Chapter 3935: Must... Live Until the End
The surveillance detail had changed personnel three times already... Everything had gone relatively smoothly. The target seemed preoccupied, so she had not paid much attention to her surroundings?
By now, Lin Feng and another colleague had taken over the tail... They were watching Huang Xiaoyun's movements.
It was six thirteen in the morning... Lin Feng glanced at the time. Huang Xiaoyun suddenly stopped, then sat down in a corner of the plaza outside a shopping mall that had not opened yet.
"Officer Lin, [Peppa] looks like something's wrong... Don't you feel like her mental state suddenly got much worse?"
"Mm... A little?"
At that moment, Huang Xiaoyun looked exactly like a social dropout suffering withdrawal symptoms after long-term abuse of some prohibited substance.
Her curled-up body, occasional shudders, and vacant stare...
Since Officer Ma's orders were to focus on observation, nobody took any unnecessary action.
"Look, she seems to have taken something out... A candle?"
Lin Feng frowned.
Huang Xiaoyun's next actions were even stranger... They were almost eerie--after taking out a candle, she sniffed it deeply several times. She stared blankly for quite a while before lighting it with trembling hands.
Even under the orange-red candlelight, the girl's face remained deathly pale... Then the tension in Huang Xiaoyun's expression seemed to ease. Most noticeably, the craving-like state enveloping her seemed to fade considerably.
Lin Feng and his colleague exchanged baffled looks--it was obvious that there was something wrong with the candle.
Lin Feng asked instinctively, "Is it some new type of... something?"
"Mm... I'm not sure." His colleague thought for a moment, then suggested, "How about we find a way to get a sample?"
"Officer Ma said not to take any action beyond observation." Officer Lin shook his head. In the end,