Upon hearing this, An Naijin nodded and answered her.
“Yes, honey, the strange thing I mentioned really did happen at our R&D center.”
“So it really was at the R&D center. Honey, can you tell me more about the specifics?”
After hearing her husband’s answer, Mu You lowered her head and thought for a moment, then looked back up at her husband and pressed him for more details.
“It actually happened just last week. That day, while I was working at the R&D center, our company’s boss suddenly brought a very beautiful black-haired woman into our lab. He gave us a really strange pharmaceutical formula and asked us to perfect the industrial production process based on it.
As R&D staff, we naturally didn’t dare to disobey the boss’s orders. We quickly perfected the industrial production process for the formula and handed the revised plan over to the boss.
After receiving the new plan, the boss confirmed that there were no major issues, praised all of us, and then left our R&D center with the black-haired woman.”
“Is that the whole story behind the strange thing you mentioned earlier, honey?”
After listening to her husband’s account, Mu You looked at him with some uncertainty and asked.
Facing his wife’s inquiry, An Naijin nodded and replied.
“Yes, what I just told you is everything I know.”
“Hmm, this incident does sound pretty strange. So, I’m going to tell Miss Ye Xing everything you just told me. You wouldn’t object to that, would you?”
“How could I possibly object to something like that?”
Hearing her husband’s answer, Mu You no longer had any hesitation and quickly sent a new message to Ji Zige through her phone.
“Miss Ye Xing, are you still there?”
Looking at the text that suddenly appeared in front of her, Ji Zige, who had been racking her brain thinking she wouldn’t be able to get any leads, quickly typed back.
“I’m here, Aunt Mu. Is there something else you wanted to tell me?”
Seeing Ji Zige’s message, Mu You held nothing back and told her, in full detail, the strange incident at the R&D center that her husband had mentioned.
After learning the ins and outs of the matter, Ji Zige—who had originally thought she wouldn’t be able to get anything valuable from Mu You—had her eyes light up. She quickly typed back with a grateful tone.
“Thank you so much, Aunt Mu. Otherwise, I might have come away empty-handed from messaging you today.”
“No problem. If you really want to thank someone, thank my husband. After all, he’s the one who told me that story.”
“Then please thank Uncle An on my behalf, Aunt Mu.”
“Got it. But Miss Ye Xing, can that thing I just told you really help you?”
“Of course it can help me. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have thanked you and Uncle An like that earlier.”
“That’s good.”
“Alright, I won’t take up more of your time. Aunt Mu, I have other things to do. Remember, don’t go to your company for the next few days.”
“My husband and I won’t go.”
“Goodbye.”
“Goodbye.”
After ending her chat with Mu You and obtaining crucial information from her, Ji Zige quickly transmitted it to her other selves.
“Hmm, so something like that happened.”
“Xiao Qi, what are you muttering to yourself about?”
Noticing that Yan Qi, who was leaning against the passenger seat, had been moving her lips as if muttering something, Zhao Liang, who was waiting for the traffic light to change, asked her with concern.
“Oh, nothing. Just some meaningless rambling. By the way, Brother Zhao Liang, how much longer until we get back to the Bureau of Strange Affairs?”
After casually answering Zhao Liang, Yan Qi straightened up and asked him.
“About another ten minutes. We’re not far from the Fengfang City Bureau of Strange Affairs headquarters now.”
After glancing at the nearby signs and confirming their location, Zhao Liang quickly estimated the remaining travel time and answered Yan Qi.
“Ten more minutes, huh? Got it. Then, Brother Zhao Liang, I’d like to sleep a bit more. Please don’t wake me up until we reach our destination.”
Having figured out when she’d be back at the Bureau of Strange Affairs and feeling tired of looking at the street views, Yan Qi said this to Zhao Liang, then closed her eyes again and honestly leaned back against the seat to sleep.
Seeing Yan Qi fall asleep right in front of him, Zhao Liang didn’t say anything. When the traffic light turned green, he quickly continued driving toward the Bureau of Strange Affairs headquarters.
…
The next morning, Yan Qi woke up from her sleep, sat up, and stretched. After opening the window to breathe in some fresh air, she hurried off to do her daily training.
After finishing her morning training and eating breakfast, Yan Qi said goodbye to her parents and left her home, heading to the Fengfang City Bureau of Strange Affairs headquarters.
“Xiao Qi, wait a moment.”
Just as Yan Qi had left her house and was organizing the memories from yesterday—when her clone Ji Zige had been monitoring Fang Yunzhi, the boss of Lvke Pharmaceutical—a familiar voice suddenly called out to her from behind.
“Hmm, that voice is… Class president? What are you doing here?”
Recognizing who the voice behind her belonged to, Yan Qi quickly turned around and asked Hu Mengqing with some confusion.
“I just happened to be out for a walk and ran into you.”
Hu Mengqing looked at Yan Qi in front of her, scratched her cheek, and gave a forced smile as she answered.
“You just happened to be out for a walk and ran into me? Class president, do you want to check what time it is first?”
Hearing Hu Mengqing’s answer and noticing the subtle expressions on her face as well as her body language, Yan Qi—knowing that she was lying—asked her this.
Being asked this by Yan Qi, Hu Mengqing, who was never good at lying, knew she had been exposed. She then said to Yan Qi apologetically.
“Sorry, Xiao Qi, I didn’t mean to lie to you.”
“I know you wouldn’t intentionally lie to me, Class President. So, can you tell me the reason why you did?”
Accepting Hu Mengqing’s apology, Yan Qi looked at her and continued to ask.
