Brother Bao Was Quite Helpless

Liu Feibao picked up his phone impatiently and glanced at it. It was the name of one of his employees, which made him hesitate.

He knew very well that these employees wouldn't call his cell phone directly unless it was something urgent.

Moreover, this employee was one of the people he had asked to investigate those two cars yesterday.

"What is it?" Liu Feibao answered the phone and asked directly.

"Brother Bao, I heard some news. Two brothers went to cause trouble for those guys this morning... the ones you asked me to investigate yesterday, the ones driving that Sagitar and Corolla. And those two brothers are telling everyone that they went to get revenge for you."

"What?!" Liu Feibao was instantly wide awake, sitting bolt upright in bed, his hand gripping his phone tightly. His voice rose sharply. "What two brothers? Didn't I tell you not to provoke those people? It's better to not find their information than to let them find out?"

The employee whispered, "Brother Bao, they're not one of ours. They're two guys from Chongyun Village who used to work at the auto repair shop. They said they knew those outsiders had tried to scam Brother Bao, so they went and staged an accident to get revenge for him."

"I'll pay you ￥#@!%&..." Liu Feibao angrily cursed into his phone.

He had already received stern instructions from General Qi, and he was also somewhat intimidated by the bald man's background. Let alone seeking revenge or venting his anger, he even had to avoid being discovered by those people when gathering information. Besides, he wasn't angry at all right now, so what was the point of him getting involved?

Those two are even using his name. If President Qi finds out, given his previous attitude, their cooperation will probably fall through immediately. Not only that, they might also have to endure President Qi's wrath and repercussions later on.

What worries him even more is that bald, bespectacled guy whose origins he still doesn't know.

The rear-end collision yesterday afternoon wasn't too serious. Both cars sustained only minor damage, and they only paid a little over two or three thousand yuan in compensation, which is definitely more than the repair cost of the other car. The main conflict was probably verbal; Mr. Qi was being a bit flirtatious with one of the girls and made some arrogant remarks, but nothing too outrageous, so it shouldn't have caused any real enmity.

But if someone tries to extort money from those people in his name today, the situation will be different. It's like telling them that Liu Feibao is a petty and vindictive person who still holds grudges about what happened yesterday and wants revenge.

What would their reaction be?

Even President Qi is so wary of him, and Qin Dong doesn't even dare to reveal the information he knows. If someone wanted to get rid of him, what methods or means would they use?

To be honest, Liu Feibao was quite curious.

But he had no desire to verify it himself. He knew his own limitations; in terms of personal ability, courage, wealth, and connections, he was several levels below Qi Haoguo. Since Qi Haoguo was so frightened, he would surely be in an even worse situation.

After cursing a few times, he knew he couldn't blame the employee. He took a deep breath and asked, "What exactly happened? How much money did they extort? Did the other party call the police? Was there any physical altercation? Was anyone injured?" He could only pray that things wouldn't escalate too much.

"I don't know the specifics, and I haven't heard any details. It seems no one called the police; they were stopped by the village's deputy director. I know you told me last night, Brother Bao, not to provoke those people, so I called you as soon as I heard this."

Liu Feibao breathed a slight sigh of relief and said, "Go find these two brothers and bring them to me. Hmm, take them directly to room 888 of 'Orchid Emperor Family'."

After ending the call, he called his driver and asked him to come and drive. He had spent the whole day driving Qi Haoguo around Jianzhou City, and he really didn't want to touch the steering wheel again.

Thinking back to the eight-armed statue that Qi Haoguo described to the woodcarving master and the young man who later ran the figurine studio in Jianzhou City, Liu Feibao felt a little uneasy.

Qi Haoguo's behavior was so different from the impression Liu Feibao had of President Qi in the past, and he also showed various abnormal behaviors, which even made Liu Feibao think that "President Qi might be possessed or taken over".

After that change, Qi Haoguo couldn't wait to have someone make that strange wooden carving, which made him even more puzzled and uneasy.

I have a feeling that Qi Haoguo's sudden urge to make this eight-armed wooden sculpture is likely related to his experience yesterday.

When describing a character to be created, people usually start by using an existing character as a base, such as characters from movies, TV series, or myths and legends.

But Qi Haoguo described it from head to toe, from every organ, every part, the condition of the skin, and every detail, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

Have you seen it with your own eyes?

This thought made Liu Feibao even more uneasy and fearful.

