22. No Hope. Just Wait to Die
After Yimo and Du Lingran chatted for a few more moments, neither of them brought up forming an alliance. They acted like complete strangers who had never interacted before and stopped speaking to each other.
Du Lingran was wary of Yimo. How could Yimo not be wary of Du Lingran in turn?
In a game where even the rules were unknown, anything could happen.
In some ways, the two of them were very alike. That was why they were even more on guard against each other.
After leaving the hospital, Yimo felt it was still early and there was no need to go to the Church right away. So he decided to first find the local gossipy aunties for a chat and see what he could get out of them.
He wanted to find out which of the townspeople were sick, then visit their homes and see if he could make any new discoveries!
As it happened, though, he ran into Third Young Master Qianjiang and the others outside a distinctive restaurant.
Of course, Third Young Master Qianjiang wasn't the only one there. There was also someone who stood out vividly in Yimo's memory.
Du Yu, the general manager of Bai Ye Group's Box Town operations!
At that moment, they seemed to be on very good terms, chatting and laughing as they talked about something.
It turned out that Third Young Master Qianjiang and the others had gotten so drunk that they'd spent the night sleeping in the restaurant. The next day, the voices of people talking in the restaurant's lobby had woken them up.
He'd vaguely heard them say that Box Town had a New Town District, and that Du Yu was an executive there. He'd come to the hotel to offer the other man a high price to