CHAPTER 152: CHAPTER 152: GOU FENG

If this explosion was indeed targeting Uncle, then Uncle’s situation would only become more dangerous!

Xiao Li looked at the blaze that hadn’t been extinguished yet, with endless worry in her eyes and heart...

A sudden tightness in her stomach made Xiao Li look away from the fire. No, she couldn’t panic...

Before seeing Uncle, she couldn’t make any hasty assumptions, nor could she get too nervous; she couldn’t afford to have any incidents now...

Xiao Li closed her eyes briefly and reached out to caress her belly, trying to soothe the child within...

Seeing her close her eyes and touch her belly, Qin’s mother thought she was feeling unwell and quickly asked, "Xiao Li, is your stomach uncomfortable?"

Xiao Li shook her head, "No... Mom, I’m fine, don’t worry...

Mom, could you call Dad again? I want to ask Zhang Yang a few questions?"

Qin’s mother hurriedly dialed again, and once Qin’s father passed the phone to Zhang Yang, Qin’s mother also handed the phone to Xiao Li. Xiao Li took it and immediately asked Zhang Yang, "Zhang Yang, I just thought about it. I need to replace my phone card and will need to use your ID card. Do you still have your ID?"

Zhang Yang quickly took out his wallet to check, "Sister-in-law, I still have my ID card!"

Hearing his response, Xiao Li frowned slightly. If the ID card is still there, how can we replace the phone card?

If it’s not about replacing the phone card, could someone have just taken Zhang Yang’s phone card?

Thinking of this, Xiao Li immediately said, "Zhang Yang, take out your phone card and have a look..."

Accordingly, Zhang Yang took out his phone card, only to find it was a damaged one, "Sister-in-law, this phone card is broken, the chip is destroyed."

Xiao Li nodded, "Your phone card was likely swapped by someone, deliberately given a damaged card. Even if you discovered earlier that the card was invalid, you would just assume it was broken and at most replace it, never suspecting someone switched your phone card before something happened...

Zhang Yang, to have swapped your phone card, this person must know you well, otherwise, they couldn’t have switched it without you noticing.

Zhang Yang, among the people you know, is there anyone dissatisfied with your senior?

Or, who have you interacted with in the past few days?"

Zhang Yang urgently said, "I didn’t really interact with anyone! I was in the lab every day, only interacting with colleagues.

It was only during yesterday’s team building that everyone went out to gather. Right, after yesterday’s team building, Gou Feng came to find me. I was a bit drunk, and he sent me home...

Could it be he took my phone card?"

Xiao Li quickly asked, "Who is Gou Feng?"

Zhang Yang said, "Gou Feng, like me, is one of the teacher’s students, part of the same batch.

He used to work in the lab too, but though his ability is decent, his temperament isn’t. He frequently had disputes with people in the lab.

Previously, regarding the new drug issue, he had many disagreements with our senior and often made inappropriate comments in the lab, which made everyone have a bad opinion of him, so Senior dismissed him.

However, Senior followed the contract procedures when dismissing him and provided all necessary compensations.

Also, his contract with the lab was due to expire this year anyway!

Even if Gou Feng is discontented with Senior, he wouldn’t go to such lengths, would he?"

Xiao Li was uncertain too, but since there was a suspect, they had to investigate...

Xiao Li immediately had Zhang Yang give the phone to Qin’s father; Qin’s father was already having someone investigate Gou Feng after hearing what Zhang Yang said earlier.

Taking the phone, Qin’s father merely said he’d look into it and reassured Xiao Li, then hung up.

After hanging up, Xiao Li handed the phone back to Qin’s mother, her gaze once again directed toward the front...

Xiao Li’s phone kept ringing, and each time it rang, she’d glance at it, but she never saw the message she was hoping for.

The friend group had many messages, but Xiao Li didn’t look. She knew it must be Feng Qing and the others concerned about her, but right now she only wanted to see one message.

She picked up her phone to call again, unsurprisingly hearing that mechanical female voice once more.

The laboratory building was still engulfed in flames, and in the building behind the lab, all the third-floor windows were shattered. On the floor in that room, Qin Xiao lay unconscious amidst shattered glass...

Qin Xiao knew about the lab team building yesterday; Zhang Yang had told him. But this morning, he received a call from Zhang Yang, saying there was a data discrepancy in the lab.

He was rushing back and asked Qin Xiao to check the lab to see where the problem was.

On the phone, Zhang Yang’s voice sounded off, but Qin Xiao thought it might have been from drinking too much last night, leaving his throat uncomfortable!

Since the call was indeed from Zhang Yang’s phone, Qin Xiao didn’t think much and hurried back to the lab.

Upon reaching the lab building, he intended to take the elevator, but the lab building had a power outage. Qin Xiao called Zhang Yang, but there was no answer. He thought Zhang Yang might already be in the lab, and since he was there, he decided to take the stairs to see what the data discrepancy was.

While on the emergency staircase, he bumped into people leaving due to the power outage. When Qin Xiao reached the third-floor emergency door, he smelled something off just as he opened the door...

Instinctively, he turned to leave. There was a window opposite the emergency door, and he immediately thought of jumping out, because he knew there was another building behind the lab, and with his skills, he could use something to jump over...

Unfortunately, time wasn’t on his side. Just when he leaped onto the window, the lab exploded, and he was blown away by the blast wave. He could only use the force, but couldn’t control how far he’d be thrown, and ultimately crashed through the rear building’s glass, losing consciousness upon hitting the ground...

The building Qin Xiao fainted in was an empty one on the university campus, usually devoid of people. Moreover, the lab at the front was still burning; all rescue efforts were concentrated there, and until that fire was extinguished, approaching the rear building was difficult, so no one had swept through this one. No one discovered the unconscious Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao had been unconscious for several hours after being blown away by the lab explosion...

During his unconscious period, he had a dream. He dreamt of C City, dreamt of him and Xiao Li amidst a great fire, but his Nini was in poor condition, covered in injuries, with a broken leg, and no light in her eyes...

"Nini... Nini..."

Qin Xiao woke up at the moment when the Xiao Li in his dream closed her eyes and fell. As he awoke, he saw flames soaring in front of him, and the air filled with a burning smell, blurring the lines between dream and reality for Qin Xiao.

He hurriedly searched for Xiao Li’s figure, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn’t find her...

"Nini...

Nini...

Nini..."

Qin Xiao ran in a circle around him and finally realized something was wrong; the environment was off, it wasn’t the villa in C City, and these flames weren’t right. They were close, but not burning beside him.