When Liu Zhengyi and Liu Gaoshang were found by Liu Feibao's men, they were eating dry noodles at a Shaxian snack shop.

When the seemingly capable young man said that "Brother Bao" wanted to see them and would take them to "Orchid Emperor Family," the two brothers exchanged a excited and delighted glance. Without any hesitation, they followed the capable young man into the GL8.

As soon as they sat down in the back seat, they saw two equally capable young men get on the bus and sit in the third row.

The two brothers smiled at them in a friendly manner, but received no response, only indifferent expressions.

Liu Gaoshang, the younger brother, felt a little uneasy and asked in a low voice, "They seem really unhappy."

The older brother, Liu Zhengyi, replied in a low voice, seemingly unconcerned, "It's alright, they're all like that."

Although the attempt to stage an accident Xiang Kun and his group this morning was, in retrospect, quite a failure and somewhat embarrassing.

But after returning to town, Liu Zhengyi still boasted to a few friends he knew who worked in Liu Feibao's shop, embellishing the story and saying that he and his brother had helped "Brother Bao" get revenge.

Anyway, today's incident happened on a small road in Chongyun Village, and apart from Xiang Kun and the people in their two cars and Liu Caifu, no one else saw it.

The Liu Zhengyi brothers hadn't expected the results to be so good. Just a few hours later, before they had even finished dinner, "Brother Bao" had already heard the news and wanted to see them.

Judging from the results, they achieved their initial goal.

A dozen minutes later, the GL8 stopped in the underground parking lot of "Orchid Emperor Family". Then, led by the sharp young man, the two brothers took the elevator to the third floor and arrived at VIP 888.

They all knew that "Orchid Emperor Family" was an entertainment venue run by Liu Feibao, and it was also the best nightclub in Tongshi Town. Being brought here to meet was enough to show "Brother Bao's" attitude towards them.

Suppressing their excitement, the two brothers followed the wiry young man into VIP888. They found that the large private room was empty except for the pot-bellied, bespectacled Liu Feibao and a tall man standing by the small bar.

The capable young man brought the person in, greeted Liu Feibao, then went out and closed the door, standing guard at the entrance.

"Sit down," Liu Feibao said calmly, gesturing to the two sofas opposite him.

The brothers Liu Zhengyi and Liu Gaoshang sat down cautiously and saw the tall man standing by the bar come over and pour each of them a glass of foreign liquor.

Liu Feibao raised his cup to indicate his intention, and the two brothers immediately took the cups and drank them down in one gulp. The younger brother, Liu Gaoshang, choked and coughed.

"Do you know me?" Liu Feibao took a small sip, put down his cup, and asked indifferently.

The two brothers nodded like chicks pecking at rice.

"Do you know why I called you here?" Liu Feibao asked again, but after a slight pause, without waiting for their answer, he said directly, "Tell me about what happened this morning."

They both naturally understood what "this morning's events" meant, and Liu Zhengyi immediately embellished the story of how they stopped Xiang Kun on the road.

In his description, "the bald man with glasses" was terrified by the two brothers and begged for mercy repeatedly. The other people in the car were too scared to get off. It was only because Deputy Director Liu from Chongyun Village happened to be passing by that they were unable to extort money from them.

Liu Feibao sighed, took off his gold-rimmed glasses, and the tall man immediately came over and handed him a glasses cloth.

As Liu Feibao wiped his glasses, he said, "This is my driver, Xiao Hou. He's only been with me for a little over a year. I used to have a driver who worked for me for over ten years, but I replaced him later. Do you two know why?"

The two brothers naturally shook their heads in confusion.

"Because he loves to lie." Liu Feibao said, enunciating each word clearly, then slowly put his glasses back on. His sharp eyes stared at the two people sitting upright across the table, his face suddenly contorting into a grimace, his chubby cheeks trembling slightly. His voice was cold as he said, "Tell the truth, what exactly happened? I'll only give you one chance!"

He had seen the "bald man with glasses" with his own eyes yesterday afternoon and knew that Xiang Kun was not someone they, two simpletons, could intimidate with just a few words. Even his 1.9-meter-tall driver, Xiao Hou, was overwhelmed by Xiang Kun's imposing manner and had to back away repeatedly. So what could they possibly do? These words couldn't fool him at all.

Seeing Liu Feibao's sudden change in expression, the two brothers were a little confused. Liu Zhengyi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but Liu Feibao suddenly raised his hand to stop him, then pointed at his younger brother Liu Gaoshang: "You speak! Tell the truth!"

