Chapter Seventy
Half a month earlier.
"I'm going downstairs to take out the trash."
In the dormitory, Cao Xi carried a garbage bag out the door.
Days of unrelenting drizzle had made the air especially cold and damp.
After taking out the trash, Cao Xi opened his umbrella and turned into the small garden beside the dormitory building.
Crossing through the garden, he ran straight toward a black hovercar parked by the roadside.
The car door opened. Cao Xi put away his umbrella and climbed in, then lowered his head to unzip his jacket and took out a document from inside.
"These are the names of the members in Jiang Ying's lab. The people I marked in red are close to Jiang Ying, and they're also core members of the lab."
After closing the door, Ye Nanxun switched on the interior light. He accepted the document and quickly scanned it.
Ye Nanxun's gaze paused on one of the names underlined in red. "Zhang Ming?"
"He got in because his family donated money to the school to build a lab. He'd been working for Jiang Ying from the start." Cao Xi's eyes darkened. "That day, Zhang Ming let something slip. He said he was going to hold a welcome-back banquet for Jiang Ying soon."
Cao Xi licked his chapped lips, his voice trembling faintly. "Jiang Ying is coming back soon... Professor Ye, I'm so afraid he'll come back..."
"He must be furious about what happened at the He Household last time. Jiang Ying won't let me go." He buried his entire face in his palms, his thin shoulders shaking uncontrollably.
A pair of hands pressed down on Cao Xi's shoulders with measured force.
Cao Xi slowly raised his head. His face beneath the light was still an unhealthy pale color. "I'm