Fang Ye

Chapter 35: Fang Ye

--The Boss had "eaten" nine Cards!

--The Boss had eaten too many Cards, causing its Corruption Value to exceed the limit!

--After its Corruption Value exceeded the limit, the Boss ate more Cards! Then, for some inexplicable reason, it turned the Cards into a bracelet and became weak and half-dead!

Even Huangfu Miaomiao, a Player herself, could not make sense of what had happened!

If Su Yuqing had not been right there, Huangfu Miaomiao would have opened the Forum immediately and made a post asking the other Players!

While she was still in a muddle, Su Yuqing's phone rang.

The call connected—

"Captain Su, the Cleaners have arrived. Shall we arrange for them to enter now?"

The Cleaners were a professionally trained cleanup team within the Supervision Bureau, specifically responsible for handling the aftermath.

"Has the Card recovery been completed?" Su Yuqing asked.

"It has. Six Cards were recovered in total," the person on the other end replied.

Su Yuqing raised his brows slightly, quite surprised. He had not expected so many Cards to be confiscated this time; ordinarily, a Contaminant would only drop one to three Cards.

"Was there a Squirrel Card?" Su Yuqing asked.

"Yes. One of the Cards did indeed have a squirrel-like image on it."

Su Yuqing nodded faintly. "That's all. Submit them to Headquarters."

The Squirrel Card's ability was hoarding. It could store Cards inside the body without digesting them, so holders of Squirrel Cards often operated as merchants among Xenomorphs. The Supervision Bureau's Xenomorph archives contained records on this.

"Captain Su, how should we arrange things for the person involved, Fang Ye?"

"If he is not injured, send him for a comprehensive physical examination, then help him schedule an appointment with a psychologist," Su Yuqing said evenly. "I'll speak with him when I return."

"Understood."

Su Yuqing hung up and pondered for a moment before looking at Huangfu Miaomiao.

Huangfu Miaomiao instantly tensed from head to toe.

Without Feng Ling serving as a shield, facing someone from the Supervision Bureau alone was seriously stressful!

Fortunately, Su Yuqing did not make things difficult for her. "This resident evacuation affected a wide area. Many reporters came, and there are quite a few onlookers nearby. Some of your kind may be mixed in among them, gathering information. You and Feng Ling should stay in the vehicle and not come out. I'll have a reliable driver take you back to Qingjiang City."

Warmth flooded Huangfu Miaomiao's heart, and her skeletal eyes brimmed with gratitude!

What a good person!

Su Yuqing looked at the sleeping Feng Ling and added, "If she wakes up, tell her I'll send someone to repair the Truck and help her get her deposit back."

Huangfu Miaomiao nodded repeatedly, like a chick pecking at grain.

"I can see that you have no trouble communicating with people, so Feng Ling probably isn't controlling you," Su Yuqing said calmly. "Zhou Diao said you used a Xenomorph Potion in the cave. Such transactions are strictly prohibited, but you saved them. I should express my gratitude for that. Thank you."

Huangfu Miaomiao: "..."

Her little face turned bright red from holding herself back.

Su Yuqing sighed softly. "You and I stand on different sides. You helped us this time, so I can suppress the matter of your identity as a Xenomorph. But if we meet again... as the person in charge of the Qingjiang branch of the Supervision Bureau, I must report your situation to Headquarters."

Huangfu Miaomiao: "..."

Her face went from red to white.

Having said what he needed to say, Su Yuqing turned and got out of the vehicle, closing the door behind him.

Inside the vehicle, Huangfu Miaomiao was dazed, utterly dazed...

Was that a warning? Was it? It was, right?

She could not help turning to look at Feng Ling, filled with grief, indignation, and resentment. You're sleeping soundly, aren't you!

In a small meeting room, the secretary gently placed a cup of tea before Fang Ye, then sat down nearby, opened her laptop, and prepared to take notes.

The meeting room door opened, and Su Yuqing hurried in from outside.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. I just rushed back from Jiangkou City."

Su Yuqing sat on the sofa opposite Fang Ye, wearing the same refined and gentle expression he had shown when he first met Feng Ling.

"You're Fang Ye, correct? How do you feel after the physical examination? Nothing seriously wrong, I hope?"

Fang Ye had already finished his examination, washed his hair, taken a shower, and changed into a set of clean clothes provided free by the Supervision Bureau.

He waved his hands awkwardly. "Nothing serious. The Special Forces had me evacuate first. Everyone took good care of me and didn't let me get hurt."

"Safeguarding citizens' lives and property is our duty," Su Yuqing said with a smile. "There's no need to be nervous. We only called you here for routine questioning, to understand the situation better."

Fang Ye nodded cooperatively. "Mm-hmm, okay."

Su Yuqing said, "Tell me how you first discovered the cave. I reviewed your personal file on the way here. You served a year and a half in prison for theft, were released not long ago, and are currently unemployed. Why were you in the underground Parking Lot of the shopping mall?"

Fang Ye's face immediately turned several shades paler. "A-Are you... going to send me back to prison?"

Su Yuqing slowly shook his head, maintaining his proper smile. "The Supervision Bureau only handles cases related to Xenomorphs. Other matters are outside our jurisdiction."

Fang Ye relaxed somewhat upon hearing that.

But then he heard Su Yuqing say, "However, if there are matters that cannot be clarified, other departments may inevitably need to assist with the investigation—for example, local public security. You can understand that, right?"

Su Yuqing smiled.

"U-Understood!" Fang Ye hurriedly straightened his back, placing his hands uneasily on his thighs. "I'll cooperate properly!"

"Then let's begin," Su Yuqing said.

Fang Ye nodded hard, then told him everything he knew.

An hour later, Fang Ye left the meeting room.

The secretary typed the final punctuation mark and asked Su Yuqing, "Is this acceptable for the meeting record? Does anything need to be deleted or revised?"

"Delete everything related to the Xenomorph beside Feng Ling," Su Yuqing said, looking out at the sky. "Do not mention Zhou Diao and Xiao Li using Recovery Potions. Not one word."

"Understood." The secretary revised the document as instructed, her fingers flying over the keyboard.

"If Feng Ling enters the Supervision Bureau with a Xenomorph still at her side, I'm afraid it will be impossible to keep it hidden forever," the secretary reminded Su Yuqing.

Su Yuqing could not help smiling at that. Looking at a bird circling through the sky, he said, "She won't join us."

The secretary sounded somewhat regretful. "Is that so? I thought she would take Sister Ye's place, which would also ease some of Zhou Diao's burden."

"She cannot replace Ye Zheng." Su Yuqing turned back with a faint smile and said to the secretary, "They are two completely different people. Neither can replace the other."

Downstairs, Fang Ye stepped out of the Supervision Bureau building.

He turned around and looked up at the towering structure, his mind adrift.

It seemed that only a moment ago, his fate had been entwined with so many important figures within this place. Yet once he stepped through those doors, his life returned to its original course—

He had once again become that useless, obscure nobody.

His life had clearly gone through such a harrowing upheaval, yet it had not become any different.

Fang Ye took a small packet of wet wipes from his pocket.

Feng Ling had casually tossed it to him in the cave. There was still one wipe left inside, and it had now become the sole proof of that experience.

Looking at the wet wipe packet in his hand, Fang Ye felt an indescribable melancholy.

Was there any way for him to reconnect with those people?

I'm going to release a huge batch of chapters today!