Liu Gaoshang looked at the tall man, Xiao Hou, who had silently walked behind the two brothers. He was a little intimidated by this and immediately told them the whole story of their "hit-and-run" incident in Chongyun Village that morning.

After hearing his words, Liu Feibao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, it seemed that the two idiots had just made a fool of themselves and hadn't even hit the car. It shouldn't have any impact on Xiang Kun and his friend.

"Did you mention my name in front of them this morning?" Liu Feibao asked again.

"No," Liu Zhengyi said immediately, realizing that "Brother Bao's" attitude was a bit off. But at the same time, Liu Gaoshang blurted out unconsciously, "My brother just mentioned it briefly."

The two brothers looked at each other; the older brother's face was full of anger and disappointment, while the younger brother looked bewildered and innocent.

Liu Feibao took off his glasses again, covered his face, and sighed helplessly.

After a while, he put his glasses back on and looked at the two of them. "You want to come with me?"

The two brothers nodded naturally.

"Why?"

"You treat your brothers very well. Everyone in Tongshi Town knows you're loyal and capable, and your business is very successful." Liu Zhengyi naturally rushed to flatter you.

"Then what can you do for me?" Liu Feibao asked again.

"We can fix motorcycles..."

Liu Gaoshang muttered something under his breath, only to be immediately interrupted by his brother, "Brother Bao, whatever you want us to do, we'll do it. We brothers didn't study much, and we're not exactly smart, but we're both strong and can manage a lot of work. Besides, my brother and I both practiced Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) when we were kids; we could easily take on two or three ordinary people..."

"So you mean you're here to be my thugs? I mean... you've got some misunderstanding, haven't you?" Liu Feibao frowned at them. "Do you think I'm some kind of gangster boss from some movie? I'm just a legitimate businessman!!! What the hell era are we living in? You're still stuck with gangster ideas? You want to come with me to seize territory and set up a stall? The kind of big shots you're looking for are all in jail. Go find them there!"

Hearing Liu Feibao's words, although they knew he was throwing a tantrum and was very angry, the Liu Zhengyi brothers couldn't help but want to laugh. They could only lower their heads, bite their lips, and look like they were seriously learning a lesson.

Looking at these two idiots, Liu Feibao really wanted to slap them to death, but he also knew that it would be pointless.

After cursing for a while, he let out a few long breaths and asked, "You said before that the people in those two cars were invited by the deputy director of Chongyun Village? What was that deputy director's name again?"

After obtaining Liu Caifu's name, Liu Feibao made a phone call, asked someone for Liu Caifu's mobile phone number, and then dialed it.

"Hello?" Liu Caifu's polite voice rang out.

"Brother Caifu? I'm Liu Feibao, Liu Xiaobao from Tongshi Town." Liu Feibao was very enthusiastic.

"Liu Feibao? I don't know him... Oh, it's Pig... It's you! How did you get my number?"

Liu Feibao's expression darkened in the private room, but his voice remained enthusiastic. "Brother Caifu, I got your number from Brother Chu, yes, that Brother Chu. Ah, it's nothing urgent, I've been wanting to meet you for a while, but I haven't had the chance. I was wondering if you're free now, to grab a drink together... Hey? Don't hang up, don't hang up, there really is something... you should know Mr. Xiang Kun, right? Yesterday my driver wasn't paying attention and rear-ended his friend's car. We had already settled it privately, but today two young guys were being irresponsible and went to offend Mr. Xiang and his friend. I really didn't know anything about it. Yes, I'd like to talk to you about the details in person. I've also invited Brother Chu along, shall we have some late-night snacks?"

After much persuasion, Liu Feibao Liu Caifu, and he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He had considered contacting Xiang Kun directly; he knew not only Xiang Kun's hotel room number but also their registered phone number at the hotel.

But he knew that if he went to them rashly, he would not only fail to gain their understanding and dispel misunderstandings, but might also provoke greater hostility. So he thought he should start with Liu Caifu, a local, to find out the situation, build a relationship, and eliminate any potential problems.

Liu Feibao looked at the two brothers sitting on the sofa, his expression turning cold. "You should have figured it out, right? You've gotten me into big trouble today. You'll come with me to see Director Liu later, and I'll tell you how to talk to him." He had considered saying that these two had nothing to do with him, and that he didn't know about this before, but he understood that it wouldn't make much sense; the other party wouldn't care.

