Chapter 493
Where does the word "immortal" point?
Chapter 493 Where does the word "immortal" point?
Upon hearing Zhuang Yanzheng's words, Su Miaoyi's eyes suddenly flickered slightly.
She paused for a moment, then frowned, considering the possibility of this.
Jiang Xutong posted the three characters "Xie Zhiyan".
The torturous method of killing Jiang Xutong was also Xie Zhiyan's style of revenge.
Especially, he's so eager to avenge Qianying; he'll take revenge himself.
Moreover, only he would be so arrogant as to kill someone in Jinghai and then dump the body in Weiyang Palace.
Based on her understanding of Xie Zhiyan, it was clear that Xie Zhiyan had gone to Jinghai.
However, there is no evidence to prove that Xie Zhiyan went there, just as Zhuang Yanzheng said.
Xie Zhiyan could have easily arranged for someone to do all of this, making it seem as if he had done it himself.
“The more you understand Lele, the easier it is to fall into his trap,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.
Su Miaoyi looked at him, her mind racing, considering all the possibilities.
Seeing that she was staring at him without blinking, Zhuang Yanzheng cleared his throat and coughed lightly after a while.
Su Miaoyi blinked slightly, but still looked at him.
Zhuang Yanzheng scratched his cheek and moved to the side, Su Miaoyi's eyes following him.
After a while, Zhuang Yanzheng said, "Are you thinking about something?"
"I've thought it through," Su Miaoyi said.
"Then why are you staring at me like that?" Zhuang Yanzheng said.
Su Miaoyi clicked her tongue: "Still not letting us see?"
Zhuang Yanzheng: "."
“I was thinking that a few days ago the tech department said they upgraded our phone’s security system, so Xie Zhiyan can no longer locate us or hack into our phones,” Su Miaoyi said. “That’s what the tech department said, right?”
Zhuang Yanzheng nodded.
“I still remember when they said that, they were very confident and proud,” Su Miaoyi said. “They even said that if they were still hacked and located, they would quit their jobs and go home to farm.”
"Yes." Zhuang Yanzheng thought for a moment and said, "You mean Xie Zhiyan doesn't know yet that we're mainly focused on you in Changshi."
“That’s right.” Su Miaoyi nodded. “I just suddenly realized that with Jiang Xutong’s skills, Xie Zhiyan won’t be able to find her so quickly. I think Jiang Xutong is more capable than Xie Zhiyan.”
Zhuang Yanzheng nodded as well.
Su Miaoyi continued, "I don't know much about this, but if Jiang Xutong hacked into Xie Zhiyan's system, wouldn't it be easy for him to be caught? After all, Xie Zhiyan is indeed quite capable."
"You mean, Jiang Xutong was investigating Xie Zhiyan, hacked into his phone or computer, and was then tracked back by Xie Zhiyan?" Zhuang Yanzheng said.
"Yes, in this situation, isn't it relatively easy to be detected?"
"I'll check with the technical department." Zhuang Yanzheng called the technical department and told them about Su Miaoyi's guess.
The technical department's response was that, in that situation, it was indeed relatively easy to be tracked.
Furthermore, the technical department has worked with both Jiang Xutong and Xie Zhiyan before, and they know their skill level. It's a contest between two experts.
They felt that Su Miaoyi's conjecture was highly likely.
“If my guess is correct, Jiang Xutong may not have realized that she was being counter-tracked. By the time she realized it, Xie Zhiyan, or rather Xie Zhiyan’s people, had already come looking for her. So in a moment of panic, she sent my brother an unfinished text message,” Su Miaoyi said.
“Continue,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.
“The text message that was sent to my brother was most likely information that Jiang Xutong found from Xie Zhiyan,” Su Miaoyi said.
“Perhaps things happened much faster than we imagined,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “Finding Xie Zhiyan’s important information and suddenly being contacted with an unfinished text message could have happened in a very short period of time.”
“After Xie Zhiyan discovered the intrusion, he tracked down Jiang Xutong’s location and then had his people in Jinghai take action,” Su Miaoyi said. “So Jiang Xutong didn’t have time to react.”
"good."
“Xie Zhiyan had his people in Jinghai imitate his style and habits, just to create the illusion that he was actually there,” Su Miaoyi said. “He wanted to cover up his true whereabouts and the message Jiang Xutong sent out. He wanted to keep me in Jinghai. After all, my goal was to kill him. Only when he was dead would everything he was doing and all his deals stop.”
Everything they said was just speculation; they had no idea what actually happened.
However, Su Miaoyi was certain at this moment that Xie Zhiyan was creating the illusion that he was in Jinghai.
He wanted to keep her in Jinghai, and according to his plan, she was now searching for him all over Jinghai.
But he didn't expect that she had already left Jinghai.
“The most crucial thing now is the word ‘immortal’,” Su Miaoyi said.
"Xie Zhiyan wants to keep you in Jinghai," Zhuang Yanzheng said after thinking for a moment. "The good news is that we can rule out Jinghai. The bad news is that we've only ruled out Jinghai. We need to search for anything related to the word 'immortal' in all the places outside of Jinghai."
Su Miaoyi took a breath, held it, and after a while, slowly exhaled and said, "There's another piece of good news."
"what?"
“Chang City,” Su Miaoyi said, “We can start our search from Chang City. I wouldn’t have seen Qianying in Chang City for no reason. Besides, I should have been able to see some scenes of Chang City through Qianying, but she wouldn’t let me. She said she wouldn’t betray Xie Zhiyan. There must be something very important in Chang City.”
"This is at least a direction, which is better than not knowing where to start. If it's not in Changshi, we'll determine the next place to investigate."
“Sure,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “Immortal. Is it a place name? Or something else?”
"Let's start by looking up the place names." Su Miaoyi opened her phone and took out a map of Chang City from her suitcase.
Zhuang Yanzheng also called the Jinghai Municipal Public Security Bureau and told them about the direction of the investigation.
I also called Duan Wenrui, a local, to ask about the situation in Changshi.
Of all the restaurants with the character "仙" (immortal) in their names, Duan Wenrui only knew one: Zuixianlou. He said the wine there was delicious and many people went there. He didn't know any others.
Su Miaoyi searched online and on a map, but couldn't find anything related to the character "仙" (immortal).
“Jiang Xutong sent the character ‘仙’ (xian), which should be at the very beginning according to normal text message editing,” Su Miaoyi said. “But… not only is ‘仙’ at the beginning, I couldn’t find a single place in Changshi with ‘仙’ in its name.”
"Could it be pointing to a temple or something?" Zhuang Yanzheng said. "Or some kind of remote place, like one that can't be found on maps or online. We couldn't find the ram horn mask from Yanjing Village online at the time."
"Then we'll just have to ask the locals," Su Miaoyi said.
But there's no direction at all; you keep asking questions little by little. How long will it take?
The typos haven't been corrected yet. Goodnight everyone.