2:30 to 3:00. If you need a more precise time, I may have to check it again before I can give you an answer."

Ning Yao: "I need the exact time, please."

An Han smiled and said, "Why are you being polite to me?" Number One rubbed the goose bumps on his arms and said, "Don't talk to Lao Deng like that. It makes me uncomfortable."

An Han said innocently: "Don't I always talk like this?"

Ning Yao: "Okay, okay, let's check it out quickly, it's urgent."

An Han: "Okay, okay, I'll check it out."

Number One rolled his eyes.

After hanging up the phone, Ning Yao fell into deep thought again.

Rao Qian's condition suddenly worsened around 2:30 to 3:00 in the afternoon, and that was also the time when Ning Yao and Chunyu split up and officially started playing the quality inspection game. Ning Yao was not sure about the exact time when Chunyu disappeared, but it was hard for him not to think that there was some kind of connection between Chunyu and Rao Qian.

If Chunyu disappeared immediately after separating from him, the two times overlapped, and the time of Rao Qian's deterioration must be directly related to Chunyu's disappearance.

If Du Jingxiu and his men extended the olive branch to Loulan only after Rao Qian's situation deteriorated, then Loulan's actions were a little too fast. Ning Yao thought this was not reasonable.

You know, the association immediately used secret techniques to rescue Rao Qian, but it would take some time for Loulan to confirm whether the secret techniques were useful. If the secret techniques were useful, how could Loulan drag Rao Qian out of the operating room at this time?

Now, it's not even seven o'clock.

From Rao Qian's worsening condition → rescue → confirmation that treatment was ineffective → hanging on to his life → Loulan receiving the alliance's solicitation → deciding to rebel → the association issuing an emergency order, this process is actually difficult to complete in just three or four hours.

Unless Loulan and the Alliance had already had contact, then Rao Qian's current deterioration was merely a catalyst, accelerating her rebellion.

After much thought, the opportunity for the alliance to come into contact with Loulan was the time when Ning Yao and his companions boarded the ship.

But clearly at the Sunday program production center, Loulan was still so resistant to contact from the alliance. What happened in the meantime? Or what rhetoric did Du Jingxiu use to make Loulan put aside thousands of years of feud with Bass and cooperate with them?

Ning Yao put down his phone and turned his gaze to the outside of the car window.

What he wanted to know most now was whether it was Rao Qian's deterioration that led to Chunyu's disappearance, or whether Chunyu's disappearance caused Rao Qian's deterioration.

The two people in the front seat of the car exchanged glances silently.

What does the big brother in the back row do? Why is there a word like "commander" when making a phone call...

"Ahem," Tan Ai tried to get Ning Yao's attention. "Brother Ning, do you remember the way to the elevator? This is my first time driving here, and I'm not familiar with the underground garage. Plus, we're stuck in a maze. If you know the way, could you please point it out?"

Chi Nian also agreed: "This is my first time driving here, and I don't know the way."

Ning Yao took off his hood: "To be honest, I don't even have a driver's license."

Tan Ai looked desperate: "What should we do? These turns have appeared several times."

Ning Yao pointed ahead: "There are people hailing a taxi over there."

"Ah?" Tan Ai was at a loss, and just subconsciously looked in the direction Ning Yao pointed, and found that there was indeed someone standing on the side of the road, with his arms stretched out and shaking up and down, the standard posture for hailing a taxi.

Thanks to the book friend 20230414021822816 Baozi for the reward! Love you Baozi, eh~