Watching Liu Feibao's expressions change as quickly as a Sichuan opera face-changing act, the two brothers were both a little apprehensive. Just who was this bald man with glasses? Why would Brother Bao stoop so low as to fawn over Liu Caifu?

Earlier today, in a conference room on the second floor of a research center belonging to a special department of "Shenxing Technology" in a high-tech industrial park in Ironpeace Town Baoqing City.

A dignified-looking man, nearing fifty, wearing glasses and a black turtleneck sweater, paced back and forth, frowning and appearing extremely agitated.

"Dr. Yang, please stop beating around the bush. This is making me dizzy. Sit down and have something to eat. You didn't eat much for lunch, did you?" a young researcher advised.

The dignified man, referred to as "Dr. Yang," stopped in his tracks, ignoring the young researcher, and looked at Fang Pingfang was engrossed in eating seafood ramen inside the room. "Dr. Fang, has 'Mr. Liang' not replied yet?"

Fang Pingfang slurped up the noodles in her mouth, ate them, wiped her mouth, and looked up to say, "No."

"Why don't you urge him again?" Dr. Yang said, frowning. "We can't just keep wasting time here without him replying, can we?"

This is the conference room on the second floor. Researchers who usually work on the D1 and D2 basement levels are mostly gathered here now, waiting for further instructions to clarify their upcoming work arrangements.

When they arrived in the morning, they were informed that D1 and D2 were temporarily sealed off and no one was allowed to enter.

The Fang Pingfang, who had only been at the research center for a few days.

Within the research institutes of "Shenxing Technology's" secret departments, the nominal managers are often not the ones who truly have the final say. Many things are judged not by their administrative rank within the company, but by the "classification level" they hold in various projects and within the secret departments.

The higher the level of confidentiality, the more things a person can directly access, and the more they can communicate with "Mr. Liang," the direct supervisor of the department.

Fang Pingfang is currently the researcher in this research center with the highest level of temporary confidentiality, alongside Dr. Yang.

Seeing that all twenty-odd researchers in the conference room were looking at her, Fang Pingfang said to Dr. Yang, "' Mr. Liang 'Mr. Liang didn't answer the phone, but I've already sent him an emergency contact request. I believe he'll contact us immediately if he sees it. If you really can't resist, you can contact him yourself; you have his phone number too."

Dr. Yang couldn't help but raise his voice. "I'd like to too! But you haven't even told me what's going on down there, so there's no point in me trying to contact you! You were the only one in the lab last night. What happened? What danger arose that necessitated sealing off the entire D1 and D2 levels?"

"I have thought of some potential safety hazards, but those hazards can't be solved simply by sealing off the underground area; they require us to go in and deal with them ourselves. But clearly, the problem you're referring to isn't one of those I've thought of."

"We have several experiments in our lab that are at a critical stage. We can't afford to delay any longer. We need to get results as soon as possible, whether it's necessary to transfer the data or what kind of follow-up processing to perform."

After listening silently, Fang Pingfang pushed her nearly finished seafood noodles aside and said to the others in the conference room, "Everyone, go home and rest. Keep your phones on; we might call you back at any time."

The researchers in the conference room, who had been eagerly awaiting Fang Pingfang's explanation to Dr. Yang, were all greatly disappointed upon hearing this.

Everyone had their own guesses about the true purpose of this secret department set up by the company, but they were all just guesses. The fact that such a big fuss was being made today, sealing off D1 and D2, and requiring "Mr. Liang's" personal instructions, clearly meant that Dr. Fang had made some major discovery in the laboratory last night.

After watching the other researchers leave one by one and close the conference room door behind them, Dr. Yang turned his gaze to Fang Pingfang, asking with some anticipation in his eyes, "Is it the thing you brought back from 'Lab Nine' this time?"

The items that Fang Pingfang and Team Leader Li escorted back from the Qinling Uninhabited Zone were handled by more than 70% of the researchers at the research center, including Dr. Yang Fang Pingfang. After all, many of the various testing experiments on those items required their participation.

Over the past few days, they hadn't found anything particularly special about the things they brought back. However, Dr. Yang could tell from Mr. Liang's repeated personal instructions and Fang Pingfang's voluntary decision to stay there that these things were definitely special.

The item that Fang Pingfang paid the most attention to and put the most effort into was the rough and ugly Rabbit Woodcarving in "Lab Nine".

