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Chapter 446 Finding Team Members
After tidying up the private room, Song Tingnan got permission from the manager before leaving get off work. She would be back later.
The TV talent show was nearing its end, and she had gathered almost all the information she needed. Moreover, she sensed that someone was watching her.
I need to quit my job there and come work at this more relaxed restaurant; it will be better for my future work.
Unfolding the note in his palm, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the first attempt had yielded unexpected results—symptoms included fever, fatigue, headache, and muscle aches throughout the body, and it was highly contagious.
There was also a very simple house layout diagram. This Li Yaqi is truly remarkable; she remains calm in the face of adversity, smashing a glass and arguing with Chu Yile to distract Jia Aiguo and the others. This also allowed Chu Yile to later use the situation to demand an apology in person. Moreover, she was prepared in advance, having prepared this little note before leaving home.
After thinking it over, Song Tingnan realized that Jia Aiguo had gone out, and his men had followed him. The security at home should be relatively weak. He couldn't let down the opportunity that Li Yaqi had created for him before leaving.
As for the antidote, she carried a bottle of antidote pills with her, which she developed with her two senior brothers. Professor Liao also oversaw its development, so it should be usable.
This was a rare opportunity, so she had to go and check it out. In broad daylight, Song Tingnan dressed like the TV station's female celebrities, wearing dark-colored clothes, heavy makeup, and thick-rimmed glasses—the kind of outfit that even her uncle, Song Yan, wouldn't recognize.
Referring to Li Yaqi's simplified diagram, Song Tingnan easily evaded the people in the courtyard with a few leaps. It seemed Jia Aiguo wasn't bold enough to hire military guards to watch over the courtyard, nor had he managed to network with any other experts.
She found the place marked with an "X," which must be the detention center. It seemed to be a basement, with people patrolling from time to time above; judging from the footsteps, they were just ordinary people. Without careful observation, one might think they were patrolling the entire building, but the patrols at this particular spot were noticeably more frequent.
After figuring out the pattern, Song Tingnan slipped inside during a lull. A long corridor led to a room at the far end, where a burly man stood guard at the door.
How could they contact the people inside? Around noon, Song Tingnan decided to kindly let him 'sleep' for a while. His master was right—a 'sleeping potion' was indispensable when traveling the martial world.
After knocking out the burly man, Song Tingnan looked through the observation window and saw six people lying haphazardly inside. The information the Premier gave him only listed seven people in two batches. Apart from Li Yaqi and Chu Yile, there were only five people who matched, right?
She knocked lightly on the door three times (longer than two shorter knocks), "I heard everyone was asleep, are you the only one awake?"
A middle-aged man inside suddenly looked over, his face filled with joy and tears, and replied through his tears, "Aren't you awake too?"
The coded exchange was quite fitting. "These are antidote pills. I came in a hurry, so please try them. I'll come back tonight," Song Tingnan said, passing them in through the food slit in the door.
With a master who knows everything, picking the lock wasn't difficult, but since she couldn't take the person away, she decided to leave without alerting the enemy.
The middle-aged man, Han Guang, was the team leader. He quickly distributed the pills to each member, hesitating for a moment when giving one to a thin man. No one thought much of it; they figured they might as well try anything, taking the medicine was better than being stuck here.
After everyone took the pills, they waited expectantly. But before the effects could appear, the thin man suddenly rushed towards the door. Before he could even knock on the door, Han Guang had already grabbed him by the neck and dragged him backward.
The other team members reacted quickly, some covering the man's mouth, others pressing his feet, all exerting their utmost effort. Before long, the man stopped moving.
"Captain, your suspicion is correct. This person was planted by Jia Aiguo."
"He acted so convincingly, being beaten up and thrown in, saying he couldn't stand Jia Aiguo and wanted to share our joys and sorrows. But when it came to the crucial moment, he showed his true colors."
"He probably saw us take the antidote pill and wanted to tip us off. Luckily, the captain reacted quickly, otherwise it would have been troublesome."
Indeed, once Jia Aiguo learned that someone was rescuing them, he would either move them to another place for imprisonment or, to eliminate any future trouble, ruthlessly eliminate them all.
"Alright, everyone, take a break. The situation outside must be very serious. I'll be on the first shift." Han Guang couldn't sleep at all. Their mission had made no progress. They had fallen into Jia Aiguo's trap. They had no way to use their martial arts skills and were locked up here waiting to die.