His head was forcibly shoved into a sink. The cold and suffocating sensation of death instantly jolted his feverish mind awake... triggering a desperate struggle.
The drunk instinctively fought back, but his frail body could not resist the other man's violence... Only after reason completely overcame the anesthetic clouding his consciousness did he finally draw a breath of fresh, murky air into his lungs.
"Looks like you're awake."
The weak... gasped for breath.
The drunk collapsed onto the floor, terrified out of his mind. It took him a long while to recover, and only then did anger surface. But by that time, a black pistol was already pressed against his head.
"I don't have time to explain anything to you." Liu Jinghe said directly, "Tell me everything you know about the research institute... Ye Qiu."
"Who are you?" Ye Qiu looked weak yet wary. "Why do you know... Yaohua? Are you... from the Investigation Department?"
The Investigation Department?
Liu Jinghe was slightly startled inwardly, but showed nothing as he said, "You look exactly like a vagrant on the street. Why do you think I came looking specifically for you, and even knew your name?"
At the same time, Liu Jinghe gained some understanding of the Investigation Department... Vega had once told him that there had always been a special department within the Group, used to monitor every member of the Group.
The Group offered extremely generous benefits, and correspondingly demanded an extremely high level of employee loyalty.
"So you really did come looking for me... You noticed me..." Ye Qiu curled up, seemingly muttering to himself. He looked increasingly helpless and neurotic.
Liu Jinghe thought for a moment before saying, "It seems you knew long ago that we would come looking for you."
Having recovered somewhat, Ye Qiu looked at