In response to his question, Fang Pingfang simply nodded, then opened her laptop, completed a series of identity verification procedures, and opened a surveillance video.

The surveillance video was from the break room inside "Lab Nine" last night, and the angle it was pointing at was right near the table where tea was poured.

The surveillance footage from the main laboratories requires a very high level of confidentiality. In the entire research center in Ironpeace Town, including Fang Pingfang and Dr. Yang, only four people have the authority to access it. Even most of the security personnel cannot see it.

After seeing Fang Pingfang nervously crush a disposable paper cup in the video, Dr. Yang asked in surprise, "What did you see at that time?" There was nothing unusual in her field of vision in the surveillance video.

Fang Pingfang said, "Hallucination."

"What hallucination?" Dr. Yang asked.

Fang Pingfang closed the notebook again and said to him, "According to the terms of the contract I signed, the specific details need to be discussed with 'Mr. Liang' first, and then he will decide whether to let you participate. I can only tell you now that the wooden carving has the ability to induce hallucinations, which is extremely dangerous."

If anyone else had said this, Dr. Yang's first reaction would have been that the person had a mental or psychological problem, rather than being influenced by external factors. But since it was Fang Pingfang who said this, he knew that Dr. Fang must have had sufficient reasons to reach this conclusion.

Dr. Yang adjusted his glasses, nodded, and this time did not ask any further questions, acknowledging Fang Pingfang's reason for temporarily closing D1 and D2.

He knew that Fang Pingfang definitely had a lot more to say, and that the "danger" of that wooden carving was definitely more than just causing hallucinations.

As Fang Pingfang played the surveillance footage from Lab Nine for Dr. Yang, Zhang Yaozu, the captain of Security Team 3, who had just woken up from a nap in the break room to change shifts, sat in the monitoring room on the first floor, watching the real-time surveillance footage of entrances D1 and D2, passageways, and corridors on the screen, while also thinking about what had happened last night.

Thinking about Dr. Fang's performance last night, the sudden dimming of the lights in the corridor, and the temporary lockdown of D1 and D2, he felt a strange sense of unreality.

In particular, he was friends with Team Leader Li, who had brought back these things from the Qinling Uninhabited Zone. They had discussed Dr. Fang privately before. Team Leader Li greatly admired her, considering her a heroine who was just as capable as any man, and also very courageous and calm in the face of adversity.

That's why, when he saw Dr. Fang emerge from "Lab Nine" last night in the corridor, pale-faced, covered in cold sweat, and clearly showing signs of panic and fear, he became even more certain that something big had happened in "Lab Nine".

But what exactly happened was hard for Zhang Yaozu, who wasn't well-educated, to guess.

In his spare time after get off work, he likes to watch movies, but because he doesn't like reading subtitles, he doesn't watch many foreign films. But now, with D1 and D2, he can't help but think of a foreign film he watched a long time ago, one that he was able to watch from the end with subtitles—Resident Evil 1.

Is Dr. Fang's decision to temporarily close D1 and D2 because a similar crisis has broken out in the "Ninth Laboratory," and she fears it might spread and affect more people, or that leaking information could cause panic?

Rubbing his eyes, which were a little dry from staring at the surveillance screen for so long, Zhang Yaozu found that when he was speculating about what was happening in the underground laboratory, he didn't feel much fear. Instead, he felt a little excited and expectant.

When the mundane, tedious days go by for too long, it's hard not to feel that suicidal, self-destructive impulses.

Nearly a thousand kilometers away in the Qinling Uninhabited Zone.

Near the location where Team Leader Li and Fang Pingfang's exploration team discovered the cliff cave, a drone was operating high in the sky, while several other drones were hovering above the lower forest.

But there wasn't a single person in the forest below; it seemed these drones had truly ventured deep into this uninhabited area on their own.

Suddenly, a patch of weeds seemed to come alive, parting to both sides as if stretching, followed by a rustling sound of grass rubbing against each other.

The next instant, a semi-transparent humanoid figure appeared, appearing as if it were shimmering with light in the night.

A few seconds later, a "man" appeared, his entire body covered in a strange metallic substance with bizarre spiderweb-like patterns.

He looked up at the sky, and a moment later, a drone the size of a saucer flew over and landed at chest height. After he reached out and caught it, it automatically shut off its flight power.

The drone had a small screen displaying some information. After looking at it for a while, he gently tapped his ear.

"Dr. Fang, it's me." A voice with a strange, scratchy sound, as if the throat was broken, rang out.

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